0:00:02 > 0:00:05I'm constantly taken aback by the huge variety of property styles
0:00:05 > 0:00:08in Britain, from characterful timber-framed cottages
0:00:08 > 0:00:10to grand townhouses.
0:00:10 > 0:00:13But sometimes the insides don't live up to
0:00:13 > 0:00:16the expectations on the outside.
0:00:16 > 0:00:19So we've gathered together the most talented amateur interior designers
0:00:19 > 0:00:21who think they could be the next big thing
0:00:21 > 0:00:25to show us how it's done, but it's not as easy as it looks.
0:00:25 > 0:00:26Oi!
0:00:26 > 0:00:27Crikey.
0:00:27 > 0:00:28I'm a bit stressed.
0:00:28 > 0:00:30Across three knockout episodes,
0:00:30 > 0:00:34a group of designers will compete for one place in finals week.
0:00:34 > 0:00:36I'm feeling a bit like, "Ah!"
0:00:36 > 0:00:37Who built this?
0:00:37 > 0:00:39I love it!
0:00:39 > 0:00:42Judging them, two industry experts -
0:00:42 > 0:00:43Daniel Hopwood...
0:00:43 > 0:00:45To make it through to the final four,
0:00:45 > 0:00:48they will have to impress with every inch of their designs.
0:00:48 > 0:00:50..and Sophie Robinson.
0:00:50 > 0:00:53These designs really do need to be outstanding.
0:00:53 > 0:00:56They'll be scrutinising presentation skills...
0:00:56 > 0:00:58That's not the way to present to somebody.
0:00:58 > 0:01:00..artistic flair...
0:01:00 > 0:01:03Have you ever seen that done before? No, it's weird.
0:01:03 > 0:01:06..and how well they deliver their brief.
0:01:06 > 0:01:07Pretty amazing transformation.
0:01:07 > 0:01:09Absolutely beautiful.
0:01:09 > 0:01:13In the finals, the best will face giants of the design world -
0:01:13 > 0:01:14Oliver Heath...
0:01:14 > 0:01:15Oh, my word.
0:01:15 > 0:01:18..Orla Kiely... It does look quite rough.
0:01:18 > 0:01:19..and Kelly Hoppen.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21I want perfection.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24But only one can be crowned winner of
0:01:24 > 0:01:26The Great Interior Design Challenge.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38Last time, three amateur designers battled to impress the judges.
0:01:38 > 0:01:41The orange is definitely going to warm the design
0:01:41 > 0:01:42and just make it a bit more funky.
0:01:42 > 0:01:44That's just not enough.
0:01:44 > 0:01:46One went home.
0:01:46 > 0:01:47Two of them made it through.
0:01:47 > 0:01:51I'm really, really proud of myself.
0:01:51 > 0:01:54I'm just so chuffed to... to have got as far as this.
0:01:54 > 0:01:58The competition's about to get even more interesting.
0:01:58 > 0:02:00This time, the last two amateur designers in our group
0:02:00 > 0:02:03are in Sussex, battling it out for a quarterfinal place
0:02:03 > 0:02:08by bringing two medieval bedrooms up-to-date in timber-framed houses.
0:02:09 > 0:02:12Going head-to-head are two very different designers.
0:02:12 > 0:02:16Rob is the great inventor that comes up with quirky details.
0:02:16 > 0:02:20Now, if he could turn those into one solid scheme,
0:02:20 > 0:02:21I think we've got a winner.
0:02:21 > 0:02:22Oh, hang on a minute.
0:02:22 > 0:02:26He's up against Lucy, who is a whirling dervish of creativity.
0:02:26 > 0:02:28There is nothing that girl can't turn her hand to.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31It's their toughest challenge yet.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33Oh, why isn't it easy?
0:02:33 > 0:02:34I'm not seeing any level of calmness.
0:02:34 > 0:02:37I'm seeing blind, kind of, nervous energy.
0:02:37 > 0:02:40He's more of a maker than an integrator.
0:02:40 > 0:02:43Only one will make it through.
0:02:43 > 0:02:48The designer going through to the quarterfinals is...
0:02:54 > 0:02:58The design battle's taking place in an historic spot in East Sussex.
0:02:58 > 0:03:01How many of us have dreamed of living in a picture-perfect
0:03:01 > 0:03:03timber-framed medieval house?
0:03:03 > 0:03:05The ones here in the village of Robertsbridge
0:03:05 > 0:03:09are up to 700 years old, amongst the oldest in the country,
0:03:09 > 0:03:10and they easily conjure up
0:03:10 > 0:03:13a romantic vision of Olde Worlde England.
0:03:14 > 0:03:19Now our two amateur designers must work for 21st-century clients
0:03:19 > 0:03:21and transform a small bedroom each.
0:03:27 > 0:03:30I'm actually going to make the bed,
0:03:30 > 0:03:32and at the end of the bed,
0:03:32 > 0:03:34there's going to be, sort of, like, a little toy trunk.
0:03:34 > 0:03:36Both designers have spent the past week
0:03:36 > 0:03:39working on a brief from their homeowners.
0:03:39 > 0:03:42I'm nervous because of the anticipation.
0:03:42 > 0:03:44There's only two of us in this round,
0:03:44 > 0:03:46so a lot more to lose, I think.
0:03:46 > 0:03:49They've each got a small team to help them,
0:03:49 > 0:03:51including a decorator and a builder.
0:03:51 > 0:03:54Oh, my God, you're having a laugh.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56It's easy!
0:03:56 > 0:03:58They also have a budget of ?1,000
0:03:58 > 0:04:01and three days to make their transformations.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03This is the cave we're going to be working in.
0:04:03 > 0:04:06To make it through to round three is just wicked
0:04:06 > 0:04:10and, hopefully, when I go through to the quarterfinals,
0:04:10 > 0:04:12that'll be even better still.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17All right, those shelves might have to be moved, centred, later,
0:04:17 > 0:04:19but we'll worry about that.
0:04:19 > 0:04:22First up is textile design teacher Lucy.
0:04:22 > 0:04:25We've got another inch this way.
0:04:25 > 0:04:27Lucy is hugely innovative
0:04:27 > 0:04:29and can turn her hand to almost anything,
0:04:29 > 0:04:32but because she tries to do that little bit too much,
0:04:32 > 0:04:34the end result is rather shonky,
0:04:34 > 0:04:37when we're looking for sleek.
0:04:37 > 0:04:41Now, if she can rein it in, get that quality up,
0:04:41 > 0:04:43then I might be really impressed.
0:04:43 > 0:04:47This time, Lucy's redesigning what was a bland guest bedroom,
0:04:47 > 0:04:50which Sophie and Daniel checked out before work began.
0:04:53 > 0:04:55It's a really nice light and bright room, isn't it?
0:04:55 > 0:04:57Yes, it has perfect proportions.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Even though this room, I can imagine,
0:04:59 > 0:05:03was carved out of a much larger room at one stage.
0:05:03 > 0:05:06Lucy's clients are furniture restorers
0:05:06 > 0:05:08with a very specific brief.
0:05:08 > 0:05:12They want a 19th-century Swedish scheme with a built-in box bed.
0:05:12 > 0:05:15I think, this time, the challenge for Lucy is going to be, actually,
0:05:15 > 0:05:17to get the spatial planning right,
0:05:17 > 0:05:20because the homeowner wants a built-in bed,
0:05:20 > 0:05:22but in very Scandinavian style.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25One thing the brief asked for is for something folksy and handmade,
0:05:25 > 0:05:27and that really plays to Lucy's strengths
0:05:27 > 0:05:30but she is going to have to rein it in.
0:05:30 > 0:05:32Not too many makey-dos on this one.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36The main challenges are that it's quite a small room.
0:05:36 > 0:05:41I don't want to overcrowd it, as I might have done in the past.
0:05:42 > 0:05:45She's reduced how much stuff she's adding, but the ambition remains,
0:05:45 > 0:05:48with a huge, bespoke, built-in bed,
0:05:48 > 0:05:50the centrepiece of her traditional Scandi scheme
0:05:50 > 0:05:52of soft blues and creams,
0:05:52 > 0:05:55with hand-painted floral details.
0:05:55 > 0:05:57So, I'm going to show you the mood board.
0:05:57 > 0:06:01She had to get the OK from client Anne before work started.
0:06:01 > 0:06:05What I want to do is a very hand-finished look for you.
0:06:05 > 0:06:07It's not just HER Lucy must impress -
0:06:07 > 0:06:11Sophie and Daniel will be keeping a close eye on both designers,
0:06:11 > 0:06:14as, once again, they'll be judged on their presentation skills.
0:06:14 > 0:06:18What I want to make for you is this bed from the 1830s,
0:06:18 > 0:06:19which I know you like. Mm-hmm. Yes.
0:06:19 > 0:06:22I've used that as inspiration,
0:06:22 > 0:06:26and I've actually found some lovely timber in a skip...
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Mmm. ..which is 100-year-old pine.
0:06:28 > 0:06:30Wow. Painted pine,
0:06:30 > 0:06:31and it's actually blue-grey.
0:06:31 > 0:06:34And then, I'm going to decorate the bed for you,
0:06:34 > 0:06:37so it's going to be the central focus of the room.
0:06:37 > 0:06:40That's what I wanted, yes. Absolutely. Oh, oh, great. Yes.
0:06:40 > 0:06:42Lucy's using Rosemaling,
0:06:42 > 0:06:45a traditional Scandinavian hand-painting technique,
0:06:45 > 0:06:48to add floral patterns to the bed.
0:06:48 > 0:06:51There'll be a built-in cupboard-wardrobe at the end.
0:06:51 > 0:06:54Oh, wonderful, yeah. And this is your colour palette,
0:06:54 > 0:06:58so the walls are going to be a rich, creamy neutral.
0:06:58 > 0:07:00Very similar. More or less similar.
0:07:00 > 0:07:02And then we've got sisal on the floor,
0:07:02 > 0:07:06and then some rag rugs to soften that on top.
0:07:06 > 0:07:08It's just what I wanted. Oh, perfect. Thank you.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12I think that's a really ambitious build,
0:07:12 > 0:07:14and it looked lovely in her sketch,
0:07:14 > 0:07:18but to make that look like an authentic Scandinavian box-bed
0:07:18 > 0:07:20is going to take quite a lot of mastery.
0:07:22 > 0:07:24Just moments into work,
0:07:24 > 0:07:27Lucy realises she forgot a key part of her presentation.
0:07:27 > 0:07:28Right.
0:07:28 > 0:07:30I've brought the floor plan to show you
0:07:30 > 0:07:33cos I forgot to include it in my presentation. Yes. That's good.
0:07:33 > 0:07:36Um, so, the built-in bed will be here,
0:07:36 > 0:07:38and then we've got the small chest there -
0:07:38 > 0:07:40such a beautiful thing -
0:07:40 > 0:07:42with some more of your objects on it.
0:07:42 > 0:07:43Yeah, that sounds very good.
0:07:43 > 0:07:46I think she really understood the brief
0:07:46 > 0:07:51and it seems the organisation of the room will be just perfect.
0:07:54 > 0:07:56But, as Lucy's discovering...
0:07:57 > 0:07:5825 is...
0:07:58 > 0:08:02..working in these tiny, wonky rooms is a challenge.
0:08:02 > 0:08:06It's massively smaller than I anticipated.
0:08:06 > 0:08:09But I'm just wondering, if Laurie moves, if he's in your way,
0:08:09 > 0:08:11and paints the ceiling over there, cos we can always...
0:08:11 > 0:08:14I'll be in here hours to get this level,
0:08:14 > 0:08:16if you want it "level" level.
0:08:16 > 0:08:19Jostling for space isn't the only issue.
0:08:19 > 0:08:23So, do we shorten the legs or lengthen the legs?
0:08:23 > 0:08:24Shorten the legs.
0:08:24 > 0:08:28Traditional Scandinavian beds were built high off the floor
0:08:28 > 0:08:30to keep out draughts.
0:08:30 > 0:08:33Lucy was planning to keep hers low, for easy access,
0:08:33 > 0:08:35but her client wants authenticity.
0:08:35 > 0:08:38Do you mind if we shorten the legs?
0:08:38 > 0:08:41No, most of those beds, you actually step up to. Yes, I...
0:08:41 > 0:08:43Actually, they're high rather than low. Yes.
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Well, I think we need to take it up, like, another six inches.
0:08:47 > 0:08:48Do you? Yeah.
0:08:48 > 0:08:51I think it would be very nice if it was higher.
0:08:51 > 0:08:53We will look into it. I'm sure it's possible.
0:08:56 > 0:08:58We've measured the height of the bed.
0:08:58 > 0:09:01It's got to be another 25cm high,
0:09:01 > 0:09:04so the builder's now going to get the legs ready to raise it.
0:09:04 > 0:09:09I know once he gets started, it won't be as awful as it is now.
0:09:12 > 0:09:15Competing against Lucy for a place in the quarterfinal
0:09:15 > 0:09:17is engineering manager Rob.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20Rob's a wonderful inventor but he can have problems
0:09:20 > 0:09:23setting those products into one cohesive scheme.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25This time, I want to see brilliance,
0:09:25 > 0:09:29both in product design, but also interior design.
0:09:29 > 0:09:32The room Rob's working on this time started out as
0:09:32 > 0:09:35a cluttered seven-year-old boy's bedroom.
0:09:39 > 0:09:42This is a tiny room but I know it's for a young man.
0:09:42 > 0:09:44I think it's one of the challenges, isn't it?
0:09:44 > 0:09:46With a children's room, you know, obviously,
0:09:46 > 0:09:48it's a place for them to rest, relax and sleep,
0:09:48 > 0:09:51but it's also a place to store all their toys.
0:09:51 > 0:09:54But there is another challenge in this room.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56It's part of a medieval house,
0:09:56 > 0:09:59so Rob has got eight-foot by eight-foot to deal with,
0:09:59 > 0:10:00so good luck to him.
0:10:00 > 0:10:03Rob's young client has set his sights on
0:10:03 > 0:10:06a Batman-inspired fantasy den.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10This is a super opportunity for Rob to do a very cohesive scheme,
0:10:10 > 0:10:13and yet bring out all that great, creative product design
0:10:13 > 0:10:16that we know he's really talented at. Exactly.
0:10:16 > 0:10:19It's the perfect project for him, but because of that,
0:10:19 > 0:10:21I expect nothing less than excellence.
0:10:24 > 0:10:27Rob's going all out with a dramatic superhero scheme,
0:10:27 > 0:10:29complete with a Batmobile-inspired bed,
0:10:29 > 0:10:31dark walls with a menacing skyline,
0:10:31 > 0:10:33and moody lighting.
0:10:33 > 0:10:36For me, as a designer, this was just ace.
0:10:36 > 0:10:39Superheroes, little gadgets and trick stuff,
0:10:39 > 0:10:41secret bits and bobs.
0:10:41 > 0:10:47The scheme is called James's Superhero Sanctuary.
0:10:47 > 0:10:49Rob had to get the go-ahead from his client James
0:10:49 > 0:10:52and mum Mhairi before work began.
0:10:52 > 0:10:55Look at that Batmobile!
0:10:55 > 0:10:57So what do you think, initially? Look at the bed.
0:10:57 > 0:11:00I want my bed to be like that. What I'll... Fantastic.
0:11:00 > 0:11:02Your bed is going to be like that...
0:11:02 > 0:11:03Yeah!
0:11:03 > 0:11:07..and on the side, where you've got these wheels, here,
0:11:07 > 0:11:10that's where the little toy chest is going to be. Fantastic.
0:11:10 > 0:11:13I've got some Lego, with which I'm actually going to make you
0:11:13 > 0:11:17a tower lamp, like one of the buildings from Gotham. Oh, look!
0:11:17 > 0:11:21One of the big things I'm going to do is the city...
0:11:21 > 0:11:26the cityscape is going to go against this wall and it's going to be...
0:11:26 > 0:11:29Whoa. It's going to be led with some LED lights as well.
0:11:29 > 0:11:31Awesome!
0:11:31 > 0:11:32All right.
0:11:32 > 0:11:35Rob's bold ideas are an instant hit with James
0:11:35 > 0:11:37but mum Mhairi has concerns.
0:11:37 > 0:11:40The walls are going to be painted in this grey.
0:11:40 > 0:11:43But, if it's OK, just to see what a bit of this looks like in here...
0:11:43 > 0:11:46Yeah, of course, yeah. ..and then, if it needs to, kind of,
0:11:46 > 0:11:48come up a shade lighter, that would... Yeah, we can lighten it up.
0:11:48 > 0:11:50That would be ideal. Yeah.
0:11:50 > 0:11:51Are we good to go?
0:11:51 > 0:11:54Good to go! Have we got the seal of approval? Yes.
0:11:54 > 0:11:56Whoo! All right. Let's do it.
0:11:56 > 0:11:59It's a really cohesive scheme. Lots of original thought.
0:11:59 > 0:12:02I mean, I love the Gotham city wall with the LED lighting.
0:12:02 > 0:12:05The trouble is, that homeowner's chickening out of that strong grey,
0:12:05 > 0:12:06and I think that room needs it.
0:12:06 > 0:12:09I think if he goes lighter he'll lose the effect.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15While the dark grey is tested on the walls,
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Rob makes a start on his ambitious build.
0:12:17 > 0:12:20You know, the cityscape background and the Batmobile bed,
0:12:20 > 0:12:24they're going to be my two, sort of, main projects.
0:12:24 > 0:12:28It's the biggest bespoke item he's tackled in the competition.
0:12:28 > 0:12:30Yeah, it's looking good.
0:12:30 > 0:12:31All right.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32Just a little down. Yeah.
0:12:32 > 0:12:36In such a tiny room, his measurements must be spot-on.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39So, I'm just trying to get an idea for how it might look
0:12:39 > 0:12:42by putting myself at that level,
0:12:42 > 0:12:45which is a bit hard when I'm not the same height
0:12:45 > 0:12:47as a seven-year-old,
0:12:47 > 0:12:50so probably somewhere around about there,
0:12:50 > 0:12:51if I can be something close.
0:12:53 > 0:12:58Yeah, that looks cool, if I was seven.
0:12:58 > 0:13:00HE GRUNTS
0:13:00 > 0:13:02And relax.
0:13:08 > 0:13:11Thank God we've got this shade here.
0:13:11 > 0:13:13Already up against it, both designers now have
0:13:13 > 0:13:16the added pressure of being judged on their presentations.
0:13:16 > 0:13:20Lucy won in the first round but the victory was Rob's last time.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22When do we go?
0:13:22 > 0:13:23Do we ride at dawn?
0:13:23 > 0:13:26I don't know if I'll win the presentation today,
0:13:26 > 0:13:29because I forgot the floor plan and that's going to go against me.
0:13:29 > 0:13:32I, really, fingers crossed, I hope I can pull it out the bag.
0:13:32 > 0:13:35How well they've done at this stage will count
0:13:35 > 0:13:36in the judges' final decision.
0:13:36 > 0:13:38Nerve-racking.
0:13:42 > 0:13:44As the competition progresses into the quarterfinals,
0:13:44 > 0:13:48we are going to be scrutinising every single detail.
0:13:48 > 0:13:50And I've scrutinised you, Lucy.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53I think you presented this project beautifully well.
0:13:53 > 0:13:56I understood what you were going to do in that room,
0:13:56 > 0:13:57but there were no plans.
0:13:57 > 0:13:59What's a project without plans?
0:13:59 > 0:14:00It's where I start.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02I felt quite disappointed.
0:14:02 > 0:14:04Rob, I think we've seen a great improvement on how
0:14:04 > 0:14:06you do your presentations,
0:14:06 > 0:14:09and you created a really great rapport
0:14:09 > 0:14:11with your seven-year-old client.
0:14:11 > 0:14:12The homeowner, however,
0:14:12 > 0:14:15got cold feet about the shade of grey that you were going to
0:14:15 > 0:14:18paint on the walls, and I think you conceded a little quickly,
0:14:18 > 0:14:21and it could mean that your scheme is compromised.
0:14:21 > 0:14:24Had you done a better coloured, rendered,
0:14:24 > 0:14:25three-dimensional sketch,
0:14:25 > 0:14:27you might have kept her on board.
0:14:29 > 0:14:34With a quarterfinal place at stake, this is a crucial moment.
0:14:34 > 0:14:38We have taken into account every single detail,
0:14:38 > 0:14:39and the winner is...
0:14:43 > 0:14:45..Rob.
0:14:45 > 0:14:46Well done.
0:14:46 > 0:14:49Huh. Yeah. Thanks. Lucy, nice presentation -
0:14:49 > 0:14:52didn't quite make the mark this time. Mm-hmm. Because of the plans.
0:14:52 > 0:14:53I know.
0:14:55 > 0:14:57I'm gutted I forgot my floor plan.
0:14:57 > 0:15:01It's knocked my confidence a little bit, to be honest.
0:15:01 > 0:15:03I'm ecstatic that I won that,
0:15:03 > 0:15:06and that's, sort of, for me, twice...twice on the trot, now,
0:15:06 > 0:15:10so that's a really good boost to my confidence.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20With confidence levels varied, they get straight back to work,
0:15:20 > 0:15:23each hoping to impress with their design ideas,
0:15:23 > 0:15:26in houses that were built with showing off in mind.
0:15:28 > 0:15:32The Weald of Sussex and Kent was a rich heartland of medieval England,
0:15:32 > 0:15:35and if you were prosperous enough around these parts,
0:15:35 > 0:15:37you'd probably have lived in a Wealden hall house -
0:15:37 > 0:15:39the dreams home of their age.
0:15:39 > 0:15:43Their owners spent their wealth on lavish timber frames,
0:15:43 > 0:15:46and huge central halls the full height of the building,
0:15:46 > 0:15:49and the biggest luxury of all - a private bedroom.
0:15:52 > 0:15:55A 12th-century Norman abbey once stood on this site before it was
0:15:55 > 0:15:57moved to a more secluded spot,
0:15:57 > 0:16:00but people have been digging up its remains ever since.
0:16:00 > 0:16:04This might have been part of the architrave - or archway -
0:16:04 > 0:16:05of the abbey.
0:16:08 > 0:16:10With such British heritage here,
0:16:10 > 0:16:14Lucy's Scandinavian brief could be hard to make fit.
0:16:14 > 0:16:19I'm just sanding back this old chest of drawers,
0:16:19 > 0:16:22to give it an 1830s Swedish overhaul.
0:16:24 > 0:16:27I'm going to paint it a kind of dark greeny grey,
0:16:27 > 0:16:31and then do some detail... hand-painted detailing on it.
0:16:31 > 0:16:34She's ageing the furniture by sanding, painting
0:16:34 > 0:16:35and distressing it.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39I'm too hot.
0:16:39 > 0:16:42It's so hard in this heat, isn't it?
0:16:42 > 0:16:45Thank God I'm not upholstering sofas.
0:16:48 > 0:16:51Lucy's determined to keep this scheme realistic,
0:16:51 > 0:16:55having been overambitious throughout the first two rounds...
0:16:55 > 0:16:58I want to get the chair painted,
0:16:58 > 0:16:59the table-base painted,
0:16:59 > 0:17:00finish the cupboard.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02Oh, I've got to make the chandelier.
0:17:02 > 0:17:05Oh, and cut the ottoman in half.
0:17:05 > 0:17:07..though she's proved she can deliver
0:17:07 > 0:17:09innovative and impressive designs.
0:17:09 > 0:17:13We've got this magical back-lit bed which just looks like it's floating.
0:17:13 > 0:17:14Oh, this is super,
0:17:14 > 0:17:17and I think there's some really lovely styling in here.
0:17:19 > 0:17:21Hi. Hello, Lucy. How are you getting on,
0:17:21 > 0:17:23on officially the hottest day of the year?
0:17:23 > 0:17:27Yes, it's hard. It's really hard in this heat, I must say, but, yeah.
0:17:27 > 0:17:29And you've got loads to do. Yes, yeah.
0:17:29 > 0:17:31Ambitious project, again. Ugh!
0:17:31 > 0:17:34I didn't think it was so ambitious for me.
0:17:34 > 0:17:35It's more the builder.
0:17:35 > 0:17:37Sorry, Builder.
0:17:37 > 0:17:39The traditional Swedish beds are quite high.
0:17:39 > 0:17:41So, have you got enough wood for it?
0:17:41 > 0:17:43Cos you were going for some old pine that you'd found. Yes.
0:17:43 > 0:17:45I think we have.
0:17:45 > 0:17:48Erm, we might have to combine it with MDF.
0:17:48 > 0:17:51I'm desperately hoping I can marry the two together and distress...
0:17:51 > 0:17:54It's all right, you don't have to. I hate to use the word "MDF"
0:17:54 > 0:17:57next to the pine, but I'm hoping...
0:17:57 > 0:17:59Erm, you won't notice.
0:17:59 > 0:18:03If she mixes MDF with the pine,
0:18:03 > 0:18:06in order to make up the wood that she's lacking,
0:18:06 > 0:18:07we're in trouble, because that bed
0:18:07 > 0:18:10will not look authentic Scandinavian.
0:18:11 > 0:18:13Rob's bed must be fit for a superhero,
0:18:13 > 0:18:15requiring some intricate sawing.
0:18:15 > 0:18:18SAW BUZZES With the bed that I'm doing,
0:18:18 > 0:18:21because it's.. It's like a Batmobile bed
0:18:21 > 0:18:24so, at one end, it has the tail fins for it,
0:18:24 > 0:18:26so they're going to protrude up quite a bit.
0:18:26 > 0:18:28TOOL BUZZES
0:18:35 > 0:18:38How's the back looking, with the fins?
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Smashing!
0:18:39 > 0:18:41Yes, bring it in.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43All right.
0:18:44 > 0:18:46Young James may be happy,
0:18:46 > 0:18:49but with his dark grey paint now dry in the room,
0:18:49 > 0:18:51mum Mhairi is checking up.
0:18:54 > 0:19:00Would it be a terrible bother to keep this colour here... Yeah.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03..and maybe lighten some areas?
0:19:03 > 0:19:06I don't think it would necessarily be the biggest problem.
0:19:06 > 0:19:08I think one place where it might not be quite so bad
0:19:08 > 0:19:12is the...the cityscape that I did. Yes, OK.
0:19:12 > 0:19:16Make it a bit more, almost, dusky, rather than night-time. OK, OK.
0:19:16 > 0:19:20After the judges warned Rob not to compromise his design,
0:19:20 > 0:19:21he's taking a big risk.
0:19:21 > 0:19:24HE SIGHS
0:19:24 > 0:19:27I think I could have given in, but I don't feel like I did,
0:19:27 > 0:19:29and I feel like I've stood my ground with it,
0:19:29 > 0:19:33and the design isn't... isn't going to be hampered.
0:19:34 > 0:19:36Rob has a point to prove,
0:19:36 > 0:19:40after being a little inconsistent in the first two rounds.
0:19:40 > 0:19:44He began by prioritising product design...
0:19:44 > 0:19:45A nice little jar, but will...
0:19:45 > 0:19:48would double up as a nice little lampshade.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50When you walk in this room, it looks really impressive,
0:19:50 > 0:19:52but, frankly, if you look behind me,
0:19:52 > 0:19:54it's all really quite plain.
0:19:54 > 0:19:58..and then went too far to prove he could deliver a unified scheme.
0:19:58 > 0:20:00Blue, blue, blue! Look!
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Everything kind of blends into each other a little bit too much.
0:20:03 > 0:20:06I'd like to have seen a bit more gold in here, for example.
0:20:06 > 0:20:10Now he's got to innovate and decorate in equal measure.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13It's actually getting all those pieces to hang together... Yeah.
0:20:13 > 0:20:16..in one overall scheme, that we really want to see.
0:20:16 > 0:20:19I'm approaching it from a slightly different angle this time.
0:20:19 > 0:20:23Two of the big pieces in the room, the bed and the cityscape,
0:20:23 > 0:20:26although they are the bigger pieces, they're two of the, the, kind of,
0:20:26 > 0:20:28the quirky touches that I'm putting into it, as well.
0:20:28 > 0:20:30Which colour grey are you going to go for?
0:20:30 > 0:20:33I would like to go with the grey that I came in here with,
0:20:33 > 0:20:36cos that's what my design was... was, sort of, based around,
0:20:36 > 0:20:39but I do want to keep the room quite light,
0:20:39 > 0:20:42because the black bed and the black background,
0:20:42 > 0:20:44it could suck a little bit of that...
0:20:44 > 0:20:46that lightness out of the grey.
0:20:47 > 0:20:49He's thinking of using a paler grey.
0:20:49 > 0:20:51What he doesn't realise is that, actually,
0:20:51 > 0:20:53the darker colour will look better.
0:20:53 > 0:20:56All his accessories will jump out, and there are other ways that you
0:20:56 > 0:21:00can make that room look lighter rather than just using paint.
0:21:03 > 0:21:06We only need to get to that light fitting, with the ceiling.
0:21:06 > 0:21:08TOOL BUZZES On top of their room schemes,
0:21:08 > 0:21:09at this third-round stage,
0:21:09 > 0:21:12the judges have another challenge up their sleeve -
0:21:12 > 0:21:15to turn a load of old junk into a bespoke, stand-alone product.
0:21:17 > 0:21:18The judges would like to see you.
0:21:18 > 0:21:20Yeah, OK.
0:21:20 > 0:21:21Bun-bun-bun!
0:21:21 > 0:21:23Have I really got to go?
0:21:23 > 0:21:24By setting the challenge,
0:21:24 > 0:21:27we've freed the designers of the constriction of a brief,
0:21:27 > 0:21:29so we can actually see
0:21:29 > 0:21:31how instinctively good designers they are.
0:21:33 > 0:21:34Hello. Hello.
0:21:34 > 0:21:36Hello. Hi.
0:21:36 > 0:21:40Now, you're both fighting for a place in the quarterfinals,
0:21:40 > 0:21:43so we've decided to up the stakes a little bit.
0:21:43 > 0:21:45There are a lot of things in this van.
0:21:45 > 0:21:47You can take as much as you want,
0:21:47 > 0:21:50and what we want you to do is turn it into something that is
0:21:50 > 0:21:55either a great product or a home ware that you could be really proud of.
0:21:55 > 0:21:59This is an opportunity for you to be wildly innovative.
0:21:59 > 0:22:01We want you to play to your strengths
0:22:01 > 0:22:04and create a statement piece that shows me and Dan
0:22:04 > 0:22:06who you really are as a designer.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13So, designers, you have ten minutes to rummage around in this van
0:22:13 > 0:22:16and take what you want.
0:22:16 > 0:22:18Get going.
0:22:19 > 0:22:22If we get a few of the things out and have a look...
0:22:22 > 0:22:24Sophie and Daniel will decide which designer shows
0:22:24 > 0:22:28the most creativity and delivers the best item.
0:22:28 > 0:22:32A win here could help them secure their place in the quarterfinal.
0:22:32 > 0:22:34You just take what you want, cos I am.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41I'm taking this lot here.
0:22:41 > 0:22:43Yeah, that's all right, yeah.
0:22:43 > 0:22:45I think this is really exciting,
0:22:45 > 0:22:48because these two are both hugely innovative. Mm.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51I mean, you know, you've got Rob, who makes brilliant products.
0:22:51 > 0:22:54You've got Lucy, who can turn a hand to literally anything
0:22:54 > 0:22:55we've shown her so far.
0:22:55 > 0:22:58Lucy's pile of junk includes old coffee tables,
0:22:58 > 0:23:00a copper pipe and a lamp.
0:23:00 > 0:23:02I'm thinking, maybe,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06some kind of light or some kind of shelving.
0:23:06 > 0:23:10Rob's selected a copper basket, a broom handle and an old bike.
0:23:10 > 0:23:12I've got this old fella.
0:23:12 > 0:23:14Designers, time is up.
0:23:16 > 0:23:18When I was looking at Lucy's, I thought,
0:23:18 > 0:23:20"Ooh, I do like the look of that," but I daresay,
0:23:20 > 0:23:23she liked the look of some of mine, but she's not having it.
0:23:23 > 0:23:24This is a time challenge,
0:23:24 > 0:23:27and they get 90 minutes on day two to complete it.
0:23:34 > 0:23:38It's the afternoon of the first day and both designers are busy.
0:23:38 > 0:23:39Lucy's cream walls have been painted
0:23:39 > 0:23:42and she's bringing some colour to the scheme
0:23:42 > 0:23:44with subtle, authentic touches.
0:23:44 > 0:23:48What I'm going to do is do a bit of hand-painting on the wardrobe,
0:23:48 > 0:23:53inspired by a Scandinavian wardrobe design I found.
0:23:53 > 0:23:56I'm just going to do a simple border around the door.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59The colour's good.
0:23:59 > 0:24:01I'm pleased with that.
0:24:01 > 0:24:03There's far less restraint at Rob's,
0:24:03 > 0:24:07as he puts in motion his plan for a Bat-bed with scrap tyres.
0:24:07 > 0:24:09It looks cool, actually.
0:24:10 > 0:24:12CAMERA CLICKS
0:24:16 > 0:24:19It's been a rigorous first day.
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Oh, dear, I don't know.
0:24:20 > 0:24:23It's a challenge, isn't it? It is such a challenge, isn't it?
0:24:23 > 0:24:25I mean, a big room was hard,
0:24:25 > 0:24:27but little rooms, God, it's different.
0:24:27 > 0:24:29Yeah, well, it's funny, when you get stuff in and out of the room
0:24:29 > 0:24:31and, you know, people coming in
0:24:31 > 0:24:33and having to duck. Having four people in there. Yeah.
0:24:33 > 0:24:35The designers have been hard at it,
0:24:35 > 0:24:37working to two very different briefs.
0:24:37 > 0:24:39Lucy's historical boudoir...
0:24:39 > 0:24:42Yeah, I think they'll be all right.
0:24:42 > 0:24:44..is up against Rob's dramatic superhero den...
0:24:44 > 0:24:46Yeah, it's going to look cool.
0:24:46 > 0:24:50..but only one of them will succeed in going through to the next round.
0:24:50 > 0:24:52There's still a lot to do,
0:24:52 > 0:24:55so I think, if I can do it,
0:24:55 > 0:24:58and achieve all the things that I said I'll do,
0:24:58 > 0:25:00all is not lost.
0:25:00 > 0:25:03I'm looking forward to tomorrow, just to get stuck in again and...
0:25:03 > 0:25:04and, you know, get it done.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Day two has begun.
0:25:16 > 0:25:19Beds have been built, city skylines are coming to life,
0:25:19 > 0:25:22but our two designers are going to have to push themselves to the limit
0:25:22 > 0:25:25if they're going to get through to the next stage.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29I'm much more worried about the competition than I ever have been.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31It's just having to, sort of, think on your feet,
0:25:31 > 0:25:34in this kind of timescale that you've got -
0:25:34 > 0:25:35that is a little bit difficult.
0:25:39 > 0:25:40By the end of tomorrow,
0:25:40 > 0:25:43one of these designers will be out of the competition.
0:25:45 > 0:25:47Hoping it won't be her is Lucy,
0:25:47 > 0:25:50whose Scandinavian box-bed design is being fitted...
0:25:50 > 0:25:53THEY KNOCK ON WOOD
0:25:53 > 0:25:56I didn't realise quite how big it was.
0:25:56 > 0:25:59..although the wonky room isn't making things easy...
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Erm, he's trying to get the end of the bed in, and it's...
0:26:01 > 0:26:04It's a fraction out, so he's got to carry it all the way to the
0:26:04 > 0:26:08end of the garden again to re-trim it, which is a nightmare for him.
0:26:11 > 0:26:14..so she takes time to paint her antique pine
0:26:14 > 0:26:16with a traditional folk design.
0:26:16 > 0:26:19Basically, I did this image at home.
0:26:19 > 0:26:23I painted this, to see, to check out how to do the Rosemaling effect -
0:26:23 > 0:26:26just to have a go at it, experiment.
0:26:26 > 0:26:29I'd love the homeowner to see a bit of the effect.
0:26:29 > 0:26:34It would give me a bit more of a confidence boost, I think,
0:26:34 > 0:26:37if she saw it, and it, and I was on the right track.
0:26:40 > 0:26:42Yes. So, the 1830s Swedish...
0:26:42 > 0:26:44Did that, kind of, faze you when you first saw it?
0:26:44 > 0:26:48Immediately, it really fazed me, but then, when I researched it,
0:26:48 > 0:26:49I actually really liked it -
0:26:49 > 0:26:52the fact that it was so old and antique.
0:26:52 > 0:26:55Each time you've done a round, each room has been really different.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Do you like that kind of challenge of throwing yourself into
0:26:58 > 0:27:00something completely different?
0:27:00 > 0:27:01I think I do.
0:27:01 > 0:27:04I think what I know now is that I do love working to a brief
0:27:04 > 0:27:08and that the constraints of that really inspire me.
0:27:10 > 0:27:14Right, so, are you ready to make my lamps for me, then? Whoo!
0:27:14 > 0:27:17Rob's lighting up his superhero scheme with some of his trademark
0:27:17 > 0:27:20lamp inventions, with the help of an electrician.
0:27:20 > 0:27:23One of the lamps that I'm doing, it's like a... It's a Lego tower.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Cool. So, I've, kind of, left it hollow all the way down,
0:27:26 > 0:27:28with an outlet for the cable. Yeah.
0:27:28 > 0:27:29Did you spend a lot of time on this?
0:27:29 > 0:27:31Yeah, yeah, quite a lot, yeah.
0:27:33 > 0:27:35The blocks are glued together with solvent cement,
0:27:35 > 0:27:38to keep the wires safely inside.
0:27:38 > 0:27:40Hey, yeah. Is that what we were after?
0:27:40 > 0:27:42That looks great, that.
0:27:44 > 0:27:48Happy with that, he's moving on to his next invention -
0:27:48 > 0:27:50a secret hidey-hole.
0:27:50 > 0:27:52When I started thinking about the theme for the room,
0:27:52 > 0:27:55you know, a big part of that is, you know, superheroes,
0:27:55 > 0:27:58and I wanted to bring that, sort of, that fun factor and,
0:27:58 > 0:28:01you know, the secrecy little bit to it,
0:28:01 > 0:28:03because, you know, all superheroes have their own
0:28:03 > 0:28:04little secret compartments,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07and I think he should have one, as well.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Rob's mounted a framed picture onto sliding hinges
0:28:10 > 0:28:13he bought from a DIY store for a few pounds each.
0:28:13 > 0:28:16Move it in like that, and then it will release,
0:28:16 > 0:28:19and you can open the picture frame out and get to what's behind it.
0:28:19 > 0:28:21DRILL BUZZES So, in theory, this would be
0:28:21 > 0:28:24mounted to a, you know, fairly chunky frame behind it.
0:28:24 > 0:28:27The chunky frame will create a shallow alcove behind.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31Yeah, I'm very happy with that. That's working great.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34So, Rob, what's it been like to work on a seven-year-old's bedroom?
0:28:34 > 0:28:37Have you been out to channel your inner boy?
0:28:37 > 0:28:40Yeah, it's been great. It's been a fantastic brief.
0:28:40 > 0:28:42And I know you love making stuff
0:28:42 > 0:28:43and you did in the first round. Yeah, yeah.
0:28:43 > 0:28:46You did less of that in the second round. Have you done a bit...?
0:28:46 > 0:28:49I've tried to, maybe, find a little bit more of a balance, this time.
0:28:49 > 0:28:53I don't want to just be, kind of, pigeonholed as a product designer.
0:28:53 > 0:28:56I'm really starting to get a feel for, you know,
0:28:56 > 0:28:59doing a cohesive room scheme, as a whole.
0:29:03 > 0:29:05Alongside their room schemes,
0:29:05 > 0:29:07the amateurs have been given another challenge.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10They have 90 minutes to transform junk from a van
0:29:10 > 0:29:12into a stand-alone product.
0:29:13 > 0:29:15We've devised the challenge to
0:29:15 > 0:29:17ultimately test our designers' creativity.
0:29:17 > 0:29:19They've got to play to their strengths and design
0:29:19 > 0:29:24a one-off item that really shows us who they are as a designer.
0:29:24 > 0:29:27As ever, Lucy's working hastily, with her coffee tables,
0:29:27 > 0:29:29copper piping and lamp.
0:29:29 > 0:29:33We're going to... It's a shelving unit with lamp attachment.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36That's going to go there... Oh, that fits.
0:29:36 > 0:29:40I've just thought of the name for it - TableLamp.
0:29:41 > 0:29:44Inventive Rob's engineered a plan,
0:29:44 > 0:29:46using the old bike and copper basket.
0:29:46 > 0:29:49I'm actually going to make it into a bike-lamp.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52So, I've kind of... I've already knocked together...
0:29:52 > 0:29:55All my lamp fittings are pretty much all done and ready to go.
0:29:58 > 0:30:00Both designers have a basic crafts box
0:30:00 > 0:30:02and their builders at their disposal.
0:30:02 > 0:30:06Do you think we could make it a big enough hole, Dickie,
0:30:06 > 0:30:09and put this pipe all the way up the middle?
0:30:09 > 0:30:13DRILL BUZZES Lucy's approach is a little chaotic.
0:30:13 > 0:30:16We ought to probably cut this first, didn't we, to length?
0:30:16 > 0:30:18But we don't know how long to do it.
0:30:21 > 0:30:24She's chosen to turn one table bright blue,
0:30:24 > 0:30:26using a fast-drying spray.
0:30:26 > 0:30:28That's it. Down all the way.
0:30:28 > 0:30:31(OK, she's stacking a load of tables on top of each other.)
0:30:31 > 0:30:34(Copper pipe in the middle. Bulb on the top.)
0:30:34 > 0:30:36(Genius, and she's calling it TableLamp.)
0:30:36 > 0:30:38(You love that, don't you? Yeah. It's so clever.)
0:30:38 > 0:30:42SHE GRUNTS Oh, well done.
0:30:42 > 0:30:45In his element, Rob is pioneering new ways of working.
0:30:45 > 0:30:49I'm just making a spray glove,
0:30:49 > 0:30:52which is just something I've literally just invented right now.
0:30:55 > 0:30:59The yellow jam jar will replace the broken light bracket at one end,
0:30:59 > 0:31:02while his broom handle and copper basket
0:31:02 > 0:31:05will become a lamp-head where the saddle once was.
0:31:05 > 0:31:08Who'd have thought it? They've both come up with floor lamps.
0:31:08 > 0:31:10I know. Great floor-lamps, too,
0:31:10 > 0:31:12and this is proof in the pudding, with Rob.
0:31:12 > 0:31:14We always say he's a great inventor, and here he is,
0:31:14 > 0:31:17coming up with such fantastic ideas. Mm-hm.
0:31:17 > 0:31:18I think he's loving it.
0:31:18 > 0:31:20This is what we wanted from our designers.
0:31:20 > 0:31:22We wanted them to rise to the challenge.
0:31:25 > 0:31:26With time ticking on,
0:31:26 > 0:31:29both designers are racing to meet the 90-minute deadline.
0:31:29 > 0:31:31How long have we got on this?
0:31:31 > 0:31:34About five minutes. Oh.
0:31:34 > 0:31:37How well they've transformed their junk will help determine who
0:31:37 > 0:31:39will win a place in the quarterfinal.
0:31:39 > 0:31:41Yeah, that's lovely.
0:31:41 > 0:31:44I would call this piece the Unridable Ride.
0:31:44 > 0:31:46Yeah, I'm happy, overall.
0:31:46 > 0:31:49Having lost out to rob on the client presentation,
0:31:49 > 0:31:53Lucy's pinning her hopes on a victory this time.
0:31:53 > 0:31:56Fingers crossed, cos this is a very vintage lamp.
0:31:56 > 0:31:58Yay! There you go!
0:32:00 > 0:32:01Look! Dickie, look!
0:32:01 > 0:32:03Yeah, it's very impressive(!)
0:32:03 > 0:32:04I'm pleased with that.
0:32:06 > 0:32:08Which one will take the crown?
0:32:08 > 0:32:11All will be revealed later.
0:32:11 > 0:32:13Now I've just got all the other stuff to do.
0:32:25 > 0:32:28Back to their room schemes, and our designers are making their
0:32:28 > 0:32:32changes to these medieval homes that have survived for centuries.
0:32:32 > 0:32:35These buildings are made from sturdy oak beams,
0:32:35 > 0:32:37infilled with wattle and daub.
0:32:37 > 0:32:41Underneath this lime-washed skin, are woven branches - the wattle -
0:32:41 > 0:32:43smoothed over with a combination of
0:32:43 > 0:32:46mud, animal dung and straw - the daub.
0:32:46 > 0:32:49It's amazing to think that such fragile materials
0:32:49 > 0:32:52have survived for so long, protected from the elements
0:32:52 > 0:32:54underneath those steep-pitched eaves.
0:33:00 > 0:33:02The technology that went into these buildings
0:33:02 > 0:33:04was hi-tech in the day - even for our day.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07Entire walls, complete with doors and windows,
0:33:07 > 0:33:09were prefabricated off-site,
0:33:09 > 0:33:11brought to the spot, hoisted up and connected together,
0:33:11 > 0:33:13like some kind of medieval flat pack,
0:33:13 > 0:33:16and those curved beams are special to this area -
0:33:16 > 0:33:20a medieval innovation to stop the whole frame from sagging,
0:33:20 > 0:33:21to give it some extra strength.
0:33:25 > 0:33:28Lucy has come up with her own bespoke flat pack -
0:33:28 > 0:33:31a Scandinavian-style built-in bed...
0:33:31 > 0:33:32Are we in? Are we in?
0:33:32 > 0:33:36..but bad news - she's run out of pine.
0:33:36 > 0:33:40Because the bed's taller than it was originally, the timber's tight.
0:33:40 > 0:33:43A lot of it's come from a skip - the old pine -
0:33:43 > 0:33:45and then we're combining it with the MDF,
0:33:45 > 0:33:47and I want to, kind of,
0:33:47 > 0:33:50patchwork it together to make it even more authentic.
0:33:50 > 0:33:54Lucy's hoping she can blend the MDF into the bed frame
0:33:54 > 0:33:56by distressing it first.
0:33:56 > 0:33:58The builder's not overly happy with that,
0:33:58 > 0:34:00but I'm going to try and persuade him.
0:34:00 > 0:34:03TOOL BUZZES
0:34:03 > 0:34:05Before either of the designers get any further,
0:34:05 > 0:34:07their homeowners are paying them a visit
0:34:07 > 0:34:09to check on the progress of their rooms.
0:34:09 > 0:34:13In an ideal world, it would be further on.
0:34:13 > 0:34:16Any problems at this stage could have a major impact
0:34:16 > 0:34:17on their schemes.
0:34:17 > 0:34:19This is at a point where, there's sort of, like,
0:34:19 > 0:34:22the most change in the room so far.
0:34:22 > 0:34:25After compromising a little on colour, Rob is nervous.
0:34:25 > 0:34:27All the grey's on.
0:34:27 > 0:34:30We're just looking at lightening the grey for the...the one wall.
0:34:30 > 0:34:32His client's mum is going away on a trip,
0:34:32 > 0:34:35so won't see Rob finish the scheme.
0:34:35 > 0:34:39I really am very much looking forward to seeing the room.
0:34:39 > 0:34:41'Today will be the last chance that I get to
0:34:41 > 0:34:44'put my oar in, as it were.'
0:34:44 > 0:34:46Hello. Hello, can I come in? Yes, of course. Yes.
0:34:46 > 0:34:48But has Rob got it right?
0:34:48 > 0:34:51How are you? Oh, wow. Look at this.
0:34:51 > 0:34:53It's not that gloomy!
0:34:53 > 0:34:57So, that's just the test patch of the lighter grey that we've done,
0:34:57 > 0:34:59so we mixed a couple and did a few tests.
0:34:59 > 0:35:02I think, you know, in principle, having something a bit lighter
0:35:02 > 0:35:06to offset Gotham City is... is just good anyway. Yeah.
0:35:06 > 0:35:08You know, I'm really pleased that you've done this.
0:35:08 > 0:35:10I'll see you shortly. See you shortly.
0:35:10 > 0:35:12'I think the midway reveal went really well.
0:35:12 > 0:35:14'I haven't come away thinking,'
0:35:14 > 0:35:17"Oh, God, what do I do with this? I've got to change that."
0:35:17 > 0:35:20Hi there. Oh... Oh, wow.
0:35:20 > 0:35:23That's different. We're on the way but a long way to go. Yeah.
0:35:23 > 0:35:24But, erm... Yeah.
0:35:24 > 0:35:26So, I've started to do these. Oh, wow.
0:35:26 > 0:35:29These are the panel... These... Oh, for the front there.
0:35:29 > 0:35:31Yes. Oh, they're nice.
0:35:31 > 0:35:35It's obvious how much Lucy has taken on, even to her client.
0:35:35 > 0:35:37We're now 1.30pm,
0:35:37 > 0:35:40so you have not so long to go.
0:35:40 > 0:35:43Do you think you're going to manage finishing everything? Erm...
0:35:43 > 0:35:45I've got to do the curtains,
0:35:45 > 0:35:48but I've got tomorrow morning and this evening.
0:35:48 > 0:35:51Well, I'm quite speedy so I think it'll be all right.
0:35:51 > 0:35:53Yeah, you'd better crack on. I'd better get back to work. Crack on.
0:35:53 > 0:35:56I know, yeah, get everything done. OK.
0:35:56 > 0:35:59It's just really fantastic
0:35:59 > 0:36:03and the only concern is whether she'll have time to finish.
0:36:03 > 0:36:06I think I'm worried slightly about timing.
0:36:06 > 0:36:07Obviously, I'm human.
0:36:07 > 0:36:09There's a lot to do.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15Time may be against the designers
0:36:15 > 0:36:18but the passing of time has made these houses what they are today.
0:36:20 > 0:36:24This staircase might be rickety but it's not that old.
0:36:24 > 0:36:27When the house was built, this was the outside wall,
0:36:27 > 0:36:28and this, a window,
0:36:28 > 0:36:30and in here, there's another charming feature.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32Up there, some pargeting -
0:36:32 > 0:36:34a very simple form of decorative plasterwork.
0:36:34 > 0:36:37It would have been applied to the daub with a stick,
0:36:37 > 0:36:39like an early form of interior design.
0:36:43 > 0:36:44Before it was subdivided,
0:36:44 > 0:36:47this would have been one huge space with a fire in the middle,
0:36:47 > 0:36:48but it would have been very acrid.
0:36:48 > 0:36:51All the smoke and ash would have flown through the air
0:36:51 > 0:36:52and up out through the rafters,
0:36:52 > 0:36:56but in the 17th century a fireplace and a chimney was added,
0:36:56 > 0:36:58and it was a multifunctional design,
0:36:58 > 0:37:01with a little cubbyhole here for storing your spices,
0:37:01 > 0:37:04your salt and your wicks, to keep them dry and warm
0:37:04 > 0:37:06before the advent of central heating.
0:37:11 > 0:37:14Modern advancements made life easier,
0:37:14 > 0:37:16but there's nothing easy about working in
0:37:16 > 0:37:18these higgledy-piggledy rooms,
0:37:18 > 0:37:21as Lucy's team once again tries to fit the bed.
0:37:21 > 0:37:23Are you all right?
0:37:23 > 0:37:27I'm crossing my fingers, Dick, Dickery-doo-dah.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31We haven't checked the length or anything, which was a bit daft.
0:37:31 > 0:37:33Oh, no.
0:37:33 > 0:37:35It's too tall, is it? Uh-huh.
0:37:35 > 0:37:37Oh, why isn't it easy?
0:37:37 > 0:37:39Can't we chop a bit out of the bed?
0:37:41 > 0:37:43To add to the chaos, they all have to clear the room
0:37:43 > 0:37:46for the new sisal flooring to be fitted,
0:37:46 > 0:37:48so Lucy cracks on outside,
0:37:48 > 0:37:51making rag rugs for her Scandi scheme.
0:37:51 > 0:37:54So, I'm just going to hand-stitch three of these together
0:37:54 > 0:37:56to make one big rug.
0:37:56 > 0:37:58It's a cheap way of making a large rug,
0:37:58 > 0:38:00as they cost just ?5 each,
0:38:00 > 0:38:02but it'll eat up more time.
0:38:02 > 0:38:05I know what you're like, Lucy. You like making things.
0:38:05 > 0:38:07Have you pared it back this time?
0:38:07 > 0:38:09I'm... Yes.
0:38:09 > 0:38:10I was...
0:38:10 > 0:38:12Honestly? Honestly, honestly,
0:38:12 > 0:38:15there's the bed, the wardrobe and the chest of drawers.
0:38:15 > 0:38:18You're doing "less is more"? Oh, I'm trying...
0:38:18 > 0:38:19Wow. ..for the first time...
0:38:19 > 0:38:23For the first time ever in your life? ..ever.
0:38:25 > 0:38:29For Rob's action-packed scheme, the garden is filling up.
0:38:29 > 0:38:32Progress is flying along with the Bat-bed.
0:38:32 > 0:38:33His cityscape is constructed
0:38:33 > 0:38:36and there are winged creatures aplenty...
0:38:36 > 0:38:38Yeah, I'm quite happy with that.
0:38:38 > 0:38:41..one of which will be projected across the room from a lamp,
0:38:41 > 0:38:42made out of an empty tin.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45This is quite another important feature of the room,
0:38:45 > 0:38:47so I just need to clean it up,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50and if I can just trim this up and make it nice and smooth.
0:38:50 > 0:38:52then we shouldn't have any issues with, you know,
0:38:52 > 0:38:54scratching and cutting, and things like that.
0:38:54 > 0:38:57The miniature MDF bat will be attached to
0:38:57 > 0:39:00the centre of his lamp, so it casts a shadow across the room.
0:39:00 > 0:39:01That looks pretty good.
0:39:01 > 0:39:04Yeah, I'm... I'm quite happy with that.
0:39:06 > 0:39:08It is tiny in here, and I'm looking out there,
0:39:08 > 0:39:11and it's looking like a film set with loads of stuff.
0:39:11 > 0:39:13How are you going to pack it into here, Rob?
0:39:13 > 0:39:14Yeah, well, it's a good question,
0:39:14 > 0:39:17but I'm going to introduce, you know, a shelf in here, as well,
0:39:17 > 0:39:19so a couple of things can be lifted off the ground.
0:39:19 > 0:39:22We've got a toy chest, which is going to,
0:39:22 > 0:39:24sort of, fit in with the line of the bed,
0:39:24 > 0:39:27so that's not really a space that could be used for playing,
0:39:27 > 0:39:29but it'd be great for storage.
0:39:29 > 0:39:33If you noticed, all that room's got in it is grey paint,
0:39:33 > 0:39:34and everything is outside,
0:39:34 > 0:39:38which shows to me that he's more of a maker than an integrator.
0:39:40 > 0:39:44Leaving his blockbusting scheme in pieces across the garden,
0:39:44 > 0:39:46Rob's off to see his rival's scheme...
0:39:46 > 0:39:48It could be that I walk in and go,
0:39:48 > 0:39:52"Uh-oh, I've got a lot more work to do."
0:39:52 > 0:39:55I like that blue. That's nice. Oh, good.
0:39:55 > 0:39:58Have you painted those by hand? Yes.
0:39:58 > 0:39:59So, have you got much to do now?
0:39:59 > 0:40:02How long are you staying? Loads. Yeah. Loads. Absolutely loads. Mmm.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05..but it seems it's made him more confident.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I think some of the hand-detailing stuff that she'd done, you know,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11it's really nice stuff, but it's not something I'd do,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15or something I'd really have, you know, in my own home,
0:40:15 > 0:40:17but I'm sure there's plenty of stuff that I've done
0:40:17 > 0:40:19that she, you know, probably wouldn't put into hers.
0:40:22 > 0:40:25Day two is drawing to a close
0:40:25 > 0:40:28and Lucy is still worrying over her workload.
0:40:28 > 0:40:30I've got to finish this bed,
0:40:30 > 0:40:34do the door for the wardrobe-cupboard,
0:40:34 > 0:40:39erm,, make curtains, pillows, things like that.
0:40:39 > 0:40:42I want to go through, but at this stage,
0:40:42 > 0:40:45I can't see the wood for the MDF.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47SHE CHUCKLES
0:40:47 > 0:40:51Rob has finally got a key piece of his design into the room.
0:40:51 > 0:40:54I'm just, kind of, looking at the cityscape that I've brought in.
0:40:54 > 0:40:57It seems to work really well, I think.
0:40:57 > 0:40:58The light's fading a bit.
0:40:58 > 0:41:01We're going to start wrapping up and get back to the hotel,
0:41:01 > 0:41:04get a bit of sleep, so I'm ready, you know, firing on all cylinders,
0:41:04 > 0:41:07to go hard at it again tomorrow morning.
0:41:15 > 0:41:17It's the morning of the final day.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19Later on, the judges and the homeowners will see
0:41:19 > 0:41:21the finished rooms, and what they think of them
0:41:21 > 0:41:26will determine which designer gets through to the quarterfinals
0:41:26 > 0:41:28and which one leaves the competition for good.
0:41:28 > 0:41:30There's just hours left for them
0:41:30 > 0:41:34to convince the judges that they deserve to be a quarterfinalist.
0:41:34 > 0:41:37I didn't get a real lot of sleep last night so, you know,
0:41:37 > 0:41:40the start of day three's proving to be a little bit of a killer.
0:41:40 > 0:41:41I will nail it.
0:41:41 > 0:41:45I haven't nailed it yet, but in the next few hours, I will.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49Lucy's finally painted the bed
0:41:49 > 0:41:52but there are still the intricate wardrobe panels to finish...
0:41:52 > 0:41:55I need to do this in about half an hour.
0:41:55 > 0:41:59It's got to be right, so, yeah, it is a lot of work.
0:41:59 > 0:42:02..but she's easily distracted.
0:42:02 > 0:42:05How about if we move the wardrobe up near the window?
0:42:05 > 0:42:07No, cos then the...
0:42:07 > 0:42:09I think you need to get things finished first,
0:42:09 > 0:42:12and then arrange the furniture, personally. Do you? Yeah.
0:42:12 > 0:42:14There's no holding her back.
0:42:14 > 0:42:15Dickie, I'm sorry.
0:42:15 > 0:42:19Just give me two minutes, cos I'm a monster.
0:42:19 > 0:42:22Just grab it. I'll probably swap them back again.
0:42:22 > 0:42:24Yeah, I expect you will. Get off.
0:42:24 > 0:42:28Sorry. You can punch me. HE LAUGHS
0:42:28 > 0:42:31Lucy seems to be her usual whirling dervish of creativity.
0:42:31 > 0:42:33That's kind of how she operates -
0:42:33 > 0:42:35firing commands to her team, left, right and centre,
0:42:35 > 0:42:38and they're all just chasing to keep up with her.
0:42:39 > 0:42:41Oh, you're going to like these.
0:42:41 > 0:42:43She's already onto the next task -
0:42:43 > 0:42:47adding character to some plain, shop-bought curtains.
0:42:47 > 0:42:51I've made these borders with hand-embroidery,
0:42:51 > 0:42:55cos I like the idea of the handmade in this room,
0:42:55 > 0:42:58and, erm, it's sort of a folk... It gives it a folk element.
0:42:58 > 0:43:03It's felt. It's all recycled materials.
0:43:03 > 0:43:06But this 11th-hour make is proving tricky.
0:43:06 > 0:43:10It's just the way of doing things like this - it's horrid.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20Over at Rob's, a different kind of drama is shaping up.
0:43:20 > 0:43:22I've glued my...my Bat-light,
0:43:22 > 0:43:25and I've assembled that, so I can...
0:43:25 > 0:43:26I can tick that off as well.
0:43:28 > 0:43:30Erm, you know, I'm mindful of time.
0:43:30 > 0:43:32I've kind of got less than two hours,
0:43:32 > 0:43:34so, you know, there's quite a bit of doing.
0:43:34 > 0:43:37Like building the bed - if he can get it in.
0:43:37 > 0:43:40Up a bit more, yeah. Oh!
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Yeah, this side can just go as is.
0:43:42 > 0:43:44DRILL BUZZES With all the pieces together,
0:43:44 > 0:43:47the battle to build the Bat-bed begins.
0:43:47 > 0:43:49We've got 48 minutes.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55It's a complete madhouse in Rob's room.
0:43:55 > 0:43:56I know. He's finally broken.
0:43:56 > 0:43:58He's been so cool, calm and collected,
0:43:58 > 0:44:01and we've been seeing all this stuff that he's making in the garden,
0:44:01 > 0:44:03that he's got to cram into this little room,
0:44:03 > 0:44:06and the pressure has definitely got the better of him.
0:44:08 > 0:44:11With both designers working to wildly different briefs...
0:44:11 > 0:44:14Two screws up there.
0:44:14 > 0:44:16..the judges will compare their creativity by seeing how well
0:44:16 > 0:44:20they transform junk into a stand-alone product.
0:44:20 > 0:44:22Wow. That's my upcycle.
0:44:22 > 0:44:25And hopefully it's a good indication of, maybe,
0:44:25 > 0:44:27how my mind kind of works.
0:44:27 > 0:44:30'A win here will strengthen their chances of securing
0:44:30 > 0:44:33'a place in the quarterfinal.'
0:44:33 > 0:44:35Now, this is what I call a challenge.
0:44:35 > 0:44:37This looks fantastic. LAUGHTER
0:44:37 > 0:44:39This is Lucy's, and you can see she's got
0:44:39 > 0:44:42a collection of side tables, which she's stacked together.
0:44:42 > 0:44:45This one got painted blue, and then we've got a little lamp on the top.
0:44:45 > 0:44:48I notice that's stuck on with Blu Tack...
0:44:48 > 0:44:52Oh. ..so I question the construction values.
0:44:52 > 0:44:54Yeah, but in 90 minutes, the concept is brilliant.
0:44:54 > 0:44:58So, from the sublime... to, what is this?
0:44:58 > 0:45:00It's the sort of thing you'd see at a festival, isn't it?
0:45:00 > 0:45:03This is designed to go in one of these big, loft-style apartments,
0:45:03 > 0:45:06cos obviously this isn't going to fit into your average semi.
0:45:06 > 0:45:09It's kind of quirky. I love the way that the yellows tie together,
0:45:09 > 0:45:12so he's thought of it visually tying in. And gold handlebars.
0:45:12 > 0:45:15It's fun and it's got humour and it's very now.
0:45:19 > 0:45:21'The judges now have to make a unanimous decision
0:45:21 > 0:45:25'on which of these pieces shows the most creativity.'
0:45:25 > 0:45:28We did ask them to come up with a finished product,
0:45:28 > 0:45:30and I think this is a little bit more sophisticated.
0:45:30 > 0:45:32I think they both are absolutely fun.
0:45:32 > 0:45:35I love them but I think this is going to be the winner.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37Rob is in a strong position,
0:45:37 > 0:45:38having won both this challenge
0:45:38 > 0:45:41and the client presentation judging earlier on,
0:45:41 > 0:45:45but Lucy could still overtake him if her room scheme outshines his...
0:45:51 > 0:45:55..and she's determined to show she has learned from past mistakes.
0:45:55 > 0:45:57God, that's gorgeous.
0:45:57 > 0:46:00Choosing the right number of items to display
0:46:00 > 0:46:03from her homeowner's Scandinavian artefacts.
0:46:03 > 0:46:07I've got to be so careful not to overcrowd the space
0:46:07 > 0:46:10when I finish, cos there's so much stuff,
0:46:10 > 0:46:11so I just want a few...
0:46:11 > 0:46:14Maybe just, like, four things like that.
0:46:17 > 0:46:20She may be learning restraint...
0:46:20 > 0:46:23Dick, can you put these here?
0:46:23 > 0:46:26..but, having spent three days and ?1,000,
0:46:26 > 0:46:29things are as chaotic as ever.
0:46:29 > 0:46:32Oh, my Godfathers!
0:46:32 > 0:46:36After struggling to balance authenticity with practicality
0:46:36 > 0:46:40earlier on, Lucy is being risky adding more modern lighting...
0:46:40 > 0:46:42Did you say? Did you want it up or down? Up!
0:46:42 > 0:46:45..and a ?95 rocking chair.
0:46:45 > 0:46:48Look, you just get a bit of that. It's white emulsion.
0:46:49 > 0:46:52Don't overcrowd the scheme.
0:47:02 > 0:47:06It's been a long time since I've done anything like this,
0:47:06 > 0:47:11and it's so tiring and overwhelming but so good.
0:47:11 > 0:47:13Lucy's brief was to create a traditional,
0:47:13 > 0:47:15Swedish country-style scheme.
0:47:17 > 0:47:20Three days ago, the room was plain and unexciting.
0:47:29 > 0:47:32Now it's a cosy Swedish boudoir with charm.
0:47:34 > 0:47:38Lucy's designed a 19th-century-style Scandinavian box-bed
0:47:38 > 0:47:40with built-in storage.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42She's gone for a traditional folk theme,
0:47:42 > 0:47:44with hand-painted designs,
0:47:44 > 0:47:47curtain trim and rug,
0:47:47 > 0:47:50balancing those with contemporary touches.
0:47:50 > 0:47:54The homeowner wanted a Swedish country-style bedroom.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58In the time, yeah, I think I nailed it.
0:47:58 > 0:48:00DOOR OPENS
0:48:03 > 0:48:05There's a real feeling of magic in this room.
0:48:05 > 0:48:06That's my first impression.
0:48:06 > 0:48:08I would love the idea of sleeping in this bed.
0:48:08 > 0:48:11Mmm! It feels really cosy, and in the winter,
0:48:11 > 0:48:13if it had some curtains behind it that you could draw across,
0:48:13 > 0:48:15it'd be lovely. Very romantic.
0:48:15 > 0:48:16What is great is the fact that
0:48:16 > 0:48:18you're seeing the graining of the word,
0:48:18 > 0:48:22rather than some flat MDF and... Which is here, though,
0:48:22 > 0:48:25but I think she's managed to blend the old wood and the new wood
0:48:25 > 0:48:27in together quite well. Yeah.
0:48:27 > 0:48:29What's letting it down for me is the patterns in the panels.
0:48:29 > 0:48:33It just looks a bit like she's done it with a dry, flat brush.
0:48:33 > 0:48:35But I think it's supposed to look very handmade, quite folksy,
0:48:35 > 0:48:37quite humble.
0:48:37 > 0:48:39She's got the colours absolutely spot on,
0:48:39 > 0:48:43because she's got the blues and she's got that lovely rusty red.
0:48:43 > 0:48:45One of the many details in here that I've spotted
0:48:45 > 0:48:48that I really love is the treatment of the curtains,
0:48:48 > 0:48:50which really enhances, I think, this folksy theme.
0:48:50 > 0:48:53But I think I would have been a little bit more generous with it,
0:48:53 > 0:48:55and maybe taken that lovely detail at the bottom
0:48:55 > 0:48:58and put it up higher so you could see it.
0:48:58 > 0:49:00I think she's gone to a lot of effort to authentically
0:49:00 > 0:49:02distress everything to look antique,
0:49:02 > 0:49:05but then we've got a very modern, flat-pack rocking chair in there.
0:49:05 > 0:49:08Yeah, but it's got the right shape, which I like, and I also like
0:49:08 > 0:49:11the fact that there is the element of contemporary in the room.
0:49:11 > 0:49:12This is what I love about this, you know.
0:49:12 > 0:49:15There are times when you just think it's just total madness,
0:49:15 > 0:49:17and everything's random, and you're looking here,
0:49:17 > 0:49:20and there's method in the madness. It's all here.
0:49:20 > 0:49:23The concern with Lucy was she might overcrowd this room -
0:49:23 > 0:49:24put too much stuff in it -
0:49:24 > 0:49:26and in a small space like this, especially a guest room,
0:49:26 > 0:49:29there needs to be an element of serenity,
0:49:29 > 0:49:32and I think she's just about got that right.
0:49:35 > 0:49:38I think the homeowner is going to love it, actually.
0:49:38 > 0:49:40I think it's what she is after.
0:49:40 > 0:49:43I might be completely wrong. I hope not.
0:49:43 > 0:49:46Come on in. Your new guest bedroom.
0:49:46 > 0:49:48Oh, my goodness, what a bed!
0:49:48 > 0:49:49Well, you can't miss the bed.
0:49:49 > 0:49:53No, I mean, I wanted it to be the focus, and look at it.
0:49:53 > 0:49:56And then the curtains - absolutely lovely, aren't they?
0:49:56 > 0:49:58And then this chair is so much better than
0:49:58 > 0:50:00the one that was in here.
0:50:00 > 0:50:02Do you think she's come up to scratch? Yeah.
0:50:02 > 0:50:04I'm really, really pleased.
0:50:07 > 0:50:10Rob's time is nearly up and he's still got lots to bring in...
0:50:10 > 0:50:13We have about... It says 15 minutes. ..18 minutes.
0:50:13 > 0:50:17We've got to bring the unit in, two lamps and the trunk. What?
0:50:17 > 0:50:19Ooh!
0:50:19 > 0:50:21..but there's trouble with the toy box.
0:50:21 > 0:50:24Oh.
0:50:24 > 0:50:26Erm... Oh!
0:50:26 > 0:50:28All right, if you turn that way, Dave.
0:50:28 > 0:50:31Yes. Oh, yes! Hallelujah.
0:50:31 > 0:50:33MAN GRUNTS
0:50:33 > 0:50:35After compromising his dark scheme
0:50:35 > 0:50:37on his client's wishes earlier on... HE BLOWS AIR
0:50:37 > 0:50:41..Rob must balance the grey walls with moody lights.
0:50:41 > 0:50:43Yeah, all right.
0:50:43 > 0:50:44Looking good.
0:50:49 > 0:50:51I'm... I'm really chuffed with the room.
0:50:51 > 0:50:54It's... It's all, kind of, really just come together at
0:50:54 > 0:50:56well and truly the 11th hour.
0:50:58 > 0:51:01Rob was asked to create a Batman-inspired fantasy den
0:51:01 > 0:51:03for a seven-year-old.
0:51:03 > 0:51:06Before, the room looked small and over-cluttered.
0:51:15 > 0:51:18Now Rob's designed an adventurous den
0:51:18 > 0:51:21with a bed fit for a caped crusader.
0:51:21 > 0:51:23He's turned the walls dark grey,
0:51:23 > 0:51:25with one lighter grey to contrast a cityscape.
0:51:27 > 0:51:30He's brightened things up with yellow storage,
0:51:30 > 0:51:32atmospheric lighting with LED lights,
0:51:32 > 0:51:34a bat motif,
0:51:34 > 0:51:37plus other bespoke pieces.
0:51:37 > 0:51:41Finally, there's a secret compartment fit for a superhero.
0:51:41 > 0:51:43I'm actually most worried about two things,
0:51:43 > 0:51:46one of which is... is the reaction of...of James,
0:51:46 > 0:51:49but I do need the judges to... to like it as well.
0:51:49 > 0:51:52Oh. Oh!
0:51:52 > 0:51:53Oh, what a little den, eh?
0:51:53 > 0:51:56It's a Batcave and it's just what they asked for. Yeah.
0:51:56 > 0:51:58Isn't that ingenious? It's really clever.
0:51:58 > 0:52:00Yeah, and it's nice that he's used real wheels,
0:52:00 > 0:52:02cos that feels a little bit more grown-up
0:52:02 > 0:52:04than just a painted bed. Yeah.
0:52:04 > 0:52:06I'm really glad he kept this darker colour on the walls
0:52:06 > 0:52:10because it means that his lighting is looking really super.
0:52:10 > 0:52:12Absolutely, and he's cleverly closed the blinds,
0:52:12 > 0:52:14so it gives it more of an atmosphere in here.
0:52:14 > 0:52:17Yeah, and that allows him to show off all his lighting effects,
0:52:17 > 0:52:20although I am questioning whether there's enough lighting in here,
0:52:20 > 0:52:23because you don't want it to feel dark and gloomy all the time.
0:52:23 > 0:52:24But it does look really good.
0:52:24 > 0:52:27I have got a bugbear, though. Oh, what's that? These toy boxes.
0:52:27 > 0:52:32They're really large and they just are a place for kids to shove stuff,
0:52:32 > 0:52:34and if you want something that's at the bottom,
0:52:34 > 0:52:37you're going to have to empty the whole thing on the floor. Oh, yeah.
0:52:37 > 0:52:40I just don't think they're very practical.
0:52:40 > 0:52:43And that's a secret cupboard where grown-ups can't get in it.
0:52:43 > 0:52:45Oh, yeah, and voila, look at that!
0:52:45 > 0:52:48Keep all your secret bits and bobs in there. Perfect.
0:52:48 > 0:52:51This clearly shows that Rob can pull off a whole cohesive scheme.
0:52:51 > 0:52:54Mm. I think by matching all the fitted furniture and the bed,
0:52:54 > 0:52:57in the black, going for the grey all the way around the room,
0:52:57 > 0:53:00and then just having final, sort of, feature lighting and, you know,
0:53:00 > 0:53:02a few quirky product designs,
0:53:02 > 0:53:04it's just enough to make it interesting.
0:53:04 > 0:53:08But it is like putting a jigsaw puzzle together, and he,
0:53:08 > 0:53:10I think, was a little scared at times, but has pulled it together.
0:53:12 > 0:53:17And, overall, the room that I've delivered, I think it is, you know,
0:53:17 > 0:53:20a nice, cohesive space for, you know, a child to be in,
0:53:20 > 0:53:22and I want him to love it, really.
0:53:25 > 0:53:29BOY GASPS Wowzers!
0:53:29 > 0:53:30You wanted a Batcave. Yes!
0:53:30 > 0:53:32You've got a Batcave.
0:53:32 > 0:53:36It's the most coolest bed I ever seen in my life!
0:53:36 > 0:53:38Yeah! What do you think? What do you think?
0:53:38 > 0:53:39There's a bat up there. Yeah.
0:53:39 > 0:53:40There's a bat above you here. Yes.
0:53:40 > 0:53:42Is it batty enough? Yes.
0:53:42 > 0:53:44Rob's got that right, yeah?
0:53:44 > 0:53:45Yay!
0:53:45 > 0:53:47What do you think your mum might think of it?
0:53:47 > 0:53:50It would be...smashing.
0:53:50 > 0:53:52There you go, double thumbs up for Rob.
0:53:52 > 0:53:55Oh, yeah! TOM GIGGLES
0:53:55 > 0:53:57You look nice.
0:53:57 > 0:54:00You've got a different outfit... With both rooms scrutinised,
0:54:00 > 0:54:02all the designers can do is wait. Oh, are you all right?
0:54:02 > 0:54:04How did it get on? Yeah, well, it's done, isn't it?
0:54:04 > 0:54:06Yeah, yeah, done. Now I'm pleased.
0:54:06 > 0:54:08'If the judges let me go through to the next round,'
0:54:08 > 0:54:11I will be ecstatically proud and happy,
0:54:11 > 0:54:15and just, yeah, amazed and really chuffed.
0:54:15 > 0:54:17I was pleased with it but I think
0:54:17 > 0:54:19yours was good. Have you got a picture of it or anything?
0:54:19 > 0:54:21'I hope that I do get through.
0:54:21 > 0:54:23'You know, I really do, but I'm as confident as I can be,'
0:54:23 > 0:54:25and I'm going to go in there,
0:54:25 > 0:54:27you know, with a brave face on and...
0:54:27 > 0:54:29and, you know, await the judgment.
0:54:30 > 0:54:33I mean, terrifically difficult rooms this time.
0:54:33 > 0:54:35I mean, they're all higgledy-piggledy with beams
0:54:35 > 0:54:38everywhere. There're dark. They've got creaky floorboards.
0:54:38 > 0:54:40And throw in a heat wave in the middle of it all as well.
0:54:40 > 0:54:42Now, Rob's always been a really good product designer,
0:54:42 > 0:54:45but you wanted to see a really coherent, cohesive scheme from him.
0:54:45 > 0:54:47Did you see it? Yeah, I think he's achieved it.
0:54:47 > 0:54:49Well, he caught the atmosphere, didn't he?
0:54:49 > 0:54:52I mean, he had a little bit of a wrangle with the homeowner about
0:54:52 > 0:54:54the depth of grey that he was going to put on the walls,
0:54:54 > 0:54:57and we're just really pleased to see that he stuck by his guns.
0:54:57 > 0:54:59How do you think he's progressed throughout the rounds?
0:54:59 > 0:55:00Massively. Wouldn't you agree?
0:55:00 > 0:55:03Well, he's consistently good at being inventive,
0:55:03 > 0:55:06and making wonderful and interesting things.
0:55:06 > 0:55:08As you can imagine, his young client adored it.
0:55:08 > 0:55:11He loved the bats! I'm a bit worried about the homeowner, though.
0:55:11 > 0:55:14She'll never, ever get him to go to sleep in that room, you know that?
0:55:14 > 0:55:16Now, what did you think of Lucy's scheme,
0:55:16 > 0:55:19after all that creative chaos that she always seems to go through?
0:55:19 > 0:55:21We were both really impressed, because, not only has
0:55:21 > 0:55:26she taken the homeowner's brief on board, and done it really well,
0:55:26 > 0:55:29but she's just shown that extra little bit of style too.
0:55:29 > 0:55:33And I think she's really reined it in to just the right level.
0:55:33 > 0:55:37She had a very precise brief, though - 1830s Scandinavia.
0:55:37 > 0:55:41Well, this is where Lucy shows us quite how versatile she is.
0:55:41 > 0:55:44She can do everything from futuristic all the way to
0:55:44 > 0:55:46something that's a very, kind of, antique look.
0:55:46 > 0:55:49And she did it, also, for a very exacting client.
0:55:49 > 0:55:50I mean, she loved it.
0:55:50 > 0:55:54She loved, you know, both her take on the Scandinavian style,
0:55:54 > 0:55:55but she also liked those little
0:55:55 > 0:55:58contemporary, different touches as well. Great.
0:55:58 > 0:56:03So, this time, you've got two very creative designers.
0:56:03 > 0:56:05How are you going to sort the wheat from the chaff?
0:56:05 > 0:56:07They're all wheat. There's no chaff.
0:56:07 > 0:56:10It's going to be very difficult to make a decision between the two.
0:56:13 > 0:56:15'There's only room for one of these amateur designers
0:56:15 > 0:56:17'in the quarterfinal.
0:56:17 > 0:56:19'After Rob's two successes earlier,
0:56:19 > 0:56:22'has Lucy done enough to overtake him?'
0:56:22 > 0:56:25For many people, living in a beautiful medieval cottage
0:56:25 > 0:56:27is their idea of heaven,
0:56:27 > 0:56:29but it takes some skill to make sense of
0:56:29 > 0:56:31those higgledy-piggledy rooms, and you two have done it.
0:56:31 > 0:56:34And you both completely nailed your briefs.
0:56:34 > 0:56:36I mean, who would have thought that we'd have a
0:56:36 > 0:56:39folksy Scandinavian guest bedroom
0:56:39 > 0:56:43and a Batcave hidden behind these chocolate-box exteriors?
0:56:43 > 0:56:46As a result, we've found it quite heartbreaking
0:56:46 > 0:56:48having to make a decision.
0:56:48 > 0:56:51The judges, though, have made their tough decision
0:56:51 > 0:56:57and the designer going through to the quarterfinals is...
0:57:00 > 0:57:03..Lucy.
0:57:03 > 0:57:04Well done.
0:57:04 > 0:57:07Yeah, well done, yeah. Congratulations. Thank you.
0:57:07 > 0:57:10No, no, I'm really happy for you. Thank you. No, I am.
0:57:10 > 0:57:13I'm pretty gutted, really, to be going. You know, the...
0:57:13 > 0:57:17'Just the sheer amount of work that I've put in.'
0:57:17 > 0:57:19A lot of effort, a lot of, you know, blood, sweat and tears.
0:57:19 > 0:57:22Well done, Lucy. Thank you. It was brilliant, and it was a fine line.
0:57:22 > 0:57:24'I am so disappointed to lose Rob.'
0:57:24 > 0:57:26He is such an exciting designer and he's good.
0:57:26 > 0:57:29Look, he won the presentation judging and the challenge,
0:57:29 > 0:57:31'but he was up against Lucy,
0:57:31 > 0:57:34'and her room was close to perfection,
0:57:34 > 0:57:36'and that's why she's the designer going through.'
0:57:36 > 0:57:38Thank you. DANIEL LAUGHS
0:57:38 > 0:57:41It was a very tough decision between the both of you. Thank you.
0:57:41 > 0:57:42You've both done really well.
0:57:42 > 0:57:44'Really, really surprised,'
0:57:44 > 0:57:47and ecstatic to go through to the next round.
0:57:47 > 0:57:49Oh, I just...
0:57:49 > 0:57:51Are you pleased? Absolutely.
0:57:51 > 0:57:53It's just so good. Oh...
0:57:53 > 0:57:55It's taking me so long,
0:57:55 > 0:57:57looking round and seeing all that you've done.
0:57:57 > 0:58:00Going forward, if Lucy maintains this level of perfection,
0:58:00 > 0:58:02she's one to watch.
0:58:02 > 0:58:04Oh, I've really enjoyed it. Thank you.
0:58:04 > 0:58:06It's daunting now,
0:58:06 > 0:58:09so, yeah, the ball's going to roll all over again.
0:58:11 > 0:58:14Next time, in Peak District country cottages,
0:58:14 > 0:58:17a brand-new set of four wannabe designers fight it out...
0:58:18 > 0:58:20Good job!
0:58:20 > 0:58:22..for three places in the next round.
0:58:22 > 0:58:25The designer going home is...
0:58:57 > 0:58:58It's Biscuit Week.
0:58:58 > 0:59:00Must try not to drop them.
0:59:00 > 0:59:02It's going to be messy.