Stacey Solomon has said it "feels so strange" to be waking up in her new home. The presenter, 36, recently shared the first photos of the new family home she has moved into with Joe Swash and their children.
The couple, who have children Rex, Rose and Belle together, while Joe is also dad to Harry from a previous relationship, and Stacey has Zachary and Leighton with her exes, previously lived in the mansion they dubbed Pickle Cottage in Essex together but they have now uprooted somewhere else.
Privacy concerns over new home
It is not clear where the new home is but, on Saturday, Stacey addressed her followers about the move as she wrote on Instagram: "feels so strange not waking up in pickle cottage but so excited taking it all in & wondering what to do with this place."
The former Loose Women panellist is looking forward to showing fans what the interiors of her new home looks like but also made it clear that she will now be a bit more guarded about what she shares on social media.
She said: "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."
Excited for the next project
"I am so excited though to take you into the rooms & get inspiration from you all. 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."
Earlier this week, former X Factor star Stacey said a heartfelt goodbye to their family home on Instagram, posting a video including some of their best memories there.
"Thank You & Goodbye Pickle Cottage," she wrote. "A little montage of some of the best years of our lives… We will forever be grateful for the last 5 years at Pickle. What a special place & how lucky we've been to have lived there. Memories that will last forever…"
Moving on from Pickle Cottage
"Wishing all of the love & happiness to the new family who get to love pickle cottage. And here's to the next chapter…"
In another clip, Stacey and Joe could be seen announcing their next chapter. The latter began: "Well, I tell you, she's been thinking about how she's going to say this, when she's going to say it, how people are going to feel about it."
"I don't even know why," the I'm A Celeb star interjected. "Because it's how am I going to feel about it. So we are leaving Pickle Cottage. We're moving out of Pickle Cottage, which I knew I never ever thought I would say - and imminently!"
"The reason we haven't said anything up until this point is because anyone who's ever moved knows what it's like. You don't know if it's going to happen until it actually happens."
"Leaving Pickle Cottage was a massive decision for us, so we had a lot of people we needed to speak to, we needed to get the kids around to the idea, we needed to speak to all of our lovely neighbours, our lovely friends in the area…"
"Even the thought of selling Pickle Cottage felt like it would be impossible if everyone knew we were selling Pickle Cottage," she added. "Does that make sense? So we've just waited until someone amazing came along and fell in love with Pickle Cottage."
