STACEY Solomon has been undertaking the mammoth task of renovating her enormous £1.2million Essex home – but there is still a long way to go.
The Loose Women panellist, 32, revealed that it will take another three years until it’s completed.
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Stacey, who regularly shares transformation updates online, said there is more work to be done on the property and doesn’t envisage it being finished for a while yet.
The TV star was asked by a fan why the kitchen was taking so long to refurbish.
Speaking on her Instagram Story, Stacey laughed: “It does seem like a long time but it’s not a long time I promise you.
“I think because of the magic of Instagram people seem to think that things take no time at all and you can knock out walls and build a kitchen in a week but that’s just not the case.
“We had to get planning permission and dig footings and put steels in and it’s a lot of work so it takes a while and I slow things down because I like doing bits myself.
“So when I come in and plaster and paint, that takes us at least a week off schedule.”
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Stacey, who has rolled up her sleeves to get involved with the renovations, said she wanted to be as economical as possible.
Stacey also penned: I didn’t ever want to rush Pickle Cottage. I have got so much joy out of brining it back to life.
“We’ve been here a year nearly and I’m so glad there’s still so much left to do.
“I don’t ever want it to end. I do want to do as much as I can myself and everything else I wanted to really take my time with and also try and be as economical as possible so it didn’t cost an absolute fortune.
“I feel so lucky to live at Pickle Cottage, let alone get to renovate it.
“So it will take a good few years I reckon, but I actually want to savour every bit of it and take my time because I won’t do it again for a very long time and I don’t want it to be over tbh.”
Stacey recently revealed her incredible fireplace transformation as she joked the clean up was “like porn” to her.
The mother-of-four took to her Instagram stories to detail the cleaning operation, which saw her upcycle the old wood burner.
old fans she was keen to have a “post half-term clean up” after her kids were all at home last week making mess.
The TV star, who shares Rex, two, and baby Rose with Joe Swash, and is also mum to Zach, 13, and Leighton, nine, showed off the fireplace.
She detailed how she used a toothbrush and a cleaning product to get years worth of dirt out of the grout surrounding the fire.
“Grout porn,” she captioned a post of her cleaning the surrounding area, as well as the glass that had been dirties with ashes.
“I’m doing the fireplace while Joe does the floors, we are having a proper post half term clean,” Stacey captioned the post.
“OMG the difference is ridiculous,” she added, before joking she “couldn’t resist” but to get busy bringing the fireplace back to life.
The proud mum shared a snap of the finished product, showing the fire looking brand new as she lit it up to warm the living room.
It comes days after Stacey showed off her amazing playroom transformation using a cute IKEA bargain DIY.
Loose Women star Stacey recently revealed she will be filming a second series of her BBC show Sort Your Life Out, but hasn’t said what she is up to now.
As well as her TV work, the one-time X Factor contestant has a clothing range with In The Style.
Stacey, who recently reached five million followers on Instagram, is also well known for sharing her home make-overs hacks and tips.
She welcomed her daughter Rose in October of last year and returned to work just three months later.
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