0:00:02 > 0:00:03Welcome to the Repair Shop
0:00:03 > 0:00:06where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09Anything could happen. This is the workshop of dreams.
0:00:09 > 0:00:12Home to furniture restorer Jay Blades.
0:00:12 > 0:00:14Nowadays, things are not built to last,
0:00:14 > 0:00:16so we've become part of this throwaway culture.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19It's all about preserving and restoring.
0:00:19 > 0:00:22We bring the old back to new.
0:00:22 > 0:00:27Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading craftspeople.
0:00:27 > 0:00:29I like making things with my hands.
0:00:29 > 0:00:32I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work.
0:00:32 > 0:00:35Whether it's a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece,
0:00:35 > 0:00:37every painting deserves the same.
0:00:38 > 0:00:41Each bringing their own unique set of skills.
0:00:41 > 0:00:43You're about to witness some magic.
0:00:43 > 0:00:44They will resurrect...
0:00:45 > 0:00:47- ..revive...- Oh, yes!
0:00:47 > 0:00:48..and rejuvenate...
0:00:49 > 0:00:51..treasured possessions
0:00:51 > 0:00:55and irreplaceable pieces of family history.
0:00:55 > 0:00:58Oh, my goodness me, it looks like it's new!
0:00:58 > 0:00:59Bringing both the objects...
0:00:59 > 0:01:01SHE GASPS
0:01:01 > 0:01:02Oh, wow!
0:01:02 > 0:01:06..and the memories that they hold back to life.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Oh, thank you!
0:01:15 > 0:01:17In the Repair Shop today...
0:01:17 > 0:01:19Bosh, bish, bash.
0:01:19 > 0:01:23..furniture's Batman and Robin - Jay and Will - pull some heroic moves
0:01:23 > 0:01:26to rescue a 100-year-old chair.
0:01:26 > 0:01:27Wow, that's impressive.
0:01:27 > 0:01:30- Where there's a Will, there's a way! - There's a way!
0:01:30 > 0:01:31THEY LAUGH
0:01:31 > 0:01:33While Guillaume Pons,
0:01:33 > 0:01:36a specialist ceramics conservator,
0:01:36 > 0:01:38works on a stunning mother-of-pearl peace.
0:01:49 > 0:01:53First customers of the day are Scott Ferguson and Diana Colleran,
0:01:53 > 0:01:58here to see the Repair Shop's resident ceramics restorer, Kirsten Ramsay.
0:01:58 > 0:02:01- Hello.- Hello.- How we doing?- Good, thank you very much, very well.
0:02:02 > 0:02:04OK, so what have we got here?
0:02:06 > 0:02:09A majolica stick stand formed as a bulldog.
0:02:09 > 0:02:10It's a bulldog?
0:02:10 > 0:02:14Yes. Poor Sweet Pea, I think he's missing a bit of tail.
0:02:14 > 0:02:15So you call him Sweet Pea?
0:02:15 > 0:02:17- He's called Sweet Pea?- He is, look.
0:02:17 > 0:02:19Ah, bless!
0:02:20 > 0:02:22He was already christened that, yes.
0:02:22 > 0:02:24- Looks a bit Frankenstein now, doesn't he?- He does.
0:02:24 > 0:02:26At least all the pieces are there.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28It looks quite crude but the pieces are all there,
0:02:28 > 0:02:31so you haven't got to make anything up,
0:02:31 > 0:02:33- apart from a few little spots here and there.- That's true.
0:02:33 > 0:02:35That makes it easier. Right.
0:02:35 > 0:02:38Well, I don't know about easy, but...
0:02:38 > 0:02:41- THEY LAUGH - ..it certainly helps, yes.- It helps.
0:02:44 > 0:02:48Antique collectors Diana and Scott live in Lincolnshire with
0:02:48 > 0:02:50their two dogs, Ginger and Lily.
0:02:50 > 0:02:54- Come on, good girl. - They're both barking about bulldogs.
0:02:54 > 0:02:58One day I was speaking to one of my colleague dealers and he said,
0:02:58 > 0:03:03"I've got this bulldog figure, it's quite badly damaged,
0:03:03 > 0:03:06"smashed about a bit, do you want it at all?"
0:03:06 > 0:03:08I said, "Yes, that would be lovely, thank you very much.
0:03:08 > 0:03:10I went into work one day and it was just there.
0:03:10 > 0:03:14It was a big smashed-up pottery bulldog called Sweet Pea.
0:03:14 > 0:03:20When Scott brought Sweet Pea home, I took one look and I thought,
0:03:20 > 0:03:21"Oh, my goodness!"
0:03:23 > 0:03:26"What's that?" It was a face only a mother could love!
0:03:30 > 0:03:33Sweet Pea was assigned to sit by the front door,
0:03:33 > 0:03:37as pride of place under the stairs belonged to another very special
0:03:37 > 0:03:39bulldog, their beloved pet, Harvey.
0:03:39 > 0:03:41He was part of the family.
0:03:41 > 0:03:42A mainstay of the family.
0:03:42 > 0:03:45He was a good guard dog, he barked.
0:03:45 > 0:03:48He was always attentive to anything going on around the place.
0:03:49 > 0:03:54Harvey had been part of the family for eight years when tragedy struck.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56Harvey started to limp initially.
0:03:56 > 0:04:00The vet diagnosed arthritis, which, erm...
0:04:00 > 0:04:04got very bad very quickly, and after X-rays the word used
0:04:04 > 0:04:06was "mashed", they were shot.
0:04:06 > 0:04:09There was nothing they could do to help him, really,
0:04:09 > 0:04:13so we made the decision for Harvey, not for us, for Harvey, to...
0:04:14 > 0:04:16..to have him put to sleep.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20He couldn't be in that pain, so we had to do it, and as you can see...
0:04:22 > 0:04:24..quite a while after, I'm still...
0:04:24 > 0:04:25He was a big part of our lives.
0:04:28 > 0:04:30- HE SNIFFS - Sorry.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Having the space filled under the stairs with Sweet Pea
0:04:37 > 0:04:39has just sort of helped us get over it a bit.
0:04:39 > 0:04:40It's softens the blow.
0:04:40 > 0:04:42It helps us cope.
0:04:43 > 0:04:48It is a memorial to Harvey and it would just mean an awful lot to see
0:04:48 > 0:04:53the silhouette out of the corner of your eye, have a bulldog sat alert.
0:04:53 > 0:04:56It would mean quite a lot to get fixed, really.
0:05:00 > 0:05:06What I'd like to do is clear off all this sort of old adhesive and stick
0:05:06 > 0:05:11it back, nicely, so it looks a lot better than it does.
0:05:11 > 0:05:13And his tail, is there anything...
0:05:13 > 0:05:15Oh, dear, oh, dear!
0:05:15 > 0:05:18OK, guys, if you leave it with us and we'll get back to you
0:05:18 > 0:05:21once we've fixed it. It will look a lot better than it does now.
0:05:21 > 0:05:22- Absolutely.- Thank you very much.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25- You guys take care. - Thank you, bye-bye.
0:05:26 > 0:05:30You've got the sentimental value which is directly linked to Harvey.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Absolutely. That responsibility.
0:05:32 > 0:05:34- It is a big responsibility.- Yeah.
0:05:44 > 0:05:47So I'm just applying the paint stripper now.
0:05:48 > 0:05:53This should start to break down the previous adhesive
0:05:53 > 0:05:58which will enable me to remove it
0:05:58 > 0:06:01and undo the previous repair.
0:06:05 > 0:06:08- What have you done? You've covered him up.- Yes, I've covered him up.
0:06:08 > 0:06:11It's to hold the active chemicals in place...
0:06:11 > 0:06:15- OK. - ..so it can work on the adhesive.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life, really.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20He's going to look a lot more beautiful when I've finished.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28From fading masterpieces...
0:06:28 > 0:06:32The purpose of the filling is to actually bring up the surface.
0:06:32 > 0:06:34..to clocks that have fallen silent.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40The Repair Shop squad is poised to repaint,
0:06:40 > 0:06:43reupholster and restore Britain's broken objects.
0:06:47 > 0:06:49Next to arrive is Sue Wright.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53She's been assigned to Frenchman Guillaume Pons,
0:06:53 > 0:06:58a specialist ceramics conservator who works with natural materials
0:06:58 > 0:07:01such as horn, amber and shell.
0:07:01 > 0:07:02What did you bring, then?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04I have a mother-of-pearl item.
0:07:04 > 0:07:06Sue's brought a seashell,
0:07:06 > 0:07:09intricately carved with a depiction of the Last Supper.
0:07:09 > 0:07:12It arrived in the family via an ancestor who travelled
0:07:12 > 0:07:15as part of his duties to the church.
0:07:15 > 0:07:19I'm not quite sure whether it's come from Brazil and that would have been
0:07:19 > 0:07:22about the beginning of the 20th century,
0:07:22 > 0:07:26or it's come back a lot further through various ministers
0:07:26 > 0:07:29in the family who have used it for
0:07:29 > 0:07:30baptisms or something like that.
0:07:30 > 0:07:33And what is the story behind Brazil, then?
0:07:33 > 0:07:35My grandfather was working out there.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Oh, right. It's been broken how long?
0:07:38 > 0:07:40- Since 1960.- Oh, right.
0:07:40 > 0:07:42Do you know who did the repair, no?
0:07:42 > 0:07:43- My mother.- Right.
0:07:43 > 0:07:48It's got the yellow 1960s-type glue on there,
0:07:48 > 0:07:50and it obviously didn't hold.
0:07:50 > 0:07:53It looks like more or less everything is there,
0:07:53 > 0:07:55and the fact that your mother kept it for so long,
0:07:55 > 0:07:59keeping all the bits together, it must have meant a lot to her.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03It did. She was very upset when it broke, hence why she kept all the bits,
0:08:03 > 0:08:06so we're really looking forward to see if you can do something with it.
0:08:06 > 0:08:08Yeah, you will be very pleased, yeah.
0:08:08 > 0:08:10It looks very promising.
0:08:10 > 0:08:14He seems to be quite confident that it can be repaired back to pristine
0:08:14 > 0:08:17condition, which it hasn't been in for 60 years.
0:08:19 > 0:08:24First of all, what needs to be done is to clean, very well,
0:08:24 > 0:08:26the glue that was put in the '60s,
0:08:26 > 0:08:30so my work today is going to be
0:08:30 > 0:08:33to remove all the adhesive with a scalpel.
0:08:33 > 0:08:36It's time-consuming but it works very well.
0:08:44 > 0:08:47I'm very pleased with the cleaning, actually, it worked very well.
0:08:53 > 0:08:55I don't need to put
0:08:55 > 0:08:57much glue, just
0:08:57 > 0:08:58a little drop.
0:09:00 > 0:09:05It's a bit tricky to do the bonding, because the bits, as you can see,
0:09:05 > 0:09:08are very small, and you can't really
0:09:08 > 0:09:09put them together with tape.
0:09:09 > 0:09:15I will have to stick them together with some sticky wax.
0:09:15 > 0:09:18The wax holds the glued pieces tightly together,
0:09:18 > 0:09:20while the adhesive is drying.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24Done. So that means that...
0:09:26 > 0:09:29..we wait until tomorrow, until the adhesive has set...
0:09:30 > 0:09:33..and hopefully it's going to stay together,
0:09:33 > 0:09:35so tomorrow it should be finished.
0:09:48 > 0:09:54Guillaume's final task is removing the stabilising wax from the glued shell.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58All done now. I remove the sticky wax.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00You can see where it was broken.
0:10:00 > 0:10:02You can hardly see it now.
0:10:02 > 0:10:07It's been a very nice piece to work on and I'm very pleased with the results.
0:10:17 > 0:10:19On the other side of the workshop,
0:10:19 > 0:10:23Kirsten's plans for Sweet Pea the bulldog are coming unstuck.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26But not in the way she'd hoped for.
0:10:26 > 0:10:28It's not going very well, actually.
0:10:28 > 0:10:36It's proving incredibly difficult to get the old adhesive off Sweet Pea.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39I don't know what they used but it's absolutely rock hard
0:10:39 > 0:10:44and I've tried all my usual techniques to try and break down
0:10:44 > 0:10:48the repair and I'm just getting nowhere at the moment,
0:10:48 > 0:10:49so it's quite frustrating.
0:10:54 > 0:10:58- Will?- Yeah.- I know you keep suggesting a sledgehammer,
0:10:58 > 0:11:02but I wonder if you have any practical suggestions.
0:11:02 > 0:11:05You could try drilling.
0:11:05 > 0:11:06KIRSTEN LAUGHS
0:11:06 > 0:11:09- OK...- Drilling, right, in the cracks with a really fine drillbit,
0:11:09 > 0:11:12or a really fine file, kind of like what dentists use on your teeth.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14I know, yeah. No, I've used...
0:11:14 > 0:11:16That is a really good idea.
0:11:16 > 0:11:20You go over to Steve, maybe if you offer to make him a cup of tea
0:11:20 > 0:11:22- or some toast.- This workshop runs on tea, doesn't it?
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Exactly. Speak to Steve, I'm sure he can help.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Look out, here comes trouble.
0:11:33 > 0:11:38I'm thinking I might actually try drilling through the little areas
0:11:38 > 0:11:40where there's... I've actually broken through.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43I've got a very, very fine dentist's drill.
0:11:46 > 0:11:50This drillbit should go in there really nicely.
0:11:50 > 0:11:54It's got a long reach to it as well, so you can go quite deep.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56OK, I'm going to give it a go.
0:12:03 > 0:12:08I just have to be really mindful of not damaging the break edges.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15I think that might be a bit ambitious. Turn it off.
0:12:21 > 0:12:25And that's definitely not the ceramics that's crunching, is it, Steve?
0:12:25 > 0:12:27That's adhesive, I'm sure.
0:12:27 > 0:12:29You're starting to make me nervous now!
0:12:29 > 0:12:31THEY LAUGH
0:12:31 > 0:12:33- Over to you!- Give that to me!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41Despite careful drilling and filing,
0:12:41 > 0:12:43Kirsten has realised that
0:12:43 > 0:12:46she is in danger of further damaging the ceramic.
0:12:46 > 0:12:49I've tried absolutely everything I can possibly think of,
0:12:49 > 0:12:55and also asked around as well for a few of my conservator friends.
0:12:55 > 0:12:57So she's had to change tack.
0:12:57 > 0:13:01Instead of breaking Sweet Pea apart then putting him back together again,
0:13:01 > 0:13:05she's concentrating on improving the existing repairs.
0:13:05 > 0:13:09I'm now having to fill Sweet Pea,
0:13:09 > 0:13:12which is a little bit of a compromise.
0:13:12 > 0:13:15It's not ideal, but it's the only thing I can do,
0:13:15 > 0:13:17actually, in the circumstances.
0:13:25 > 0:13:29After filling and sanding several times to achieve the perfect finish,
0:13:29 > 0:13:35Kirsten must now disguise her repairs by creating the perfect colour match.
0:13:35 > 0:13:41I'm just starting to block in the colours and sort of try and hide
0:13:41 > 0:13:43the white fills that are there.
0:13:43 > 0:13:48There's lots and lots of different colours all over the face.
0:13:48 > 0:13:52The decoration under the glaze is very sort of spotty,
0:13:52 > 0:13:56so I kind of just stipple with my brush to recreate that effect.
0:13:58 > 0:14:02It's taken Kirsten days of dogged work to get Sweet Pea looking less
0:14:02 > 0:14:07rough, and she still has to put the spring back into his corkscrew tail.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Putting Sweet Pea's tail back on is sort of a little bit like...
0:14:12 > 0:14:13..surgery.
0:14:13 > 0:14:17Restoring him to his former glory.
0:14:17 > 0:14:21It's really critical to get the shape absolutely right at this stage.
0:14:23 > 0:14:28You can sand it and shape it once it's cured, but it becomes very,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30very hard and it's much,
0:14:30 > 0:14:34much easier to do it now while it's soft and malleable.
0:14:34 > 0:14:37With the way everyone's sort of handling the objects,
0:14:37 > 0:14:42it's just having a respect for the pieces you're working on.
0:14:42 > 0:14:46At the end of the day, people have brought them to you because they're...
0:14:46 > 0:14:48They're precious items, so...
0:14:49 > 0:14:51..we handle them with care and respect.
0:14:55 > 0:14:59It's this ethos that drives the Repair Shop team,
0:14:59 > 0:15:01in their quest to recycle,
0:15:01 > 0:15:06renovate and rejuvenate items that were once consigned to the scrapheap.
0:15:07 > 0:15:10The next deserving item is being brought in
0:15:10 > 0:15:14by Scandinavian-born Nina Tucknott, who now lives in Hove.
0:15:15 > 0:15:17Oh. So this is your one, yes?
0:15:17 > 0:15:19This is my rocking chair.
0:15:19 > 0:15:21So, tell us about it.
0:15:21 > 0:15:25My maternal grandparents were given it for their wedding day,
0:15:25 > 0:15:30back in the late 1920s, and this was in Finland where I come from.
0:15:30 > 0:15:34And in 1960 in August, when my parents got married,
0:15:34 > 0:15:37they were given it in turn for their wedding.
0:15:37 > 0:15:41- Wow.- And I am born in 1961 and it's been part of my life always.
0:15:43 > 0:15:45So, the '20s. Do the maths, you're younger than me.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48- That's nearly 100 years. - Nearly 100 years.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51This is nearly 100 years old!
0:15:51 > 0:15:56So I'm told. My grandparents had a big farm and it was always in
0:15:56 > 0:15:59what they call the salon, and then my parents,
0:15:59 > 0:16:02it was always in the lounge, but I know as a child,
0:16:02 > 0:16:06I suffered very badly from severe ear infections,
0:16:06 > 0:16:09and my mum and dad used to take turns sitting at night rocking me
0:16:09 > 0:16:11- in this chair.- So much history.
0:16:11 > 0:16:16I mean, I have never seen a rocking mechanism like this before, never,
0:16:16 > 0:16:21never. It's so simple, but really effective.
0:16:21 > 0:16:24Yes, it is. It means you don't topple over.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28You can go back a long way but it keeps you quite safe.
0:16:28 > 0:16:29It's a bit worse for wear.
0:16:30 > 0:16:33This down here has always looked like that,
0:16:33 > 0:16:36and my mum used to stuff it with cotton wool because it used to annoy
0:16:36 > 0:16:41her having a hole! Since before it came on the journey to England,
0:16:41 > 0:16:45this chipped off so it's never... There was a little piece there,
0:16:45 > 0:16:48but that went on the journey when it came over.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51The one thing I would love fabric-wise,
0:16:51 > 0:16:53to feature a little bit of red.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57This is the farmhouse that my grandparents had,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00and this is a very typical Scandinavian colour,
0:17:00 > 0:17:04so I kind of feel the red, a little bit of red in the fabric
0:17:04 > 0:17:08would just sort of tie it back, back to home, sort of thing.
0:17:08 > 0:17:11- Do you reckon you could do the wood? - I think I can handle the wood.
0:17:11 > 0:17:13You can handle the fabric?
0:17:13 > 0:17:16The fabric, yeah. I love going a bit of red, that's not...
0:17:16 > 0:17:18And the painting, um...
0:17:18 > 0:17:21- Yeah, does need... It's had a couple of coats.- It has.
0:17:21 > 0:17:23The last time my dad did it and I was a little girl
0:17:23 > 0:17:25so it was back in the '60s! So it's not been done since!
0:17:25 > 0:17:29All right. OK, well, if you leave it with us, we'll fully restore it.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Can't wait, that would be wonderful.
0:17:31 > 0:17:32- Thank you, Jay.- Thank you.
0:17:32 > 0:17:34Thank you, and to you, Will, thanks, bye!
0:17:37 > 0:17:41I don't know how it's held on together.
0:17:41 > 0:17:44Because there's a cable going from this end on the left side,
0:17:44 > 0:17:47and that goes into the back leg on the left side,
0:17:47 > 0:17:52and there's a cable on this side, and that goes down into this side,
0:17:52 > 0:17:54so it's sort of like an X.
0:17:54 > 0:17:57- I'm with you.- So you're never going to flip off because you're being
0:17:57 > 0:18:00- held from the other direction.- Yeah.
0:18:00 > 0:18:02So simple, but like, really clever.
0:18:02 > 0:18:05I get the feeling that they really, really liked it,
0:18:05 > 0:18:10and they're obviously excited about bringing it back to its former glory.
0:18:10 > 0:18:12If you don't mind, bring it over to me bench, will you?
0:18:12 > 0:18:15- Yeah.- Nice one.- That's all right. If you make some space...
0:18:15 > 0:18:19- I will do.- ..I'll be there in about 45 minutes!
0:18:19 > 0:18:21- THEY LAUGH - All right.- Oh, that's lovely.
0:18:25 > 0:18:28Over on Kirsten's workbench,
0:18:28 > 0:18:32Sweet Pea the bulldog's grooming session is nearly complete.
0:18:34 > 0:18:35Sounds like you got a new toy.
0:18:36 > 0:18:38Kept that quiet, didn't you?
0:18:38 > 0:18:41- You love a bit of kit. - I do love a bit of kit.
0:18:41 > 0:18:44I'm just doing a little bit of airbrushing on Sweet Pea.
0:18:44 > 0:18:48I've hand-painted most of it and I was actually just putting
0:18:48 > 0:18:54- a clear glaze over the top.- Hold on, glaze is like the end, isn't it?
0:18:54 > 0:18:55- Well, yes.- So the end is near.
0:18:55 > 0:18:59Well, the end is near, yes, I'm sort of in the final stages, really.
0:18:59 > 0:19:01Steve, come over here a minute, mate.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Will, here we go.
0:19:06 > 0:19:07- All done?- Sweet Pea.
0:19:07 > 0:19:10- All done, yeah.- Amazing.
0:19:10 > 0:19:15When Scott and Diana left Sweet Pea at the Repair Shop, he was, well,
0:19:15 > 0:19:17a bit of a dog's dinner.
0:19:17 > 0:19:20Since Sweet Pea's been gone,
0:19:20 > 0:19:22Harvey has been at the forefront of our minds.
0:19:22 > 0:19:26The sooner Sweet Pea is back in the rightful place, I think we move on.
0:19:29 > 0:19:32I won't keep you waiting any longer, I've got him just here.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34It's not Sweet Pea as you know him.
0:19:34 > 0:19:35Sweet Pea mark two.
0:19:37 > 0:19:39- Are you ready?- We're ready!
0:19:39 > 0:19:42- Definitely ready, yes. - OK. There he is.
0:19:44 > 0:19:45SHE GASPS
0:19:45 > 0:19:47- So...- Wow.- The eyes are all...
0:19:47 > 0:19:50- Just wow.- Oh, my goodness me.
0:19:51 > 0:19:53- Wow.- Good grief.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Obviously, the tail was missing as well.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06- Fantastic.- I hope that's the right...
0:20:06 > 0:20:07No, that's beautiful.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- It's perfect.- I can't get over this.
0:20:14 > 0:20:17Sweet Pea looks stunning, and I think the tail is the icing on the cake,
0:20:17 > 0:20:20to have the whole thing finished off and the colour match as well,
0:20:20 > 0:20:22around the head, the shading - beautiful.
0:20:24 > 0:20:26And the inside, have you seen the inside?
0:20:28 > 0:20:29How the heck have you done that?
0:20:29 > 0:20:31Well...
0:20:31 > 0:20:33You're a miracle worker.
0:20:33 > 0:20:34- Thank you very much.- No, thank you.
0:20:34 > 0:20:38- This is the lady you've got to thank, not me, she's done all the work.- It has been a pleasure.
0:20:38 > 0:20:40I'm so, so pleased that you're happy.
0:20:40 > 0:20:42Yes.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44I think it will help us draw closure.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48I think once Sweet Pea's back where he should be....
0:20:48 > 0:20:50- It's the final chapter, yeah.- Yeah.
0:20:59 > 0:21:01Back inside the Repair Shop,
0:21:01 > 0:21:05Jay's getting to grips with the 100-year-old rocking chair.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08To me, this looks a bit home-made,
0:21:08 > 0:21:12because you've got this Regency fabric just stitched onto,
0:21:12 > 0:21:16looks like the back of some hessian, but actually,
0:21:16 > 0:21:18I think it's a bit of carpet.
0:21:29 > 0:21:31You're making some serious progress.
0:21:31 > 0:21:33- Yeah, it is, actually. - But you're missing some pieces,
0:21:33 > 0:21:36- there's a piece off the top. - No, I'm not missing any pieces,
0:21:36 > 0:21:39you're the guy that's sorting out the pieces, so I'm not missing them,
0:21:39 > 0:21:43they're just in your brain, your fingers, and you're going to do it all, ain't you?
0:21:43 > 0:21:47So I need a bit on here and then there's a bit on there that I need.
0:21:47 > 0:21:51I got the other bit, it's just drying at the moment.
0:21:51 > 0:21:53- So where are you going? - I'm going to get my stuff!
0:21:53 > 0:21:56- Oh, you're going to get your stuff. - I can't do it all in my mind
0:21:56 > 0:21:58- and my fingers. - What are you going to do anyway?
0:21:58 > 0:22:01- You're going to make... You're going to fix this, aren't you?- Yeah.
0:22:01 > 0:22:04I have some really cool mould-making stuff.
0:22:04 > 0:22:08- OK.- And I think what I'll do, because we can't replace these...
0:22:08 > 0:22:13I think these are made out of metal, and they screw on to the inner
0:22:13 > 0:22:18wiring, but what I could do is make a mould of that and make that
0:22:18 > 0:22:20out of plaster or something.
0:22:22 > 0:22:26Will repairs the hole with a fast-setting filler,
0:22:26 > 0:22:28before using a silicon-based putty
0:22:28 > 0:22:31which hardens to form a mould of the missing button.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34Easy with the back.
0:22:34 > 0:22:36- Easy, tiger! - WILL LAUGHS
0:22:53 > 0:22:55- You keep on doing it! - I keep on doing it.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58I am apologising profusely.
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Take it off, let's have a look.
0:23:01 > 0:23:03It's got to look like... Cor blimey.
0:23:03 > 0:23:06It does look like it, as well.
0:23:06 > 0:23:08And it's hard already.
0:23:08 > 0:23:09Wow. That's impressive.
0:23:09 > 0:23:12- Hey, hey? - Well done.- Where there's a Will...
0:23:12 > 0:23:15- There's a way!- There's a way! - THEY LAUGH
0:23:21 > 0:23:24Jay will have to down tools momentarily.
0:23:24 > 0:23:27With ceramicist Guillaume having left the Repair Shop
0:23:27 > 0:23:31after completing the restoration of the mother-of-pearl shell,
0:23:31 > 0:23:35it's up to Jay to hand it back to its owner, Sue.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37Hello, Sue, how are you doing?
0:23:37 > 0:23:38- You all right?- Fine, thank you.
0:23:38 > 0:23:41You've come for your mother-of-pearl shell, is that right?
0:23:41 > 0:23:43- Yes, I have.- Two minutes.
0:23:43 > 0:23:47Sue's about to see her rare and beautiful heirloom intact
0:23:47 > 0:23:51for the first time in almost 60 years.
0:23:51 > 0:23:53- SUE GASPS - Guillaume has done a brilliant job,
0:23:53 > 0:23:55- I believe. - That is absolutely wonderful.
0:23:58 > 0:24:01I'm... The pieces that were broken off were down in this bottom
0:24:01 > 0:24:03right-hand corner here.
0:24:04 > 0:24:05And it's difficult to see where it is!
0:24:05 > 0:24:07He's just done such a wonderful job on it.
0:24:07 > 0:24:08He has, hasn't he?
0:24:11 > 0:24:13- Yes.- What would Mum think of this now?
0:24:13 > 0:24:15Oh, she'd be thrilled, because obviously, having kept all the bits,
0:24:15 > 0:24:18- it would have been her ideal, I think, to get it mended.- Yeah.
0:24:18 > 0:24:20And it never happened.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22So where is this going to be placed in your house now?
0:24:22 > 0:24:26Well, I think it needs to be framed, safe, because it's still delicate,
0:24:26 > 0:24:29- rather than on a plate stand. - I totally agree with you.
0:24:29 > 0:24:31With a similar velvety or something,
0:24:31 > 0:24:34- dark-coloured background to show it off.- To show it off.
0:24:34 > 0:24:36So what I'll do is I'll get it wrapped up now,
0:24:36 > 0:24:37and allow you to take it home
0:24:37 > 0:24:40- and enjoy it some more.- Thank you very much indeed, thank you.
0:24:40 > 0:24:45- No problem.- I was absolutely amazed at the wonderful craftsmanship
0:24:45 > 0:24:48that Guillaume has done on it. I'm just in awe of them.
0:24:48 > 0:24:49I'm so grateful to have it back.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01With another satisfied customer on her way, it's back to work for Jay,
0:25:01 > 0:25:05and there's final flourishes to add to the 100-year-old rocker.
0:25:05 > 0:25:10Bosh, bish, bash, bam, bam, bam.
0:25:10 > 0:25:11Done.
0:25:14 > 0:25:17- What do you think, then, guv?- I reckon that is really, really smart.
0:25:17 > 0:25:19I love that little touch there.
0:25:19 > 0:25:21That just sets it off beautiful.
0:25:21 > 0:25:24- Will's done proud on there. - He's done a great job.- Carved it in.
0:25:24 > 0:25:26And this little bit here as well.
0:25:26 > 0:25:30- Has he turned it up?- Well, he's made it out of plaster.
0:25:30 > 0:25:32What? He's a skilful chap.
0:25:32 > 0:25:36- (Don't tell him!)- I know, I know, I have problems telling him.
0:25:36 > 0:25:38- Ladies. - THEY LAUGH
0:25:38 > 0:25:39- All right?- Yeah, we're good.
0:25:39 > 0:25:42- Hears his name...- And he's straight in there.
0:25:42 > 0:25:46- So, it's done, what do you reckon? - That's like a chair version of you.
0:25:46 > 0:25:48It's true. Oh, yeah, it is, actually!
0:25:48 > 0:25:52In fact, if you sat on there, you'd be camouflaged, wouldn't you?!
0:25:52 > 0:25:54You jokers! You know I don't sit on a chair.
0:25:54 > 0:25:56No-one sits on it until the owner.
0:25:58 > 0:26:04Restoration complete, Nina's beloved chair is rocking up in Hove...
0:26:05 > 0:26:09..with her two sons Sebastien and Lucas taking charge of this family
0:26:09 > 0:26:14- treasure.- Both Will and Jay seemed very excited when they first got the
0:26:14 > 0:26:18chair in the Repair Shop and they both seemed very confident.
0:26:18 > 0:26:22It was a bit scary for me to leave it there and not know what was going
0:26:22 > 0:26:24- to happen.- The chair is really important for my mum.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26It's always been there, really.
0:26:26 > 0:26:28It's just kind of been something that we've always played with,
0:26:28 > 0:26:31it's always been, literally, part of the furniture.
0:26:37 > 0:26:40- You ready to see it? - Yes, I'm ready to see it.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Here we go.
0:26:42 > 0:26:43Wow!
0:26:43 > 0:26:46Amazing.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50Look at that lovely red piping on the side, which is what I wanted,
0:26:50 > 0:26:55a bit of red to remember and remind me of Grandma and Grandad's farm.
0:26:55 > 0:26:59And look at this. A new lease of life.
0:26:59 > 0:27:02And look down here, they've put a new covering on there.
0:27:02 > 0:27:06That used to just be a hole and you could see right through.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10Precious, absolutely precious.
0:27:12 > 0:27:15I just wish they could be here and I could say thank you so much,
0:27:15 > 0:27:16because they've...they've
0:27:16 > 0:27:18done a really grand job with it.
0:27:18 > 0:27:21Brings back so many happy memories, doesn't it?
0:27:21 > 0:27:22It's brilliant, isn't it?
0:27:24 > 0:27:28It's priceless, because obviously there's so much history I remember,
0:27:28 > 0:27:30and also because I'm living in a different country,
0:27:30 > 0:27:34every time I look at it, it does bring back memories of the farm,
0:27:34 > 0:27:35memories of my mum.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39It is part of my life, it is very,
0:27:39 > 0:27:43very important and that's why we have it and we'll keep it.
0:27:46 > 0:27:48Can you rock? Can you rock?
0:27:50 > 0:27:52It's really important to recreate those kind of moments.
0:27:52 > 0:27:55We've had photos in the chair and it's so nice to see Hayden
0:27:55 > 0:27:59in the chair as well and re-capture those memories and hopefully,
0:27:59 > 0:28:01in many, many, many years,
0:28:01 > 0:28:04his children will have photos in the chair as well.
0:28:15 > 0:28:19Join us next time as more items receive the Repair Shop treatment
0:28:19 > 0:28:21and are given a new lease of life.