How to spend £200k on your (Downing Street) flat refurb

<p>Features writer Katie Strick’s been looking at how the redecoration&nbsp;of 11 Downing Street&nbsp;by Boris Johnson and Carrie Symonds reportedly hit the £200,000 mark.</p><p><br></p><p>She reveals the costs of hiring one of London’s top interior designers, Lulu Lytle, whose fabric prices start at £100 a metre.</p><p>And she’s been looking into how much of the flat’s furnishings were really from John Lewis when the Prime Minister and his fiancée arrived, such as the £100 chrome table lamp left by Theresa May.</p><p><br></p><p>But is £200,000 a lot of money for a Downing Street refurbishment anyway? We also talk about the cash spent by previous occupants.&nbsp;</p> &#10;&nbsp;<br /><hr><p style='color: grey; font - size: 0.75em; '>See <a style='color: grey; ' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>