Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen gets rid of garish decor after failing to find a buyer for Cotswold farmhouse

Flamboyant interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen failed to find a buyer for his 1.6million home for a year He has had to swallow his pride and redecorate the garishly-painted Cotswold farmhouse so he can sell up The six-bedroom, grade 2 listed home used to be a riot of clashing prints and brightly-patterned wallpaper Now the 16th century manor has been painted abland but inoffensive shade of what looks like magnolia

By James Tozer for the Daily Mail

Published: 17:03 EST, 22 March 2015 | Updated: 06:46 EST, 23 March 2015

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He once joked that his only phobias were magnolia paint and woodchip wallpaper.

But it appears that famously flamboyant interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen has had to swallow his pride after his garishly-decorated Cotswolds farmhouse failed to find a buyer in more than a year.

While the hated woodchip is nowhere to be seen, the walls have now been painted a bland but inoffensive shade of what looks suspiciously like magnolia.

Garish prints: Laurence and Jackie Llewelyn-Bowen at their former family home, which has been toned down in their attempts to find a buyer

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