Linda Miles was awash with joy and sadness on seeing the transformation of her home by the BBC's DIY SOS team.

Presenter Nick Knowles and the team remodelled the house in Queens Road, Lewes, as part of the television series.

The mother-of-three loved the football-themed bedrooms of her sons, Harry, six, and Thomas, ten, and the gloriously girly pink room of her daughter Jessica, nine.

However, it brought back memories of her late husband, Matt, who died of a heart attack aged 35 when he was halfway through completing a loft conversion in their home.

Since Matt died, the family have slept in the living room downstairs because their bedrooms were uninhabitable.

Now, thanks to the DIY SOS team, they each have their own individual boudoir.

Linda could not wait to spend a night in her new room, which her best friends, Tracey Oliver, Helene Atherton and Jacquie Hillier, decorated while the BBC crew were working on the children's bedrooms.

They hung drapes above the bed, put up photographs of Matt and painted poems written by Linda about Matt on the wall.

Linda said: "I've never had a girly bedroom before. I love it so much. Matt and I used to have a blue room with all the kids' stuff everywhere and washing baskets all over the place.

"When Matt died we slept in the living room because it was so raw still and we didn't really think about it.

"I'm really looking forward to sleeping in my own bed now. I haven't slept in a bed since June. Tonight I'm going in there as soon as it gets dark outside."

Harry and Thomas had their rooms decorated in the colours of Brighton and Hove Albion.

The club heard about the makeover and sent dozens of goodies for the children, including signed shirts, duvet covers and inflatable seagulls.

The DIY SOS team began work on Monday, following a call from Linda's neighbour telling them about the family's sleeping predicament.

Mr Knowles said: "To go through what they have been through over the last few months inspired us to get as much done as possible.

"It is one of the biggest jobs we have done in such a small amount of time."

Friends of the family and readers of The Argus rallied round to help after an appeal was printed in the paper.

Building firm Cheesmurs, Matt's former employers, put in windows and completed structural work for free.

A man known only as Gary read the article and donated £50 and an evening of his time to paint the walls.

Linda said: "Matt would have been thrilled by all this. Everyone has been great."

The new series of DIY SOS can be seen on BBC1 from January 2.