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Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen

English interior designer and television personality

United Kingdom · b. 1965

Born in London, Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, 57, studied at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts then gained a master’s degree in painting. He went on to star in the BBC’s DIY show Changing Rooms, which ran from 1996 to 2004. Since 2021, he has fronted the Channel 4 reboot of the show and will host Outrageous Homes With Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen, scheduled for release next year. He has his own interior design practice and product range. His new book is More More More: Making Maximalism Work in Your Home and Life. He lives in the Cotswolds with his family.

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Question Aside from a property, what is the most expensive thing you have bought? Money & investment read 195 other answers →

My wife. I am a lavish present-giver. I love worshipping my wife with beautiful bits and pieces – it is one of my greatest pleasures.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Question How close have you come to death? Death & what remains read 208 other answers →

I was nearly hit by an enormous gold-fibreglass cherub in a shopping centre. It fell five storeys and smashed into a thousand pieces about 4ft away from me.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Question Which living person do you most admire, and why? Values & belief read 401 other answers →

The missus. She is the glamour mamma mia at the top of our feudal pyramid. We all live together, so she’s a full-time grandmother and rules the roost. How she steered us through lockdown was extraordinary.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Question Which trait do you most dislike in yourself? Identity & self read 241 other answers →

I am crucified by my modesty: it’s terrible.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Question What is the trait you most deplore in others? Values & belief read 195 other answers →

Other people’s decorating, if I feel they’ve missed an opportunity and just decorated in that wet-cardboard, modern-grey thing. That’s a life not properly lived.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

Question When were you happiest? Time & hindsight read 575 other answers →

This is going to horribly upset my wife, my children and my grandchildren, but it was when I did The Greatest Snowman last year for Channel 4. Being let loose on an Austrian mountainside to build snow sculptures was my happy point, and who knew I’d find an icy G-spot at nearly 58.

Recorded The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 8 October 2022 source ↗

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