Love Island legend Olivia Bowen reveals secrets of incredible new dream home – including cheeky nod to ITV2 show
LOVE Island legend Olivia Bowen has revealed the secret touches to her amazing new dream home – including a cheeky nod to the ITV2 dating show.
The 30-year-old rose to fame after finishing as a runner-up on the second series of Love Island, with her now-husband Alex, back in 2016.
Olivia and Alex recently sold their £1.3 million Essex dream home to trade it for a luxurious mansion.
The star talked to The Sun about her new home and what she’s most looking forward to.
Olivia said: “We’ve designed a little kitchen barbecue area, getting a pizza oven, and we’ll have seating. So the love island is still creeping in.”
“I’ve become a lot more confident in my style and my design process, and I think that that’s just helped with this house.
“It will show because my style is very different to the old one. It will look very different and I think people are not going to expect what it’s going to look like.”
She added: “The last house was very modern, a lot of like clean lines. A lot of sort of beige, minimalist kind of thing, but this house is very different.
“There’s a lot of colour, a lot of pattern. It’s just very country. We have a lot of beams and things, so yeah, it’s kind of completely different.”
The former reality star got into interior design in a big way after her time on the show, and has kept fans updated on her house renovations through an Instagram account dedicated to the topic.
Green tones run through Olivia’s new mansion, complemented by a modern, sleek finish.
The property boasts a spacious garden and patio area, along with a generously sized master closet with cream hues.
The star talked about the reason for moving out of her dream home and the timeline for moving into her new mansion.
Olivia said: “We absolutely adored our last house, there’s a number of reasons why, we had some equity in the house, which I’ve been wanting to extend my property portfolio. So we’ve taken some equity out of the house to extend that.”
Equity is how much of your home that you own.
Adding on the reason why she’s moving, Olivia said: “The location was just not great. It was on a main road, and with a toddler like, it was just really not ideal to live there, and this house just popped up in our perfect location.
“It was a plot with the plans already approved to build the house and it was just the perfect opportunity to build a house exactly to our specification in the perfect location.
“So we really couldn’t say no. It was just everything kind of aligned at once. That’s why we ended up moving.”
When asked when she’ll move into the new mansion, Olivia said:” Actually we’ve not got long. We’re moving in mid June.”
You can follow Olivia on @oliviadbown and @thebowenhome.