Kirstie's shopping again for her 'Homemade' home

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and it's so fun to watch someone so detached from reality having such a swell time.

I couldn't concentrate -I am just too anxious about the state of poor Kirsties bowels. Her focus in every loo seems to be finding a way to make it a walk-in library.

And making sure that the little bookshelf wan't too high to reach when you are having a squat - no one is going to strain while they are straining in Kirsties pad.

ROFL Sarah Beeney. Whatever next? Nigella gets down and dirty in the garden to grow her own carrots for cheap, healthy snacks?

And re Hempel. My XDH used to work for the company her DH owned. Apparently one of the directors happened to mention that one of her 'movies' was on very late night tv the previous evening. Everyone who giggled was threatened with the sack if it was ever mentioned again. Since then she now designs swanky expensive boutique hotels.

I know Pag - she was altogether too interested in that downstairs loo. The 'best' wallpaper went in there because that was the room that 'everyone' will see.

(Because if you visit, she ain't going to let you see anything else).

Can imagine Kirstie's dinner guests getting ready -
"just popping to the loo before we go."
"Oh no dear, save yourself till we get to Kirstie's house. Everyone goes there y'know."

And then she puts the basket of dentist-waiting room arranged Country Life in there in case anyone gets bored of looking at the wallpaper.

How long does she expect people to take, fgs?

(I still think she is impossibly pretty though).

(Actually as she is Princess-like, perchance it is her throne room Arf arf)

Yes Merrylegs, great idea, I can sit on Kirstie's throne, literally!!

Never mind the bowels - what about the vowels? How many times did she say she was going to "crate" something?

She crated a beautiful clection of insprational stuff in Exter.

pmsl @ 'I've seen insane people with better taste?'

i think she was insane actually

phil keeps her in check?

is that why his business went into receivership he was too busy giving kirstie reality checks?

thanks for the links and stuff - annoying website for renting the house - doesn't tell you where it is! anyone know? not that I will try and rent it of course, the idea of staying somewhere that's been on tv for weeks is too weird by half

Does nobody else feel tempted to rent it just so they can take along a couple of those wacky wall letters with them? I was thinking of an A and an N, then I could swipe the O..

WANW?

Hmmm, a browse through Kirstie's website is pretty illuminating, I must say. I see the garden of her Sloaney palace humble beach-cottage was 'designed by Clementine Hambro'....would this be the Clementine Hambro whose great-grandfather was Winston Churchill, and who was a bridesmaid at the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Di? (Clemmie, obviously - not Winston ).

Remind me again why I'm finding it increasingly hard to believe Kirstie's protestations that this TV series is all about make do and mend in these credit-crunched times?

Bah, strike-out for comic effect not working!

Yes, that well-known insult

Look, I'm very very tired today...

What A Nasty Wall acronym, BoF?

As long as it's not that lavatory cleaner pine scent...
And it must be in a tea-cup - £50 in London you know!

I loved that too - £50 in London or buy on line at www. overpricedcrapfornumpties.com

ooh - actually wondering if I should register that now....

Look - it's true - £55 .

Aah - that's better.

Forget the candle teacups JN, I want the must-have crochet cup cake. It's what my life has been missing all these years

She is so passe I had a roaring trade in vintage teacup herb gardens in 2007

I thought the specimen bottles idea a little odd.

Hope they'd been cleaned properly and I wouldn't fancy having them round my birthday cake.

But we actually use vintage teacups to drink out of!

My 'service for 8' cost about £25 in total. It's assorted side plates and bowls with IKEA dinner plates in complementing colours.

When one of these breaks, we just trot off to the charity shop and get another for 50p or so.

Our throw cushions were made by moi from old curtains.

And that was before the bloody recession!

Yeah, the specimen bottles were odd when you can pick up decanters for buttons in shops.

And I actually use the bubble bath I put in mine!