Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Modules. What happens when I don’t know what to write? I write that. What happens when I feel uninspired? I watch a video about making stuff. Then go make something. Happened yesterday. Last weekend I made a sturdy bench on wheels. The rickety thing I’d been using for the past year — plywood balanced on two […]
Can You Put a Bathroom in the Middle of a House?
One of the things people worry about when rearranging a house is drainage. But actually… it’s mostly just pipes and gravity. In this film I look at a Victorian terrace with a classic “through bedroom” problem and explore whether it’s possible to move the bathroom into the middle of the house — without destroying […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Pretending to be a Monk. There’s something about fishing. In the early morning, heading toward the rising sun, the sea is calm. There’s no wind. A shingle beach is hard to walk on. But waves on stones sound better. The tide is out, and I pick out pockets of flat sand to make the walk […]
I Analysed 276 Houses — Here’s What I Found
I Analysed 276 Houses — Here’s What I Found Book a Home Improvement Workshop (1:1 video call 1-hour session) → www.carldesign.co.uk ⸻ I looked at every terrace house for sale around here. All 276 of them. Not to find a perfect one— but to see if there was a pattern. There was. A lot […]
The Room Nobody Designs
The Room Nobody Designs If this looks like your house (or one you are thinking of buying) — or nearly your house — I offer a one-hour Home Improvement Workshop where we look at your property together. £200. Book at www.carldesign.co.uk What if the most important room in the house isn’t the kitchen or […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
I’m Starting a New School. Lauren found my camera in a field yesterday and earned fifty quid. Pentridge Down sits high above North Dorset, topped by Pembury Knoll — an ancient Iron Age fort looking out across Cranborne Chase. Hardy used it as inspiration for Tess of the d’Urbervilles. Yesterday, it became the final classroom […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
A Tale of Two Burgers. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of being ripped off; it was the age of not. It was the FA Cup semi-final, it was the last game of the season. It was Wembley Way, it was St Mary’s. We had […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Why aren’t houses more fun? We design our houses for sleeping, eating, washing and sitting (toilets and sofas). That’s about it. Oh, a bit of laundry. Is this really the best we can do with human existence? Think about the houses you remember from childhood. Other people’s houses mostly. Your grandmother’s. Your friend’s. The cupboard […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The Underpants. Two conversations recently, both drifting from floor plans and kitchen layouts into the state of things. “We need Rupert Lowe. He’s the only one who can save this country,” she said. “The trouble is, this isn’t a superhero movie,” I said. And then, a few days later: “I think we’re heading into a […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
Dear Prudence. The sun is up, the sky is blue. Spring, I think. Feels like it anyway. Nearly a quarter of the year is gone. GCSE season will be upon us soon. Last time it came round I could recite various English Literature quotes and poems from memory — hours spent rehearsing with my daughter. […]
