The Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen Effect! The Cheshire house that appeared on Changing Rooms is being offered for £439,950 – almost £130,000 more than it was bought for two years ago
- The Macclesfield family home has a teenage bedroom that was featured in Channel 4’s dressing rooms last year
- Four-bedroom house is up for grabs at £439,950 after being bought for £310,000 two years ago
- Interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen designed and installed the colorful Japanese-themed bedroom
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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.
The Japanese-themed teen bedroom in the Macclesfield family home for sale was installed in the dressing rooms last year
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.