A homeowner renovated a 500-year-old home in the British countryside into an antique maximalist paradise. Take a look.

Michelle told Business Insider that the home had been on the market for a while when she first came across it.

She said when viewing the home in Windsor, England, she came through an entrance to the grounds with a view of the lake and the house in the distance, and in that moment, decided on taking it.

It was previously owned by a Russian family whose children were at Lambrook School, Michelle added. It's the same school Kate Middleton and Prince William's three children, Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis, attend.

The previous owners spent a few weeks a year at the home, so Michelle said the condition had deteriorated by the time she bought it.

The home has seven bedrooms, six bathrooms (five of which are en-suite), a cloakroom, a utility room, a kitchen, a dining room, and a bar – which Michelle has named "the pub" in true British tradition. Other features include two living rooms, a kitchenette, a lake, a pond, a pool, a 5-acre garden, and a 4.5-acre paddock.

Despite having so much space to fill, no detail in the home has been left untouched by Michelle who enjoys interior design and renovation of old homes. This is the seventh home she has renovated, she said.

She told BI she loves old things, and that it was important to her to keep the charm of the home, which was built in 1520.

"We've renewed it in a way that fits in with an old house. Part of the charm of having an old house is to carry on with the way it should look," Michelle told BI.

It's a grade II listed home, meaning each time Michelle wanted to change something in the property, she had to apply for special permission from her local authority.

They're still in the process of renovating and she told BI the next big project to tackle is the gym, which is being converted from a carport.

Michelle said she plans to decorate it with workout magazine cutouts from the 1920s and '30s, and is currently searching for old frames to put these in.

Michelle told BI it hasn't all been plain sailing.

"When I was in the midst of moving kitchens, the mess was everywhere – it was colossal. I thought never, ever again am I doing this," she said.

Michelle added that though the original dining room was beautiful, she wanted to convert it into the kitchen as that's where people are likely to spend time every day and not only on special occasions.

The beams in the kitchen were painted black, but once this had been done, Michelle felt the original charm was lost so she had it sanded down to emulate natural wear.

Michelle went to an antique fair called Henley Decor Fair where she found a vestibule, a chest where priests keep their garments.

She said the seller had interest from other buyers, but the size meant most people had no space for it in their homes.

Michelle told BI she had already ordered her kitchen island but after learning she could cancel it without being charged, she took a chance on the antique piece.

"It cost a lot of money. Buying the vestibule cost £5,500," Michelle told BI, which is around $6,900.

This was only half the battle — she then had to find a carpenter who would take on this project.

A TikTok posted to Michelle's account in October shows the before and after of the mammoth project of transforming the antique vestibule into a kitchen island. It has 4.6 million views as of Saturday.

"Every single part had to be taken apart and numbered because I didn't want any new wood involved in it. I loved that it had a history," Michelle said.

The vestibule was customized to be functional as a kitchen island, including adding a marble countertop, deep drawers for large pots and pans, a dishwasher, and a sink.

She said it cost more to build the island with the vestibule than to order a new one, but it has added a wow factor to the kitchen.

Michelle told BI she sold the last two homes she renovated to American buyers looking for their dream home.

"I did a house about 10 years ago, it was falling apart but the lady who bought it wanted everything — all my old silver teapots, my cushions, my curtains."

She added that for her current home, which she plans to sell when the renovations are complete, she is happy to sell it as seen, minus one chandelier which she's attached to.

"The benefit of old things and antiques is that it's endless," she said.

Michelle told BI one of the previous owners, another passionate home refurbisher, wrote about the home in a book titled "From Rubble and Dust."

One of the stories included in the book is about how the property was once bet on a game of cards and then won back. Michelle said this winning hand is now framed and attached to a beam in the kitchen.

Michelle intends to leave this in the house for the next buyer, as she believes the cards should remain with the house as they always have.

Michelle and her daughter are now starting their own interior design venture called Agatha.

"We're heading towards interior design, of course, it would only be period homes," Michelle said.

She added that it can be difficult to have the confidence to make big decisions, like painting the kitchen black or painting the ceiling and walls the same color.

"I would love to be able to help people create their dream house," she told BI.

Michelle told BI a great source of furnishings for her home has been Kempton Antiques Market, close to Heathrow Airport in London.

"It's twice a month and you get people coming over from France and Belgium in the early hours of the morning," she said.

She told BI that her whole family is passionate about interiors.

Once, after seeing a sofa on a property listing and contacting the agent, she drove from Windsor to Bristol, England, to purchase the piece before selling it to a buyer in Germany.

"I don't think there's anywhere better than English countryside," she told BI.

She said she has always renovated homes, but once she finishes them, her journey ends and it becomes time for the next person to enjoy the home.

Though the process is difficult, she said renovating homes has allowed her to live in one of this magnitude.

"I describe it like childbirth because when you're in the midst of giving birth to a child you think 'never again' – but you forget the pain," Michelle added.

Michelle told BI the intention is to finish the renovation by next year and sell the home.

She estimates the home will sell for between £4.5-5 million, roughly $5.5-$6 million.

While they complete the last leg of renovations, she told BI that she's happy to do this according to the desires of a buyer, if one were to come forward.

For those wishing for the English countryside dream, it might not be too far away.