Kirstie's Homemade Home [Archive]

BrokenFairy

16-04-2009, 04:06pm

Oh yes I wanted to see what this is like. Hope it doesn't end up being like the stencil era of changing rooms :tongue:

:lol:

I'm looking forward to it too, I'm thinking it's all going to be a bit 'unatainable' though :sigh:

Helski

16-04-2009, 04:10pm

I love Kirstie :lurve: - I would like her to be my friend :oops::lol:

Rosa

16-04-2009, 04:38pm

I've set it to record, but fear it may be too twee :meh:

I don't believe she makes stuff herself :yeahright:

lafleur

16-04-2009, 04:40pm

Thanks for the reminder, I've been looking forward to this. I've had to set it to record as I've got a work meal out tonight.

I know what you mean, Helskie, I'd like Kirsty to be my friend too.

ChelseaHarvey

16-04-2009, 04:43pm

I have just seen this when going through what was on TV tonight & setting reminders/records

Have sky+ it

Miss Frosty

16-04-2009, 04:44pm

Thanks for the reminder :wink: , I had forgotten it was on .

Katoid

16-04-2009, 04:54pm

OOhhh I am looking forward to this too :grin: and another one who would like Kirsty to be my friend :oops: :nod:

*SarahR*

16-04-2009, 04:57pm

I love Kirstie :lurve: - I would like her to be my friend :oops::lol:

Me too!

Bettie May

16-04-2009, 04:58pm

I've just been browsing the gallery on that link AG posted.

Just watch the price of patchwork quilts and feather eiderdowns rocket on ebay next week... :wink: :lol:

Bettie May

16-04-2009, 05:00pm

Picture 23 - The playroom...

Not sure a Sex Pistols never mind the bollocks poster is entirely my first choice.... :puzzled:

August Girl

16-04-2009, 05:03pm

I've just been browsing the gallery on that link AG posted.

Just watch the price of patchwork quilts and feather eiderdowns rocket on ebay next week... :wink: :lol:

Didn't think of that! If I get competition for any of the things I am watching on Ebay I will be :twisted:

Jubjub

16-04-2009, 05:04pm

Not sure a Sex Pistols never mind the bollocks poster is entirely my first choice.... :puzzled:

Good point!

"Mum, I've spilt my drink. Oh well, never mind the bollocks".

Bettie May

16-04-2009, 05:06pm

Is she going to be showing us how to make things such as her headboard or that welly boot rack? :scratchchin:

August Girl

16-04-2009, 05:10pm

I read on one of the articles that she learned 25 crafts so probably BM. Have looked at the house pics, looks very nice and not Changing Rooms-like

Bettie May

16-04-2009, 08:09pm

I've got that dark wood fireplace with the oval mirror.... £99 on the freeads! If she rips it out I'll have to kill her!

Skerry Berry

16-04-2009, 08:38pm

OMG!! Her parents house :shock: It's like a National Trust building.

Love their kitchen.

She-Ra

16-04-2009, 08:40pm

Me too skerry. It was amazing.
I'm loving this programme :lurve:

August Girl

16-04-2009, 08:42pm

I want one of those knitted housey things from the opening credits

Katoid

16-04-2009, 08:49pm

I am in HEAVEN watching this :lurve: I want to get cushion making NOW :lol:

redhed

16-04-2009, 08:50pm

DH just said:
"Am I the only person who thinks it's a little bit ironic that she is banging on about how ecologically sound it is to be recycling a £40 mirror ... while driving halfway across the country to unearth it in a bang-spanking new Land Rover?"

:teehee:

She-Ra

16-04-2009, 08:55pm

[quote=redhed]DH just said:
"Am I the only person who thinks it's a little bit ironic that she is banging on about how ecologically sound it is to be recycling a £40 mirror ... while driving halfway across the country to unearth it in a bang-spanking new Land Rover?"

:teehee:[/quote

I said the same thing to myself - who is she trying to kid:lol:

Love it though, and love the 'wow' gold letters in her kitchen.

Skerry Berry

16-04-2009, 08:56pm

I love how the house is suddenly completely rennovated too :grin:

Tekkencat

16-04-2009, 08:58pm

Saffy

16-04-2009, 08:59pm

I love that sellotape idea for the flowers - so simple but total genius.

Kirsty is brill, but I'm not sure she inhabits the same world as the rest of us! Her home is lovely though and I'm most envious.

Em29

16-04-2009, 09:00pm

Oh I SO hope we get this over here eventually. Mind you if it doesn't involve big guns, fighting or the military then probably not.

Chickenlips

16-04-2009, 09:01pm

Just checking on e-bay. Need WoW on my kitchen wall too :smile:

Have already bought a kitsch tea towel holder thanks to Kirsty

http://i9.ebayimg.com/06/i/000/ff/31/c799_2.JPG (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&item=280331678310#ebayphotohosting)

Bettie May

16-04-2009, 09:02pm

Yes - I did think why are you saving one mirror when you've just had workmen sorting that house out probably to the labour cost of about £100,000 by the time it's all done! :lol: Still it's the inspiration I suppose.

Why, oh why rip out an original 1930's fireplace though and then harp on about getting another from salvage... :loco:

I don't live near any markets like that.... nor potters..... nor glass blowing.... :no:

martha

16-04-2009, 09:08pm

Am I the only person who found this prog slightly irritating???:oops: :lol:
I LOVE location x3 and I'm a hugely into handmade/ handcrafted stuff, I can't put my finger why it annoyed me. Maybe 'cos it just skimmed over lots of things without going into any great detail.:scratchchin:

Still had to watch it though:lol:

Daisy66

16-04-2009, 09:10pm

This was mildly enjoyable, but all the while I couldn't help thinking about how much money was being spent behind the scenes, i.e. not on things from skips, or glass items she made herself, but on the rest of the work. In fact, even having two chairs reupholstered isn't a cheap business!

Also, I don't really like a country or twee look much, so I didn't even feel very envious of the finished result :lol:

So, mixed feelings I think!

Daisy

redhed

16-04-2009, 09:21pm

I think the issue is that it is designed to be a "craft" programme rather than a "property ladder" style programme - so it's all about showing you stuff you can make. Which tends to lend itself to the folksy/craftsy/kitsch look rather than the modern. I mean, there are loads of modern things you can make yourself but that look is less forgiving of mistakes than the country/twee look.

Tbh, some of it is quite lovely - but ... it's all a bit Nigella, no? Oh come and look at my family house, aren't I fabulously PRIVILEGED! And if you had a kitchen the size of an aircraft hanger and money to burn and all the right arty contacts, darling, (oh, and taste, too of course, I have wonderful taste) you too could aspire to my fabulous life!!!

Feck. Off. I am a pleb and my kitchen is too small for kitsch.

Daisy66

16-04-2009, 09:25pm

Feck. Off. I am a pleb and my kitchen is too small for kitsch.

:lol: I agree with your summation and the Nigella comparison!

Daisy

Oana

16-04-2009, 09:29pm

I was very disappointed by this :yeahright: What a load of crap. It was billed as a credit crunch programme but you'd never believe it :no:

Chocolate Lips

16-04-2009, 09:31pm

I liked it :nod: But then, I am country and twee. And have a large* kitchen, so yah boo sucks to you :lol:

*it's not really large but big enough to be country and twee.

bluekat

16-04-2009, 10:51pm

Oooh have recorded this now wondering if I'll even like it. I'm not a huge fan of country twee kitsch etc. either.

I do love Kirsty though.

BKx

Rosa

17-04-2009, 06:15pm

I fast forwarded a lot of it, I'm not really interested in glass blowing or Cath Kidston. I will keep watching though for when she covers crafts I am interested in :nod:

Red xx

Bettie May

23-04-2009, 07:50pm

Just bumping this to remind people it's on again shortly. Also repeated on Monday's on More 4 I've realised.

Wonder which room she's doing tonight... :grin:

*SarahR*

23-04-2009, 07:51pm

Tis Bathroom tonight I think Bettie. I can't wait, I loved last weeks. Off to eat my dinner and watch it now :thumb:

nickimacrae

23-04-2009, 07:55pm

Did you see the C4 website has just started a 'rate my craft' section in honour of the series? I might have put one of DH's mirrors on there (bad pic tho :meh:) :teehee: Ave 4.3 stars aint too bad :teehee: :wink:

http://www.channel4.com/4homes/rate-my-room/rate-my-homemade-crafts-09-03-19_p_1.html?id=d56dfe6b7dc787b0e000622efc82f4a8

Meg

23-04-2009, 08:25pm

OMG Nicki, that mirror is lush!!!Given it a well deserved 5*!!!

nickimacrae

23-04-2009, 08:30pm

Oh that made him smile Meg, cheers! :lol: I was trying to get him to make some to put on Etsy (as well as a bigger one for the bathroom and match the loo roll holder done in the style that we already have) but I have given up nagging!

Oh I'm really rattled Kirstie's featured stained glass panels this week - I'm on the hunt for one for my stair window (from which I'll take the whole colour scheme) and now they are all going to get snapped up :hissyfit:

Creamola Foam

23-04-2009, 08:40pm

i want to make my own wallpaper! i rememer doing screen printing at school for my o grade art and i just loved doing it

donna-j

23-04-2009, 08:57pm

I don't like her bathrooms nearly as much as her kitchen :no:

August Girl

23-04-2009, 09:07pm

I loved the big yellow bath but the beige tiles with it were :yuck:

Minky

23-04-2009, 09:16pm

Well, not my cup of tea I'm afraid but I like to watch it anyway!

Creamola Foam

23-04-2009, 09:29pm

i loved her downstairs loo but the others didn't really do it for me - and as a kid i think i'd be rather dissapointed by her kids seaside theme bathroom?!

claireh

23-04-2009, 09:45pm

V. disappointed in this weeks episode. Not my cup of tea at all!

I do love old furniture and hunting for unusual things but the end results in the bathrooms looked rather odd imo.

lafleur

23-04-2009, 10:08pm

nickimacrae

23-04-2009, 10:11pm

I may be being a bit old school, but I didn't like the way she used 20s art deco style in a Victorian house. I think that if you're doing up a place, you either go contemporary or you try and re-create the era the house is from. It just jarred a bit for me.

I must admit I thought the same, I wasn't entirely convinced...

I wasn't fully watching the end in all fairness, but I missed the seaside thing? I don't remember anything seaside-y

Bettie May

23-04-2009, 10:13pm

Yes the beige tiles with the pale yellow suite were very odd and just didn't look right. White rectangular style ones would have been more art deco. Also hated that fugly gold shelving thing with all the crap on it.

The blind was gorgeous though.

Loved the wallpaper and if I ever own my own home again I might give it a go!...

Oh and baskets of magazines next to the loo? Obviously doesn't have four boys in the house with poor aim... :zombie:

Did they cut a bit out... she was in a textiles place at some point and said they were like drugs to her but it never went back to it.

I've been in love with that Burgh Castle hotel for ages and would love to go there.... that will be my treat to myself once the kids all leave home. You can only get across to it when the tide is out and they collect you via sand tractor to take you over.

Seagull&Snoopy

23-04-2009, 10:14pm

I didn't think the kids bathroom was fun or very practical.
I liked the yellow bath but not the tiles and not the shaggy rug.......looked very outdated.
I would have gone victorian.

I wouldn't want to sit in downstairs loo after a few drinks with that wallpaper all over it :happyno: I liked the wall paper but too much for me.

I do like the ideas for arts and crafts to take up though :nod: candle making etc was cool!

Bettie May

23-04-2009, 10:15pm

I wasn't fully watching the end in all fairness, but I missed the seaside thing? I don't remember anything seaside-y

I think there was a boat stuck on the windowsill... :lol:

And then some sort of odd fabric for the blind with taps on it :puzzled: (was looking to see if it was little boats but no such luck).

nickimacrae

24-04-2009, 08:25am

I think there was a boat stuck on the windowsill... :lol:

And then some sort of odd fabric for the blind with taps on it :puzzled: (was looking to see if it was little boats but no such luck).

Ahhh I seee :yeahright:

I think I'll stick to my driftwood and seagulls then :teehee:

Tgirl

24-04-2009, 09:29am

I thought the wallpaper in the downstairs loo was a bit OTT...maybe on one wall it would have been ok

i agree the kids bathroom didnt look fun at all..it look like a hospital bathroom

The grown up bathroom looked a bit tacky imo...she was going for glamour ... her idea of glamour is waaay different to mine

Helski

24-04-2009, 09:47am

Yeah, not for me this week either :happyno: :happyno:

Absolutely LOVED the kitchen :lurve: :lurve: but bathrooms were a bit odd :puzzled:

Kids bathroom, but only a shower :puzzled: and she bought her bath on the basis that you could fit 4 kids in it?:puzzled:

Loved the wallpaper in the downstars loo but think would have looked better hung with a space between strips - was a bit OTT. Loved the old style loo hough :nod:
Not my style this week but love the prog.