article_snippet: Jan Moir suspects it may be the decor .
article_snippet: The retina-punishing interior, with every last primped and tweaked corner of it designed by Laurence himself, must take the blame.
article_snippet: It is not so much the outrageously camp Llewelyn-Bowen studiedly gaudy everyday appearance, with the outrageously camp Llewelyn-Bowen tan leather jackets, polka dot shirt’n’tie combos, Guy Fawkes beard and unquenchable fondness for a ruffle —
article_snippet: It is more his tan leather jackets, polka dot shirt’n’tie combos, Guy Fawkes beard and unquenchable fondness for a ruffle — murky history as an interior designer and style expert on television shows such as the hit BBC series Changing Rooms.
article_snippet: Meanwhile, the flamboyant designer would never miss an opportunity to lecture on the flamboyant designer phobia about magnolia.
article_snippet: the flamboyant designer has always been very grand about not being bland.
article_snippet: And don’t you think that after being creamed and buffed, his mansion looks a thousand times better — a place a person would actually want to live in without throwing themselves out of a bedroom window?
article_snippet: After all this time, perhaps the frilly-sleeved, sconce-loving king of clutter should consider a career doing makeunders rather than makeovers.
highlights_snippet: Yes, says Jan Moir, who inspects his recent makeunder of the decor .