FLAMBOYANT PRINCE OF PRINTS LAURENCE LLEWELYN-BOWEN ON HIS DESIGNS TO MAKE BRITAIN’S HOMES GREAT AGAIN WITH THE RETURN OF ‘CHANGING ROOMS’

‘The difference between prancing around painting ceilings at 57 rather than 37 is pronounced, I can tell you’

With the revival of Changing Rooms on our screens, a new flagship store opening in the Cotswolds and a second grandchild joining the family brood, it’s no wonder Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen is lying prostrate on a chaise longue, both exhausted and excited as he talks to HELLO! .

“I’m absolutely deflated by my own efforts,” says the unfailingly flamboyant interior designer. “The difference between prancing around in leather painting ceilings at 57 rather than 37 is very pronounced, I can tell you,”

Laurence lives .