Britain s ambassador to the US personally asked the interior designer behind a controversial Downing Street renovation to redo her Washington residence.
Dame Karen Pierce approached Lulu Lytle, the co-founder of Soane Britain, to redecorate her impressive home in Washington DC this year, the Times reports.
However, it has been claimed the proposed revamp was abandoned in April after a furious row emerged over the makeover of Boris Johnson s Downing Street flat.
The lavish refurbishment of 11 Downing Street, which featured gold wallpaper by interior designer Lytle, reportedly cost a six-figure sum.
But insiders say the Prime Minister has had to call in specialist decorators to rehang parts of the £840 per roll hand-crafted paper - because it keeps falling down.
After being given a pasting for getting Tory donors to pay for gold wallpaper in his Downing Street flat, Boris Johnson faced fresh embarrassment last night – it keeps falling down.
The Prime Minister has had to call in specialist decorators to rehang parts of the £840 per roll hand-crafted wallpaper, No 10 sources say.
The latest twist in the Wallpapergate affair came as a photograph emerged of upmarket interior designer Lulu Lytle visiting Downing Street. The Daily Mail can also reveal some of the fabrics Miss Lytle s Soane Britain company used in the refit of Mr Johnson and fiancee Carrie Symonds s 11 Downing Street apartment.