And no, it was not the infamous dining room he revamped for a down-to- earth Yorkshire couple by turning it into a 17th-century banqueting hall complete with his and hers portraits styled on Samuel Pepys and Nell Gwyn.
Fans might recall its horrified owner muttering, “I hate it!” before escaping into her back garden to sob.This was when he was two years into the phenomenon that was Changing Rooms.
Britain had become a nation of interior design obsessives but Laurence – famous for his gaudy wallpapers, velvet and leather finishes and over-the-top designs – had “literally had enough” of the show that made his name and secretly wanted out.So he plotted a bedroom renovation so ridiculous he believed he would be fired on the spot. “I didn’t do.
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