JOE Swash celebrates his 40th birthday today, and his wife-to-be Stacey Solomon has gone all out for the ocassion.
The Loose Women host – who shares two children with fiancé Joe – has even blocked her other half on Instagram as to not ruin the surprise.
Stacey, 32, ensured the birthday boy was blocked from viewing her Instagram in the run-up to the big day, as she’s spent weeks preparing a huge home makeover for him.
The family’s huge country mansion – dubbed pickle cottage – has been undergoing constant renovation since they moved in, back in March 2021.
From the children’s bedrooms to the living area, Stacey and Joe have done most of the work themselves, and the busy mum loves to share updates.
Whilst normally, Joe would be fully aware of what’s going on… This time, Stacey has had full control of one room, which has been made over with only Joe in mind.
Dancing on Ice champion Joe lives in the Essex home along with his and Stacey’s children – baby Rose and two-year-old Rex – and both of Stacey’s sons from previous relationships, Zach and Leighton.
Joe also has a son called Harry who splits his time between Pickle Cottage and his mum’s home.
Stacey’s huge surprise for her hubby-to-be has been called ‘The Cluedo Room’, purely down to the huge wood-panelled room looking like something out of the infamous boardgame.
Pre-makeover, it certainly looked the part, but Stacey has transformed the old-fashioned space, turning into a modern games room and man-cave for birthday boy Joe.
The wood panels have been painted blue, and the star has gone all out by installing an area for darts, a huge pool table, and plenty of gadgets to keep Joe entertained.
Stacey has stated across the duration of the makeover – which she’s documented thoroughly on Instagram – that Joe has been blocked from her social media, and that he was deliberately avoiding reading any stories about him.
Today was supposed to be the day he finally got to see his finished room, but things haven’t gone to plan.
Taking to her stories, Stacey explained that due to a clash in the families’ schedules, some of the boys weren’t able to make it to Pickle Cottage after school.
This meant the surprise reveal has had to be pushed to the weekend, so everyone could be involved.
Taking to her Instagram, Stacey wrote: “Soo many lovely messages for Joes birthday and loads of you asking to see his reaction to the Cluedo Room but we are going to have to wait until the weekend now.”
The star explained: “Not all of our pickles can get back here after school now and none of us want to show him without one of the boys, they’re all so excited so we will wait until we get them all on the weekend.
“Blended families ey! But it’s worth it for the extra love”.
