Focusing on kitchens and bathrooms this week as these are the hardest to get right, the most expensive and yet the most important rooms in the house.

I can think of at least three large cupboards in my house which are filled with junk and stuff I/we no longer need (children’s books, old cuddly toys and mismatched bedding) that somehow six months of staying indoors with everyone crying out for more space hasn’t managed to solve.

I’m excited to show you round this house belonging to fashion stylist Siouxsie Dickens, and also to have discovered a new estate agent with lovely houses to browse.

There are so many to choose from and so many of them are no good; they are fragile or cheap-looking or wobbly. It’s a real opportunity to add a statement to a room and often the cost can be far outweighed by the impact it will have.

After the 10th conversation about what I would do to the kitchen if we had the money and the justification for doing so, I heard the Mad Husband say to a friend: “She’s got that look in her eye.