angelophile | If It Ain't Baroque, Don't Fix It

Dennis Nelems, 65, of Cleveleys, near Blackpool, spent £30,000 recreating the Baroque masterpiece as he hated his flat's beige carpets and plain walls.

The two-bedroomed home is now adorned with angels, cherubs and sketched paintings in the style of Michelangelo.

Mr Nelems wife, Norma, 62, said she "wouldn't have it any other way."

She added: "When we got married I had no idea he would do something like this, he just said he was going to do some decorating."

Mr Nelems said he had always been interested in Baroque and Renaissance art and had decorated four previous homes in a similar way.

"I couldn't bear to be idle when I retired, this became what I do all day," he said.

"People always say it is wonderful when they come to look and when we sold the other houses the buyers asked how we could leave something so beautiful."

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