Stacey Solomon at home in Pickle Cottage: 'Having five kids and two dogs is relentless'

ok.co.uk:

As famous for being a domestic goddess as for her X Factor days, super-mum Stacey Solomon regularly impresses her 5.7 million Instagram followers with her decorating hacks and clever storage solutions.

Getting a closer look at her Essex home, Pickle Cottage, which she shares with her actor and presenter husband Joe Swash, 41, is a rare treat – and as our pictures show, the TV presenter’s love of cosy interiors, comforting colours and gorgeous, quirky ornaments shines through.

Although, with three children aged four and under, it’s amazing how orderly the place looks. As the 33-year-old settles down for an exclusive interview with OK!, the star, who is mum to Zachary, 15, Leighton, 10, Rex, four, 23-month-old Rose and six-month-old Belle, confesses she hasn’t always had a talent for tidying. “Me and my mum laugh about this now, because before I had Zachary I was all over the place,” she admits. “I was such an unorganised mess.

I was so scatty and would forget my instruments for school and all my homework and stuff and I just lived this really ridiculously awkward life of losing stuff.” When she unexpectedly became a mum at the age of 17, Stacey realised that if she didn’t overhaul her chaotic lifestyle, she wouldn’t be able to cope.