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Boris and Carrie Johnson have been ridiculed for their taste after an estimate revealed the makeover of their Downing Street home cost more than £200,000 - including a £3,675 drinks trolley and £8,500 lamp.
The couple, who share son Wilfred and daughter Romy, refitted the grace and favour apartment at No.11, which reportedly looked like a 'John Lewis nightmare' after Theresa May's residency, with the help of society interiors guru Lulu Lytle.
Lytle is the founder of Soane Britain, a company offering clients wall-to-wall luxe with a promise of bringing 'joie de vivre' into the home - for a hefty price. A single rattan light can cost £7,200, while a desk can be more than £10,000.
A leaked copy of the estimate for the renovation, seen by the Independent, reveals that the No11 flat makeover included a £7,000 rug, a £3,675 drinks trolley and two sofas which cost more than £15,000 in total.
However the couple were quickly mocked for their taste online, with many social media users tweeting their dismay at the cost of the renovations.
(Boris and Carrie Johnson's makeover of their Downing Street home cost more than £200,000 - including a £3,675 drinks trolley and £8,500 lamp (pictured a living room designed by Lulu Lytel))
(Lytle is the founder of Soane Britain, a company offering clients wall-to-wall luxe with a promise of bringing 'joie de vivre' into the home - for a hefty price. A single rattan light can cost £7,200, while a desk can be more than £10,000 (pictured, a room designed by Lytle))
One commented: 'Leaked: £200,000...That's what it cost to transform Boris & Carrie's flat into a Tunnock's Tea Cake shrine.' Meanwhile another wrote: 'Surely this isn't the result of the PM's refurbishment of the flat in No.10! If you're a migraine sufferer you must be really into pain to live with this.'
A third added: 'I'm sorry but Caza taste is abysmal. Maybe they should of gone to Ikea.'
The cheapest item on the bill was a £500 kitchen table cloth, while £3,000 had been spent on a 'paint effect' for the flat's hallway and two Aten hurricane lights cost £1,775 each.
(A leaked copy of the estimate for the renovation reveals that the No11 flat makeover included a £3,675 drinks trolley)
(Two Aten hurricane lights cost £1,775 each)
(Despite the controversy surrounding the renovation becoming known as 'Wallpapergate', the most expensive order from the wallpaper bill was £2,250 for 10 rolls of 'Espalier Square design' used in the entrance hall)
(Other items purchased by the couple included Lytle's £3,650 Leighton table)
(Other items purchased by the couple included Lytle's £3,650 Leighton table as well as a £3,800 long, low bookcase from the designer (pictured))
(The couple, who share son Wilfred and daughter Romy, refitted the grace and favour apartment at No.11, which reportedly looked like a ' John Lewis nightmare' after Theresa May 's residency, with the help of society interiors guru Lulu Lytle)
The Johnsons also ordered a drawing room lamp for £6,000 along with a £2,500 lampshade, the leaked bill suggests.
And despite the controversy surrounding the renovation becoming known as 'Wallpapergate', the most expensive order from the wallpaper bill was £2,250 for 10 rolls of 'Espalier Square design' used in the entrance hall.
Wallpaper in the drawing room came to £1,500, while 15 rolls for the kitchen came to £825, meaning £4,575 was spent on wallpaper in total.
Although described as 'emerald and stone linen' in colour, the 'Espalier' wallpaper is believed to have inspired Mr Johnson's frustrated remark that his wife was 'spending thousands on gold wallpaper', reports say.
Ref: This is what a £200,000 interior makeover looks like! Boris and Carrie Johnson are ridiculed for their taste as estimate reveals how they decked out Number 11 in 'granny chic' - with £15,000 sofas, £2,250 gold wallpaper and a £3,675 drinks trolley (dailymail)
