Chillout Space 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.

THEY SCREAM

This is I Want My Own Room,

the show where you create your dream space in your own home.

Want the lounge to be a games room? Done.

Fancy turning the garage into a recording studio? No problem,

cos in this show you're in control.

In the hot seat today is Elsie.

She needs more space to hang out with her mates.

So we're going to convince Dad to hand over the keys to the house.

Can I trust you?

She'll be sharing her plans for a new room with a top designer.

I think that's genius.

-Searching for ideas in surprising places.

-That's quite groovy.

And keeping Dad out of trouble.

Dad, what have you done?

'With just four days to transform the space,

'can the team create the room of Elsie's dreams?'

Is that supposed to be that tough?

THEY LAUGH

This is ten-year-old, climbing-crazy Elsie.

She's fed up having no space in her crowded, three-bedroom house.

While naughty Dad hogs the lounge,

and older sister Patsy spreads out in her own room...

..Elsie has to bunk up with her other sister, Mattie.

'I need to get round to Elsie's to find a space in her house

'we can turn into her very own room.'

Hello, Elsie. How you doing?

I'm good, thank you. D'you want to come inside?

I'd love to. Thank you very much.

-It's a really old house. How old is it?

-I think about 200 years old.

This is your bedroom.

It's great fun sleeping in bunk beds, isn't it?

It's OK, but I share with my sister, and I don't get any space

when I have sleepovers. That's really annoying.

When friends come, if I'm on the top and they're on the bottom,

you talk down to them. That's annoying.

Also, when they sleep here and there's a bed on the floor,

there's no room to do anything else.

I can imagine. Once you put a bed down next to the bunk beds,

that's all the room eaten up.

Let's have a look round the rest of the house.

-What's in there?

-This is the snug.

-Let's have a look.

I love the word, "snug".

It makes me think of things being cosy and lovely.

It's not really that cosy in here.

It's a bit of a mess, isn't it?

-Crumbs! You have the piano in here. Do you play the piano?

-Erm, no.

-What do you actually use it for?

-Nothing but playing pictures on.

It's the world's biggest photo shelf.

-What's in here?

-They're my old toys from when I was about two.

-And you're now...?

-Ten.

I think this room has definite potential.

Let's go and work on your dad. What d'you reckon?

Definitely.

'There's nowhere in Elsie's shared bedroom for sleepovers.

'But I've spotted a space downstairs that would be perfect.

'Will Dad hand over the keys to the house?'

It's fair to say Elsie suffers from a lack of space.

What do you have to say about that?

I think she's got plenty of room.

It's really not true.

We've decided the best room for Elsie would be the snug.

That's the room we want to make into her own.

To prove to you Elsie needs more space,

we went into her bedroom, measured the floorspace,

halved it, as she shares it with Mattie and recreated it here.

We want you to get in your pen and do your favourite hobbies.

Reading the paper, doing the crossword,

and cycling in Elsie's space. In you get.

OK. It looks like plenty room to me.

If Dad has to use the tiny space Elsie has to put up with,

maybe he'll realise she needs her own room.

It's not even big enough for a sheep.

Why would I want a sheep in my space? That's just silly.

BELL RINGS

Ooh, no. Sorry, not allowed to bump into the wall.

I think you were out of the space, then.

Look, it's the same amount of space every time.

Come on then, Dad, out you come. I think the point has been proved.

Elsie hasn't got enough space, has she?

You can read a paper there, but there's not room for much else.

Are you ready to hand over the keys to your house

to let Elsie redecorate?

I'm not sure. Can I trust you?

Oh! How very dare he!

Come on, Dad!

Do you agree to let Elsie redesign your house,

in any way she chooses, to give her more space?

OK!

Yes! Nice one.

So, Elsie is now in charge of designing her own room.

She'll get to tell Dad what to do,

and everything needs to be finished in just four days.

Time to meet someone who'll make all your designer dreams come true.

Meet Kathryn Rayward.

She's been an interior designer for over a decade

and redecorated hundreds of rooms.

She'll need all her skills to transform the junk-filled snug

into Elsie's new room in just four days.

So, Elsie, how would you really like to see this room?

I want it to be like a chilling-out zone to have sleepovers and stuff.

We can do that. This is quite a big room.

Once the clutter's out of it, you'd be surprised how big it is.

If you could have anything you wanted,

what would you like to have in here?

If you had a rock climbing wall and monkey bars across the ceiling,

so you could go round and up and over...

-Do you like doing rock climbing?

-Yes, a lot.

-We should see if we can do a drawing of it. You'll have to help me.

-OK.

Elsie loves bouldering, a style of climbing using different-coloured

hand and foot holds for climbers to go up specially-made walls.

You won't find ropes or harnesses here.

Instead, climbers use large crash mats to keep safe.

But is it possible to recreate all this in a small room?

Are they your monkey bars coming in? Oh, she's good.

I see. So, the whole of that bit becomes the whole climbing bit.

Yeah. If this tiny bit of the wall was just rock climbing...

That would be amazing!

A brilliant idea to take it up to the side and climb up and across.

I think that's genius.

Maybe around here you could have some beanbags.

Exactly. That is fantastic!

It looks awesome!

Elsie's shown Kathryn the basic design for the room.

They need to check out a local climbing centre.

Elsie may be a bold boulderer, but she now needs

to look at the walls from a designer's point of view.

Tell me what I need to know about bouldering before we get there.

Stay low on the rock wall.

-On the floor?

-No, on the climbing wall.

And keep your feet on the big ones, so you stay stable.

OK. Keep low, feet on big ones. Okey-dokey, I've got you.

If you fancy designing your own room,

get out and about and look for ideas in unusual places.

It's already worked for Elsie.

She may be a climber, but she'd never noticed

hand-holds are a vital part of climbing wall design.

That feels like a rockface.

-That's quite groovy.

-I like that.

I like that one. It's almost got finger-holds in it.

That's quite cool.

I like the difference of the really big hand-holds and the little ones

and it would look nice to have different types.

But the bright, colourful climbing centre raises questions for Kathryn.

I'm concerned this won't be appropriate

for a small room like Elsie's.

We need to be clever and come up with something completely new.

With so many designs already out there,

it will be tough to come up with something new.

Time to get some tips from climbing wall designer, Percy.

Have you any advice about what I should do in my wall?

Try making it as fun as possible. Have as many wild ideas as you want.

Don't just think about colour and the holds, think about the whole wall

and how you could make it even more interesting.

Sounds like good advice to me. While Elsie snaps up more ideas,

Kathryn is getting to grips with climbing.

She wants a climber's eye view before completing

Elsie's design for a dream bouldering wall.

It's easy to climb up. When you climb down again... I find harder.

-Can I come down now?

-Yes. Come on down, Kathryn.

You don't seem to "bouldered over" by climbing.

What have you seen here you'd like in your room?

I want the bright hand-holds. I think they liven up the room,

but I don't want all the paintwork in different graffitis.

I don't think they look very pretty.

I agree. It needs to be a bit prettier.

That's a good word to think about.

But is it possible to recreate all this in Elsie's small snug?

It's a massive challenge.

So, while Kathryn polishes up Elsie's design,

I'll get things started back at the house.

Are you feeling inspired after your design trip?

Definitely.

And, Dad, are you ready for some hard work?

-OK.

-That is the right answer.

Else, do the thing.

You've been telling me to tidy my room for so long,

now you can tidy this room.

-Here are some things cos you're going to get dirty.

-Thanks, Elsie.

Ha-ha. Go on, go and get your clothes on.

We only have four days to transform the room.

Every second counts, and Elsie knows it.

On your marks. Get set. Go!

It's Dad's job to completely empty the room,

but this tiresome task doesn't end there.

In two days' time, he'll have to go through all the stuff he's cleared

to decide what to keep and what to get rid of.

It's such a big box and there's so many books.

The faster you go, the more boxes you'll fill.

That's right, Elsie. You tell him.

Just put it in!

You're such a bossy boots!

You're nearly two minutes now.

Oi, Dad! This is supposed to be a race to the finish,

not a trip down memory lane.

Dad, stop looking at that picture. Put it down!

I think Dad finds it OK putting things in the boxes,

but it's a bit of dirty work, so he's not that happy about it.

I'm making him do it. We must get the room finished.

DAD SIGHS

Stop it!

HE LAUGHS

I'm not saying the room was really bad,

but we've had to bring in professionals to help out.

(SHE MOUTHS)

If Dad were left to his own devices, we'd be here for weeks.

After completing the design for Elsie's climbing wall,

Kathryn is back at the house.

With the clearout behind schedule,

she's spotted some gems still lying around.

Now we've cleared everything out,

we can focus on the nice, interesting things.

If we keep it quite minimal in comparison with the new room,

all these things will shine out and can be appreciated.

Whoa there, Kathryn! Let's not get ahead of ourselves.

There's still a "key" piece of furniture to be moved.

I think we need the boys.

MUSIC: Right Said Fred by Bernard Cribbins.

I know we agreed the piano had to be moved,

but it's proving really difficult. Isn't it, guys?

I think you should have a round of applause.

Look how big this room looks now it's empty.

It's great. It's massive.

Now we have the empty room, I have the photos from the climbing centre.

Talk me through what's going on here.

I took pictures of what I liked and don't like in different designs,

and the bold patterns and what I wanted and what I didn't want.

That's bold, bright and colourful.

It is. We came up with the idea that something that multi-coloured

and bright would probably give you a headache if you had that in here.

OK. Moving on to this room, what have we got here, Kathryn?

This is a bird's eye view of what we'll have in here,

so imagine a crash mat on the floor over there,

and here we've got a big chair.

It's so big, I'm not sure we'll get it through the door.

If we do get it in, it might move around a bit.

This cupboard and storage is completely cool.

I think you'll go, "Look at the climbing wall",

turn round and go, "Look at that, as well".

Elsie, d'you like it?

I think it will be wicked! I'm really excited.

I think Kathryn and me have made a really good idea.

With the clear out complete,

how is Elsie feeling about turning her dream room into reality?

I'm looking forward to starting everything and getting it going.

I want the climbing wall to be there.

I'm really excited about it being there,

but I don't want it to be the whole room.

So, I'm nervous but very excited about what I'm going to see.

'Elsie had no room to hang out with friends,

'but we spotted the perfect space

'and convinced Dad to hand over the keys.

'We've searched out some new ideas and cleared the junk-filled snug,

'but we have a long way to go to create Elsie's dream room.

'There's no guarantee she'll like it.'

Three, two, one...

Day two, and all is quiet in the village.

But not in Elsie's new room.

BIKE BELL RINGS

DRILLING

-Even Dad is making his own sound effects.

-Ohhhh....

Piece of cake, this.

Kathryn wants to turn something old into something new.

-Do you recognise this teeny, tiny, cutie cherub?

-Yeah.

-Who is it?

-Me.

So, what we'll do is create Andy Warhol-style self portraits.

Andy Warhol was part of the 1960s Pop Art movement

and created many famous portraits,

including this one of film star Marilyn Monroe.

He even made paintings out of everyday items like tins of soup,

and turned something that costs around £1 into art

that sold for over £7 million.

That would buy you a LOT of soup.

We'll be inspired by him

and make really simple bright, colourful portraits.

What I have here is a lovely pile of plain black-and-white photocopies

I've had made of the lovely, cheruby photograph of you.

So, nothing swanky at all.

This is a quick way to put some colour in your room,

so why not have a go yourself?

The first job is to take normal poster paints

and add some water to make a thin mixture called a "wash".

Then what I'm going to do is paint on top of your little cheruby face.

Once all the pictures are painted, they need to be cut out

and arranged in a frame.

So, when you're absolutely happy with it,

then attack it with the glue.

While Elsie has fun with her pictures,

there's no time to monkey around in the room.

It's a hive of activity.

The climbing wall is taking shape

and Dad is hard at work stripping the walls.

Hang on, that's not Dad!

Now, THAT's Dad.

OK, "Four letters, feet upon the sofa, beginning with L."

"Loaf"? Maybe "idle".

Wait till Elsie sees this.

I think there'll be one or two "cross words".

Back in the garden, it's time to see if Elsie's handiwork has paid off.

This is always the really exciting bit.

Duh-duh-duh-duh-dah-dah-dah!

Hey, look at that. That's pretty groovy, isn't it?

Yeah. It's awesome.

Well done, you.

What are you doing?

I'm just having five minutes' sit down.

You're being really lazy.

Lazy? Four letters, beginning with L. Well done!

Come on! Get in there!

-You missed a spot.

-Where? Here?

It's fun bossing him today but he needs it. He's been quite lazy.

With two days down and two to go,

the climbing wall takes shape with the team positioning the hand-holds.

But what does Elsie make of the new addition to the room?

The climbing wall looks amazing.

I can't imagine how good it'll be when it's finished.

The next job is painting.

That's painting the walls, Dad.

-Sure this is the best thing to do?

-What have you done?

-Just poured water down my leg.

-What a strange thing to do.

You seemed to come in with a level of expertise

and then pour water down my leg.

Actually, maybe that's working now.

The paint's gone but I'm left with a damp leg.

Elsie got paint in her hair, but well done.

That means you're doing well. Paul, have you paint in your hair?

All paint, no hair, I think.

Instead of going for the graffiti art of the climbing centre,

we've taken all of Elsie's ideas on board.

Kathryn's used the Pop Art theme to design a colourful face

for the bouldering wall.

This is her nose. HE LAUGHS

We think Elsie will love it but we want to keep it a surprise,

so she's no longer allowed in the room.

Painter Steven has a few sticky problems with the design.

The main challenge has been trying to position it around the whole thing.

That looks like a bogey.

While Steven picks his way around that problem, Elsie's given Dad

the epic task of sorting through all the stuff that came out of the room.

With no space left in the house,

we've laid it all out at the local church hall.

How did all that fit in the room?

He needs to work out what he wants to keep and what to get rid of.

With time ticking away, he only has a few hours to do it.

What will I do with all that?

Knowing Dad, there'll be lots in the "keep" pile

and we need somewhere to put it.

Kathryn has a plan.

This is an old storage unit.

You'll paint it with this blackboard paint.

Then you could use chalks and decorate it, beautifully.

If you put books in it, you could label what sort of books they were.

If you get fed up you could wipe it all off and start again.

-Great stuff.

-Cool?

-Cool.

What d'you think of the design so far, Else?

I'm really excited about it. I think it's a really cool design.

Are you excited about what else will go in there?

I am. I've no idea what will be in there except the climbing wall.

It will be quite a surprise when I go in.

Is your dad good at throwing stuff out he doesn't use any more?

There might be quite a lot of stuff he wants to keep,

but I think we'll be able to recycle a lot of the stuff

that we don't want in the room again.

If Dad's good at recycling,

I'm sure he'll be working hard to get all the stuff sorted.

Dad's not the only adult collecting lots of spare junk.

In the past year, 170 million electrical products

were sold in the UK,

but the average modern gadget has a lifespan of just 12 months!

And there's another past its sell-by date.

While Dad takes it easy,

Elsie's been getting a bit too hands-on.

Oh, my goodness. You're covered in paint.

There's more paint on you than on the whole unit.

Shall we see how your dad's getting on sorting the stuff out?

-I think definitely after we've washed our hands first.

-I think so.

The first thing I noticed was a lot of stuff next to the "keep" box.

You've got a map here from 1987.

Most of the roads are still the same.

Dad, come on, 'fess up. How old are these maps?

I think they're this century.

-1990.

-So they're not this century.

'But it gets worse than dull maps.

'What on earth is that book?'

-Mushroom Identifier?

-Oh, yeah!

-"A visual guide to mushrooms".

If you find a mushroom when you're on a walk,

that book tells you which mushroom it is.

It's an invaluable guide.

'All this stuff suggests you're not a very "fun guy", Dad.'

I'm not sure why he keeps the maps.

All of them are about 30 years old and really boring anyway.

But he likes them, so there.

With a few less maps in the "keep" pile,

Dad's work at the village hall is done.

But for Kathryn and the I Want My Own Room team,

the finish line's a long way off. They work late into the night.

They're not the only ones losing sleep.

All Elsie can think about is seeing her new room.

I'm excited about seeing what colour the walls are,

what colour the furniture is,

what colour the rock wall is.

So hopefully, it'll be done for tomorrow.

OWL HOOTS

So, it's the final day and the heat is really on.

We've banished the family from the house

but they'll be back in a few hours.

The team are working like crazy to get everything done in time.

Let's see how they are getting on.

'What's that? A giant egg?

'No, it's the big chair that Kathryn thought might not fit the doorway.

'And she may have been right.'

Guys, guys, guys! What has happened?

Well, having given the measurements over for gaps we knew we had,

somehow we've had a communication breakdown

and it won't fit through.

-Can we take the door off?

-I don't think that will help.

-Can we take the doorframes off?

-Erm...

-What about the window?

-That's probably the best bet.

It's good as we didn't have much left to do, did we,

before she got here(?)

Oh, no!

But, guess what? That's right.

It won't fit through the window, either.

We can take a bit off the doorframe,

or we can take a bit off the back of the chair,

or get a smaller chair.

That's what we'll try to do.

Get a smaller chair that will fit through the door.

That's one problem dealt with,

but there's an even bigger one round the corner.

The giant storage unit going on one of the walls won't fit either.

It's cos that box is up there.

That's it. There's that old phone box, guys.

-They know that? Have they worked that out?

-They've seen it now.

Time for some last minute changes.

Yay! Woo-woo!

Was that supposed to be that tough?

The second egg, I mean chair, has finally arrived.

With less than an hour before Elsie and her dad return, it MUST fit.

This is going to be "egg-citing."

Woo-hoo!

# The chair has gone in The chair's in the room. #

Mr Bond, I've been expecting you.

THEY LAUGH

How cool is this?

'As we frantically add the finishing touches to the room...'

A bit of styling there, like I know what I'm doing.

'Elsie and her dad, who've had a nail-biting wait,

'have returned to the house.'

I'm really excited. I can't wait to see the finished result.

'This is going to be close.'

Elsie, just a few days ago, you didn't have your own space,

you had to share a bedroom,

you had nowhere for friends to stay when they came round.

-Are you ready to see your new room?

-Yeah!

First thing we need you to do is give the keys back to your dad.

-Thank you!

-Does it feel good to have them back?

-Very reassuring.

OK, let's go in.

'Just four days ago, Elsie shared a cramped bedroom with her sister.

'But we spotted the junk-filled snug that had loads of potential.

'And the I Want My Own Room design team worked their magic.

'Based on Elsie's brilliant idea of a climbing wall,

'and her dream of a bright, colourful room,

'Kathryn took the bold designs of the Pop Art movement.

'Together they've created

'one of the most unique rooms in the country.

'Not only good for climbing, but great for chilling out.

'All the hard work and late nights count for nothing

if Elsie doesn't like her tailor-made room.'

I'll say "three, two, one", then you'll take your hands off.

Three, two, one.

Oh, my gosh! Oh, my gosh!

It's amazing!

Yeah, it's wicked.

-Pull.

-Oh, wow!

-You've got a bed so when friends stay...

-That's so clever

..other people can sleep on the mats because they're really comfy.

That's amazing! Oh, my gosh!

Can you see what the character says?

-"Oh, Elsie!"

-"Oh, Elsie!"

So, it's saying this is your room.

-D'you love it?

-I love it.

-Oh, I'm so pleased!

It's just amazing. I can't get over everything.

It's all just wicked and I love it.

It's all really lovely. It's all colour-coordinated.

-Looks great with your pink jeans, as well.

-Yeah!

-'Elsie loves it.'

-Oh, wow, it's a mini fridge!

'But will Dad think it was worth handing the keys over for?'

Wow! That is FANTASTIC!

That is just amazing!

That's just what I would have done with it.

It's fantastic. It's not quite the old-fashioned map room I had in mind,

but it's everything she wanted, so I'm chuffed to bits. It's great.

'And finally, what do sisters Patsy and Mattie make of the design?'

Wow, I'm so impressed, Elsie!

So, you've had time to take it in, Elsie.

What do you think of your room?

It's just amazing. I'm really overwhelmed.

Yeah, I love it.

Thank you so much!

Just a few hours ago,

I thought there was no way we would finish that room, but we have.

What was once a dusty old room is now Elsie's beautiful room,

and she loves it.

I've really enjoyed creating my own room.

Not just because I get a really pretty room, but it's all mine.

I don't have to share it with anyone else.

Can I come down now?

Mr Bond, I've been expecting you.

To sum up my room in three words

I'd say stylish, whacky and adventurous.