It's the quarter final, and the last four designers in the competition are in the village of Beer in Devon, taking on a cosy sitting room each in a row of coastal cottages. It'll be down to Sophie and Daniel – and guest judge interior and architectural designer Oliver Heath – to decide who has what it takes to go through to the final three. In their bid to become a semi-finalist, one designer shows skill with a hand painted mural, but has a disaster hanging wallpaper upside down on the opposite wall. Our second quarter finalist has a terrible start when they discover damaged, damp walls in their room, and things don't improve when the judges have grave concerns over the whole look of their New England scheme. The third designer attempts a modern look, but their design knowledge is called into question when they use wood effect wallpaper and cherubs alongside contemporary furniture. Meanwhile the last quarter finalist goes dramatically off-brief with dark navy walls and charcoal coloured furniture. Have they pushed their homeowner too far? As well as their schemes, they'll all take on a surprise challenge. They'll be asked to join forces with one of their competitors to test their teamwork skills. Each pair gets a trunk to upcycle, but working together with one of their rivals brings some strong differences of opinion. Architectural historian Tom Dyckhoff explores the coastal village, once known as a haven for smugglers, and uncovers its far reaching architectural influence. For the designers they have £1000, three days and the help of a small team to deliver a knockout scheme, and prove they deserve one of three places in the semi-final.
It's the semi-final, where three designers try and secure their place in the grand final. The challenge they have to conquer in order to get there is redesigning a sitting room each on a medieval terrace in the grand Cathedral city of Wells, in Somerset. Judging them as ever are Sophie Robinson a...
It's the grand final. Two of our best designers have battled their way to get here. Now just one can be crowned champion. Standing between them and the title, the challenge is to transform three rooms each in an apartment in a grand Stately Home in Sussex. Judging this epic battle, Sophie and Dan...
In this special programme, we bring together the ultimate rules of design – room by room. Across three series of The Great Interior Design Challenge our designers have come up with cost cutting, ingenious ideas about how to get a look for less, and they're all here. We also have some insider tech...
