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How do you make money for nothing? | 0:00:06 | 0:00:08 | |
The answer could be hiding in the 20 million tonnes of household waste | 0:00:11 | 0:00:16 | |
we throw out every year. | 0:00:16 | 0:00:17 | |
Sorry to bother you. Before you throw that away, | 0:00:17 | 0:00:20 | |
-is there any chance I can have a quick chat to you about it? -Sure. | 0:00:20 | 0:00:22 | |
That's why entrepreneur, Sarah Moore, | 0:00:22 | 0:00:25 | |
wants to get her 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's ready to sift through | 0:00:41 | 0:00:43 | |
as many boots and bin bags as she needs to... | 0:00:43 | 0:00:46 | |
Look at that absolute box of joy. These are just fantastic. | 0:00:46 | 0:00:50 | |
..in her search for tip treasure. | 0:00:50 | 0:00:53 | |
We've got to be able to make something out of that, haven't we? | 0:00:54 | 0:00:56 | |
And with some of the country's elite designers and makers... | 0:00:58 | 0:01:00 | |
-I've got a little something for you. -Yeah, I thought you might. | 0:01:00 | 0:01:03 | |
Ohhh! 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 | 0:01:10 | |
..beautiful... | 0:01:10 | 0:01:12 | |
Oosh! | 0:01:12 | 0:01:13 | |
..valuable... | 0:01:13 | 0:01:15 | |
Cha-ching! | 0:01:15 | 0:01:16 | |
..and hopefully saleable items. | 0:01:16 | 0:01:18 | |
Well, I love this, so I would really like to have it. | 0:01:18 | 0:01:22 | |
If Sarah is successful, then she can hand the profits back | 0:01:23 | 0:01:26 | |
to the very people who had no idea | 0:01:26 | 0:01:28 | |
there was cash to be made from their trash. | 0:01:28 | 0:01:31 | |
That is incredible, isn't it? | 0:01:31 | 0:01:34 | |
Today, we're the Witley Recycling Centre near Guildford... | 0:01:48 | 0:01:52 | |
..where 800 tonnes of waste is dumped by Surrey locals every month. | 0:01:54 | 0:01:58 | |
I have no idea what I'm going to find here today. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:01 | |
It might be a chair in despair or a toy with no joy, | 0:02:01 | 0:02:04 | |
but whatever it is, I'm hoping to find something amazing | 0:02:04 | 0:02:08 | |
and make some money for nothing. | 0:02:08 | 0:02:10 | |
Award-winning interior designer Sarah is here looking for | 0:02:12 | 0:02:16 | |
three items which can be saved rather than slung, | 0:02:16 | 0:02:19 | |
and turned into something new and desirable once again. | 0:02:19 | 0:02:23 | |
Just never know what's going to come in. | 0:02:23 | 0:02:25 | |
Could be a Rembrandt any minute now. A Lowry. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
It's more likely to be a Renault or a Land Rover, I think, Sarah. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:33 | |
Still, all we need are items which, with a little TLC | 0:02:33 | 0:02:36 | |
lavished upon them, could reflect a profit for their owners. | 0:02:36 | 0:02:40 | |
And Sarah's spotted something interesting | 0:02:40 | 0:02:43 | |
weighing down the back of Shane's car. | 0:02:43 | 0:02:46 | |
-Hi, I'm really sorry to bother you. -Hello. | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
I'm just looking at people's rubbish today | 0:02:48 | 0:02:50 | |
and what they're throwing away and just having a chat about it. | 0:02:50 | 0:02:53 | |
-OK. -Manhole... | 0:02:53 | 0:02:54 | |
We've had a new patio laid | 0:02:54 | 0:02:57 | |
and the builders left some of the old patio covers. | 0:02:57 | 0:02:59 | |
-Wow. -So it was left to me to throw them away. -Hmm. | 0:02:59 | 0:03:02 | |
Well, we're looking at things we can recycle and make into other things, | 0:03:02 | 0:03:06 | |
and I know that they are not probably the daintiest thing | 0:03:06 | 0:03:08 | |
-I'm going to see all day. -Yeah, they weigh a tonne. | 0:03:08 | 0:03:11 | |
And they're quite old. | 0:03:11 | 0:03:12 | |
Is there any chance I could take them, rather than you putting them in the tip? | 0:03:12 | 0:03:16 | |
-I'd love you to. -How many have you got - two? | 0:03:16 | 0:03:18 | |
-Got three. -Three? I'm going to get somebody to help me. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
The provenance of these old manhole covers is important. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:24 | |
Having come from Shane's patio, | 0:03:24 | 0:03:26 | |
Sarah is planning to turn them into...well, something. | 0:03:26 | 0:03:29 | |
You'd never think it, would you, but looking at them, | 0:03:29 | 0:03:31 | |
the moment you see them and that lovely crisscross pattern, | 0:03:31 | 0:03:34 | |
geometric stuff's really in at the moment. | 0:03:34 | 0:03:36 | |
That's going to make a fantastic garden table. Or something. | 0:03:36 | 0:03:39 | |
There's some scrap weight there, isn't there? | 0:03:39 | 0:03:42 | |
Whatever she does make, it'll last a long time. | 0:03:42 | 0:03:44 | |
There's a lot of steel there. They weigh a ton, so... | 0:03:44 | 0:03:47 | |
I look forward to seeing it. | 0:03:47 | 0:03:49 | |
If Sarah hadn't seen the potential in these manhole covers, | 0:03:49 | 0:03:54 | |
it could've been money down the drain. | 0:03:54 | 0:03:56 | |
There's money to be made out of these drain covers | 0:03:56 | 0:03:59 | |
and I'm going to go for it in a big way. | 0:03:59 | 0:04:01 | |
I didn't think Sarah would be quite so into heavy metal, | 0:04:02 | 0:04:06 | |
but, fortunately, she knows a man who is. | 0:04:06 | 0:04:09 | |
Headphones. | 0:04:11 | 0:04:12 | |
Rob Shaer has years of experience | 0:04:12 | 0:04:14 | |
bending, shaping, grinding | 0:04:14 | 0:04:19 | |
and welding metal. | 0:04:19 | 0:04:21 | |
Years, years of experience... | 0:04:21 | 0:04:25 | |
and know-how - tips of the trade, so to speak. | 0:04:25 | 0:04:28 | |
Graduating from art school, his work is now regularly in demand | 0:04:28 | 0:04:32 | |
by architects and artists, and Rob has turned his hand | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
to making everything from church bells to climbing frames. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:39 | |
He has no idea what Sarah's going to bring in today, | 0:04:39 | 0:04:42 | |
but he definitely knows what he'd like. | 0:04:42 | 0:04:44 | |
An old-fashioned, copper, hot-water boiler, like a really big one. | 0:04:44 | 0:04:48 | |
Five foot by 500. | 0:04:48 | 0:04:51 | |
You know, nice and substantial, like a torpedo. A copper torpedo. | 0:04:51 | 0:04:55 | |
That's what I want. | 0:04:55 | 0:04:56 | |
Hopefully, Rob will be able to redirect that passion for plumbing | 0:04:56 | 0:05:00 | |
towards Sarah's dingy drainage. | 0:05:00 | 0:05:03 | |
I was only looking! | 0:05:08 | 0:05:10 | |
Just as well, Sarah. | 0:05:10 | 0:05:11 | |
Of course, once items reach the skip, | 0:05:11 | 0:05:14 | |
they can no longer be retrieved. | 0:05:14 | 0:05:15 | |
All I'm seeing is bush, bush, grass, tree... | 0:05:15 | 0:05:21 | |
Not much stuff I can recycle. | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
Sometimes, it's difficult to see the wood for the trees. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:28 | |
Janet and her partner, Chris, are helping Janet's mum move house | 0:05:30 | 0:05:35 | |
and have surplus items | 0:05:35 | 0:05:36 | |
which are not making the transition from old to new. | 0:05:36 | 0:05:39 | |
It's really grotty stuff today, | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
because it has just come from the loft. | 0:05:43 | 0:05:45 | |
Oh, really? Well, you never know! | 0:05:45 | 0:05:46 | |
Did you mention "grotty old stuff"? | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
Well, you weren't far wrong in the case of that old case. | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
It hasn't got the heirlooms in it, has it? | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
Without heirlooms inside, I think it's fair to say | 0:05:54 | 0:05:57 | |
that case has seen the last of its travels. | 0:05:57 | 0:06:00 | |
But, hidden away on the back seat of the pick-up | 0:06:00 | 0:06:02 | |
is something with much more potential mileage. | 0:06:02 | 0:06:05 | |
-Oh, they're really sweet. -Told you. -Two of those? | 0:06:05 | 0:06:09 | |
-Yeah, they're quite nice. -They're really... They're so retro. | 0:06:09 | 0:06:12 | |
-They're quite sweet, actually. -They are. | 0:06:12 | 0:06:13 | |
It's just finding things that have got that old-fashioned look. | 0:06:13 | 0:06:16 | |
Anything mid-century is really collectable, and people are loving having it in their houses. | 0:06:16 | 0:06:20 | |
OK, that's good. Yeah, no problem. | 0:06:20 | 0:06:22 | |
If you don't mind, I would love to add them to our collection from you. | 0:06:22 | 0:06:25 | |
-OK. Yeah. -I'm going to stand here | 0:06:25 | 0:06:26 | |
and see what else you've got, because you never know. | 0:06:26 | 0:06:29 | |
-Have this sponge! -Hmm, tempting, but maybe not today, thanks. | 0:06:29 | 0:06:33 | |
How cool are they? | 0:06:33 | 0:06:35 | |
-If it's all right, I'm going to take them down here, out of your way. -Yeah, sure. -Thank you. | 0:06:35 | 0:06:39 | |
Looks like it's easy to get carried away round about here. | 0:06:39 | 0:06:42 | |
You'd better stay there and look at what else is coming up. | 0:06:42 | 0:06:45 | |
I'm going to look after these, but there could be more exciting things. | 0:06:45 | 0:06:48 | |
It's not always the case that people don't see the value. | 0:06:48 | 0:06:51 | |
Sometimes, it's just a question of time. | 0:06:51 | 0:06:53 | |
You just think, "Right, it's going, it's going to go, it's going to go." | 0:06:53 | 0:06:56 | |
Someone else might have the time and effort to think, | 0:06:56 | 0:06:59 | |
"Oh, I know what I can do that, I'll save it." You know? | 0:06:59 | 0:07:01 | |
But, at some point, you've just got to think to yourself, | 0:07:01 | 0:07:04 | |
"No, it's got to go, out." That's it. | 0:07:04 | 0:07:06 | |
So, how cool are these two? I absolutely love their styling. | 0:07:08 | 0:07:12 | |
They are bang on 1960, don't you think? | 0:07:12 | 0:07:15 | |
I think we could stitch something fabby over here | 0:07:15 | 0:07:18 | |
and really sort out these seats. | 0:07:18 | 0:07:20 | |
And I think I'm going to be sitting on a fortune. | 0:07:20 | 0:07:23 | |
So, item two today has the potential to be double money, | 0:07:23 | 0:07:27 | |
in the shape of these two gorgeous 1950s chairs. | 0:07:27 | 0:07:31 | |
And Sarah has just the man in mind to help bring them bang up-to-date. | 0:07:31 | 0:07:36 | |
Jay Blades is a builder turned philosophy graduate | 0:07:41 | 0:07:44 | |
turned furniture restorer. | 0:07:44 | 0:07:46 | |
Jay has his finger on the pulse of modern design interiors, | 0:07:46 | 0:07:50 | |
reworking the very best of British craftsmanship | 0:07:50 | 0:07:53 | |
and bringing it into the 21st century. | 0:07:53 | 0:07:55 | |
I've always had a passion for the kind of heritage | 0:07:57 | 0:08:01 | |
that the British designers have produced over the years. | 0:08:01 | 0:08:04 | |
Traditionalists would love to keep it as it is. | 0:08:04 | 0:08:07 | |
But to be reintroduced into the market, | 0:08:07 | 0:08:09 | |
I like to just add a bit of colour and add something a bit quirky. | 0:08:09 | 0:08:12 | |
I really enjoy adding my bit | 0:08:12 | 0:08:14 | |
and not necessarily worrying about other people's reactions. | 0:08:14 | 0:08:17 | |
It's more about, do I like it? If I like it, then it's good. | 0:08:17 | 0:08:20 | |
Never knowing what Sarah will turn up with, | 0:08:20 | 0:08:23 | |
Jay often flies by the seat of his pants | 0:08:23 | 0:08:26 | |
when dealing with her dump finds. | 0:08:26 | 0:08:28 | |
The good news is, today, he has two to choose from. | 0:08:28 | 0:08:32 | |
Seats, that is. | 0:08:32 | 0:08:33 | |
With only one item to find, Sarah is searching Witley once more. | 0:08:36 | 0:08:41 | |
SHE MOUTHS | 0:08:42 | 0:08:46 | |
Rubbish it may be, | 0:08:46 | 0:08:48 | |
but luckily Sarah has spotted Chris with something much more suitable. | 0:08:48 | 0:08:52 | |
Er, I've got to stop you. | 0:08:52 | 0:08:54 | |
So, whose is that and why are you throwing it away and...? | 0:08:54 | 0:08:56 | |
I don't know, I think it's just been in the house for a long time. | 0:08:56 | 0:09:00 | |
No reason, really, why it's been there. | 0:09:00 | 0:09:02 | |
-And you're just not using it...? -Just not using it, yeah. | 0:09:02 | 0:09:05 | |
And I think it's for, like, | 0:09:05 | 0:09:07 | |
to put your suit on or something. | 0:09:07 | 0:09:08 | |
Yeah, it's really cool. | 0:09:08 | 0:09:09 | |
Maybe have your cuff links here or something. | 0:09:09 | 0:09:11 | |
I love it cos nobody has pieces of furniture | 0:09:11 | 0:09:13 | |
that just do one thing any more, do they? | 0:09:13 | 0:09:15 | |
-No, definitely not. -I really like the styling on it. | 0:09:15 | 0:09:18 | |
It's really cool. We're looking for things we might be able | 0:09:18 | 0:09:21 | |
-to sell to people or repurpose or redo. -Definitely, yeah. | 0:09:21 | 0:09:23 | |
Is that something you might be able to share with us? | 0:09:23 | 0:09:26 | |
-You can have it, if that's what you want. -Yeah? | 0:09:26 | 0:09:28 | |
I'm not sure if I'll be able to use it, | 0:09:28 | 0:09:30 | |
but just to have the option to do it. Do you know what it is? | 0:09:30 | 0:09:33 | |
It's the bits on the bottom, the fact it's got | 0:09:33 | 0:09:35 | |
such lovely casters and stuff, I just think maybe there's... | 0:09:35 | 0:09:38 | |
-there's hope for it yet. -Maybe, yeah. Could be revived. -Yeah. | 0:09:38 | 0:09:41 | |
-Well, that's fab. Thanks ever so much for sharing it. -You're very welcome. | 0:09:41 | 0:09:45 | |
Have to find something to do with it now. Look at that, that's brilliant. | 0:09:45 | 0:09:48 | |
-Good luck. -Thank you ever so much. | 0:09:48 | 0:09:50 | |
I am sure you've got something up your sleeve, Sarah. | 0:09:50 | 0:09:53 | |
Just been sitting in my house, not doing anything. | 0:09:53 | 0:09:56 | |
I thought, you know, might give it to someone else | 0:09:56 | 0:09:58 | |
or put it to recycling, | 0:09:58 | 0:10:00 | |
where it could actually be used for something decent, you know? | 0:10:00 | 0:10:03 | |
How cool is that? | 0:10:05 | 0:10:07 | |
Nobody has a bespoke piece of furniture | 0:10:07 | 0:10:09 | |
just for holding their suit these days, do they? | 0:10:09 | 0:10:11 | |
And I can't really see what else I'll be able to do with it, | 0:10:11 | 0:10:14 | |
but I just don't think it needs to go in the tip at the moment. | 0:10:14 | 0:10:17 | |
Don't worry, Sarah. | 0:10:17 | 0:10:18 | |
If you HANG around long enough, | 0:10:18 | 0:10:20 | |
I'm sure something SUITABLE will spring to mind. | 0:10:20 | 0:10:23 | |
So, three items found. | 0:10:25 | 0:10:27 | |
Rob will be fortunate enough to tackle the manhole covers, | 0:10:27 | 0:10:31 | |
Jay, the two 1950s-flavoured chairs, | 0:10:31 | 0:10:34 | |
and Sarah will take care of the suit stand. | 0:10:34 | 0:10:37 | |
It's been a fantastic day here today and I've met great people, | 0:10:37 | 0:10:41 | |
but I've been making all sorts of promises | 0:10:41 | 0:10:44 | |
about what I'm going to do with their rubbish. | 0:10:44 | 0:10:47 | |
I've got my work cut out, but I can't wait to get started | 0:10:47 | 0:10:51 | |
to turn their trash into cash. | 0:10:51 | 0:10:53 | |
Walthamstow was home to the British film studio in the early 20th century, | 0:10:59 | 0:11:04 | |
where Broad West Film Company made many films in the silent era. | 0:11:04 | 0:11:08 | |
These days, there's nothing silent about the Black Horse workshop, | 0:11:09 | 0:11:14 | |
where Rob Shaer specialises in turning brutal into beautiful. | 0:11:14 | 0:11:18 | |
I never have any idea what Sarah's going to bring in. | 0:11:18 | 0:11:21 | |
It's always a bit of challenge, always a bit of a head scratch. | 0:11:21 | 0:11:24 | |
What would I like Sarah to bring in? | 0:11:24 | 0:11:26 | |
Something a little bit ugly, a bit brutal. | 0:11:26 | 0:11:28 | |
Look at those little beauties. | 0:11:28 | 0:11:29 | |
Something I could beautify, pimp up. | 0:11:29 | 0:11:33 | |
I think I'm going to get Rob out here. | 0:11:33 | 0:11:35 | |
These things are really heavy-duty. | 0:11:35 | 0:11:37 | |
Come with me. Come and see what I've got. | 0:11:37 | 0:11:39 | |
No need to look so worried, Rob. | 0:11:39 | 0:11:41 | |
It'll be something perfectly normal. | 0:11:41 | 0:11:43 | |
So these... just a little bit unusual. | 0:11:43 | 0:11:46 | |
Ready? | 0:11:46 | 0:11:47 | |
Da-da! | 0:11:47 | 0:11:49 | |
Come in, what do you reckon? Yeah, completely random. | 0:11:50 | 0:11:53 | |
As usual, completely off the shelf. Completely off your trolley. | 0:11:53 | 0:11:56 | |
They're heavy-duty, there's loads of metal there. | 0:11:56 | 0:11:59 | |
-There are three of them and three covers. -OK. | 0:11:59 | 0:12:01 | |
I was thinking maybe we can make some kind of amazing desk out of them, | 0:12:01 | 0:12:05 | |
-stitch them all together, or... -Could do, could do. | 0:12:05 | 0:12:07 | |
-A shelving unit? -Ooh! -Or... | 0:12:07 | 0:12:09 | |
They're very macho. They're very macho. | 0:12:09 | 0:12:11 | |
Maybe we could make a nice little delicate... | 0:12:11 | 0:12:14 | |
-Maybe a little vanity unit? -I like the idea of turning it on its head. | 0:12:14 | 0:12:17 | |
That would be so cool, to put this into a girl's space. | 0:12:17 | 0:12:21 | |
Cos nothing says feminine like an enormous slab of old rusty iron. | 0:12:21 | 0:12:25 | |
Go on, impress me - how are you going to do that? | 0:12:25 | 0:12:28 | |
-Powder coating, maybe a very, very light pastelly colour. -Oh, my word! | 0:12:28 | 0:12:32 | |
Keep the shape. | 0:12:32 | 0:12:33 | |
And something quite fine on the bottom, then, to support it? | 0:12:33 | 0:12:36 | |
Let's get the weight hovering above the ground. You know, hairpin legs. | 0:12:36 | 0:12:39 | |
Are we just talking about a table? Have we got a mirror at the back? | 0:12:39 | 0:12:42 | |
What kind of thing are we looking at? | 0:12:42 | 0:12:44 | |
So, a mirror frame. I'm looking at lighting in here. | 0:12:47 | 0:12:49 | |
An LED, like, strip, going round the inside. | 0:12:49 | 0:12:52 | |
That really takes it up a level and just puts it in a different bracket. | 0:12:52 | 0:12:55 | |
-Different price bracket? -Different price bracket. | 0:12:55 | 0:12:58 | |
You know me, I've always got an eye on the cash! | 0:12:58 | 0:13:00 | |
It's all very well having an eye on the cash at this point, | 0:13:00 | 0:13:03 | |
but this project won't be a success until we get our hands on some. | 0:13:03 | 0:13:08 | |
Talk to me about the money. | 0:13:08 | 0:13:10 | |
In terms of powder coating costs, what are we, 100 quid, 150? | 0:13:10 | 0:13:13 | |
100, 120 quid, you know, to get them powder coated. | 0:13:13 | 0:13:16 | |
-OK, and what about legs? -I think about 50 quid. | 0:13:16 | 0:13:18 | |
-And then the mirrors? -50, 75, for three mirrors. Yeah. | 0:13:18 | 0:13:22 | |
Roughly, materials-wise, we're in the 400 quid ballpark, then? | 0:13:22 | 0:13:26 | |
I would say about that, yeah. | 0:13:26 | 0:13:28 | |
On top of that £400 for materials, | 0:13:28 | 0:13:31 | |
Rob's expertise and time will cost a further £600 - | 0:13:31 | 0:13:35 | |
transforming there three manky manhole covers | 0:13:35 | 0:13:38 | |
into three makeover vanity tables. | 0:13:38 | 0:13:42 | |
Well, the van is a lot lighter, but I've just committed | 0:13:42 | 0:13:46 | |
to spending £1,000 on three very old manhole covers. | 0:13:46 | 0:13:50 | |
I don't know if I'll make any money on this one | 0:13:50 | 0:13:53 | |
but it's going to be interesting. | 0:13:53 | 0:13:55 | |
Really, what I want to do is transfer a very masculine | 0:13:55 | 0:13:58 | |
piece of material, very masculine object, a heavy bit of steel, | 0:13:58 | 0:14:01 | |
cast, and I want to try and make it kind of light and feminine. | 0:14:01 | 0:14:07 | |
That's the challenge, really. | 0:14:07 | 0:14:10 | |
So, Sarah's committed to £1,000 of costs to transform three | 0:14:11 | 0:14:16 | |
masculine manhole covers into three feminine freestanding vanity units. | 0:14:16 | 0:14:21 | |
What could possibly go wrong? | 0:14:21 | 0:14:24 | |
Wolverhampton is a city in the heart of the Black Country, | 0:14:27 | 0:14:30 | |
whose city motto, "Out of darkness cometh light", | 0:14:30 | 0:14:34 | |
seems appropriate for Sarah's quest | 0:14:34 | 0:14:36 | |
to make money from others' cast-offs. | 0:14:36 | 0:14:39 | |
She's here today to seek the help of furniture rejuvenator, Jay Blades. | 0:14:39 | 0:14:43 | |
I tend to like to work with stuff that is real wood. | 0:14:43 | 0:14:46 | |
Pre-1970s is my kind of flavour. | 0:14:46 | 0:14:48 | |
It's going to be rather interesting cos I don't know what Sarah's actually going to give me. | 0:14:48 | 0:14:52 | |
Normally, when she brings stuff down, it's weird and wonderful. | 0:14:52 | 0:14:55 | |
Jay is a retro-modern craftsman | 0:14:55 | 0:14:58 | |
who specialises in reviving ageing furniture. | 0:14:58 | 0:15:01 | |
-Hello, hello. -Hello, how are we doing? -Yeah, really well. | 0:15:01 | 0:15:04 | |
What have you got, what have you got today? | 0:15:04 | 0:15:06 | |
I think I've got you a couple of crackers here but I'm not quite sure. | 0:15:06 | 0:15:10 | |
OK, OK. They look interesting. They do look really, really interesting. | 0:15:10 | 0:15:15 | |
Are they...I didn't know if they were too new, too... | 0:15:15 | 0:15:19 | |
utility to be collectable | 0:15:19 | 0:15:22 | |
or interesting because I haven't found out anything about them. | 0:15:22 | 0:15:25 | |
Utility, yes. Not too new. These are...these are beautiful. | 0:15:25 | 0:15:28 | |
In my eyes, these are modern-day antiques, | 0:15:28 | 0:15:30 | |
so these are stuff that, things that you should not do too much to. | 0:15:30 | 0:15:33 | |
You shouldn't, like, plaster it with gloss | 0:15:33 | 0:15:36 | |
or you shouldn't rub it down so you get rid of the wood. | 0:15:36 | 0:15:40 | |
Personally I think you should just lift it | 0:15:40 | 0:15:42 | |
a little bit more than what it is now. | 0:15:42 | 0:15:44 | |
Do you have any ideas of what sort of fabric | 0:15:44 | 0:15:47 | |
we might be able to put onto the seat covers? | 0:15:47 | 0:15:49 | |
The fabric that I think is going into someone's house... | 0:15:49 | 0:15:53 | |
I believe it has to be a velvet. Luckily I've got something here. | 0:15:53 | 0:15:57 | |
Ah, perfect. | 0:15:57 | 0:15:59 | |
Wow. I would never have picked a colour like that. | 0:15:59 | 0:16:01 | |
So, I would probably leave the top. | 0:16:01 | 0:16:04 | |
Clean that up so it brings it back to life, | 0:16:04 | 0:16:07 | |
but add a really luxurious velvet | 0:16:07 | 0:16:09 | |
that once you sit on there it just feels to die for. | 0:16:09 | 0:16:13 | |
The other thing I would add, just a little bit of a twist, would be | 0:16:13 | 0:16:16 | |
to put wallpaper underneath the seat. | 0:16:16 | 0:16:20 | |
That's quirky to have something like that underneath where, | 0:16:20 | 0:16:23 | |
you know, not many people see it, it's a little surprise, isn't it? | 0:16:23 | 0:16:25 | |
Yeah, a little surprise and a little talking point as well. | 0:16:25 | 0:16:28 | |
I think they'll look fabulous, but you've got to tell me... | 0:16:28 | 0:16:31 | |
-What about the money? -I knew that was going to come. | 0:16:31 | 0:16:33 | |
Well, basically, the money, I could do the cleaning and wallpaper | 0:16:33 | 0:16:39 | |
and also putting the fabric on top for £50 for the two of them. | 0:16:39 | 0:16:43 | |
-How does that sound to you? -That sounds like good deal. | 0:16:43 | 0:16:46 | |
Hopefully not too much work for you | 0:16:46 | 0:16:48 | |
and think we could make some profit on that. | 0:16:48 | 0:16:50 | |
So, that, I think that's just where I want to be, | 0:16:50 | 0:16:52 | |
-that's excellent, thank you. -So, that's a deal? -That's a deal. | 0:16:52 | 0:16:55 | |
-All right. I'd best get to work then. -Brilliant. -OK. | 0:16:55 | 0:16:58 | |
I'm really pleased with how that went, those chairs are going | 0:16:59 | 0:17:02 | |
to get the update they deserve | 0:17:02 | 0:17:04 | |
and I might make a little bit of money out of it. | 0:17:04 | 0:17:06 | |
This is going to look so good that I would even have these in my house. | 0:17:06 | 0:17:10 | |
Anything I tend to work on, I love so much | 0:17:10 | 0:17:13 | |
that I would have it myself, but these should sell as well... | 0:17:13 | 0:17:17 | |
with what I'm about to do to them as well. | 0:17:17 | 0:17:19 | |
Jay's plan to simply update rather than renovate | 0:17:22 | 0:17:26 | |
could provide Sarah with a bumper profit. | 0:17:26 | 0:17:29 | |
So, £50 in total for the transformation | 0:17:29 | 0:17:32 | |
of these two glamour chairs - seems like a proper bargain to me. | 0:17:32 | 0:17:36 | |
Sarah is in London with the suit stand | 0:17:42 | 0:17:44 | |
and is pursuing a more direct approach to selling this item. | 0:17:44 | 0:17:48 | |
So, I've come to Portobello Market to see if my trusty suit stand | 0:17:49 | 0:17:53 | |
can find a home. It's just the right kind of place. | 0:17:53 | 0:17:55 | |
There are heaps of antique shops around here. | 0:17:55 | 0:17:57 | |
It would be really cool to get above 50 quid for this | 0:17:57 | 0:18:00 | |
but if somebody offers me a pink note, I'm going to take it. | 0:18:00 | 0:18:03 | |
The suit stand is an odd item in that it's a perfectly good | 0:18:03 | 0:18:07 | |
and useful piece of furniture, it's just become unloved. | 0:18:07 | 0:18:11 | |
Sarah recognised that to make a profit, the only work required | 0:18:11 | 0:18:15 | |
is some fancy footwork in order to find the suit stand a new home. | 0:18:15 | 0:18:21 | |
That's a no. | 0:18:21 | 0:18:22 | |
-Another no. -Easier said than done. | 0:18:25 | 0:18:27 | |
-Hiya. -Hello. | 0:18:27 | 0:18:29 | |
-It's very cool what's going on in here. -Yep. | 0:18:29 | 0:18:31 | |
Really nice. | 0:18:31 | 0:18:32 | |
Are these all vintage clothes that you're selling or a mixture? | 0:18:32 | 0:18:36 | |
-No, it's all new. -Is it? -Yeah. -It look fantastic. | 0:18:36 | 0:18:38 | |
It looks really classic. Um, I've got a little proposition for you. | 0:18:38 | 0:18:42 | |
-Go on. -I am looking to find a buyer for this today. -Right. | 0:18:42 | 0:18:46 | |
It's something that somebody was going to throw away | 0:18:46 | 0:18:49 | |
and I'm trying to find a new home for it and hopefully raise | 0:18:49 | 0:18:51 | |
a bit of money for the person who was chucking it away. | 0:18:51 | 0:18:54 | |
So, this one I think was the classic kind of butler's thing | 0:18:54 | 0:18:56 | |
-that people had in their houses when they couldn't afford a butler. -OK. | 0:18:56 | 0:18:59 | |
So, just a suit stand. It's got somewhere to put shoes, somewhere for trousers. | 0:18:59 | 0:19:03 | |
-I was thinking that if I could get 60 quid for it... -Right. | 0:19:03 | 0:19:06 | |
..I think it would be cool to go in a place like this. | 0:19:06 | 0:19:08 | |
Do you fancy, um, do you fancy buying it, then? | 0:19:08 | 0:19:11 | |
I think we could maybe negotiate, but, you know... | 0:19:11 | 0:19:14 | |
OK, I'm happy to negotiate because this is something that somebody thought didn't have any value | 0:19:14 | 0:19:18 | |
but if you think it's got, shall we say, 50 quid? | 0:19:18 | 0:19:21 | |
Despite Sarah's best efforts, £50 proved to be a bit too rich | 0:19:22 | 0:19:27 | |
and a suitable compromise couldn't be found. | 0:19:27 | 0:19:30 | |
If you change your mind... | 0:19:30 | 0:19:32 | |
-OK. -I'll leave you some details, you can maybe give me a shout. -Lovely. | 0:19:32 | 0:19:35 | |
-OK, thanks ever so much, thanks for your time. -Goodbye. -Bye-bye. | 0:19:35 | 0:19:37 | |
So, a bit more shoe leather required | 0:19:37 | 0:19:39 | |
if Sarah's going to gain a dividend from that old suit stand then. | 0:19:39 | 0:19:44 | |
These are the manhole covers. | 0:19:44 | 0:19:47 | |
I want to see how easy it is to drill this, could be cast-iron, | 0:19:47 | 0:19:50 | |
so, depending when it was cast, it could be a real nightmare to drill. | 0:19:50 | 0:19:55 | |
So, the legs are going to sit something like that, I think. | 0:19:55 | 0:20:00 | |
Yeah, what am I going to do? | 0:20:00 | 0:20:01 | |
It's a bit of an ugly duckling, but, uh... | 0:20:01 | 0:20:04 | |
we'll make it into a beautiful swan. I think that's why I quite like it. | 0:20:04 | 0:20:08 | |
Starting to make the legs, Rob uses brute strength to bend | 0:20:10 | 0:20:14 | |
each iron bar to the correct angle, making the legs feminine and dainty. | 0:20:14 | 0:20:19 | |
Suitable for any girl's bedroom, I think we said! | 0:20:19 | 0:20:22 | |
I reckon it's time... | 0:20:22 | 0:20:25 | |
to see what we've got. I must remember which way round it goes. | 0:20:25 | 0:20:29 | |
I think it's fair to say there's a bit of imagination required | 0:20:31 | 0:20:35 | |
before you can see these slabs of old cast-iron | 0:20:35 | 0:20:38 | |
taking pride of place in any girl's bedroom. | 0:20:38 | 0:20:42 | |
But what we are seeing is very likely to be a world's first. | 0:20:42 | 0:20:45 | |
No-one else would think to turn these into a vanity table. | 0:20:45 | 0:20:49 | |
Originally I was going to have it coming out the back here, | 0:20:49 | 0:20:52 | |
so like a couple of arms, | 0:20:52 | 0:20:53 | |
but I think it just makes the whole thing a little bit too wobbly. | 0:20:53 | 0:20:57 | |
As it is, it's wobbly anyway so we'll have to sort that out. | 0:20:59 | 0:21:02 | |
See, that's quite nice. That's... | 0:21:05 | 0:21:06 | |
If I can weld it on there, that would be brilliant. | 0:21:06 | 0:21:09 | |
It's not certain at this point that the mirror frame can be | 0:21:09 | 0:21:12 | |
welded to the base, due to the nature of the cast-iron. | 0:21:12 | 0:21:16 | |
The only way to find out is to do a test weld. | 0:21:16 | 0:21:19 | |
If this cracks now, then I'll know I can't actually do any welding. | 0:21:19 | 0:21:22 | |
I'll have to, like, make... OK. So...I mean... | 0:21:22 | 0:21:26 | |
I think what Rob's trying to say is that | 0:21:28 | 0:21:30 | |
if the welding is unsuccessful, | 0:21:30 | 0:21:32 | |
that means an alternative way of fastening together the tables | 0:21:32 | 0:21:35 | |
would be required, and that has time and budget implications. | 0:21:35 | 0:21:40 | |
I'm just going to go for it. And then...if it breaks, it breaks. | 0:21:41 | 0:21:46 | |
I think! | 0:21:46 | 0:21:47 | |
Not the...not the best strategy | 0:21:48 | 0:21:51 | |
but...against the clock a little bit here, so... | 0:21:51 | 0:21:56 | |
Ooh, horrible. | 0:21:59 | 0:22:01 | |
The worst-case scenario would be that the extreme heat | 0:22:01 | 0:22:05 | |
from the arc welder that Rob's using will cause the frame to crack. | 0:22:05 | 0:22:10 | |
Doesn't weld. Doesn't like welding. | 0:22:11 | 0:22:13 | |
Normally you could weld this to itself, you know, | 0:22:13 | 0:22:16 | |
or a similar-type metal. It's just snapped from the line it was welded. | 0:22:16 | 0:22:22 | |
That's not such good news. Looks like a plan B is required. | 0:22:22 | 0:22:26 | |
Just let that cool down and then I'll, uh...think about | 0:22:26 | 0:22:29 | |
what I'm going to do. | 0:22:29 | 0:22:30 | |
Since Sarah's dropped these off, | 0:22:32 | 0:22:35 | |
the thoughts that I had was to just keep it nice and simple | 0:22:35 | 0:22:39 | |
and just put a velvet, a lovely deep purple velvet, on the seat. | 0:22:39 | 0:22:45 | |
But, sleeping on it, I want to introduce some colour | 0:22:45 | 0:22:49 | |
and this is the frame I would love to paint. | 0:22:49 | 0:22:51 | |
I would love to give that a nice green against the purple. | 0:22:51 | 0:22:56 | |
So, if I can get that there, because that works well with that, | 0:22:57 | 0:23:02 | |
I have to have...add just a little bit of "ooh" to it. | 0:23:02 | 0:23:06 | |
"Ooh!" That will be a technical term then? | 0:23:06 | 0:23:09 | |
I would say, for me, this is not a big task, but normally | 0:23:09 | 0:23:11 | |
when you think it's not a big task, then it shows itself to be big task. | 0:23:11 | 0:23:15 | |
So, personally speaking, this is a job | 0:23:15 | 0:23:18 | |
I'm just going to get stuck into | 0:23:18 | 0:23:20 | |
and if there's problems, I'll overcome those problems in due time. | 0:23:20 | 0:23:23 | |
You never know with old furniture. | 0:23:23 | 0:23:25 | |
I don't know where it's been, what kind of life it's had, | 0:23:25 | 0:23:28 | |
what someone's done to it. It might have had an easy life. | 0:23:28 | 0:23:31 | |
Imagine that, one previous owner. | 0:23:31 | 0:23:33 | |
That would be cool. | 0:23:33 | 0:23:35 | |
If you don't have a jar | 0:23:35 | 0:23:38 | |
to put all the screws and bits and bobs in there, | 0:23:38 | 0:23:41 | |
the best bet is to get masking tape, stick them all down. | 0:23:41 | 0:23:46 | |
Right on the piece of tape that's supposed to be a one. | 0:23:50 | 0:23:53 | |
And then, on the bottom of the chair you put a one as well... | 0:23:53 | 0:23:58 | |
so you know which one... | 0:23:58 | 0:23:59 | |
especially if you're working with two chairs that are identical. | 0:23:59 | 0:24:02 | |
Matching the old fixings back to the chairs from which they came | 0:24:02 | 0:24:07 | |
makes putting them back together again so much easier. | 0:24:07 | 0:24:10 | |
I want this to go a kind of minty green, | 0:24:10 | 0:24:14 | |
but I've got a green, a darker green primer... | 0:24:14 | 0:24:17 | |
..and then get ready to rock and roll. | 0:24:19 | 0:24:22 | |
It's just going to give the purple a lift, | 0:24:27 | 0:24:30 | |
it's going to give the chair a lift, | 0:24:30 | 0:24:31 | |
it's just going to make everything look fresh and new, | 0:24:31 | 0:24:35 | |
even though it's not new. | 0:24:35 | 0:24:37 | |
A 60-year-old chair, um, giving it a face-lift. | 0:24:37 | 0:24:40 | |
Or, in modern terms, a little bit of botox. | 0:24:42 | 0:24:45 | |
That's we're doing. | 0:24:45 | 0:24:46 | |
Botox may seem an odd analogy, | 0:24:46 | 0:24:48 | |
but, of course, we are hoping to reverse the signs of ageing | 0:24:48 | 0:24:52 | |
and bring these chairs bang up to date. | 0:24:52 | 0:24:54 | |
Previously, in Portobello Market, | 0:24:57 | 0:24:59 | |
the suit stand remained stranded with Sarah, | 0:24:59 | 0:25:02 | |
but never one to give up, a change of location may be what's required. | 0:25:02 | 0:25:07 | |
So, me and my special friend have come all the way from Notting Hill | 0:25:07 | 0:25:11 | |
to Brick Lane to see if we can make a sale here. | 0:25:11 | 0:25:14 | |
Brick Lane can be found in East London, | 0:25:16 | 0:25:18 | |
in the borough of Tower Hamlets and is famous for its curry houses. | 0:25:18 | 0:25:22 | |
Let's hope that suit stand will be able | 0:25:24 | 0:25:26 | |
to CURRY some favour, eventually. | 0:25:26 | 0:25:30 | |
I've been to lots of shops round here | 0:25:30 | 0:25:32 | |
and I have met a man called Michael in this one, | 0:25:32 | 0:25:34 | |
who is interested in my Italian bespoke designer suit stand. | 0:25:34 | 0:25:38 | |
He's not very keen on the camera, | 0:25:38 | 0:25:40 | |
so I'm just going to pop in to see if I can persuade him to come out. | 0:25:40 | 0:25:43 | |
Guess what, Michael, it's your lucky day - we're back. | 0:25:49 | 0:25:51 | |
Sarah's success is measured in sales | 0:25:51 | 0:25:55 | |
and she always seeks out the best opportunities to maximise profits, | 0:25:55 | 0:26:00 | |
hosting regularly her own furniture and clothing sales from home... | 0:26:00 | 0:26:04 | |
Just sold the sofa. | 0:26:04 | 0:26:05 | |
..advertising and selling online... | 0:26:07 | 0:26:09 | |
Get that online. | 0:26:11 | 0:26:13 | |
..or meeting commercial buyers in person to sell direct. | 0:26:13 | 0:26:17 | |
Seeing this is really refreshing | 0:26:17 | 0:26:19 | |
and it's good and people are going to want more of it. | 0:26:19 | 0:26:21 | |
It's going to grow, this thing, I think, that you're doing. | 0:26:21 | 0:26:24 | |
With opportunities galore in the things we throw out, | 0:26:24 | 0:26:28 | |
Sarah's always looking to make money for nothing. | 0:26:28 | 0:26:31 | |
The suit stand salvaged from Chris... | 0:26:35 | 0:26:37 | |
-You're just not using it? -No, just not using it, yeah. | 0:26:37 | 0:26:39 | |
I think it's for someone... | 0:26:39 | 0:26:41 | |
I think it's, like, to put your suit on or something. | 0:26:41 | 0:26:43 | |
Yeah, it's really cool. | 0:26:43 | 0:26:44 | |
..has covered some miles searching for an elusive new home. | 0:26:44 | 0:26:49 | |
It'd be really cool to get above 50 quid for this, | 0:26:49 | 0:26:51 | |
but if somebody offers me a pink note, I'm going to take it. | 0:26:51 | 0:26:54 | |
Sarah made a sale and the only question remaining is... | 0:26:55 | 0:26:59 | |
did she get a pink note? | 0:26:59 | 0:27:01 | |
Sarah is back in Witley to tell Chris what became of his suit stand. | 0:27:04 | 0:27:08 | |
-Hi, Chris, nice to see you again. -Nice to see you again. -Thank you. | 0:27:12 | 0:27:15 | |
-I've got a few things to show you about your suit stand. -Oh, yeah? | 0:27:15 | 0:27:19 | |
-Sounds good, come in. -Lovely, thank you. | 0:27:19 | 0:27:22 | |
So we decided it was probably the kind of thing that would fit well | 0:27:23 | 0:27:26 | |
-into a shop as a shop display piece. -Oh, really? | 0:27:26 | 0:27:28 | |
A really nice guy in a vintage shop | 0:27:28 | 0:27:30 | |
and he has all sorts of things in his shop. | 0:27:30 | 0:27:33 | |
He specialises in vintage clothing and accessories | 0:27:33 | 0:27:35 | |
and that kind of stuff. | 0:27:35 | 0:27:37 | |
He immediately said, "Oh, I really like that," | 0:27:37 | 0:27:39 | |
so I did a bit of bartering | 0:27:39 | 0:27:40 | |
and I tried really hard to get some real sales stuff behind it, | 0:27:40 | 0:27:44 | |
but, actually, in the end, I got £25 for it. | 0:27:44 | 0:27:46 | |
Right, that's better than nothing. | 0:27:46 | 0:27:48 | |
-It is and that £25 I've got here and that's for you. -Oh, wow. | 0:27:48 | 0:27:52 | |
-It was really good fun. -Thank you very much. -My pleasure. | 0:27:52 | 0:27:55 | |
It's not 1 million, but I don't know what you'd do with 25 quid. | 0:27:55 | 0:27:58 | |
Put it into the daily shop or something like that. | 0:27:58 | 0:28:00 | |
I'll find somewhere for it. | 0:28:00 | 0:28:02 | |
-Anyway, it was lovely to have met you again. -You too, thank you very much. | 0:28:02 | 0:28:05 | |
I'll be at the tip, no doubt, sometime soon. | 0:28:05 | 0:28:07 | |
-See you again! -See you again! | 0:28:07 | 0:28:09 | |
-Thanks ever so much. Bye, Chris. -See you, bye. | 0:28:09 | 0:28:11 | |
Sarah sold the suit stand for 25 quid, which is all profit. | 0:28:13 | 0:28:17 | |
I didn't think that the coat hanger would have any sort of value to it. | 0:28:20 | 0:28:23 | |
It looked old and abused, | 0:28:23 | 0:28:25 | |
so I'm shocked there was any money made out of it, to be honest. | 0:28:25 | 0:28:29 | |
Rob has managed to manhandle the manhole covers | 0:28:31 | 0:28:34 | |
into what can at best be called butch-beautiful vanity tables, | 0:28:34 | 0:28:38 | |
but it's not been a project without problems. | 0:28:38 | 0:28:41 | |
Everything that's been put together, apart from the actual frame, | 0:28:41 | 0:28:45 | |
has been bolted or just placed, | 0:28:45 | 0:28:47 | |
so we've drilled the backing for the mirror, | 0:28:47 | 0:28:50 | |
the support here has been bolted on. | 0:28:50 | 0:28:53 | |
Um...nothing has been welded, except for the base. | 0:28:53 | 0:28:57 | |
The inability of the cast iron to take a weld | 0:28:57 | 0:29:00 | |
has caused no end of problems. | 0:29:00 | 0:29:03 | |
This has meant that the project has taken much longer than anticipated. | 0:29:03 | 0:29:07 | |
We were going to utilise the recess here... | 0:29:07 | 0:29:10 | |
..on the drain cover for lighting. Now, I had to work within the budget | 0:29:12 | 0:29:16 | |
and to be honest, it went way over budget with the lighting, | 0:29:16 | 0:29:20 | |
so the next stage, if there is any next stage, | 0:29:20 | 0:29:23 | |
is to talk to Sarah and see what she thinks about it. | 0:29:23 | 0:29:26 | |
This restriction on both time and costs has also meant | 0:29:27 | 0:29:30 | |
that some of the final finish | 0:29:30 | 0:29:32 | |
is a little more temporary than Rob would like. | 0:29:32 | 0:29:35 | |
It's the manhole makeover moment and I'm here to see | 0:29:37 | 0:29:40 | |
if Rob has managed to turn those three dirty bits of drainage | 0:29:40 | 0:29:44 | |
into three fabulous vanity units. | 0:29:44 | 0:29:46 | |
When Sarah managed to save these manhole covers, | 0:29:46 | 0:29:50 | |
they were destined to become molten metal. | 0:29:50 | 0:29:53 | |
Now, they are unrecognisable as dirty drainage, | 0:29:54 | 0:29:57 | |
and are just a tiny step away | 0:29:57 | 0:29:59 | |
from being magnificent mirrored vanity units. | 0:29:59 | 0:30:02 | |
-Hi! -Sarah, how are you doing? -Really well, how are you? -Not too bad. | 0:30:05 | 0:30:09 | |
-Come in. -It's quiet here - it's never quiet here. | 0:30:09 | 0:30:11 | |
Oh, relief! | 0:30:17 | 0:30:19 | |
Oh! | 0:30:21 | 0:30:22 | |
Really cool! | 0:30:22 | 0:30:23 | |
-That is amazing. I think the bases... -Even the broken one I quite like. | 0:30:24 | 0:30:28 | |
OK, you've done well there. | 0:30:28 | 0:30:30 | |
I'm a bit worried about this, though - what's that? | 0:30:30 | 0:30:32 | |
The original plan was, because of the lighting, I wanted it suspended. | 0:30:32 | 0:30:35 | |
-OK. -So there would have been a bar across there. | 0:30:35 | 0:30:37 | |
You would've seen daylight round here, | 0:30:37 | 0:30:39 | |
-you'd have lighting, that was the idea. -OK. | 0:30:39 | 0:30:41 | |
Now we don't have that. | 0:30:41 | 0:30:42 | |
OK, in terms of finish, I'm not sure... | 0:30:42 | 0:30:45 | |
You don't like that kind of crusty finish? | 0:30:45 | 0:30:47 | |
-SHE CHUCKLES -What about a bit of white in there? | 0:30:47 | 0:30:49 | |
Cos the other alternative is to get a new mirror cut | 0:30:49 | 0:30:52 | |
so it actually fits the frame. | 0:30:52 | 0:30:54 | |
But I think we've got to do one thing or another, | 0:30:55 | 0:30:58 | |
cos this gap here is going to cause a problem. | 0:30:58 | 0:31:01 | |
Is it possible to see it spun the other way? | 0:31:01 | 0:31:04 | |
That's it. | 0:31:04 | 0:31:05 | |
I'm just wondering, if we were to sell these... | 0:31:07 | 0:31:10 | |
..if they go against a wall... | 0:31:11 | 0:31:13 | |
they'll have to go against a wall, won't they? | 0:31:13 | 0:31:15 | |
This weight has got to be anchored against a wall | 0:31:15 | 0:31:17 | |
-in some way, hasn't it? -Yeah. | 0:31:17 | 0:31:18 | |
-If we could have brackets on here that get screwed to the wall... -Yeah. | 0:31:18 | 0:31:21 | |
I think you are 99% there in terms of making these look fantastic. | 0:31:21 | 0:31:26 | |
As a trio, they're really impressive as you walk in | 0:31:26 | 0:31:29 | |
and the colour that you've chosen, I had this idea about the sage green | 0:31:29 | 0:31:33 | |
and you've picked it up and I think it's lovely. | 0:31:33 | 0:31:36 | |
-They're really impressive together. -Yeah? -Yeah. -I think so, yeah. | 0:31:37 | 0:31:40 | |
I hate to walk in and be critical, | 0:31:40 | 0:31:42 | |
but I think you've got maybe 5% more | 0:31:42 | 0:31:44 | |
-just to get them completely finished. -Sure. | 0:31:44 | 0:31:47 | |
Being just slightly rough around the edges is enough | 0:31:48 | 0:31:52 | |
to make a profit improbable, | 0:31:52 | 0:31:54 | |
especially if there's insufficient left to bling them up | 0:31:54 | 0:31:57 | |
with the LED lighting, as originally planned. | 0:31:57 | 0:32:00 | |
How are we doing on the budget? I think we had £1,000 for the three. | 0:32:03 | 0:32:08 | |
We're up to budget on that, yeah? | 0:32:08 | 0:32:09 | |
OK. | 0:32:09 | 0:32:10 | |
I think that all three together, the finish, | 0:32:10 | 0:32:13 | |
the really lovely legs you put on them | 0:32:13 | 0:32:15 | |
and the detail of that is cracking. | 0:32:15 | 0:32:17 | |
It's just pushing that last bit. | 0:32:17 | 0:32:19 | |
Give me a shout when they're ready to collect | 0:32:19 | 0:32:21 | |
and then I think we'll have something that's really saleable | 0:32:21 | 0:32:24 | |
and really stylish, cos I think they are so close to being perfect. | 0:32:24 | 0:32:27 | |
Thank you very much. | 0:32:27 | 0:32:29 | |
-He'll be so pleased to see the back of me! Take care! -Bye! -Bye! | 0:32:31 | 0:32:35 | |
Clearly, when attempting to make a profit, | 0:32:35 | 0:32:37 | |
costs have to be tightly controlled | 0:32:37 | 0:32:40 | |
and if just a little more of Rob's time invested at this stage | 0:32:40 | 0:32:44 | |
means they can be sold for a much higher price, | 0:32:44 | 0:32:47 | |
it will all be worth it in the end. | 0:32:47 | 0:32:49 | |
Well, Rob has certainly transformed those manhole covers | 0:32:50 | 0:32:53 | |
and I feel really picky, because the colour on them is really good | 0:32:53 | 0:32:56 | |
and the legs are a really good detail, | 0:32:56 | 0:32:59 | |
but I just need that 5% extra finesse, | 0:32:59 | 0:33:02 | |
because they need to look a million dollars. | 0:33:02 | 0:33:04 | |
I need to be able to sell them at a profit | 0:33:04 | 0:33:07 | |
and for that, they've got to be bang on. | 0:33:07 | 0:33:09 | |
All I'm going to do is put some hooks in the back here, | 0:33:09 | 0:33:11 | |
raise the mirror | 0:33:11 | 0:33:13 | |
and I'm going to tighten up the brackets, | 0:33:13 | 0:33:15 | |
give them a good crank-up to make sure the whole thing's quite steady, | 0:33:15 | 0:33:19 | |
er... | 0:33:19 | 0:33:20 | |
..and give Sarah what she wants. | 0:33:21 | 0:33:23 | |
Back in Witley, Sarah spotted something distinctly masculine | 0:33:26 | 0:33:30 | |
in the back of Shane's car. | 0:33:30 | 0:33:32 | |
Manhole? | 0:33:32 | 0:33:34 | |
We've had a new patio laid | 0:33:34 | 0:33:35 | |
and the builders left some of the old patio covers. | 0:33:35 | 0:33:39 | |
Rob, on the other hand, was able to spot the feminine potential. | 0:33:39 | 0:33:43 | |
Maybe we can make a nice, delicate touch - | 0:33:43 | 0:33:45 | |
make it, maybe, a little vanity unit? | 0:33:45 | 0:33:48 | |
With the budget rapidly running out, | 0:33:48 | 0:33:50 | |
the cast-iron makeover required just one small push to prove its mettle. | 0:33:50 | 0:33:56 | |
I hate to walk in and be critical, | 0:33:56 | 0:33:58 | |
but I think you've got maybe 5% more, | 0:33:58 | 0:34:00 | |
-just to get them completely finished. -Sure. | 0:34:00 | 0:34:02 | |
Rob has taken these three dank, dirty drainage covers | 0:34:02 | 0:34:07 | |
and with a few necessary strong-arm tactics, | 0:34:07 | 0:34:10 | |
has transformed them into make-up/touch-up vanity units. | 0:34:10 | 0:34:15 | |
Rob's final finishing touches have created | 0:34:15 | 0:34:18 | |
just what Sarah was looking for | 0:34:18 | 0:34:20 | |
and with those details taken care of, | 0:34:20 | 0:34:23 | |
making these into a premium product, | 0:34:23 | 0:34:26 | |
these unique units have been snapped up as stock | 0:34:26 | 0:34:29 | |
for a prestigious London outlet. | 0:34:29 | 0:34:32 | |
And, most importantly, for a premium price. | 0:34:32 | 0:34:36 | |
Sarah has returned to Witley to surprise Shane with pictures | 0:34:36 | 0:34:40 | |
of what his cast iron manhole covers have become | 0:34:40 | 0:34:44 | |
and to hand over some profit. | 0:34:44 | 0:34:46 | |
-Hi, there, hello. CHILDREN: -Hello. -Hello! -Hi, there. | 0:34:48 | 0:34:51 | |
-Shane, how are you doing? -Nice to see you. | 0:34:51 | 0:34:53 | |
-Hello, there. I'm Sarah. -Vicky. -Hi, there, how do you do? | 0:34:53 | 0:34:56 | |
Do you know what Daddy took to the tip? | 0:34:56 | 0:34:58 | |
-Um, the drain covers. -Yeah. | 0:34:58 | 0:35:00 | |
-And I have to say, I got a little bit enthusiastic about them. -OK! | 0:35:00 | 0:35:04 | |
We're intrigued. | 0:35:04 | 0:35:06 | |
Well, I took them to London | 0:35:06 | 0:35:08 | |
and there is this fantastic place in Walthamstow | 0:35:08 | 0:35:10 | |
which is an open studio and there's a guy there called Rob | 0:35:10 | 0:35:13 | |
who's a technician who runs it | 0:35:13 | 0:35:15 | |
and he came up with the idea | 0:35:15 | 0:35:16 | |
that they're very chunky, masculine things - | 0:35:16 | 0:35:19 | |
we should turn them completely on their head | 0:35:19 | 0:35:21 | |
and turn them into vanity tables. | 0:35:21 | 0:35:23 | |
-OK. -Cool. | 0:35:23 | 0:35:24 | |
I've actually got some pictures to show you. | 0:35:24 | 0:35:27 | |
They turned out... ALL: Wow! | 0:35:27 | 0:35:29 | |
-..we made three of them. -Brilliant. | 0:35:29 | 0:35:31 | |
-He really went to town... VICKY: -That's really cool! | 0:35:31 | 0:35:33 | |
Do you like them? CHILDREN: Yeah! | 0:35:33 | 0:35:35 | |
When they're all together, they look great and somebody has bought them. | 0:35:35 | 0:35:39 | |
Unfortunately, £1,000 to spend on them, to convert them, | 0:35:40 | 0:35:44 | |
was quite a lot of money to spend, | 0:35:44 | 0:35:47 | |
but we did manage to sell them at a profit. | 0:35:47 | 0:35:51 | |
-I'm impressed. -I've got a wad of money here. | 0:35:51 | 0:35:54 | |
I want to know just how much you think might be... | 0:35:54 | 0:35:57 | |
-How much profit? -Nice! | 0:35:57 | 0:35:58 | |
Well, there's £500 here | 0:35:58 | 0:36:00 | |
and I'm really pleased to say that's all yours. | 0:36:00 | 0:36:03 | |
-So I don't know who gets that. Maybe it was Daddy. -Calm down, you two. | 0:36:03 | 0:36:07 | |
-We'll split it. -He was the one that took them? Split it, that's a good thing. | 0:36:07 | 0:36:11 | |
-Maybe give it to Mummy, she looks after things like that. -Gladly. | 0:36:11 | 0:36:14 | |
-The keeper of the cash. -Goodness gracious. | 0:36:14 | 0:36:17 | |
The three manhole covers cost £1,000 to transform, | 0:36:20 | 0:36:24 | |
but with the sale of a grand and a half, | 0:36:24 | 0:36:27 | |
Sarah has made a profit of £500 for Shane and his family. | 0:36:27 | 0:36:31 | |
Do you have any idea what you might do with it? | 0:36:34 | 0:36:37 | |
Your timing is very good, we are leaving early in the morning | 0:36:37 | 0:36:41 | |
to go to France for our summer holiday, | 0:36:41 | 0:36:44 | |
so I'm sure that these guys will find something good to do with it. | 0:36:44 | 0:36:50 | |
Or we'll buy some very nice wine. | 0:36:50 | 0:36:52 | |
Lovely to see you, and have a really good time. | 0:36:52 | 0:36:56 | |
-Bye, guys, really nice to see you. -Bye. -Bye-bye. Thank you. | 0:36:56 | 0:36:59 | |
Back in Wolverhampton, | 0:37:03 | 0:37:05 | |
those tired old 1950s chairs were left in the capable hands | 0:37:05 | 0:37:09 | |
of Jay Blades, who has transformed them | 0:37:09 | 0:37:12 | |
with a flash of inspiration, a lick of paint | 0:37:12 | 0:37:16 | |
and some purple velvet covers. | 0:37:16 | 0:37:18 | |
Simple job that to a certain extent turned out a bit fiddly, | 0:37:18 | 0:37:22 | |
especially this bit here. | 0:37:22 | 0:37:25 | |
The original trim that was on there was made of plastic, | 0:37:25 | 0:37:29 | |
just totally broke up, so I couldn't put it back together again. | 0:37:29 | 0:37:32 | |
I think there's a touch of femininity with masculinity in there | 0:37:32 | 0:37:37 | |
as well, so I think these will appeal to | 0:37:37 | 0:37:39 | |
a lot of people, but Sarah might not like them or she might like them. | 0:37:39 | 0:37:43 | |
She'll tell me once she sees them. | 0:37:43 | 0:37:45 | |
When Sarah collected these two chairs, | 0:37:45 | 0:37:48 | |
they were looking a little bit dated and unloved. | 0:37:48 | 0:37:51 | |
Now Jay has transformed them | 0:37:51 | 0:37:53 | |
into luxurious pieces of furniture, fit to grace any designer home. | 0:37:53 | 0:37:59 | |
Oh, my word! | 0:37:59 | 0:38:00 | |
They are amazing. | 0:38:00 | 0:38:03 | |
I'm absolutely gobsmacked. | 0:38:03 | 0:38:05 | |
I think now they look like they've been brought into the 21st century. | 0:38:05 | 0:38:10 | |
Beautiful. What you've done is amazing. Look at that! | 0:38:10 | 0:38:14 | |
-You are a genius. -I'm trying to be. | 0:38:16 | 0:38:17 | |
Both of them, rather than having them match up, | 0:38:19 | 0:38:23 | |
-they are just slightly different. -Quirky. I love it. | 0:38:23 | 0:38:26 | |
Beautiful, the finish and the quality is amazing. | 0:38:26 | 0:38:29 | |
You've got three different kind of finishes. | 0:38:29 | 0:38:31 | |
You've got the velvet, | 0:38:31 | 0:38:32 | |
you've got a matte painted finish, then you've got the gloss here. | 0:38:32 | 0:38:36 | |
Normally those won't go well together, | 0:38:36 | 0:38:39 | |
but when you look at that contrast, they look perfect together. | 0:38:39 | 0:38:42 | |
You've got dark, light, a semi-dark, but it's more warmer, this colour. | 0:38:42 | 0:38:48 | |
Did you manage to do them for 50. We didn't discuss this top bit at all. | 0:38:48 | 0:38:52 | |
No, the top bit I was going to leave it as it was | 0:38:52 | 0:38:55 | |
but when I put the seat on, covered the seat, | 0:38:55 | 0:38:58 | |
and then looked at it and the colours weren't matching up | 0:38:58 | 0:39:01 | |
-so it was just inevitable that I had to do the back. -I love them. | 0:39:01 | 0:39:05 | |
So they came in... Originally we stated £50 for the two. | 0:39:05 | 0:39:10 | |
-Now they are £70 for the two. -I think that you have turned something | 0:39:10 | 0:39:14 | |
really ordinary into a statement piece, they are stunning. | 0:39:14 | 0:39:17 | |
I'm really pleased. | 0:39:17 | 0:39:19 | |
The sales potential of these two old chairs is now obvious | 0:39:19 | 0:39:23 | |
for all to see and Sarah is leaving with high hopes of making some cash. | 0:39:23 | 0:39:28 | |
These chairs have gone from classic car-boot fodder | 0:39:28 | 0:39:32 | |
into high-end luxury item, and that's all because of Jay's hard work. | 0:39:32 | 0:39:36 | |
He put an extra 20 quid on the bill, | 0:39:36 | 0:39:38 | |
but I think that is money well spent. | 0:39:38 | 0:39:40 | |
I'm never too sure | 0:39:40 | 0:39:41 | |
when I actually show people the furniture for the first time | 0:39:41 | 0:39:45 | |
if they actually get it, | 0:39:45 | 0:39:46 | |
but Sarah got it, which I'm really chuffed with. | 0:39:46 | 0:39:49 | |
Back at the tip, Sarah made a beeline for Janet and Chris | 0:39:55 | 0:39:59 | |
who had a pickup full of potential. | 0:39:59 | 0:40:01 | |
-These are really sweet. -They are, they're not bad. | 0:40:02 | 0:40:06 | |
Recognising the 1950s flavour, | 0:40:06 | 0:40:09 | |
Sarah knew exactly who would relish the opportunity to tackle these two. | 0:40:09 | 0:40:14 | |
I have to add that little bit of "ooh" to it. | 0:40:14 | 0:40:17 | |
Jay accepted the challenge, and by changing the covers | 0:40:17 | 0:40:21 | |
and adding a splash of colour, | 0:40:21 | 0:40:23 | |
Jay has brought these two 1950s chairs | 0:40:23 | 0:40:26 | |
straight into the 21st century. | 0:40:26 | 0:40:28 | |
Sarah invited retro-furniture dealer Martin | 0:40:28 | 0:40:32 | |
to be the first to view the rejuvenated chairs. | 0:40:32 | 0:40:36 | |
That's really nice, when someone just does that extra thing, | 0:40:36 | 0:40:39 | |
it's like a little secret, isn't it? | 0:40:39 | 0:40:42 | |
Martin loved Jay's chairs and snapped up for his shop, | 0:40:42 | 0:40:46 | |
The Old Cinema. | 0:40:46 | 0:40:48 | |
Sarah is back in Witley to show Janet and Chris | 0:40:50 | 0:40:53 | |
what became of the chairs and to hand over the profit. | 0:40:53 | 0:40:57 | |
-Hi there. -Hello. -Hi, Chris, how are you doing? -How are you, all right? | 0:41:02 | 0:41:06 | |
-Really well. Are you coming out too, Janet? -Yes. Hello, how are you? | 0:41:06 | 0:41:11 | |
I've got a few pictures to show you about the chairs. | 0:41:11 | 0:41:14 | |
-Do you want to come and have a look? -Yeah, by all means. | 0:41:14 | 0:41:16 | |
-The chairs that you dropped off, this is how they ended up. -Oh, fantastic. | 0:41:16 | 0:41:20 | |
-Wow. They look brilliant. -They look brilliant. | 0:41:20 | 0:41:23 | |
They were really comfortable and this turquoise colour was amazing, | 0:41:23 | 0:41:28 | |
a very high-end feel to them. | 0:41:28 | 0:41:31 | |
Yeah, to be honest, the legs look totally different. | 0:41:31 | 0:41:34 | |
I'm sure they're not, but it's because of the seats and everything, | 0:41:34 | 0:41:37 | |
it's made the legs stand out. | 0:41:37 | 0:41:39 | |
So we have managed to sell them at a profit. | 0:41:39 | 0:41:41 | |
It's not a massive profit, | 0:41:41 | 0:41:43 | |
-but it is £40 for you for those chairs. -Fantastic. | 0:41:43 | 0:41:49 | |
I think you're keen on motorbikes and that kind of stuff. | 0:41:49 | 0:41:53 | |
Yeah, I can always get something for the motorbike | 0:41:53 | 0:41:55 | |
or I suppose I could give in and take you down the meal... | 0:41:55 | 0:41:58 | |
or the meal for a pub! | 0:41:58 | 0:42:01 | |
The two chairs were transformed for the grand cost of £70 | 0:42:06 | 0:42:10 | |
and Sarah sold them for £110, | 0:42:10 | 0:42:13 | |
leaving Janet and Chris with 40 quid to fight over. | 0:42:13 | 0:42:17 | |
Two things that would have ended up rubbish have now got a life | 0:42:19 | 0:42:22 | |
and they can carry on and be used by other people and appreciated | 0:42:22 | 0:42:26 | |
and we've got some money to spend on the BSA. | 0:42:26 | 0:42:29 | |
-A meal. -Yeah. That's right, yeah. | 0:42:31 | 0:42:34 | |
That's yet to be discussed properly, off-camera. | 0:42:34 | 0:42:38 | |
Sarah has made a profit on all the things she saved from the crusher. | 0:42:42 | 0:42:45 | |
The suit stand has found a new home in a London shop. | 0:42:47 | 0:42:50 | |
The iron manhole covers have been transformed | 0:42:53 | 0:42:56 | |
into three pastel-coloured vanity tables. | 0:42:56 | 0:42:59 | |
And the two chairs reborn as chic, velvet-clad beauties. | 0:43:01 | 0:43:05 | |
Phwoar! | 0:43:05 | 0:43:06 | |
So that is brilliant. That's three things that have been saved | 0:43:06 | 0:43:09 | |
that might have been lost for ever | 0:43:09 | 0:43:11 | |
and three people who've now got | 0:43:11 | 0:43:12 | |
a little bit of extra cash they weren't expecting. | 0:43:12 | 0:43:15 |