article_snippet: Kirstie TV programmes have shown the nation how to create a beautiful home from treasured items that have been handed down through the generations or upcycled and recycled to find a new use.
article_snippet: And now Kirstie Allsopp has opened the door to Kirstie Allsopp own Notting Hill, West London,
article_snippet: house to show Kirstie Allsopp really does practice what Kirstie Allsopp preaches.
article_snippet: From the living room sofa that has been inherited, to the kitchen tops that were once used in a science lab, the wardrobe now used as kitchen storage and the fireplace that once caused Kirstie Allsopp to burst into tears, Kirstie Allsopp's home is full of quirky collects.
article_snippet: Kirstie Allsopp, pictured above in Kirstie Allsopp Notting Hill home, is a household name for Kirstie Allsopp thrifty interior ideas .
article_snippet: And it should come as no surprise, as the face of shows such as Kirstie's Homemade Home and Location, Location, Location, the property expert knows a thing or two about transforming a living space.
article_snippet: Kirstie Allsopp and Kirstie Allsopp partner Ben Andersen bought She and her partner Ben Andersen London house, a 1950s property, in September 2006, a few months after Kirstie Allsopp first son Bay, now nine, was born and set about turning it into a home.
article_snippet: Talking about Kirstie Allsopp house, which was once two flats which have been knocked together to create an open and airy family home, Miss Allsopp, 43, who also has a son Oscar, seven, and is step-mother to Ben's two sons, said: 'I can't think of anything that hasn't got some sort of story behind it. '
article_snippet: ' Kirstie admits Kirstie 'wept' when Kirstie first bought this fireplace that he loved above, as Kirstie 'didn't want it in Kirstie home' '
article_snippet: Kirstie loves Kirstie kitchen wardrobe, above, and says that Kirstie thinks kitchen storage is very important .
highlights_snippet: Host of 'Kirstie's Fill Your House For Free' lives in 1950s West London pad .
  
highlights_snippet: Kirstie admits Kirstie is always 'adding and taking things away' from home .
  