It strikes me every time I open a canal boating magazine and see a “modern” narrowboat interior: What’s with all the wood? It’s been well over half a century since the narrowboat leisure industry emerged and nowadays the varnish is lighter, the wood more polished. But it’s still a lot Read more…
Luxury canalboat for hire Many of you have been following the creation of our newest luxury canalboat for hire, Woodland Grayling, and we are delighted to show you the final result. We had hoped that the maiden voyage would take place last month, but alas the second lockdown meant that Read more…
You couldn’t call her Boutique, yet. Perhaps you could get away with Industrial, at a push. If you happened to be peering through a net curtain* with squinty eyes. But there are a few crucial things we have ticked off the list ahead of Chalkhill Blue’s launch in June Read more…
Aaran is a genius. When it became clear that Lesley Ann’s top was simply not up to its job description, he came up trumps with a truly brilliant idea. To design a proto-type using cold store panels. Lots of people were unimpressed. These are massive construction panels made of steel and Read more…
Gathering samples for our interior designs of our narrowboat and the office is scattered with swatches and snippets. Time to sort them – these are our favourites so far :-).
The definition of a challenge is when you know the bathroom is going to be mini, right from the very beginning. A small space never screams “luxury” but this is what we are aiming for, nonetheless. Rejecting certain ideas (jacuzzi anyone?) is the easy part and we quickly discovered that Read more…
A pad of A4 paper. Some Sellotape. A ruler. These are our only tools of narrowboat interior design. A beer garden is optional, but definitely helps. We keep changing our minds. Consult the internet, boat building websites, Facebook, Pinterest. We have a vision but it doesn’t always fit the narrowboat Read more…