Office/Games Room I Want My Own Room

Ever dreamed of a brand-new room?

Of taking control?

And designing it yourself?

I Want My Own Room makes your designer dreams come true.

Is your bedroom covered in wallpaper that's just not cool? Eugh!

Are you piggy-in-the-middle cos your brother or sister hogs the house?

Listen up. On I Want My Own Room

you get control in the family home to create your dream space in it!

Get ready to meet today's design desperado.

My name's Alex and I love making money.

But this is the only place where I get any peace!

Alex needs an office and somewhere he can hang out with mates.

So Mum and Dad give him control of the house.

A top designer gets to grips with his wish list.

They find ideas on a trip to a funky office.

And Mum and Dad are made to chip in.

-Time's ticking.

-Alex, you're a slave driver!

But with just four days to get everything done,

will they finish on time?

13-year-old Alex is a budding businessman.

Sharing a room with brother Oliver is a right pain, though.

My brother comes in all the time, plays football.

Sister Alicia is in the box room,

so that just leaves downstairs.

Or maybe not, with Mum and Dad's stuff everywhere.

I need to pay Alex a visit and find him the space he desperately needs.

-Hi, come in.

-Hi, Alex.

-Where shall we go first?

-I'll show you the bedroom.

Sounds good.

I share it with my brother, my little brother.

-Sharing can be quite fun.

-Yeah, but sometimes he'll break my stuff.

I spend my paper round money saving up for something I really want.

-Next day it's broken!

-Whose desk is it?

It's mainly mine for my plans and how to make money and stuff.

-A bit of a business tycoon?

-Yeah!

-Is that what you want to do?

-Yeah.

We used to get ice creams, put our money together and go and sell them.

-Can I see the rest of the house?

-Yeah.

-Woo! Whose is all the stuff?

-Mainly Mum's. That's her dressing table.

We're running out of options here! Shall we go into the garden?

Ooh!

You've got quite a bit of space out here.

Do you think we could fit a sort of office/ chill-out space in there?

I think maybe half the size of the garden.

I think we've found a space to work with here, Alex.

-Shall we go and tell Mum and Dad?

-Yeah.

-Come on, then.

So there's nowhere in the house for Alex to build a business empire

except the garden. But are Mum and Dad ready to hand over control?

There's not much space for Alex to spread out.

Not much space for any of us! There are five of us.

There's a lot of Mum and Dad's stuff in the living room area.

-I am a clutter nutter! I hold on to stuff and won't get rid of it.

-True!

So we think, don't we, Alex, that out here in the garden

would be a great space to build an outside room for Alex.

Where will we put the barbecue? It's my pride and joy, my barbecue!

-Do people like his barbecues?

-If you like a sausage burnt!

If you had the barbie, you burn the food anyway!

We want you to try and do your hobbies in the space Alex has got.

-How do you feel about that?

-Easy. Bring it on! Yeah.

We need to shock Mum and Dad into agreeing to give Alex more space.

I've measured the free floor space in the room that Alex shares.

And this is the amount of free space that Alex has.

-There you go. One snooker cue and some balls.

-Thank you.

Give your mum a skipping rope and a hula hoop as well! There you go.

We need to take it in turns.

Do you and Oliver take it in turns to use the space?

-No, we do it at the same time.

-Exactly.

They should do it at the same time.

-All right, Mum and Dad, come on out of there.

-Thank you!

You've been through enough pain.

Really, how was that?

That wasn't good. We were very squashed.

Now you know why I deserve my own room!

-Mum and Dad, are you ready for this?

-I don't know!

-Not entirely convinced, to be honest!

-Come on, take the keys.

Mum and Dad, do you agree to let Alex redesign your house and garden

any way he chooses to give him more space?

-Do we have to?

-Yes, you do, don't they?

-Yeah, you do.

-OK, Alex,

-I'll leave it to your good judgement.

-Yes!

Well done!

Alex is now officially in charge of designing his own room.

He'll get to tell Mum and Dad what to do.

And it all needs to be finished in just four days.

Right. Now we've got the keys, Alex, I'm going to take you to meet

somebody who'll make all your design dreams come true.

Ready? Come on, then.

Oh, no!

What have we done here?

Top designer Becci Sharkey

specialises in performing miracle makeovers from scratch.

There's no idea too big. If you can imagine it, I can design it!

She's the perfect person to help Alex turn Mum and Dad's garden

into the room of his dreams.

Here's the garden space. What do we want to do with it?

-Make a garden office.

-You're interested in business.

Is that the main focus of it?

I'd like a place where I can sort out my profits.

But also have some fun as well.

What are the must-have items?

A desk which you'd expect someone high up to have.

An office chair, maybe a swivel chair.

Because they need to build an office and chill-out space from scratch,

they need to get a feel for what will go where.

This might not be the exact size, but what do you think?

Maybe half of it as a hidden games room

where I can have my mates over.

Then a step up to the office section.

I could have the desk, the computer, round this area.

-OK.

-And my swivel chair.

That's the layout sorted. Time to get some ideas down on paper.

Or should I say glass?

I've got some special pens and Mum says it's OK cos they wipe off.

We'll sketch out on this glass what the space will look like.

Grab a pen.

What kind of features do you want this desk to have?

-A little drink holder, like a dip into the desk.

-OK.

Where you can stick your drinks. So say that was the seat there.

And you'd have your drink over here.

-Would you be able to reach that?

-You could just walk round.

Alex's design is really beginning to take shape now.

-So, once they've cleaned up...

-Let's go!

..Becci takes him to have a look round one of the BBC's offices.

This is a brand-new state-of-the-art building, and new home to CBBC.

So it should be a great place to get ideas.

Alex, I've brought you to this cool office space. What do you think?

I like the glass and the pattern. And I like the modern look.

Do you like the skyline of the space? The big blocky skyline?

It's good cos it makes everything stand out.

If you fancy designing your own room,

why not look for ideas outside the home, too?

-It's working for Alex!

-That's really cool.

Already he's thinking about things to include in his room.

There's so many colours.

I wanted to show you this space to show that offices aren't boring.

Oh, they're comfy.

You sink in to the sofa and feel that feeling of comfort.

I've got a camera for you to snap anything you like the look of.

How can you get so many colours in one carpet?

All the different types of wallpaper. It was just great!

I'm glad he loves the colours, but he's got quite a small space

and too many colours might be a bit over the top.

So this bit's all about desks and chairs.

-What do you reckon?

-Oh, yeah!

The fact it can spin, it can go back and forwards.

I love the fact that it spins. You can do a 360 turn. It's great.

And you've got your desk. I'd prefer mine to do more things

like maybe a drink holder.

And I'd like a secret stash place!

All the different types of chairs, the fact that they're all modern

just caught my eye.

Alex doesn't really like the desks. They're boring.

We'll have to make something ourselves. Design something.

I hope we can pull it off!

Next, Becci shows Alex the funky wall coverings.

Forget flowers and cars. The writing's on the wall

with lots of differently-shaped letters called fonts or typefaces.

Look at this wall. It's really cool.

Could I have something like this in mine? Maybe names and stuff,

-but like headline names of famous people?

-Yeah!

I think the fact that I can create my own font and have it on stickers,

notepads, et cetera, it'll just be great!

-Is this a door?

-Yeah, it's a door into the wall. It's all hidden.

You don't see it cos of the type. But it's actually a lockable door.

That's clever!

This design trip with Becci has been great.

It's inspired me on how to make my own office.

With Alex now bursting with so many ideas,

it'll be a tough job fitting them all in to that garden space.

Becci gets straight down to business

and is soon ready to reveal her cunning plan!

We're standing in the space where the office is going to go.

-What inspiration do you find?

-Alex had loads of great ideas.

He took loads of photos.

The colours are fab. That doesn't really look like an office.

Maybe four or five colours mixing in to each other.

Will that work, Becci?

I think some bold colours with a couple of subtler colours is good.

Can I see the final layout, the design?

It's like two separate rooms, but people will only see the one room.

That's what we've done. The left-hand side is office space.

But they won't see this side entrance.

Your brother and sister won't be able to get in

to your chill-out area.

It's really what I wanted.

It's like a secret den!

It's great, honestly. I'm really happy. Thanks.

Now Alex is happy, he needs to put the I Want My Own Room team to work!

Let's get started on my room!

It's time for Mum and Dad to get properly kitted out.

You've got your own I Want My Own Room t-shirts

and boiler suits. Hand Mum and Dad's over to them.

You are now going to be clearing away all that gubbins behind you!

-Oh, no!

-Right, Alex?

You're tidying my room because of my orders!

Thanks, Alex. Thank you(!)

That is you told, Mum and Dad!

Guys, go and get your clothes on.

I can see my office getting delivered. I'm really excited.

It's like, "What's going to be in there? What's coming next?"

It's great!

Along with getting the keys to the house,

Alex also gets to tell Mum and Dad what to do!

I've got my clipboard and I've got my pen.

First on my list is to clear the garden.

You've got five minutes to clear all this rubbish. Go!

-Time's ticking!

-Alex, you're a slave driver!

It's what you do to me. It's payback time!

Get used to it, Mum. Later, you'll be sorting through that stuff

at the village hall, deciding what to keep and what to chuck.

-Come on! You have to go faster!

-I'm not used to hard work, Alex!

-I can tell!

-I wouldn't like you to be my boss!

Hurry up!

They boss me around. So it's time I bossed them around!

Two minutes, 17, 18, 19, 20! Tick-tock!

They are working hard. There'll be more of that in the next few days!

Now the space is cleared, what does Alex think of the progress so far?

It didn't look that big when we put it out with ribbon.

But now it's starting to look quite big!

As one of three kids in a family of five,

there's no room for Alex to spread out.

So we've got Mum and Dad to hand over the keys to the house

and they've agreed he can turn the garden into the room of his dreams.

But with just three days to go, it's all hands on deck

before Alex gives it his seal of approval.

Three!

Day Two. The I Want My Own Room team make an early start on Alex's room,

despite the rain.

Good weather for ducks!

The office gets a floor and the team invent their own language!

UNINTELLIGIBLE INSTRUCTIONS

Come again?

What Stewart meant was that when they join the last piece of wood,

they should spin the floor and it'll look neater!

The family are sleeping elsewhere.

How does Alex feel about his second day as project manager?

I couldn't get to sleep because I was thinking about the day ahead!

And what about Mum and Dad?

I feel really excited and raring to go. I want to get stuck in and help.

That's the spirit! I'm not sure Dad feels the same way!

Let's hope he wakes up when they check on progress

and Alex dishes out the jobs for the day.

OK, Mum, you'll do the panels to make sure of the back wall.

Dad, you're sorting out the windows. Let's get cracking.

You're an expert on these, aren't you?

Careful of your thumbs!

-Even it out a bit.

-I'm getting the hang of this now, Alex!

-Is that OK?

-I think it is, yeah.

Let us finish it off.

Expert!

With the walls to Alex's office now up,

Becci checks he's happy with the layout before the wall goes in.

Tell me which side do you want everything on?

Well, probably the office space there.

-And the other place here.

-Brilliant.

Good. We'll have your desk and everything over there.

Everybody will see that bit.

Here, your secret area where you can hang out with your friends.

And this is where the secret door will go.

Shh! Don't tell anyone!

Alex loved the colour and shapes of lettering and logos

he saw on the design trip.

Becci's decided to help make some of his own.

Every good company or businessman needs a logo.

A little motif or picture that makes it easily recognisable,

sometimes the simplest of things.

So what about a name for the company?

Alex's something? Have you got any ideas?

It's going to be the second name of the road I was brought up in.

It's called Groves.

Why not design your own logo?

Alex wants to use the name of the road he grew up on

but yours could include just about anything!

Think about what you want to say,

then get creative with shapes and colour.

Then the red going round cos that's a darker colour out of the two.

If you know where I'm going!

The orange round, so the darker colours are round the ridge. Inside.

-So like a shadow.

-The lighter colours.

-That's cool.

Maybe you could use pictures in your room, too.

-I would like to add something.

-OK.

A computer.

We'll have to wait till later to see Alex's final design.

-I'll get this printed up, and you check on Mum and Dad!

-OK.

Boo!

-How are you doing?

-We're getting there. Help us if you want.

-I'm OK, thank you.

-You enjoy yourself. Chill out(!)

That's what he'll be doing in the spot you're kneeling in.

Once you've cleared it up, that is!

How does Alex feel his new room is taking shape?

I can't believe all the progress made over two days. Ten out of ten.

If it was out of a million, it's a million out of a million!

I'd say he was pretty happy!

But I have a feeling that things might be about to change.

There are just two days left to get Alex's room finished

and there's a problem!

All it's done since we started this build is rain.

We should be painting this structure today, but the paint won't dry.

If the paint won't dry, we can't finish the build.

If we can't do that, then Alex won't have his own room!

Before Alex arrives, Becci has a job for me.

-What are we up to, Becci?

-I know what Alex wants from his design,

so we can keep the rest of it a secret.

Let's stick these up so he can't peek!

-It's exciting, isn't it?

-Yeah.

-It's going to be great.

Because Alex liked the look of the buildings on their design trip,

Becci wants to bring the same idea to the outside of his

with a difference!

We're going to paint it, making a shape that looks like a city.

Brilliant.

Hold up - where are Mum and Dad sneaking off to?

-What do you think you're doing?

-Busted, Mum and Dad.

I was just making sure it was all secure!

-They need punishing.

-Yep.

We're sending you to the village hall to sort out the garden stuff.

What are you going to chuck out, what will you keep and what recycle?

It's meant to be a surprise! God, you know!

Can't get the parents, these days!

While Mum and Dad start unloading stuff from the back garden,

back at the house, Becci spots something from Alex's bedroom

to use in the final design.

Alex's old shelf is cut, sanded and glued, making a funky coat hook!

-I like it.

-It's good.

-I'm loving the paint colour.

It's like the one I have on my logo.

-Shall we get stuck in?

-Yep.

-Great! See you later!

-Cheers, Becci.

Got any ideas what's going on out there at the moment?

I have a rough idea but to be honest, I'm quite excited

because I just want it to stay as a surprise, really.

-I'm amazed.

-Are you?

-And so is my mum and dad.

Talking of Mum and Dad, how are they getting on, sorting stuff?

You need to sort through everything from the garden

and decide what to keep, throw or give to charity.

I don't like to get rid of them, so just put it in the "keep" box.

Oh, look at all this!

This is 13 years old. It's as old as Alex.

Come on, Mum! No time for messing about.

What do you reckon your mates will say when they see it?

They'll probably be amazed!

Loads of friends coming round to look at it!

Especially on parties and stuff.

My birthday and stuff.

I can't even say we'll find treasure, cos we won't.

She's not the only one trying to find cash amongst the trash.

Last year, a second-hand toy sold for £100,000!

That's enough to buy...

Maybe it's time Alex paid them a visit!

-Alex, I reckon that's a job well done.

-Yep.

Hello? Hello, Alex. How are you? You're on your way here?

Hey, Mum and Dad. How's it going?

Not many things in there, is there?

You can put that in and help us out a bit.

No, you can do that, can't you?

Not getting much done, are you?

-We're trying our best!

-Come on, then, lads.

Let's get stuck in.

-How about your dart board, Alex?

-Is there any darts?

-No arrows, no.

So junk.

Charity?

It was great to see my mum and dad clearing all the stuff.

Mum was happy because she realised there'd be no junk in the garden.

She probably felt disappointed that she had to do it herself.

The stuff is finally sorted, and most of it is going to be binned.

The wall between the office and the secret chill-out space

Alex asked for is in.

Becci has even come up with a fun way of going between them.

A revolving door!

One more sleep and we've got to show Alex the finished office.

And we haven't even finished painting!

I'm seriously worried about this.

While the team work long into the night,

Alex settles down before he sees his room tomorrow.

It's great to be in charge. It's absolutely amazing,

the fact that they're building an office just for me!

I can't wait until tomorrow.

It's the final day. The sun's shining, the birds are singing,

the paint's drying! Everything in the garden is lovely.

But no time for slacking. In less than six hours,

Alex will want to move in to his own room!

First on the list is to get Alex's desk ready for the office.

After minor adjustments, it's ready to paint.

I think it's going to look fab!

But is it going to fit?

It'll be really tight. He has to get past the desk and sit down.

Hmm.

Becci decides to get everything else ready before testing the desk.

So I'm checking out the side door to Alex's secret chill-out zone.

Remember, there didn't use to be a door here. Now there is a door!

But it's a secret!

With the tent down and the roof up, the team are feeling the pressure.

What? It fits perfectly!

And last-minute hitches threaten to hold everything up.

They're the wrong screws!

But Becci is calm under the pressure

and is getting creative.

I've noticed Alex loves his Union Jacks.

So I'm making one for inside his office - but with a difference!

Time for me to flag up just how long we've got to finish.

Designers, decorators and dog's-bodies,

we have just three hours before Alex comes home

and we have to be finished! Over and out!

'I'm going round in circles, here!' Guys,

mucking around aside, reckon you can get this done?

-Yeah!

-Yeah?

Yeah.

-Good luck.

-Thank you!

While the finishing touches go into position,

an excited Alex and the rest of the family head back to the house

after a tense day's wait.

Alex has done a good job of those.

I'm hoping to feel quite made up,

although I am quite nervous cos I want to really see what's gone on.

It'll brighten up our lives as well as the garden!

No pressure! But after one of the biggest challenges we've faced...

Come on!

..the office is finally ready for the boss of this build

to tell us what he thinks.

Remember four days ago how you felt when we turned up and took over?

I was quite nervous, actually.

It's time to hand the keys back to Mum and Dad.

Come on, Alex!

Thank you.

-Are you ready to see the finished room?

-Yeah, I am, yeah!

Mum, do the honours. Let us in.

Four days ago, Alex was sharing a room with his brother

but had no room to work on schemes or have his mates over.

We saw potential in the only available space, the garden.

And Alex, with the I Want My Own Room team, transformed it!

Alex wanted two rooms for the price of one.

A high-spec office and games room.

It took all Becci's know-how to create an outstanding unique space.

The logo Alex designed has taken pride of place

and we even gave him a view with these giant back-lit photo frames!

With everything riding on a positive reaction,

it's down to Alex to tell us what he thinks.

One...

..two...

..three!

Oh! The fact that it started off with no garden

and I've ended up after a few days with this! Oh!

I really thank you.

In we go.

It's posh!

'Hi, Alex. It's Duncan Bannatyne here, from Dragons' Den.

'Always remember, even the simplest ideas can reap the biggest rewards.

'Good luck.'

Oh, yes, nice one, that!

-Pull that back, and what's that?

-A little computer, is it?

Oh, no!

It's a little space where I can put my stuff in! Like a safe thing!

There's another surprise.

A Union Jack! What's this here?

That is a special game. You get the balls and throw them from here.

-If you get them down the tubes, those are the points you get.

-Posh!

Sit on the bean bags and do it. That's a DVD projector.

So if you put DVDs in, you can watch them on here?

-Uh-huh!

-Oh, that is really, really good!

Phew! I think we cracked it! What do Mum and Dad think?

Oh, wow, isn't that fantastic?

Wow!

I think Alex's new room is absolutely amazing.

It's lovely. I'm overwhelmed. It's just fabulous.

I feel like I designed it with Becci.

She helped me design it. Yeah.

-Alex, are you happy?

-I've never been happier. Thanks very much.

That was one tough build.

And Alex is one tough cookie to please!

But the I Want My Own Room team cracked it

and left him with an amazing space he can really call his own.

-I wouldn't like you to be my boss!

-Hurry up!

Expert!

I'm speechless. I really, really, really like it!

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