Colin & Justin's Home Show
Colin & Justin Interview
Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan are well known for their design flair, their bickering
and unrelenting energy, and now, in Colin And Justin's Home Show, the duo are on
a mission to make Britain's homes beautiful by any means necessary. We caught up with them to find out what it was like to design "live" in front of an audience and their favourite moments while making the show...
Describe Colin And Justin's Home Show for us. How does it differ from other shows and series you've done before?
"The Home Show (the rather fabulous home companion to The Clothes Show) is a vital link between 'aspirational' and 'attainable' design due to the fact that each episode provides an exclusive behind-closed-doors peek at a Design Hero's home where we strip down each designer's approach to their own space. The show has a punchy live feel which we really love and we both loved filming with the public and getting the reactions to our designs first hand from our audience".
What was it like being on the road for so long? Did you get on well or were there any hairy moments?
"There are still some VERY scary hotels out there! Indeed we'd get back to our hotel room after designing a gorgeous set (all from high street items rooted out in each mall, we might add!) and our room would look so desperately desolate - what with its little kettle, dowdy duvet and dated television - that we wanted to scream. On many occasions we could easily have slept in the mall instead. Especially when it was a bedroom design which we'd been working on that particular day".
How did you feel designing in front of a live audience?
"Oh blimey - it was like being in a Roman arena! We always wanted to get it right first time, but finally we relaxed and eased into actually involving the crowds in decision making... and asking for their approval or disapproval as we set about our mission of 'in mall' decorative beautification. We both loved the buzz and the crowds were fun, frisky and fabulously opinionated. Which of course was all very good for the show!"
"The Home Show (the rather fabulous home companion to The Clothes Show) is a vital link between 'aspirational' and 'attainable' design due to the fact that each episode provides an exclusive behind-closed-doors peek at a Design Hero's home where we strip down each designer's approach to their own space. The show has a punchy live feel which we really love and we both loved filming with the public and getting the reactions to our designs first hand from our audience".
What was it like being on the road for so long? Did you get on well or were there any hairy moments?
"There are still some VERY scary hotels out there! Indeed we'd get back to our hotel room after designing a gorgeous set (all from high street items rooted out in each mall, we might add!) and our room would look so desperately desolate - what with its little kettle, dowdy duvet and dated television - that we wanted to scream. On many occasions we could easily have slept in the mall instead. Especially when it was a bedroom design which we'd been working on that particular day".
How did you feel designing in front of a live audience?
"Oh blimey - it was like being in a Roman arena! We always wanted to get it right first time, but finally we relaxed and eased into actually involving the crowds in decision making... and asking for their approval or disapproval as we set about our mission of 'in mall' decorative beautification. We both loved the buzz and the crowds were fun, frisky and fabulously opinionated. Which of course was all very good for the show!"
