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- Daily Mail
Woman gasps 'what have we done?!' as she faces disastrous home makeover - while seething husband fumes 'the designer should be locked in a cupboard!'
A woman gasped 'what have we done?!' as she faced a disastrous home makeover in a previous episode of Your Home In Their Hands. The British makeover show, which only aired six episodes across one series, was on our screens between September 2014 and February 2015. The premises of the programme is that home owners give all their trust to designers to totally transform their pads - however they have no idea that they are just amateur designers. Although the show was on our screens a decade ago, there are some pretty hilarious moments from it that stand out as iconic television. The first ever episode, which is presented by Celia Sawyer, sees Kelly and Andy - from Hatfield - want something a little bit different. Kelly explained that she wants something with colour, whereas her partners would be happy with a 'tin of white paint'. The British makeover show, which only aired six episodes across one series, was on our screens between September 2014 and February 2015 At the end of the instalment they were shown their brand new home. As they walked into the bedroom, they both said: 'Oh my God.' Kelly added: 'What have we done?!' She continued: 'I don't like the tapestries, I don't like the red ceiling. What about you?' Celia told Andy: 'You've got to be honest.' Andy bluntly said: 'I don't like it.' Celia asked: 'Does this make you think perhaps Kelly's feature wall was actually not that vibrant and bold after all?' Andy replied: 'Maybe it was quite safe.' Kelly chimed in: 'At least I only had one wall... This is every wall isn't it?!' Celia asked if they wanted her to relay any messages back to the designers. Andy replied: 'I'd like Nick to take control and Kirsty maybe locked in the cupboard.' Kelly said: 'This is colour overload I think, definitely. 'The red and all the tapestry on the wall is way too much. ' Many have rushed to YouTube to share their thoughts on the segment. 'Just watched a few clips of this show. Every room is horrible.. are they doing this on purpose?' Many rushed to the comments section on YouTube to share their thoughts - and while mostly were negative, there was also some positive ones 'I feel like they do it on purpose.' 'Oh my God, not an inch of that room that doesn't give me a headache.' 'How the hell did this get the approval of a whole team? I can only imagine a very few selection of 7 year old girls liking this.. 'Looks like everything's been wrapped in the foil papers you used to back your books with at school. Awful.' But others shared that they were a fan of the new interior. 'Not gonna lie I like it lmao. Except for the random things on the walls. ' 'I like it.' 'I love the colors.' It comes after a grimacing man raged 'it's an absolute mess!' after being shown his new bedroom on the TV show. Couple John and Rachel Geoghegan appeared on Your Home In Their Hands 10 years ago. The pair had opposing preferences, with Rachel wanting more colour, while John was a fan of more plain interiors. At the end of the episode interior designer Celia Sawyer took them around their new home - and they were very pleased with the living room. However things took a nasty turn when they were shown their new bedroom. John couldn't hide how unimpressed he was with the interior moments after opening their eyes. Celia asked: 'What do you think Rachel?... You've got your colour!' After a very awkward silence she replied: 'Yeah I do. I like the wardrobes and...' John chimed in: 'Nah it's too much. For me it's too busy. I wouldn't have done anything like it and I don't like it. 'You're supposed to be able to go to sleep in a bedroom and it's like a kid's play area. 'I think it looks horrendous. It doesn't look anything like a bedroom. 'Sorry it's a big thumbs down from me. It's hideous. I think its even too much for Rachel if she were to tell the truth.' Celia was keen to find out her thoughts and asked: 'Is it, Rachel?' John didn't hold back and told the presenter: 'Nah it's too much. For me it's too busy. I wouldn't have done anything like it and I don't like it' Rachel sheepishly confessed: 'I do like... I do like the bed and the wardrobes... 'I like the theme of it.' Celia added: 'So overall you quite like it?' 'Hmm... yeah,' Rachel said. A very unimpressed John simply chimed in: 'It's rank. I don't like it at all. Definitely not.' Celia tried to change the mood and told him: 'I think Rachel likes it though, John? 'I know you're telling her she doesn't, but I think she does!' John told the presenter: 'I'll leave it to her.' Celia hit back: 'But you're answering for her! I haven't heard much out of Rachel's mouth actually. Come on, Rachel!' 'I think it'll grow on us, I like, I like the bed and the wardrobes, I did ask for colour,' Rachel said. John told the presenter: 'If Rachel likes it, so be it.' 'So if Rachel likes it, can you keep it the same?' Celia asked. And John told her: 'Not for long.' Celia then questioned John and said: 'So you were going to accept what Rachel wanted, you said if she's happy she's fine, what you're saying now, it isn't fine?' John didn't hold back with his opinion and told the host: 'It's rank. Horrible. Nah. Sorry. It's not for me.' Celia wanted to know if he had a message for the designer, to which he said: 'Don't touch the other room.' After taking a moment and reflecting away from the bedroom, Rachel said: 'We took a chance when we handed the keys over. She's done colour. What I asked for. It might grow on you.' John simply replied: 'Fungus grows - that's horrible.' Many rushed to share their thoughts on whether Rachel actually liked the new look, while others couldn't contain their laughter. 'The first room was horrendous as well and I do believe the wife hates the bedroom as well. She looks like she is holding back the tears.' '"It might grow on you." "Fungus grows." [laughing emojis].' '"I've not heard much from Rachel" Rachel can't speak as she's holding tears [laughing emojis].' 'Lmaoooo 'So, What message do you have for the designer?' — 'Dont touch the other room'.' Many rushed to the comments section on YouTube to share their thoughts on the moment that happened back in 2015 'The level of second hand embarrassment here was overwhelming [laughing emojis].' 'Rachel looks like she's holding back tears. I agree with the husband. I think Rachel's too polite because she did ask for colour.' 'I'd LOVE to know what happened after the cameras stopped rolling. What the couple did next?' The synopsis of Your Home In Their Hands reads: 'Makeover show in which desperate homeowners hand over their door keys to amateur interior designers, hoping they can solve their design dilemmas.'
Daily Mirror
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mirror
'BBC show's interior designers ruined my bedroom - it looks like a horror film'
The final episode of the BBC's Your Home In Their Hands saw an amateur interior designer create a comic book-themed bedroom for teenager Jess - but it didn't go down well The BBC's home renovation show Your Home In Their Hands promised big transformations and even bigger reactions - but not all of them were happy ones. In the final episode of the show's only season, viewers witnessed an emotional and awkward moment as teenage guest Jess Daley broke down in tears after seeing her newly redesigned bedroom. The ambitious makeover, executed by a group of amateur interior designers, turned out to be far from the dream room she had imagined. What was intended to be a creative, cartoon-themed space quickly became a design disaster in her eyes. Jess, who had handed over control in hopes of getting a fresh, modern room, instead walked into a space painted entirely white, with bold black crayon-like outlines drawn across the walls, wardrobes, and windows. The effect was meant to resemble a hand-drawn comic book, but for Jess, it felt immature and unsettling. 'I hate it,' she said, fighting back tears. 'I think it's just more childish than I wanted it to be. A lot more childish than I want it to be, in all fairness.' Trying to ease the tension, the host attempted to reframe the design as unique and creative, telling Jess, 'Nobody - none of your friends - are gonna have a room like this.' But it was clear the teen wasn't comforted by that logic. Jess's father also spoke up, offering an explanation that many viewers agreed with. He suggested that the room's unusual, overly abstract style was likely the main reason Jess felt so disconnected from it. Rather than feeling personalised, the room looked, as one viewer later put it, 'like a giant colouring book drawn by someone who'd never seen one before.' Public reaction to the episode was swift and harsh. Viewers flooded social media with comments about the offbeat and arguably disturbing design. Some said the space looked like something out of a horror movie or a haunted escape room. Others compared it to a crime scene or a creepy video game, with one viewer joking that it felt like the bedroom of a 'ghost girl who paints before luring her victims.' Another quipped that the makeover resembled the stylised black-and-white look of the music video for A-ha's Take On Me - but without any of the charm. Unfortunately, Jess wasn't alone in her disappointment. Her father also had a less-than-stellar reaction when he stepped into his own redesigned bedroom. 'I think it looks smaller,' he observed bluntly, before rattling off a list of features he disliked. 'I don't particularly like the case. I really don't like the squirrel. Not a big fan of the pearls. I don't like the drawers, I don't like the mannequin... and I'm very undecided about the curtain effect.' His reaction highlighted one of the show's biggest risks: giving amateur designers near-total control over someone else's personal space. While the show's premise revolved around ordinary people taking bold creative leaps, episodes like this one revealed how those leaps could quickly turn into missteps. Your Home In Their Hands originally aired in 2014 and ran for just one series. Hosted by Celia Sawyer, a professional interior designer known for her high-end taste and sharp critiques, the show followed homeowners across the UK who were struggling to make design decisions. They handed over their homes to amateur designers - often with very little professional experience - for full room transformations. In some episodes, the results were inspiring. But in this final chapter, the mismatch between client expectations and designer vision became painfully obvious. For Jess and her family, what should have been a fun, life-enhancing reveal turned into a source of distress and regret. Despite its brief run, the show remains a talking point for fans of reality TV and design shows, especially for those who remember the highs and lows of its daring approach. Your Home In Their Hands is currently available to stream on BBC iPlayer.
Daily Mail
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
The BBC home renovation that left woman sobbing 'I hate it!' - and horrified viewers jeering 'it's like something from a horror film!'
Your Home In Their Hands follows a group of amateur interior designers as they set about providing their services to homeowners across the UK. However, things aren't always smooth sailing, as teenage guest Jess Daley found out in the final episode of the series. She was left crestfallen and tearful, admitting 'I hate it' as she was presented with her cartoon-themed bedroom, brought to life by the show's design apprentices. The show debuted in 2014, staying on air for one series total, and followed homeowners who, unsure of where to begin on their design ideas, request the help of the show's amateur designers. The designers get to work, under the watchful eye of interior designer Celia Sawyer, but this particular episode ended in disaster when the Daley family were left unimpressed and sobbing following the big reveal. From A-list scandals and red carpet mishaps to exclusive pictures and viral moments, subscribe to the DailyMail's new Showbiz newsletter to stay in the loop. Inside Jess' room, the amateur designers took the Cartoon theme to the next level, painting the teen's bedroom a stark white, before pencilling black crayon outlines on the windows, walls and wardrobes. The room looked like a 5 year old's drawing book, and the young Ms Daley couldn't hold back her emotion, saying 'No, I hate it. I think it's just more childish than I wanted it to be, a lot more childish than I want it to be. In all fairness.' Attempting to shine a positive light on the situation, the host intervened, suggesting, 'Nobody, none of your friends are gonna have a room like this. None of them.' However, Jess's father responded, noting that the room's abstract uniqueness was probably why Jess didn't like it, Viewers seconded his opinion, commenting on the room's obnoxious extravagance: 'The cartoon sketches on the walls didn't even appear to be properly painted nor did it have like a style. It just looked like a random bloke was given some paint and a brush. 'That girl's bedroom looks like something that you find in a serial killers house where he keeps his victims. Absolutely horrendous.' 'Come on that girl's room was terrible. Looked like my 8 year old wrote on the wall.' 'What theme did they choose? Horror? The bedroom looks like a poorly equipped Spooky House-Escape Room. The girl's room looked like something a psychotic little ghost girl would inhabit and paint in, before she lures you somewhere else and murder you. And who could sleep with that creepy lamphead-mannequin at the end of the bed facelessly staring at you.' 'The teenager's room looks like they've stepped into a version of the Take On Me music video.' Jess wasn't the only member of the family facing a difficult reality that day; her father also experienced a harsh reality stepping into his own bedroom. 'I think it looks smaller!' he exclaimed, before admitting that there were many elements of the room that rubbed him the wrong way: 'I don't particularly like the case. I really don't like the squirrel. 'Not a big fan of the pearls. I don't like the drawers, I don't like the mannequin. And I really, I'm very undecided about the curtain effect.'
