Anyone watching the Great Interior Design Challenge?

[Cocolepew]

It's a hoot , everyone is so full of themselves.

Day 2 and no grey yet

I was pleased Martin won, wasn't his lovely builder (the one with glasses) the same builder who randomly appeared on this thread early on then disappeared? He claimed to be one of the builders from the beach huts, made a couple of comments then buggered off again.

oooooh

Intriguing...

Yes I think he was Fox.
I need a bit of work done if you're lurking nice builder

The voiceover said that both contestants were allowed to have 'help' from their families or whoever so some of them weren't actual builders, no one could redecorate 3 rooms in 4 days otherwise (even with a couple of real builders).

Yes please, come back Wayne! I have an ramshackle Victorian house that needs loads doing to it!

Tell me about it Fox I got all excited when they said that they were decorating a castle because we've got a 16thC. house made of old castle stones and it's permanently in need of stuff doing to it. Ours has stone walls inside though ( I wonder what the contestants would make of them ) some of them covered ruined by crepi a type of concrete wood chip .

It sounds lovely! I've been eyeing up the arts deco monstrosity in our fireplace ever since the episode where they ripped out the tiled fireplace to reveal half an original beneath it. I need Wayne to come and chip it away for me! Maybe Piglet John scared him off his turf

Ooh our electrician discovered a hearth underneath the carpet in one of the kids' rooms yesterday with what could very possibly be an original Victorian fireplace hidden behind a wall. Should we take a hammer to it?

Yes! Unanimous vote from DH and I who are both to chicken to take a hammer to ours

Fox

catwith tap on the wall above the hearth (and around it) first to hear if there's a hole there. But if there is, it's maybe best to wait till warmer weather to take the hammer to it and 'open it'

Ppeat we certainly will wait until the warmer weather arrives. Our house seems to be full of holes at the moment (full re wire and new plumbing and heating system). It looks like Swiss cheese! Certainly creating more chaos before Christmas is the last thing on our minds but we will probably have a go in the summer