Episode 22 Money for Nothing

You haven't got anything I can recycle, have you?

How do you make money for nothing?

Wow, look at that!

The answer could be hiding in over 20 million tonnes of household waste

thrown out by us every year.

Well, don't get rid of it too quickly. This stuff looks amazing.

That's why entrepreneur Sarah Moore

wants to get her hands on things before they hit the skip.

I'm a passionate maker, buyer and user of old stuff

and I turn that passion into a moneymaking business.

I make new stuff out of old stuff and sell it for profit.

And with some of the country's elite designers and makers...

-I don't know what to say.

-Did you drag it here behind the truck?

..she can transform her finds into desirable...

It's enormous.

..valuable...

Isn't that fantastic?

..and hopefully saleable items.

It's just given me goose bumps.

If Sarah is successful,

she can hand the profits back to the very people who had no idea

there was cash to be made from their trash.

Thank you very much! Marvellous!

When it comes to recycling, Witley in Surrey has got it covered...

..as does our very own Sarah Moore.

I am feeling so lucky today. I can feel it in the air.

Things are going to flood in here

and I'm going to turn them into hard cash.

Witley processes over 600 tonnes of household waste each month,

and it's where Sarah has come to search for three items

which she believes can be revived

in the hope of creating a profit for their owners.

I think that's brilliant rubbish

that's just turned up over there right on cue.

You would never be snookered with this amount of trash to potentially

pocket but don't you go dashing off to your local tip,

as Sarah has been given special permission to hunt here.

Look at that!

Could what's lurking in Dominique's boot be booty?

That looks interesting - what is that?

-I have no idea.

-Is it yours, then, or not?

It is mine. It's been in the fireplace with cobwebs

and we just don't want it any more.

I wonder what it was. It looks like some sort of hopper,

-doesn't it?

-I've no idea what it was used for.

It's just always been in the fireplace.

-I love it.

-OK.

-Have you polished it for years?

-No.

-It's just as it is.

It's obviously made of copper and it looks like it might have been

the kind of thing that was feeding some sort

of industrial or farm-related...

You know, or coffee beans or something like that.

I really like it, can I have it?

You can have it, yes, sure.

Excellent. I'm not sure which way up it will go

but I'm going to say thank you so much

and run away with that, it's brilliant.

-Pleasure.

-OK, thanks.

-Bye.

Though Dominique has no clue to this little hopper's history,

does she have any idea of what Sarah might do with it?

I hope she's going to get inspiration from it

and make it into something really special.

OK, who knows what that is, then?

Well, I don't like to be a smart aleck, Sarah...

Well, actually I do.

It's a copper beer funnel,

used in the process of brewing beer in days gone by.

I do know one thing about it,

metallic trends are still really strong in interiors

and this is a great copper colour so somebody's going to like it.

I just need to find somebody who really likes working with metal.

Who will that be?

Meet Josh and Oli, designer-makers and best buds.

These boys really think outside the box

and the results are always interesting.

I think what's probably most exciting about what we do

is the fact we have this workshop

and we have these different materials we can work with

so there's just quite a large scope for what we could potentially make.

Quite often when I'm at home I have a little idea come into my head and

it's really nice to then be able to come in, we've got all the tools,

all the materials you need to just be then like, right,

"I'm actually going to make this thing,"

and that's really satisfying.

The good news is that Sarah has already had a little idea

for the copper hopper and it will look great as a hat!

With one item found, Sarah's still on the hunt for two further finds.

It might be bad luck to throw a gnome away.

You need to give a gnome a home.

I agree, Sarah.

And he's a treasure, as is Clive.

Is there something special in the back of his car?

Hmm, not so sure.

Hi, there. Having a bit of a clear out?

Yes, that's right, redundant furniture.

And what is it about the brown bedside single table

that you're not keen on?

Yes, yes, my kids are all grown up and it's not of any use any more,

-so...

-And how long have you had that, then?

-Just pop it down.

-I don't know.

-But you didn't buy that new, that's old,

-isn't it? That's old.

-No, exactly.

What do you reckon, 1950-something?

Probably something like that.

I like it, I like it's... I think with pieces like this...

Does it open? Oh, it does.

Rather than you putting it in the wood skip,

could I take it away and see what I can do with it?

-Course you can, sure.

-That's brilliant, thank you so much.

Clive has had it with this bedside cabinet,

but what does he think Sarah has got in store for it?

I would think she's going to strip it down

and perhaps use it for a child's bedside table or something.

I really don't know.

What do you reckon?

I reckon that was harvest gold and painted in about 1972,

but it has got some redeeming features of pretty little legs,

and I know somebody who loves this kind of thing

and they are going to make it into something absolutely awesome,

fingers crossed.

Emma Walker is a furniture restyler.

She takes furniture destined for landfill, expertly restores it,

and lavishes it with layers of luscious coverings.

Emma likes to get to know a piece of furniture.

Does that mean she talks to the furniture?

That's exactly what it means.

A piece of furniture will just tell you what to do,

whether it needs a geometric pattern

or it needs to be told a story with flowers and birds.

That does actually happen.

Furniture starts talking back to me.

It literally sort of comes alive.

The worst thing that Sarah can bring me is a wardrobe.

If Sarah brought me a wardrobe,

I don't know what that would be saying back

to me but I know what I would be saying to it!

It's not a wardrobe this time, Emma,

but I do wonder what this piece is going to say to you.

Two items taken, leaving Sarah with just one to find -

an item which she can work wonders with herself,

an item which suits her to a T.

This is the one I like. This is my favourite one.

How much use... Oh, it looks like you might...

I used that one extensively!

Leave the golf to the professionals, Sarah, and get back to it.

I recognise these two.

Sarah has met David and Vanessa here before.

Have they something else in their car which might reflect a profit?

A looking glass! That looks fantastic.

Well, I think it was my grandmother's

-and we don't have a place for it.

-OK.

And it's kind of big and heavy and someone has painted it,

-which clearly they shouldn't have done.

-It's really cool.

What else have you got? What are you dropping off today?

We have got this and we have got a sort of pot cupboard over here...

Oh, wow!

..which must have been in the old days

when they had no plumbing, I guess.

There's not a lot of use for the washstand any more.

-It's a derelict piece of furniture, isn't it?

-It is.

I think people put plant pots in them, don't they, or something?

-Yes.

-Or I don't know.

There's something about the pair of them that probably they are both

-bedroom-related.

-Yes.

It might be nice to keep them together

and see if we can put them as one piece or something

but they are...

all you could hope for, turning up at the tip.

Good, well, absolutely. Well, I don't want them so I'm delighted.

Let me take that one away first.

Right, well, that's a job well done.

More space in the shed.

And you can never have enough space in the shed.

Sarah seems to think these two very disparate objects

might be a marriage made in heaven.

I can't see how but she's obviously cleverer than me so

let's see what she comes up with.

I will be interested to see the end result.

Look at these two.

That is a pot stand and that is a beautiful Victorian mirror

so I'm hoping the pair of them might be able to be married together

to make one thing or perhaps we could just concentrate

on this lovely mirror and turn that into a profit.

Sarah has her three sets of items from the tip.

Josh and Oli will work on the copper hopper,

Emma will transform the tan bedside table,

and Sarah will see what can be done to the washstand and mirror.

It's been hard work today but well worth it.

I'm so pleased with what turned up here and I think there is potential

to make lots of money.

In the tranquil countryside of West Sussex

lies the workshop of Josh and Oli.

Their speciality is creating handcrafted items

with a contemporary style.

What's not a speciality of theirs is synchronised mallet juggling.

But to be fair,

what better way to pass the time awaiting the arrival of Sarah?

We're looking forward to Sarah turning up here

with some weird thing,

-aren't we?

-Some random bit of junk she's found at a tip somewhere.

No, it is good.

It does bring about a good opportunity to design something

you wouldn't ordinarily do, so it's good.

It's like a hive of creativity around here

so I've brought the boys my copper hopper-whatever-it-is,

and I'm hoping they're going to have some bright ideas

about what to turn that into.

Look, I've told you already, Sarah, it's a copper beer funnel.

Hello! Hi, how are you doing?

-Nice to see you.

-You OK?

-Yeah, look what I've got.

-Cool, very nice.

Any immediate thoughts what to do with it?

Yeah. I've got an idea. Have you got an idea?

-I've got an idea.

-Is it a light bulb moment?

Yeah, pretty much, you could say that.

-It's just...

-It's just crying out for lighting, isn't it?

Yes.

An easy option would be just have it as a hanging thing,

but it might be nice to do a floor standing...

Some kind of floor standing light.

I mean, we've got loads of old copper pipe - we could use that

as its stand and then make a big old base for it or something like that.

Like one of those big old bow lamps you get.

Maybe we could do a concrete base for it.

We could use a bit of black concrete dye or something.

-Yeah, that would be smarter than copper.

-That sounds amazing.

Maybe black concrete, potentially copper piping,

possibly wooden floor-standing bow light.

All sounds interesting to me. But how much is this going to cost?

For us, like, the idea that we've got for a bow lamp...

..there's a lot of work in that just to produce one lamp.

What about somewhere in the region of £300?

I think that sounds fine. 300 quid, floor lamp, statement piece.

-That should be all right, shouldn't it?

-Yes.

-Sounds great.

-OK.

-Looking forward to seeing how it turns out.

-Yes.

-I love a surprise.

Well, that little copper dish wasn't the biggest thing to arrive with.

The boys have got massive ideas for it.

Black concrete, wood, copper piping.

I just hope they can bring it all together for that budget of 300 quid

and create something really special.

Let's make some money for nothing!

Rarely am I lost for words, but what can you say?

Sarah has left a budget of £300

to turn the old copper hopper into a beautiful bow light.

With so many elements undecided,

will the boys be able to pull it off?

I've got my trousers rolled up and my hanky on my head

as I do like to be beside the seaside,

which is just as well, as Sarah has arrived in Brighton

to deliver the tan bedside drawers to Emma.

I'll do my best with whatever she brings me.

You know, I will do, I'm sure it's going to be fine.

I know it's going to be fine.

Well, I've brought my bedside cabinet to Brighton.

It's in a sorry state at the moment but I'm hoping Emma

is going to take on the challenge to make it beautiful again.

Beautiful again? Sounds like a big ask to me.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Hi, how are you doing?

-I'm fine, how are you?

I'm all right.

I've brought something little and in need of help.

I love those sweet little atomic legs.

It's one little cupboard

that was going to be crushed that I just thought

needed to be given a new lease of life.

What kind of thing have you done with this before?

-What ideas do you have?

-I am thinking Ordnance Survey map

with a coastline on it somewhere. Hopefully so it travels all around.

Because I live in Brighton,

I quite often do Brighton or the Brighton coast,

Shoreham to Eastbourne, Beachy Head.

I think I've got some maps, actually.

So you can see that's the width of it and it would just sort of...

I might just be able to use the one map.

-Yeah, you're in.

-And then up the top as well, possibly at the back,

maybe inside or maybe another colour inside but there you see,

you have the coastline, you've got the lovely blue of the coastline.

Yes.

The plan is to put these dowdy old drawers back on the map

and that sounds like a lot of work.

How much is it going to cost?

Not sure what I'll do with the inside yet

and I'll do the insides of the drawers as well.

It will be a smart piece but for you, oh, gosh,

I would... I can do it for £100.

£100, I'm going to see a profit and more importantly,

the brown is going to be banished and we're going to end up with

-something...

-The brown will definitely be...

You won't recognise it.

Well, you will, but you won't.

It's just... It's that I'd like one of them myself.

Lovely. Well, I think that you won't be alone so I'm going to say

-thank you so much.

-You're very welcome.

-Thank you.

-Good luck with getting that done.

Nice tidy piece to be getting on with.

Well, that seemed to go well.

Nice. I think, you know,

I can see that that's just going to turn out quite,

quite the ticket. Happy with that.

Well, who have thought you'd get such a passionate response

about a small, brown side cabinet?

Emma's got the idea nailed

and I think she's going to make it look fantastic.

£100 will map out a fabulous new future

for those drab little drawers.

But will Brighton mark the spot when it comes to a profit?

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the most creative of them all?

Back home in Sussex,

Sarah's decided that the washstand

is likely to sell in its original condition.

So, she's going to concentrate on the dressing table mirror.

Well, as it stands, this dressing table mirror is just not commercial.

I think I'm going to try and give it a really lovely new lease of life,

inject some colour, bit of paint and hopefully

turn it into something saleable, but before I start,

I need to dismantle the mirror and also try and sand it down a bit

to get a good surface to paint on.

This has had so many coats of paint

I can't even get a screwdriver into the screws, let alone undo them.

I thought this was going to be a bit of fun but I think

it's more hard work than I was thinking about.

Come on, Sarah, persevere.

You've only just started.

Well, that's great, it's finally in two pieces and I've got this idea -

turning it from white, pale, not very interesting,

into dark and really handsome

and I'm hoping with a bit of floral colour on top, it might really pop.

So I've got some card here because I want to try and work out the designs

before I begin so I know that the whole idea

is actually going to work.

It's a good idea to try out designs

before rushing headlong into applying paint.

Gauging size and scale helps when designing the layout.

I think if I get the colours really bright on this,

I think it'll work.

Let's give it a go.

Black first.

A bit of sanding down to do, though.

Sarah's using wire wool to sand down the mirror.

I just want to really soften up all these knocks and dings on here.

You certainly don't want to be breathing in this paint

because we can pretty much guarantee

it's not the kind of thing you really want to be breathing in.

Up until the 1960s, lead was widely used when making paint

and lead is, of course, a toxin if inhaled.

The easiest and safest way to deal with lead-based paint

if it's in good condition

is to seal it with an over-coating of modern paint.

But if it does need to be removed,

it's vital to wear a good quality breathing filter.

This is multisurface paint -

that's what it says on the tin and that's what it does and it provides

this fantastic cover-all effect

that means that you can make something really scruffy

look really cool.

I hate painting. I'm useless at painting.

It takes consistency, patience, diligence.

SHE EXHALES

With Sarah deciding that the washstand will sell without work,

it's only the paint for the mirror to pay for and at just £5,

that could mean a potential profit.

Ten miles away from Sarah in Halnaker,

Josh and Oli have been left with the copper hopper.

And the boys are well under way with the design process.

Their initial thought was to make the stand of the lamp from salvaged

copper pipe. But it looks like there's been a change of heart.

It would have been good to use the pipe but,

one, it's really difficult to get a clean bend on it and, two,

you're really limited with what you've got here

so it might be a bit kind of like

chaotic and not very tidy,

so I think we're just going to make up a wooden one.

-All right, shall we clear away those pipes, then?

-Yeah, OK.

Copper is no longer to be the showstopper of this lamp design.

The boys will now create the stand from wood instead.

That's one way of clearing up.

-All right, then, Milney.

-Concrete.

-Let's get these mixed up.

Yeah. Better get the old beast.

Yeah. And get cracking.

The beast! That's a strange name

for what's simply a mains-powered hand-held mixer

used to mix the concrete for the lamp base.

For the lamp to be stable,

the boys are creating a polished concrete base.

They will colour it black using concrete dye added to the mixture.

And, yes, probably best to avoid the head-banging.

That's an age-old technique handed down through generations

for getting bubbles out of concrete.

If you say so, Josh.

With a dustbin being used as the mould,

the time the concrete takes to set

allows the boys to attach the wooden stand

and they have an ambitious plan.

This process is going to be called laminating.

So, we'll make up loads of strips like this out of our oak

and then we're going to plot out the shape on this board.

We'll then glue all of these strips together...

..while they're in that shape

and once the glue's gone completely hard,

you should be left with the shape that you want.

So that's the plan. We've never done this before so it could go horribly

wrong but should be all right.

The lamp stand is to be a beautiful oak curve

created by cutting the oak thin enough to flex.

Then they'll glue together the thinly cut strips

using a home-made mould

to hold it in shape while it sets.

Like making icing.

So, we're using Cascamite to glue up the wood,

which is like a powdered glue.

So you mix it with water...

and then just paint it on.

The boys apply a thin layer of the synthetic resin glue

to each of the eight strips of oak.

They hope this will hold the shape rigid once it's dry.

Time is of the essence at this critical stage,

as they still have to clamp the wood sandwich

to their home-made jig before the glue begins to set.

Gluing up's always really stressful,

especially when it's like this.

That's the most clamps I've ever used, I think,

but I think it's... I think it looks promising so fingers crossed.

-We'll find out tomorrow.

-Yeah.

A good day's work, gentlemen.

I just hope for you and the budget it's still a success in the morning.

Brighton is famous for its pier, its rock, Graham Greene novels,

mods and rockers and its Bohemian vibe.

It's also where Emma is considering

how to transform the bedside drawers Sarah left

into an attraction all of their own.

First thing I'm going to do is give it all a cursory sand

so quickly hand-sand the outside and clean it

ready for the white primer to go on,

which will also show up anything that I might have missed.

I've learnt to love this part.

I used to hate all this part and I've learned to love it

because it has to be done.

If you don't do it properly,

it ruins the final effect.

The plan is to cover the drawers with a map of Brighton

and the surrounding area.

But before Emma can navigate down that route,

the drawers have to be sanded back,

the old gloss paint needs to be removed and then they need primed

with a white undercoat to prevent colour showing through.

And what I will be doing

is making sure...

I get Brighton on the front and get this coastline running right round.

That'll be nice.

I'm going to start by just checking it out

from the end of the map here,

the bottom of the bedside or little unit there.

Portslade... Oh, we've got Hove and Brighton on the front.

That is good. So, Brighton will sit just there...

..and Hove just there.

Making sure that Brighton ends up on the front of your drawers

rather than your drawers ending up on Brighton front

involves careful measurement,

pinpoint cutting and accurate gluing.

You don't need a lot of wallpaper paste using these maps.

I've tried using just PVA, just wallpaper paste.

Now I use a mixture of both.

Roller it on.

You want an even...layer.

With paper this thin,

you're in danger of tearing it if you move it about too much or if you

stretch it. My heart's in my mouth every time I do this with a map.

Really it is. But I seem to be coping all right and I think

if I just realised it's not the end of the world if the map does tear.

What I'm doing is I'm placing it in the right place

and then I'm going to smooth it carefully.

What I'm aiming to do is get out any air bubbles or creases

that I can see now

because I don't want to rely on the fact that it will just magically

all adhere to each other.

You've got to do it yourself.

Now I haven't torn it, I probably won't tear

any of the rest of it that I'm going to do because I can see it's acting

all right, it's all in a good mood today, like me.

It should look lovely.

In West Sussex, Sarah's back home at Reclamation HQ.

She set aside the washstand to sell as is.

She's also putting the finishing touches to the mirror

and it's been a painstaking process.

This is taking forever. But it's really good fun.

I feel like it's coming on and it's looking quite pretty.

But I think it needs just one extra detail.

I'm going for gold.

You just have to wait for this glue to go a tiny bit tacky

and then drop the gold leaf on.

That's beautiful. That's definitely adding value, look at that.

I love gold.

Sarah uses Dutch metal, which is actually an imitation gold leaf.

Wow!

That's changed.

When Sarah saved the mirror from the skip in Witley,

it was dull and distressed.

Sarah's stripped down the mirror to its parts,

sanded back the painted surfaces

and given it a completely contrasting paint job.

She has painstakingly painted each and every leaf and flower

by hand, finishing off the look with imitation gold leaf.

It certainly does look different.

But will it be too radical to reflect a profit?

Well, it's certainly a look, isn't it?

People are either going to love it or hate it

and I'm hoping there's a few people out there that love it.

I think the gold detail really lifts it and I'm hoping it's going to lift

it into profit. I've just got to find somebody who loves it.

With the transformation complete,

all that's required is to let the world have a gander

and what better way than the internet?

Who's going to buy this one, then?

That's a very good question, Sarah.

When Sarah spotted Vanessa at the tip in Witley,

she couldn't have been more pleased.

They are all you could hope for turning up at a tip.

Good, well, absolutely. Well, I don't want them, so I'm delighted.

It was the dressing table mirror which caught Sarah's eye.

She's obviously cleverer than me and so let's see what she comes up with,

I'll be very interested to see the end result.

Sarah decided it was the mirror that needed a revamp

as the washstand might just sell as it was.

Altrincham Market was the final destination for the mirror.

Stallholder Gareth snapped it up after it was advertised online.

So as people who upcycle ourselves,

we can really appreciate the work that's gone into the mirror,

that Sarah's put in and because it is such a beautiful piece,

we're going to gift it on to my mother-in-law

and my partner's mum to say thank you for all the hard work

she's done over the years to help us build this business.

Hello, boys.

Not only did the mirror sell, but the washstand cleaned up too

after Sarah posted pictures of it on Instagram.

Sarah's back in Godalming to tell Vanessa

what became of her throwaways and to reveal if they've made a profit.

-Hi.

-Hello, Vanessa.

-Hi, Sarah. How are you?

-I'm very well.

-How are you?

-Fine, thank you, fine.

So, I said I'd be back in touch.

When you turned up at the recycling centre with all that stuff

that was coming out of the back of your car,

it was literally the stuff of my dreams.

Tell me about the dressing table mirror and the washstand.

I think it must've been my grandmother's

-and I think somebody painted it white at some stage.

-Yes.

Maybe my South African mother, it looks like, but I don't know,

-but I don't need it.

-Well, it had lovely age to it.

They aren't hugely commercial

because we just don't sit at dressing tables as much

but they are things that are decorative

so I went down that route.

I thought it would be lovely to make it look as pretty as possible

and see where that led.

So I've got some pictures to show you what I did with it.

-You did it yourself?

-Yes. I hope you approve.

-Your mirror now looks like that.

-Oh, my word, psychedelic!

Oh, it's amazing.

I hand painted the frame with lots of little leaves...

It's beautiful, Sarah.

..and detail and that's how it ended up.

That's amazing, you'd never recognise it.

And it also came with that lovely little washstand,

-which I thought...

-Yes, I remember, yes.

-I thought

that might be a nice project for somebody else to take on.

So with the sale of the mirror and the sale of the washstand I've got

some profit here. In fact, I have £165 here for you

for your mirror and your washstand.

Oh, Sarah, well done, thank you very much,

especially as you did it all yourself.

So, what would you do with £165?

Well, right now, probably some new Hoovers!

I love a woman with lots of Hoovers!

-Great to catch up.

-And you, Sarah.

-So glamorous! Bye-bye.

-Thank you.

Sarah spent just £5 on materials revamping the mirror.

And with the washstand selling without being worked on,

£170 was generated in combined sales,

leaving Vanessa £165 to put towards a new vacuum cleaner.

Sarah has returned to the seaside,

to Brighton on the south coast,

not for ice cream or deckchairs, but to catch up with Emma,

who has been remapping the future of the old brown bedside drawers.

You can never be sure, but I think that Sarah will quite like

a bit of Brighton map and coastline

on this dinky little piece of furniture.

I've gone the extra mile with this one, as well, just for Sarah.

Just for her approval. We need her approval.

Well, I'm here to pick up

my small, sad side table that I left Emma with.

I'm hoping that she's given it a total makeover

and put it back on the map.

This small chest of drawers was saved from certain destruction

and was brought to Brighton for a transformation.

And what a transformation it is.

Emma's provided a fresh, contemporary new look by sanding,

priming and covering it with a map of the local area.

Emma has revived it completely.

Adding a glass top for durability,

the legs and interior of the drawers have been painted

complementary colours of green, white and red.

Let's hope Sarah will appreciate the route Emma has taken.

-Hi.

-Hi.

-Oooh!

-Let's see it.

-See the front of it.

-Oh, Emma!

-All the way round.

-It looks really cool.

Yeah, well, it's a really neat shape, this,

right on trend, this shaped furniture.

The inset handles here and what have you.

All nice and streamlined.

It was brown, glossy...

I mean, personally, it wasn't my cup of tea at all,

but now it looks lovely.

And you've managed to get some glass on the top.

Yeah, I put some glass on the top. I don't often do that,

but it sort of smartens it up and makes it a more complete piece

of furniture, as well.

-Wow!

-A little pop of colour.

That's fantastic. I love that.

That's what they say, isn't it?

Oh, look. OK. So, I think we were hoping for around 100 quid

to convert it, to make it look lovely again.

-How are we doing on that?

-Well,

still 100 for the work and I used an extra map, as well, but,

if I can put £10 on top for the glass that I didn't factor in,

-would that be OK?

-Yeah, that's great.

No problem. So 110?

-We're going to make some money on that, aren't we?

-I think so, yeah.

I think you've done a very, very good job on it.

I hope so. I think, yeah, someone will want this

whether they're in Brighton or not.

-Yeah.

-Yeah.

-People like Brighton, don't they?

They've got a soft spot for it.

I'm going to take that away and get that sold.

That's brilliant. Thank you so much.

-You're welcome.

-I'll be in touch.

-It's lovely to see you.

-And you.

-Thank you.

-Bye.

-Bye.

Well, before, it was dowdy, dull and a little bit depressing.

Look at it now, bright and beautiful.

Yeah, I'm happy with that.

I have done a few map pieces before, but this one was just...

Just went a little bit more slick with the glass and boxing in,

so I learnt a couple of things on it and I think it turned out well.

When Sarah met Clive at the tip, his chest of drawers were done.

Having a bit of a clear-out, then?

Yeah, that's right, yeah. Redundant furniture.

Having had it for years, the appearance was wearing thin.

-So are you keen on that nice brown colour?

-Not in particular, no.

He did have some original ideas as to what Sarah might do with it.

Perhaps use it for a child's bedside table, or something.

-I really don't know.

-That's very considerate, Clive.

But Emma had other ideas.

Sarah advertised the chest online

and it was Chris who spotted its potential.

It now has pride of place in his reclaimed furniture shop,

Modish Living, in Haywards Heath.

We absolutely love this bedside table.

I think it's beautiful what she's done

and the quality of the finish is just amazing.

And, for us, being just outside Brighton and Hove,

the locality of the map is just perfect.

Sarah is at the vicarage in Milford where Clive is the local vicar.

But does Sarah have a profit for him?

-Hello, there.

-Oh, good morning.

-Hi, Clive, how you doing?

-Hi, good, thanks, yeah.

-How are you?

-Yeah, very well, very well.

-Good.

-So just remind me.

We took a bedside cabinet from you.

-Yes.

-It wasn't yours but you'd been helping and storing it for a while,

-is that right?

-A couple of years and it's redundant, yeah, yeah.

It was a fantastic brown colour, wasn't it?

-It was, yeah.

-What did you think was going to happen to it

after we took it away? Any thoughts at all?

Haven't got a clue.

Emma was the person who refurbished your cabinet.

She's down in Brighton.

She does something really special with furniture

and I've got some pictures here to show you what she's done.

-Oh, excellent.

-She has done this to your bedside cabinet.

My word!

That's incredible.

She has covered it all with a map of Brighton,

because that's where she lives. She's painted it inside and outside.

She has really refreshed it and, well,

made it look quite different to that.

How lovely. That's really good.

Beyond imagination.

-Well done her.

-She's very good at it.

It was a sweet little cabinet, but because it's so small,

it's quite difficult to make money on something that's that small.

Sure, money's not the object of it, it's fine.

There is money, though. There's a little.

There's a £25 little windfall for your bedside cabinet.

Oh, brilliant. Oh, thank you.

Well, that's great, because,

-as a church, we support lots of things, yeah.

-Fantastic.

If that goes into those coffers, I'm delighted.

-Thank you.

-Thank you so much for your time today

-and for catching up again.

-You're welcome. Well, good to see you.

-Bye-bye.

-Thank you, bye.

Well, it was lovely to catch up with Clive.

I think he was really enthusiastic

about the way Emma had rejuvenated that cabinet.

And that money sounds like it's going to some great causes.

With Emma's costs totalling £110,

Sarah was able to sell the revamped bedside drawers for £135,

which meant a £25 profit for Clive.

With the old dressing table mirror turning a profit

and the revamped drawers off to a new home,

Sarah has returned to West Sussex and the workshop of Oli and Josh

to find out what became of the copper hopper.

Yeah, it was quite a fun project, this one.

We immediately knew we wanted to make a lamp.

Yeah, that was obvious, wasn't it?

Yeah. Yeah, no, I think Sarah is going to...

Although she knows it's a lamp,

I think she's still going to be surprised,

er, as to what we've done with it and how we've actually used these

materials, so, yeah, I think she will be pleased.

Our tip-find flour-holding copper hopper has hopefully undergone

a total transformation.

I'm hoping Josh and Oli have given it a style injection

and it'll now have a place in the limelight.

When Sarah dropped off the copper hopper, it had a certain charm,

but lacked a purpose.

Now it's full of purpose,

acting as the shade on a beautiful floor-standing lamp.

Lacquered oak strips to create a wooden arc

and dyed concrete to make the base,

the boys have created the epitome of modern design chic,

mixing old and new.

-Hello.

-Hello.

-Oh. Wow.

Hey!

Lads, that is a stunner.

Isn't that cool?

-Thank you very much.

-How does that stay up there like that?

-Yeah.

-Some really clever planning.

-That is fantastic.

Genius. I thought it'd be really clunky, or, you know, not clunky,

I thought it might be a struggle

to get this into the right kind of scale.

We did think about building it out of copper pipes,

but we decided it would be much sleeker

if we did something with a nice oak.

It's lovely. How is it...?

-Go on, then, give us the reveal.

-Do you want to do the honours?

What, floor...? Yeah, go on, then.

-Doo-doo!

-Ah.

That's really quite subtle, isn't it?

-So, has it got...?

-Yeah, it's just one of the nice,

warm squirrel-cage bulbs.

It's fantastic. Tell me you're pleased with it.

-Yeah, definitely.

-Yeah, yeah.

How about budget, because I know lighting,

you can sell for a good budget,

but what did you come out on this one?

It was pretty tight on this one, wasn't it?

Cos it was... There was 300 quid left on it,

so are we squeaking in on that,

-is that all right?

-Well, yeah, we'll stick to it.

It's very clever.

-Cool.

-I love it.

I'm so pleased.

-Good.

-Thank you. Absolutely fantastic, this design.

Cool. Thank you very much.

Lovely. I shall see you very soon.

See you later.

It's another winner from Josh and Oli.

All that's left is for Sarah to find a buyer.

It turned out kind of how we wanted it, really,

like, quite sleek and designery.

I'm really pleased with how it went

and Sarah seemed to be equally happy, so that's cool.

Well, in different hands, that old copper hopper could have been

transformed into a salad bowl, or something.

But Josh and Oli have turned it

into something cool and contemporary.

It's a stunning piece of design.

When Sarah caught up with Dominique and her copper hopper,

its purpose was unclear.

I've no idea what it was used for.

It's just always been in the fireplace.

A lack of clarity has never stopped Sarah before,

and it didn't this time.

I'll be very interested to see what you can do with it.

Happy to see it go, Dominique hopes for the best.

I hope she's going to get inspiration from it

and make it into something really special.

Is there anybody there who likes working with metal?

Sarah advertised the lamp online

and it was lighting shop owner Matt who bought it.

A really great industrial style lamp,

especially with the concrete base.

It goes in with the rest of our stock.

We'll be able to get rid of it pretty quick.

Sarah is in Haslemere in Surrey to catch up with Dominique and show her

what became of the copper hopper.

-Hi, there.

-Hello.

-How are you?

-Fine, thank you, and you?

Very well. Nice to see you again.

-And you.

-So, the copper thing that you brought to the tip was

-in your fireplace for a while, is that right?

-That's right, yes, yes.

And it actually went down to West Sussex,

to a couple of great guys called Josh and Oli.

-You want to see what they made of it?

-Please.

So, here is...

That's beautiful!

It really is. I'd have that in my house.

I'm really pleased to hear you say that.

You're not the only one who has admired it,

because there is a company called Arc Lighting, who make lighting,

but also buy bespoke lighting, and they snapped it up.

So, I did sell it and I've got a little profit here for you.

I have got £150-worth of profit for you.

That's amazing!

-Thank you very much.

-It's a pleasure, it's a pleasure.

So, I'm pleased to be able to hand that over,

-but what might you do with it?

-I'd like to give it to

the Monte San Martino Trust, which is a charity close to my heart.

I loved that hopper the moment it turned up at the tip,

so thank you so much for letting us have it.

-Pleasure. Thank you very much.

-Bye-bye.

-Thanks, bye.

It turns out Dominique's chosen charity provides bursaries

for Italian students who come to the UK to study English.

Well, I'm happy that Dominique's happy

because I knew the moment I saw

that copper hopper that it had moneymaking potential.

And it sounds like there's a little charity

who's going to get a very generous gift.

Josh and Oli charged £300 to turn the old copper funnel into a stylish

standing lamp. Sarah was able to sell it for £450.

That left a profit of £150 to hand over to Dominique.

Sarah salvaged unwanted items from the Witley recycling centre.

Clive's bedside cabinet was remapped by Emma,

Dominique's copper hopper was lit up by Josh and Oli,

and Sarah took on Vanessa's mirror and washstand.

Well, with the help of my talented friends,

we've managed to save stuff from the skips and turn them into stylish,

saleable items, and we've handed over some money for nothing, too.

That's a bonus.