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Harry Potter “addict” converts her attic into an incredible Hogwarts themed common room

2022-01-16 1 Dailymotion

A gran who has spent years amassing a collection of more than 4,000 Harry Potter items has converted her attic into an incredible Hogwarts-themed common room. <br /><br />Self-confessed 'Potter addict' Janice Burnett, 53, has converted the attic of her bungalow to a spellbinding shrine to JK Rowling’s wizarding world.<br /><br />The grandmother said she became enchanted with Harry Potter 11 years ago when she watched one of the blockbuster films at a friend’s house.<br /><br />Since then, she has amassed a huge collection devoted to Gryffindor, the mythical school house where characters Ron, Harry and Hermione live in the bestselling books.<br /><br />Janice, who helps run fan pages Harry Potter UK and Fantastic Beasts, said she had bought up everything she could initially but had since refined her collection.<br /><br />She said: “When you’re a collector, you do get addicted to things.<br /><br />“At the start, as soon as I saw something with Harry Potter on it, I had to buy it. <br /><br />"But you have to be careful in the end because you’re overcome with a kind of rubbish collection. <br /><br />“So I’ve had to cut down on all the stuff I don’t need, but I do want to collect the expensive things.”<br /><br />Filmed on the 14th January 2022.

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