0:00:06 > 0:00:09How do you make money for nothing?
0:00:11 > 0:00:14The answer could be hiding in the 20 million tonnes
0:00:14 > 0:00:18of household waste we throw out every year.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20Before you throw that away, is there any chance
0:00:20 > 0:00:22- I can have a quick chat to you about it?- Yeah, sure.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25That's why entrepreneur Sarah Moore wants to get
0:00:25 > 0:00:28her hands on things before they hit the skip.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34I am a passionate buyer, maker and user of old stuff.
0:00:34 > 0:00:37And I've turned that passion into a moneymaking business.
0:00:37 > 0:00:41I turn old stuff into new stuff and sell it for a profit.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45Sarah is ready to sift through as many boots and bin bags
0:00:45 > 0:00:46as she needs to...
0:00:46 > 0:00:50Look at that absolute box of joy. These are just fantastic.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53..in her search for tip treasure.
0:00:54 > 0:00:57We've got to be able make something out of that, haven't we?
0:00:57 > 0:01:01And with some of the country's elite designers and makers...
0:01:01 > 0:01:03- I've got a little something for you. - I thought you might.
0:01:03 > 0:01:05Oh, this is a hard one!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09..she can transform her finds into desirable...
0:01:09 > 0:01:10Oh, my word.
0:01:10 > 0:01:12..beautiful...
0:01:12 > 0:01:13Oof!
0:01:13 > 0:01:16- ..valuable...- Cher-ching!
0:01:16 > 0:01:19..and hopefully saleable items.
0:01:19 > 0:01:22Well, I love this, so I would really like to have it.
0:01:23 > 0:01:26If Sarah is successful, then she can hand the profits back
0:01:26 > 0:01:28to the very people who had no idea
0:01:28 > 0:01:31there was cash to be made from their trash.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34That is incredible, isn't it?
0:01:45 > 0:01:49The Bredbury recycling centre in Stockport near Manchester.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53Every year we throw away ten million pieces of furniture
0:01:53 > 0:01:56at centres like this.
0:01:56 > 0:02:00Most ends up in landfill, but some could be reused.
0:02:01 > 0:02:05There is tonnes and tonnes of rubbish coming through this place every day.
0:02:05 > 0:02:07And I'm a woman on a mission.
0:02:07 > 0:02:10I'm out there to find those little pieces
0:02:10 > 0:02:12that are worth their weight in gold.
0:02:15 > 0:02:18Sarah has special permission to scout these skips,
0:02:18 > 0:02:22so please don't go raiding your local recycling centre.
0:02:22 > 0:02:25- That's seen some fun, then?- It has.
0:02:25 > 0:02:29She's searching for three pieces which, once reworked and sold,
0:02:29 > 0:02:32will produce a payout for their original owner.
0:02:32 > 0:02:36Copper is very on trend, you know that? What would you make out of it?
0:02:36 > 0:02:38- Some skis.- Skis?- Yeah.
0:02:38 > 0:02:41Not sure about the skis.
0:02:41 > 0:02:44But I don't want to SNOW on anyone's parade!
0:02:45 > 0:02:49- Looks like Sarah may be off to a flying start.- Is this going?
0:02:49 > 0:02:51- It is.- She's spotted John,
0:02:51 > 0:02:55who is off-loading a big old item of furniture.
0:02:55 > 0:02:57- It's really heavy.- It is.
0:02:57 > 0:03:02- Was it yours or...?- It was actually a great-aunt of my wife's.
0:03:02 > 0:03:04Wow, that's brilliant. Lovely.
0:03:04 > 0:03:06So it looks like it's got some Bakelite handles on it,
0:03:06 > 0:03:08so it's obviously got some age to it, hasn't it?
0:03:08 > 0:03:13- I would say it's sort of turn of the century kind of thing.- Brilliant.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16And so what was your wife's aunt's name?
0:03:16 > 0:03:19- Oh, gosh, I forgot!- Something like Maud or Audrey, isn't it?
0:03:19 > 0:03:22- You've put me on the spot now! I've forgotten.- Come on, John!
0:03:22 > 0:03:24- Mary. It was Mary.- Mary.
0:03:24 > 0:03:28Fantastic. Well, if you don't mind us taking Mary's chest of drawers away.
0:03:28 > 0:03:31Of course. I would much rather it was put to some good use
0:03:31 > 0:03:33- than get thrown away on the tip. - I absolutely love it.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36I think it's got real substance to it.
0:03:36 > 0:03:39Shall we just pop...? That way. That'd be fab. Thank you.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41Great Aunt Mary's chest of drawers
0:03:41 > 0:03:43could have major profit potential.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Good work, Sarah.
0:03:45 > 0:03:47If we just pop it... I'll just go in here with it.
0:03:47 > 0:03:48That'll be great. Thank you.
0:03:48 > 0:03:51Getting a hand with the heavy lifting. Genius!
0:03:53 > 0:03:56What a great old piece of furniture.
0:03:56 > 0:03:59It's obviously got some history to it. It's not in perfect condition.
0:03:59 > 0:04:02There's a massive split all down the side here.
0:04:02 > 0:04:04And there's a few chips off the corners of it.
0:04:04 > 0:04:08But this is a solid, heavy - it's really heavy - piece of furniture.
0:04:08 > 0:04:11Something really good to work with.
0:04:11 > 0:04:15And Sarah's enthusiasm has got a cabinet-maker John thinking.
0:04:15 > 0:04:19Personally, if I was to do something with it, I would strip it,
0:04:19 > 0:04:22seal it, wax it, put new handles on. And just...
0:04:22 > 0:04:25Because it's a good, solid piece of furniture, it can be reused.
0:04:25 > 0:04:28If we just restore this, I think it would look lovely.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30But I think we can probably push it a bit further than that
0:04:30 > 0:04:33and make something really special out of it.
0:04:33 > 0:04:35So it's a really pleasing find.
0:04:35 > 0:04:40And with radical furniture rejuvenator Zoe Murphy lined up
0:04:40 > 0:04:45to take on the project, this could become a treasure chest.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Zoe is a screen-printing and textile-design queen.
0:04:48 > 0:04:51Her bright, '50s-inspired designs
0:04:51 > 0:04:55have taken the reconditioned furniture world by storm.
0:04:55 > 0:04:59She even sells bespoke pieces to Liberty's of London,
0:04:59 > 0:05:02and her work sells at a premium.
0:05:02 > 0:05:06I work predominantly by putting images onto old pieces of furniture.
0:05:06 > 0:05:10Everything I make is a lot of the time about fun.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13I'm based in Margate.
0:05:13 > 0:05:14I really kind of revel
0:05:14 > 0:05:17in all the sort of faded glory and glamour of the place.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19So I really believe that things should always be given
0:05:19 > 0:05:23a second chance, and I try to see the good in stuff like that.
0:05:23 > 0:05:28Let's hope Zoe sees the good in Great Aunt Mary's chunky chest.
0:05:31 > 0:05:33Back at the recycling centre...
0:05:34 > 0:05:37..and Sarah is searching out a second item.
0:05:37 > 0:05:39Would it be OK to have a look through your rubbish? Would you mind?
0:05:39 > 0:05:41- Not at all.- Really?- Yeah, sure.
0:05:43 > 0:05:48Nearby, Neil has some interesting-looking kitchen worktops
0:05:48 > 0:05:49destined for the skip.
0:05:49 > 0:05:53And he's roped in father-in-law Roy to help him out.
0:05:53 > 0:05:56I'm just the odd-job man. I'm the guy who supplies the trailer
0:05:56 > 0:06:00and the car to bring the rubbish to the tip.
0:06:00 > 0:06:03- Do you mind if I have a look at your rubbish?- No, no, help yourself.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08- New kitchen, is it? Old kitchen? - Well, it's part of...
0:06:08 > 0:06:09We've just put a new kitchen in.
0:06:09 > 0:06:11- Right.- And it's what's actually left over.
0:06:11 > 0:06:14- Really? So you're getting rid of that bit?- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
0:06:14 > 0:06:17- It's heavy.- Don't worry. I'm not going to touch it. I was just...
0:06:17 > 0:06:19Just looking at it.
0:06:19 > 0:06:21Would it be something that I might be able to work with, or...?
0:06:21 > 0:06:25Well, yeah. When we put it in I thought, "Crikey, it's a shame to throw it away, but..."
0:06:25 > 0:06:28- Oh, you've got more of it! - Yeah, yeah.
0:06:28 > 0:06:29Fantastic. This is my lucky day.
0:06:29 > 0:06:32Just here would be lovely. Thank you.
0:06:32 > 0:06:36That's amazing. It's got a lovely, luxury feel to it.
0:06:36 > 0:06:38I bet your kitchen looks great, doesn't it?
0:06:38 > 0:06:41- Does your kitchen look good, Neil? - Yeah.- Yeah?
0:06:41 > 0:06:44These worktops are sometimes known as engineered stone,
0:06:44 > 0:06:47which is essentially ground-up stone,
0:06:47 > 0:06:50in this case marble bound together by resin.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53Is there any care that they've told you about using with it?
0:06:53 > 0:06:55- It's man-made, so it's a resin.- OK.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57So you polish it all up, polish all the joints out of it.
0:06:57 > 0:06:59- It's a bit like Corian. - That's what I was thinking.
0:06:59 > 0:07:02Fantastic. I don't know what I'm going to do with it now.
0:07:02 > 0:07:04These big chunks of it make it really useful. That's brill.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Thanks ever so much.
0:07:06 > 0:07:09And straightaway you can see that these could be made into...
0:07:09 > 0:07:11um, er...
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Neil, Roy?
0:07:13 > 0:07:18- I have no idea.- Make a desk out of it.- No, I don't know.
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- Make some chopping boards out of it. - Yeah, chopping boards, yeah. Yeah.
0:07:22 > 0:07:25- But the big piece, that might do for a worktop somewhere.- Yeah.
0:07:25 > 0:07:28In a small kitchen. Maybe. I don't know. Don't know.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And Sarah has got her thinking cap on, too.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36It's really heavy, it's really chunky. It feels...
0:07:36 > 0:07:40It's got a cold, stone-like feeling to it.
0:07:40 > 0:07:41So that makes it quite appealing.
0:07:41 > 0:07:44Are there are a couple of side tables there?
0:07:44 > 0:07:46Is that something that goes in somebody's garden
0:07:46 > 0:07:48on a really cool pair of legs.
0:07:48 > 0:07:53Perhaps reworking this man-made marble is a job for a woman.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57And if anyone can re-purpose this surface,
0:07:57 > 0:08:00it's artist blacksmith Bex Simon.
0:08:00 > 0:08:03Bex's mastery of some of the toughest materials around
0:08:03 > 0:08:06allows her to create original,
0:08:06 > 0:08:08organically inspired designed pieces.
0:08:08 > 0:08:12And, although it can be hot, heavy work,
0:08:12 > 0:08:14it can also be truly rewarding.
0:08:14 > 0:08:16This sort of thing is quite new to us,
0:08:16 > 0:08:19cos we normally work on a commission basis.
0:08:19 > 0:08:22So to be presented something
0:08:22 > 0:08:27and turn it into something else is quite exciting for us.
0:08:27 > 0:08:28So I like the challenge.
0:08:28 > 0:08:31And I'm really interested to see what she's found
0:08:31 > 0:08:35and what we can do to it, so, yeah, it'll be good.
0:08:37 > 0:08:42Let's hope that the man-made marble sparks Bex's imagination,
0:08:42 > 0:08:44providing a searing profit for Neil and Roy.
0:08:51 > 0:08:55With two items allocated to those clever craftspeople,
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Sarah is back, searching the site for something of a personal project.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Yeah, I don't know whether I'd be able make something or not.
0:09:03 > 0:09:05It's really... I think I might struggle to do something with it.
0:09:05 > 0:09:10- Thank you ever so much for your time. - OK. No problem.
0:09:10 > 0:09:12So therapeutic.
0:09:13 > 0:09:15As therapeutic as this may be,
0:09:15 > 0:09:19I don't think there's money to be made in broken crockery.
0:09:19 > 0:09:22And, at the other end of the dump,
0:09:22 > 0:09:26Joanne has some old dining chairs that catch Sarah's eye.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29- You've got a couple of them? You've got three?- Yeah, there's about three.
0:09:29 > 0:09:31Fab. I'd love to have a look at all three.
0:09:31 > 0:09:34I'm just trying to work out how old they are. So these...
0:09:34 > 0:09:37Yeah, I think these are quite interesting, because we've got three of them.
0:09:37 > 0:09:41That's fab, that's brilliant. Thank you.
0:09:41 > 0:09:44- And what else have you got? Dolls in there as well?- Yeah.
0:09:44 > 0:09:48A friend gave us some. And I gave them to my granddaughter
0:09:48 > 0:09:51- and she was scared of them. - Oh, really?- That one.
0:09:51 > 0:09:53That one, she was really scared of that one.
0:09:53 > 0:09:57You can probably see why, can't you? From a child's point of view!
0:09:57 > 0:10:00Wow. I think those we can't do much with.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03But I think the chairs might be worth...
0:10:03 > 0:10:06If I could do something with them, is it all right to keep in contact
0:10:06 > 0:10:08- and show you what I did with them and that kind of thing?- Yeah.- Yeah?
0:10:08 > 0:10:11- Fab.- So you're going to restore things like that, is it?
0:10:11 > 0:10:15Yeah. And these have got a recognisable retro style to them.
0:10:15 > 0:10:18So if somebody is doing up their house and they want it
0:10:18 > 0:10:20to have a 1950s look, 1960s look,
0:10:20 > 0:10:23then people are trying to buy up things like this
0:10:23 > 0:10:25to complete their look.
0:10:25 > 0:10:27So, er... They might...
0:10:27 > 0:10:30It would be really interesting to see what you could make
0:10:30 > 0:10:31out of something like that.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Well, I think it will only ever be a chair,
0:10:33 > 0:10:37but it might just be...you know, just modernised a bit.
0:10:39 > 0:10:41If these chairs scrub up well,
0:10:41 > 0:10:44Joanne could be sitting pretty with a profit.
0:10:45 > 0:10:49I don't think there'd be any value in them, as they are, no.
0:10:50 > 0:10:54But if she does 'em up, then sells them, good on her.
0:10:54 > 0:10:56Well done for working hard on 'em.
0:10:58 > 0:11:03I wish I had that talent to be able to do it. And the time.
0:11:04 > 0:11:07I'd love to give them a new lease of life.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09I'm thinking strip off this tired old Dralon
0:11:09 > 0:11:12and put something really bright and beautiful on their seats.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15It would be really great if, after a little makeover,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19we might be able to get over £50 each for these beauties.
0:11:19 > 0:11:21And after we've taken out some expenses,
0:11:21 > 0:11:25I reckon £100 to hand over - that would be great, wouldn't it?
0:11:28 > 0:11:32Now Sarah's designers each have their restoration projects.
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Zoe will reimagine John's chest of drawers.
0:11:36 > 0:11:38Bex will cook up something fantastic
0:11:38 > 0:11:41with Neil and Roy's kitchen worktops.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44And Sarah will set about Joanne's old seats,
0:11:44 > 0:11:48hopefully ending up with something sensational.
0:11:48 > 0:11:51I've saved three fabulous pieces here today.
0:11:51 > 0:11:55And I'm going to make lots of money from them. I hope!
0:12:02 > 0:12:06It's back to the sunny seaside town of Margate
0:12:06 > 0:12:10where furniture design guru Zoe is poised to discover
0:12:10 > 0:12:14just what it is that Sarah wants to get off her chest.
0:12:14 > 0:12:16I'm really excited, because Sarah is bringing along
0:12:16 > 0:12:20a piece of furniture for me to have a look at.
0:12:20 > 0:12:23I'm thinking it probably will be something that is really well made
0:12:23 > 0:12:27but definitely shabby and needing some care and attention.
0:12:27 > 0:12:30So that should be good. I trust her.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31Do you?
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Yeah, I think so.
0:12:33 > 0:12:37- Hiya.- Hiya, how are you doing? - I'm really well.
0:12:37 > 0:12:40- How are you?- Good. Good to see you. Now, don't look.
0:12:40 > 0:12:43I don't know if you're going to like it or not.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47- It's massive!- It's really heavy as well. Are you all right to just help?
0:12:47 > 0:12:50- Yes.- Bring it in out...
0:12:50 > 0:12:53- Oh, my goodness. - It's so heavy.- What a monster!
0:12:53 > 0:12:56- So someone was throwing this away? - Yeah, yeah.- Oh, why?
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Who did it belong to?
0:12:58 > 0:13:02I think the guy said he'd had it in his garage for ages.
0:13:02 > 0:13:05He'd been storing things in it, and he was a cabinet-maker.
0:13:05 > 0:13:08- Had he made it?- No, no. I think it had just been in his family.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12I actually really like it. It looks really good quality.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's got all the dovetail joints and everything, so it is a solid piece.
0:13:15 > 0:13:19I had all sorts of ideas, but I've just seen one of your new pieces.
0:13:19 > 0:13:22It's just blown away all the thoughts I had about it.
0:13:22 > 0:13:25So I'd really like to hear what you think you could do with it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28It's really big, but it looks really well made.
0:13:28 > 0:13:31I love padding drawer linings with fabric
0:13:31 > 0:13:34or bright-coloured patterned papers and boards
0:13:34 > 0:13:38and creating almost like oversized treasure chests.
0:13:38 > 0:13:41Have you had any initial thoughts about what style of pattern
0:13:41 > 0:13:43or what kind of thing we could use for it?
0:13:43 > 0:13:47In here is the beginnings of a bit of an illustration
0:13:47 > 0:13:50about a slightly more traditional, more Arts & Crafts,
0:13:50 > 0:13:53sort of heritage designs that could go onto a piece like this.
0:13:53 > 0:13:58Masculine and kind of audacious and...and making a statement.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00I think that looks fantastic.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03I actually love the bird, I have to say.
0:14:03 > 0:14:06- That looks quite cool on there. - I think that'll be brilliant.
0:14:06 > 0:14:08Big, bold, audacious floral prints.
0:14:08 > 0:14:10New handles, new linings.
0:14:10 > 0:14:14I'm sure when it's finished it's going to be the kind of piece
0:14:14 > 0:14:18which would easily be able to DRAW a crowd.
0:14:18 > 0:14:20It sounds like it's going to be a labour of love.
0:14:20 > 0:14:22How much does that mean it's going to cost?
0:14:22 > 0:14:26I think around about at the £900 mark for us
0:14:26 > 0:14:28to work onto this, for how many days it takes,
0:14:28 > 0:14:32do all of the design work, print all of those custom designs onto it,
0:14:32 > 0:14:36reline everything and make it perfect, ready to go.
0:14:36 > 0:14:37I think that sounds amazing,
0:14:37 > 0:14:40cos I know it's going to be a huge amount of hard work.
0:14:40 > 0:14:42Just lining A drawer takes a long time, doesn't it?
0:14:42 > 0:14:44And to take on this, I think that's great.
0:14:44 > 0:14:47£900 is certainly not pennies.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51But you'd expect to pay top rates for Zoe's input
0:14:51 > 0:14:52on a project of this size.
0:14:52 > 0:14:55Wow, that girl has such a fantastic ideas.
0:14:55 > 0:14:58The energy coming out of that studio is amazing.
0:14:58 > 0:15:01And that chest of drawers is going to look a million dollars
0:15:01 > 0:15:03when it's finished.
0:15:03 > 0:15:05I'm actually quite fond of this.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08I'm looking forward to lining all these different drawers,
0:15:08 > 0:15:12plus a nice big surface area to get a gorgeous print onto as well.
0:15:12 > 0:15:15So, yeah, I'm really looking forward to doing it.
0:15:15 > 0:15:18Great Aunt Mary's sizeable chest of drawers
0:15:18 > 0:15:22will take a sizeable budget to turn them from shabby to chic.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24And with such a big spend,
0:15:24 > 0:15:29Sarah will need to sell for more than £900 to make a profit.
0:15:33 > 0:15:37From the seaside to the heart of the Surrey countryside,
0:15:37 > 0:15:40with its rolling farmland, picturesque villages
0:15:40 > 0:15:43and its...piles of rusting metal?!
0:15:49 > 0:15:53Sarah reckons her newly acquired worktops are best in the hands
0:15:53 > 0:15:55of Bex Simon.
0:15:55 > 0:15:56Bex and husband Dave
0:15:56 > 0:15:59create all manner of metal fixtures and fittings
0:15:59 > 0:16:04in their blacksmith's workshop, and they simply love a challenge.
0:16:04 > 0:16:09I'm really looking forward to seeing what Sarah is going to bring today.
0:16:09 > 0:16:13What do you reckon we're making? A coffee table? A chair?
0:16:13 > 0:16:15A boat?
0:16:17 > 0:16:20We think we're building a boat today!
0:16:20 > 0:16:22Well, whatever you end up making,
0:16:22 > 0:16:27she's hoping her man-made marble will float YOUR boat.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29- Hiya.- Hi.
0:16:29 > 0:16:32Oh, both of you. How are you? Got a little something for you.
0:16:32 > 0:16:34Let's have a look.
0:16:34 > 0:16:38- Oh, wow.- I've got quite a bit of it. - Yeah.- I've got three nice bits.
0:16:38 > 0:16:40Brilliant, thank you. It's quite heavy.
0:16:40 > 0:16:44- And you might be thinking it's not very metal.- Yeah.
0:16:44 > 0:16:47- It's very posh.- Yes, it is posh. That's exactly what I thought.
0:16:47 > 0:16:51So I was wondering about making some tables out of it with metal legs.
0:16:51 > 0:16:54Oh, yeah, sure. How many pieces have you got?
0:16:54 > 0:16:56I have got three... I think this...
0:16:56 > 0:16:59I brought this one in because it was the smallest and the lightest.
0:16:59 > 0:17:02- Shall I go and get the other bits? - Let's have a look.
0:17:03 > 0:17:07This material is a bit of a departure for metal-worker Bex,
0:17:07 > 0:17:11but at least Sarah is looking for metal legs.
0:17:11 > 0:17:12Tell me about, you know,
0:17:12 > 0:17:15the bottom sort of frame that you had in mind, then.
0:17:15 > 0:17:18I know you've got your really long pieces of metal.
0:17:18 > 0:17:21It's a bit crazy to have the top
0:17:21 > 0:17:24and then it's like screw up a piece of metal
0:17:24 > 0:17:26so it...
0:17:26 > 0:17:30um, does really weird things, and make legs out of it.
0:17:30 > 0:17:35I think doing three of those, that is going to take us a long time,
0:17:35 > 0:17:41cos to make it, you know, level and looking nice...
0:17:41 > 0:17:44I mean, that could be quite good fun.
0:17:44 > 0:17:47I'm up for that.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51So, that's three tables with geometric metal frame legs.
0:17:51 > 0:17:54Bex doesn't look convinced about the way forward,
0:17:54 > 0:17:56but Dave seemed more decisive.
0:17:56 > 0:18:01If it was between £100 and £150 per table...
0:18:01 > 0:18:05If it's going well, we can, you know, really go to town.
0:18:05 > 0:18:08- Yeah. You'd get more bends. - You'd get more bends.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12- If it's a nightmare, you know, we'll just simplify it.- A lot.
0:18:12 > 0:18:14We will just work with that budget.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16I hope you haven't stuck your neck out, Dave.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19And I hope it goes really well!
0:18:19 > 0:18:22- No, it will be fine.- Take care. Thanks ever so much. Bye!
0:18:25 > 0:18:30You seem like you're going to enjoy this one.
0:18:30 > 0:18:34Yeah, no. I've got a good feeling about this one.
0:18:34 > 0:18:36- Uh-oh!- Yes.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38I've just buried it!
0:18:38 > 0:18:42Oh, no, here we go! I'll get my coat!
0:18:42 > 0:18:47I hope I haven't caused too much marital disharmony there.
0:18:47 > 0:18:49Didn't seem like they were both thinking along the same lines.
0:18:49 > 0:18:51So fingers crossed that's all all right.
0:18:51 > 0:18:55I'm hoping with the marble and those really funky geometric shapes,
0:18:55 > 0:18:57they should look really cool.
0:18:57 > 0:19:01With an approximate cost of £150 each for three tables,
0:19:01 > 0:19:05we are looking at a total bill of around £450.
0:19:05 > 0:19:07Selling them as a matching set
0:19:07 > 0:19:11could mean that Sarah might make a decent profit.
0:19:14 > 0:19:17From the rural idyll that is Surrey,
0:19:17 > 0:19:19we're shifting the action over to Sussex,
0:19:19 > 0:19:23where it's time for Sarah to get busy with her very own project.
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I've been dying to get started on these.
0:19:27 > 0:19:30They look so dated at the moment, and I'm sure that if I sand them down,
0:19:30 > 0:19:33I can make them look pale and modern,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36and have a think about what to cover on that. They'll look great.
0:19:36 > 0:19:41Sarah sets out by unscrewing those sad seats.
0:19:41 > 0:19:44So this is not the first time that this chair has been re-covered.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48You can see there's a nasty brown Dralon
0:19:48 > 0:19:50that I'm thinking must be around 1980.
0:19:50 > 0:19:53And underneath it the original vinyl
0:19:53 > 0:19:56that would have been on the chairs when they were bought.
0:19:56 > 0:20:01OK, so... That's how they would have been originally.
0:20:01 > 0:20:03So that will be pretty easy to re-cover.
0:20:03 > 0:20:05And these chair frames are really solid.
0:20:05 > 0:20:06So we've got a great base to start with.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08Just need to get sanding.
0:20:08 > 0:20:10Wherever possible, it's a good idea
0:20:10 > 0:20:12to sand along the grain of the wood,
0:20:12 > 0:20:16as sanding across the grain can lead to unsightly scratches.
0:20:17 > 0:20:21I've literally been sanding this down for five minutes,
0:20:21 > 0:20:24and I think that the transformation is amazing.
0:20:24 > 0:20:30It looks crisp and clean, fresh and expensive.
0:20:30 > 0:20:33And an expensive look is just what we're after
0:20:33 > 0:20:35if we are to pocket a profit.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38Now, I'm thinking...
0:20:38 > 0:20:40For the new covers of the chair,
0:20:40 > 0:20:43I need to have something that is fitting with the frames
0:20:43 > 0:20:45that I've created.
0:20:45 > 0:20:49So I do have a couple of bits that are on era for this kind of thing.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51Maybe that's a bit early, bit of 1940s.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54That is probably more about me again. But that...
0:20:55 > 0:20:57That might be really cool.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00I bought this in a charity shop for £2,
0:21:00 > 0:21:02so this is not going to cost me a lot of money.
0:21:02 > 0:21:04That looks amazing.
0:21:04 > 0:21:06That looks great. That is...
0:21:06 > 0:21:08It's just different. It is almost geometric.
0:21:08 > 0:21:11We've seen a lot of geometric shapes in furnishings recently.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15It's really unusual. It's really bright and it's really commercial.
0:21:17 > 0:21:20That could be the one, couldn't it? That could be the money-maker.
0:21:20 > 0:21:23Looks like there's a bright geometric future ahead
0:21:23 > 0:21:26for these chairs.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28So all I've got to do now, I reckon,
0:21:28 > 0:21:31is about an hour's worth of sanding for each chair,
0:21:31 > 0:21:33pop some staples onto these
0:21:33 > 0:21:36and then make my £150.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Piece of cake. Walk in the park. Work of a moment.
0:21:39 > 0:21:40Work of a moment?
0:21:40 > 0:21:45Well, better multiply that by three and crack on!
0:21:45 > 0:21:49Using the existing seat pads means Sarah is spending
0:21:49 > 0:21:52just £2 on that fab new fabric.
0:21:52 > 0:21:55I smell a decent profit for these three beauties!
0:21:58 > 0:22:00Meanwhile, in Margate,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04Sarah left a tired old chest of drawers beside the seaside,
0:22:04 > 0:22:05where Zoe is getting
0:22:05 > 0:22:09this not-inconsiderable restoration project underway.
0:22:09 > 0:22:12OK. Oh!
0:22:12 > 0:22:14Still a monster thing.
0:22:14 > 0:22:16I think we are probably going to take the lid off,
0:22:16 > 0:22:19strip the whole thing back to see what kind of condition
0:22:19 > 0:22:20the wood is underneath,
0:22:20 > 0:22:23and then changing some of these handles as well.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26These are kind of like plasticky, fake Bakelite ones.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30I've noticed on all the drawers there's actually a keyhole
0:22:30 > 0:22:33and a lock on every single one.
0:22:33 > 0:22:37So, fingers crossed we'll be able to get these locks working again.
0:22:39 > 0:22:43We need to get these panels off in order to access
0:22:43 > 0:22:45the way to remove the lid.
0:22:45 > 0:22:47I've had to do a lot worse to furniture in order to restore it,
0:22:47 > 0:22:49would you believe?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51So sometimes demolishing it, seemingly,
0:22:51 > 0:22:55is the way that you can take it apart to get it back together again.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57Here we go.
0:22:57 > 0:22:59So from chest of drawers to jigsaw puzzle -
0:22:59 > 0:23:03definitely not a project for the faint-hearted.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05Zoe's next job is to strip the wood.
0:23:05 > 0:23:09And for this she uses a professional paint and varnish remover.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12I leave this for about a minute maybe.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Nice and thick.
0:23:14 > 0:23:17And when it bubbles up...
0:23:17 > 0:23:19it will have loosened all of the varnish.
0:23:19 > 0:23:23Always, always wear heavy-duty, protective gauntlets
0:23:23 > 0:23:27and a face mask when applying a chemical paint stripper.
0:23:27 > 0:23:29The stripper is working perfectly!
0:23:29 > 0:23:33It's lifting the varnish, which is really good...
0:23:33 > 0:23:35although the wood underneath isn't amazing.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39A lot of the damage and water marks are still there.
0:23:39 > 0:23:42So I'm going to have to look at getting them out a bit as well.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45That looks like it's been in someone's shed
0:23:45 > 0:23:47and it's had a leak onto it or something like that.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50With some of the heavy, dirty work out of the way,
0:23:50 > 0:23:52Zoe can start thinking more
0:23:52 > 0:23:55about the design stage of this rejuvenation.
0:24:00 > 0:24:04Back in the blistering heat of the Surrey countryside...
0:24:05 > 0:24:08..Bex and Dave are getting even hotter
0:24:08 > 0:24:10under their respective collars
0:24:10 > 0:24:13with Sarah's triple table challenge.
0:24:13 > 0:24:15We're starting work on these slabs.
0:24:15 > 0:24:19We're are going to make a couple of coffee tables
0:24:19 > 0:24:21and a console table.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26So we're just making a temporary desk outside, cos obviously
0:24:26 > 0:24:29we will probably be working with some long rods and stuff.
0:24:29 > 0:24:34So we're going to see if we can make all three right now.
0:24:34 > 0:24:38Lengths of steel rod will form the table legs.
0:24:38 > 0:24:41Once Bex cuts the rods down to manageable lengths,
0:24:41 > 0:24:44each one will be bent into shape.
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Bex starts work on the legs for the smallest table
0:24:46 > 0:24:49by welding rods to a piece of steel plate.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52That will just hold it in place.
0:24:52 > 0:24:56What we'll do now is we'll sort of heat it and start bending.
0:24:59 > 0:25:02The steel will start to become malleable
0:25:02 > 0:25:04as its temperature increases,
0:25:04 > 0:25:08and if you want to know just how hot red-hot is,
0:25:08 > 0:25:11well, it's upwards of 500 degrees centigrade.
0:25:11 > 0:25:15So this is the perfect job for this sort of weather(!)
0:25:15 > 0:25:17Basically, I haven't drawn it out.
0:25:17 > 0:25:20Again, it's going to grow organically.
0:25:20 > 0:25:25And while Bex bends, Dave drills.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28With the table designs developing organically,
0:25:28 > 0:25:30this really is a case of trial and error.
0:25:32 > 0:25:34It's all back to front.
0:25:34 > 0:25:35I'm all confused!
0:25:35 > 0:25:39It's making it so you look at it and you enjoy looking at it
0:25:39 > 0:25:43rather than you feel uncomfortable looking at it.
0:25:43 > 0:25:47At the moment I'm uncomfortable. But we'll sort it out.
0:25:47 > 0:25:49It's part of the fun.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52But now Dave has spotted a flaw in the smallest surface.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55So how does that affect their plans?
0:25:55 > 0:25:57What do you want to do about that?
0:25:58 > 0:26:02You know, high-end table, chip in it.
0:26:03 > 0:26:05It's not really...
0:26:06 > 0:26:09If that one is chipped, find a bigger one.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12We've got other ones over there.
0:26:12 > 0:26:15Yeah, I know, but we've made that for this one.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18With the smallest surface now chipped,
0:26:18 > 0:26:21the guys decide to go for plan B
0:26:21 > 0:26:24and try the biggest table on the existing legs.
0:26:24 > 0:26:27It's running out of time and not having anything or, like,
0:26:27 > 0:26:29slightly built and very botched,
0:26:29 > 0:26:33which I would be really mortified at,
0:26:33 > 0:26:36or trying to make something work and look nice, you know,
0:26:36 > 0:26:39that a customer will, you know, like and still put in the house.
0:26:39 > 0:26:42- So plan B. - SHE LAUGHS
0:26:42 > 0:26:46So, we're down from three tables to one.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Time to marry the largest tabletop to those spaghetti legs.
0:26:50 > 0:26:53- I think that's our best...- Bet. - ..option now.
0:26:53 > 0:26:57- It looks better being a more contained...- Yeah.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00- ..block within the table.- Yeah.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Like I don't feel as annoyed with it, you know.
0:27:03 > 0:27:06So that looks nice.
0:27:06 > 0:27:09- Oh, I want a glass of wine tonight! - SHE LAUGHS
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Back at the barn in Sussex,
0:27:14 > 0:27:18those seat covers are going from drab to delightful.
0:27:20 > 0:27:24That's perfect. That's absolutely smooth, really tight.
0:27:24 > 0:27:27If you're going to sit on that, that's not going to cause any problems.
0:27:27 > 0:27:31So I'd say that's actually quite a professional-looking finish.
0:27:31 > 0:27:34Well, we wouldn't expect anything less!
0:27:34 > 0:27:36So I've finished the chair.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39I've sanded it all over and I've waxed it down.
0:27:39 > 0:27:42So you can see the grain of the beech coming out
0:27:42 > 0:27:44and just the natural colour of the wood.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48And I think it looks so much fresher than it did before.
0:27:48 > 0:27:50These seats were in a sorry state.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54But now they are a triumph in triplicate.
0:27:57 > 0:28:02My £2 car-boot fabric, I think, has transformed these chairs.
0:28:02 > 0:28:04It's now beautifully hard-wearing,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and sitting really well with this lovely grain up here.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10In fact, I think they look like a million dollars.
0:28:10 > 0:28:12And I'm only going to ask £150.
0:28:14 > 0:28:17Sarah sanded these beautiful beech chairs
0:28:17 > 0:28:21and spent a massive £2 on fresh fabric covers.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24If she can shift them for £50 each,
0:28:24 > 0:28:26there could be a very healthy profit.
0:28:32 > 0:28:36Back at the dump, Joanne's chairs had seen better days,
0:28:36 > 0:28:38possibly in the Swinging '60s.
0:28:38 > 0:28:40But Sarah spotted their potential.
0:28:40 > 0:28:43These have got a recognisable retro style to them.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46So I'd love to give them a new lease of life.
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I don't think there'd be any value in them, as they are, no.
0:28:49 > 0:28:52But if she does 'em up and sells 'em, good on her.
0:28:52 > 0:28:57Sarah invited retro furniture dealer Martin to check out her chairs.
0:28:57 > 0:28:59So what did he make of them?
0:28:59 > 0:29:02This is 1950s, '60s, and people love this look.
0:29:02 > 0:29:07For Martin, these were a must-have for his shop in London.
0:29:09 > 0:29:12Sarah has come back to Stockport to update Joanne
0:29:12 > 0:29:14on her three forlorn chairs.
0:29:14 > 0:29:20The refurb was inexpensive, so just how much profit has been made?
0:29:20 > 0:29:21DOG BARKS
0:29:21 > 0:29:23Got friends.
0:29:23 > 0:29:24Hello.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27- Hiya. Hello again. How are you? - I'm fine, thank you.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29I've got some pictures to show you of
0:29:29 > 0:29:31your chairs that we found at the tip.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34But I was trying to remember where you said they came from
0:29:34 > 0:29:35- and their history.- Oh, right.
0:29:35 > 0:29:39Originally, they were my husband's before we lived together.
0:29:39 > 0:29:42- I rubbed them down and did that to them.- Wow, look at them!
0:29:42 > 0:29:46They're dead bright. They were dead dull before.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49They're really nice, they're really nice.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52I don't think it'd go with my wallpaper, though.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55- And it turns out that somebody did really like them.- Oh, really?
0:29:55 > 0:29:57And they were what they were looking for.
0:29:57 > 0:29:59So I did actually make a profit.
0:29:59 > 0:30:02- Oh, right. - And that profit is for you.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- Wow.- There's £100 there for you.
0:30:05 > 0:30:09You're joking? I never expected that!
0:30:09 > 0:30:12Sarah has only spent £2 transforming the chairs,
0:30:12 > 0:30:17and she managed to negotiate a sale of £102 with Martin
0:30:17 > 0:30:21so that she could hand over the full £100 to Joanne.
0:30:21 > 0:30:25- What will you do with 100 quid? - Well, we're going camping next week.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29- So I think that'll cover the petrol. - Fantastic.
0:30:29 > 0:30:32- I hope you have a lovely time camping.- Thank you.
0:30:32 > 0:30:36- Thanks for doing that.- I'll think of you.- That's brilliant.- Take care.
0:30:36 > 0:30:38- Bye-bye.- Bye!
0:30:38 > 0:30:41I can't believe that the profit on them is £100.
0:30:41 > 0:30:45That's... That's amazing. It's absolutely brilliant.
0:30:45 > 0:30:48I really enjoyed working on those retro chairs,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51and I love the idea that Joanne is going off to spend that money
0:30:51 > 0:30:53on her camping holiday.
0:31:00 > 0:31:03Sarah is back in magnificent Margate, where she left
0:31:03 > 0:31:09furniture and fabric designer doyenne Zoe with a sizeable task.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11Now, I left Zoe with a real challenge.
0:31:11 > 0:31:14She had a big, broken, brutal-looking chest of drawers.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16So I can't wait to see if she's managed
0:31:16 > 0:31:19to bring that delicate Zoe magic to it.
0:31:23 > 0:31:26Zoe took a tired, tatty old chest of drawers...
0:31:28 > 0:31:32..and has created a stunning piece of bespoke furniture...
0:31:34 > 0:31:38..with hand-printed surfaces, lovingly restored woodwork
0:31:38 > 0:31:40and new fixtures and fittings.
0:31:42 > 0:31:44I'm keen to know what she thinks about
0:31:44 > 0:31:46the all-over print on the front,
0:31:46 > 0:31:48because that's something a little different.
0:31:48 > 0:31:50I don't normally do that,
0:31:50 > 0:31:54but I loved making the pattern for them, so hopefully she'll love them.
0:31:54 > 0:31:59- Hiya.- Hello. How are you? - Really well. How are you?- Very good.
0:31:59 > 0:32:01- It's amazing out there today. - It is very nice.
0:32:01 > 0:32:04Thank you for bringing the good weather to Margate.
0:32:04 > 0:32:06- I have something to show you here. - Is that it?- Yes, it is.
0:32:06 > 0:32:09- I can see it.- Are you ready?- Yeah.
0:32:09 > 0:32:10SARAH GASPS
0:32:12 > 0:32:16- What do you think?- I think it's fantastic. What have you done?
0:32:16 > 0:32:23- Is it paper? Is it...?- This is all hand-printed onto the surfaces.
0:32:23 > 0:32:26And this design has actually been made
0:32:26 > 0:32:29- especially for this chest as well. - It's bespoke.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Me pulling on all my textile design background.
0:32:33 > 0:32:35It is transformed, isn't it?
0:32:35 > 0:32:40It was never going to look like this, you know.
0:32:40 > 0:32:44I can't believe you've done it. This interior is just inspired.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46And I think when people open it, it will be such a surprise.
0:32:46 > 0:32:48- Does it work?- Yes.
0:32:48 > 0:32:51I hated the idea of passing on something that had a function
0:32:51 > 0:32:52but that was redundant.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55So I jemmied out all of the locks
0:32:55 > 0:32:58and took them up to my local locksmith,
0:32:58 > 0:32:59who kind of winced a bit
0:32:59 > 0:33:02when I said, "Can you fit some keys for this?"
0:33:02 > 0:33:03But he did an amazing job,
0:33:03 > 0:33:06and actually we've got two keys that fit every single one.
0:33:06 > 0:33:09And they've even got little tassels on as well, so...
0:33:09 > 0:33:11I know that we had quite a big budget on this.
0:33:11 > 0:33:15I think we left you with £900 to play with. How has that come out?
0:33:15 > 0:33:17Are we still on budget for that?
0:33:17 > 0:33:19Yes, we're on budget, just.
0:33:19 > 0:33:22I always seem to go a little bit over on things
0:33:22 > 0:33:25that I'm really fond of. But, yeah, we are definitely on the 900.
0:33:27 > 0:33:29I think it looks lovely.
0:33:29 > 0:33:32And your finish is always surprisingly good
0:33:32 > 0:33:35for what you can do with an old piece of furniture.
0:33:35 > 0:33:38So... I don't know how you do it. But I'm so pleased that you do!
0:33:40 > 0:33:42This restoration wasn't cheap.
0:33:42 > 0:33:46But then, creating a unique design classic was never going to be.
0:33:46 > 0:33:51Zoe's design and labour costs came in at a whopping £900.
0:33:51 > 0:33:54So Sarah needs to beat that to make a profit.
0:33:59 > 0:34:03Back at the dump, this old chest of drawers had seen better days
0:34:03 > 0:34:05and was on the brink of oblivion,
0:34:05 > 0:34:08although cabinet-maker John did recognise it as being
0:34:08 > 0:34:10a fine bit of furniture.
0:34:10 > 0:34:15I would strip it and seal it, wax it, put new handles on. And just...
0:34:15 > 0:34:17Because it's a good solid piece of furniture, it can be reused.
0:34:17 > 0:34:23But it's fair to say that Zoe has completely transformed this item.
0:34:26 > 0:34:30And it was sold to Janet at Margate's Lombard Street Gallery.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39Sarah's visiting John to let him know the fate of his furniture.
0:34:39 > 0:34:43But with costly reimagining, is there any profit in the air?
0:34:46 > 0:34:49- Hi there. Hi. I'm Sarah.- Hi, Sarah, how are you? I'm Charlotte.
0:34:49 > 0:34:52- Hi, Charlotte. Hello again, John. - Hi, Sarah. Nice to see you again.
0:34:52 > 0:34:55- Are you well?- Fine, thank you. - Just thought I'd come back
0:34:55 > 0:34:57and catch up with you about your chest of drawers.
0:34:57 > 0:35:00I've got some pictures here.
0:35:00 > 0:35:05- Oh, wow.- Wow!- Do you like it? - I do, I really do. That's amazing.
0:35:05 > 0:35:08Zoe works with pattern and screen printing
0:35:08 > 0:35:09and lots of different techniques
0:35:09 > 0:35:12and really breathes new life into furniture.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15I wouldn't have thought to put those colours with that either.
0:35:15 > 0:35:16It's lovely.
0:35:16 > 0:35:19So it was always our intention to try
0:35:19 > 0:35:22and sell your chest of drawers after we had done that to it.
0:35:22 > 0:35:26- So we did sell it and we made £100 profit on it.- Really?- Wow.
0:35:26 > 0:35:30And I've got that here for you. Who gets the money?
0:35:30 > 0:35:34Me! Me! Thank you so much.
0:35:34 > 0:35:38Our absolute pleasure. So what do you think you might do with £100?
0:35:38 > 0:35:41- I think we may go out tonight. - I think we might go out tonight.
0:35:41 > 0:35:43- What do you think? - Something to eat and a drink.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46- Definitely, definitely, yeah. - Lovely. Well, I think Aunt Mary...
0:35:46 > 0:35:48- You can raise a toast to Aunt Mary. - We will.
0:35:48 > 0:35:50We'll raise a glass to her tonight, definitely.
0:35:50 > 0:35:54- Thank you for that. - Lovely. Really nice to see you.
0:35:54 > 0:35:58Yeah, and you. I appreciate that. We'll have a few drinks tonight.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- I'll be thinking of you. - Thank you, Sarah.
0:36:01 > 0:36:03- Take care. Bye-bye.- Bye.- Bye.
0:36:03 > 0:36:09So, Aunt Mary's drawers cost £900 to take them from dingy to desirable.
0:36:09 > 0:36:13This allowed Sarah to achieve a sale price of £1,000,
0:36:13 > 0:36:19which left a profit of £100 to be handed over to Charlotte and John.
0:36:19 > 0:36:21What's done with it is something that we could never
0:36:21 > 0:36:23have envisaged being done.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25- We wouldn't have done that ourselves.- Absolutely not.
0:36:25 > 0:36:28- And the colours that were used... - It looks fantastic.
0:36:28 > 0:36:31Absolutely brilliant. Could never imagine that to look like that.
0:36:31 > 0:36:33It was wonderful. Wonderful.
0:36:33 > 0:36:37Well, that was a great reaction, and hardly surprising, really,
0:36:37 > 0:36:40given that fantastic transformation of that old chest of drawers.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51Back at Bex's forge,
0:36:51 > 0:36:56the largest kitchen worktop cut-off has now been transformed
0:36:56 > 0:36:59into an eye-catching, iconic coffee table
0:36:59 > 0:37:02with the best-looking yellow legs in town,
0:37:02 > 0:37:05setting off the composite marble
0:37:05 > 0:37:07and creating a unique designer piece.
0:37:10 > 0:37:14I'm here to pick up my white marble coffee table.
0:37:14 > 0:37:16I've only got one and I was hoping for three,
0:37:16 > 0:37:18but there is a chance if it looks really good
0:37:18 > 0:37:21that I'll still be able to make some profit out of it.
0:37:21 > 0:37:24Bex and Dave are anxiously awaiting Sarah's arrival.
0:37:24 > 0:37:29So how is this going to go, then? Tears, no tears?
0:37:29 > 0:37:31- This is a "no tears".- No tears.
0:37:31 > 0:37:35Sarah asked for three matching tables with gilt legs.
0:37:35 > 0:37:38So how will she feel about her single coffee table
0:37:38 > 0:37:40with yellow metalwork?
0:37:40 > 0:37:42- It's what she asked for, basically.- Yeah.
0:37:42 > 0:37:46But we have gone down to one. From three.
0:37:46 > 0:37:52But it's a very good one rather than three slapdash...ones.
0:37:52 > 0:37:54THEY LAUGH
0:37:54 > 0:37:57But, no, it is good. It's worked out really nice.
0:37:57 > 0:37:59It's a smiling table.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Hi, guys. What have you got there?
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Do I want to see? Do I want to see?
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Oh, wow!
0:38:12 > 0:38:16Now, that is a real bit of fun, isn't it? It looks very cool.
0:38:17 > 0:38:20Oh, that's mad under there, isn't it?
0:38:20 > 0:38:23It's huge as well. I don't remember it being quite that big.
0:38:25 > 0:38:27The finish is beautiful as well, isn't it?
0:38:27 > 0:38:30It's worked out really nicely, that top.
0:38:30 > 0:38:32Like with those lovely crisp edges.
0:38:32 > 0:38:36It's really cool. I like the way all the angles change, wherever you go.
0:38:36 > 0:38:39Yeah, it's organised chaos!
0:38:41 > 0:38:44I think when you think it was literally about to be hoofed over
0:38:44 > 0:38:47into a skip, I think you should be very proud
0:38:47 > 0:38:51of what you've done with it.
0:38:51 > 0:38:53You were quite enthusiastic about the work and you weren't,
0:38:53 > 0:38:55so how did it work out in the end?
0:38:55 > 0:38:58Well, you know, it was harder than we thought,
0:38:58 > 0:39:02getting it so it's level and it works and everything like that.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05So, you know, we wanted it to look right.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08So, no, I think it's worked out really nicely.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13So I know in our initial chat, we thought
0:39:13 > 0:39:17we might really go for it for three tables, and that was at £150 a table.
0:39:17 > 0:39:19How much are we looking?
0:39:19 > 0:39:24Well, I think we were saying about 250 to cover this one.
0:39:24 > 0:39:27I think that that just... It looks great, and at that money,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29I think I'm really pleased with it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:34- Yeah, brilliant. That's good. Another result.- Another result!
0:39:38 > 0:39:40I think it's so cool to see the transformation
0:39:40 > 0:39:45of leftover kitchen scrap into fantastic designer coffee table.
0:39:45 > 0:39:48And I think there's some money to be made out of it as well,
0:39:48 > 0:39:50even though there's only one.
0:39:50 > 0:39:53That did go well. So, phew.
0:39:54 > 0:39:56- Yeah, another one down.- Yeah.
0:39:56 > 0:39:58# Another one bites the dust! #
0:39:58 > 0:40:01I'm starting to get all singy again!
0:40:04 > 0:40:06OK, we're down from three tables to one,
0:40:06 > 0:40:10but the single coffee table has cost £250.
0:40:10 > 0:40:15So can Sarah sell it for more than that and turn a profit?
0:40:21 > 0:40:25Neil and father-in-law Roy took a trip to the tip
0:40:25 > 0:40:28to jettison some offcuts from a new kitchen worktop.
0:40:28 > 0:40:32Roy wasn't particularly inspired as to what they could become.
0:40:32 > 0:40:37I have no idea. The big piece, that might do for a worktop somewhere.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41- Yeah.- You know, in a small kitchen. Maybe. I don't know. Don't know.
0:40:43 > 0:40:48But Bex and Dave created an inspirational coffee table.
0:40:48 > 0:40:51With a brand-new custom-made coffee table to sell,
0:40:51 > 0:40:54Sarah decided that this piece should be sold to someone
0:40:54 > 0:40:56with an eye for the unusual.
0:40:56 > 0:41:00And London's department store for antiques, vintage and retro,
0:41:00 > 0:41:03The Old Cinema, was just the place.
0:41:04 > 0:41:07Sarah has travelled to Stockport to catch up with Neil,
0:41:07 > 0:41:10from whose kitchen the spare worktop came.
0:41:10 > 0:41:14She is here to show him what became of his kitchen cast-offs
0:41:14 > 0:41:16and to hand over any profit.
0:41:16 > 0:41:20- Hi, Neil, how are you doing? - Not bad, and you?- Yeah, very well.
0:41:20 > 0:41:21- Nice to see you again.- And you.
0:41:21 > 0:41:24I've got a couple of bits to show you about
0:41:24 > 0:41:26- what we did with that old worktop. - Yeah.
0:41:26 > 0:41:30We thought it would make a really lovely kind of luxury coffee table.
0:41:30 > 0:41:32And we decided that it would look lovely
0:41:32 > 0:41:36- if it had some really fine metalwork to make the legs underneath.- Yeah.
0:41:36 > 0:41:38And we wanted to make it into something quite interesting.
0:41:38 > 0:41:41So I've got a little picture here to show you of how it ended up.
0:41:41 > 0:41:44- This is how it ended up. - Oh, that's all right, isn't it?
0:41:44 > 0:41:48- Do you think so?- It's nice, that. - We sold your worktop-cum-table,
0:41:48 > 0:41:51and after we'd paid Bex her expenses and all her time for doing it,
0:41:51 > 0:41:55- I've got 75 quid here...- Fantastic. - ..to give to you for your...
0:41:55 > 0:41:57- for dropping it off at the tip. - Thank you very much.
0:41:57 > 0:42:01So, Neil's offcuts cost £250
0:42:01 > 0:42:06for Bex and Dave to transform into this contemporary coffee table.
0:42:06 > 0:42:09With a sale price of £325,
0:42:09 > 0:42:13Sarah has achieved a profit of £75 to hand over to Neil.
0:42:15 > 0:42:18- What would you do with 75 quid? - Probably spend it on my daughter.
0:42:18 > 0:42:21- Oh, really?- Yeah.- Has she got stuff on her wish list at the moment?
0:42:21 > 0:42:23She's got all sorts on her wish list.
0:42:23 > 0:42:25Well, thank you for being there that day
0:42:25 > 0:42:27and dropping off your lovely worktop,
0:42:27 > 0:42:30- and I hope your daughter enjoys what you buy for her.- I'm sure she will.
0:42:30 > 0:42:33- Thank you very much. - Thanks a lot. Bye-bye.
0:42:35 > 0:42:37Another satisfied customer.
0:42:41 > 0:42:44Today, all three saved items have made a profit.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49From the three dated chairs spruced up by Sarah
0:42:49 > 0:42:53to the drab drawers returned to former glories by Zoe,
0:42:53 > 0:42:57and, finally, the composite marble worktop
0:42:57 > 0:43:01transformed into the crazy-legged coffee table by Bex and Dave.
0:43:03 > 0:43:04We're really on a roll.
0:43:04 > 0:43:09That is three great transformations, and three chunks of cash handed over.
0:43:09 > 0:43:12And all going to prove that just with a little ingenuity,
0:43:12 > 0:43:14you really can make money for nothing.