Your Home Made Perfect (BBC Two Tuesday 20.00)

[CrossPurposes]

A new series began tonight. Looks like more of the same: kitchen islands and eye-watering overspending ahead.

Swap the living and dining areas, surely.

I do not like that little wooden curtain 😑

I don't mind the layout, makes sense to knock the kitchen through, but I don't like the styling and the hard surfaces.
I don't think she likes it much.

Imagine how many surfaces you have to dust in that barn house.

That spiral staircase has got to go imho.

I think the kitchen should be where the living and dining areas are, ie all across the back of the house.

I missed what the budget was - did anyone catch it?

How about telling your children not to jump off the stairs, rather than just sitting there?

£200k

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Golly. That IS a large budget.

I like that. Looks gorgeous.

Yes that's much better! Lovely.

Keeping the kitchen where it is, they don't have to move the services, drains etc which always costs £££

I prefer Laura's layout buy not all the black frames. Julian's wood effect is much lighter a d more pleasant. Really don't like either of Laura's staircases. Especially that 'secret' one. Why do they need two staircases anyway?!?

Exactly what I was thinking 🙄

The stairs in the living room go to a mezzanine that doesn't join up with the rest of the upstairs I think.

Something that always strikes me is that the women’s design (in my opinion) is always the best

Yes I agree. The men often come up with more OTT designs that are less practical and conducive to family living.

The women are usually much more practical, like they've remembered to think about what it would be like to actually live in the space rather than as an exercise in clever architecture.

Yep I just feel with men it’s a lot about ego whereas a woman’s design looks as the practical living as well as design

Yes. I get the feeling that the female designers, especially Laura, know what it’s like to run a house.

I can’t help but think about all the insects and muck that’ll get stuck between that glass door and the kitchen unit.

Who wins and whats the final bill?

I'm saying Laura and 260k

At least you can open them to clean it.

Thank god they went with Laura

It's going to be £300,000.

You know what I’ve noticed, no one ever gets pregnant in this, unlike Grand Designs. Further leading me to think that Kevin McCloud is a fertility god.