Changing Rooms home designed by Laurence Llewelyn Bowen is for sale

A house in Cheshire with a Japanese-inspired bedroom, designed by Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and appearing in TV’s dressing rooms, is for sale for £439,950.

If the property reaches its asking price, it will have sold for £129,950 more by April 2021 than it was bought for just over two years ago for £310,000.

The Macclesfield family home appeared in Channel 4’s dressing rooms last year, when one of its four bedrooms was given a makeover by the well-known interior designer.

Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen was part of the Changing Rooms show which was revived in 2021 after a successful run between 1996 and 2004

Laurence transformed the room with a Japanese theme he called “glamikaze.”

The design brief was to create the illusion of a non-symmetrical space that would be used by a teenager for sleeping, working and gaming.

The traditionally square bedroom was partially divided by creating a sloping wall and arched structures.

The Japanese theme included custom wallpaper produced exclusively by Laurence — and he even hand-signed one of the walls.

There is a diagonally placed Japanese-style bed with arched structures and beams, concealing a hidden workstation with a built-in curved desk and deep storage shelving.

There is blue and white Japanese crane wallpaper designed by Laurence, as well as a bright red ceiling and feature wall.

These three colors are brought together in a bedspread and two bean bags.

The four-bedroom house is for sale for £439,950 through real estate agency The Agency, having been bought for £310,000 two years ago

The colorful bedroom features a Japanese crane wallpaper designed exclusively from drawings by Laurence

During the Dressing Rooms episode, Laurence discusses applying the custom wallpaper that came from one of his drawings.

‘The clock is ticking. An integral part of the scheme of arranging the room should be applied. The wallpaper is absolutely key to what’s happening here,” he said.

“The structure is great, but without the wallpaper it’s just a big clump of MDF in the middle of the room.”

If the property reaches its current asking price, it will have sold for £129,950 more than it was bought for – that’s £310,000 in April 2021.

The rest of the house is also full of color and texture with a kitchen featuring deep green cabinets, patterned wallpaper and exposed brickwork

The green theme continues in the living room, both on the walls and in the rug, the fabric of the armchair and the light stand

The rest of the house is also full of color with a kitchen with deep green cabinets and a fireplace in the living room painted a deep gray.

Outside there is a walled courtyard which is accessed through patio doors in the kitchen and also through a wooden gate leading to a side ginnel.

The four-bedroom house is located on Riseley Street in Macclesfield, where the average price of a property sold in the last 12 months is £307,500.

It compares to an average for the country as a whole of £355,448, according to property website Zoopla.

The popularity of Laurence and dressing rooms

The home improvement show Changing Rooms was successful on TV between 1996 and 2004. In 2021 it was revived on Channel 4.

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is best known for Changing Rooms and was part of the original format (far left in photo with the rest of the original team) that ran between 1996 and 2004

It features couples swapping homes with friends or neighbours, with each couple furnishing a room in each other’s house.

This leads to a finale where both couples see their rooms and meet again, almost always on still friendly terms.

The dressing rooms feature some top designers, including Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen who appeared in the original BBC version of the show.

While Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is best known for Changing Rooms, he has worked in other TV fields. This includes appearing as a judge on the 2010 series of the ITV reality talent show Popstar to Operastar as a critic alongside Meat Loaf, and classically trained mentors Katherine Jenkins and Rolando Villazón. The series was presented by Myleene Klass and Alan Titchmarsh.