Boris and Carrie Johnson famously spaffed £200,000 up the wall to revamp the No11 Downing Street flat, because Carrie couldn’t bear to live in predecessor Theresa May’s “John Lewis nightmare”. Out went the chrome table lamps, in came the handcrafted gold wallpaper, £15,000 silk sofas and a £3,675 drinks trolley (just the essentials, really).
But has Carrie had a change of heart? Yesterday she paid a visit to Ikea and Costco, and was shocked to find “they have everything. And it is all ENORMOUS.” She shared this intel with her burgeoning Instagram following, declaring that she “loved” the experience.
