Episode 17 Money for Nothing

It's like waiting for the ships to come in, isn't it?

How do you make money for nothing?

Are you throwing this away as well?

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

thrown out by us every year.

This is nice, though, isn't it?

That's why reclamation expert Jay Blades wants to get his hands

on things before they hit the skip.

I've been a builder, I've been a philosophy student,

and now I'm a furniture restorer,

so I know more than most about transformation.

I revamp the old into the new and then sell it on for a profit.

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

-They do need a little bit of fixing.

-Yeah.

-A little bit of love.

..he can transform his finds into desirable...

Wow. This is amazing.

-..valuable...

-That's unbelievable.

That's your door.

..and hopefully saleable items.

You've done a brilliant job, mate. Brilliant job.

If Jay is successful, then he can hand the profits back to the very

people who had no idea there was cash to be made from their trash.

I wasn't expecting that.

-No.

-Dear me!

Welcome to Walsall Recycling Centre,

a lively scene of hustling and bustling,

where Jay is on a mission...

HE LAUGHS

..to turn your trash...

..into hard cash.

Now, look at this. It's super busy.

I don't know why I'm talking to you guys.

I need to get out there and find some gems.

But before you make a beeline for your local tip, take note -

Jay's been given special permission...

Oh, anything, any junk.

-..to seek out three items...

-Oh!

..that he can reclaim, revitalise and sell on for a profit.

What are you throwing away?

First to catch Jay's attention is David,

with a piece of furniture on its last bobbin legs.

That looks nice.

-Hello. Oh, let me give you a hand.

-Oh, cheers. Thanks.

-All right.

-Thanks very much.

-How are you doing?

-I'm Jay.

-Hi, Jay. How are you doing?

-All right?

-Yeah, good.

So, obviously, you're throwing this away.

-Correct, yeah.

-And why?

Mum's moving with us to Somerset,

so we decided to get rid of all the stuff in the house.

That's about 50 years old, so...

So you remember this as a child, then?

50 years ago, I guess, yeah.

All right.

There's just only a certain amount of stuff we can keep, you see.

-So mum doesn't mind you throwing it away?

-No, not at all, no.

It's been stuck in the garage at the back for years,

but good craftsmanship, in those days, by the looks of it.

No, it was. And look, it's still solid.

Obviously you've got that split in there, and that split.

-Yeah.

-But that's not a problem at all, actually.

I do like it a lot. Would you mind if I was to take this?

No, please help yourself.

-And I'll keep you posted on what I've done with it.

-Yeah.

-It is that all right?

-Yeah, that would be great.

-Thank you.

-You're welcome.

-Diamond!

A jewel of a find indeed, Jay.

So, David, any thoughts on what the future may hold for your mum's table?

A bit of modern chic. What do they call it these days?

Distressed chic or something? I don't know. I'm sure he'll do a good job.

Well, thank you for your vote of confidence,

but here's hoping it won't be too distressed.

Now, it's not every day you come across an oak table.

Now, this table is lovely.

The features on it are to die for, but it's got a naughty crack right

down the middle there and also on one of the drop-leafs,

but I'm a great believer in bringing things back to life,

and I think I know someone who can help me out on this one.

And that someone that Jay's invited to the table...

..Daniel Heath, the Renaissance man of rubbish.

Daniel's passion is to take unused materials and make them sing.

There's a point in the creative process where you kind of have this

eureka moment.

It's a painful process of trying to extract an idea and put

it into some visual that works.

I like to think that the limits are only temporary for what we can do,

and I get really excited by new opportunities that I haven't really

even thought of until they come along.

Well, Daniel, if ever there was a table crying out for a new lease of

life, it's this one.

With one item safely tucked away,

Jay's back on the lookout for enterprise number two...

..and he's feeling pretty lucky today.

I've just found a tub of money.

That's a bit too easy, isn't it?

All right, let's go and find some real items.

Good idea. Perhaps David can deliver with his trunk full of junk.

-How are we doing, mate?

-Yeah. Not bad, not bad.

-All right?

-Yeah.

Do you have the seats to go with them?

I do. But these weigh an absolute tonne, these.

They're soaked to the skin. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

-Oh, wow.

-Where have they been?

-Outside?

They've been in the garden for all summer, really.

Well, let me have a look at those chairs.

Yeah, yeah. Have a look at them.

-Yeah, there's a...

-Oh, yeah.

There used to be four but the other two broke.

-These...

-The other two are broken?

Yeah, I chucked them away a long time ago, yeah.

What? You like the look of them, then, do you?

I do like the look of them.

You can tell that they've been outside because that's starting to lift.

-Oh, yeah.

-That's just basically where the glue is.

-Expanding, aren't they?

-Yeah, expanding. But they're still solid.

-Yeah.

-So that's... It's brilliant. The varnish has come off.

Yeah, well, I did try and break them up before I came out and I couldn't

-break them, so...

-Well, that's a good sign, you couldn't break them.

That's a really good sign. How long have you had these chairs, then?

They haven't always been outside, have they?

Oh, God, no, they were in the house for many years.

Oh, I've had them 20, 30 years, something like that.

In fact, these came with my second wife.

She doesn't mind getting rid of these?

-She helped me load them, actually.

-She helped you load them?

-Yeah.

-It's all right to take these?

-Absolutely, yeah.

I'll stay in contact with you and let you know what I've done.

-That'd be great.

-Is that all right?

-Yeah, it'll be interesting, yeah.

-Sorry about the wet hand.

-That's all right. Not a problem.

-All right.

-You're welcome.

-I'll be back for those seats as well.

-OK.

-I'll get those out for you.

-Cheers.

Thank you, kind sir.

But what do you think he'll do with them?

I'd like to see them back and functioning, to be honest.

We only got rid of them because they didn't fit any more, you know,

we had a new table, so, erm, yeah,

I'd like to think somebody can sit on them in the future, yeah.

So four would've been a lot better, but two is better than none at all.

I think, in the right hands, these are going to look amazing.

And Jay has four hands in mind that could be perfect.

It can only be Katy and Richard.

Husband-and-wife team Katy and Richard not only have love for one

another, but also for creative reclamation,

and they're sharing it with the world.

Their passion is to take unused and unloved items and make them sing.

I do have a tendency to go quite crazy and maybe a little bit crazier

than you. Would that be fair to say?

And you can... You're good at reining me in.

Our skills are sort of complementary, I think, as well.

-Yeah.

-Rather than overlap, so...

-Yeah.

-We don't tread on each other's toes.

It's very egalitarian, as long as he does what I tell him to do, I think.

-Yeah.

-It's all right, isn't it?

-Works well, yeah.

-She's in charge.

Well, someone will need to be for this challenge.

That's two items gathered,

tagged and loaded onto the Money For Nothing wagon.

Now it's time for Jay to chase down his own pound-making project...

-I did it all by myself.

-..and he's making himself useful along the way.

Good man, Jay.

-There we go.

-Shall we lift it high and dry?

-All right.

One good deed deserves another.

Could Lee's boot full of junk be music to Jay's ears?

-No way. How are we doing, mate?

-Yeah, OK.

Yeah, don't tell me you're throwing these away.

-Yeah, I'm throwing these away.

-Why?

It's been in the shed for too long now, so I'm just going to get rid.

These are nice, solid items, these are.

Did you used to be a DJ or something?

-Yeah.

-About nine years ago, and I just stopped.

What's in this one? Are you throwing that away as well?

Yeah, I'm throwing that away. It's empty.

-It's just a flight case.

-Flight case?

-Yeah.

-So what used to be in there, then?

Turntables, mixer, all sorts.

Ah. So this is redundant?

Cor blimey, they're heavy, aren't they?

So what music did you used to play, then?

A bit of funky house, a bit of garage, a bit of everything, really.

-You must miss it, though, eh?

-I miss it. It's having the time...

-Yeah.

-You grow up.

-You grow up?

-Work, yeah. Job.

-Why are they so heavy?

Is it cos of the speaker that's inside it?

The massive magnet in there, anyway, so...

Oh, there's a magnet in there? Oh, right. OK.

So if it's all right with you, can I take them, yeah?

-Yeah. Yeah, that's fine.

-Are you sure?

It's going in there anyway, so yeah.

All right. Well, I'll probably be able to turn these into something,

and then I'll stay in contact with you and let you know what

-I've done, yeah?

-Yeah. That's fine.

Good on you, man. Now you've got to give me a hand with these,

cos these are too heavy, man. Blimey.

A little less complaining, please, Jay.

A great find, though.

What do you think's in store for them, Lee?

It'll be interesting to see what you can do with it.

I can't see what you can do with it, but it'll be interesting.

So these are so cool.

What we've got is a massive long flight case and two industrial speakers.

Now, they are heavy, just take my word for that,

but I'm really excited about these ones.

I think I can turn this into something amazing.

That makes it three items banked.

Daniel will take on the table...

..Katy and Richard have the chairs to transform...

..and Jay will work his magic on the old DJ kit.

Now, that's it - done and dusted.

Got three good items in the bag.

Let the games begin.

Stratford, east London.

This area has seen extensive transformation in recent years,

which makes it the perfect spot for Daniel's workshop.

Hopefully he's going to like it, even though it's falling apart.

But it's a heavy lump, so I need him to give me a hand.

There we are.

So, erm...

-It's all right, isn't it?

-It's all right.

-It will be.

-It will be, yeah.

-Erm...

-Let's get it in, on the bench.

-Yeah. Let's have a proper look at it inside.

-All right.

All righty.

-OK.

-You could do something with this?

Yeah. Just...

Well, we managed to get it in here without it falling to pieces.

-Yeah, anything more...

-So, that's encouraging.

Well, this side looks like it's going to fall apart at any time.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

So it's the individual bits of timber that are just separating from

-each other, aren't they?

-Yeah, that's all it is, really.

And they're not split. They're good bits of wood.

The idea that I was thinking of is just having one of your lovely

-prints on top...

-Right.

-So you cover that...

Cos when it is all glued together,

you've got kind of like this beautiful oval shape...

-Yeah.

-..which will be quite nice, I think.

-It's a nice...

-Look at that.

That's a big shape, isn't it?

Yeah, it's a nice surface area, for sure.

Lovely. Yeah, OK.

But you've got to do the work.

And then you've got to kind of fix it as well.

Yeah. I... What...

I think I should probably think of them as two separate activities.

-Right.

-Sort it out first...

-Yeah.

-..and then add something to it.

-Yeah.

-Yeah, there's loads of...

-You've done well, cos there's...

-Oh, you like it?

-Yeah.

-Oh, cool.

-There's flat surface area.

-Yeah, yeah, there is...

-And that's...

And there's lots of it, as well.

Yeah. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Excellent. Daniel likes the table, but will Jay like the budget?

If I can have 400, then I know that I can do the work on it properly...

-Yeah.

-..and get it really, really beautifully put back together...

-Yeah.

-Then with a real signature print on the top.

And do something special with the underneath as well.

So, basically, what you're saying to me is you're going to fix it,

you're going to make it look cool...

-Yeah.

-..and you're going to make my job selling it easier.

For £400?

Yeah. I think so.

Stick it there, mate. I'm going to get in there quick.

Absolutely, Jay.

You know a good deal when you hear one.

Jay has left me quite a good project, I think,

because it's made of really good material,

but I'm yet to discover to what extent, you know,

it's wonky and it's falling to pieces, basically.

Now, Daniel seemed really pleased to take on that old, rickety table.

Now, for £400, he's going to turn it into something amazing.

I just can't wait to see the results.

Daniel has agreed a budget of £400 to transform the table.

Jay is leaving him to decide on the vital print design which could make

or break this project.

The charming county of Monmouthshire in south Wales...

..the ideal setting for husband-and-wife team

Richard and Katy to lose themselves in the art of reclamation.

I'd really like for him to just bring something that's just totally

overlooked, really dilapidated and a bit sad,

and just needs a bit of love.

Yeah, something that's a bit sad and lonely, lived a long life,

but is now on its way down, and we can give it a lift, rejuvenate it.

Forget about the chairs, I'll be right over.

I'm in sunny old south Wales, and I've come to see Katy and Richard,

and I've brought them along these lovely teak chairs.

Now, they need a bit of fixing.

I'm sure they can handle that.

Let's go and see them.

-How are we doing?

-Hello. All right?

-You all right?

-How are you doing?

-Hi.

-Oh.

-Wow, look at these.

-I've got something for you.

-OK.

-Excellent.

-Do you want to grab one?

-Exciting.

-Cool?

-Cool.

-Let's have a look.

-Nice.

-How are you doing?

-All right. Hey, Jay. How are you doing?

-I'm very good, actually.

-Good.

-That one goes up there.

-How are you doing, mate?

-Yeah, very well. Good to see you.

-Interesting.

-They are interesting.

-Yeah.

-And I thought they'd be right up your street, to tell the truth.

-Yeah, yeah.

-They do need a little bit of fixing.

-Yeah.

-A little bit of love.

-Yeah, just a little bit, then.

Well, cosmetically they look a bit tired.

-Yeah.

-They are a bit tired.

-But there's still the form of a chair,

-which is a good start, isn't it?

-Yeah, lots of potential there, I think.

-Lots of potential.

-It's a lovely shape, as well.

I like this. This really interesting detail.

So what I was thinking, that you guys could just cover these over

and, yeah, spruce them up a bit.

Obviously, I'm here, so it's your ideas, really.

Strip them back first, I think.

-Yeah.

-Sand them down.

-Right.

See what's going on underneath.

-OK, yeah.

-And then...

-And reseated, I think.

Obviously new fabric, but it might be nice to really get them a little

bit more padded as well, make them super comfy.

And this... This might be beech, I think.

-It's like a...

-No, this... I think this is teak.

-Oh, is it teak?

-I think we've got teak here, yeah.

-Oh, nice!

-Which is nice.

-Really nice.

-So, that brings me down to budget.

-Ah-ha.

-How much are we talking?

-What do you think?

Well, I think we can probably do the pair for 150.

-Cool.

-Yeah?

-150. So that's fixing them, making them structurally

-sound, as you said, Richard...

-Yeah.

-..and then new padding on the top...

-Yeah.

-..fabric and, obviously, all these scratches and all that is

-going to look a bit better than it is now.

-Absolutely.

Yeah, we'll sand them down and put a little bit of treatment on the wood.

And maybe a little... A little bit of paint here and there to pick out

-the colours of whatever material we use.

-That's what I like to hear.

-Yeah?

-Are we talking your language?

-You're talking...

I LOVE a bit of colour. Not a lot. I love colour.

-So 150, we've got a deal.

-OK. Lovely.

-All right?

-Nice one.

-Thank you.

-Thank you.

-Cheers.

-All right, enjoy. Have fun.

-Thank you.

-See you later.

-Bye.

Deal done.

Happy, guys?

We asked for something that was a bit sad and in need of repair...

-Yeah.

-..and that's what we've got. But I'm really chuffed.

-Are you chuffed?

-Me, too.

There's a lot we can do with them. It'll be nice to get stuck in.

Well, then, we won't hold you back any longer.

I'm well chuffed that I brought those two chairs down to

Katy and Richard.

Now, they mentioned a bit of colour,

and you know that's right up my street.

I just can't wait to see what they do with them.

Katy and Richard's transformation budget is £150.

It sounds like they've got what they wanted,

but perhaps they should be careful what they wish for.

Wonderful Wolverhampton.

The creative hub that Jay calls home.

The man himself is at his workshop and is raring to get started on the

old discarded DJ gear.

It's a nice little DJ set, this is,

but its partying days are well and truly over.

What I intend on doing to this is turning it into a luxurious

dressing table.

Now, when I open this up,

basically this tells me it's a dressing table,

because you've got compartments here, storage, storage, storage.

On the back, there, we're just going to have one long mirror and some lights. Simple.

Add the legs on, give it the height.

Then, for the speakers down below,

I'm going to turn those into bedside cabinets.

So you'll have a whole bedroom suite set.

That's cool, isn't it?

Too cool for school, Jay, or even the bedroom.

First things first, what I have to do is clean this and just get rid of

all the stuff I don't want in here, and tackling the outside as well,

because what I'm going to do here is I'm just going to give it a

uniformed colour, but really make a feature of these corners.

That's the exterior prepared.

What's next?

So, what I'm going to do now is start to rip out some of this foam

and basically give me a chance to actually get in there

and get all this dust and sand it a bit better.

So that's both of them rubbed down, ready for the primer.

So, the mirror part and also the dressing table.

But before I do all of that, I'm going to measure out for a lid base,

and what I mean is this, kind of, will be the lid.

And it's going to cover up all of the stuff that you've got inside it,

so you don't really want it to be on display.

You know, all your messy stuff.

Have a hole in there, put your finger in,

lift up the lid and there you go.

Measure twice and cut once.

Just measuring up again to make sure I've got it...

..perfect.

Good man. We like a bit of perfection around here.

So I've got a number of these that I want to cut, and what I've brought

out is the big-boy saw to just save on the arms.

And speaking of which, a gentle reminder to save other parts of the

body by wearing a dust mask and eye protection.

MUSIC PLAYS

So I've got all the sides cut and...

..now just slotting them in place,

cos this will be a perfect base for the actual lid on top.

And it just makes it look a lot more neater.

And then, obviously, once I've got a bit of paint on there that's the

same colour as the inside.

Then it should all go according to plan.

Should've, would've, could've, Jay.

Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

But I have to admire your optimism.

So, now I've taken the sides out,

you can see the compartments working really well.

We just need a splash of colour, lids, legs, back mirror, lights...

Cor blimey, there's a lot to do, isn't there?

There certainly is.

You'd better get those sleeves rolled up.

And with £26.50 spent so far and a lot of work still to be done,

you may be running the risk of having to give yourself a bit of a

dressing-down.

Over in east London, Daniel is about to get cracking on the oak table.

What's the plan?

I just basically need to fix it, shore it up, and then I can start to

do some really interesting things with it as well.

First things first, the tabletop needs to come off so it can be repaired.

So what I'm going to do now is get the middle pieces together and mark

out where I'm going to drill and put the dowels in.

I'm going to use a wooden dowel.

Wooden dowel pins are used to reinforce joints and support shelves.

But first of all, I've got to mark where I'm actually going to put the dowels in.

So I've got this tool which is

basically a guide for doing my dowels.

So it will just make sure that the dowels are in the same height on

both pieces of timber so that they'll marry together.

Ooh, very clever!

So, seem OK.

Calibration confirmed, lashings of glue now required.

Yes! That feels good.

I'm pleased with how it's come together.

What I need to do now, you can still see there's a gap,

and that's where I'm going to use these ratchets,

to basically ratchet these so that they're joined together,

and they should, hopefully, end up with a really, really nice join.

With the tabletop set aside to dry,

Daniel turns his attention to the legs.

That's really satisfying.

-SCREW MAKES SQUEAKING NOISE

-Oh!

It's so nice to see a man happy in his work.

Great.

So far, this table doesn't appear to be giving Daniel any problems.

I'm just going to show you one small part of this, kind of,

process that I'm going to do to it that's going to transform it.

And I'm going to apply gold leaf to these sections here.

And the first thing that I need to do is I need to...

..apply the glue to the surface that will stick the gold leaf on.

Daniel is brushing the glue into all of the creases and folds of the

bobbin legs to ensure an even coverage

when the gold leaf is applied.

Stick it all the way round.

As you can see, it's a really time-consuming process.

Time-consuming and fiddly, you say?

Nothing like a little pressure to help get the job done.

In south Wales, Richard and Katy have pulled up a couple of chairs.

-Right, then...

-What's on the agenda for today, guys?

The first job, as ever, is to sand them down.

As you can see, they're looking a bit weary,

so we want to strip the wood right back and then we can oil it and make

them look really beautiful again.

I'm going to take a look at the seats.

They're not too bad pad-wise,

but I think we need to replace all the upholstery,

because it may be that they're damp and a little bit old, bit smelly.

So I will take all this apart, probably use the original board and

then reupholster them and choose some nice fabric.

And also we need to pick some paint colour, if we use colour,

that works with the fabric,

so we need a bit of time to choose carefully,

-I think.

-Yeah, bring them back to life.

Sounds good.

But it's quite a to-do list.

Best get started.

Yeah, it's going.

That'll do for now.

I think it's going to shake a little bit once you sand it.

And, please, folks, like Richard,

make sure you always wear a protective mask when sanding.

It'll put a smile on Katy's face.

Yeah, I think Jay might be right. He thought it was teak under here.

Yeah, it's looking like teak, isn't it?

-It's not...

-It's dark.

-It's not pale enough to be beech.

It's lovely. The grain's really nice.

So let's have a go at a leg.

Confirmation of teak is good news.

Teak furniture is amongst the most expensive, and why?

It's sought-after for its elegance and its durability.

Rather like myself.

We're probably going to put a bit of paint on these chairs,

just to pick out a few details.

So I'm going to have a play with some colours,

just to get an idea of what we're going to use.

With progress made on the chair frames,

now is a good time to step inside a world of fabric.

So this is my magic fabric basket.

So I'm just going to have a little look and see if we can find anything

that might work for the chairs.

So we're going to need something that's fairly hard-wearing, aren't we?

That's a good weight.

-That's good.

-Oh, yeah, that's nice with the pink.

You know what's quite nice about this?

It's got a bit of humour to it.

-And if you're going to...

-The idea of sitting on a cactus.

Yeah. Look at the colours in that! That's amazing. I love that fabric.

It seems the guys are having far too much fun.

Time for Minnie to jump in and help move things along.

This one? What do you think?

Say "Meow" if you like it. No.

Well, Minnie wasn't much help,

but the perfect fabric is in there somewhere.

Time for Katy to focus on the seat pads.

I want to keep the wooden base and I'm just going to take off all the

covering, all of this slightly manky material that we've got on

that we're not going to use, and see what's underneath.

This is chipboard.

You can see straight away that it's suffered a bit of damp.

It might be salvageable. Might sand it up a bit and just see.

If the damp's penetrated it,

we might have to replace the wooden base as well.

After a good start, it seems the chair is giving up some unwanted secrets.

Perhaps converting these chairs on a small budget won't be so easy after all.

While the artisans continue to work hard on their items,

Jay is putting the finishing touches to the flight case.

This is looking beautiful.

When Jay rescued the DJ case from the skip,

its party days were well and truly over.

MUSIC PLAYS

Fun, functional, and well and truly funky, Jay's joinery skills have

turned this from a cast-off case into a dapper dressing table.

Standing on a set of sleek legs, it comes complete with new compartments.

Alas, the speakers didn't make the grade,

but Jay put all his focus into the case,

and the dressing table can now play its part in many more nights to come.

Happy, Jay?

Now, this has come out exactly the way I wanted it to.

We had a few troubles along the way, but that's to be expected.

I've never done a dressing table like this before,

but I've got all the elements here.

I've got a mirror. I've got compartments where you can store all your bits and bobs,

and even got holes in the back for the hairdryers and all

other bits. So, there's only one other bit -

and let's put this down like that - the piece de la resistance.

Check this out. It goes like that.

Bosh!

Now, THAT is cool.

Very cool, Jay.

Good work.

When Jay met him at the tip,

Lee was clearing out the remnants of his old DJ career.

Did you used to be a DJ or something?

Yeah, about nine years ago, and I just stopped.

You must miss it, though, eh?

-I miss it, but it's having the time...

-Yeah.

-You grow up.

-You grow up, yeah?

-Work, yeah, job...

Lee may have played his last record, but Jay tapped into the beat of his

imagination and the rhythm of his vision.

And the result...

..a bold and unique dressing table.

The lights have been PAT-tested,

ensuring that it complies with all UK safety standards.

Now Jay is back in Walsall to see Lee and show him the transformation.

-How are we doing?

-Are you all right, yeah?

-Are you all right, mate?

-Are you OK?

-Yeah!

-Very good.

So, do you remember your, what was it called,

your DJ set that you brought down?

-Yeah, yeah.

-So, how long had you had that for?

Er, about... Can't remember how long,

-it's been in the shed for about four years.

-Oh, has it? Four years!

I think I've had it about eight, ten years.

So, your DJ-ing days are over, then?

-Yeah, definitely.

-Well, I took it on myself, that flight case you had...

-Yep.

-..and the speakers. I didn't do much with the speakers,

As a matter of fact, I didn't do anything with them.

But what I did with the deck was that.

Turned it into a dressing table.

So, what you've got, these are three compartments, you lift them up...

-Yeah.

-..and then you put all your storage in.

-That looks good, that does.

-And then you've got your mirror there,

with the lights, you can change them, and it's LED.

-That looks pretty good.

-You like that, yeah?

-Yeah, yeah.

Well, the sad thing is, I think it's cool,

you think it's cool, but no-one's bought it.

-No-one's bought it yet.

-No! No, no-one's bought it yet.

And that's the word I like to hear, because basically,

I WILL get this sold, and as soon as I do,

I'm going to send some money your way.

-Oh, awesome.

-Is that all right?

-Yeah, yeah.

-Nice one.

-All right?

-Cheers, Jay.

-You take care, my man.

-You take care.

All right, mate. See you later.

Now, Lee was impressed with the transformation.

But we didn't sell it.

Now, I'm a little bit gutted about that.

Onwards and upwards - I'll get that sold.

Jay spent £86.49 on materials.

And although he hasn't had a buyer yet, as soon as he does,

the profit will be making its way to Lee.

In east London, Daniel is giving the table a final

polish in preparation for Jay's arrival.

Jay dropped me off a table that was in a bid of state,

so I think he's going to be really pleased to see it kind of put back

together in one piece, and yeah,

I hope he likes what I've done with it.

Well, Daniel, we're about to find out.

I'm here to pick up my broken drop-leaf table.

Now, Daniel said to me he's going to give me something special.

I'm just hoping he's done that, and he's put the table together again!

After years of loyal service,

it seemed this table's dining days were over.

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But now, it looks good enough to eat your dinner off!

To turn the fractured furniture back into something functional,

Daniel toiled day and night to repair, restore,

refresh and renew the old table.

His show-stopping design was printed directly onto the reconstructed top,

creating a real centrepiece.

The imitation gold leaf on the beautiful bobbin legs

enhances the classy feel of this luxurious table.

It's all back in one piece, but what will Jay make of it?

-Hey, Jay!

-Come on, man!

You keep doing this to me!

-How are you?

-Yeah, I'm good, I'm good.

I'm pleased with it.

-What do you think?

-You've got to stop!

You keep on lifting these levels up of your work,

and you've got to give some of us a chance to catch up, mate!

This is beautiful!

The legs are making a statement, but the top is something else.

-Yeah.

-There's lots of different things going on in this piece.

There's a lot, but what you've done is,

you've created a table which just looks light,

and it's got so much movement to it.

I think it is beautiful.

It's like a table in flight.

Yeah, you've made a heavy table look superlight.

And the legs, come on!

You know I love a bit of bling, and that is just...

Well, I just thought, you know,

these sorts of tables are quite commonplace.

-Yeah.

-And I thought, well, why not do something with it that's really fun,

lifts it up, makes it into something

completely different from the rest of them?

-Yeah.

-So, yeah, gold-leafed it!

Gold leaf! It's quality!

Jay's happy, but did all this quality add to the budget?

Actually it was fine, because I haven't really done anything other

than put it back together and paint it and give it a new look.

I think you've... No, what you're...

No, don't say you haven't done anything.

Look what you've done to that! That's a work of art, mate!

You've done a bit more than just putting it together.

-Yeah?

-Yeah.

-That's gorgeous.

But I didn't have to buy any new timber or anything like that, you know,

the raw ingredients were there.

-Yeah.

-It just needed putting all back together and smartening up.

Modest as always, Daniel!

But Jay is absolutely thrilled with the result.

Daniel has opened up the true potential of that table.

I couldn't be happier.

The oak table belonged to David, who was optimistic for its future.

Bit of modern chic, what do they call it these days,

distressed chic or something?!

I don't know, I'm sure he'll do a good job.

Distressing? No.

-Stunning...?

-Oh, yes!

You said it, Daniel!

And it didn't take long for a private buyer on Daniel's social

media to agree.

Now, Jay is on his way to see David to hand over the profit.

-Hello, there.

-Hello, again.

-How are you doing?

-I'm well, and you?

-I'm very well.

-Good, good.

-So, how have you been, then?

-Yeah, not too bad, not too bad.

So, do you remember the table you brought to a recycling centre?

We were actually emptying Mum's house...

-OK, right.

-..because she's moving down here with us to Somerset.

-Yeah.

-And my dad was a real hoarder, we lost him a couple of years ago,

and we couldn't keep everything.

-Right.

-So, you guys were there and took it away for us!

-Right!

Well, it was a good, solid bit of timber and a beautiful table,

even though it was broken. Took it down to London, east London,

to a guy called Daniel Heath.

And he worked his magic on it,

and do you want to have a butcher's what he done?

-Absolutely!

-All right! Look at that!

Wow!

Oh, my word, that is amazing!

So, all of that what's on there is his own design and he's printed it on.

That is amazing. And I thought my dad had really bad taste in furniture!

No, he's got good taste, because that table

was beautiful English oak.

-Was it really?

-Solid.

That's incredible! That is absolutely amazing. Wow!

Well, I'll tell you what,

someone else thought it was incredible and amazing...

-OK.

-So much so that it's been sold.

And I have for you...

£325.

Oh, my God. Wow!

That is incredible. My mum's going to love that,

because I want her to go away on holiday this Christmas.

-Right, yeah.

-So, there we go.

-It's my mum's table...

-Right.

-..and her and dad bought it...

-OK?

-Sorry, yeah.

-It's cool.

Yeah, it's incredible, amazing.

Absolutely amazing.

-She's going to love it.

-No, that's good.

And as I said, your old man, he had brilliant taste,

because the table was good.

And it looks good and so much, someone's bought it.

-So...

-Incredible.

-So, it's going to keep full-circle.

Thank you so much, that's just amazing.

-No, thank you.

-Wow, brilliant. And tell Mum I said hello.

-I will.

-Thank you so much.

-Take care.

-Thanks, bye.

-Bye.

I think David was impressed with that transformation,

and the emotion that he showed because it was his father's table,

now, that was touching.

And the money's going to his mum, so she can have a nice break.

Brilliant.

Daniel charged £400 to transform the table.

The table was bought for £725...

..leaving a £325 profit to go towards David's mum's holiday.

In south Wales,

Katy and Richard are giving the two dining chairs a final polish in

preparation for Jay's arrival.

There's something a little bit unusual about them.

They're quite fairytale-like,

and I don't know whether Jay goes in for fairy tales, but we do!

Well, guys, we're about to find out.

I'm in south Wales to see Katy and Richard,

and I want to know how they got on with those wet dining chairs.

Hopefully they've dried them out and done them up a treat.

Damp, damaged and about to be dumped.

That was until Jay delivered them to Katy and Richard.

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It seems fairy tales do come true!

Unrecognisable from their previous life,

Katy and Richard started right at the beginning to refit,

refurbish and rejuvenate this pair of tired chairs.

They've brought the best out of the teak,

have completely replaced those damp seats,

which meet all UK fire safety standards.

Katy and Richard hope the new look will give the chairs the happy ever

after they deserve.

But what will the boss think?

How are we doing, gu...?

Are you still working on them?

No, not these!

-It's these.

-Ho-ho!

Now, that's nice, isn't it?

-Thank you.

-Yeah, you like them?

-Yeah, I do, I do like them.

-Excellent.

-Pink and brown.

-Pink and brown.

Yeah, it's unusual, isn't it?

I've never used pink and brown together.

-Mmm.

-And I thought I'd done ALL of the colours!

And you've got one up on me, actually.

-Yeah.

-So, why did you choose this fabric?

Well, because originally we thought that the wood was going to sand up...

-Light.

-..more golden.

-Yeah.

-You know, not light, light, but golden.

And we thought, a nice green or a blue will tone...

And then as soon as we got this, we thought, no, it's not going to work.

-Right, right.

-I found this fabric,

and it had this teak colour in it almost.

-Oh, OK.

-And I thought, we'll do something really moody and unusual,

and try and colour match this.

And it also had the pink, so it suggested this little flash of pink

-across the top.

-Yeah, and it's...

-And together, tonally,

it all seems to work really well.

It's got a rich kind of luxurious feel to it.

Like a sort of '70s looks, feel.

You've done it, well done.

A cracking result!

But has all that work added to the budget?

And budget-wise, I left you with £150 for the pair...

Yeah, spot-on.

-Spot on?

-Spot-on.

-Yeah, yeah.

-Well done.

I love it! I love it!

Jay's been won over by the luxurious '70s look.

Happy, guys?

I like that he was surprised as well.

-Yeah.

-You know, it's nice to keep people on their toes,

keep them guessing. And an unusual colour combination is a risk.

-Yeah.

-But I think it paid off.

-Yeah.

-It took me a little while to get my head around that colour

combination, but now I love it.

Those chairs are pretty in pink.

Time to get selling.

The dining chairs belonged to David,

who would've been more than happy with a little spruce-up.

I'd like to see them back and functioning, to be honest.

I'd like to think somebody can sit on them in the future, yeah.

And thanks to Katy and Richard, one can not only sit on them,

but gaze at their beauty.

No wonder that Lovely & British, a gift shop in Southwark, London,

said, "We'll have those, thank you very much!"

Owner, Lorna, was delighted with her purchase.

Oh, they're lovely.

Really pleased. They're going to fit in well with the shop.

Now, Jay is back in Walsall to hand over the profit.

-Hiya.

-How are we doing, are you all right?

I'm good, I'm good, yeah, good to see you.

-Likewise.

-Yeah, yeah.

So, do you remember those two chairs, rather wet chairs,

-that you brought to us?

-Oh, yeah, they were very damp, weren't they?

I took them to a couple down in south Wales,

and what they turned your chairs into is...

Have a look at this.

Good grief. It's those chairs!

That's incredible! Matching...

-Matching pairs?

-They're a matching pair.

-Fantastic.

-So, we've got the pink on the back,

and they've cleaned them up, and the seats, they've just got rid of them.

-They're reupholstered, are they?

-Yeah, reupholstered.

New base, because the base was all wet.

Rubbed them all, re-oiled them, paint, new upholstery

and there you go.

-Fantastic.

-I'm pleased to tell you...

-Yeah.

-..I was able to sell those.

-Oh, right, OK.

-And I've got for you...

-Yeah.

-£115...

-Good grief.

-..profit.

That's fantastic. That's brilliant.

-Is that all right?

-That is excellent, and in fact that's better...

What are you going to do with that?

Well, you might have seen my prostate cancer badge.

I'm doing a cycle run for that, so that will go in my sponsorship towards...

-Oh, is it?

-Yeah. So, that'll go towards cancer.

So, how far are you riding? Where are you going?

I'm doing the Grand Depart, which is a mirror of the first stage

of the Tour de France next year, so it's 195km.

In one day, you're going to do that?

-In one day, yeah.

-Cor blimey, well, you'd best get some practice in, then.

I shall, yeah. Yeah, yeah, that's fantastic.

-Cheers.

-Thanks a lot, you take care.

-Thank you. Bye.

-Bye-bye.

Now, that was a great result.

Dave was thoroughly impressed with regards to what we did to his chairs,

and also the money is going to a great cause.

All-round winner.

Katy and Richard kept to their £150 budget.

The chairs were sold for £265.

Leaving David with £115 to put towards his charity event.

Jay salvaged three items from the tip.

Daniel wowed us with the oak table.

Katy and Richard worked wonders on the dining chairs.

And Jay produced some magic with the DJ kit.

What a mix of tip finds.

It just goes to show that with a bit of imagination and a lot of hard

work, even the most tired items can be transformed.