Viewers of Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon were scratching their heads last night after the team helped declutter a ‘normal’ family home.
The BBC1 series aired yesterday, with the team helping Amy and Stuart, in East Grinstead, who had three children and had struggled after they upsized their home from a flat to a three-bedroom property.
The couple confessed they felt their home was bursting at the seams, adding they had ‘crazy amounts of stuff.’
After the team helped them get rid of 50 per cent of their belongings, the space was reorganised with clever storage solutions and a lick of paint to freshen up each of the rooms.
However many of those watching were left confused by the transformation, with one writing: ‘This house looks normal to be honest.’
Viewers of Sort Your Life Out with Stacey Solomon were scratching their heads last night after the team helped declutter a ‘normal’ family home (pictured, Amy and Stuart)
Before the team’s transformation, the couple’s kitchen in their family home was outdated and cluttered
The team worked their magic on the room, giving it a lick of fresh paint to make the cabinets blue, and tidying up the countertops
Another posted: ‘Can’t believe my TV license paying for a series about how to tidy up your house each week. One episode would have been enough. Complete waste of BBC money.’
A third added: ‘A TV programme where they just tidy up for you.’
Appearing on the show, Stuart and Amy revealed how they met while they were both working in amateur theatre.
After they got married, they still performed in productions – but now they have three children, Darcey, Rex and Mollie, it’s a lot harder.
As Amy and Stu’s family grew, so did the clutter, with Stuart saying: ‘I don’t think we realised how much stuff we had.’
Stacey explained the couple had felt they had ‘loads more space’ for their belongings after upsizing, but struggled to get organised.
In the home was an open-plan living and dining room, as well as a kitchen , and three bedrooms.
Stacey and her team, Iwan, cleaning, Dilly, organising, and Rob, carpentry, explored the home to see how they could help the couple.
The couple’s young son Rex was sleeping in a small box room in the home, which had initially been decorated for their daughters
The Sort Your Life Out team transformed the space by giving it a lick of green paint and tidying away the toys
During the programme, the couple’s possessions were laid out in a warehouse – revealing they had over 900 pieces of baby clothing
Before the transformation, the couple’s living room was cluttered and filled with toys, leaving no room for Amy and Stuart to relax just the two of them
After the transformation, the team built a larger storage unit for the family in which to store the children’s toys and gave the room a lick of paint
Meanwhile, the couple also struggled to maximize space in their bedroom, feeling the space was cluttered and too small
The team painted the bedroom in a soft pink tone and upcycled the family’s storage solutions to give them more space to put their toys
In the couple’s daughters’ bedroom, the furniture was reconfigured to give them space to spend time together
The team discovered the family were using their under-stair cupboard for additional food storage, with Stacey deeming it ‘too low and too dark.’
Meanwhile Stacey said the main living area was overrun by toys, with the couple saying they had ‘crazy amounts of stuff’.
Upstairs, the master bedroom was cluttered, while the children’s rooms were packed with toys.
The team planned to strip the entire house and display all the family’s possessions in a huge warehouse. They then had to decide what to keep and what to get rid of.
The presenter challenged the couple to get rid of 50 per cent of their belongings, with the team spending 10 hours packing up every single item in their home.
With the busy day of packing over, all of the family’s stuff was on the way to the warehouse.
Stacey revealed their mass of belongings, with boxes of the family’s stuff being laid out into sections so they can clearly see how much they had.
However despite the family’s enthusiasm over the transformation, many of those watching felt the house had looked ‘normal’ before and simply needed a little tidy up
There were 490 DVDs, 35 Happy Birthday banners, 12 unopened chandeliers, and 905 baby clothes.
Over the next 48 hours, the couple sorted their belongings into different piles, to sell, donate or keep.
Back at the base, Rob, Iwan and Dilly began working on storage solutions in the home – including in the kitchen.
After a week, the family returned to their home to see what the team had achieved.
The living room was clear from clutter, with new storage solutions in the lounge for the children’s toys.
Stacey said: ‘If you’re going to have toys, you’ve got to have somewhere to put them, otherwise they’re going to take over the house.’
Meanwhile the team decluttered and upcycled the kitchen, giving it a fresh lick of paint to make it a trendy blue colour.
Upstairs, their bedroom had been transformed into an adult space where they could spend time, with a new set of wardrobes.
And In the couple’s daughters’ bedroom, the furniture was reconfigured to give them space to spend time together.
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