Comfort & JOY

STACEY SOLOMON on being crafty this festive season

- HANNAH DAVIES

STACEY SOLOMON'S CRAFTY CHRISTMAS

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Stacey Solomon has reinvented herself as the queen of home hacks recently, thanks to her popular makeover series Sort Your Life Out, a collection of craft books, as well as sharing her magical DIY transformations on social media.

Now, the Loose Women panellist has landed her own seasonal showcase on BBC1, Stacey Solomon's Crafty Christmas. The one-off will see her deck the halls of her Tudor-style mansion in Essex, Pickle Cottage, with beautiful hand-crafted ideas, while also transforming a barn into a Christmas grotto fit for a festive party for her local community.

And Stacey has some very special helpers, too, including her husband, actor and presenter Joe Swash, and children - sons Zachary, 14, Leighton, 10, and Rex, three, and one-year-old daughter Rose.

Here, Stacey, 33, tells TV Times why she's delighted to be spreading Christmas cheer...

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