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The BBC home renovation that left woman sobbing 'I hate it!' - and horrified viewers jeering 'it's like something from a horror film!'
Your Home In Their Hands follows a group of amateur interior designers as they set about providing their services to homeowners across the UK. However, things aren't always smooth sailing, as teenage guest Jess Daley found out in the final episode of the series. She was left crestfallen and tearful, admitting 'I hate it' as she was presented with her cartoon-themed bedroom, brought to life by the show's design apprentices. The show debuted in 2014, staying on air for one series total, and followed homeowners who, unsure of where to begin on their design ideas, request the help of the show's amateur designers. The designers get to work, under the watchful eye of interior designer Celia Sawyer, but this particular episode ended in disaster when the Daley family were left unimpressed and sobbing following the big reveal. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Inside Jess' room, the amateur designers took the Cartoon theme to the next level, painting the teen's bedroom a stark white, before pencilling black crayon outlines on the windows, walls and wardrobes. The room looked like a 5 year old's drawing book, and the young Ms Daley couldn't hold back her emotion, saying 'No, I hate it. I think it's just more childish than I wanted it to be, a lot more childish than I want it to be. In all fairness.' Attempting to shine a positive light on the situation, the host intervened, suggesting, 'Nobody, none of your friends are gonna have a room like this. None of them.' However, Jess's father responded, noting that the room's abstract uniqueness was probably why Jess didn't like it, Viewers seconded his opinion, commenting on the room's obnoxious extravagance: 'The cartoon sketches on the walls didn't even appear to be properly painted nor did it have like a style. It just looked like a random bloke was given some paint and a brush. 'That girl's bedroom looks like something that you find in a serial killers house where he keeps his victims. Absolutely horrendous.' 'Come on that girl's room was terrible. Looked like my 8 year old wrote on the wall.' 'What theme did they choose? Horror? The bedroom looks like a poorly equipped Spooky House-Escape Room. The girl's room looked like something a psychotic little ghost girl would inhabit and paint in, before she lures you somewhere else and murder you. And who could sleep with that creepy lamphead-mannequin at the end of the bed facelessly staring at you.' 'The teenager's room looks like they've stepped into a version of the Take On Me music video.' Jess wasn't the only member of the family facing a difficult reality that day; her father also experienced a harsh reality stepping into his own bedroom. 'I think it looks smaller!' he exclaimed, before admitting that there were many elements of the room that rubbed him the wrong way: 'I don't particularly like the case. I really don't like the squirrel. 'Not a big fan of the pearls. I don't like the drawers, I don't like the mannequin. And I really, I'm very undecided about the curtain effect.'
Daily Mail
29-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Netflix stole my idea for erotic show, claims 'Queen of bling' Celia Sawyer
She'll do everything to fulfil a client's dreams, even if asked to install a 24-carat gold and platinum bath when fitting out a private jet. But unstoppable interior designer Celia Sawyer, star of Channel 4 's Four Rooms – and dubbed 'Queen of bling' – doesn't care to see her ideas appropriated by others without a word of thanks, still less financial reward. But that, alleges the statuesque Sawyer, who stands 5ft 9½in even before she's strapped on her Yves Saint Laurent gold sandals, is exactly what happened when she suggested a project to Netflix. 'I sent them a synopsis for a TV show called Kinky Rooms,' Sawyer, 58, tells me. Netflix said 'they were going to delete it'. Sawyer, who left school at 15, got on with her commercial commitments, drawing up plans for everything from yachts to country houses, from her Mayfair office opposite Claridge's. But she was taken aback by what happened the following year. 'A programme came out on Netflix called How To Build A Sex Room,' she tells me. 'It was exactly the same idea, exactly the same format we had come up with,' insists Sawyer, who cites, by way of example, her proposal for an episode devoted to designing a room to cater for those who label themselves 'polyamorous'. One episode of Netflix's eight-part series did exactly the same, bearing the strapline: 'Melanie designs a swanky dungeon to fit Lester and Soriya's polyamorous family'. Another was devoted to the creation of 'a rock 'n' roll sex basement', while a third was summarised as: 'Meaghan and Dave seek five-star spa vibes for their intimate escape'. Sawyer, who has an adult son and daughter by her husband, Nick, 63, a food commercials director, didn't take this lying down. 'I wrote to them and said it is very similar to the show that I sent you.' In return, Sawyer claims, she received 'a stroppy letter – a legal letter from their lawyer telling me that they did not take the idea'. Sawyer was incensed. 'You put a lot of work into this stuff and then that happens. I was really upset. It was awful.' Subsequently, though, she had her hands full at her house on Sandbanks, Dorset. She and Nick were embroiled in two years of tit-for-tat wrangling with a neighbour who remodelled his house so that – they claimed – it overlooked their garden, prompting Celia to remark that she felt 'very uncomfortable' when relaxing in a bikini. She and Nick are now planning to sell up for £4million and spend more time at their house in Barbados. A Netflix spokesman declines to comment. Grubs up? I'm a Celeb's Toffolo seeks 'fun chef' In the jungle, Georgia Toffolo retched her way through cockroaches, maggots and a smoothie of crocodile anus and pig testicles. Back home, the I'm A Celebrity winner prefers finer fare. Toff, 30, is seeking a chef to serve her and her new husband, BrewDog co-founder James Watt, 43. 'We're looking for a fun young chef to join our family home in London,' she says in an advert on members-only website Radio H-P. 'This is a full-time role with flexible hours, cooking for me, my husband and our children.' Watt has two children with ex-wife Johanna Basford. The Stones 'are making a new album – and want to tour again' Rolling Stones fans were left disappointed when the band scrapped plans for a British and European tour this year. So this might give them some satisfaction. I can reveal that Sir Mick Jagger, 81, has been reunited with Keith Richards, 81, Ronnie Wood, 77, and drummer Steve Jordan, 68. 'They are in the studio right now recording their new album – the follow up to Hackney Diamonds,' Ronnie's ex-wife, Jo Wood, tells me at a party in Notting Hill. She admits: 'I shouldn't have told you that.' The band are understood to be working with producer Andrew Watt at Metropolis Studios in Chiswick. They shelved this year's tour because of 'logistical issues' surrounding 'venues and travel' and 'pre-existing plans'. However, Jo – whose novel The Resurrection of Flo is out next month – says: 'They want to tour again.' Jordan replaced drummer Charlie Watts, who died in 2021 aged 80. Posh Spice's royalties continue to roll in Victoria Beckham hasn't sung with the Spice Girls since 2012, but her royalties continue to roll in. Spice Girls Ltd made a £93,000 profit last year, according to newly filed documents. With Posh Spice owning a fifth of the business, her share comes in at £18,600 – enough to top up her cellar with a few bottles of David's favourite 1961 Chateau Petrus, costing £3,000 per bottle. Lineker banned from football writer's memorial service Gary Lineker has been banned from speaking at the memorial service for celebrated football writer Brian Glanville, who died this month aged 93. 'I vetoed his being invited to speak at my dad's memorial when my sister suggested it,' Glanville's son Mark says. 'Won't have him anywhere near.' Tailor to the stars' special creation Celebrity tailor Joshua Kane has revealed that his wife, graphic designer Lottie Archer, is expecting their first child. Joshua 40, shared this photograph online of Lottie, 33, showing off her bump in a pink suit he created to match his own. 'Time for some baby bespoke,' wrote the designer, who has dressed Sir Rod Stewart and actor Jason Momoa. Paltrow in a pinch over hair loss Known for her golden locks, Gwyneth Paltrow has revealed that she is going to great lengths to stop her hair from falling out. So bad is the problem that she's even tried injections in her scalp. 'So many women I know are quietly dealing with hair loss,' says the Hollywood star, 52. 'I've tried a handful of treatments over the years, nothing seemed to move the needle – not even injecting my scalp with actual needles.' The latest treatment she's tried involved a plastic surgeon and a device that uses acoustic sound waves and air pressure to stimulate hair growth. 'It was completely painless,' Gwynnie (right) says. 'Honestly, I think my hair's already feeling a bit fuller.'
Daily Mail
17-05-2025
- Business
- Daily Mail
EXCLUSIVE Celebrity interior designer who fell out with a millionaire neighbour over her bikini sunbathing is selling the waterfront mansion at the centre of the row
A celebrity interior designer who fell out with a millionaire neighbour over sunbathing in her bikini is selling up the waterfront mansion that was at the centre of the row. Celia Sawyer, who is dubbed Mrs Bling, is selling the luxury three-storey property overlooking Poole Harbour in Dorset for £4 million. She bought it with husband Nick for £2.4m in 2007 and during their time there the couple have added over £1m to the value by giving it a stunning makeover worthy of one from one of her TV shows. The couple have listed the four-bedroom property on the market following a planning row they became embroiled in with their neighbour. In 2020 they had a 21ft by 15ft sunroom with a bar built at the bottom of their beach-themed back garden. But they didn't have planning permission for the building and faced the prospect of knocking it down after a neighbour complained. The celebrity interior designer spoke out after she said 'jealous' neighbour Neil Kennedy tried to get a luxury sunroom at the bottom of her garden torn down. Celia told how the pair fell out after Mr Kennedy 'illegally' built a balcony which she says meant he could peer into her garden leaving her feeling uncomfortable when she was lounging around in her swimwear. Mr Kennedy was forced to put in retrospective applications after Celia lodged a formal complaint over the 'disgraceful' breach of planning rules. But she was later left stunned when the row escalated and officials turned their attention to her property. The Sawyers were granted retrospective planning permission to keep it last September. After winning a fight to keep the £50,000 glass structure Celia, 58, told MailOnline: 'I'm not going to let him stop me sunbathing in my bikini. 'We've worked very hard to buy a house like this. It's all been very silly - it's tit for tat. 'I'm relieved and very, very pleased. I'm just glad that the council did the right thing. Celia and her husband have a home in Barbados and it is thought they now plan to spend more time there. The estate agents selling the four bedroom home point out that the property is a short walk to yacht clubs and restaurants on the Sandbanks peninsula. One of those eateries in the posh Rick Stein restaurant where Celia became involved in an awkward incident in 2017. Celia previously said the area involved in the dispute is 'not a place for living in or sleeping in - it's a place for sunbathing and entertaining' She had been seen having drinks with a local property developer shortly before he was filmed hurling a stool across the bar, smashing glasses and bottles. Celia was the star of Channel 4's Four Rooms and the BBC's Your Home In Their Hands. She has been hired by Sandbanks residents to transform the interiors of their luxury homes. Her property is on The Horseshoe which is situated on the quieter northern side of the millionaire's playground. It is being sold by Sandbanks estate agents Luxury & Prestige. A spokesperson said: 'The Horseshoe is a small and exclusive enclave of Sandbanks, tucked away in a quiet cul-de-sac and the houses are amongst a select few which can claim to have private sand at the bottom of the garden adjoining the beach. 'Although relatively compact the property has, in our opinion, one of the best positions in the road with a simply stunning view of Poole Harbour which lays claim to amazing sunsets and an unusually animated seascape thanks to the paddle boarders, wind surfers and boats of all shapes and sizes which frequent the harbour. 'There's an extensive private sun terrace directly outside the house but at the bottom of the garden near the beach and waters edge there's a specially constructed contemporary pavilion complete with retractable roof and a bar.' The house has 2,700 square feet of living space with four bedrooms and three bathrooms.
