Pamela Anderson has ditched the Hollywood lifestyle to go back to her childhood roots and renovate her grandparents' former lakeside property on the coast of Vancouver Island, Canada.
The journey to create her dream home, which is a site that the Baywatch star bought from her grandparents and is where she spent much of her childhood, unfolds on the new More4 property series Pamela Anderson's Family Home Renovation.
The property site in an idyllic spot by the lake offers Pamela three houses to transform and is about to experience relationship rows, interior designer dramas and unquestionably gorgeous makeovers as the series progresses.
When Pamela was a child her grandparents ran the site as a holiday village with wooden cabins for guests and a main building called The Roadside where they also sold some basic supplies to holidaymakers staying in the cabins.
The Roadside building is where Pamela and husband Dan are living as the site renovation progresses after giving it a "cheap and cheerful" makeover.
Cabin number six was Pamela's parents' home after they married but is no longer in existence. However, one of the nine holiday cabins is still standing and is part of this epic renovation journey.
The site also has a boathouse next to the water that has plans to become Pam and Dan's truly spectacular lakeside home - revealed further into the series. There are also the remains of a pier that Pamela has plans to reinstate and add a pavilion at the end for perfect alfresco dining surrounded by water.
Pamela states she has a budget of £750,000 for the 'first phase' of the renovation project and has big plans. She says: "I want something wild, sexy and crazy! I'm a mermaid and this is my mermaid castle."
With her 'A-team' tasked to make this mermaid happy comprising of construction consultant Kevin, who Pamela describes as the Hasselhoff of the team - "charming, handsome and cute", designer Teresa, and skilled craftsmen which includes her husband Dan in place, the first area to tackle is the basement of The Roadhouse.
Pamela says: "The basement is supposed to be a laundry room, but it's so scary!" But the most scary thing about this first chapter of the renovation story is the cost for this room. Pamela is shocked to find out the plans for The Roadside's basement transformation is going to be $24,500 - just over £20,000, but she ploughs ahead with it.
She says: "It needs it, it's worth it, it's going to be a life-changer, because especially as we're waiting for the boathouse (renovation) - we need somewhere for laundry."
No major challenges unfold during the basement's makeover from dark, dingy and disorganised into laundry obsessed Pamela's dream space that includes a 'mud room' with seating and storage, a walk-in pantry that includes a place for Pamela's homemade pickles, as well as the all important utility area that includes a marble sink.
Designer Teresa is nervous as she knows how important this space is for Pamela saying: "I've never met anyone who loves doing laundry as much as Pamela Anderson does. I'm a little nervous because it's the first project we've completed for her."
But as the room transformation is revealed Teresa can feel calmer because Pamela is beside herself with joy. She says: "Oh my God, oh this looks so good, this looks amazing. My pickles! This is what a pantry should look like. You totally killed it, I've got chills. I can't believe this is the basement, it was the ugliest part of the house. It's gorgeous, I'm happy."
Pamela Anderson's Family Home Renovation is on More4 every Wednesday at 10pm, with episode one currently available to watch on All4 catch up.
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