0:00:03 > 0:00:05That's not going in there, is it?
0:00:06 > 0:00:09How do you make money for nothing?
0:00:09 > 0:00:11Oh! That's got lovely legs.
0:00:11 > 0:00:15The answer could be hiding in over 20 million tonnes of household waste,
0:00:15 > 0:00:18thrown out by us every year.
0:00:18 > 0:00:20- I'm now going to swan off.- OK!
0:00:21 > 0:00:26That's why entrepreneur Sarah Moore wants to get her hands on things
0:00:26 > 0:00:28before they hit the skip.
0:00:30 > 0:00:34I'm a passionate maker, buyer and user of old stuff
0:00:34 > 0:00:37and I've turned that passion into a money-making business.
0:00:37 > 0:00:40I make new stuff out of old stuff and I sell it for a profit.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45And with some of the country's elite designers and makers...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Let's brainstorm a little bit and see what we can do with it.
0:00:47 > 0:00:49It is absolutely gorgeous.
0:00:49 > 0:00:53..she can transform her finds into desirable...
0:00:53 > 0:00:57- I'm kind of speechless. - ..valuable...
0:00:57 > 0:00:59That looks amazing!
0:00:59 > 0:01:02..and hopefully saleable items.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06If Sarah is successful,
0:01:06 > 0:01:10then she can hand the profits back to the very people who had no idea
0:01:10 > 0:01:14there was cash to be made from their trash.
0:01:14 > 0:01:16Lovely. A lovely ending.
0:01:24 > 0:01:27Welcome to Woking.
0:01:27 > 0:01:31Woking Community Recycling Centre, to be precise.
0:01:31 > 0:01:34Here, Sarah is starting her search.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37What will Woking turn up today?
0:01:37 > 0:01:39There's lots of potential here.
0:01:39 > 0:01:43- Looks like it's going to be fun. - But it's not all fun and games.
0:01:43 > 0:01:48Sarah needs to uncover three items with money-making potential.
0:01:49 > 0:01:51How busy is it here?
0:01:51 > 0:01:55If you're thinking of giving this a go, you won't get far.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Sarah has special permission to plunder from the public.
0:02:00 > 0:02:02Now that looks good.
0:02:02 > 0:02:06Looks like she's got her sights set on what Trevor's got in his boot.
0:02:08 > 0:02:11- Morning. - Good morning, how are you?
0:02:11 > 0:02:12Well, I'm better now.
0:02:12 > 0:02:18- What is that?- Well, I've just been building an oak pergola.
0:02:18 > 0:02:20It's air-dried oak.
0:02:20 > 0:02:23- Right.- It's 30 years old and I've got this left over.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26It's not much. It weighs a tonne.
0:02:26 > 0:02:29- Absolute tonne. - It's such a great chunk.
0:02:29 > 0:02:32- Do you think it's English oak? - Oh, definitely English oak, yep.
0:02:32 > 0:02:33English oak all the way from Norfolk.
0:02:33 > 0:02:36Would it be OK that I have it rather than go into the re-use bit?
0:02:36 > 0:02:39Absolutely. I'd prefer you to have it. It's such a waste to throw it away.
0:02:39 > 0:02:42Well, I'm so pleased that I was here to head it off from the re-use bit.
0:02:42 > 0:02:44I will definitely try and make something out of this,
0:02:44 > 0:02:46and then come and find you and show you what I've done.
0:02:46 > 0:02:48That's perfect, yeah, I'd love it.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50I'm going to lean that back there and go and get a trolley.
0:02:50 > 0:02:52And say, "Thank you so much, and I'll keep in touch."
0:02:52 > 0:02:54- Yep.- Let me go and get something.
0:02:54 > 0:02:56- Thanks ever so much. - OK. You're welcome.
0:02:56 > 0:03:01It's not everyday you see a bit of oak that size turning up at the tip.
0:03:01 > 0:03:04But Trevor's happy to let it go.
0:03:04 > 0:03:05I'm very glad she's taken it away.
0:03:05 > 0:03:08I'm amazed that she can find something useful to do with it.
0:03:08 > 0:03:11So, if she can do something with it, then, brilliant.
0:03:11 > 0:03:13I'd love to know what comes of it.
0:03:13 > 0:03:16So much potential here with these lovely big chunks of oak.
0:03:16 > 0:03:19You can turn it, you can cut it, you can make furniture out of it.
0:03:19 > 0:03:22But you can't let it go into the wood skip.
0:03:22 > 0:03:23So pleased to find it.
0:03:23 > 0:03:28When Sarah's got lumber like this there's two lads to turn to.
0:03:28 > 0:03:33Meet Josh and Oli, designers, wood experts and best buds.
0:03:33 > 0:03:36These boys think outside the box.
0:03:36 > 0:03:38And the results are always interesting.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41So I'm Josh and this is Oli.
0:03:41 > 0:03:45We work well together because we've both got interesting ideas.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50When Sarah turns up with whatever she's managed to find at the tip,
0:03:50 > 0:03:51it's like problem-solving.
0:03:51 > 0:03:55You're faced with a problem and you've got to then turn that into a product.
0:03:55 > 0:03:57And it's really good.
0:03:57 > 0:04:00It's difficult and challenging but it's a good process, isn't it?
0:04:00 > 0:04:02Yeah, makes us think of new ideas
0:04:02 > 0:04:04that we wouldn't have otherwise thought of.
0:04:06 > 0:04:10Time to get your thinking caps on again, gentlemen.
0:04:10 > 0:04:12Because the possibilities are endless.
0:04:21 > 0:04:24One item down, two to go.
0:04:24 > 0:04:28And the search is on for tip treasures with that
0:04:28 > 0:04:31little extra bit of sparkle.
0:04:31 > 0:04:32Good grief.
0:04:32 > 0:04:35I hope your kids aren't watching this.
0:04:37 > 0:04:42Perhaps you can boogie on over and see what Brian's chucking out.
0:04:42 > 0:04:45- Oh, hello, do you need a hand? - Yes, please.
0:04:45 > 0:04:47Throwing out the whole 3-piece suite, are you?
0:04:47 > 0:04:51Yes, we are. It's done valiant service.
0:04:51 > 0:04:53Let me have a look at that.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56- So, how long have you had them? - Three generations of dogs.
0:04:56 > 0:04:59Three generations... That's a really sweet way of putting it.
0:04:59 > 0:05:01So, 20 plus years, then?
0:05:01 > 0:05:04- Yes.- Well, I think it looks quite exciting.
0:05:04 > 0:05:06What have you got in here? Two chairs?
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Two armchairs and a settee and all the cushions.
0:05:09 > 0:05:12- They look like they'll be really comfortable.- They are fabulous chairs.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I mean, in daylight,
0:05:15 > 0:05:20I'm ashamed of them, but in the house they were just so comfortable.
0:05:20 > 0:05:23Is this something, that rather than you throwing it away, I can take
0:05:23 > 0:05:26away and try and refurbish or give a new lease of life to?
0:05:26 > 0:05:29I would love it to have a new lease of life.
0:05:29 > 0:05:31It's been a fabulous suite to us.
0:05:31 > 0:05:34Well, it would be great to come and show you what I manage to do with
0:05:34 > 0:05:36- it, if that would be OK. - Yes, that would be lovely.
0:05:36 > 0:05:38Great. I'll come and see your new ones, see how they compare.
0:05:38 > 0:05:41- You're welcome, Sarah.- What a find!
0:05:41 > 0:05:44Sarah's bagged herself a 3-piece suite.
0:05:44 > 0:05:46What does Brian think will happen to it?
0:05:46 > 0:05:49It's got lots of life left in it. The springs are fine.
0:05:49 > 0:05:51The cushions, the arms are fine.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54It's just the covering is worn and dirty.
0:05:56 > 0:05:59Well, there are three pieces here and I think they're sweet.
0:05:59 > 0:06:01I love this classic English styling.
0:06:01 > 0:06:03Their cottage charm.
0:06:03 > 0:06:07But there is a heap of work to be done to this if we're going to turn a profit.
0:06:07 > 0:06:12With a heap of work, you'll need a heap of help.
0:06:14 > 0:06:16The Bristol Upholstery Collective
0:06:16 > 0:06:19is a maker's space that welcomes all with
0:06:19 > 0:06:22a shared passion for upholstery.
0:06:22 > 0:06:27It was founded by Leigh-Anne Treadwell and together with her
0:06:27 > 0:06:29group of gifted girls,
0:06:29 > 0:06:33when they put their heads together there's nothing they can't achieve.
0:06:33 > 0:06:34I love doing upholstery.
0:06:34 > 0:06:37It led me to create the Bristol Upholstery Collective
0:06:37 > 0:06:40just so that we could create a real magical space.
0:06:40 > 0:06:43It means that people can really play with their skills and really take it
0:06:43 > 0:06:45to the next level.
0:06:45 > 0:06:49My favourite sort of project is actually one that involves collaboration.
0:06:49 > 0:06:52We pull in all these different knowledge areas and resources and
0:06:52 > 0:06:57together we can bounce ideas and create really incredible stuff.
0:06:57 > 0:07:00Well, Leigh-Anne, you'd better get your team at the ready
0:07:00 > 0:07:03because Sarah is bringing a busload.
0:07:10 > 0:07:14Sarah is back on the lookout for one final item she can work on.
0:07:17 > 0:07:18How exciting. Come with me.
0:07:18 > 0:07:23It looks like she's spotted something good in Stuart's car.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26Really, in that load of junk?
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Oh, well, no harm in looking.
0:07:29 > 0:07:30- Hello, there.- Hello.
0:07:30 > 0:07:34Stop throwing stuff away. I love the look of your rubbish.
0:07:34 > 0:07:37- What are you up to? - I'm throwing stuff away, yeah.
0:07:37 > 0:07:40- Are you clearing out the house? - We are clearing out a big house.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42This is loft, garage, lounge,
0:07:42 > 0:07:46and all sorts of bits from a sadly deceased relative, yeah.
0:07:46 > 0:07:49Oh, no, I'm sorry to hear that. Your legs, what were they from?
0:07:49 > 0:07:54- I don't know.- They have got just enough about them to make something
0:07:54 > 0:07:55- lovely out of.- OK.
0:07:55 > 0:07:57- Can you see it?- I can.
0:07:57 > 0:07:59Well, I'd like to know.
0:07:59 > 0:08:04I love things like this because it only takes that amount of style to
0:08:04 > 0:08:06make something that people think "Great, that looks '60s,"
0:08:06 > 0:08:08and then it becomes desirable.
0:08:08 > 0:08:11So, rather than chucking them away, can I have them?
0:08:11 > 0:08:14- Course you can, yeah, with pleasure. - You don't mind?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Not at all. I'd be delighted.
0:08:15 > 0:08:17Brilliant. I'll take these and keep in contact.
0:08:17 > 0:08:20- Very good.- Thank you so much. - All right. Bye.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24There we have it. Four table legs without a table top.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Table must be the obvious choice to make.
0:08:27 > 0:08:29What do you think, Stuart?
0:08:29 > 0:08:33Well, I think it's nice that it might go to some use to someone and
0:08:33 > 0:08:37if she can make something artistic or desirable then all the better.
0:08:37 > 0:08:38Yeah, that would be cool.
0:08:38 > 0:08:40I love these little legs.
0:08:40 > 0:08:43They've got great colour. They've got style and they've got enough
0:08:43 > 0:08:46about them. I'm really pleased to find them but sad to see
0:08:46 > 0:08:48that one of the tops is missing.
0:08:48 > 0:08:50That's not going to hold us back, though.
0:08:52 > 0:08:55Sarah has her three items.
0:08:55 > 0:08:59Josh and Oli have lots of options with that oak.
0:08:59 > 0:09:03Leigh-Anne and the girls have a 3-piece suite to transform.
0:09:03 > 0:09:06And Sarah will work wonders with those lovely legs.
0:09:09 > 0:09:13I am so excited with the items I've collected but now it's time to turn
0:09:13 > 0:09:15that excitement into profit.
0:09:26 > 0:09:29In rural West Sussex, things are buzzing.
0:09:30 > 0:09:35Sarah's brought along her chunks of old English oak to see what Josh and
0:09:35 > 0:09:37Oli can bring to the table.
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Looking forward to Sarah arriving.
0:09:40 > 0:09:43Don't know what she's got but it's usually pretty cool,
0:09:43 > 0:09:45so looking forward to it.
0:09:47 > 0:09:49Well, it really doesn't get more solid than this.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52Two fantastic chunks of English oak.
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Where else to bring them but to Josh and Oli?
0:09:57 > 0:09:59- Hello.- Hello!
0:09:59 > 0:10:03- Look what I've got for you.- Wow. Shall we get it up on the bench?
0:10:03 > 0:10:07So, there's two bits. This bit's the little bit but that's
0:10:07 > 0:10:08- the big boy, there.- Yeah, nice.
0:10:08 > 0:10:12I'm hoping this really is the real deal and is a properly useful bit of timber.
0:10:12 > 0:10:16Yeah, yeah. Yeah, I can imagine it will be.
0:10:16 > 0:10:18A lot of decent wood in there.
0:10:18 > 0:10:20I thought possibly that it could be planked.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23I've got this kind of vision about really thin,
0:10:23 > 0:10:27beautiful planks of this stuff, because it feels just so hard.
0:10:27 > 0:10:30I was thinking it could be almost like ethereal little wafers of oak
0:10:30 > 0:10:32made into maybe a table or something.
0:10:32 > 0:10:33But I'm going to put you on the spot.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36- What are we going to do with it? - Well, it would be good to plank it
0:10:36 > 0:10:39into thinner pieces but I'm not sure how thin we'd be able to go.
0:10:39 > 0:10:43As soon as you cut that into a strip, it's just going to fall apart.
0:10:43 > 0:10:45Falling apart doesn't sound very saleable, does it?
0:10:45 > 0:10:48- Not really, not at the moment.- I wonder whether we could make, like,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51a sideboard and somehow
0:10:51 > 0:10:53use this as the front.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56Do some nice cladding on the front of it.
0:10:56 > 0:10:57I'd love a sideboard.
0:10:57 > 0:11:02Well, that's definitely something we've wanted to make for a while.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04So, yeah, we can kind of
0:11:04 > 0:11:07sort something out with the oak, I reckon.
0:11:07 > 0:11:09Good stuff.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11The boys are going to sort out a sideboard.
0:11:11 > 0:11:15They'll use strips of the old oak to clad the front.
0:11:15 > 0:11:17Let's talk money.
0:11:17 > 0:11:20So can you put a ballpark figure on it?
0:11:20 > 0:11:23Because it's a bit tricky not knowing how it's going to work out.
0:11:23 > 0:11:25What do you reckon to, sort of, £600?
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Somewhere around that mark.
0:11:27 > 0:11:29With that kind of money, I'm sure we'll be turning a profit.
0:11:29 > 0:11:32I can see this beautiful ethereal thing.
0:11:32 > 0:11:34- Cool.- Game on.- Yeah.
0:11:34 > 0:11:36Fantastic. See you soon.
0:11:36 > 0:11:37See you in a bit.
0:11:37 > 0:11:41Ethereal isn't the word that springs to mind when I look at that thing.
0:11:41 > 0:11:44Well, that's one solid piece of oak off my hands
0:11:44 > 0:11:47and into the dedicated hands of Josh and Oli.
0:11:47 > 0:11:49It's a big chunk of oak and I'm hoping for a chunk of profit.
0:11:49 > 0:11:53Yeah, I think it's OK, isn't it?
0:11:53 > 0:11:55This is "oak-a".
0:11:55 > 0:11:57JOSH LAUGHS
0:11:57 > 0:12:00Yeah, this is the right upholstery...
0:12:00 > 0:12:04OK... Stick to carpentry, boys.
0:12:04 > 0:12:08It'll be £600 to create a sideboard from old splitty wood.
0:12:08 > 0:12:13If they can pull it off, it will be truly bespoke.
0:12:13 > 0:12:15Nailed it.
0:12:17 > 0:12:19Next stop for Sarah, Bristol.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25She's brought along the dated 3-piece suite to see if Leigh-Anne
0:12:25 > 0:12:28and her team can come up with a plan.
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Well, there's a whole heap of upholstery in there,
0:12:33 > 0:12:36and on the basis that many hands make light work I've brought all
0:12:36 > 0:12:39this lot down to Bristol to the Upholstery Collective.
0:12:39 > 0:12:42A bit nervous because you never know what's going to turn up.
0:12:42 > 0:12:45Who knows what she's found?
0:12:45 > 0:12:47Come and see what I've got.
0:12:47 > 0:12:52As well as Leigh-Anne, there's Ellen, Fleur, Dorota, Charlotte,
0:12:52 > 0:12:56Harriet and Bea who all work here too.
0:12:56 > 0:12:58Here you are. Have one of those.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00Thank you.
0:13:00 > 0:13:02There's another one there.
0:13:03 > 0:13:07Oops! Careful with the paint work, Sarah.
0:13:07 > 0:13:10To me, to you, left a bit, right bit.
0:13:10 > 0:13:12I'm not helping, am I?
0:13:12 > 0:13:16I've had loads of ideas about what we could do with this.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19But I'm slightly worried about it because it feels a bit dated.
0:13:19 > 0:13:20It's not vintage. It's not new.
0:13:20 > 0:13:23And it's going to need a little bit of repositioning, I think,
0:13:23 > 0:13:25if we're going to make any money out of it.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28Do you know what? I think it would be really awesome to actually play
0:13:28 > 0:13:30around with how we might be able to connect these two armchairs.
0:13:30 > 0:13:33I'm not too sure about the sofa, though.
0:13:33 > 0:13:37I think we could use elements of it and bring it in to create one item
0:13:37 > 0:13:39out of these two.
0:13:39 > 0:13:42So, will you go for a kind of chaise look rather than a sofa?
0:13:42 > 0:13:43Great idea. Yeah.
0:13:43 > 0:13:46That would be perfect.
0:13:46 > 0:13:50They'll put the sofa to one side and concentrate on making a luxury
0:13:50 > 0:13:54chaise longue from the two armchairs.
0:13:54 > 0:13:56Luxury often comes at a cost.
0:13:56 > 0:13:58Let's hear it.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02I think that with materials and all of us chipping in and doing our
0:14:02 > 0:14:06magic we can probably do it for about 900 to £1,000?
0:14:06 > 0:14:08OK. I think, leaving around...
0:14:08 > 0:14:11If you can get as close to 900 as possible, that would be great,
0:14:11 > 0:14:14just to give a bit of margin for making some money on it.
0:14:14 > 0:14:17I think that sounds fab. Thank you so much for all your help and
0:14:17 > 0:14:19good luck with it. It sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun.
0:14:19 > 0:14:23- Thanks, Sarah.- Thanks very much. See you soon. Bye.- See you.
0:14:23 > 0:14:26Well, that sounds so exciting.
0:14:26 > 0:14:28So, many hands are going to make a chaise.
0:14:28 > 0:14:31I just can't wait to see what they do with it.
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Very excited about this one.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36It's going to be a real challenge but I think it's really playful and
0:14:36 > 0:14:40I think we can really do something quite wacky, a bit out there.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43A bit different. Unexpected. And just make something really
0:14:43 > 0:14:47luxurious for Sarah to make a profit.
0:14:47 > 0:14:53It's a hefty £900 - £1,000 budget to create the luxury chaise longue.
0:14:53 > 0:14:56I tell you, it will have to be luxury
0:14:56 > 0:14:58to stand any chance of making a profit.
0:15:04 > 0:15:08While our Bristol gals put their heads together to make a plan,
0:15:08 > 0:15:11Sarah's back home in the Sussex countryside.
0:15:11 > 0:15:15Here, she'll work with the four retro table legs.
0:15:17 > 0:15:19OK, Bramble. You can help, too.
0:15:22 > 0:15:24But we won't be playing fetch with them,
0:15:24 > 0:15:26if that's what you're thinking.
0:15:26 > 0:15:28Right, here's the plan.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30I've got four legs here
0:15:30 > 0:15:33but only three of them have got brass tips on them.
0:15:33 > 0:15:36So I'm going to set one aside and just make a really simple
0:15:36 > 0:15:39three-legged side table.
0:15:40 > 0:15:42So I think the best thing to do is to sketch it out
0:15:42 > 0:15:44and then just get to it.
0:15:44 > 0:15:49It will be a simple saleable side table, smashing.
0:15:49 > 0:15:50So, most side tables are round.
0:15:50 > 0:15:54But I want mine to be a bit more interesting than that.
0:15:54 > 0:15:57Sarah sketches her interesting shape on paper,
0:15:57 > 0:16:01which will become the template to make the new wooden table top.
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Looking interesting. Slightly irregular.
0:16:05 > 0:16:07Like a big wonky 50p.
0:16:11 > 0:16:12I think that's about right.
0:16:12 > 0:16:15Three legs are also a lot easier to work with because they're self-levelling.
0:16:15 > 0:16:18When you're onto four, you really need to be perfect.
0:16:18 > 0:16:21All I need now is the wood.
0:16:23 > 0:16:26Sarah wants this top to be as smart as possible
0:16:26 > 0:16:30so she's taking it to her carpenter friend Paul.
0:16:30 > 0:16:32- Hiya.- Hi.- I need a hand.
0:16:32 > 0:16:33Right.
0:16:36 > 0:16:38Paul has sourced some strong plywood.
0:16:38 > 0:16:42He's cutting this into shape on the table saw.
0:16:42 > 0:16:44Next, he clamps it in place
0:16:44 > 0:16:47before bevelling the edges with a hand-held router.
0:16:52 > 0:16:54With the wood cleaned and sanded,
0:16:54 > 0:16:57Sarah moves on to painting the table top.
0:16:57 > 0:17:00You won't believe what she has in mind.
0:17:00 > 0:17:03Well, now it's all smooth I want to go for a really high-end finish.
0:17:03 > 0:17:05So I'm going to put a single layer of white over the top
0:17:05 > 0:17:08and then I'm hoping to transform this
0:17:08 > 0:17:11into a high-end luxury marble top table.
0:17:13 > 0:17:15It can't be that hard, can it?
0:17:15 > 0:17:17It can if you don't have any marble.
0:17:19 > 0:17:24Instead, Sarah is attempting a painted faux marble effect.
0:17:24 > 0:17:27Let's call it farble.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29I've never marbled anything before.
0:17:29 > 0:17:30But I know that you can.
0:17:30 > 0:17:33There's a special way of just blend and smudge paints together.
0:17:34 > 0:17:37And apparently it looks just like the real thing.
0:17:37 > 0:17:38Well, we'll be the judge of that.
0:17:40 > 0:17:43After applying a white base coat,
0:17:43 > 0:17:47Sarah's painting on thin lines to create a marble effect.
0:17:47 > 0:17:51Looks a bit like veins in a stinky old cheese to me, though.
0:17:51 > 0:17:52I've got some big smudges on here
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and now I'm going for some smaller smudges.
0:17:58 > 0:18:01A damp sponge can help blend the colours together.
0:18:02 > 0:18:04Though Sarah's choosing to use her finger.
0:18:10 > 0:18:11Well, I think I'm getting there.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13I'm going to let it dry and maybe rub it back a little bit.
0:18:15 > 0:18:20While the paint dries Sarah turns her attention to those retro legs.
0:18:20 > 0:18:22So while I've been painting,
0:18:22 > 0:18:24my carpenter friend Paul has made these for me.
0:18:24 > 0:18:27Now, I couldn't fix these legs without having a really clever plan,
0:18:27 > 0:18:30so he's made me some wedges and some little plates here.
0:18:31 > 0:18:35She starts to attach the legs to the custom-made wedges.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Once the wedges are on the table top she'll be done.
0:18:42 > 0:18:46So far, the total cost for paint, wood and Paul's labour
0:18:46 > 0:18:48comes to £27.50.
0:18:48 > 0:18:53Sarah's table top idea might, in fact, be genius.
0:18:53 > 0:18:55Or she may have just lost her marbles.
0:19:00 > 0:19:02Just a few miles down the road,
0:19:02 > 0:19:06Josh and Oli are starting work on their new sideboard.
0:19:06 > 0:19:11It will use planks of the air-dried oak as sliding doors.
0:19:12 > 0:19:15The style's going to be a kind of low cabinet
0:19:15 > 0:19:17which will have four doors on the front
0:19:17 > 0:19:21and then we'll clad the doors in this nice characterful oak.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23But, yeah, the main issue is going to be
0:19:23 > 0:19:25cutting this big old chunk down,
0:19:25 > 0:19:26so it's usable.
0:19:26 > 0:19:29I think with all the cracks in that thing you'll be lucky
0:19:29 > 0:19:31to get anything usable.
0:19:31 > 0:19:33Before the boys tackle the oak,
0:19:33 > 0:19:37Josh makes a start on the brand-new sideboard base.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39So this is our sheet of birch ply.
0:19:39 > 0:19:43This is going to form the carcass of our sideboard.
0:19:43 > 0:19:45I'm going to cut the joints at 45 degrees.
0:19:45 > 0:19:47If you imagine, like, a picture frame,
0:19:47 > 0:19:50you cut both sides at 45 degrees and then obviously they meet
0:19:50 > 0:19:53and make 90 degrees, and it's just a really tidy way of doing it.
0:19:55 > 0:20:01To make his 45 degrees angle cuts, Josh is using a table saw.
0:20:01 > 0:20:04But this ain't no ordinary table saw.
0:20:04 > 0:20:08This machine can tilt the blade to whatever angle is desired.
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Very cool.
0:20:12 > 0:20:15This technology creates a more accurate join.
0:20:16 > 0:20:20Oli, on the other hand, likes doing things the old-fashioned way.
0:20:20 > 0:20:24Well, we've decided we want to do some nice little turned feet
0:20:24 > 0:20:25for the sideboard,
0:20:25 > 0:20:29so I've just made myself a nice little template
0:20:29 > 0:20:32and that will just help me to get them all the same.
0:20:33 > 0:20:38Oli is shaping the new feet in a wood turning lathe.
0:20:38 > 0:20:42Lathes date back to around 1300 BC.
0:20:42 > 0:20:45Early ones were the inspiration for machine tools.
0:20:46 > 0:20:48I've got it to the shape that I want
0:20:48 > 0:20:49but it's a bit rough at the moment
0:20:49 > 0:20:51so I'm just going to give it a bit of sanding.
0:20:51 > 0:20:53To make the feet identical,
0:20:53 > 0:20:56Oli could have used a duplicating lathe,
0:20:56 > 0:20:59which creates carbon copies of a standard pattern.
0:21:01 > 0:21:02Looks good now.
0:21:02 > 0:21:05But when you're as skilled as Oli, that's not necessary.
0:21:06 > 0:21:09Josh has finished cutting his wood.
0:21:09 > 0:21:11Let's see if it all fits together.
0:21:11 > 0:21:15There needs to be a precise 90 degree angle.
0:21:15 > 0:21:16Perfect.
0:21:16 > 0:21:20The beauty of these is that you only really have this tiny little
0:21:20 > 0:21:23join line down the corner there,
0:21:23 > 0:21:26so the grain just kind of wraps around the side.
0:21:26 > 0:21:30We're going to fit in some nice sliding doors into here
0:21:30 > 0:21:33and that's where we'll mount the oak.
0:21:33 > 0:21:37Talking of the oak, the boys have come up with a new plan -
0:21:37 > 0:21:40how to cut it into planks without it splitting into bits.
0:21:40 > 0:21:44So, after a while of having a look this beam,
0:21:44 > 0:21:46we've decided the best option is going to be
0:21:46 > 0:21:51to take it to a local timber yard and get them to cut it into
0:21:51 > 0:21:52nice slices for us.
0:21:52 > 0:21:56We're just thinking it's going to be the safest and the best solution,
0:21:56 > 0:21:58to get a professional to do it.
0:21:58 > 0:22:02Quite right, Oli. When it comes to cutting a monster chunk like that,
0:22:02 > 0:22:05it's all down to whoever has the biggest saw.
0:22:06 > 0:22:08And five minutes down the road,
0:22:08 > 0:22:11brothers Adam and Paul have a whopper.
0:22:13 > 0:22:17But will the cracked wood crumble under the pressure?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Lovely job.- Well done, lads.
0:22:22 > 0:22:25With just about enough planks to build the doors,
0:22:25 > 0:22:28Oli goes back to making the remaining feet.
0:22:28 > 0:22:29While Josh...
0:22:29 > 0:22:31CLATTERING
0:22:31 > 0:22:34..breaks one of the planks in half.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Have you broken one?- Yep.
0:22:38 > 0:22:41Sarah arrived and brought us a load of rubbishy wood, didn't she?
0:22:41 > 0:22:44Just one little drop and it's smashed to pieces.
0:22:47 > 0:22:49It's just not grown like it used to, is it?
0:22:49 > 0:22:51This might be a problem.
0:22:51 > 0:22:55Even if they stick this plank back together, it doesn't bode well.
0:22:55 > 0:22:57The others could end up just like this, too.
0:23:04 > 0:23:06Back we go to Bristol now,
0:23:06 > 0:23:09where Leigh-Anne and the gang are hard at work.
0:23:09 > 0:23:11Do you girls want to do some webbing?
0:23:11 > 0:23:13They've stripped the two armchairs down
0:23:13 > 0:23:15to their bare frames and joined them
0:23:15 > 0:23:18together to make one massive chair.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22- Do you want me to get you started and then you can keep going?- Yeah.
0:23:22 > 0:23:26The original idea was to make a big cosy chaise longue,
0:23:26 > 0:23:28but this looks more like a...
0:23:28 > 0:23:29help me out, Leigh-Anne.
0:23:31 > 0:23:33It's a bit of a play on the tub chair
0:23:33 > 0:23:35and a love seat and we're calling it the lovetub.
0:23:35 > 0:23:39And it actually looks a bit like a roll top bath right now.
0:23:39 > 0:23:41Right, that's it then, it's a lovetub.
0:23:41 > 0:23:44The brief was to try and join these two armchairs together,
0:23:44 > 0:23:47so we've actually attached them face-to-face.
0:23:47 > 0:23:48What we'll be doing is,
0:23:48 > 0:23:51originally the sprung units were obviously facing this way,
0:23:51 > 0:23:54now what we're going to do is we've taken them off
0:23:54 > 0:23:56and we're going to bring them front to back.
0:23:58 > 0:24:02Every member of the collective is an equal and they each use
0:24:02 > 0:24:05this space independently for their own work.
0:24:05 > 0:24:08But when a big project comes in like this one,
0:24:08 > 0:24:09they like to collaborate.
0:24:09 > 0:24:12Today, the girls have split into teams.
0:24:13 > 0:24:14How is it going here?
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Harriet and her helpers are designing
0:24:17 > 0:24:21a brand-new fabric to cover parts of the new sofa.
0:24:21 > 0:24:26While Leigh-Anne and Ellen try to reattach the spring units...
0:24:26 > 0:24:27but it's tricky.
0:24:29 > 0:24:32They ping up. It's going to be a couple of people working on this
0:24:32 > 0:24:35to actually get them attached to the frames nice and sturdy
0:24:35 > 0:24:37so they don't pop.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41These chairs were built using serpentine or zigzag springs.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43Why did we pick this bit?
0:24:43 > 0:24:44I don't know!
0:24:44 > 0:24:49Made from steel wire, these form into a continuous S-shape.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52This allows for an even distribution of weight.
0:24:52 > 0:24:55- My hands are killing! - SHE LAUGHS
0:24:55 > 0:24:59They're regarded as a step up from traditional coil springs.
0:24:59 > 0:25:01Oh!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03But they can be a bother to fit.
0:25:06 > 0:25:08SHE LAUGHS
0:25:08 > 0:25:11We'd prefer to be doing this than springs.
0:25:11 > 0:25:16At Team Harriet, they've been busy designing leaf patterns.
0:25:16 > 0:25:18They plan to print this on the hessian
0:25:18 > 0:25:21to create their own bespoke fabric.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24We're going to try and do something a bit different
0:25:24 > 0:25:26and do some screen printing techniques,
0:25:26 > 0:25:28so we can really make a unique design.
0:25:28 > 0:25:33So we've painstakingly cut out all of these shapes from the waxed paper
0:25:33 > 0:25:36and now we're just going to put the screen on top.
0:25:36 > 0:25:39Screen printing is a form of stencilling
0:25:39 > 0:25:42practised for over a thousand years.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46It works by using a blade or squeegee to force paint
0:25:46 > 0:25:49through a fine mesh onto a printing surface.
0:25:52 > 0:25:55Harriet wants the shapes cut out of wax paper,
0:25:55 > 0:25:59to create a crisp, bold, colourful pattern onto the hessian underneath.
0:26:00 > 0:26:04Come on, Harriet, don't keep us in suspense.
0:26:04 > 0:26:05Not bad for a first go.
0:26:08 > 0:26:11As Harriet gives it another go...
0:26:11 > 0:26:13That way, that's it.
0:26:13 > 0:26:14Yeah, that's good.
0:26:14 > 0:26:16..Leigh-Anne's discovered there's a problem
0:26:16 > 0:26:18with the size of the new sofa.
0:26:20 > 0:26:22We can't get it out the door.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26We've built it too big.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28- We're just testing...- We reckon we've got about three inches.
0:26:28 > 0:26:32..to see if once we've made it we can actually get it out of here to sell it.
0:26:34 > 0:26:36Oh, dear.
0:26:36 > 0:26:40Once the legs and padding are on there's no way Sarah's going
0:26:40 > 0:26:43to be able to get it out of the workshop in one piece.
0:26:43 > 0:26:44Next plan.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47It's down tools all round
0:26:47 > 0:26:50while Leigh-Anne thinks of a way to save the day.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58It's back to the drawing board for Leigh-Anne and the girls,
0:26:58 > 0:27:03but in Sussex, Sarah's nearly done with her faux marble-topped table.
0:27:05 > 0:27:08Well, they're only little legs but I really think I've done the
0:27:08 > 0:27:09right thing by them.
0:27:09 > 0:27:12You know, fake marble top, gold trimmings.
0:27:12 > 0:27:14Gold trimmings!
0:27:14 > 0:27:15Ah, faux gold.
0:27:15 > 0:27:19Sarah's really pushing the faux boat out on this one.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25Without a top, those little legs had no use and no home.
0:27:25 > 0:27:26But now...
0:27:29 > 0:27:32..they're standing tall as a classy side table.
0:27:36 > 0:27:39The painted marble effect is convincing,
0:27:39 > 0:27:41even when you look at it close up.
0:27:43 > 0:27:45Splashes of gold paint on the rim
0:27:45 > 0:27:50along with the brass tips add an air of delightful decadence,
0:27:50 > 0:27:54all contrasting with the jet-black painted legs.
0:27:54 > 0:27:59Sarah proves yet again that you can create luxury on a budget.
0:27:59 > 0:28:02This little table looks a million bucks.
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Well, they say fake it till you make it,
0:28:08 > 0:28:10and I've definitely made something here.
0:28:10 > 0:28:14I'm hoping that this fake marble top does justice to those lovely legs,
0:28:14 > 0:28:16because the moment I saw them, I thought they had style,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and I think there's a balance there between a bit of fun
0:28:19 > 0:28:21on the top and some style on the bottom.
0:28:21 > 0:28:24Somebody's going to give it a new home, aren't they?
0:28:24 > 0:28:26Well, let's find out.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34- Stop throwing stuff away. - I love the look of your rubbish.
0:28:34 > 0:28:35When Sarah met Stuart at the tip,
0:28:35 > 0:28:38she wanted to rifle through his boot.
0:28:38 > 0:28:41This is loft, garage, lounge.
0:28:41 > 0:28:42We are clearing out a big house.
0:28:42 > 0:28:44Sarah saw potential in the legs,
0:28:44 > 0:28:47though Stuart needed some convincing.
0:28:47 > 0:28:50- Can you see it? - I can... Well, I'd like to know!
0:28:52 > 0:28:55Sarah took them away to work on herself.
0:28:55 > 0:28:58And if she can make something artistic or desirable
0:28:58 > 0:29:00then all the better, yeah.
0:29:00 > 0:29:03Well, Stuart, you wanted artistic
0:29:03 > 0:29:05and that's exactly what you've got.
0:29:08 > 0:29:10Sarah didn't have any bother selling it.
0:29:10 > 0:29:14One-of-a-kind furniture studio in Gosport, South Hampshire,
0:29:14 > 0:29:16bought it for their shop,
0:29:16 > 0:29:20and owner Julie is blown away with the originality.
0:29:21 > 0:29:23It's different, it's completely unique.
0:29:23 > 0:29:26Three legs, nine sides, absolutely fabulous.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Sarah's in Knaphill in Woking
0:29:31 > 0:29:35to show Stuart her fabulous faux furniture,
0:29:35 > 0:29:37and to hand over a real profit.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42- Hi, Stuart.- Hello, Sarah.
0:29:42 > 0:29:43- Nice to see you again.- How are you?
0:29:43 > 0:29:46- I'm really well. How are you?- All right, thank you very much, yeah.
0:29:46 > 0:29:48Lovely. Now, I saw you and you were helping clear out
0:29:48 > 0:29:50your uncle's house.
0:29:50 > 0:29:52- That's right.- It was those little legs that I took away
0:29:52 > 0:29:53that I was really interested in,
0:29:53 > 0:29:55and they were something that I worked on.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58- Right.- So I had a good look at them and, well,
0:29:58 > 0:30:00I've made something out of them. What do you think it is?
0:30:00 > 0:30:02I am intrigued.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03- Come on.- It had to be a coffee table.
0:30:03 > 0:30:05- Of some kind, yeah, OK. - It did, it did.
0:30:05 > 0:30:06So, I've got some pictures here to show you.
0:30:06 > 0:30:08- Oh, right.- What I did with them.
0:30:08 > 0:30:11- Your legs have now been made into... - Oh, wow!
0:30:11 > 0:30:12- ..a coffee table.- Fantastic!
0:30:12 > 0:30:15I had a lot of fun. I marbled the top, I just painted it.
0:30:15 > 0:30:17- That looks brilliant.- Really?
0:30:17 > 0:30:18- Yeah!- Is that all right?
0:30:18 > 0:30:19Absolutely, yeah.
0:30:19 > 0:30:21So it's actually been sold to a shop...
0:30:21 > 0:30:23- OK.- ..who deals in vintage stuff.
0:30:23 > 0:30:26- OK.- And I've got some profit here for you.- Oh!
0:30:26 > 0:30:29I've got a few coins, actually, and a couple of notes to go with it.
0:30:29 > 0:30:33- Wow!- I've got £67.50 here... No!
0:30:33 > 0:30:34..for your lovely legs.
0:30:34 > 0:30:36Oh, fantastic!
0:30:36 > 0:30:37Terrific! Well done!
0:30:37 > 0:30:41So, I'm going to ask, what might you do with £67.50?
0:30:41 > 0:30:45Well, that will go to the local Sam Beare and Woking Hospice,
0:30:45 > 0:30:47which is where my uncle was being looked after,
0:30:47 > 0:30:48and as they were his legs,
0:30:48 > 0:30:51then I think that's probably a good place for them to go, don't you?
0:30:51 > 0:30:53I think that's an absolutely lovely place for that to go
0:30:53 > 0:30:55and I'm so pleased. I've really enjoyed making it
0:30:55 > 0:30:57and if it's going to there then that's...
0:30:57 > 0:30:59- Good job.- Thank you ever so much. Lovely to catch up.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03- Fantastic.- Thanks, Stuart.- Thank you.- OK, bye.- See you.
0:31:04 > 0:31:06The costs for paint,
0:31:06 > 0:31:11plywood and for the labour of Sarah's friend Paul is £27.50.
0:31:11 > 0:31:15Sarah sold the table for an impressive £95,
0:31:15 > 0:31:19giving Stuart £67.50
0:31:19 > 0:31:22to donate to the hospice that cared for his uncle.
0:31:27 > 0:31:30Sarah's proved she can produce something saleable.
0:31:31 > 0:31:34Now it's time to pop in on Josh and Oli
0:31:34 > 0:31:39to see if they've made something out of that crumbling oak.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41It was quite an exciting little project, so, yeah.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I think maybe it's a bit different
0:31:44 > 0:31:46and she won't really be expecting it,
0:31:46 > 0:31:49so, yeah, but we're really happy.
0:31:51 > 0:31:54Well, the weather might not be bright but there is never dull moment
0:31:54 > 0:31:58around here cos Josh and Oli are going to show me what they've done with that huge oak beam.
0:31:58 > 0:32:00I'm hoping it's a lovely sideboard.
0:32:01 > 0:32:05Before, this old oak was a blank canvas.
0:32:05 > 0:32:07Now...
0:32:12 > 0:32:13..it's a work of art.
0:32:15 > 0:32:20Josh and Oli have created a stunning '70s-inspired sideboard,
0:32:20 > 0:32:24contrasting the sleek, crisp Birchwood base
0:32:24 > 0:32:26with the aged oak doors.
0:32:26 > 0:32:28And it's bursting with character.
0:32:30 > 0:32:33Josh's clean, modern frame and Oli's handmade,
0:32:33 > 0:32:36retro feet create a timeless look.
0:32:38 > 0:32:41The doors slide open to reveal shelving,
0:32:41 > 0:32:44making this sideboard suitable for the dining room,
0:32:44 > 0:32:46living room or even the bedroom.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It's big, functional and fabulous.
0:32:49 > 0:32:51What will Sarah make of it?
0:32:55 > 0:32:57- Hello.- Hello.
0:32:57 > 0:32:59- Ooh, how's it looking?- Yeah, good.
0:32:59 > 0:33:01Yeah? Well done.
0:33:01 > 0:33:02- Well done.- Thank you.
0:33:02 > 0:33:04It looks so stylish.
0:33:04 > 0:33:05It's really strong.
0:33:05 > 0:33:06It looks rustic and crisp
0:33:06 > 0:33:09and everything that it needs to be at the moment, don't you think?
0:33:09 > 0:33:12- Yeah.- So did that oak beam, did it lend itself to it?
0:33:12 > 0:33:14Was it all right for making?
0:33:14 > 0:33:17Mm, I mean, even though there was a lot of oak,
0:33:17 > 0:33:20we only just had enough to clad the doors.
0:33:20 > 0:33:22- Right.- So yeah, it wasn't very usable.
0:33:22 > 0:33:24Can I get in there? How does it open?
0:33:24 > 0:33:27Yeah. So, they just slide, so...
0:33:27 > 0:33:29It looks very good.
0:33:29 > 0:33:31I know that there are so many people wanting that kind of cladding
0:33:31 > 0:33:35and that natural wood look, so to put it all together like that,
0:33:35 > 0:33:37it's fantastic, well done.
0:33:37 > 0:33:39Budget-wise, did it test the budget?
0:33:39 > 0:33:41We were in the £600 mark, weren't we?
0:33:41 > 0:33:43I think we were probably all right budget-wise, yeah.
0:33:43 > 0:33:45Yeah? You can go under, if you like!
0:33:45 > 0:33:49No, we'll just call it, call it quits on that.
0:33:49 > 0:33:50Nice try, Sarah.
0:33:50 > 0:33:53- Thanks so much.- You're welcome.
0:33:53 > 0:33:55The boss walks away happy.
0:33:55 > 0:33:57You must be chuffed with that, boys.
0:33:58 > 0:34:01We're really chuffed, she's really chuffed.
0:34:01 > 0:34:03- Dead chuffed with that. - Dead chuffed!
0:34:06 > 0:34:07Well, that's not a sideboard, is it,
0:34:07 > 0:34:10that's a put it in the middle of the room, isn't it lovely,
0:34:10 > 0:34:11look at it all the time board.
0:34:11 > 0:34:13What a lovely piece of design
0:34:13 > 0:34:14inspired by just an old piece of oak.
0:34:23 > 0:34:25Morning.
0:34:25 > 0:34:28The old oak once belonged to DIY fan Trevor.
0:34:28 > 0:34:34I've just been building an oak pergola and I've got this left over.
0:34:34 > 0:34:35Trevor knew a lot about it.
0:34:35 > 0:34:38English oak wood all the way from Norfolk,
0:34:38 > 0:34:4030 years old, air dried.
0:34:40 > 0:34:44And he was happy for Sarah to save it from the skip.
0:34:44 > 0:34:46If she can do something with it, then brilliant,
0:34:46 > 0:34:48I'd love to know what comes of it.
0:34:50 > 0:34:52Trevor, you won't be disappointed.
0:34:55 > 0:34:56To sell the sideboard,
0:34:56 > 0:35:02Sarah invited round Nicky from online interior shop Such & Such.
0:35:02 > 0:35:03But is it a winner for her?
0:35:05 > 0:35:07This is totally what we're looking for, yeah.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10It's a really lovely piece and we'd really like to buy from you.
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Fantastic news.
0:35:11 > 0:35:13A deal was struck.
0:35:15 > 0:35:18Sarah's in Addlestone in Surrey to tell Trevor
0:35:18 > 0:35:21the good news and hand over the profit.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26- Hi, Trevor. - Hello, Sarah. How are you?
0:35:26 > 0:35:28I'm really well. How are you doing?
0:35:28 > 0:35:30- I'm good, yeah. Nice to see you again.- Yeah, and you.
0:35:30 > 0:35:34So, tell me, what, with that oak post, I had to carry it around,
0:35:34 > 0:35:37- how heavy was that? - Oh, it weighed a tonne, didn't it?
0:35:37 > 0:35:38It was unbelievably heavy,
0:35:38 > 0:35:42just 30-year-old oak... I mean, it was like rock.
0:35:42 > 0:35:44I took it to some guys called Josh and Oli.
0:35:44 > 0:35:46Any ideas what they might have made out of it?
0:35:46 > 0:35:49Absolutely none but really excited to see what they can do.
0:35:49 > 0:35:50I've got some pictures here to show you.
0:35:50 > 0:35:53- Oh, I can't wait, let's have a look. - Well, I'm quite excited.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56- See what you think.- No!
0:35:56 > 0:35:58- A sideboard?- Yeah.
0:35:58 > 0:36:00No way! So they've sliced it?
0:36:00 > 0:36:02They've literally taken off all those outside bits
0:36:02 > 0:36:04that had all the wear on it.
0:36:04 > 0:36:08I had no idea someone could do something as amazing as that with
0:36:08 > 0:36:10- a piece of oak.- So, do you approve? - Absolutely.
0:36:10 > 0:36:12It's been bought by an online retailer.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14I've got some profit for you.
0:36:14 > 0:36:16I've got 50 quid here, which was profit
0:36:16 > 0:36:18after we paid for it to be made,
0:36:18 > 0:36:20- so that's for you. - Right, thank you very much.
0:36:20 > 0:36:23That's amazing for something that was going to be just thrown away.
0:36:23 > 0:36:25Have you got a £50 hole somewhere that you...?
0:36:25 > 0:36:27Oh, I've got lots of £50 holes!
0:36:27 > 0:36:29Anywhere specifically that that might go?
0:36:29 > 0:36:34My son's at university so maybe put it towards one of his costs.
0:36:34 > 0:36:36Your oak was really inspiring. It was a great project for us,
0:36:36 > 0:36:39- so thanks so much. - Brilliant. You're more than welcome.
0:36:39 > 0:36:41I shall tell the boys that you approve of their re-use.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44- Absolutely, 100%.- Thanks so much. Nice to catch up.- Thank you, Sarah.
0:36:44 > 0:36:46- Bye-bye.- Bye.
0:36:46 > 0:36:51Josh and Oli came in on budget at £600.
0:36:51 > 0:36:55Sarah sold the sideboard for £650,
0:36:55 > 0:37:00giving Trevor £50 to put towards his son's university costs.
0:37:04 > 0:37:06With two items off to pastures new,
0:37:06 > 0:37:09Sarah is back in Bristol,
0:37:09 > 0:37:13but not to Leigh-Anne and the team's usual workshop.
0:37:13 > 0:37:16They managed to get their creation out the front door,
0:37:16 > 0:37:19but did that mean a compromise on design?
0:37:20 > 0:37:22We encountered a slight problem.
0:37:22 > 0:37:25Our design meant that the size of the frame
0:37:25 > 0:37:27wouldn't fit out of our studio door.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31So we've actually moved studios for a couple of weeks just
0:37:31 > 0:37:35so we can get this made in the size that we want it.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Well, I've come a long way west to find out
0:37:37 > 0:37:40if the collaborative talents of some of Bristol's best upholsterers
0:37:40 > 0:37:43have managed to do anything with that three-piece suite.
0:37:43 > 0:37:45And there's a new location, too.
0:37:45 > 0:37:46Very exciting.
0:37:46 > 0:37:48It certainly is.
0:37:49 > 0:37:53When found, this furniture was all out of love.
0:37:53 > 0:37:55But now, I can introduce you to...
0:37:58 > 0:38:00..the lovetub.
0:38:01 > 0:38:05Leigh-Anne and the gang have created a cosy three-seater sofa
0:38:05 > 0:38:07that is unique.
0:38:08 > 0:38:12From the one-of-a-kind design to the handmade bespoke fabric,
0:38:12 > 0:38:16this comfy colossus makes you want to take your shoes off
0:38:16 > 0:38:18and jump right in.
0:38:20 > 0:38:24The whole thing has been upholstered in a bold and beautiful
0:38:24 > 0:38:27turquoise wool that makes it eye-catching.
0:38:27 > 0:38:31I love the lovetub, but will it make a splash with Sarah?
0:38:33 > 0:38:36- Hello. - SHE GASPS
0:38:36 > 0:38:37Oh, wow!
0:38:37 > 0:38:40That is... It's given me goose bumps!
0:38:40 > 0:38:42That is fantastic.
0:38:42 > 0:38:44It's unbelievable, it's unrecognisable.
0:38:44 > 0:38:48I'm just getting the merest hint of those old chairs on the ends of it.
0:38:48 > 0:38:52Stunning, it looks like a sleigh. It looks beautiful.
0:38:52 > 0:38:54So we attached the two armchairs,
0:38:54 > 0:38:56the winged armchairs face-to-face,
0:38:56 > 0:38:59and we removed the front arms and continued the wings down.
0:38:59 > 0:39:02- And have you printed it?- This has been screen printed, yeah.
0:39:02 > 0:39:05So we've got original fabric, unique piece.
0:39:05 > 0:39:08Is that something to do with it, lovetub, is that what it's called?
0:39:08 > 0:39:11Yeah. So because of the play on the love seat
0:39:11 > 0:39:14and then also it being very tub-like in shape,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17we were #lovetub, this is what we've created.
0:39:17 > 0:39:21I can't imagine this was a cheap make because it looks so luxurious.
0:39:21 > 0:39:23Where did you end up on budget?
0:39:23 > 0:39:26So, the price is at the higher end of the scale, so it is £1,000,
0:39:26 > 0:39:29but it's definitely got some value to it.
0:39:29 > 0:39:31I think it's genuinely beautiful.
0:39:31 > 0:39:33It's so unusual, and to create unique pieces these days,
0:39:33 > 0:39:36it's really difficult, everybody's done it before, and I've never seen
0:39:36 > 0:39:38anything like this, so congratulations to all of you.
0:39:38 > 0:39:41I think it's a really inspiring piece of design.
0:39:42 > 0:39:44Well done, ladies.
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Sarah is over the moon.
0:39:46 > 0:39:49And look, you're all getting high-fives as well.
0:39:49 > 0:39:50Good job.
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I'm going to miss the lovetub, it's been a lot of fun,
0:39:55 > 0:39:57but I'm excited to see what comes next.
0:40:00 > 0:40:01What a fantastic piece.
0:40:01 > 0:40:04I have massive respect for everybody who worked on it.
0:40:04 > 0:40:05Now I've just got to go and sell it.
0:40:05 > 0:40:07#lovetub.
0:40:16 > 0:40:18- Oh, hello, do you need a hand? - Yes, please.
0:40:18 > 0:40:21When Sarah came to Brian's rescue at the tip,
0:40:21 > 0:40:24she was after his three-piece suite.
0:40:24 > 0:40:26- So how long have you had them? - Three generations of dogs.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Three generations... Oh, that's a really sweet way of putting it!
0:40:29 > 0:40:32Even Brian was shocked by the state of the covers.
0:40:32 > 0:40:34In daylight, I'm ashamed of them,
0:40:34 > 0:40:37but in the house they were just so comfortable.
0:40:37 > 0:40:41But Sarah saw the potential - so did Brian.
0:40:41 > 0:40:43It's got lots of life left in it.
0:40:43 > 0:40:45You don't know the half of it, Brian.
0:40:45 > 0:40:49After Leigh-Anne and her friends worked their magic,
0:40:49 > 0:40:52it was filled with life, love and luxury.
0:40:54 > 0:40:56Sarah immediately got to work,
0:40:56 > 0:40:59but selling a big-ticket item is no mean feat.
0:40:59 > 0:41:02She uploaded pictures of the lovetub
0:41:02 > 0:41:06onto various social media platforms and hoped for the best.
0:41:10 > 0:41:13Sarah's travelled to Woking in Surrey
0:41:13 > 0:41:16to catch up with Brian and show him the transformation.
0:41:19 > 0:41:21- Hi, Brian.- Oh, hello, Sarah.
0:41:21 > 0:41:23Lovely to see you again. How are you?
0:41:23 > 0:41:24Very well, thank you.
0:41:24 > 0:41:26So, how's the new three-piece suite?
0:41:26 > 0:41:29It's settling in, thank you, and we're getting used to it.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31Well, I thought your old one was very stylish,
0:41:31 > 0:41:34and I know it was something that you were reluctant to get rid of.
0:41:34 > 0:41:38So, did you think about what might happen to it in its new life?
0:41:38 > 0:41:41We were just thrilled that it wasn't going to end up in landfill.
0:41:41 > 0:41:42So, I set the sofa side
0:41:42 > 0:41:45and took the two armchairs down to Bristol
0:41:45 > 0:41:48and there is a fantastic collective of women upholsterers down there
0:41:48 > 0:41:50who all work together, they collaborate.
0:41:50 > 0:41:52So, I've got some pictures here to show you.
0:41:52 > 0:41:53They now look like that.
0:41:55 > 0:41:56Wow.
0:41:56 > 0:41:58So, what happened was the girls decided to join them together
0:41:58 > 0:42:01- to make this huge sofa.- Amazing.
0:42:01 > 0:42:03- What do you think?- It's amazing.
0:42:03 > 0:42:05- Do you like it?- Yes, I mean, the imagination that's gone into that
0:42:05 > 0:42:08- is really impressive. - It was a big commission,
0:42:08 > 0:42:10it cost £1,000 to have made,
0:42:10 > 0:42:13and things like that when I have them made
0:42:13 > 0:42:15take longer to sell, they're big ticket items,
0:42:15 > 0:42:17so unfortunately I'm not standing here saying,
0:42:17 > 0:42:19"I've got some money for you,"
0:42:19 > 0:42:21but it is something that I'm sure will sell.
0:42:21 > 0:42:25OK. Well, you know the money's not important, so it's...
0:42:25 > 0:42:27We'll give it to charity anyway,
0:42:27 > 0:42:29but I'm just thrilled that something that gave us so much pleasure
0:42:29 > 0:42:31for so many years has got a new lease of life.
0:42:31 > 0:42:34Thank you so much for letting us have it and catching up today,
0:42:34 > 0:42:36and I'll be back in touch as soon as there's a profit for you.
0:42:36 > 0:42:40- Thank you so much indeed. - Thank you so much, bye-bye. - Thank you, bye-bye.
0:42:40 > 0:42:42Well, you can't win them all.
0:42:44 > 0:42:49The Bristol girls' total cost for the lovetub was £1,000.
0:42:49 > 0:42:52But without someone loving it just yet,
0:42:52 > 0:42:55Sarah does face a potential loss.
0:42:55 > 0:42:59Not to worry, the right person will fall head over heels
0:42:59 > 0:43:00with it very soon,
0:43:00 > 0:43:04and Sarah can be back in touch with Brian with the profit.
0:43:07 > 0:43:10Sarah saved three items from the skip.
0:43:14 > 0:43:18Things that had lost their purpose and lost their love
0:43:18 > 0:43:20can now all be cherished again.
0:43:23 > 0:43:25Well, I gave the Bristol girls and Josh and Oli
0:43:25 > 0:43:27a really big challenge,
0:43:27 > 0:43:28and boy did they deliver.
0:43:28 > 0:43:32Rubbish revamped into beautiful bespoke items.
0:43:32 > 0:43:34It doesn't get much better than that.