Stjohn Axbey
CASE STUDY: The Isle Of Wight Kitchen
Being on the opposite side of the world doesn't necessarily prevent you from designing a kitchen for your client.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Jul 30, 2021
- 6 min
Take Off Issues - designing during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Garner an insight into the problems faced by yours truly and other interior designers alike during this continuing Covid-19 pandemic.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Oct 23, 2020
- 6 min
Is It Curtains For You?
Proper drapery didn’t really appear until the 17th century and then it was reserved for the wealthy homes.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Sep 25, 2020
- 5 min
The Covid Whoopsie-Daisy
It could all have been straight out of a Tom Sharpe novel: Government goofs and bundles of bureaucratic blunders
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Stjohn Axbey
- Jul 20, 2020
- 6 min
Taking the Outside In
So it seems to be my fate - or destiny - to have a knack for observing all that is broken or what will go wrong with a building.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Jun 29, 2020
- 6 min
Passion for the Past
Little did my father know that he was inadvertently preparing me for my future career.
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Stjohn Axbey
- May 5, 2020
- 4 min
A Study In Blue
The brief from the client was, well brief and to the point - “I want luxe, glam and drama!”
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Stjohn Axbey
- Apr 14, 2020
- 5 min
How do you make God laugh?
There's always home cooking to try out, not that I'm particularly good at it: in fact I'm rubbish at it.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Mar 17, 2020
- 5 min
The Bog Roll Debacle
The wealthy people got to use less irritable materials including wool - presumably after it had been detached from the sheep - lace or hemp.
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Stjohn Axbey
- Feb 16, 2020
- 6 min
CASE STUDY: The Artist Studio Conversion
"it was now being used as a glorified workshop and storage facility, as well as a home for a nest of some very unwelcome European Wasps"
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Stjohn Axbey
- Jan 10, 2020
- 4 min
We're living in the seventies and loving it!
Post war austerity was replaced with joie de vivre, flare and flamboyance: designers took risks - they were fearless, courageous......
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Stjohn Axbey
- Dec 21, 2019
- 5 min
My love for Hestia
My fascination for fireplaces just seemed to grow more peculiar ~ I even took to peering up peoples chimneys to see if I could see daylight!
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Stjohn Axbey
- Dec 5, 2019
- 5 min
CASE STUDY: Designing and building a new bathroom in an 1800's cottage.
It is often underestimated what is involved in the creation of a new bathroom and how much time they actually take to construct. In this...
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