To think that Kirstie Allsop is hardly 'making do and mending'

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Excuse me but is she really trying to tell me how cheap it is to do up a huge victorian house?

How much did those chairs cost to reupholster? Digging about in skips my arse.

Asking Cath Kidson for tips on frugal living, have you seen how much she charges for a flippin tea towel?

Cant wait for next week's ideas for 'saving' money.

sorry for the above. I noticed the curtains were made from what I know to be very expensive material.

I wouldn't mid but she didn't do any of the actual work herself (which, if you were really economising you would.....) but just floated about making glass and hunting in skips leaving others to do the donkey-work. Seemed like a giant mickey-take really; like anyone who hasn't got millions to spend would really pop round to Cath Kidston's (to get excited about what looked like a kids' tea party table...) and spend hours making their own pots!?! What planet is she on!!

I think her telly career is going to take a huge nose dive after this. I am sure I read somewhere that Phil's property business has gone into receivership.

Didn't see the show (sadly)

I did enjoy the repeat of Nigella the other night allegedly ironing as a distraction from her deadline.

rofl

She clearly had no idea what the hot metal thing was actually for.

i thought it was total pants.

why tell someone how to decorate their homes???
and then try to make out like its about personal touches.... whaaaaaaaaat??

are we all so uncreative??

i think these type of programmes are patronising to the extreme.

I'd like to know how much time she spent with her kids (I think they are 3yrs and the youngest about 10 months old )when she was making this programme. Surely when you don't need to work spending some time with your little children rather than broadcasting this rubbish would be a better use of her energies. I think Kirstie has always lived in cloud cuckoo land which was fine when she did LLL with Phil (who was a good foil to her sloanyness) and we could all indulge in a bit of mindless fantasy house buying.
But now when a lot of us are really feeling the pinch and not pretending to like she is its positively irritating. Obviously the people who use to want her services (yeah a country home and a london pad with a budget of £800K but we could add another £50K for the ideal place) has gone to ground she needs some other outlet for her "talents".

oh come come, i don't think it is nice to question her parenting skills. why the hell can't she make tv programs and be a mother - back to the 1950s with you mummzy

did a Twitter search the other day for 'Mumsnet'
here

Have you lot been ing at her stained glass

macdog - that makes me really sad, i hate the idea of her crying into her vintage lace hankies. actually i adore kirstie and am thoroughly enjoying her program.