0:00:03 > 0:00:06Oh, no, I like the look of your rubbish.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10How do you make money for nothing?
0:00:10 > 0:00:11I love a little rummage.
0:00:11 > 0:00:16The answer could be hiding in the 30 million tonnes of household waste
0:00:16 > 0:00:19we throw out every year.
0:00:19 > 0:00:21I think that I might be able to make something out of that.
0:00:21 > 0:00:24That's why entrepreneur, Sarah Moore,
0:00:24 > 0:00:28wants to get her hands on things before they hit the skip.
0:00:28 > 0:00:29That... That's wartime.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35I'm a passionate buyer, user and maker of old stuff,
0:00:35 > 0:00:38and I've turned that passion into a moneymaking business.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41I make new stuff out of old stuff and I sell it for a profit.
0:00:42 > 0:00:46And with some of the country's elite designers and makers...
0:00:46 > 0:00:49- That was brief.- Oh, the potential!
0:00:49 > 0:00:50No!
0:00:50 > 0:00:54..she can transform her finds into desirable...
0:00:54 > 0:00:55A work of art.
0:00:55 > 0:00:56..valuable...
0:00:59 > 0:01:02..and hopefully saleable items.
0:01:02 > 0:01:03Holy moley!
0:01:05 > 0:01:06If Sarah is successful,
0:01:06 > 0:01:11then she can hand the profits back to the very people who had no idea
0:01:11 > 0:01:14there was cash to be made from their trash.
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Thank you. I'm astonished!
0:01:28 > 0:01:31The first stop on Sarah's cross-country tip treasure hunt
0:01:31 > 0:01:34is the Witley Recycling Centre in Surrey.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38She's searching for four items that can be transformed
0:01:38 > 0:01:41to make cash from old trash.
0:01:41 > 0:01:46Wonky sideboards, stopclocks, occasional tables, legless chairs,
0:01:46 > 0:01:48they can all be made marvellous and all make money.
0:01:48 > 0:01:50All I've got to do is find them.
0:01:52 > 0:01:55Sarah's been given special permission to be here at Witley,
0:01:55 > 0:01:58so please don't go raking your local rubbish tip.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01Leave that to the experts.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04I can tell the quality of your rubbish.
0:02:04 > 0:02:06You've got superb quality rubbish.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Oh, yes, there's all manner of things at the tip today.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18Luckily, Sarah's spotted something a bit sexy in Sam's Land Rover.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20- Hiya.- Hi.
0:02:20 > 0:02:21Look at the legs on that.
0:02:21 > 0:02:24Is that your old broken table, then?
0:02:24 > 0:02:26It is an old broken table, yeah.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29This is Grandpa's, he's decided to get rid of it.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31It's been in storage for a while. Time to go, I think.
0:02:31 > 0:02:34- And was it quite a stylish house? - It was very '70s.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I think that's when they stopped buying furniture, so...
0:02:37 > 0:02:40- It's time-warp furniture, then? - It is, massively, yeah.- Yeah.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43It's a fantastic piece of English furniture.
0:02:43 > 0:02:46It's made by Ercol. It's got that look to it.
0:02:46 > 0:02:49You haven't got the end bit, have you? Oh, you have got the end bit!
0:02:49 > 0:02:52- I believe we do. - If that marries up on there...
0:02:52 > 0:02:53It does, yeah.
0:02:53 > 0:02:55Then you've just made my day.
0:02:55 > 0:02:59- Fantastic.- Rather than putting it into wood and timber,
0:02:59 > 0:03:01- can I take it away? - Yeah, absolutely, no problem at all.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04- Yeah, see what you can do with it. - Brilliant, thank you.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05That's definitely made my day.
0:03:07 > 0:03:10I don't think I've ever seen Sarah so excited.
0:03:10 > 0:03:12But what does Sam make of it?
0:03:12 > 0:03:16I'm not sure what Sarah can do with that, it's been sitting around the house for quite a while.
0:03:16 > 0:03:18It's in a bit of disrepair, it's quite old,
0:03:18 > 0:03:21but I'm sure someone out there will find something in it.
0:03:22 > 0:03:25If somebody had asked me what I really wanted to find today,
0:03:25 > 0:03:27it would have been a piece of Ercol furniture.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30Admittedly, this one's in two pieces,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32but, still, it's a fantastic find.
0:03:32 > 0:03:36And Sarah's lined up a fantastic craftsman to restore it
0:03:36 > 0:03:38to its former glory.
0:03:41 > 0:03:43Jay Blades is a man with many talents,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47with furniture restoration being at the forefront of his skills.
0:03:49 > 0:03:53A couple of people have asked me, how do I describe my style?
0:03:53 > 0:03:54Personally, I don't know.
0:03:54 > 0:03:57I call myself a modern restorer,
0:03:57 > 0:04:00which basically means I restore furniture for a modern market.
0:04:00 > 0:04:04Jay has an appreciation for classic, mid-century design,
0:04:04 > 0:04:06and a love of traditional craftsmanship
0:04:06 > 0:04:09to which he adds his own modern twists.
0:04:10 > 0:04:15Someone did say to me once, "Your furniture makes me happy,"
0:04:15 > 0:04:17so I used to call my furniture "happy furniture."
0:04:17 > 0:04:21It makes you smile and adds a little bit of humour to your house.
0:04:21 > 0:04:23My style is definitely not boring.
0:04:23 > 0:04:26My style is definitely not run of the mill.
0:04:27 > 0:04:30Well, Jay, that confidence is certainly going to be put
0:04:30 > 0:04:34to the test when you see what Sarah's got for you.
0:04:34 > 0:04:38Admittedly, the table is not in the best condition,
0:04:38 > 0:04:42but I'm hoping Jay will see past that and take it on and make it into
0:04:42 > 0:04:44something fabulous.
0:04:44 > 0:04:46- I need help.- You need help?
0:04:46 > 0:04:48- Come with me.- OK, let's go.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56So this is a...
0:04:56 > 0:04:59manufacturer that I enjoy the most working on.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02- This is Ercol.- Other furniture manufacturers are available,
0:05:02 > 0:05:08but this particular brand has been turning out quality British pieces since 1920.
0:05:08 > 0:05:13Their sleek, mid-century designs are particularly en vogue.
0:05:13 > 0:05:16But this one's more "en bits", really, isn't it?
0:05:16 > 0:05:20He has...seen a bit of water, I would say,
0:05:20 > 0:05:23and that's what opens up these joints
0:05:23 > 0:05:27and allows that piece to come off of there, but...a brilliant find.
0:05:27 > 0:05:30These tables are, as far as I'm concerned, timeless.
0:05:30 > 0:05:33Even though you've got all of these marks and stuff like that on there,
0:05:33 > 0:05:34when this is sanded,
0:05:34 > 0:05:37the beauty of what this will come back like is just phenomenal.
0:05:37 > 0:05:40I know exactly what I'm going to do with this.
0:05:40 > 0:05:44And I know exactly how to fix this and make this worth every penny.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47Have you got a rough figure in mind about what I'm going to leave you with?
0:05:47 > 0:05:50The figure that I believe
0:05:50 > 0:05:53I would need to do this is 150 to start off with,
0:05:53 > 0:05:58and with probably 175, maybe 200 maximum.
0:05:58 > 0:06:01It depends on the gluing and how long that's going to take.
0:06:01 > 0:06:07OK, if I can leave you 175 quid, if you can, it would be great to bring it in on that.
0:06:07 > 0:06:08See how you get on with the cracks.
0:06:08 > 0:06:12Obviously, if it's a lot of work and pushes up to 200, that's fine.
0:06:12 > 0:06:15I'm going to pull all of my creativity from everywhere to work on this,
0:06:15 > 0:06:19so when you come back, hopefully you will be totally impressed with it.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22- I hope it doesn't cause too many problems.- Thank you. All right?
0:06:22 > 0:06:25- Lovely to see you.- Likewise. - Take care, Jay.
0:06:25 > 0:06:28Well, that is just the reaction I was hoping for from Jay.
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Yeah, I can't wait to start working on this one. She's had a good find.
0:06:31 > 0:06:35And I'm really pleased about that price - £175 roughly.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38I should be able to make money out of that,
0:06:38 > 0:06:40and I'm talking about big money.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43Not too much pressure, then, Jay.
0:06:43 > 0:06:46With a maximum spend of £200 on materials and labour,
0:06:46 > 0:06:49fingers crossed Sarah won't be disappointed.
0:06:56 > 0:07:00That's the first item dropped off, just another three to find,
0:07:00 > 0:07:03and Sarah's travelled to Altringham, Greater Manchester,
0:07:03 > 0:07:06to search for her next hidden gem.
0:07:06 > 0:07:10"No TV's" what? No TV's...
0:07:10 > 0:07:11..remotes? There should be something here.
0:07:11 > 0:07:14Enough of the grammar police.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Why don't you have a look at Trevor's old wood?
0:07:18 > 0:07:22- Is that out of your garden? - It is, yes.- What is it?
0:07:22 > 0:07:25Hawthorn. It was a tree that I cut down
0:07:25 > 0:07:27because I wanted...the fencing was bad at the back.
0:07:27 > 0:07:29God, it weighs a tonne, doesn't it?
0:07:29 > 0:07:32But it's gone through three chainsaw blades.
0:07:32 > 0:07:34Just blunted them straight away.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37It looks to me like there's enough left in it that I might be
0:07:37 > 0:07:39able to do something with it.
0:07:39 > 0:07:43I'm not sure that Trevor's too convinced, to be honest.
0:07:43 > 0:07:47I shall take that away and if I manage to make a chopping board
0:07:47 > 0:07:50and little spoon, can I come back and show you what I've done with it?
0:07:50 > 0:07:53Of course you can, yeah. Take it with my blessings.
0:07:53 > 0:07:55- Thank you so much.- Yeah.
0:07:55 > 0:07:58Hawthorn is one of the hottest burning woods,
0:07:58 > 0:08:01so if Sarah can't come up with a plan...
0:08:01 > 0:08:03at least they'll make a nice fire.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05But what does Trevor think she'll make?
0:08:05 > 0:08:06There's some good wood there.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08I'm sure she'll get more than spoons out of it
0:08:08 > 0:08:10but it's going to take a lot of hard work.
0:08:10 > 0:08:13I hope she's got sharp tools because it's very, very dense.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17This may look like dirty old chunks of wood at the moment
0:08:17 > 0:08:19but I know exactly who to take it to so I can clean up
0:08:19 > 0:08:22and have a real chance of making some profit.
0:08:22 > 0:08:27Sarah knows just the people who can tackle all that wood.
0:08:32 > 0:08:36Say hello to Josh and Oli, designer-makers,
0:08:36 > 0:08:38business partners and best friends.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45These boys use natural and recycled materials to create
0:08:45 > 0:08:49handcrafted furnishings and high-end interior pieces.
0:08:51 > 0:08:54I'm Josh and this is Oli and we're Forge Creative.
0:08:54 > 0:08:57I think the main thing we love is designing new products
0:08:57 > 0:09:00and new furniture, where you've got that idea and you come into
0:09:00 > 0:09:02the workshop and just see it come to life.
0:09:02 > 0:09:05The sort of thing we'd like Sarah to bring us would probably be
0:09:05 > 0:09:08something with a bit of character, a bit of age to it.
0:09:08 > 0:09:11I think we like something with a bit of a story.
0:09:11 > 0:09:14Like a rusty bit of metal or like a weathered bit of wood,
0:09:14 > 0:09:17something like that, that's got a bit of history and character to it.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Well, they're in luck, cos Sarah's hawthorn stumps
0:09:20 > 0:09:23are definitely old and definitely weathered.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27I'm really hoping my humble collection of hawthorn logs
0:09:27 > 0:09:30is going to come good, because I need to make something
0:09:30 > 0:09:33out of these and at the moment, it's not looking that hopeful.
0:09:33 > 0:09:36There's a real danger that Sarah's exuberance at the tip
0:09:36 > 0:09:39might have a rotten outcome.
0:09:39 > 0:09:40Hello?
0:09:40 > 0:09:42- Hello!- Hiya!
0:09:42 > 0:09:45- Come and see what I've got for you. - You OK?- I need a hand.
0:09:45 > 0:09:47Oh, lovely, some logs. Nice!
0:09:51 > 0:09:54- So, I think they're hawthorn.- OK.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56- Fairly chunky, aren't they? - Yeah.- Yeah, they're nice.
0:09:56 > 0:09:59There's a lot of nice colour in there, you can see it already.
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Yeah, it feels really heavy and really hard,
0:10:01 > 0:10:04so hopefully it should have quite a crisp look to it.
0:10:04 > 0:10:06- Will that translate? - It's good to be a dense timber.
0:10:06 > 0:10:09What kind of pieces could you get out of these size chunks?
0:10:09 > 0:10:12Well, I was just thinking ornamental pieces,
0:10:12 > 0:10:16because the wood hopefully will be quite interesting in the middle.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19So whether we make some kind of vases or...
0:10:19 > 0:10:21- yeah, some kind of ornaments out of them...- OK.
0:10:21 > 0:10:24If you really think you can get something out of it...
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Yeah, we'll certainly give it a go and try our best,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29see what we get out of it.
0:10:29 > 0:10:33On closer inspection, it turns out one of the chunks is not quite
0:10:33 > 0:10:35so solid in the centre after all.
0:10:35 > 0:10:37I think it's got creatures inside it.
0:10:37 > 0:10:38Has it? Sorry.
0:10:40 > 0:10:42With this one, we'll just have to wait and see and see how much
0:10:42 > 0:10:44of it is just rotten soil.
0:10:44 > 0:10:47If we get time,
0:10:47 > 0:10:49it could be like a sculptural piece.
0:10:49 > 0:10:53I think that might be code for "erm, dunno".
0:10:53 > 0:10:57So, budget. This set aside, how about those three bits?
0:10:57 > 0:11:02We've got maybe either one big vase or maybe two vases out of that.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05There's maybe another small vase there,
0:11:05 > 0:11:07and then, if we get time...
0:11:07 > 0:11:09it could be like a sculptural piece,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12but we'll see how it goes with that one.
0:11:12 > 0:11:15So, I reckon 250 for these three bits,
0:11:15 > 0:11:19and then if we can make something that you sell for thousands
0:11:19 > 0:11:21out of that then we'll call it two grand.
0:11:21 > 0:11:24I love an optimist!
0:11:24 > 0:11:27OK, well, 250 quid on the table for that.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29Good luck with getting on with that.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31- Always a pleasure.- Thank you.
0:11:33 > 0:11:37I have really left those lads with a challenge this time because
0:11:37 > 0:11:40they're going to have to dig really deep and use all of
0:11:40 > 0:11:44their creativity to turn those old stumps into hard cash.
0:11:45 > 0:11:47But Josh and Oli aren't easily daunted.
0:11:49 > 0:11:50I think they will be really nice
0:11:50 > 0:11:52because there's clearly some nice wood in there.
0:11:52 > 0:11:56Just need to get in there and get cracking with it.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Josh and Oli are looking for £250 to produce
0:12:00 > 0:12:04a set of vases and possibly some ornamental pieces.
0:12:05 > 0:12:07I just hope that wood holds together.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25At his studio in Wolverhampton, Jay's about to make a start
0:12:25 > 0:12:29on the table Sarah left in his very capable hands.
0:12:29 > 0:12:33It's only until you've taken it all apart that you can actually see
0:12:33 > 0:12:34what you're working with.
0:12:34 > 0:12:39Originally constructed in panels, a lot of them have started to split,
0:12:39 > 0:12:42and one of the drop leafs has completely broken off.
0:12:44 > 0:12:49It's just a simple, classic design. It's timeless and it works well.
0:12:49 > 0:12:52So, it's kind of like the Meccano of furniture.
0:12:52 > 0:12:54It's really, really simple.
0:12:55 > 0:12:58We all know that this part is never straightforward.
0:13:04 > 0:13:08It's interesting, cos someone's had a go at this already.
0:13:08 > 0:13:12And it's always quite worrying when someone's had a go.
0:13:12 > 0:13:14See? What did I tell you?
0:13:16 > 0:13:19They've done a trick, what I normally do,
0:13:19 > 0:13:22which is put some timber, or something, into the hole.
0:13:22 > 0:13:26This ensures a nice fit. Not a complete novice, then.
0:13:26 > 0:13:30And here they've just put the whole of the matchstick.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33Rather than snapping it off, there's a whole matchstick in there.
0:13:33 > 0:13:34Then again...
0:13:34 > 0:13:37Also, what I've noticed is almost every screw is of different size,
0:13:37 > 0:13:40different thickness within that frame.
0:13:40 > 0:13:43As it's different... Ercol does not do that,
0:13:43 > 0:13:45all of them will be uniformed and stuff like that.
0:13:45 > 0:13:47But surely a screw's a screw, isn't it?
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Look at the size of that one...
0:13:50 > 0:13:53..compared to the size of that.
0:13:53 > 0:13:57And they're completely different screws, completely different.
0:13:57 > 0:14:01And it's done some serious GBH to the table top.
0:14:01 > 0:14:07So what has happened, by using a really long screw here...
0:14:07 > 0:14:09So you've got one...
0:14:09 > 0:14:13and two, they've come straight through.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17So, basically, when I want to have this top as a showpiece,
0:14:17 > 0:14:20I have to make sure that those holes are filled up.
0:14:21 > 0:14:25If you're fixing furniture from a popular manufacturer,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28the best thing to do would be to contact them for advice
0:14:28 > 0:14:30on the right screws to use.
0:14:30 > 0:14:33Now, onto the main part of the restoration.
0:14:35 > 0:14:39With gluing, I've always been taught that more is more.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41I normally say less is more, but more is more.
0:14:41 > 0:14:44It's better to have more glue than less glue.
0:14:47 > 0:14:52Cos it's only going to squeeze out in the sides anyway,
0:14:52 > 0:14:54which we will then clear up.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59The same theory as I use on my jam sandwiches.
0:15:00 > 0:15:02Jay's using wood glue,
0:15:02 > 0:15:06which is designed to set thin so there are no gaps in the joins.
0:15:06 > 0:15:11If the glue works on this, it forms it and it holds it really nice,
0:15:11 > 0:15:13brilliant. I can do all the rest.
0:15:13 > 0:15:14The gluing is the hard bit,
0:15:14 > 0:15:19because that's what's going to last the test of time, well and truly.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21To make this strong again,
0:15:21 > 0:15:25as strong as it was when it came out of the factory, is really important.
0:15:27 > 0:15:30It'll be a tense 24 hours for Jay.
0:15:30 > 0:15:32If the glue doesn't work, well,
0:15:32 > 0:15:36he doesn't have a table and it will mean a complete rethink.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51In Sussex, Josh and Oli are getting familiar
0:15:51 > 0:15:52with their hunks of hawthorn.
0:15:54 > 0:15:58OK, shall I...? I'll start working on this piece and make some vases.
0:15:58 > 0:16:00Yeah.
0:16:00 > 0:16:05I'm going to have to figure out what we can do with this one
0:16:05 > 0:16:08- cos it's looking pretty... - Pretty rotten.- Yeah.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10Looks like Josh has drawn the short straw here.
0:16:13 > 0:16:15Stage one is to investigate,
0:16:15 > 0:16:19which seems to involve pretty much every method of chopping up wood.
0:16:22 > 0:16:26As hawthorn is so dense, Oli's breaking out the big guns.
0:16:29 > 0:16:33After all that chopping, is there anything usable left?
0:16:35 > 0:16:39Yeah, so I've got some all right bits out of the log in the end.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41There's a lot of rotten bits.
0:16:41 > 0:16:45You can see there's loads of, like, bits that aren't so great,
0:16:45 > 0:16:47but I think there's some good wood in there.
0:16:47 > 0:16:50Josh is going to make a set of ornamental trees
0:16:50 > 0:16:53that are a speciality of theirs,
0:16:53 > 0:16:56while Oli will make a start on one of the vases.
0:16:56 > 0:17:00I'm just trying to adjust this and try and get it to sit well.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Obviously it's going to be shaking around a bit,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05but I'll just do my best to get it balanced.
0:17:05 > 0:17:08It's just a case of slowly getting it rounder
0:17:08 > 0:17:11and then we can speed up the lathe and get cracking with it.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13Time for the boys to get spinning.
0:17:15 > 0:17:20Even though these lathes can spin the wood to up to 1,500rpm,
0:17:20 > 0:17:25it'll take some time for Oli to get that wood down to a round piece.
0:17:25 > 0:17:28Josh's smaller ornaments are quicker to create.
0:17:28 > 0:17:31They've turned well and they've come out all right.
0:17:31 > 0:17:34It's really like characterful wood. It's pretty cool.
0:17:35 > 0:17:39Meanwhile, Oli's making progress with his vase.
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Yeah, it's getting there now.
0:17:44 > 0:17:46It took a while to get it rounded off,
0:17:46 > 0:17:49but it's looking more like a vase now.
0:17:49 > 0:17:52Next is to, yes, just carry on getting the shape I want
0:17:52 > 0:17:54and drill the hole in the middle,
0:17:54 > 0:17:57sand it and take it off to finish it.
0:17:57 > 0:18:01But Josh has hit a problem while making his third tree.
0:18:02 > 0:18:06A lot of it's all right, but then there's just little patches
0:18:06 > 0:18:08of like, that bit is just really squidgy.
0:18:08 > 0:18:11At the end of the day, you've got a bit of rotten wood, haven't you?
0:18:11 > 0:18:14There's not a lot I can do, I can't get rid of all of it.
0:18:14 > 0:18:16But I can just try and work around it.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19Working with rotten wood is certainly a rotten job,
0:18:19 > 0:18:23especially with Oli turning what turns out to be fine timber.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40Back in Wolverhampton,
0:18:40 > 0:18:44Sarah's about to see Jay's restoration of the broken table.
0:18:45 > 0:18:49Well, if I'm ever lucky enough to find Ercol, I always think of Jay,
0:18:49 > 0:18:52and if he's managed to work his magic on this piece of furniture,
0:18:52 > 0:18:55there could be some real money on the table.
0:18:55 > 0:18:56Ooh, I like what Sarah did there,
0:18:56 > 0:19:00but will she like what Jay has done to the table?
0:19:00 > 0:19:03The table is done and dusted. I'm really, really happy with it.
0:19:03 > 0:19:05Compared to how it was when it first came in here,
0:19:05 > 0:19:08it was a bit in bits, it wasn't really a table,
0:19:08 > 0:19:10it was just bits of timber.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15But it had the look to become a beautiful Ercol and turn it into
0:19:15 > 0:19:18a beautiful black swan, which it is now.
0:19:18 > 0:19:20So, hopefully, she'll like it.
0:19:20 > 0:19:24Sarah left Jay with a battered and broken ugly duckling of a table.
0:19:30 > 0:19:33But, left in the hands of a master craftsman,
0:19:33 > 0:19:36a beautiful black swan has indeed emerged.
0:19:39 > 0:19:41The table top is now a complete piece.
0:19:44 > 0:19:49The legs Jay so admired are dressed in black lacquer paint, with little
0:19:49 > 0:19:53colour splashes giving it a contemporary, modern twist.
0:19:53 > 0:19:55But will it be to Sarah's taste?
0:19:56 > 0:19:59Oh, my word! Look at that!
0:20:00 > 0:20:02He's done and dusted.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04It's a whole table again!
0:20:04 > 0:20:07- It is a whole table. - And, hold on...
0:20:07 > 0:20:09I can see a little Blades magic going on here. What's...?
0:20:09 > 0:20:11Just a little bit, just a wee bit.
0:20:11 > 0:20:14I would always have to add just a little bit of colour,
0:20:14 > 0:20:16so the flicks is what I'm kind of into at the moment,
0:20:16 > 0:20:18it's my playful kind of time.
0:20:18 > 0:20:21It's all due to my daughter, basically.
0:20:21 > 0:20:23She likes flicking paint and just having a great time.
0:20:23 > 0:20:25So that's why I did that.
0:20:25 > 0:20:27Fantastic, and which end was the broken end?
0:20:27 > 0:20:31- That end?- This end was broken, this was broken as well, coming apart.
0:20:31 > 0:20:33This, I've glued it as much as I can,
0:20:33 > 0:20:35and this one had a little bit...
0:20:35 > 0:20:37So all of them were coming apart, basically.
0:20:37 > 0:20:39But this was the fully broken one.
0:20:39 > 0:20:42- It feels lovely.- Yeah, it should do,
0:20:42 > 0:20:46it's had a really beautiful rubdown and oiling.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48And, yeah, now it's just allowed to sing.
0:20:48 > 0:20:51- It's really, really gorgeous, I think.- It looks really cool.
0:20:51 > 0:20:54- Did it give you any problems?- There was a load of different screws,
0:20:54 > 0:20:56different sizes - they had used screws from beds,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59from different tables, from a whole load of stuff,
0:20:59 > 0:21:02so I contacted Ercol and they gave me the right measurements for the
0:21:02 > 0:21:04screws that I needed to then put them in there.
0:21:04 > 0:21:05Which was absolutely easy.
0:21:05 > 0:21:07It's nice to have a bit of authenticity, isn't it?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Yes.- It looks great.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11- Yeah.- Budget?
0:21:11 > 0:21:13Budget, £200, bang on.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15That's great news for me, isn't it, because with a £200 investment,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18I really stand to make some money out of this one, don't I?
0:21:18 > 0:21:19Yes, definitely!
0:21:19 > 0:21:23They both seem very sure of themselves, don't they?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26I believe this should just fly off the shelf.
0:21:26 > 0:21:28This is something that is quite sought-after.
0:21:28 > 0:21:31A lot of people are wanting these because of the dimensions.
0:21:31 > 0:21:35Once you've dropped the leaves, they're easy to just put in a small space, a small kitchen,
0:21:35 > 0:21:37so they're ideal, and they're a classic.
0:21:39 > 0:21:42Jay has definitely stamped his own little twist on that table.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44That might be a bit much for the Ercol purist,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46but I hope somebody likes it,
0:21:46 > 0:21:48and I hope somebody buys it.
0:21:51 > 0:21:55Little did Sam know when he was set to chuck it in the tip.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59You might not like this but there are people clamouring to get their hands on this stuff.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01It's in a bit of disrepair, it's quite old,
0:22:01 > 0:22:05but I'm sure someone out there will find something in it.
0:22:05 > 0:22:06You're not wrong, Sam.
0:22:06 > 0:22:09Jay has made sure that this iconic piece has at least
0:22:09 > 0:22:13another 25 years of use.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17And Nick Smith, a regular client of Sarah's,
0:22:17 > 0:22:21snapped up the table to sell through his vintage and retro company,
0:22:21 > 0:22:23Smithers of Stamford.
0:22:23 > 0:22:26Sarah has now returned to Witley to show Sam
0:22:26 > 0:22:29what became of his grandfather's table.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31And possibly hand over some cash.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Hello, Sam. Hi there.- How are you? - DOG BARKS
0:22:36 > 0:22:38- Really well, nice to see you. - Good, good.
0:22:38 > 0:22:40You've got the Hound of the Baskervilles.
0:22:40 > 0:22:42We do, unfortunately. We've got a Jack Russell, I'm very sorry.
0:22:42 > 0:22:45- No, they're lovely, aren't they? - Well, it depends.
0:22:45 > 0:22:49When I last saw you, you were being a very good grandson, weren't you?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51I was, yes, helping with the dump run.
0:22:51 > 0:22:53Your grandfather was clearing out some...
0:22:53 > 0:22:56I thought the quality of his rubbish was excellent, actually.
0:22:56 > 0:22:58- Really?- Yeah.- OK, good, good.
0:22:58 > 0:23:02- I loved the look of his table. - Did you know anything about that?
0:23:02 > 0:23:03No, I was utterly clueless.
0:23:03 > 0:23:05I just thought it was a very old table he was chucking out.
0:23:05 > 0:23:08It was broken, but did you think we might be able to mend it?
0:23:08 > 0:23:11I wasn't sure, actually. I thought, considering the damage to it,
0:23:11 > 0:23:12I thought it was pretty much a write-off.
0:23:12 > 0:23:16Yeah, it wasn't working as it should as a table, but if they do break,
0:23:16 > 0:23:19they're reasonably easy to mend.
0:23:19 > 0:23:22So your table went to a guy called Jay Blades,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26he works up in Wolverhampton, and he was delighted to see it.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29Even in the state that it was in, he was very enthusiastic about it.
0:23:29 > 0:23:32- I've got some pictures to show you...- Brilliant.- ..of what he did.
0:23:32 > 0:23:34So, your table...
0:23:34 > 0:23:35now looks like that.
0:23:35 > 0:23:38Oh, wow, looks like a proper table, all fixed up.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41Yeah, no, that's looking lovely now, actually, yeah.
0:23:41 > 0:23:45It looks absolutely lovely, the quality of the finish was beautiful,
0:23:45 > 0:23:47- and I've sold it. - Oh, wow, brilliant. Fantastic.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50With a little bit of profit, I think coming your way
0:23:50 > 0:23:53after all your help in the tip with your grandfather.
0:23:53 > 0:23:54I have got £50 here.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56- Oh, wow.- For you. - Thank you very much.
0:23:56 > 0:23:58- So, it's £50.- Brilliant.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01- What are you going to do with that? - I'm going off to France, actually,
0:24:01 > 0:24:04tomorrow morning, so it'll probably get spent over there.
0:24:04 > 0:24:07Well, I think that is lovely, and please thank your grandpa so much
0:24:07 > 0:24:09for letting us take away his rubbish, and for all your time.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12And, yeah, I think you'll have a lovely time with that in France.
0:24:12 > 0:24:14- I'm very jealous. - No problem at all, thank you.
0:24:14 > 0:24:18- Thank you so much, Sam, lovely to see you again.- Thank you very much, you too.- Bye-bye.
0:24:20 > 0:24:26Sarah spent £200 having the table put back together by Jay,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29and she was able to sell it for 250,
0:24:29 > 0:24:32which left a £50 profit to hand back to Sam.
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Well, that was a little reward for all of Sam's hard work helping his
0:24:37 > 0:24:40grandpa at the tip, and he's got 50 quid to go and spend in France.
0:24:40 > 0:24:42That is a good result.
0:24:48 > 0:24:50With the first item selling for a profit
0:24:50 > 0:24:53it's time to press on and pick up another one.
0:24:55 > 0:24:58It's bonkers round here. Look at them. Flooding in.
0:24:58 > 0:25:02When it's this busy, you have to keep your eyes peeled.
0:25:02 > 0:25:05Luckily, Sarah has spotted John
0:25:05 > 0:25:09with his Georgian-style chair among all the clutter.
0:25:09 > 0:25:10I like your chair.
0:25:11 > 0:25:12Well, it's...
0:25:12 > 0:25:14- The elbows have gone.- OK.
0:25:14 > 0:25:19- It's a... - We were going to get it refurbished,
0:25:19 > 0:25:21but then we decided just to dump it.
0:25:21 > 0:25:23It is tricky, isn't it?
0:25:23 > 0:25:25Because it's quite a lot of money to get them reupholstered.
0:25:25 > 0:25:28- It is.- And if you don't love it, then...
0:25:28 > 0:25:32- Yeah.- Yeah. So tell me, how long have you had it?
0:25:32 > 0:25:35- And where did it come from? - I think we've had it for about...
0:25:36 > 0:25:41..six years. We got it from a friend of my wife, who is an artist.
0:25:41 > 0:25:43It's got a really lovely shape about it.
0:25:43 > 0:25:45- Is it comfortable? - It's very comfortable.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47- Can I have a go?- Yeah.
0:25:49 > 0:25:50- It's lovely.- Yeah.
0:25:50 > 0:25:52Isn't it?
0:25:52 > 0:25:53Yeah, it's good to sit in.
0:25:53 > 0:25:55I think it's lovely, but can I take it away?
0:25:55 > 0:25:58- You certainly can.- Thank you so much for letting me have it.
0:25:58 > 0:26:00- Would you be all right just help me over there?- Yeah.
0:26:00 > 0:26:05Georgian furniture is a style which dates between 1714 and 1837
0:26:05 > 0:26:07and was made popular by designers such as
0:26:07 > 0:26:10Thomas Chippendale and Robert Adam.
0:26:10 > 0:26:13The style of John's old chair fits this Georgian period,
0:26:13 > 0:26:15with high sides and delicate features.
0:26:15 > 0:26:18But what does he think Sarah can do with it?
0:26:18 > 0:26:20I would imagine where there's a will and a way
0:26:20 > 0:26:22that you could refurbish it,
0:26:22 > 0:26:25and then I think it would look really good.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28And I'll be interested to see how good it does look.
0:26:28 > 0:26:30I think this chair's got a fantastic look.
0:26:30 > 0:26:33It is actually reproduction, I think.
0:26:33 > 0:26:36But it's cool, because look at all these curves,
0:26:36 > 0:26:37there's a lovely shape to it.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40Reupholstered, it is going to look fantastic
0:26:40 > 0:26:42and I know exactly who to take it to.
0:26:49 > 0:26:51Introducing Anthony Devine.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Anthony's unique and quirky upholstery has earned him
0:26:54 > 0:26:59the reputation as one of the most imaginative craftspeople around.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03Anthony can upholster almost anything,
0:27:03 > 0:27:05but he does love a good chair.
0:27:06 > 0:27:08First thing I see in a room is a chair.
0:27:08 > 0:27:11When I go round to people's houses, I look for quality,
0:27:11 > 0:27:13I look to see what I would do differently.
0:27:17 > 0:27:21Some chairs look like they're almost, kind of, destined for the tip.
0:27:21 > 0:27:26But if you see one ounce of potential, then save it.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31I suppose it is a bit of a love affair I have with chairs.
0:27:31 > 0:27:32They're very beautiful things.
0:27:32 > 0:27:37Anthony loves classic lines, beautiful shapes and stylish looks.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39Hopefully, he'll also like this old thing.
0:27:41 > 0:27:43I think Anthony is the only man who's going to make this into
0:27:43 > 0:27:46something amazing for me, and he's going to have to use
0:27:46 > 0:27:48all of his skills if I'm going to make money.
0:27:51 > 0:27:52Anthony?
0:27:53 > 0:27:56- How are we?- We're good.
0:27:57 > 0:28:00Wait till you see what I've got for you.
0:28:00 > 0:28:03Shall we just take it inside? Just don't say anything.
0:28:03 > 0:28:05Do you want to just tip it straight in my skip?
0:28:05 > 0:28:06It's not that bad!
0:28:12 > 0:28:14It's not a little gem, is it?
0:28:14 > 0:28:17It's a big something, not a gem.
0:28:18 > 0:28:20Anthony really isn't sold on it
0:28:20 > 0:28:24but I'm sure that Sarah can talk him round.
0:28:24 > 0:28:25It has potential.
0:28:27 > 0:28:28In?
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I've got a really good idea for it.
0:28:30 > 0:28:33OK. Just bear with me on this and see if you think it will work.
0:28:33 > 0:28:34How about...
0:28:35 > 0:28:36..cut it in half, stretch it out
0:28:36 > 0:28:39and make a fantastic Georgian sofa out of it?
0:28:39 > 0:28:41Brilliant. Let's do it.
0:28:41 > 0:28:43Really? Is that possible?
0:28:43 > 0:28:45It's not just quite as simple as cutting it in the middle.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47What would the process be?
0:28:47 > 0:28:50Well, do away with everything between this gap.
0:28:52 > 0:28:54So, by chopping the chair in half,
0:28:54 > 0:28:58retaining the Georgian-style sides and building a new middle section,
0:28:58 > 0:29:01the small seat will become a large couch.
0:29:01 > 0:29:04I like the stretch part of it, I have to say.
0:29:04 > 0:29:06That sounds fun.
0:29:06 > 0:29:10Like... Not just little but big, stretch big.
0:29:10 > 0:29:11OK, big would be great.
0:29:11 > 0:29:15Maybe a couple of new legs in the middle, you know, five-person.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20Something that goes in the hallway of a Georgian stately home.
0:29:20 > 0:29:22That kind of...
0:29:22 > 0:29:24With a modern-ish look.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27OK. I can see you're buying in already.
0:29:27 > 0:29:29A little bit of enthusiasm for it.
0:29:29 > 0:29:30- You can do it.- It's coming.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34I am almost overwhelmed with the enthusiasm,
0:29:34 > 0:29:38but how do they intend to cover this monster of a sofa?
0:29:38 > 0:29:40Colour-wise, I don't know,
0:29:40 > 0:29:44it's either beautiful light linen or it's very dark.
0:29:44 > 0:29:46I would go dark.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50Yeah, dark velvet.
0:29:51 > 0:29:55But then, you know, maybe we should just have a nice chic fabric on it.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Country cottage sofa. - No.
0:29:59 > 0:30:03A five-seater sofa in dark velvet sounds expensive.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05Is it, Anthony?
0:30:05 > 0:30:09It's going to hit just under a grand, realistically,
0:30:09 > 0:30:11but then it's going to be a whopper.
0:30:13 > 0:30:17I mean, it might even take a few people to carry this bad boy out.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20It really is going to be a substantial-sized chair.
0:30:20 > 0:30:22I'm happy to leave it like that.
0:30:22 > 0:30:23I can't wait to see it.
0:30:25 > 0:30:29Sarah seems happy her radical idea is underway.
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Well, I think that is an excellent plan for that old chair
0:30:33 > 0:30:35and between us, I think we're going to create something
0:30:35 > 0:30:37that looks absolutely amazing.
0:30:38 > 0:30:45But at a shade under £1,000, that budget is quite punchy.
0:30:45 > 0:30:46It better look fabulous.
0:30:46 > 0:30:48It's never just simple. It's never like,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51"Oh, Anthony, I've got this perfect chair for you.
0:30:51 > 0:30:53"It's nice and light, just a bit of fabric on it, please,
0:30:53 > 0:30:56"and we won't argue about the budget.
0:30:56 > 0:31:00"Everything is good, do me proud, I'll come back for it not tomorrow -
0:31:00 > 0:31:03"I'll give you at least a week or two to do it."
0:31:03 > 0:31:04Rant over.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07Glad you got that off your chest.
0:31:07 > 0:31:11Anthony is working with a budget in the region of £1,000 to turn
0:31:11 > 0:31:14this seat into a stretched-out sofa.
0:31:14 > 0:31:17Will this job test the limits of even his skills?
0:31:34 > 0:31:39Sarah's back in West Sussex to collect Josh and Oli's work.
0:31:39 > 0:31:43I left Josh and Oli with 250 quid and four logs.
0:31:43 > 0:31:46What on earth are they going to have made out of that?
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Well, they're pretty confident in their creations.
0:31:49 > 0:31:52I think she'll really like these. We've got some original designs.
0:31:52 > 0:31:55- Yeah.- So I think she'll be pleased.
0:31:55 > 0:32:01Sarah left Josh and Oli with a pile of rotten old hawthorn stumps.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Now they've created a set of beautiful,
0:32:08 > 0:32:12hand-turned vases and ornamental wooden trees.
0:32:13 > 0:32:17They've carefully squeezed every usable inch out of those logs
0:32:17 > 0:32:20and made a virtue of the wood's imperfections.
0:32:21 > 0:32:25The vases are bursting with character, with a delightful finish.
0:32:27 > 0:32:31And those little wooden trees are an exquisite set of curios
0:32:31 > 0:32:35that put the texture of the hawthorn front and centre.
0:32:37 > 0:32:39- Ooh, hello!- All right?
0:32:39 > 0:32:44- I'm really well, how are you? - Good, thanks.- Look at those.
0:32:44 > 0:32:46Let me come and have a look.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49I can't believe it. Aren't they beautiful?
0:32:49 > 0:32:53- Were you pleased? - Yeah. We're really chuffed.
0:32:53 > 0:32:55They came out really nice, and the wood's amazing.
0:32:55 > 0:32:59- It is unbelievable, it feels like marble.- Yeah, it's really dense.
0:32:59 > 0:33:02These vases are a triumph.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04They're stylish and beautiful
0:33:04 > 0:33:06and you can tell they're handmade
0:33:06 > 0:33:08and they have this just fantastic feeling.
0:33:08 > 0:33:11How was it to work with? How have you made this out of those logs?
0:33:11 > 0:33:14Yeah, we had to do a lot of chopping and splitting
0:33:14 > 0:33:17cos there was a lot of rotten stuff in there.
0:33:17 > 0:33:19It looks like you've made a virtue out of the faults
0:33:19 > 0:33:23because I can imagine that might have been quite tricky to work with.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26It looks beautiful, doesn't it? They're like...they're beautiful.
0:33:26 > 0:33:28- And...- And a little forest, as well.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Now, these look like fun.
0:33:30 > 0:33:33They've got this beautiful mid-century look to them.
0:33:33 > 0:33:35They're just so tactile, aren't they?
0:33:35 > 0:33:40Really lovely. And so surprising, given what you were left with.
0:33:41 > 0:33:45I left you with a slightly flexible budget at about 250 quid.
0:33:45 > 0:33:48- How have we come out?- I think we're all right. I think that's it.
0:33:48 > 0:33:50We did have another piece we were going to try
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- and do something with, but it was just too rotten.- OK.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55So, yeah, 250 it is.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57Well, I think you've made something special
0:33:57 > 0:34:00out of something that was really not very special.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03And I reckon we can make money on it as well because they're beautiful.
0:34:03 > 0:34:07- Beautiful pieces. Well done.- Thank you very much.- Excellent.- Thank you.
0:34:07 > 0:34:10- Great job.- Cheers. - Let's get them packed up.- Yeah.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14Well, I don't think there are many people who could have made
0:34:14 > 0:34:18all those beautiful things out of a load of old logs.
0:34:18 > 0:34:20Massive credit to the lads.
0:34:20 > 0:34:24The wood, it had lots of splits in it, a lot of it was all rotten.
0:34:24 > 0:34:27I think we managed to get something pretty good out of it in the end.
0:34:27 > 0:34:29We were really happy with the shapes
0:34:29 > 0:34:31and Sarah seemed to be really chuffed with it, so, yeah.
0:34:31 > 0:34:34At the recycling centre in Altrincham,
0:34:34 > 0:34:36Sarah unearthed Trevor's hunks of hawthorn
0:34:36 > 0:34:39and he was after a full cutlery set from them.
0:34:39 > 0:34:40There's some good wood there,
0:34:40 > 0:34:42I'm sure she'll get more than spoons out of it.
0:34:42 > 0:34:43But it'll take a lot of hard work.
0:34:43 > 0:34:47Josh and Oli did their best to help Sarah prove
0:34:47 > 0:34:50that sometimes money really does grow on trees.
0:34:50 > 0:34:54Sarah advertised Josh and Oli's wooden creations online.
0:34:54 > 0:34:59And, just like real trees, sales began to grow...slowly.
0:34:59 > 0:35:03Sarah has come to just outside Altrincham to visit Trevor
0:35:03 > 0:35:06and to show him what became of his hawthorn stumps.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12- Hi.- Morning, Trevor.- Hi, Sarah, nice to meet you.- And you.
0:35:12 > 0:35:15- How are you doing?- I'm good, how are you?- Yeah, very well.- Good.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Now, I can see from your immaculate garden why you might have been
0:35:18 > 0:35:21throwing away those hawthorn stumps.
0:35:21 > 0:35:23But had they been lying around for a while?
0:35:23 > 0:35:26No, I actually dug them out just a few weeks before.
0:35:26 > 0:35:31Well, I took them to some lovely guys who are based near Goodwood
0:35:31 > 0:35:33who actually got quite enthusiastic about them.
0:35:33 > 0:35:36But did you wonder what we might do with them when we took them away?
0:35:36 > 0:35:40I thought, if anything, you'd make a lamp out of it of some sort,
0:35:40 > 0:35:41that's all I thought.
0:35:41 > 0:35:44Really? Well, that was actually part of the discussion.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46The guys I took them to are called Josh and Oli
0:35:46 > 0:35:49and they both got quite enthusiastic
0:35:49 > 0:35:52cos hawthorn is a wood, because it's got such a slow growth,
0:35:52 > 0:35:55it's a lovely dense wood with lots of colour in it.
0:35:55 > 0:35:57So I've got some pictures. Do you want to see what we did?
0:35:57 > 0:36:01- Yes, please, yes. - Here are your tree stumps.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04Wow, that's really good, isn't it?
0:36:04 > 0:36:06What they did is, the big chunks of them here,
0:36:06 > 0:36:08they turned into beautiful vases.
0:36:08 > 0:36:11So they've got all the character of the hawthorn
0:36:11 > 0:36:13and all the lovely colours and shapes that come out of it
0:36:13 > 0:36:15- when you cut through it. - They look fantastic.
0:36:15 > 0:36:20And also, they've turned nine beautiful little trees out of them.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23- That's fantastic, that's really good.- Really? You approve?
0:36:23 > 0:36:24Yeah, I approve of that.
0:36:24 > 0:36:26Well, they were really pleased with them
0:36:26 > 0:36:29and they are lovely, decorative things.
0:36:29 > 0:36:31Those little trees sell for about £12 each
0:36:31 > 0:36:34and the vases significantly more than that.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37They have been for sale and I've been selling them really well,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39but I haven't tipped over into the profit point yet.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41Well, I'll buy one if there's any spare.
0:36:41 > 0:36:42- Really?- Yeah, I'll have one.
0:36:42 > 0:36:45Fantastic. I'll definitely be in touch then.
0:36:45 > 0:36:47Hopefully with a small tree and a bundle of cash.
0:36:47 > 0:36:49- That's very good, that, yeah. - Lovely, Trevor.
0:36:49 > 0:36:51- Thank you very much. - Thank you for that.
0:36:51 > 0:36:54- We'll send something your way very soon.- Thank you very much.
0:36:54 > 0:36:56- Bye-bye.- Thank you, bye-bye.
0:36:59 > 0:37:04Josh and Oli charged £250 to transform Trevor's hawthorn
0:37:04 > 0:37:08into beautiful wooden vases and ornaments.
0:37:08 > 0:37:13Sarah has so far managed to sell one vase and one tree for £67,
0:37:13 > 0:37:15which means, as things stand,
0:37:15 > 0:37:19there could well be a potential loss of £183.
0:37:22 > 0:37:24It's always great when you make something
0:37:24 > 0:37:27and the original owner wants it back, so Trevor is getting a tree
0:37:27 > 0:37:30and I'm going to be in touch with profit soon.
0:37:36 > 0:37:40It's all me, me, me with Sarah, but for good reason.
0:37:40 > 0:37:44It's now time for Sarah to find an item to work on herself.
0:37:44 > 0:37:48And to do this, she's travelled to the Merchant's Way Recycling Centre
0:37:48 > 0:37:49in Walsall.
0:37:49 > 0:37:51I would say if it's made out of chipboard,
0:37:51 > 0:37:54I can't do much with it.
0:37:54 > 0:37:57And it doesn't take long for Barry to present Sarah
0:37:57 > 0:37:59with a toy from the good old days.
0:38:01 > 0:38:03What's in your bag, then? Throwing anything good out?
0:38:03 > 0:38:07- Well...- Ooh! - ..an old railway station.
0:38:07 > 0:38:09- That does look cool.- Very old.
0:38:09 > 0:38:11- Can I have a look at it? - Yes, you can.
0:38:11 > 0:38:12So, this was yours, was it?
0:38:12 > 0:38:17Well, funny enough, I was working in a toy shop...
0:38:17 > 0:38:18Right.
0:38:18 > 0:38:22- ..in the late '50s...- Right.
0:38:22 > 0:38:24..and all through these years, I've kept them.
0:38:24 > 0:38:27- My children have played with them. - Yeah.
0:38:27 > 0:38:29The grandchildren have played with them.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34It was a well-loved toy, but for the past few years,
0:38:34 > 0:38:37it's been gathering dust in Barry's attic.
0:38:37 > 0:38:41So, age-wise, it looks kind of Art Deco or...
0:38:41 > 0:38:42It is old.
0:38:42 > 0:38:46So, it's...it's the Trix Manyways station set.
0:38:46 > 0:38:48"Made in England. Number 22."
0:38:48 > 0:38:51Beautiful cast aluminium. It's lovely.
0:38:51 > 0:38:54So, I definitely don't think that this can go into the metal...
0:38:54 > 0:38:57- The metal.- No. I would really like to do some research on it
0:38:57 > 0:38:58and find out if it's collectable,
0:38:58 > 0:39:01if it's the kind of thing that people are still buying.
0:39:01 > 0:39:03Yeah, it's lovely. Look at that bit.
0:39:04 > 0:39:08That must be the middle of the roof somewhere or something, mustn't it?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- Yes.- It's got such lovely styling, somebody will want to buy this.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13Somebody will have all the other bits. I love it.
0:39:14 > 0:39:18For Barry, the idea of Sarah breathing new life
0:39:18 > 0:39:20into a toy so close to his heart
0:39:20 > 0:39:23is one which he's clearly happy about.
0:39:24 > 0:39:26The whole family's played with them.
0:39:26 > 0:39:30They've enjoyed them, we've fixed them up together.
0:39:30 > 0:39:31So nice.
0:39:33 > 0:39:34How cool is this?
0:39:37 > 0:39:39I really don't know what I've found here.
0:39:39 > 0:39:42It looks like the kind of thing that might have been made
0:39:42 > 0:39:44in mass production early in the sort of '30s,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46but I love the styling on it.
0:39:46 > 0:39:48I'm loving the aluminium
0:39:48 > 0:39:51and the fact that it has such great colour on it.
0:39:51 > 0:39:53I'll have to have a really good think about this
0:39:53 > 0:39:56cos this could go in all sorts of different directions.
0:39:56 > 0:39:59Quite cool, though, isn't it?
0:39:59 > 0:40:01Very cool, Sarah.
0:40:16 > 0:40:19In Manchester, Anthony is about to start work
0:40:19 > 0:40:21on the Georgian-style chair,
0:40:21 > 0:40:25and today he is assisted by fellow master upholsterer Dennis.
0:40:26 > 0:40:28Dennis, to cut a long story short,
0:40:28 > 0:40:31has been an upholsterer for many, many, many years.
0:40:31 > 0:40:36Dennis has been in the business an incredible 70 years, to be exact,
0:40:36 > 0:40:40so Anthony is really bringing out the big guns on this project.
0:40:40 > 0:40:43It's going to be a bit of a two-man job.
0:40:43 > 0:40:46- Right, do you want to crack on, then?- Yes.
0:40:46 > 0:40:48Crikey, Dennis, you're keen.
0:40:49 > 0:40:53The plan - we're going to cut this open and then we should start to see
0:40:53 > 0:40:57the wooden frame, and then we're going to simply take a saw
0:40:57 > 0:41:00and chop half of this off and hopefully glue it,
0:41:00 > 0:41:05screw it, dowel it, drill it into a sofa.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07Let me know if you find any money.
0:41:07 > 0:41:09- We'll share it.- We'll share it.
0:41:09 > 0:41:12We'll buy some biscuits for teatime.
0:41:14 > 0:41:16Hurray!
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Hurray!
0:41:21 > 0:41:23I declare this chair...
0:41:23 > 0:41:24open!
0:41:25 > 0:41:28How big are we planning to make this, then?
0:41:28 > 0:41:30Well, Sarah is expecting a large five-seater.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Something similar, like that.
0:41:35 > 0:41:38What I was thinking was more like...
0:41:38 > 0:41:40LAUGHTER
0:41:40 > 0:41:43You're going a bit too far now. It's too long.
0:41:43 > 0:41:46With the size of families nowadays, and the size of TVs,
0:41:46 > 0:41:48you know, you'll probably want a big sofa.
0:41:49 > 0:41:53Anthony has gone a bit off-piste in the past and it looks like he's
0:41:53 > 0:41:56thinking of deviating from the agreed plan with Sarah.
0:41:56 > 0:41:59Not sure how she'll feel about that.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02That's not going to be far off 40 inches at that.
0:42:02 > 0:42:04Oh, and they still need to build the thing.
0:42:04 > 0:42:06We'll have a cup of tea first, yeah?
0:42:20 > 0:42:24Sarah's back home in Sussex.
0:42:26 > 0:42:28- Come on!- Once Bramble's been for walkies,
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Sarah can get started on her item.
0:42:34 > 0:42:38She picked out the Art Deco-style train station set.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41It's definitely cool.
0:42:41 > 0:42:45That Deco styling is so strong in these pieces.
0:42:45 > 0:42:49All together now, finally. It's got bags of style.
0:42:49 > 0:42:53Sarah had hoped she could sell the well-loved station set
0:42:53 > 0:42:55as is to a collector,
0:42:55 > 0:42:59but it's too scuffed and scratched, so she's had a bright idea.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06Sarah's going to make five desk lights.
0:43:06 > 0:43:08She's already had Perspex -
0:43:08 > 0:43:11which will make up the light housing - made to order
0:43:11 > 0:43:14and she'll combine them with pieces from the train set
0:43:14 > 0:43:18and her LEDs to make lovely little lamps.
0:43:18 > 0:43:21So, these are the bits back from the fabricators
0:43:21 > 0:43:23and these are the windows, the roof and the side sections
0:43:23 > 0:43:26and I'm hoping they all fit together with our train set
0:43:26 > 0:43:28to make a lovely little desk light.
0:43:29 > 0:43:32But it's not looking very impressive at the moment.
0:43:36 > 0:43:40Each Perspex light box is made up of eight separate pieces,
0:43:40 > 0:43:43which Sarah will have the oh, so fiddly job
0:43:43 > 0:43:45of gluing together.
0:43:45 > 0:43:46There's one set's worth there.
0:43:48 > 0:43:50I've got some two-part glue...
0:43:52 > 0:43:54..with quite a long working time,
0:43:54 > 0:43:57so I don't have to hurry too much with it.
0:43:57 > 0:44:01So, you just mix these equal quantities together,
0:44:01 > 0:44:05give it a stir and then it makes this really strong bond
0:44:05 > 0:44:06when it's all mixed up.
0:44:06 > 0:44:08Let's hope the measurements Sarah supplied
0:44:08 > 0:44:11to the Perspex cutter were right.
0:44:11 > 0:44:13If not...disaster.
0:44:16 > 0:44:18That's a great fit.
0:44:19 > 0:44:21I never doubted her for a second.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25That's beginning to look quite cool, isn't it?
0:44:25 > 0:44:28Here comes the hard bit, though.
0:44:28 > 0:44:31Hm, not quite sure how to do this.
0:44:31 > 0:44:36She's now got to glue the roof and side sections together.
0:44:36 > 0:44:39Those fix together, then that goes on there.
0:44:41 > 0:44:45I get the feeling this is all a little bit more complicated
0:44:45 > 0:44:47than Sarah imagined.
0:44:47 > 0:44:51This requires precision, dexterity, patience.
0:44:51 > 0:44:54I don't have any of those. It's a nightmare.
0:44:56 > 0:44:58This is so fiddly.
0:45:01 > 0:45:02Next time I go to make something,
0:45:02 > 0:45:05can you remind me to go the simplest route?
0:45:05 > 0:45:07It doesn't have to be surprising.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10Just make a few pounds, that's all I'm after.
0:45:10 > 0:45:13Come on now, Sarah. Stay positive.
0:45:13 > 0:45:15This is easy. This is a walk in the park.
0:45:15 > 0:45:18- This is a great thing to do. - That's more like it.
0:45:21 > 0:45:22Uh-oh!
0:45:23 > 0:45:27Sarah has spent £70 on the Perspex and LEDs.
0:45:27 > 0:45:29Let's hope it's money well spent
0:45:29 > 0:45:34and she actually manages to finish all five lights.
0:45:42 > 0:45:45Back in Manchester, there's been a small change of plan
0:45:45 > 0:45:47at Anthony's place.
0:45:47 > 0:45:50So, originally we talked about doing it in an indigo,
0:45:50 > 0:45:52deep blue colour,
0:45:52 > 0:45:56but now we chose this tulipy colour.
0:45:56 > 0:45:59But I'm not sure it's going to be one of Sarah's favourite colours,
0:45:59 > 0:46:00I've been told.
0:46:00 > 0:46:04Brave man, Anthony. Also, that sofa looks a lot smaller
0:46:04 > 0:46:07than the five-seater you promised Sarah.
0:46:07 > 0:46:08How big is it?
0:46:08 > 0:46:11We cut it in half, and we've now rebuilt it all,
0:46:11 > 0:46:17so we've gone for, I think it's just under 54 inches wide in total.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20There was no scientific way of doing this.
0:46:20 > 0:46:23We basically clamped a bit of wood down and stepped back and went...
0:46:23 > 0:46:26And then we had a position, can two people get on there?
0:46:26 > 0:46:28That's it. That's how we did it.
0:46:28 > 0:46:32It's basically a chair but just wider.
0:46:32 > 0:46:37Yeah, but that's very different from a large sofa.
0:46:38 > 0:46:40It's all about the sound,
0:46:40 > 0:46:43and getting the right tension, so we're going to put another
0:46:43 > 0:46:46probably half a dozen this side, another half a dozen that side,
0:46:46 > 0:46:49and then we're going to weave them across.
0:46:49 > 0:46:50I can't stop twanging.
0:46:50 > 0:46:54Weave them across and then opposites, and then individually,
0:46:54 > 0:46:57they're quite weak, but collectively,
0:46:57 > 0:47:01when they're all woven, they become nice and strong.
0:47:01 > 0:47:02Oh.
0:47:06 > 0:47:09The one pressure we are under is just make sure we get it finished
0:47:09 > 0:47:11in time for her ladyship arriving.
0:47:11 > 0:47:15But it's so addictive!
0:47:15 > 0:47:19It's the wrong size, the wrong colour and potentially unfinished,
0:47:19 > 0:47:24but at least you'll be able to play Sarah a tune, Anthony.
0:47:32 > 0:47:35Back in the Sussex countryside,
0:47:35 > 0:47:38Sarah's putting the finishing touches to her desk lamps.
0:47:42 > 0:47:45Well, that's five lights completed.
0:47:45 > 0:47:47They're quite crisp and clean for me.
0:47:48 > 0:47:53This toy train station set provided Sarah with a bright idea...
0:47:56 > 0:47:58..which she has brought stunningly to life.
0:48:01 > 0:48:05The addition of the toy figures, pinched from her daughter's toy box,
0:48:05 > 0:48:09lend the platform scale and perspective and add to the fun.
0:48:13 > 0:48:16The LED lights are battery-powered and remote-controlled,
0:48:16 > 0:48:19so there's no electrical wiring.
0:48:21 > 0:48:25I can see these being snapped up by a train enthusiast
0:48:25 > 0:48:27who is still a kid at heart.
0:48:28 > 0:48:31Well, they're a little bit play-worn and definitely quirky,
0:48:31 > 0:48:34but I think somebody will give these a good home.
0:48:36 > 0:48:40Three generations of Barry's family had played with the toy train set,
0:48:40 > 0:48:43so he was happy Sarah saved it.
0:48:43 > 0:48:47The whole family's played with them. They've enjoyed them.
0:48:47 > 0:48:49We've fixed them up together.
0:48:49 > 0:48:50So nice.
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Then it was Sarah's turn to have a play.
0:48:59 > 0:49:03Makeover complete, all five desk lights were snapped up
0:49:03 > 0:49:05by Mark from Keswick Collectables -
0:49:05 > 0:49:08an antiques shop in the Lake District.
0:49:08 > 0:49:09Oh, wow.
0:49:11 > 0:49:14And now Sarah's on her way to Barry's home
0:49:14 > 0:49:18to show him what became of the toy he was about to sling in the skip.
0:49:20 > 0:49:22- Hi, Barry.- Hello.- How you doing? - Nice to meet you.
0:49:22 > 0:49:24- All right, thank you. - Very nice to see you.
0:49:24 > 0:49:26Is this the house where the train set was in the attic?
0:49:26 > 0:49:28- Yes.- Lovely. Well, it was a lovely piece,
0:49:28 > 0:49:31- but it had been played with by quite a few children.- Yes.
0:49:31 > 0:49:33Was that your children or grandchildren or...?
0:49:33 > 0:49:35Yes, grandchildren. All of them.
0:49:35 > 0:49:37They've all played with it at some time.
0:49:37 > 0:49:40Well, it was my job to take it on and it was a lovely thing
0:49:40 > 0:49:42and I've made it into...
0:49:42 > 0:49:44- Are you ready?- Yes.
0:49:44 > 0:49:47It has been turned into desk lights.
0:49:47 > 0:49:50- Smashing, yeah.- I've put it together on a little block
0:49:50 > 0:49:54and turned it into five individual desk lights.
0:49:54 > 0:49:57Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
0:49:57 > 0:49:59- Really?- Yes.- Cos it is such a worry.
0:49:59 > 0:50:02You take somebody's stuff and you do something to it and...
0:50:02 > 0:50:03- So, you approve, then?- Yes.
0:50:03 > 0:50:07Now it's not scrapped or buried, it's of use at last.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10They were lovely to work on and actually somebody has bought them -
0:50:10 > 0:50:13a collectables shop - so I've got a little bit of money
0:50:13 > 0:50:15to give back to you for your old train set.
0:50:15 > 0:50:18So, I've got £50 for you.
0:50:18 > 0:50:20So, what might you do with £50?
0:50:20 > 0:50:23Well, could I please give it to Children In Need?
0:50:24 > 0:50:27- If you'd like to do that..- Please. - ..that would be lovely.- Yes.
0:50:27 > 0:50:30Very nice. So, that's a lot of people it's done good.
0:50:30 > 0:50:36Plus, the station itself - the old station - has put to good use.
0:50:36 > 0:50:39- I'm happy.- Really?- Yes. - Well, that's really generous of you.
0:50:39 > 0:50:42There are five little lights that will go off into five new houses.
0:50:42 > 0:50:45- Your station is going on another journey.- Brilliant.
0:50:45 > 0:50:47It was really good to see you again.
0:50:47 > 0:50:49- Thank you ever so much. - Thank you. Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:50:55 > 0:50:58Well, that was really lovely to see Barry's reaction
0:50:58 > 0:51:00to his old train set because he and his family
0:51:00 > 0:51:02had obviously had so much fun using it
0:51:02 > 0:51:04and I really enjoyed making it into something else.
0:51:04 > 0:51:07And I think he was really enthusiastic
0:51:07 > 0:51:09about the fact it's going on another journey.
0:51:12 > 0:51:15Sarah paid £70 for materials.
0:51:15 > 0:51:19They sold for 120, making a profit of £50,
0:51:19 > 0:51:21which is now on its way to charity.
0:51:28 > 0:51:32In Manchester, Anthony has been in a race against time to complete
0:51:32 > 0:51:36the Georgian-style chair he was tasked with converting into a modern
0:51:36 > 0:51:37five-seater sofa.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41So, Sarah is on her way and we're done,
0:51:41 > 0:51:43with moments to spare.
0:51:43 > 0:51:48Obviously, at the start we were talking big ideas and big sofas.
0:51:48 > 0:51:52We still have a big idea and now we've just got a smaller sofa.
0:51:52 > 0:51:55Well, I left Anthony with a lovely sturdy old chair.
0:51:55 > 0:51:57I know he's going to turn it into something big, but to make money
0:51:57 > 0:51:59it's going to have to be beautiful.
0:52:01 > 0:52:05The chair started out as a tired single seat with good bones
0:52:05 > 0:52:07and burst upholstery.
0:52:11 > 0:52:14Anthony has reimagined it as a stunning two-seater
0:52:14 > 0:52:17that could certainly stop traffic.
0:52:19 > 0:52:21The new seat has been built from scratch
0:52:21 > 0:52:25and covered in a tulip pink velvet with hand finishings.
0:52:25 > 0:52:29The couch also boasts a deep button detail across the back.
0:52:29 > 0:52:35It's nice, but Sarah is expecting something quite a bit bigger.
0:52:35 > 0:52:36This could be interesting.
0:52:38 > 0:52:40Oh, my word!
0:52:40 > 0:52:42Is that our chair?
0:52:42 > 0:52:44- Yes.- I think it's a thing of beauty.
0:52:44 > 0:52:47- Good.- I think that it's a striking transformation.
0:52:47 > 0:52:51It looks better than that chair that was dropped off, by so much,
0:52:51 > 0:52:53- doesn't it?- Yes.
0:52:53 > 0:52:55Phew! That went quite well, really.
0:52:55 > 0:52:58Still, there's a bit of explaining to do, Anthony.
0:53:00 > 0:53:03I thought it was going to be like a stretch limousine.
0:53:03 > 0:53:05- I know!- What happened? It's a bit more compact.
0:53:05 > 0:53:08We had to make it sellable and this is a good sellable size.
0:53:08 > 0:53:11If we got all daft and started making it, you know,
0:53:11 > 0:53:1316-foot long then... it wouldn't fit in my house.
0:53:13 > 0:53:15That's probably a fair comment.
0:53:15 > 0:53:17I don't want to say you're right too much but...
0:53:17 > 0:53:20- Keep going, keep going.- I think you might have been right on this one.
0:53:20 > 0:53:24Sarah is won over despite its reduced proportions.
0:53:24 > 0:53:27I am slightly worried that I left nearly £1,000 on this.
0:53:27 > 0:53:30Is that what that cost? Is there any leeway on that?
0:53:30 > 0:53:34By the time we bought all the fabric and we paid for all the pizza
0:53:34 > 0:53:37that we had to eat during the making of it...
0:53:38 > 0:53:41Yeah, I mean, it's not cheap, pizza, you know?
0:53:43 > 0:53:45- Or velvet. - Or the velvet, to be honest.
0:53:47 > 0:53:49So you're telling me that the budget's gone.
0:53:49 > 0:53:50The budget's gone.
0:53:50 > 0:53:53I think you've done well. If you can get it wrapped up for me,
0:53:53 > 0:53:56I'm going to get that taken away, whisked off to some boutique
0:53:56 > 0:54:01somewhere probably near here, and say thank you very much.
0:54:01 > 0:54:02Thank you very much.
0:54:07 > 0:54:11She brought a tatty old chair, we chopped it up, we made into a sofa.
0:54:11 > 0:54:14She can sell it, she can make money and give it back to the peeps.
0:54:16 > 0:54:20It's not quite as big as I expected but I think it is quite beautiful.
0:54:20 > 0:54:21But I'm worried I might have my work cut out
0:54:21 > 0:54:24if I'm going to make a really big profit on it.
0:54:24 > 0:54:27But as a transformation, that's a fantastic piece.
0:54:29 > 0:54:31When Sarah met John at the tip in Witley,
0:54:31 > 0:54:34he was just about to chuck out his chintz.
0:54:34 > 0:54:39We were going to get it refurbished but then we decided just to dump it.
0:54:39 > 0:54:42The chair badly needed an overhaul.
0:54:42 > 0:54:44It is tricky, isn't it?
0:54:44 > 0:54:47- Because it's quite a lot of money to get them reupholstered.- It is.
0:54:47 > 0:54:50But that suited Sarah down to a tee.
0:54:50 > 0:54:52Are you a golfing man? Is that yours?
0:54:52 > 0:54:55- That's mine. - After a lot of hard work,
0:54:55 > 0:55:00that humble armchair has become a glamorous hot pink two-seater sofa.
0:55:00 > 0:55:03It didn't take long before this distinctive piece
0:55:03 > 0:55:07was catching the eye of Augustus Brandt Antiques in Petworth,
0:55:07 > 0:55:09who promptly snapped it up.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14Sarah has now returned to Witley to show John what became
0:55:14 > 0:55:18of his old chair, but will there be a profit to hand over too?
0:55:22 > 0:55:23- Hi, there.- Hello.
0:55:23 > 0:55:25- Nice to see you again. - Nice to see you again.
0:55:25 > 0:55:27- How are you?- I'm good, I'm good.
0:55:27 > 0:55:30I took your chair from the tip. Is this where it came from?
0:55:30 > 0:55:32Yeah, it was in the main room.
0:55:32 > 0:55:36We used it quite a lot and then the arms went.
0:55:36 > 0:55:39So there's good news and bad news.
0:55:39 > 0:55:42Because it was so sturdy, it actually got cut in half.
0:55:43 > 0:55:45You cut it in half?
0:55:45 > 0:55:48Do you want to see what we did with it?
0:55:48 > 0:55:49Yeah. Brace. OK.
0:55:50 > 0:55:56Here is your chair in its new incarnation.
0:55:56 > 0:55:59I never imagined for a second that...
0:55:59 > 0:56:02You know, I thought they would recover it and it would look
0:56:02 > 0:56:05something like we had before, but you would never have known
0:56:05 > 0:56:08by looking at that it was the same chair.
0:56:08 > 0:56:10Well, there was a reason why we did that to it,
0:56:10 > 0:56:13because as a chair has a process to recovering it,
0:56:13 > 0:56:16it is an investment to have a piece recovered,
0:56:16 > 0:56:18and what we wanted to do was try and stretch it a bit
0:56:18 > 0:56:22and hopefully get some more money for it, and so we sold it at a profit.
0:56:22 > 0:56:25I have got £215 here...
0:56:26 > 0:56:28..for your old chair.
0:56:28 > 0:56:31- Thanks very much.- Absolute pleasure.
0:56:31 > 0:56:33I am now not taking things to the dump.
0:56:35 > 0:56:39I'm now thinking, where can I take them to get them fixed?
0:56:39 > 0:56:41So, it's £215.
0:56:41 > 0:56:43What are you going to do with that?
0:56:43 > 0:56:46Well, I'd like to think I'm going to get more golf lessons but my wife
0:56:46 > 0:56:49will probably say she's going to have it for the house.
0:56:49 > 0:56:52Oh, really? Well, something towards a new chair, maybe.
0:56:52 > 0:56:54Something towards a new chair.
0:56:54 > 0:56:56- Thank you ever so much.- OK. - Bye-bye.- Bye-bye.
0:57:01 > 0:57:05The original budget Anthony quoted for the work was in the region of
0:57:05 > 0:57:10£1,000 and he managed to do it for £985.
0:57:10 > 0:57:14The fuchsia pink sofa sold for 1,200, which left Sarah
0:57:14 > 0:57:18with a profit of £215 to return to John.
0:57:20 > 0:57:22Well, I don't think John was expecting that,
0:57:22 > 0:57:24but frankly I don't think any of us were,
0:57:24 > 0:57:26because it was a stretch of the imagination.
0:57:26 > 0:57:27£215 of profit handed over
0:57:27 > 0:57:30and although John might not be getting golf lessons,
0:57:30 > 0:57:34I think he's definitely going to be in his wife's good books.
0:57:41 > 0:57:46Sarah salvaged four unwanted items and made them wanted once more.
0:57:46 > 0:57:51Sam's grandfather's table was restored by Jay,
0:57:51 > 0:57:56Trevor's hawthorn stumps became sideboard essentials,
0:57:56 > 0:57:59Sarah lit up the old train station,
0:57:59 > 0:58:04and the tired Georgian-style chair is now a magenta marvel.
0:58:04 > 0:58:07It takes a lot of talent, plenty of imagination
0:58:07 > 0:58:10and lots of good old-fashioned hard work
0:58:10 > 0:58:12to transform every item that we save,
0:58:12 > 0:58:17but it's definitely worth it, especially when we get to hand over some Money For Nothing.