Stacey Solomon gives new update after leaving £1.3m Pickle Cottage with family

Stacey Solomon and Joe Swash announced last week that they were saying goodbye to Pickle Cottage after five years at their beloved £1.3 million Essex home.

The couple have already sold the property and are preparing to move out imminently, marking the end of a particularly special chapter for their blended family.

From renovating the cottage to getting married there and welcoming two of their children, the home holds plenty of memories.

Now, they’re heading for a new property with more land and room for their plans.

Stacey has since shared a new update with fans who are no doubt eager to see what she gets up to next for 'Pickle Project'.

In a photo shared over the weekend, Stacey could be seen smiling with her family in front of the doors of her new house.

"Home is wherever I’m with you…" she captioned the Instagram snap before announcing: "Pickle Project, Here We Go!"

On Sunday (6 September), Stacey then shared with fans a first glimpse of what the new house looks like inside - starting with the top floor.

The clip started with her children climbing up a ladder to reach the top floor of the house.

The Loose Women star then explained to her six million followers that she had started at the top floor of the house as it was the tidiest.

However, she did warn viewers that she had found several odd items up there when rummaging about.

Stacey then panned to the orange bathroom as well as the green and yellow rooms - one of which even had an old-school TV mounted on the wall!

She theorised that the previous owners had used these rooms mostly for storage. As she looked through some of the possessions they had left behind, she found a working antique projector, a children's horse-riding hat, a vintage racket, an old domino set, and a book about the world.

"I can't wait to properly have some days off work & show you all around... I'm not going to show the outside of the house this time around. Just for security & privacy reasons... we had some issues at Pickle Cottage in the end & it's safer to just not show the building itself," Stacey explained in another video.

"I am so excited though to take you into the rooms and get inspiration from you all."

She continued: "There's so much to think about & so many fun things to do. I will need help with this project because it's huge. I need all of your tips, tricks, ideas!

"I'm going to really take my time and live here and work out what to do with each room because I don't want to rush it!

"But I can't tell you how excited I am to sink my teeth into this project with you all."

Stacey captioned the short clip: "The Top Floor.

"Come with us… starting from the top & working the way down. Here’s us exploring and finding some treasures that the last people left behind. I need your opinion.

"Is that orange bath suite nice? Because I love it, & can someone tell me what these dominoes are made of, please? And whether I should keep that 80s TV because it actually makes me feel so happy & nostalgic when I look at it."