Great Chitter Chatter - Stories from Loud Voices

I was watching that show with Sarah Beeny the other day, the one where she’s fixing up her own house that has been left to rot for the past however many years. Some of the alterations that she’s having to put right are just insane, like fitting a floor a couple of feet above the original, doors plasterboarded over and alcoves walled in, it’s like a set from a bad horror movie only crawling with mould and fungus.

It’s a massive house but I understand she bought it quite cheaply considering its condition and location, the absolute middle of nowhere, and not in a good way, not secluded, just really really remote. I think she must be a little bit barmy, buying a house that size which should really be condemned and then fixing it up but I can’t help also being a little bit jealous. My place isn’t exactly a starter home but you could probably fit it into just one of the larger rooms. In my kitchen I have enough room, I manage with a slimline dishwasher and separate washer dryers, the two of them take up quite a bit of space but in Sarah’s kitchen, besides the kind of grot you would want jet wash with bleach, there’s enough room to tuck away a supermarket full of food. Space envy, that’s what it is! You see some-one’s crumbling, rotting, mouse-eaten pile and you don’t see any of that, you just think “Oooh, what I would do if I had all that space!”

I’d like to say the show’s given me some ideas but in all honesty I watch it thinking “You’re INSANE! Get help!” then begin to ponder whether I could knock a wall through, or maybe just a new doorway…

The new fad among celebrities is keeping an Eco-friendly home but does this mean a few simple recycled place mats or are they taking things seriously?

Well it is sad to say but it would seem that they are just getting a few novelty items to keep in fashion with things and this is a great shame indeed. The reason that this is such a shame is because many people really do idolise celebrities and perhaps if more of them actually did good things like this you would get their fans to actually do the same kind of thing.

So what can you do to help the world?

Well the next time you are going out to buy a gift it could well be worth scrapping the usual gift ideas and looking into something like Eco gifts. They could be anything from recycled glasses to fair trade blankets. They may cost a bit more but they really are worth it. Most of the time they last a lot longer.

So there you have it, do not always follow what a celebrity does but in this case do it. Take things a bit further and make the entire house Eco-friendly!