It's the second of 8 heats as 3 new designers battle it out for a place in the quarter final and the chance to win The Great Interior Design Challenge. This time our amateurs are taking on 3 knocked through sitting rooms in neighbouring homes in a Terrace in Salford. Architectural Historian Tom Dyckoff discovers the history of the homes and the workers they were built for, as Judges Sophie and Daniel decide who has the winning design. Housewife, 65 year old, Susan, is hoping her paint effects will win favour; while financial Lawyer Nigel is banking on some funky wall transfers; but for mum Lynne it's hard work persuading her homeowner that her ideas will work. With upcycling challenges and schemes to pull together the designers have got to convince everyone that they have what it takes to be an interior designer. But with only 48 hours, £1000 and the help of a builder there's a lot to do and only one designer will be able go through to the quarter finals.
Charlie Dimmock and the Rich brothers are off to Farnham in Surrey to meet James and his fiancé Laura, a young couple with a long, thin garden that's a total disaster. It's completely bare apart from the remains of an old bathroom suite - not a plant or flower in sight. They've renovated their ho...
But their love affair has yet to reach their back garden.The neglected plot is only 8 metres by 4 metres and is on two levels with a 1 metre drop. How do you make a tiny garden look and feel bigger? And on a budget of just £1,200?
With mains electricity and gas not an option for his bolt hole, Kevin hopes to make biodiesel for a lamp from the huge stinking 'fatbergs' that clog up the city's sewers. For the cabin's structure, Kevin cuts down two ancient oaks, and starts putting together the wooden shell of the building. He ...
