PROPERTY guru Kirstie Allsopp is waging war on flat-pack furniture – from a disused shop in Glasgow.
The Location, Location, Location presenter is filming a new home improvement programme this week in the Merchant City.
Her production crew has transformed a vacant shop unit in Miller Street into the set for the new show, entitled Fill Your House For Free.
Allsopp, 41, wants to give life to unwanted items of furniture. She said: "New is not necessarily best, unless it's shoes and handbags.
"In this of all cities, why would we reject our past? I love the fact Glasgow has all these incredible, solid buildings that have been here for hundreds of years now.
"The concept that you should fill them with pieces of furniture that have come from China is bizarre."
The mother-of-two got her TV break in Glasgow 13 years ago – on Location, Location, Location, which was made by Kirsty Wark's production company, Wark-Clements.
In 2010, Allsopp and her long-time property partner Phil Spencer set up their own TV company, Raise The Roof Productions, in Glasgow.
The Pacific Quay-based firm has produced five series of Phil Spencer: Secret Agent as well as Vacation, Vacation, Vacation and Allsopp's Handmade Britain. She said: "I love being back in Glasgow – where I began my career."
The concept Fill Your House For Free is to show viewers how to makeover rooms for almost no cost.
All the furniture, fixtures and fittings on the Glasgow set have been fished out of skips, or sourced from websites such as Freegle, Free-cycle and Gumtree.
Allsopp said: "We can't live in a world where everybody who moves into a new home furnishes it entirely with new stuff. Anyone can get this stuff for free.
"Of course, we've got clever designers and great people on the team who have got a bit more imagination than your average person, but essentially it's possible for anyone to do it."
The series is being filmed simultaneously with the latest series of Location, Location, Location.
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