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How do you make money for nothing? | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
The answer could be hiding in the 20 million tonnes of household | 0:00:11 | 0:00:16 | |
waste we throw out every year. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
-Sorry to bother you. Before you throw that away, can I have a quick chat to you about it? -Yes, sure. | 0:00:17 | 0:00:22 | |
That's why entrepreneur Sarah Moore wants to get her | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
hands on things before they hit the skip. | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
I am a passionate buyer, maker and user of old stuff, | 0:00:30 | 0:00:34 | |
and I've turned that passion into a moneymaking business. | 0:00:34 | 0:00:38 | |
I turn old stuff into new stuff and sell it for a profit. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:41 | |
Sarah is ready to sift through as many boots | 0:00:42 | 0:00:44 | |
-and bin bags as she needs to... -Look at that, absolute box of joy. | 0:00:44 | 0:00:49 | |
-These are just fantastic. -..in her search for tip treasure. | 0:00:49 | 0:00:53 | |
We've got to be able to make something out of that, haven't you? | 0:00:53 | 0:00:57 | |
And with some of the country's elite designers and makers... | 0:00:57 | 0:01:01 | |
-I've got a little something for you. -Yeah, I thought you might. | 0:01:01 | 0:01:03 | |
Oh, this is a hard one. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:05 | |
..she can transform her finds into desirable... | 0:01:05 | 0:01:09 | |
Oh, my word. | 0:01:09 | 0:01:11 | |
-..beautiful... -Oosh! | 0:01:11 | 0:01:14 | |
-..valuable... -Ker-ching! | 0:01:14 | 0:01:16 | |
..and hopefully saleable items. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:19 | |
Well, I love this, so I would really like to have it. | 0:01:19 | 0:01:22 | |
If Sarah is successful, then she can hand the profits back to the very | 0:01:23 | 0:01:27 | |
people who had no idea there was cash to be made from their trash. | 0:01:27 | 0:01:32 | |
That is incredible, isn't it? | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
Sarah is at the Bredbury recycling centre in Stockport, just outside | 0:01:50 | 0:01:54 | |
Manchester, where they can have over 200 cars a day through the gates. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:59 | |
I am loving this place, it is so busy. | 0:02:00 | 0:02:03 | |
There's cars coming in all the time, and in the back of them | 0:02:03 | 0:02:06 | |
I know there's great stuff that I can make into something fabulous. | 0:02:06 | 0:02:11 | |
So I am off now to have a proper old rummage. | 0:02:11 | 0:02:14 | |
Remember that Sarah has special permission to | 0:02:14 | 0:02:16 | |
rummage about today, so don't you go pestering people at your local | 0:02:16 | 0:02:20 | |
recycle centre or you'll be the one getting thrown out. | 0:02:20 | 0:02:24 | |
I love rifling through the rubbish. | 0:02:24 | 0:02:27 | |
Sarah's on the lookout for three items with the potential to | 0:02:29 | 0:02:32 | |
turn into hard cash for their owners. | 0:02:32 | 0:02:34 | |
We're looking for stuff we can recycle, so I'm thinking there's not much in there. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
But I think you should take the bunny home. | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
Some things, though, are just destined for the dump. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
But, coming in at the far end, | 0:02:46 | 0:02:49 | |
Mike and Judith might be able to give Sarah a step up in her search. | 0:02:49 | 0:02:53 | |
There's a ladder just coming up here, so I would like to take a look at that. | 0:02:53 | 0:02:56 | |
I don't know if they're actually throwing it away but... | 0:02:56 | 0:02:59 | |
-must be able to do something good with that. Hiya. -Hiya. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:01 | |
Sorry to disturb you. I know you're busy. Are you | 0:03:01 | 0:03:04 | |
-getting rid of all of this today? -Yes, we are. -Really? | 0:03:04 | 0:03:07 | |
Where has it come from, what is happening? | 0:03:07 | 0:03:09 | |
We are clearing a house of my wife's late auntie. | 0:03:09 | 0:03:12 | |
-Oh, really. -Yes. | 0:03:12 | 0:03:14 | |
Yes, it is a lot of hard work, really. | 0:03:14 | 0:03:16 | |
-A life leaves behind a lot of stuff, doesn't it? -It does, it does. | 0:03:16 | 0:03:19 | |
I'm just quite interested in the ladder. | 0:03:19 | 0:03:21 | |
If it would be OK to have a look at it and get it out and see how | 0:03:21 | 0:03:23 | |
-it works and... -Yes, no problem with that. -Lovely, thank you. | 0:03:23 | 0:03:26 | |
So was this only ever for domestic use? Was it just in the house? | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
I think it was just domestic use, yes. | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
I love that it has got all the markings on it. It is so funny. | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
You wouldn't think a ladder would tell a story, would you? | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
-You wouldn't, really. -I love it. -There is another step ladder. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
Pair of stepladders is always better than one. If you have some, bring them down! | 0:03:39 | 0:03:43 | |
-OK. -Thank you ever so much. | 0:03:43 | 0:03:46 | |
Sarah knows a money-maker when she sees it, and with two sets she can double her | 0:03:46 | 0:03:50 | |
potential profit, but what does Mike think she'll do with them? | 0:03:50 | 0:03:54 | |
Well, I'm not sure, really. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
She might be able to strip them down and re-varnish them | 0:03:56 | 0:04:00 | |
or repaint them. But it would need a bit of patience. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:04 | |
I'm really excited about this ladder, and the really good thing, | 0:04:04 | 0:04:08 | |
they said they might be coming back with another one, and that is a whole new ballgame. | 0:04:08 | 0:04:11 | |
Two of these. Who knows what I can make out of it? | 0:04:11 | 0:04:14 | |
I think it's a great idea. As a society, we chuck away far too much stuff. | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
-Um, if it can be used, that's great. -Well said, Mike. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:23 | |
So that's the first item found, but what to do with the ladders? | 0:04:23 | 0:04:28 | |
Well, Sarah knows a man who might have a few ideas. | 0:04:28 | 0:04:31 | |
Rupert Blanchard is one of the most imaginative bespoke furniture | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
makers in the country, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:41 | |
ever on the lookout for undervalued materials to | 0:04:41 | 0:04:44 | |
rework into contemporary designs. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:46 | |
I work mostly with reclaimed, salvaged and abandoned materials. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:52 | |
Basically, other people's waste, I find some kind of beauty in it | 0:04:52 | 0:04:57 | |
and spend a lot of time | 0:04:57 | 0:04:59 | |
and give rubbish a lot of attention, to try bring it back into use. | 0:04:59 | 0:05:03 | |
Something that someone has really given up on, | 0:05:03 | 0:05:06 | |
I like giving things a second, third, fourth chance. | 0:05:06 | 0:05:10 | |
Bringing something back into use is incredibly satisfying. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:13 | |
Rupert has been making furniture for over ten years, | 0:05:13 | 0:05:16 | |
and in that time has developed a thing for drawers. | 0:05:16 | 0:05:19 | |
Oh, look at that drawer, look at that! | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
What a beautiful drawer. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:26 | |
He's the man to make old wood useful again. | 0:05:26 | 0:05:29 | |
But making use out of those ladders might be a big challenge. | 0:05:29 | 0:05:33 | |
Back at the dump, the cars just keep flooding in. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:44 | |
There's too much going on, I can't keep on track of it all. | 0:05:44 | 0:05:47 | |
With one item under her belt, Sarah has got a spring in his step | 0:05:47 | 0:05:50 | |
and has now set her sights on Andrew's boot. | 0:05:50 | 0:05:54 | |
Sorry to bother you when you're busy. I was wondering, | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
we're looking for things we might be able to make into other stuff. | 0:05:56 | 0:05:59 | |
Is there any chance I could have a look and see if it is something... | 0:05:59 | 0:06:02 | |
-Yeah. -They are quite heavy, aren't they? -Yes. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:04 | |
So they are the suspension or... | 0:06:04 | 0:06:06 | |
-Yes, that's what keeps the car on the road, basically. -They are really cool. | 0:06:06 | 0:06:09 | |
-Any chance I could take them away and see if I can make something? -Yes. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:13 | |
Andrew's springs may have come off his flash Jag, | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
but it doesn't mean they are worth much now. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:19 | |
It'll take a bit of creativity for them to turn a profit. | 0:06:19 | 0:06:22 | |
We've got to be able to make something out of that, haven't we? | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
Well, what does Andrew think can be done with them? | 0:06:25 | 0:06:27 | |
If she had four, she'd have a coffee table or something like that, and maybe even a stool. | 0:06:27 | 0:06:33 | |
I was worried about their appearance at first but I know you can | 0:06:33 | 0:06:36 | |
get things powder-coated, which means sprayed in beautiful colours. | 0:06:36 | 0:06:39 | |
Or you can get them dipped in materials like chrome or copper, | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
and then they'd make fantastic lamp bases. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
And a lamp on an occasional table, people are going to pay 100, | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
£150 for one. And I've got three. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:52 | |
She's me absolute baby. | 0:06:52 | 0:06:55 | |
So, thanks to Andrew's baby donating her old suspension springs, | 0:06:55 | 0:06:59 | |
Sarah is onto a money-maker. | 0:06:59 | 0:07:02 | |
And she already has someone in mind who might be up to the challenge. | 0:07:02 | 0:07:06 | |
Bex Simon is one of the country's best artist blacksmiths, | 0:07:11 | 0:07:15 | |
creating high-end interior furniture and bespoke metalwork commissions. | 0:07:15 | 0:07:20 | |
She is a woman that can bang, grind | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
and weld metal into money. | 0:07:23 | 0:07:26 | |
Working with found objects is quite different from what | 0:07:26 | 0:07:29 | |
we normally do, because we work with our clients | 0:07:29 | 0:07:32 | |
and we produce designs and work with them, so this is | 0:07:32 | 0:07:34 | |
kind of, like, really freeing up the mind and seeing what objects we've | 0:07:34 | 0:07:40 | |
got and how we can make it work into something really cool, modern. | 0:07:40 | 0:07:44 | |
And, yeah, desirable. So it is going to be fun. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:49 | |
It's going to be fun, is it? Something tells me | 0:07:49 | 0:07:52 | |
those springs are going to give you more bother than they are worth. | 0:07:52 | 0:07:56 | |
In the meantime, that's two items found that Sarah can off-load onto her designer pals. | 0:08:00 | 0:08:05 | |
But now she needs to find something she can sink her own teeth | 0:08:05 | 0:08:09 | |
into, but with the day getting on, | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
she seems to be grasping at straws. | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
-Well, sticks. -See, that might be your next... -It's a catapult. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:19 | |
..your next candelabra or... something on your dining table. | 0:08:19 | 0:08:23 | |
You wouldn't believe you could get a full tree in a car. | 0:08:23 | 0:08:27 | |
And it looks like word has spread round the dump that Sarah is | 0:08:27 | 0:08:30 | |
-making money out of their rubbish. -Any money, send it to me, not him. | 0:08:30 | 0:08:35 | |
-HE LAUGHS -Bye, now. -You'll be lucky! | 0:08:35 | 0:08:37 | |
But what's this, | 0:08:39 | 0:08:41 | |
eagle-eyed Sarah might have just spotted her own personal project, | 0:08:41 | 0:08:45 | |
because Eric could be throwing out just what she's been looking for. | 0:08:45 | 0:08:50 | |
I'm really sorry to bother you, I can see you are busy. | 0:08:50 | 0:08:53 | |
I'm just looking at your Monopoly sets. Can I have a quick look? | 0:08:53 | 0:08:55 | |
They are my daughter's, originally. | 0:08:55 | 0:08:58 | |
-Oh, my word, you've got hundreds of bits there. -Yes, hundreds of them, yes. | 0:08:58 | 0:09:02 | |
We are looking for things we might be able to make into other stuff, | 0:09:02 | 0:09:04 | |
and things like this would be lovely to get hold of and see | 0:09:04 | 0:09:08 | |
-if we could do something with. Would you mind? -No, I wouldn't mind at all. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:12 | |
-I would rather somebody else have them. -And you've got another one there as well, | 0:09:12 | 0:09:15 | |
-may I have a quick look at that? -Yes, yes, that's the very old one. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
-That's when she had it, when she was eight. -Wow, that's amazing. | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
-May I open it? -When she was eight years old. -Oh, that is so sweet. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:25 | |
That's amazing, thank you so much for letting me take them, that's brilliant. | 0:09:25 | 0:09:29 | |
Sarah can see potential profit in her own personal project, | 0:09:30 | 0:09:34 | |
but what does Eric think she can do with it? | 0:09:34 | 0:09:37 | |
Your guess is as good as mine. | 0:09:37 | 0:09:40 | |
But I'm glad she can recycle them. I prefer to recycle anything. | 0:09:40 | 0:09:45 | |
And there's two sets of... I want to call them charms, | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
because I think they look like little jewels to me. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
So, altogether, I think, as a collection, they would make some fantastic jewellery. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:54 | |
Lots of potential here, and something I'd like to play with myself and see what I can make. | 0:09:54 | 0:09:58 | |
Lovely, I'm really pleased with that...that little lot there. | 0:09:58 | 0:10:01 | |
All the toys, from Disneyland, from 1986, and things like that. | 0:10:01 | 0:10:05 | |
I've come to a point where I've had to let things go. | 0:10:05 | 0:10:09 | |
I really like the board, because what we are doing here is a game of chance, so that pretty | 0:10:09 | 0:10:13 | |
much sums up the day, doesn't it? | 0:10:13 | 0:10:15 | |
I'm hoping there's no luxury tax. | 0:10:15 | 0:10:18 | |
-And I definitely don't want to go to jail. -Right, stop playing about now. | 0:10:18 | 0:10:21 | |
Down to business. How much do you think you can make from it? | 0:10:21 | 0:10:25 | |
I'm aiming for 100 quid for my Monopoly box. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:28 | |
I think I can do it. | 0:10:28 | 0:10:30 | |
100 quid profit to return to Eric? | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
It's like landing on Chance | 0:10:34 | 0:10:36 | |
and getting a bank dividend in your favour. | 0:10:36 | 0:10:39 | |
And with that, the list is complete. | 0:10:39 | 0:10:43 | |
Three potential moneymakers. | 0:10:43 | 0:10:45 | |
-But wait a minute. -Oh, hello. -Hello, again. | 0:10:45 | 0:10:48 | |
It's Judith and Mike, keeping up their promise of a second set of ladders. | 0:10:48 | 0:10:53 | |
Great. You know, a pair makes it really exciting. | 0:10:53 | 0:10:56 | |
It more than doubles the potential of what we might be able to do with it. | 0:10:56 | 0:10:59 | |
So now the list is complete. | 0:10:59 | 0:11:01 | |
Rupert will re-imagine Mike and Judith's ladders, | 0:11:01 | 0:11:05 | |
Bex will bend Andrew's springs into shape | 0:11:05 | 0:11:08 | |
and Sarah will take a chance on Eric's Monopoly sets. | 0:11:08 | 0:11:12 | |
We have had a fantastic day here. I've got some amazing pieces | 0:11:12 | 0:11:16 | |
and just the right people lined up to make them into something fantastic. | 0:11:16 | 0:11:20 | |
And to make some money along the way. | 0:11:20 | 0:11:22 | |
In the south-east corner of England, Margate was once famous for | 0:11:31 | 0:11:35 | |
Fish and chips and getting sand in your ice cream. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:38 | |
But now... | 0:11:40 | 0:11:41 | |
..Margate has had a reclamation regeneration. | 0:11:46 | 0:11:48 | |
With its old town now home to a bustling vintage clothing | 0:11:51 | 0:11:54 | |
and retro furniture scene.. | 0:11:54 | 0:11:57 | |
..and right in the heart of it all is our Rupert. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
And Carlos the cat. | 0:12:04 | 0:12:06 | |
Sarah is about is surprise him with some old ladders. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:12 | |
I hope it is something that I'm familiar with | 0:12:12 | 0:12:16 | |
and I can identify its history. | 0:12:16 | 0:12:18 | |
Rupert? | 0:12:18 | 0:12:19 | |
-You've brought a ladder. -Do you like a ladder? -You've brought a well-used ladder. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:24 | |
How could these be... | 0:12:24 | 0:12:26 | |
How could these end up in a landfill? Beautiful ladders. | 0:12:26 | 0:12:30 | |
I thought that they were just lovely. | 0:12:30 | 0:12:33 | |
I loved the fact that the stuff they were covered in was | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
the story of the house they came out off. They were part of that home. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
There's the bedroom, there's the dining room, that's the hallway. | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
Is there anything in particular you want me to play with, | 0:12:42 | 0:12:45 | |
or am I allowed to do... | 0:12:45 | 0:12:47 | |
just go wild with these two? | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
So I'm seeing maybe a couple of pieces. Do you think that is the direction to go? | 0:12:49 | 0:12:54 | |
I think they started out life as two separate pieces, | 0:12:54 | 0:12:57 | |
and although I would love to join them together some way, | 0:12:57 | 0:12:59 | |
my initial feeling is to make two pieces, | 0:12:59 | 0:13:03 | |
but two identical pieces, to make a pair, matching pair. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:06 | |
Perhaps one of the ideas is to make a metamorphic chair, which is | 0:13:06 | 0:13:10 | |
a kind of chair that they used to use in little studies and libraries | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
and places where they didn't have room for both a ladder | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
and a chair, but somehow I'd like to bring another element into it. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:20 | |
So chairs that flip around, they turn into ladders, | 0:13:20 | 0:13:23 | |
they flip around again, they turn into a coffee table. | 0:13:23 | 0:13:26 | |
Maybe there's some way that the two matching elements could lock | 0:13:26 | 0:13:29 | |
together and become something new. | 0:13:29 | 0:13:32 | |
Rupert's transformer chair is more commonly known as library steps. | 0:13:32 | 0:13:36 | |
First built in the early 19th century as a space saver, they could be used | 0:13:36 | 0:13:41 | |
as little stairs to reach topmost bookshelves in libraries, | 0:13:41 | 0:13:45 | |
whilst doubling as domestic furniture. | 0:13:45 | 0:13:47 | |
But the question is, how much is it going to cost to construct? | 0:13:47 | 0:13:51 | |
There's got to be some way around a couple of hundred pounds per | 0:13:51 | 0:13:55 | |
item, um, to design and produce the final piece. | 0:13:55 | 0:13:59 | |
But we kind of have to see if... What we can do. | 0:13:59 | 0:14:03 | |
Once we have deconstructed it, we learn more and you | 0:14:03 | 0:14:07 | |
have a better idea about what the final outcome will be. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
At that price, I've got real potential of making some money for | 0:14:10 | 0:14:13 | |
those people and surprising them with some worthy, proper chunk of cash. | 0:14:13 | 0:14:17 | |
And that would be just the best outcome. | 0:14:17 | 0:14:19 | |
Well, we will give it a good go. | 0:14:19 | 0:14:21 | |
Right. | 0:14:22 | 0:14:23 | |
Wow. I love Rupert's ideas for the ladders. | 0:14:25 | 0:14:28 | |
A pair of things, always more saleable than one, | 0:14:28 | 0:14:31 | |
and the metamorphic furniture, these things are going to be fab. | 0:14:31 | 0:14:34 | |
So, chair, ladder and possibly table. | 0:14:34 | 0:14:38 | |
Can't go wrong. | 0:14:38 | 0:14:40 | |
I want to do what's right for this piece of rubbish. | 0:14:40 | 0:14:43 | |
You and me both. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
So, it's £200 each for two items, | 0:14:46 | 0:14:49 | |
or is it £400 for one big item that fits together? | 0:14:49 | 0:14:53 | |
Either way, at that price, Sarah is confident of a tidy return. | 0:14:53 | 0:14:58 | |
Sarah's next stop is away from the hustle and bustle of seaside | 0:15:02 | 0:15:06 | |
salvage and into the heart of the English countryside. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:09 | |
Tucked away, in amongst the quaint villages, is the place where | 0:15:12 | 0:15:15 | |
metal goes to die. | 0:15:15 | 0:15:18 | |
And then... | 0:15:24 | 0:15:26 | |
..to be reborn. | 0:15:28 | 0:15:29 | |
Sarah's ready to surprise Bex with the suspension | 0:15:34 | 0:15:37 | |
springs from Andrew's Jag, to see if she can, erm... | 0:15:37 | 0:15:41 | |
Something to do with lighting. | 0:15:41 | 0:15:44 | |
I'm really looking forward to seeing what Sarah is going to bring today. | 0:15:44 | 0:15:48 | |
Probably something really strange. So... | 0:15:48 | 0:15:52 | |
Yes, I'm looking forward to having a look. | 0:15:52 | 0:15:54 | |
I don't know what it's going to be, but I guess that is | 0:15:54 | 0:15:57 | |
part of the challenge, so looking forward to seeing what it is. | 0:15:57 | 0:16:01 | |
Sorry, I'm just...eating an apple. | 0:16:02 | 0:16:06 | |
-Ta-da! -Oh, wow. Springs. | 0:16:06 | 0:16:08 | |
-Well, at least you know what they are. -We use these. We actually... | 0:16:08 | 0:16:13 | |
There's one there! We use them for making tools with, so I love them. | 0:16:13 | 0:16:17 | |
-I was worried you couldn't...heat them up. -We can stick them in the fire. | 0:16:17 | 0:16:21 | |
It is harder to work than normal mild steel | 0:16:21 | 0:16:24 | |
because it is high carbon. But, no, we will be able to do things. | 0:16:24 | 0:16:28 | |
What do you have in mind? | 0:16:28 | 0:16:30 | |
If they melted and were all, like, fluid columns, | 0:16:30 | 0:16:33 | |
-we might be able to make some lamp bases out of them. -Oh, OK. | 0:16:33 | 0:16:36 | |
Unravelling it and stretching it out into a longer line. | 0:16:36 | 0:16:40 | |
-What about something like that? -So we can make a floor lamp out of it. | 0:16:40 | 0:16:44 | |
Yes. Yes, completely. Like the mid-century ones that you get. | 0:16:44 | 0:16:49 | |
-It is like a marble base and then it comes up. -That sounds great. | 0:16:49 | 0:16:52 | |
Maybe if I could scavenge a lampshade, almost like an Anglepoise | 0:16:52 | 0:16:56 | |
-lampshade, to go on the end... -Yeah. -..that might work. | 0:16:56 | 0:17:00 | |
Perfect. Sounds good. | 0:17:00 | 0:17:02 | |
In order for me to make a profit, | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
is there any way you can get it done for, say, 250? | 0:17:04 | 0:17:07 | |
Um... | 0:17:07 | 0:17:09 | |
It's quite a gamble with this because it is still... | 0:17:09 | 0:17:12 | |
It is slightly tricky to work. | 0:17:12 | 0:17:14 | |
So what I can say is... | 0:17:14 | 0:17:18 | |
We could do £250 worth of work and see, you know, | 0:17:18 | 0:17:23 | |
try to do at least one and see where we get with that, | 0:17:23 | 0:17:27 | |
and obviously if it's quite smooth-running, no burns... | 0:17:27 | 0:17:30 | |
-SHE LAUGHS -..then we can attempt to do another one. -Great, I'll leave it to you. | 0:17:30 | 0:17:35 | |
If you can make one, I would be really pleased. | 0:17:35 | 0:17:37 | |
-More than one, that would be excellent. -OK, perfect. | 0:17:37 | 0:17:39 | |
-Leave it with me. See you later. -Bye. | 0:17:39 | 0:17:43 | |
-Finish my apple now. -SHE LAUGHS | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
-Sarah is putting Bex under an awful lot of pressure. -Wish me luck. | 0:17:48 | 0:17:52 | |
If Bex can get it done for 250 or under, | 0:17:52 | 0:17:56 | |
Sarah is on track to make a chunk of money. | 0:17:56 | 0:17:58 | |
But there's also the light fittings to budget in, | 0:17:58 | 0:18:01 | |
and they could start eating into the profit. | 0:18:01 | 0:18:04 | |
So with two items safely in the capable hands of Rupert | 0:18:08 | 0:18:11 | |
and Bex, it's time for Sarah to get to work. | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
And she's taking her item back | 0:18:15 | 0:18:17 | |
to her cottage-slash-workshop in the Sussex countryside... | 0:18:17 | 0:18:22 | |
She's been running off and trying to see the new lambs in the field. | 0:18:22 | 0:18:25 | |
..where she has got guard dog Bramble watching over the money-making Monopoly sets. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:31 | |
-At ease, Bramble. -This is my Monopoly moment. | 0:18:32 | 0:18:35 | |
I've just looked at it. Look, it is an American one. | 0:18:35 | 0:18:38 | |
I didn't notice that when I saw it the other day. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:41 | |
Baltic Avenue and Mediterranean Avenue. Oh, that is quite cool. | 0:18:41 | 0:18:45 | |
I've never seen a US one before. | 0:18:46 | 0:18:48 | |
I had a quick look at these pieces the other day. I was wondering why it had a jockey in it, because I've | 0:18:48 | 0:18:53 | |
never seen one of those before. But that must be the American version. | 0:18:53 | 0:18:56 | |
Sarah has decided to ditch the American board | 0:18:56 | 0:18:58 | |
and focus her attention on the little metal pieces. | 0:18:58 | 0:19:01 | |
But what to do with them? | 0:19:01 | 0:19:03 | |
I was thinking that we should be able to turn these into jewellery. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
And I've done a bit of research and I think for a dozen pieces, I'm | 0:19:06 | 0:19:09 | |
looking at roughly £30-£40 to get them plated in silver. | 0:19:09 | 0:19:13 | |
Maybe if I can turn a dozen of them into something, to | 0:19:13 | 0:19:17 | |
wear as a pendant, I think maybe we might get 15, £20 each. | 0:19:17 | 0:19:21 | |
So over £200 worth of profit potentially here. | 0:19:21 | 0:19:24 | |
Now that has got to be a surprise, | 0:19:24 | 0:19:26 | |
after just chucking out a Monopoly set at the tip. | 0:19:26 | 0:19:29 | |
It was actually the niece of Charles Darrow, | 0:19:29 | 0:19:31 | |
the accredited inventor of Monopoly, | 0:19:31 | 0:19:34 | |
who came up with the idea of using charms from a girl's charm | 0:19:34 | 0:19:37 | |
bracelet as the Monopoly pieces, way back in the 1930s. | 0:19:37 | 0:19:42 | |
So, really, Sarah is repurposing them back to their original purpose. | 0:19:42 | 0:19:46 | |
Kind of. Having objects silver-plated can be done by mail order, | 0:19:46 | 0:19:51 | |
and so is quick and easy and relatively cheap to do. | 0:19:51 | 0:19:54 | |
But before they are shipped off to be silver-plated, | 0:19:54 | 0:19:57 | |
Sarah is drilling holes in them so that chains can be threaded | 0:19:57 | 0:20:00 | |
through to make necklaces or bracelets. | 0:20:00 | 0:20:03 | |
Don't look what I'm doing with the dog. | 0:20:03 | 0:20:06 | |
Ouch! The poor dog is getting the rough end of the stick. | 0:20:07 | 0:20:10 | |
Don't look, Bramble! | 0:20:12 | 0:20:14 | |
BRAMBLE WHINES | 0:20:14 | 0:20:15 | |
So these are my 14 fabulous pieces. | 0:20:15 | 0:20:18 | |
I'm really pleased with these and I think they'll make lovely charms. | 0:20:18 | 0:20:22 | |
I'm going to get them all silver-plated, including the jockey, | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
to make a little memento for Eric, | 0:20:25 | 0:20:27 | |
just in case we don't make any money out of this at all. | 0:20:27 | 0:20:30 | |
With just £30-£40 of silver plating to budget in, | 0:20:32 | 0:20:36 | |
if Sarah sells them all, | 0:20:36 | 0:20:38 | |
she could be laughing all the way to the bank. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:41 | |
Back in Margate, Rupert has started drawing up blueprints | 0:20:45 | 0:20:48 | |
for his transforming multipurpose metamorphic library steps. | 0:20:48 | 0:20:53 | |
And if you think that sounds difficult, remember, | 0:20:53 | 0:20:56 | |
he has only got those ladders to work with. | 0:20:56 | 0:20:59 | |
Rupert starts this mathematical mind-melter | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
by taking the ladders apart. | 0:21:02 | 0:21:04 | |
It's falling apart very easily. | 0:21:05 | 0:21:07 | |
He unscrews the hinges to see the raw materials he has to work with. | 0:21:07 | 0:21:12 | |
So now it's not a ladder any more. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:15 | |
It's going on to its new life... | 0:21:15 | 0:21:17 | |
as a multifunctional piece of furniture. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:21 | |
With the very detailed blueprints drawn up, he prepares to start | 0:21:23 | 0:21:28 | |
cutting, but one miscalculation and the whole thing could be ruined. | 0:21:28 | 0:21:33 | |
It's taken quite a while to work out the exact perfect angle | 0:21:33 | 0:21:37 | |
I need to cut. I've only got one chance of getting this right. | 0:21:37 | 0:21:41 | |
Once it's cut, it's cut and I can't just glue it back together. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:45 | |
SAW WHIRS | 0:21:45 | 0:21:48 | |
Rupert is using a circular saw with an all-important guide rail. | 0:21:48 | 0:21:52 | |
This ensures accuracy to within a millimetre, | 0:21:52 | 0:21:56 | |
setting the precise depth and angle at which the wood is cut. | 0:21:56 | 0:21:59 | |
Timber! | 0:21:59 | 0:22:02 | |
A little while ago, that was a ladder and now it's a pile of bits. | 0:22:04 | 0:22:10 | |
I think I'm going the right way. I'm not entirely sure yet. | 0:22:10 | 0:22:14 | |
There's a lot of complicated angles and cuts to make. | 0:22:14 | 0:22:18 | |
There's still a lot of... a lot of problem solving to do. | 0:22:18 | 0:22:22 | |
Well, you'd better get a move on. There's two of them to do, remember. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
Somehow... | 0:22:26 | 0:22:28 | |
this needs to now flip together. | 0:22:30 | 0:22:33 | |
This is a tricky bit. | 0:22:33 | 0:22:36 | |
Somehow... this has got to work through two angles, | 0:22:36 | 0:22:40 | |
which hinges generally don't do. | 0:22:40 | 0:22:43 | |
It all hinges on this. | 0:22:43 | 0:22:46 | |
Will Rupert's calculations match up and make foldaway furniture? | 0:22:46 | 0:22:50 | |
Yes, I can kind of see where he is going with this, | 0:22:53 | 0:22:57 | |
but it's a long way from something I'd pay a few hundred quid for. | 0:22:57 | 0:23:01 | |
All will be revealed. | 0:23:01 | 0:23:04 | |
Well, I, for one, cannot wait. | 0:23:04 | 0:23:07 | |
Back in Surrey, Bex is making a start on uncoiling that | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
coiled spring soon-to-be floor lamp. | 0:23:15 | 0:23:19 | |
That's it! | 0:23:19 | 0:23:20 | |
Bex's partner in grime is husband Dave, | 0:23:22 | 0:23:25 | |
who will be helping out. | 0:23:25 | 0:23:26 | |
To make it malleable, | 0:23:28 | 0:23:29 | |
they have to heat it in a furnace to 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit. | 0:23:29 | 0:23:33 | |
Then, they have to gradually beat out | 0:23:36 | 0:23:38 | |
the bends on the end of an anvil. | 0:23:38 | 0:23:40 | |
It's just really awkward, this shape, isn't it? | 0:23:43 | 0:23:45 | |
They only have a short window before | 0:23:45 | 0:23:47 | |
the spring needs to be heated again... | 0:23:47 | 0:23:50 | |
and again...and again. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:52 | |
It's collapsing on itself. | 0:23:53 | 0:23:55 | |
So we need to open it out. | 0:23:55 | 0:23:57 | |
High-carbon steel is notoriously hard to keep in one piece | 0:23:57 | 0:24:01 | |
when heated, so they will have to be careful. | 0:24:01 | 0:24:03 | |
Don't worry! | 0:24:03 | 0:24:05 | |
With progress slow and hot, | 0:24:07 | 0:24:09 | |
after an hour of hammering, | 0:24:09 | 0:24:11 | |
Bex decides on a different tactic. | 0:24:11 | 0:24:12 | |
We're just going to unravel the middle bit and then the end bit and | 0:24:14 | 0:24:18 | |
then we'll take it next door and do it on the fire. | 0:24:18 | 0:24:21 | |
Yes, it is tough. | 0:24:21 | 0:24:24 | |
Bex and Dave retreat to the relative peace | 0:24:26 | 0:24:28 | |
-and quiet of their own workshop. -I've gone deaf. Well, that was fun. | 0:24:28 | 0:24:34 | |
Once the spring is straightened, they're hoping to recreate | 0:24:34 | 0:24:38 | |
the elegant curve of a classic mid-century lamp. | 0:24:38 | 0:24:41 | |
But even after all that hammering, there is still a lot to do. | 0:24:41 | 0:24:45 | |
We need to have this finished today, don't we? | 0:24:45 | 0:24:48 | |
And Bex and Dave are feeling the pressure. | 0:24:49 | 0:24:52 | |
We have to make sure that we don't | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
get it too hot so it just breaks. | 0:24:54 | 0:24:57 | |
And just as they are making some progress... | 0:24:58 | 0:25:01 | |
SNAP! | 0:25:01 | 0:25:02 | |
-..the spring has snapped. -First disaster. | 0:25:04 | 0:25:07 | |
With time running out and now two pieces of metal, | 0:25:08 | 0:25:12 | |
it's back to the drawing board. | 0:25:12 | 0:25:15 | |
Or chalk table. Or whatever. | 0:25:15 | 0:25:18 | |
So keep the spring in the middle. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:19 | |
I mean, we're going to have to now get that together and then, yes. | 0:25:19 | 0:25:23 | |
It's got that spring detail. | 0:25:25 | 0:25:27 | |
By keeping the coils at the end of the springs as a feature, | 0:25:28 | 0:25:31 | |
-it may save some time, but how to repair that break? -I know. | 0:25:31 | 0:25:35 | |
-That was quick! -So we'll turn that into a little feature. | 0:25:35 | 0:25:41 | |
So we'll have about three rivets there so I guess it's, | 0:25:41 | 0:25:47 | |
you know, it gave it an industrial look | 0:25:47 | 0:25:50 | |
and it covers up our mistake! | 0:25:50 | 0:25:51 | |
So nobody will know. | 0:25:53 | 0:25:55 | |
Brilliant! But before Becks can rivet the pieces together, | 0:25:55 | 0:25:59 | |
there is still an awful lot of unravelling to do. | 0:25:59 | 0:26:03 | |
Once the coil is flat enough, | 0:26:03 | 0:26:05 | |
Bex can turn to the power hammer to take on some of the bashing. | 0:26:05 | 0:26:09 | |
A blacksmith's best friend for over 100 years. | 0:26:09 | 0:26:12 | |
Without it, they would probably keel over from exhaustion | 0:26:12 | 0:26:15 | |
and have biceps like bulldozers. | 0:26:15 | 0:26:18 | |
It's not a bad shape from up here. | 0:26:18 | 0:26:21 | |
But then, some of the work still needs good old-fashioned | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
-brute force. -Dave, I think I need your body weight. | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
Get in there, Dave, you brute. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:30 | |
After a whole morning of unravelling, | 0:26:34 | 0:26:36 | |
Bex and Dave are spent. | 0:26:36 | 0:26:38 | |
With still a lot to do, they decided to tackle | 0:26:39 | 0:26:42 | |
the rest in the morning, after a well-deserved rest. | 0:26:42 | 0:26:46 | |
We've got to cut our.. | 0:26:46 | 0:26:48 | |
cut ourselves off, you know, now, | 0:26:48 | 0:26:50 | |
because we're sort of running into our critical time, you know, | 0:26:50 | 0:26:55 | |
so we need fresh eyes now because it's got to look nice. | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
Back at the barn, | 0:27:05 | 0:27:07 | |
Sarah has been eagerly awaiting the return of her Monopoly pieces. | 0:27:07 | 0:27:10 | |
Bramble! | 0:27:10 | 0:27:13 | |
We've got post, look! This one is for you! | 0:27:13 | 0:27:16 | |
Sarah didn't use the Monopoly boards, | 0:27:16 | 0:27:19 | |
but sent the pieces off in the post | 0:27:19 | 0:27:21 | |
to a specialist silver plating firm, | 0:27:21 | 0:27:23 | |
who hopefully have made them sparkle. | 0:27:23 | 0:27:25 | |
I've got my Monopoly bits. I'm really excited about these. | 0:27:26 | 0:27:30 | |
I've asked for them to be really well dipped in silver | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
so they should look shiny. | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
In the end, Sarah spent £65 silver plating all 14 pieces | 0:27:35 | 0:27:40 | |
-but that is still less than a fiver a head. -Wow! | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
Or hat, I suppose. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
Look at them. Look. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
Luckily, they look a million dollars. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:50 | |
Now, that is cute. Look at the Scottie dog. And they are so shiny. | 0:27:50 | 0:27:56 | |
They've been dipped and finished really well. Is that it? Last boot. | 0:27:56 | 0:28:02 | |
Don't look great? The question is, how much can I sell them for? | 0:28:03 | 0:28:10 | |
Sarah is attaching metal hoops to the pre-drilled holes | 0:28:10 | 0:28:14 | |
which a chain or bracelet can then easily be threaded through. | 0:28:14 | 0:28:17 | |
I think they look really good. | 0:28:17 | 0:28:19 | |
So I'm hoping that people will buy at least one to hang as a necklace. | 0:28:23 | 0:28:29 | |
But you could get loads and put them on a bracelet. | 0:28:29 | 0:28:32 | |
But I'm going to price them individually. | 0:28:32 | 0:28:35 | |
Because Sarah is going to give the little jockey charm back to | 0:28:35 | 0:28:38 | |
Eric, she has 13 pieces to try to make a profit on. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:42 | |
Back at the dump, | 0:28:48 | 0:28:49 | |
Eric was ready to say goodbye to his daughter's childhood board games. | 0:28:49 | 0:28:53 | |
Can I have a quick look? | 0:28:53 | 0:28:55 | |
I've come to a point where I had to let things go. | 0:28:55 | 0:28:58 | |
But Sarah saw a potential in its little counters. | 0:28:58 | 0:29:03 | |
Oh, my word. You've got hundreds of bits there. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:05 | |
And formed a plan to make some money from them. | 0:29:05 | 0:29:08 | |
Your guess is as good as mine. | 0:29:08 | 0:29:11 | |
But I'm glad she's going to recycle them. I prefer to recycle anything. | 0:29:11 | 0:29:15 | |
With a metal makeover, the pieces are ready to be sold. | 0:29:16 | 0:29:20 | |
But with 13 of them to shift, Sarah has taken them online. | 0:29:20 | 0:29:24 | |
Monopoly is available in 111 countries, | 0:29:25 | 0:29:29 | |
so she's bound to find some fans of board game jewellery there. | 0:29:29 | 0:29:33 | |
That's them listed. So it's game on. | 0:29:33 | 0:29:36 | |
Sarah is back in Stockport to hand over the profits to Eric. | 0:29:40 | 0:29:44 | |
That is, if she managed to shift enough of them | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
to cover the silver plating costs. | 0:29:46 | 0:29:49 | |
KNOCK | 0:29:49 | 0:29:50 | |
-Hi there, Eric. It's Sarah from the tip. -How are you? | 0:29:50 | 0:29:55 | |
-Very well, very well. -Are you all right? | 0:29:55 | 0:29:58 | |
-Thank you so much meeting up again today. -Yeah. | 0:29:58 | 0:30:00 | |
Remember we took your Monopoly set from the tip. | 0:30:00 | 0:30:03 | |
Did you think about what we might do with it? | 0:30:03 | 0:30:05 | |
I thought you were going to make a charm out of it. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:07 | |
That's exactly what happened. | 0:30:07 | 0:30:09 | |
-I've got some pictures here to show you. There they are, in the end. -Wow. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:12 | |
Absolutely amazed. That is fantastic. I can't get over that. | 0:30:12 | 0:30:16 | |
So, we sold them at a profit and I've got that for you today. | 0:30:16 | 0:30:20 | |
-No, no. Give it to charity. -Well, do you know something? | 0:30:20 | 0:30:23 | |
I'm going to give it to you and see which charity, | 0:30:23 | 0:30:25 | |
-if you want to give it to charity, then... -It will go to cancer. | 0:30:25 | 0:30:29 | |
-Because I'm in remission. -Oh, really? | 0:30:29 | 0:30:32 | |
And we pay every month, we give every month to cancer. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:34 | |
Oh, that's fantastic. I'm really pleased that your Monopoly pieces | 0:30:34 | 0:30:38 | |
have helped towards that cause, and as a little memento, | 0:30:38 | 0:30:40 | |
I don't know if you remember this fellow, but I bought him for you. | 0:30:40 | 0:30:44 | |
He wasn't easy to make into a charm, | 0:30:44 | 0:30:45 | |
so I thought something for you to remember your Monopoly set by. | 0:30:45 | 0:30:48 | |
-He's silver-plated, the little horseman. -I shall treasure it. | 0:30:48 | 0:30:51 | |
I can't get over that. | 0:30:51 | 0:30:53 | |
With all 13 sold at ten quid each, | 0:30:53 | 0:30:55 | |
once you take off £65 worth of silver plating, | 0:30:55 | 0:30:59 | |
Eric's walking away £65 richer. | 0:30:59 | 0:31:02 | |
It was lovely to catch up with you again and to hear your story. | 0:31:02 | 0:31:05 | |
-Thank you very much. -And keep up the fundraising, that's fantastic. | 0:31:05 | 0:31:08 | |
Oh, we do. We do. We're very lucky. | 0:31:08 | 0:31:11 | |
I'm so pleased I took a chance on that Monopoly set. | 0:31:14 | 0:31:17 | |
I think Eric loved that little horseman and that tiny bit of profit | 0:31:17 | 0:31:21 | |
we made, that's going to a charity that means a lot to him. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:24 | |
So, Sarah is back in Margate | 0:31:34 | 0:31:36 | |
to see how Rupert has got on with his metamorphic furniture. | 0:31:36 | 0:31:39 | |
Making metamorphic furniture is going to be tricky at the best of times. | 0:31:43 | 0:31:47 | |
Making it out of a pair of old ladders - | 0:31:47 | 0:31:50 | |
that must be nearly impossible. | 0:31:50 | 0:31:51 | |
I'm here to see if Rupert has actually managed to nail it. | 0:31:51 | 0:31:55 | |
Last time Sarah saw them, they were tired old ladders. But now... | 0:31:55 | 0:32:01 | |
they're still ladders. | 0:32:01 | 0:32:03 | |
But what's that? | 0:32:03 | 0:32:05 | |
Ah, you just managed one set. | 0:32:05 | 0:32:08 | |
Well, I spent quite a lot of time | 0:32:08 | 0:32:10 | |
working out how to make a ladder into a chair, | 0:32:10 | 0:32:14 | |
so haven't really got much time left to work on this now. | 0:32:14 | 0:32:17 | |
HE SIGHS | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
Oh, don't blame yourself. It was a tall order asking you to do both. | 0:32:19 | 0:32:23 | |
I'm sure Sarah will be just as happy with one. | 0:32:23 | 0:32:27 | |
Oh, I don't know, what should I do? | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
Sorry, Rupert, I think your time's up on this. | 0:32:29 | 0:32:32 | |
-Hiya! -Hi, Sarah. Hello. How are you doing? | 0:32:32 | 0:32:36 | |
-Really well, lovely to see you. -I've got something for you. | 0:32:36 | 0:32:40 | |
I've only got half of what I wanted to get ready for you, | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
-but this is it. -Oh, wow! Oh, yeah, I can still see a ladder and a chair. | 0:32:44 | 0:32:48 | |
This one was weird. | 0:32:48 | 0:32:50 | |
It's taken so much experimentation to get it right, | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
I have run out of time this time, I'm afraid. | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
But you know the way I work, I like to use exactly what you gave me | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
and with this one I added a couple more screws and literally, | 0:32:59 | 0:33:03 | |
I've got one piece of ladder left. | 0:33:03 | 0:33:05 | |
That's what you get when you have Rupert Blanchard, | 0:33:05 | 0:33:08 | |
you get nothing left. | 0:33:08 | 0:33:10 | |
I added the arms from the metal rail, if you remember, | 0:33:10 | 0:33:13 | |
on the top of the ladder there was a metal rail. | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
Does it actually work? Does it metamorphosise? | 0:33:15 | 0:33:17 | |
-It does, yeah. Shall I flip it over for you? -Definitely. | 0:33:17 | 0:33:20 | |
Who would have believed it? It's incredible. | 0:33:22 | 0:33:24 | |
Well, he is a designer with a lot of fantastic ideas, | 0:33:24 | 0:33:28 | |
but one instead of two means less profit. | 0:33:28 | 0:33:31 | |
Let's hope he won't be budgeting in all that thinking time too. | 0:33:32 | 0:33:36 | |
At the end of our creative chat, | 0:33:38 | 0:33:40 | |
when we were sort of going for this metamorphic stuff, | 0:33:40 | 0:33:43 | |
we said it was probably a couple of hundred pounds per ladder. | 0:33:43 | 0:33:46 | |
I know you haven't done the other one. | 0:33:46 | 0:33:48 | |
Are we looking at 200 quid for this or is it a bit more? | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
Yeah, I think we're well within the 200 mark. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:53 | |
It's taken some time but it's come well within that. | 0:33:53 | 0:33:57 | |
I bought one can of paint and a few screws, | 0:33:57 | 0:34:01 | |
that's all well within the budget. | 0:34:01 | 0:34:03 | |
Before, they were ladders needing a step up. | 0:34:04 | 0:34:07 | |
But now, they're metamorphic library steps. | 0:34:09 | 0:34:12 | |
Rupert planned this design with such precision, | 0:34:14 | 0:34:17 | |
every cut, joint, hinge and nail had to be exactly right | 0:34:17 | 0:34:21 | |
or the entire piece would have fallen apart. | 0:34:21 | 0:34:24 | |
The modern yellow midsection ties together the piece's two functions | 0:34:25 | 0:34:30 | |
while keeping the paint-splatter effect | 0:34:30 | 0:34:32 | |
to tell the story of Mike and Judith's magnolia moment. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
It's amazing, but will someone pay more than 200 quid for it? | 0:34:37 | 0:34:42 | |
-Back at the dump... -There's a ladder just coming up here, | 0:34:49 | 0:34:52 | |
so I'd really like to take a look at that. | 0:34:52 | 0:34:54 | |
..Sarah pounced on Mike and Judith's paint-splattered ladders. | 0:34:54 | 0:34:57 | |
Some terracotta in it, yeah. There's the terracotta. | 0:34:59 | 0:35:02 | |
And when a second set turned up, | 0:35:02 | 0:35:04 | |
she knew they had the potential to turn them into something special. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:08 | |
She might be able to strip them down and re-varnish them, | 0:35:08 | 0:35:11 | |
but it would need a bit of patience. | 0:35:11 | 0:35:13 | |
And although Rupert only managed one set of library steps, | 0:35:13 | 0:35:17 | |
they were brilliant. | 0:35:17 | 0:35:18 | |
Sarah invited one of London's top retro design furniture dealers in | 0:35:20 | 0:35:24 | |
to see if it would be something that would sell in his shop, and... | 0:35:24 | 0:35:28 | |
It won't fly out the door. | 0:35:28 | 0:35:31 | |
But someone is going to love it. | 0:35:32 | 0:35:35 | |
..he bought it. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:36 | |
Sarah is back in Stockport to hand over the profit to Mike and Judith. | 0:35:40 | 0:35:45 | |
-Hi, there. -Hi! -Lovely to see you again. -Yes, you too. -How are you? | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
-We're fine, nice to see you. -And you. Lovely day, isn't it? -It is. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:56 | |
I've got a bit of an update about the ladders that you dropped off, | 0:35:56 | 0:35:59 | |
so I've got some pictures and things to show you. | 0:35:59 | 0:36:01 | |
In the end, we actually ended up only using one because | 0:36:01 | 0:36:03 | |
they were quite tricky to work with. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:05 | |
We have a fantastic maker called Rupert Blanchard | 0:36:05 | 0:36:08 | |
and he was really enthusiastic about them, | 0:36:08 | 0:36:10 | |
-had a few different ideas but in the end he transformed them... -Wow! | 0:36:10 | 0:36:14 | |
..into... It's a chair. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:18 | |
But it's not only a chair, it's actually a metamorphic chair, so | 0:36:18 | 0:36:22 | |
it changes from substantial sitting piece back into a stepladder again. | 0:36:22 | 0:36:26 | |
Oh, that's fantastic. That's really clever. | 0:36:26 | 0:36:29 | |
And we've actually sold it as well. | 0:36:29 | 0:36:31 | |
We managed to make £100 profit on it. | 0:36:31 | 0:36:33 | |
-Wow! -Fantastic. -And that £100 is for you. | 0:36:33 | 0:36:37 | |
-Well, that's fantastic. -Thank you very much. -That's unbelievable. | 0:36:37 | 0:36:40 | |
Any ideas what you might do with £100? | 0:36:40 | 0:36:43 | |
Well, it's my late aunt's ladder | 0:36:43 | 0:36:45 | |
and she had lots of charities that were very close to her heart, | 0:36:45 | 0:36:48 | |
so it might go to one of those, | 0:36:48 | 0:36:50 | |
-or we could treat the family to a drink... -And a curry! -Yeah. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:55 | |
Well, thank you ever so much for letting me come back | 0:36:55 | 0:36:57 | |
and show you what happened, and I hope you enjoy spending your money. | 0:36:57 | 0:37:00 | |
-Thanks. -It was lovely. -We will do. OK. -Bye-bye. | 0:37:00 | 0:37:03 | |
Spending on costs and materials | 0:37:05 | 0:37:07 | |
transforming Mike and Judith's ladder came in at £200. | 0:37:07 | 0:37:12 | |
The metamorphic chair sold for £300, | 0:37:12 | 0:37:15 | |
meaning Mike and Judith are stepping out with £100 profit. | 0:37:15 | 0:37:20 | |
While Mike and Judith decide what to spend their money on, | 0:37:25 | 0:37:28 | |
back in Sussex, Bex and Dave are clearing up for Sarah's arrival. | 0:37:28 | 0:37:33 | |
"A tidy workshop is a happy workshop." | 0:37:34 | 0:37:37 | |
Before, the rusty springs may not have been fit for a car. | 0:37:38 | 0:37:42 | |
But now, they can drive a hard bargain. | 0:37:46 | 0:37:49 | |
The elegant curve of the overhanging lamp is balanced at the base, | 0:37:54 | 0:37:58 | |
with polished concrete weighed precisely | 0:37:58 | 0:38:01 | |
to keep the structure stable. | 0:38:01 | 0:38:03 | |
Bex has added details, mirroring the spring's original shape | 0:38:03 | 0:38:07 | |
to hold the cable flex onto the frame, | 0:38:07 | 0:38:10 | |
and the metal is finished with jade oil to reduce tarnishing. | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
All in all, it's as far away from its original use | 0:38:14 | 0:38:18 | |
as you could imagine. | 0:38:18 | 0:38:20 | |
I hear Sarah's on her way, so I'm very keen to find out | 0:38:20 | 0:38:23 | |
what she thinks of it, so fingers crossed. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:25 | |
Well, because we've worked our guts out on this one, | 0:38:25 | 0:38:30 | |
-she'll probably go, "Hmm, yeah." -Yeah. | 0:38:30 | 0:38:32 | |
BEX LAUGHS | 0:38:32 | 0:38:35 | |
-Hello! -Hello? -Hiya. | 0:38:35 | 0:38:38 | |
Hi, how are you doing? | 0:38:38 | 0:38:39 | |
Where is it, then? | 0:38:39 | 0:38:40 | |
Oh, my word. | 0:38:43 | 0:38:45 | |
BEX LAUGHS | 0:38:45 | 0:38:47 | |
It's fantastic. | 0:38:47 | 0:38:49 | |
I love it! Can I touch it? | 0:38:50 | 0:38:51 | |
-Yeah. -Or you touch it. I'm too scared. You do it. | 0:38:51 | 0:38:55 | |
Come on, it won't break! Again. | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
Give it a wobble. | 0:38:58 | 0:39:00 | |
-It's not lost its spring at all. -No! -How about you? | 0:39:00 | 0:39:03 | |
I'm really pleased with it now. | 0:39:03 | 0:39:05 | |
I love the fact it's still got that reference to where it came from. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:08 | |
-Yeah, exactly. -And up here. That is really sweet. -Yeah. | 0:39:08 | 0:39:11 | |
Amazing. And this bit. | 0:39:11 | 0:39:13 | |
Do you think you'll be able to sell it? | 0:39:13 | 0:39:15 | |
Do you think it's a nice product? | 0:39:15 | 0:39:17 | |
Definitely, definitely. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
How did we do on budget? | 0:39:19 | 0:39:21 | |
Because I think I only left you with 200 quid, | 0:39:21 | 0:39:23 | |
but that was before we talked about you finishing it like this. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:27 | |
We had to spend £50 extra on the concrete and then... | 0:39:27 | 0:39:33 | |
What was the light fittings altogether? Was that about 40? | 0:39:33 | 0:39:36 | |
Because it was an extra £90 on top of that. | 0:39:36 | 0:39:39 | |
If that's, you know, 300 quid's worth of cost, | 0:39:39 | 0:39:43 | |
I think you've done a great job. | 0:39:43 | 0:39:45 | |
Because that scale of lighting and that kind of finish | 0:39:45 | 0:39:47 | |
has got to be worth a lot more than that, hasn't it? | 0:39:47 | 0:39:50 | |
I get the impression that Bex and Dave will be glad | 0:39:50 | 0:39:53 | |
to see the back of this one. Now all Sarah has to do | 0:39:53 | 0:39:57 | |
is find someone to pay more than 290 for it and she's in the money. | 0:39:57 | 0:40:02 | |
-That was good, went well. -Yeah. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:04 | |
-She seemed to like it. -Yeah, no, definitely. I'm really glad. | 0:40:04 | 0:40:08 | |
So, yeah, we can... | 0:40:08 | 0:40:10 | |
# Let it go! Let it go! | 0:40:10 | 0:40:13 | |
# Can't hold it... # | 0:40:13 | 0:40:15 | |
Anyway... | 0:40:15 | 0:40:16 | |
Come on, Dave, you know the words! | 0:40:16 | 0:40:20 | |
Onwards and upwards, eh? | 0:40:20 | 0:40:21 | |
Back at the dump, Sarah sprung into action | 0:40:24 | 0:40:27 | |
when she got a look inside Andrew's boot. | 0:40:27 | 0:40:29 | |
-Have they just come off this, then? -Yeah. -Really? | 0:40:29 | 0:40:32 | |
That's what keeps the car on the road, basically. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:34 | |
Andrew and his car had a special relationship. | 0:40:34 | 0:40:37 | |
She's my absolute baby. | 0:40:37 | 0:40:39 | |
But he was happy for Sarah to take its old springs and try something. | 0:40:39 | 0:40:44 | |
If she had four she'd have a coffee table or something like that. | 0:40:44 | 0:40:47 | |
It's something to bounce about on, I suppose, but... | 0:40:47 | 0:40:50 | |
That something became a bespoke standing lamp. | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
Sarah knew that Martin would also be keen on this, | 0:40:53 | 0:40:56 | |
and so dropped it off at his London shop. | 0:40:56 | 0:40:59 | |
Sarah is back in Stockport to give Andrew the good news. | 0:41:03 | 0:41:07 | |
Martin loved the lamp. | 0:41:07 | 0:41:09 | |
But how much did he love it? | 0:41:10 | 0:41:12 | |
-Hiya. -Hi. -Andrew, it's Sarah. -Hi, Sarah. -How you doing? | 0:41:16 | 0:41:19 | |
-Not too bad. -Come outside and talk to me about your fantastic Jaguar. | 0:41:19 | 0:41:24 | |
I could talk about that all day long, unfortunately. | 0:41:24 | 0:41:26 | |
-Is it your pride and joy? -It is, it's absolutely fantastic. | 0:41:26 | 0:41:29 | |
So when you came to the tip with your springs, and we took them from you, | 0:41:29 | 0:41:33 | |
-did you then think about anything we might make with them? -Not really. | 0:41:33 | 0:41:37 | |
I'd assumed you could make a small table or something like that. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:40 | |
I have a great designer that I have worked with before | 0:41:40 | 0:41:43 | |
called Bex Simon. We had a quick chat about the design | 0:41:43 | 0:41:46 | |
and what we might be able to make out of them, and we actually came up with | 0:41:46 | 0:41:49 | |
the idea of making a large lamp. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:52 | |
-Wow. -A really high-end interior design piece. | 0:41:52 | 0:41:56 | |
I think it's amazing. | 0:41:56 | 0:41:57 | |
I must admit... I'm gobsmacked, I really am. It's brilliant. | 0:41:57 | 0:42:01 | |
We gave them £290 to convert that from your spring, | 0:42:01 | 0:42:06 | |
-and we've actually sold it. -Right. | 0:42:06 | 0:42:08 | |
-So we sold it for £450. -Wow! | 0:42:08 | 0:42:11 | |
-Which means I have £160 to give to you. -Oh, thank you! | 0:42:11 | 0:42:15 | |
Wow! | 0:42:15 | 0:42:17 | |
That's not bad for nowt, is it? | 0:42:17 | 0:42:19 | |
So have you got any ideas about what you might spend 160 quid on? | 0:42:19 | 0:42:23 | |
-I'm going to take the family out for a meal. -Lovely. That's so nice. | 0:42:23 | 0:42:26 | |
£290 was spent on work and materials | 0:42:28 | 0:42:31 | |
transforming the springs to a standing lamp. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:35 | |
It sold for £450, | 0:42:35 | 0:42:37 | |
meaning Andrew is cruising off | 0:42:37 | 0:42:40 | |
with £160 profit. | 0:42:40 | 0:42:42 | |
Every item saved from the tip has turned a profit, | 0:42:44 | 0:42:46 | |
from the paint-spattered ladders, | 0:42:46 | 0:42:49 | |
now a terrific transforming chair, | 0:42:49 | 0:42:52 | |
to the old car suspension springs, | 0:42:52 | 0:42:54 | |
reworked as a stunning contemporary lamp, | 0:42:54 | 0:42:58 | |
and silver-plating the Monopoly pieces was a chance worth taking. | 0:42:58 | 0:43:02 | |
It is such a good feeling. | 0:43:04 | 0:43:06 | |
There's all that rummaging and then the designing and the selling, | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
but the icing on the cake is the look on people's faces | 0:43:09 | 0:43:12 | |
when you hand them over money for nothing. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:14 |