Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The Good Old Days. I was in a coffee shop the other day. Coffee #1 in Shirley, Southampton, in case you care. While trying to edit an hour of video footage into a 37-second segment, I was distracted by an old couple at the next table. A gentleman had been sitting there for a while, […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The House That Needed Turning Upside Down. Some houses tell you exactly what’s wrong the moment you step through the door; others take a little time to reveal their story. The terrace house I looked at this week — a tiny two-up two-down in Southsea — definitely belonged to the second group. A small two-up […]
This Tiny House Makes No Sense… Here’s My Fix
This Tiny House Makes No Sense… Here’s My Fix A tiny terrace house with no garden, no upstairs bathroom, and no space to extend… so I flipped the entire layout. Here’s how a small, awkward home can become a bright modern space with a roof terrace. All the best Carl PROPERTY SALE LISTING – […]
I Found a Cottage I Can’t Stop Thinking About… So I Redesigned It
I Found a Cottage I Can’t Stop Thinking About… So I Redesigned It I stumbled across this simple rural cottage while browsing property listings — and I haven’t been able to stop thinking about it since. In this video, I take you through the whole redesign process: • the cottage as it exists today […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
A hundred weeks of curiosity. This is the 100th edition of Thoughts for the Weekend. When I started in June 2023, there wasn’t a grand plan — more a marketing push after launching a new website, an effort to explain what I do a bit more clearly. The idea was to shed some light on […]
Bungalow Transformation Time – Watch how I do it – Plans, 3D model & AI Visuals included!
Bungalow Transformation Time – Watch how I do it – Plans, 3D model & AI Visuals included! This week I redesigned a rather plain-looking bungalow into a stunning modern house, making the most of views, trees and the sun. I start in 2D and develop a remodelled ground floor plan and a new first […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
A Ride to Liverpool. I was watching the football on Sunday with my son. Everton were playing, and we got talking about their new stadium, which is in Liverpool’s docklands, just north of the city centre. An aside: Why I need to pay the government nearly fifteen quid a month to watch football via a […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
The Hippy and the Physicist. I was sitting in a 6500-year-old burial chamber, listening to a hippy chant. It was the first day of a new moon. Fifty-million-year-old sarsen stones stacked to form the Long Barrow around me. Heavy. It was a spontaneous day trip to visit megalithic architecture. There is something deeply satisfying about […]
Remodelling a 1930s Detached House for Modern Family Living
Remodelling a 1930s Detached House for Modern Family Living Many post-war detached houses across the UK share a similar story: practical layouts, generous gardens, but dated proportions and dark, disconnected interiors. In my latest video, I explore how a typical 1950s house in Southampton could be transformed into a bright, contemporary family home — […]
Thoughts for the Weekend & this Week’s Links
How to Design a Winery Before Bed. After finishing my day’s work yesterday, I set myself a challenge: design a winery before bed. I’d spent the morning in a medieval vault and a rooftop bar discussing the project with my group of students, whose final-year project it is – see the TFTW from a couple […]
