No she didn’t need the extra room. I’d have lived in there if it was mine. Big squashy sofas and armchairs , massive rug and lamps for low level lighting.
They splash the cash but have dreadful taste, I remember the entirely brown first renovation
They have some amazing individual pieces, they buy beautiful quality mid century & 1970’s furniture and lighting by incredible makers but somehow the final ‘look’ just doesn’t work. Like you say, it just looks drab and brownThey splash the cash but have dreadful taste, I remember the entirely brown first renovation
Hi Lyra,
Thanks, I found it after reading your post. I do love those all glass rooms, it’ll look great on that style house.
Absolute cringe
. Also her telling of her 'accidental' wearing of a thong swimsuit while gardening at the same time as the tree surgeon trimming a tree in the garden. Sure Ruth it was the only thing you could wear while gardening 
.I missed that but who the duck gardens in a swimming costume, let alone a thong one?! She mustn’t have anything pointy or thorny in her garden. It must’ve been the ‘lightest’ gardening session ever.Anybody catch her reel where she shows the wallpaper done behind the radiators, one wall done in each room because they've chosen retro radiators to be installed in each room and wanted to get wallpaper behind each one before installation
I think she's the type of person who always needs a new project. Once something is finished, she can't just enjoy it, she has to move straight onto the next. At least that's how it seems to me. I think she's said they're staying put in this place, though. In any case, she has her holiday rental to distract her now!
Yes it is, she mentions it from time to time.
Bought it to flip and make money.
Though it was in beautiful condition really and recently done by the previous owners. That lean to bit out the back was the only area that needed attention. It wasn’t a doer upper. They sold their Essex house and spent time living in their friends’ vacant period house in Somerset, Bath area, I think, whilst they decided what to buy next. That’s how they ended up in that area. I think they liked the period feel of their friends’ house and thought they’d buy a big ‘forever home’ type place with with a similar feel. When they were in her friend’s house she said she was surprised how much she liked the features (I think the house was early Victorian) but when push comes to shove, they just really love mid-century design. Big old houses, even renovated ones, have their quirks (cold, draughty, noisy windows, often a bit leaky) and you have to really LOVE them to put up with the idiosyncrasies. They didn’t. It was clear in how they furnished the house that the period features were a hindrance to their style. Their heart is with MCM not Regency architecture and design. Plus, the other house is on the outskirts of a village, near a big concrete quarry, this new one is in a much better position, so that helps too.
