Stacey Solomon impressed her four million followers on Facebook with her tips and tricks for cleaning, organizing, and upcycling your house.
She now uses her talents for helping others in need in a new six-part series, Sort Your Life Out. The series, which features ordinary families decluttering their lives, airs on BBC One at 8pm Thursday.
Home organiser Dilly Carter, carpenter and up-cycler Robert Bent and cleaning expert Iwan Carrington also feature on the show to help families stripping their homes bare and putting everything they own in a giant warehouse.
They were then given the task to sort through it all and were encouraged to dispose most of the possessions. This caused tension, emotion, as well as tears.
For some families, however, tensions can arise over sentimental objects such as 1,000 toys. While others have to throw out over 400 pieces of tupperware, others may face difficult decisions.
New BBC series Sort Your Life Out challenges families that feel overwhelmed by clutter to tidy up their lives. Pictured before: The Patel family from London whose living room was littered with clothes, exercise equipment, toys, and children’s toys.
Pictured after: Darshan and Bijal were stunned by the transformation of the programme
Alongside organiser Dilly, carpenter Rob and cleaner Iwan, Stacey challenged the Patel family, from London, to embark on a mammoth declutter and sort their life out in just seven days.
After asking her family to give up half their possessions, mother Bijal along with her husband Darshan and their children emptied every item they owned into boxes.
The family’s possessions included 387 bits of tupperware, 1,011 bangles and over 2,000 toys – with the family shocked all their things were ever able to fit into their home in the first place.
Both Bijal and Darshan struggled to let go of some of their treasured items, but eventually managed to divided their possessions into piles to recycle, donate or sell.
Cherelle, a full time mother, and Tony her husband spent all their time cleaning up the toys of their four young children. (Pictured before – one of their bedrooms was cluttered with toys and clothes).
Pictured after: The children’s bedroom was decluttered, and given a stunning makeover with blue walls, storage shelves and additional storage.
Rob, a carpenter, gave the house a new lease on life with clever under-stair storage and hidden kitchen drawers. Iwan gave it a huge spring clean.
As they tried to tidy up after their children, the Dowling family, a Manchester couple, was also on the show.
Cherelle, a full-time mother, and Tony, a courier, said that they felt like they were spending too much time cleaning up after their four children.
They confessed to each other that they were also desperate for an engagement ring.
The family’s possessions were laid out in a giant warehouse including 34 odd kids’ shoes, 50 new born baby hats and over 1,000 toys (Pictured before: their living room brimming with children’s toys before the makeover)
Pictured after: Cherelle’s living space was given a chic makeover by the team, which included rearranging furniture and adding wallpaper in a pink color scheme.
With the house all packed up, the family’s possessions were laid out in a giant warehouse including 34 odd kids’ shoes, 50 new born baby hats and over 1,000 toys.
Tensions rose about the quality of the children’s toys that the couple owned. The pair had to learn how to work together to sort through their belongings and decide what to throw away.
Rob transformed their home to make it more inviting for their four children by redesigning the bedrooms.
He also showed viewers three different ways that an old wardrobe can be reused.
Stacey Solomon is a presenter of the new BBC1 series. She is well-known for her useful cleaning tips online.
Cleaner Iwan gave their house an instant makeover. Dilly also showed viewers how to sort kitchen cupboards and rooms for children.
These aren’t all the families who enlist the Sort Your Life Out team’s assistance during the series.
Steph Paine, a single mother, and her three daughters were miserable because of the clutter in their Gloucester home.
The contents of their packed possessions included 111 bottles and 80 packs of out-of date medicine, as well as over 1,000 books.
Stacey and the team also help single mother Steph, from Gloucester, and her three daughters, who felt miserable due to the clutter in her home (pictured, before her children’s bedrooms bursting with books, toys and clothes)
Pictured after: The bedroom received a stylish makeover, including a space-saving mattress, bookcase, and a lick of paint on the walls.
Rob, a carpenter, made the most of the house by creating clever storage solutions, including hidden bathroom cabinets. Dilly, an organizer, showed viewers how to organize kitchen cupboards and keep your wardrobes tidy.
Stacey, the presenter of the show and former contestant on X Factor, regularly posts cleaning tips and crafting tips to her Instagram Stories.
One of her most popular features is her ‘Tap to Tidy’ clips. This Instagram trend Stacey started, in which she cleans up the mess around her home with just one tap.
Steph packed up 111 bottles nail varnish, 80 packs out-of-date medicine, and more than a thousand books.
Pictured after: Steph’s house was transformed by Stacey & the team. They created a stunning living room with stylish furniture and modern decor, and a brand-new fireplace.
Tap to Tidy was her latest lifestyle book, which became Amazon’s number one bestseller earlier this year.
Speaking about the launch of the show, BBC commissioning editor Emily Smith added: ‘After filming a successful pilot last year, we’re so excited for this series with Stacey and her team. It’s amazing how they can turn homes around without spending a lot.
“Aside from all the inspiring and useful ideas, it’s a series about modern families and life that we can all relate too.”