Disasters
On one episode, a Linda Barker room was being built to accommodate a large collection of teapots. Overnight, the shelves collapsed, demolishing the valuable collection.
The show gained popularity through the sometimes unusual designs of Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and the reactions of some participants who disliked their newly designed rooms. Famously, one room of Llewelyn-Bowen's was decorated entirely in animal prints at the advice of the neighbours. The homeowners described it as resembling "a tart's boudoir" and pointed out that the neighbours, also friends, had known of their dislike on animal prints but had suggested them to Llewelyn-Bowen as a joke.
On another famous episode, Anna Ryder Richardson designed a room for a couple where she placed framed erotic French undergarments around the room. Upon entering the room, the woman screamed aloud, and shouted, "why would I want this shit in my room?! I've got children!" and burst into tears. Richardson apparently blushed brightly.
One episode, after a room had been designed, it had to be redesigned because the owner of the room missed her old fireplace.
Read more about this topic: Changing Rooms
Famous quotes containing the word disasters:
“The formula for achieving a successful relationship is simple: you should treat all disasters as if they were trivialities but never treat a triviality as if it were a disaster.”
—Quentin Crisp (b. 1908)
“Well had the boding tremblers learned to trace
The day’s disasters in his morning face.”
—Oliver Goldsmith (1728–1774)
“Those who escape death in great disasters are surely destined for good fortune later.”
—Chinese proverb.