Kirstie ‘You would, wouldn’t you?’ Allsopp, presenter of Channel 4′s Location Location Location, is to veer away from buying houses in favour of home crafts for a new series. The show will be called Kirstie’s Homemade Home and is due to air early next year. Viewers will be able to follow Allsopp as she transforms a dilapidated country cottage in Devon into the “ultimate ‘homemade’ home”. Basically, those who have been slagging her (and Phil) for ‘making’ us buy houses, will be able to see her helping us out now we’re all officially skint.
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In the show, Allsopp will hunt for the “best of handmade inventiveness, design and craft” and visit auction houses as well as reclaiming and restoring pieces of furniture. She’ll also teach herself how to create homemade soap, candles, pillowcases and tablecloths.
“Along the way she’ll meet all the wonderful artisans who keep the great British tradition for crafts alive from furniture-makers and antique restorers to glassblowers and flower arrangers, and we’ll learn some of the key skills of the humble craftsman,” said Channel 4.
“As the recession looms large and the nation retreats into their homes, this programme embraces the concept of renovation and restoration and aims to show that with a little creativity and inspiration it is possible to not only to make do with what you’ve got, but even to make [it] better.”
Allsopp says: “I had a baby just three months ago, and this project has almost become my second baby, so it’s like I’ve had twins. I can’t wait to get my hands on the house renovations. I want to prove that you can create something unique and wonderful using amazing artisans from the West Country and around the UK rather than going down the same old mass-produced route. I think it is possible to budget sensibly and buy British and I’m keen to show that.”
Allsopp and Phil Spencer also return for a new series of Relocation Relocation in January as well as a new series of Location Location Location later next year.
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