Stacey Solomon shows first makeover of £2.2m new mansion after leaving Pickle Cottage

Stacey Solomon has given fans their first proper look at her new £2.2 million mansion, and she has already started the makeover process.

The Loose Women star and husband Joe Swash recently left behind their beloved Pickle Cottage after selling the £1.3 million Essex property, bringing an emotional end to five years in the home.

The couple announced the sale earlier this month (3 September), revealing they would be leaving the property 'imminently' after finding a buyer who had fallen in love with it.

Explaining why they had decided to move, Stacey said her blended family had increasingly wanted more land so they could rescue more animals and grow more of their own food.

And, according to her latest social media posts, Stacey is happily in her next renovation era.

Taking to Instagram over the weekend (13 September), Stacey showed off the new property's huge old staircase, which she described as the 'Home Alone hallway of my dreams'.

Rather than reaching for the paintbrush just yet, Stacey has given the dark wooden staircase an early Halloween makeover, adding lanterns, pumpkins and autumn leaves along the bannisters to really get into the spirit of spooky season.

She told followers: "Paint? I don’t know. All I know is for now they’re the perfect mood for some early autumn decoration."

It's clear the new home comes with plenty of character of its own, although some of it may not survive Stacey's renovation plans.

The property features hand-painted nude murals around the hot tub, an entirely orange bathroom and what Stacey has dubbed 'creepy coving'.

There is also a sauna, complete with oil left behind by the previous owners.

Then there's the absolutely enormous fireplace, with Stacey standing underneath the mantelpiece to demonstrate quite how big it is.

She admitted: "I can’t work out if the fireplace is too big for the room or if it’s perfect. All I do know for sure is I can not wait to hang stockings off of it and decorate it for Christmas!"

While the house is considerably bigger than Pickle Cottage, Stacey has admitted that the scale of the rooms has created a few decorating headaches.

Showing fans the master bedroom, she said: "The ceiling height is giving my furniture a real Borrowers look; everything looks so tiny."

It's clear Stacey's got her work cut out for her, with fans all over keen to follow all her and Joe's upcoming home renovation updates.