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60 Minute Makeover - the 10 minute review!

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4 Sep 3rd, 2004 

19 Ciao members have rated this review on average: helpful

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Learn good design tips, entertaining to watch

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Fast - paced, might make YOU feel slightly panicky !

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60 Minute Makeover IS similar to all the other standard design programs out there, but with an exciting twist - as suggested in the title, they only have 60 minutes to makeover a few rooms to give them a fresh look. It's an exciting, fun to watch programme, and I never thought a regular old design program could have me on the edge of my seat, but at times it does, as you wait to see if they can accomplish their tasks. Though it might leave you feeling slightly stressed and panicky yourself - I know it has for me!

The main target in their 'uplift' of the rooms is to make the rooms look modern, and they really do come up with some great, inspirational ideas to do that. There's the odd dodgy thing here and there, and some of the things they do could go out of fashion very quickly, but I personally have learned some wonderful colour combinations, some wonderful layouts etc and also garden tips, and I'm sure others have.

It's well-presented, and well-directed, although I'm not too much of an expert on the latter! But overall, it's quite comfortable to view, not awkward.

One downside to the program is that if they dont finish up the odd thing here and there in the 60 minutes, they leave them to the house-owners, which I think it a tad unfair. Though they do leave the tools, and the paint/materials, which I suppose balances it a bit!

Another downside is how much money they spend, (usually thousands of pounds, a lot of it unnecessary), as it leaves you thinking that unless YOU spend that much money, your house can't look that good. The program could possibly be improved if they cut down the budget, so people like you and me can learn the budget ways to improve rooms.

Overall, a fun program, with possibly a couple of improvements to be made, but certainly worth a watch!

7.5/10. 

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Comments about this review »

torr 12.07.2005 23:22

I've not watched this one, which sounds a bit silly, to be honest. Are the ad breaks included in the 60 minutes, I wonder. Duncan

Lucie_S1984 15.06.2005 21:30

I've never seen this before, I'd hate to go on one of these programmes myself! Lucie xxx

baby_uk 14.06.2005 10:07

I've seen this a few times when I've been off sick from work but it's not something I would go out of my way to watch. Good op though!



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