He had very intricate tiny little brushes. He used to make little Airfix models, you know, the little planes and things. I can't remember where I heard this from, it might have been my father. Also, buy good paint brushes, and with a good paintbrush you don't need masking tape. OWE: Buy good masking tape – and to be honest, I do try to. What is the best decorating advice you have ever received? But I remember walking into our living room after we'd put a mirror up above the fireplace, and for some reason it made the room look complete! There were still bits to be done, but it felt like a living room and not like a project anymore which was so lovely. OWE: When you're renovating or working on a home and doing a lot of that work yourself, you sometimes don't see the small daily wins of getting the little jobs done. Tell us about your favourite memory at home It looks fab, and you can also chuck all of your rubbish into it. In our previous place, the basement where I kept my drums flooded, but I managed to save one, so that drum is on top of this box now, in the living room. The top is completely water-stained, but open it and there's a cute felt-lined box, and it's got four cute little legs pointing outwards. I was filming a show recently in Leeds and in a reclamation type place I saw this gorgeous 1970s sewing box. What I was saying about mid-century furniture, I know it's very en vogue, I do love it, and one of the things I'm never afraid to do is to bring in things from other eras and styles into our home. OWE: Best-ever bargain? Oh my goodness, this is a tough one. Owain Wyn Evans What is the best home bargain you've ever snapped up? I love objects that have got a story, so that's why this chair is my favourite place. We actually bought it in Cardiff, in a furniture shop. It's quite modern, it's got a mid-century look about it. She sits in the chair and peruses what's going on outside. Franny is a lovely cat – she's a long-haired, half Maine Coon. It faces out through the double doors towards the garden. One of the things I love most is my lovely big, cushioned, padded, orange chair. When my husband and I are both there and we’re not working, I love that. Last week I was putting beading down and caulking in the living room and hallway. As is always the case with an older home, there is always something to do. ![]() One of things that turns a house into a home is that a lot of love and time has been put into it. OWE: I suppose just being there makes me happy. It’s the third home the couple have renovated. Owain has lived in an Edwardian semi-detached red-brick house in South Manchester with his husband, Arran, who works in the museums sector, for two years. ![]() Joined by Anglesey-based interior designer Mandy Watkins and Cardiff architect Glen Thomas for a new BBC Cymru Wales series, Wales' Home of The Year, Owain is on a quest to find the very best properties the country has to offer – from terraced houses to bungalows, castles, country cottages, and everything in between. He's played the drums as a hobby since the age of seven, and in 2021 raised more than £3 million for BBC Children in Need with a 24-hour drumathon. Susanna Reid's appearance in Strictly back in 2013 turbo-charged her career and saw her leave the BBC for ITV.Ī representative for Strictly Come Dancing has been approached for comment.Īlex has already had a role on a reality talent show after appearing in Dancing on Ice back in 2018 with professional ice-skater Brianne Delcourt, but co-star Laura, 39, has yet to make a similar move.As part of our interview series, My Happy Home, presenter, weatherman, drummer and self-proclaimed fashionista, Owain Wyn Evans, talks about mid-century modern, why every Pisces needs rainfall, and his love of The Golden Girls’ Japanese-influenced Californian pad.īorn in Ammanford, Carmarthenshire, Owain – who appears on BBC's The One Show and BBC Breakfast, and presents the weather for regional nightly news programme North West Tonight – is patron of The LGBTQ Foundation charity. “It is still early in the process but both their names are in the mix.” Laura and Alex are well-liked and would make good signings. The Bristol-born GMB weatherman has found himself in the mix for the next series along with GMB’s other meteorologist Laura Tobin for the 2021 series of the BBC ratings hit, it has been reported.Īccording to the Sun, Alex,40, could be the next ITV face to be partnered up with a dance professional after Ranvir Singh in 2020 and Charlotte Hawkins in 2017.Ī source told the publication: “Strictly bosses like having an ITV daytime star as they help with audience figures, being really well-known. Could Alex Beresford be following in the dance steps of his Good Morning Britain co-star Susanna Reid in the sequinned world of Strictly Come Dancing?
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