Clockwise from left: wire bound linen notebook by Daler Rowney, from £3.95, at Cowling and Wilcox www.cowlingandwilcox.com; Fisco tape measure, stolen from fathers toolkit in 1998, available from all good builders merchants; Lina fabric in '111-67' blue, '111-62' khaki, '111-92' mustard by Sandberg, £39 per metre, www.sandbergab.se; matt leather in 'Bermuda' green, 'Azure' blue, 'Bluebell' grey, 'Saddle' brown, from £59 per hide, www.crestleather.com; brick slip tiles in Islington Yellow, Old England, Old Beaumont from 'Classic' range, POA, www.eurobrick.co.uk
