Coleen's £1.5m spending rampage
By Matthew Acton
Chav
And she's hired top interior designer Dawn Ward—who charges £150,000 a time for her services —to make sure there'll be no fashion blunders like those to be found in her wardrobe.
"Coleen has suffered her fair share of criticism for the way she dresses," said a pal of the couple.
"The last thing she wanted was for their dream house to be named Chav Towers.
"With Dawn at the helm there'll be no chance of that."
Dawn, 31, is the wife of Sheffield United star Ashley Ward— so she knows what a footballer's pad should be like.
All six of Rooney's new bedrooms will have Bang and Olufson plasma TVs and sound systems, costing around £5,800 each, as well as ensuite "wetrooms" —posh bathrooms where you can spray water around to your heart's content without worrying about getting the floor wet.
The master bedroom will have his and hers walk-in dressing rooms and a balcony so they can sit and admire their landscaped grounds.
There'll be an indoor heated pool with steam room and a recessed Jacuzzi spa bath finished with carved wood mouldings at a cost of about £5,500.
Above the pool will be a gallery which incorporates a state-of-the-art gym.
The walls and floor will be fully tiled with limestone and a huge £13,000 plasma TV screen will dominate the room.
Coleen has also demanded a spray tanning booth —which will cost about £10,500—massage benches and a professional hairdressing and beauty station, priced at about £1,250, so that stylists can visit her at home.
The blonde is obviously looking to improve her image—and turned out for racing at Aintree on Friday in a slinky £3,000 blue dress with a smile so flashing she looked as though she'd had her teeth whitened.
Coleen—joined by a close set of pals and her mum and dad Collette and Tony in a private box—scooped £400 on Mighty Man in one race as she took tips over her mobile from Wayne.
As Mighty Man crossed the line, Coleen jumped up and down and screamed: "That's my horse. I am on Mighty Man and I can't wait to tell Wayne I've won a load of money."
That should be some relief to him, although her winnings probably wouldn't even be enough to buy a cupboard door handle in the £100,0000 kitchen she's planning for their new home.
Plans seen by the News of the World show that it will have Italian marble worktops, which Coleen has insisted on, solid wood units by Clive Christian costing £60,000 and expensive imported chrome taps and sinks.
Appliances will include a fridge-freezer made by Sub-zero, which can cost up to £8,000 and a wine-cooler by the same firm which sells for around £6,000.
A £5,500 cooking range from sought-after US brand Wolf—for Coleen and Wayne to cook their chips on—will dominate the room.
Downstairs, which includes a dining room and piano room panelled in oak, there'll be carved marble fireplaces galore. And because Coleen hates radiators, everywhere will have underfloor heating.
All the living areas will have oak floors adorned with hand-made rugs and the Clive Christian theme will be continued with a selection of his furniture.
The couple will also be able to watch the latest movies in a cinema room with hand-carved furniture. And there'll be a games room with a full-size £5,000 red baize pool table and two more plasma screens—one for TV, the other dedicated to a PlayStation games console.
Pillars
Our source said: "It's no expense spared with Dawn and if you want the best then you've got to pay. But with footballers earning £50,000 a week, they've got the money to spend on exquisite furnishings."
The drawings also include a large wooden conservatory which will open out on to gardens at the rear. Flanking the house will be a triple garage for the couple's luxury motors.
The imposing entrance will be adorned with pillars and there will be another balcony above.
At the last count, interiors at the home in Prestbury, Cheshire, were nearing £1 million.
And Coleen hasn't even started to fill the new wardrobes yet.
