"When you don't do that, it just means that you are ending up creating what can only be described as 'cat lady'. "Yes, there is a very good life lesson to this idea of just asking the stuff that you share your world with if they give you pleasure and have a story to tell. However, I suggest the pair have more in common than he thinks as in his book, More More More, he introduces readers to 'furniture therapy' – asking your possessions if you like them, what memories do you share and if you want to live with them for the rest of your life. "I think anyone that built a career on preaching to people to fold their underpants to look like fortune cookies really should be taken with a pinch of salt." "I'm sure Marie Kondo is a lovely person, but I suggest she never gets stuck in a lift with me as I don't think it's going to end well for her," he laughs. Renowned for his exuberant outfits and plush extravagant designs, LLB has never been afraid of letting known his thoughts on minimalism and shooting down people like BBC Sort Your Life Out presenter Stacey Solomon andĭuring our chat, he waxed lyrical about Japanese organising consultant and TV presenter Marie Kondo. There is a scroll that would stretch twice around the globe practically - I've never denied myself maximalism." So what mementos can we find in Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen's home? These are literal souvenirs of a life well lived, and they should not be confined to 'storage', but celebrated in the space that you inhabit." "It could be a childhood memory or a memento from a boozy lunch you spent with someone. Mark it out as being incredibly special and very particular to you," says LLB, who advises people to seek out and visually celebrate their personal treasures, heirlooms, family photos and souvenirs. What maximalism is not, however, is a license to clutter. You should allow a room to grow towards the light, like some fabulous coral reef, that has layers and layers of memories and happenings." "For all carbon-based life forms, their default setting is to maximise. "I've always said right from the beginning of Changing Rooms (in 1996) that celebrating existence through objects is basically the factory setting of humanity. "We shouldn't be feeling that we've got to conform to a fundamentally 20th century concept of minimalism which suggests we should be controlling our interior spaces as if it's some kind of pathogen against nature. "It's about being brave and having the courage to own the stuff that celebrates you," enthuses the 57-year-old, who is excited to see people increasingly embracing colour, pattern and objects in their homes. The flamboyant designer and host of Channel 4's Changing Rooms is keen to encourage people to embrace his interior philosophy of self-expression, individuality and the dense display of possessions that make you feel special. "Lockdown and being confined for months in bunkers of our own devising, the sensible majority have worked out that where we live needs more us in it," says Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen (LLB), whose new book, More More More, celebrates the need for what he calls maximalism in our homes. "FOR the past 20 years we've all gotten rather used to the idea that houses of grey are understated and the same as everybody else's.
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