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Money for Nothing S17E10 (July 15 2025)
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00:00Oh, hello. I was just looking at what you're throwing away.
00:05You're welcome to take it.
00:06How do you make money for nothing?
00:09Stop, stop. Don't throw it away.
00:11No worries.
00:12The answer could be hiding in the 30 million tonnes
00:15of household waste we throw out every year.
00:18Maybe I could take it away and see if I could open it
00:20and then do something with it.
00:21Try good luck.
00:22That's why entrepreneur Sarah Moore
00:24wants to get her hands on things before they hit the skip.
00:28What have you got going on here?
00:29Dogs.
00:30I love old stuff.
00:31Finding it, buying it and reusing it.
00:34And I turn that passion into a business.
00:36Saving and transforming items that nobody wants
00:39into things that I can sell for a profit.
00:41And with some of the country's elite designers and makers.
00:45I come with chairs.
00:47They look great.
00:48Let's see your face then.
00:49Smile, big smile.
00:50She can transform her finds into desirable.
00:54It spins as well.
00:55Brilliant.
00:56Valuable.
00:57Really cool.
00:58I'm happy.
00:59And hopefully saleable items.
01:01That is a transformation.
01:02Do you like it?
01:03I do.
01:04If Sarah is successful.
01:05400 quid here.
01:06Then she can hand the profits back to the very people
01:09who had no idea there was cash to be made from their trash.
01:13300 pounds.
01:14That is ridiculous.
01:15That is ridiculous.
01:16Really?
01:17The Whitley Recycling Centre in Surrey is the final resting place for all manner of unwanted
01:33what-nots.
01:34Don't go in there in that top.
01:35Don't go in there in that top.
01:36You'll get lost.
01:37But here, hoping to revive the rubbish worth saving, is upcycling expert Sarah Moore.
01:44Well, some people call it rubbish.
01:46I call it items with potential.
01:48Who knows what's going to arrive here today and if I'm going to be able to get my hands
01:52on it.
01:53Sarah has special permission to search for items that could be spruced up or just saved
02:00and sold on.
02:01I really don't believe that we should be a throwaway society.
02:04But these, best place for them, in there.
02:07Blaine's arrived with stuff to chuck, but will his rubbish kick off Sarah's search?
02:12Hello, hello.
02:13How are you?
02:14Hello, hello.
02:15I was just admiring your chairs.
02:16Oh, thank you.
02:17Yes.
02:18No, they were my mother's.
02:19She had them in the West Country and she lives up here now.
02:21Right, okay.
02:22Yeah, they were always in the house, but we've been storing them for a while and my
02:27children used to sit on them when they were little and things.
02:30Right.
02:31But no more do we need them.
02:32Well, let me introduce myself.
02:33Hi, I'm Sarah.
02:34Blaine.
02:35Blaine.
02:36Well, they're both interesting.
02:37I mean, that looks like it's, I don't know, it's got a sort of, is it 80s or something
02:39like that?
02:40Would that play out?
02:41Yeah, maybe.
02:42It's not very nice legs on it.
02:43No, but this one's quite charming.
02:45I think that's probably an older one.
02:47Yeah, I would think so.
02:48Yeah.
02:49But they're both very low, aren't they?
02:50I think they were called nursing chairs or practical for a bedroom.
02:54I mean, I think that they still have appeal.
02:56This one's particularly charming, actually.
02:58Oh, good.
02:59Perhaps I could see if they can be refurbished or find a name for them.
03:01Yeah, do whatever you like with them.
03:03Yeah, that would be good.
03:04Does your mother know that you're throwing them out?
03:06No, not exactly, no.
03:07I'll have to turn the television off if you're on or something.
03:10Okay.
03:11Well, if I can refurbish them, it would be lovely to come back and show you what happens to them.
03:14Yeah, that would be lovely.
03:15Do you think your mother would mind if I took them away?
03:17No, I think she'd be very pleased.
03:18Excellent.
03:19Yeah, actually, I'm going to get a trolley and come back and take them both.
03:21Okay.
03:22Good to meet you, Ray.
03:23Thank you very much.
03:24Don't go anywhere.
03:25Good, I'm glad you're new, son.
03:26Bye-bye.
03:27Sarah's taking away two quite different nursing chairs.
03:31But which one is the comfiest, Sarah?
03:33That one's all right.
03:34That's a bit boingier.
03:36Let's try that one.
03:38No, that's pretty good as well.
03:41Nice work.
03:42What do you think about Sarah taking them on, Blaine?
03:45They've had a long love in their life and it would be nice if they could have a bit more.
03:49You know, if she can do something with it and somebody will enjoy them again, that would be really nice.
03:54This chair has my heart.
03:56It's got a beautiful retro shape.
03:59It's a lovely, generous seat and a sweet little curved top.
04:02And this chair's kind of practical, quite comfortable and could be something that's useful again.
04:07So I'm taking one with my heart and one with my wallet in mind.
04:10Very pleased to have found both of them though.
04:12But which maker is she sending them off to?
04:15It's Olly Cluett, an expert upholsterer with the skills to turn forgotten furniture into sensational seating.
04:28I love working with interesting styles of chairs and fabrics and really helping people realise how to bring pieces back to life and, you know, inject a bit of fun and colour into their lives.
04:41You know, I really do think that each piece is individual.
04:46You've got to sit down and kind of let the chairs talk to you.
04:48You know, sometimes chairs do talk to you.
04:50It might be broken, it might be battered, but we can fix it and we can make it better and we can give it a new life.
04:58And I love that and it's what I do and what I love.
05:02It might be what you love, Olly, but will that love extend to despair?
05:13With one item waiting in the wings...
05:15I'm poised.
05:16Sarah's poised and ready to rescue two more things.
05:20What do you reckon?
05:21I'm thinking three bags of grass.
05:26Ah, only two bags. You were close.
05:29Bush as well.
05:31Emma's unloading, but will Sarah bag her next item from her?
05:37Hello there. Sorry to interrupt you when you're table wrestling. How do you do? I'm Sarah.
05:41I'm Emma. Nice to meet you.
05:42How do you do?
05:43It's got an old-fashioned look about it, but have you struck out day today, is it?
05:48Yeah, it's not needed anymore.
05:50OK, and have you had it a while or is it something that's a recent?
05:53A couple of years.
05:54So have you actually been using it?
05:56Yes, it was used by my son in his bedroom. He likes to do his artwork and bits and pieces on it.
06:01So it doesn't fit anymore. It's got a slightly bigger table.
06:04Right, OK. It's actually got quite an interesting look about it.
06:07I like its little curves on its legs that just push it into the slightly retro-interesting category.
06:12I'm wondering if it can be repurposed or re-loved.
06:15Absolutely. Happy for it to be re-loved.
06:16Excellent. Well, if I can get my hands on it and do something, perhaps I can come back and find you if that's OK.
06:21All right.
06:22Lovely. Well, I'll take that. It's a pleasure.
06:23Nice to meet you.
06:24Thank you. Bye-bye.
06:25Bye-bye.
06:26Sarah's saved a little table with bent wood legs.
06:30Relieved it's avoiding hitting the skip, Emma?
06:33It's great that it's going to have another life, hopefully, and possibly look a little bit brighter than it does now.
06:39I'm loving the little bent wood flourishes, and also it's a practical-sized, interesting piece of furniture.
06:46It's not new, but it could definitely do with updating.
06:49Sarah sees its potential, but which maker can bring some big ideas to this table?
06:56Designer Sarah Peterson restores reclaimed furniture using bright and bold patterns.
07:05With her clever colour choices, Sarah can usually bring things back from the brink and let them live on.
07:12I absolutely love my job. It's not really even a job to me, actually. It's just some place that I come to have fun. It's my happy place, really.
07:22I don't really have a routine for getting into a creative space, because I think I'm actually always there, really.
07:27On some kind of level inside my head, I'm always thinking of the next kind of design.
07:31Being creative and working on different projects all the time, it's a joy.
07:35Well, Sarah, this table's a little sad at the moment, so you'll need to find a creative way to cheer it up.
07:47With two items in the bag, Sarah now needs to find something she can work on.
07:53There are eight cars down there.
07:54Well, what are you waiting for?
07:56And they're all full of green waste.
07:59Well, that's not going to cut it.
08:01So I'm obviously in the wrong place.
08:03Well, if you take a walk in Zara's direction, her car looks packed.
08:10Oh, you're wrestling? Yes.
08:11Gosh, that's a lovely one.
08:12Hi there, how do you do? I'm Sarah.
08:14Hi, Zara.
08:15Zara, let me un-glove.
08:16Very nice to meet you.
08:17How long have you had that?
08:19I haven't, actually. I'm currently clearing my great aunt's house.
08:22She's downsizing, so we've been doing a lot of clearance for her.
08:25A few days a week for the last few weeks, so we're getting to the end now.
08:28She's moved from a six-bedroom house into a one-bedroom cottage.
08:30Gosh, I bet you've been busy.
08:32You've been a lot of clearing.
08:33Well, it's so nice to help people because it's difficult to know what to do with everything.
08:36So where was that in the house?
08:37All over the place.
08:38Under the stairs, in the attic.
08:39Right.
08:40In the study.
08:41But yes, it's just too big and too clunky for her to move on.
08:44But it's a shame just to throw it away, so.
08:46And how is it inside?
08:47Yeah, it's really good condition inside.
08:49It's just quite rusty on the outside, but I think that's just from wear and tear.
08:51Well, if you wouldn't mind me having it, I could see if I could find it a new home or do something with it.
08:56It'd be so much better than just throwing it away.
08:58Excellent.
08:59Well, perhaps I can help you take it out of the car.
09:01Yeah, that'd be great.
09:02And then I can keep in touch and show you what happens to it.
09:04Yeah, no, that'd be brilliant.
09:05Oh, brilliant.
09:07That's amazing.
09:08Lovely.
09:09Well, thank you so much for that.
09:10And perhaps tell your great aunt it's been rescued.
09:12I will do.
09:13She'll be very pleased, I'm sure.
09:14Lovely.
09:15See you.
09:16Bye.
09:17Sarah's final find is a well-used trunk.
09:21Zara, do you think she can save it?
09:24She could either put new lining in it or recover it or paint it or turn it into furniture.
09:30There's a lot of options.
09:31Nice ideas.
09:33Sarah?
09:34Now that is a really good thing.
09:37It's immaculate.
09:40Well, I love a trunk and I'm really pleased to have got my hands on this one.
09:44Not only has it got great brass fittings, lovely leather trappings, it also has a clean
09:49inside, which is super helpful.
09:51So it needs a lot of love and a lot of attention, but I think this has got more journeys left
09:56in it yet.
09:57And with that, Sarah's search is done and dusted.
10:01Ollie's challenge is to drag the dated nursing chairs into the 21st century.
10:08Sarah P will need to put her stamp on the little table to make it stand out from the
10:14crowd.
10:15And our Sarah will take on the trunk.
10:18But can she spruce it up and send it off to a new home?
10:22I have paced up and down these aisles, but I have managed to reclaim three fabulous items.
10:28They might not look like much at the moment, but I think they've got huge potential.
10:37Away from the recycling centre in Margate, Ollie's taken delivery of something old, something new.
10:45One is battered and one is blue.
10:48And Sarah's on her way to find out what he makes of them.
10:53Yeah, a tale of two chairs really.
10:56This one's great.
10:58Love the style.
11:00Absolutely solid construction there.
11:02Traditional upholstery.
11:03And this one is a bit...
11:05Hmm.
11:06Mmm.
11:07Yeah.
11:08Yeah.
11:09We'll have to see what Sarah thinks.
11:11Well, I know Ollie's got his hands on my chairs, but I'm hoping he's had his eyes on them too,
11:15because we need to collaborate.
11:17We need a proper plan, because they're so different and I want to make the most of them.
11:21Hello, Ollie.
11:22Hello, hello.
11:23How are you doing?
11:24I'm all right.
11:25Oh, I've walked into the chair emporium.
11:28Hello.
11:29We've got two for the price of one here.
11:30Oh, now let me guess.
11:31You've got the good one and you don't like my friend here.
11:34Yeah.
11:35Um, this little one is a little beauty.
11:38That one there, you can put your nicest fabric in the world on it, but it's still going to be a cheaper, newer, modern chair underneath.
11:45And I think people want quality.
11:47Okay, so the message is coming through loud and clear.
11:50We should concentrate on the older chair, but is there anything that we can do with that one?
11:53I can take that chair and I can save that.
11:55That's perfect for someone to learn on.
11:57So we've got apprentices and students, so we can use that.
12:00Um, I think that's great.
12:02That clears my conscience and lets me concentrate on this one.
12:05So, um, bedroom chair.
12:07I mean, I think it's got potential to go anywhere.
12:09And I was hoping that it could be the kind of thing that can perch in somebody's living room, as well as a bedroom.
12:15In terms of the fabric on it, I have got a really nice kind of art deco vibe.
12:21Kind of gold, black, very suave and sophisticated.
12:24And I think that could work on this.
12:26And I'm also kind of wondering tassels.
12:29Wow, okay.
12:30Tassels I wasn't expecting, but I'm more than up for tassels.
12:34Do you know what? I'm thinking 1920s flapper girl.
12:36That's what I'm going to do.
12:38I'm going to make a flapper girl into a chair.
12:41These are conversations I'm not expecting to have.
12:43But if flapper girl is the way forward, I'm more than happy to hang my hat on that.
12:47But what about the money?
12:48How much do you think it's going to cost to create Madame Flapper Girl?
12:52225, I think we're looking at.
12:54I am more than happy to invest in that.
12:56I think you've got the vision and I've got the bucks.
12:58So let's go with that.
12:59That's excellent.
13:00I think, yeah, I think she's going to look amazing.
13:02Give me a bell when it's done and we'll see how she looks.
13:04Thanks so much, Ol.
13:06See you later. I'm going to get some jazz on the radio now.
13:10I think I might have got a bit carried away.
13:12I think I did say I was going to make a chair version of a flapper girl.
13:16We'll see how that turns out.
13:18Well, Ollie is a man with a plan.
13:21He's chosen flapper girls, gold and tassels.
13:24This is something I cannot wait to see.
13:26Ollie needs £225 to transform the nursing chair
13:31with an art deco inspired flapper girl redesign, complete with tassels.
13:37But will this ambitious plan leave him in a flat?
13:45In Perthshire.
13:49Sarah P has taken delivery of the table with bent wood legs.
13:53I really love this table.
13:55I really like the shape of it and those legs are just to die for.
13:59So I've got a few ideas what I want to do with it,
14:01but I would really like to hear what Sarah would like to do too.
14:03It's a blank canvas at the moment.
14:06And that'll be Sarah calling now to chat ideas.
14:10Hi, Sarah.
14:11Hi, how are you?
14:13I'm very good.
14:14Excellent.
14:15So the table.
14:16I thought it was sweet and I thought it had loads of potential.
14:19Well, it kind of is.
14:20Yeah.
14:21I mean, it's got lovely legs.
14:22I'm thinking that the curved legs are great.
14:24And it would be great to make a feature of them, I thought.
14:26Definitely.
14:27Definitely.
14:28I am on board with you there.
14:29That's for sure.
14:30Maybe paint them up a different colour.
14:32Something like that.
14:33Just to kind of highlight them a bit more.
14:35Yeah.
14:36Well, I think that would work really well.
14:37But have you had a chance to look at the table top yet?
14:40The table top is the more kind of complicated area.
14:42Because this, I thought it was maybe wood, but it's not.
14:44It's a kind of laminate.
14:45So I would probably have to cover it with something.
14:48Well, I know that laminate can be really tricky to repair.
14:51So covering it with something is probably the best way to give it some longevity.
14:55I think I would like to do like some kind of big mosaic.
14:58So maybe just get like little kind of wooden squares and decorate each square differently
15:05and then basically stick that, bond that onto the surface.
15:08So you've got a brand new wooden table top.
15:11Hmm.
15:12Cladding the top with mosaic sounds amazing.
15:14It's quite big though.
15:15So it might take a while.
15:16And what are you thinking?
15:17What sort of budget will you need?
15:18I think most of the work will be designing the little tiles for the table top.
15:22But I reckon if I maybe had a budget of 225.
15:25225 sounds reasonable to me.
15:27Yes.
15:28I'll leave it with you.
15:29Thanks.
15:30Perfect.
15:31Right.
15:32Well, I will get going.
15:33Good luck.
15:34Can't wait to see it.
15:35Okay.
15:36Thanks then, Sarah.
15:37Bye.
15:38Bye.
15:39Bye.
15:40I think my only problem with my part of the design is going to be those mosaic tiles.
15:46And are they going to work?
15:47And am I going to get them to glue down properly?
15:50But I've got confidence.
15:52I think it's going to work.
15:53Sarah has a budget of 225 pounds to update the table with a mosaic top and freshly painted legs.
16:02She'll need to design dozens of tiles to glue onto the damaged surface.
16:07But if she's over-promised on what she can deliver, this whole project could come unstuck.
16:16With two items dropped off, Sarah's in Sussex.
16:20But she's not off on holiday.
16:21But she's not off on holiday.
16:22She's taking the old trunk to her workshop in the hope of making it pack a profit.
16:28I'm thinking about turning it into a blanket box, putting it on some legs and making it into the kind of thing that you want to find at the end of your bed with maybe a spare duvet.
16:37And it's something like that.
16:38So it needs decorating.
16:40It needs restoration.
16:41And I want to bring that lovely, luxury, first-class travel feeling back to the trunk.
16:47So Sarah's hoping to revitalise the trunk to make it both beautiful and useful.
16:53Some marks I think you can just polish and ignore.
16:56But this one looks like somebody's spilt their coffee on it.
16:58It probably isn't the right vibe in a luxury space.
17:02She's using a soft-bristled toothbrush and a gentle homemade cleaning solution to try to lift the stains.
17:10I think I might have to do a bit of a cover-up job.
17:13Next, Sarah's using beeswax to rejuvenate the worn leather.
17:17Just trying to brush some wax into this leather because it really needs restoring.
17:22It'll help it so much to get it penetrated by a thick layer of wax and then I can buff it and that will look great.
17:28The popularity of vintage luggage being used in home interiors is on the rise.
17:34With old trunks having the dual benefit of being both useful storage solutions and looking cool.
17:41Though Sarah's is a long way from that at the moment.
17:44One and a half is half of three.
17:47What are you up to now, Sarah?
17:49I'm not just measuring the trunk.
17:51I'm trying to find the centre because I have an idea that this would look really lovely with some sort of diamond painted shapes on it.
17:59I want it to look like it's always been there, but it'll cover up some of these marks by hiding them in plain sight.
18:05Sarah's cleaning solution didn't do the trick, so plan B is to paint over the stains.
18:12Can't speak, I'm concentrating. I'm very good at angles.
18:20I'm sensing some sarcasm. Sarah's going for a harlequin design, so called because the diamond pattern is like that on a jester's costume.
18:30So I guess I just have to trial and error and go for it. Wish me luck.
18:36We'll cross our fingers.
18:39There's a lot of Victorian furniture that was painted with this kind of harlequin pattern on it.
18:45And I'm just mimicking that.
18:49Sarah's using hard-wearing acrylic paint, which should adhere to the canvas and cover up the stains.
18:57So I'm fed up with watching the paint dry, and I thought I might have a go at trying to reuse some of these old legs.
19:03As is always the case with Reclaim, you've just got to see if you can make old stuff match with other old stuff and make it into something new and fabulous.
19:11Often involving a saw.
19:14There's no end to the reclaimed bits and bobs in Sarah's workshop.
19:20And she's hoping these table legs will become the perfect base for her trunk.
19:27Some things are just made to fit together, aren't they?
19:32That's actually going to be easy to fit on there. I think it's coming together.
19:36So far, Sarah's spent £5 trying to give the tired trunk a luxurious overhaul.
19:44It's still a long way from looking first class or even just being saleable.
19:54In Margate.
19:56I've got one chair to work on now, which I'm really happy about.
19:59What I've got to do now is strip it down and see what I'm dealing with.
20:06Oli is making a start on the nursing chair.
20:10He's going for a redesign inspired by the jazz-jiving flapper girls of the roaring 20s.
20:18Ugh, dusty!
20:20Make that the dusty 20s.
20:22Just wanted to get that bottom cloth out of the way, and now I can see it's innards.
20:28This has got a really good spring unit.
20:31I don't need to replace it, so it's a sign of quality.
20:34I knew this chair was quality.
20:38Nursing chairs were first seen in upper-class homes in the late 1800s.
20:43The Victorians liked their low-seated design, as it would allow mothers, who would likely have been wearing stiff corsets, to interact with children without bending over.
20:56We can get rid of this. I'm going to replace this, so...
20:59Ah!
21:00This is coir fibre, so it's the hairy bits out of coconuts, and it makes a really good filling for chairs.
21:07And it's a lot better than foam, it's sustainable, there's no chemicals involved.
21:10You can get rid of that, don't need that.
21:13Under the fabric, Ollie's uncovered a layer of cotton padding, and more coconut husk stuffing.
21:20Dusty!
21:22Old chairs were also stuffed with animal hair, moss and straw.
21:27So, between that and the tight corsets, sitting down in the 19th century sounds very uncomfortable.
21:34So, all stripped down, first thing I need to do is put in some new webbing and some hessian.
21:41First, Ollie's attaching a length of webbing, before pulling it with his webbing stretcher, so it's as tight as a drum.
21:50Or a guitar.
21:53I might write a song.
21:54Making a chair.
21:57I'm having so much fun.
22:01Watch out, Ed Sheeran.
22:07Lovely.
22:08That's all I need to support the back.
22:09We need a piece of hessian now over this.
22:14To attach the hessian, Ollie's using staples instead of traditional tacks.
22:21Stapling is a much faster process, and it'll cause less damage to the wood, which is important when working with old frames.
22:30So, let's just have a look.
22:36Oh, here's my little flapper girl.
22:38So, we're going to have this gorgeous fabric on the seat.
22:45I'm thinking tassels round the bottom.
22:49And then this.
22:51I want loads of these going all the way down the back, overlapping.
22:57When I told Sarah I was going to make this chair into a flapper girl, I thought, flipping heck, I've got myself in trouble here.
23:04But I can see this coming on. This is going to look amazing.
23:09Just hope Sarah likes it.
23:11Fingers crossed, daddy-o.
23:18In Perthshire.
23:22Sarah's busy taking the laminated dining table apart before she can give it a fresh new look.
23:29Right, last screw.
23:33The laminate table top is scuffed and scraped beyond repair.
23:36So, Sarah's going to glue wooden tiles all over to create a new top.
23:44She's lightly sanding it down so she has a smooth surface to work with.
23:54Right, scuff sanding done.
23:57So, I think the design idea I've got for the top is going to be quite loud, so I need something to balance that off.
24:01So I really want these legs to pop, so that's why I've chosen this red colour.
24:06So, I'm going to try it and see how it goes on.
24:09Some would describe that red as being pretty loud too, Sarah.
24:13Ah.
24:15Well, you'll certainly notice them, put it that way.
24:19It's going to be bright.
24:22I absolutely love the colour.
24:23The colour is actually really, really nice.
24:24It's just what I was expecting.
24:26I just don't know whether it's going to go with the top now.
24:30So, I think until I actually see the top in situ when it's all finished, I might change the colour of these.
24:36I'm not sure.
24:38With work on the legs on hold until the table top is finished, Sarah's sketching out ideas for a mosaic pattern made up of individual plywood tiles.
24:50The size of that tile is quite small.
24:53The size of the table is quite large, so I'm going to have to do quite a few of these.
24:56And I think the impact will just be really quite good.
25:00But I'm actually really quite happy with what I've done there, so now it's time to transfer what's in the sketchbook into real life.
25:06So, plywood square.
25:08I'm going to use a pencil first of all to actually just draw a kind of basic shape that I can then use this pen on to burn the shape into.
25:17Sarah's using a pyrography pen with a heated tip to scorch the wood.
25:23You've got to kind of go quite slow and have a steady hand.
25:28It's an art form that's been practiced since before the first century, when metal rods were heated in fire.
25:36Her first tile is taking shape, but Sarah's going to have to produce dozens of geometric patterns.
25:43They're all quite simple in their design, but once you put them all down together, you should actually create quite a bold statement.
25:51Right, time to glue, so I've got some contact adhesive here.
25:54As Sarah is liberally applying glue directly onto the tile, she'll only have one shot to place it perfectly.
26:04It's going to be the first one, so hopefully it's going to be okay.
26:07It seems to be okay, it's working quite well.
26:10I've just got to hope that I actually put the ruler in the right place in the first place,
26:13or my tiles are just going to go off in a different direction.
26:16I've not actually used this process before, I've not used these tiles before, so hopefully it's going to work.
26:22Sarah really needs her mosaic to look good once the tiles are down, because thanks to that glue, she'll be stuck with it either way.
26:36Back in Sussex, Sarah's putting the finishing touches to the old trunk.
26:41Well, it's definitely got a unique look. It's difficult to tell whether it's old or new. I kind of like that.
26:48When she found it, the trunk was about to be tossed out.
26:53But Sarah saw its potential.
26:55And now...
26:58She's tried to stylishly reposition it as a chic blanket box.
27:07Sarah concealed the worst of the trunk's damage with a painted harlequin design,
27:13that she hoped would give it the vintage flair that she was after.
27:16The worn leather has been buffed up to look its best.
27:21And Sarah's used reclaimed legs to raise it up, in order to make it more useful as storage.
27:29She set out to give new life to an old item.
27:33But, will the new look trunk pack a profit?
27:37Well, I have been busy, I have painted, I have polished, I have elevated,
27:41and I have given this trunk a slightly different purpose and a very different look.
27:46So I'm hoping that it's got enough appeal now, and an old-fashioned charm still,
27:50that makes it desirable and saleable.
27:52Somebody could put this to very good use.
27:58When Sarah met Zara, her trunk caught her eye.
28:02Oh, you're wrestling. Yes.
28:03Gosh, that's a lovely one.
28:04Zara was clearing out for her aunt, and her trunk was well-travelled.
28:09Where was that in the house?
28:11All over the place. Under the stairs, in the attic.
28:13Right. In the study.
28:15But yes, it's just too big and too clunky for her to move on.
28:18But it's a shame just to throw it away, so...
28:20Sarah took it on, and Zara had some idea of what she might be able to do with it.
28:25So you could either put new lining in it, or recover it, or paint it,
28:29or turn it into furniture. There's a lot of options.
28:31Sarah had a similar vision, Zara.
28:34And the old trunk is now ready to be loved again.
28:37Sarah took pictures to share online.
28:44But has she secured a sale?
28:48Sarah's in Surrey to show Zara the trunk's new look and pass on the profit.
28:53Hi, Zara. Hello.
28:55Hello, Sarah. Nice to see you.
28:57And you. I'm pleased to be able to come back and find you, because I loved seeing your trunk at the recycling centre.
29:04And it had quite a lot of history, I think.
29:06Yes, it does. It belonged to my great aunt. We were helping her move into a smaller house last year,
29:09and were basically clearing out a massive house she lived in before.
29:14Well, I think there's a crunch time when people move, especially downsizing, where things like that end up at the recycling centre.
29:19Did you think about what might happen to it in between?
29:22To be honest, there's so many things you can do with it, so it's a bit hard to think about it, but it would just be nice to see it updated.
29:27But I'm just so glad it wasn't thrown away.
29:29Oh, well, I thought it would be the great thing for people to put blankets or duvets or that kind of thing in.
29:33So, it's now a trunk on a stand.
29:35That's amazing. It's nice to see it didn't completely lose its old look, because it was so lovely.
29:40Yeah.
29:41So, yeah, no, I love it. So beautiful.
29:43Oh, excellent. There's more good news, actually.
29:45A lovely shop in Cambridge has bought it.
29:47Which means I've got some profit for you.
29:48Oh, wow.
29:50I've got £115 here.
29:52That's amazing.
29:53That's for you.
29:54Oh, wow. Thank you very much.
29:55Oh, it's a pleasure.
29:56Any idea what might happen to that?
29:58To be honest, I'll speak to my great aunt, but she supports a lot of local charities,
30:01so it'll probably end up going towards a local charity.
30:03And I know she's recently donated some money to the hospice, so we might add it to the total she's done there.
30:08Oh, lovely.
30:09I will just say thank you very much. I really enjoyed working on it.
30:12Nice to see you, Zara. Thank you.
30:13Thank you so much. Bye-bye.
30:16Sarah's total costs came to £10. The refurbished trunk sold for £125, giving Zara a profit of £115
30:26that she's going to pass on to local charities that her great aunt supports.
30:31Brilliant.
30:32With her own project producing a profit, Sarah's in Margate, because she's got a date with a flapper girl.
30:43But has Ollie managed to tame the tassels and inject some Art Deco style?
30:49So, I've finished my little flapper chair, and I'm so pleased with how she's turned out.
30:54We'll see what Sarah thinks, though.
30:59Well, I'm in a flap.
31:00Ollie's in a flap.
31:01He's promised some 1920s style to that lovely chair that I left him with.
31:06I can't tell what it's like from out here, though.
31:08I'm just going to have to head on in and see if he's pulled it off.
31:13First, there were two chairs, but Ollie only had eyes for one.
31:18And, instead of a modern makeover, he wanted to take it back to the 20s.
31:23Ollie has given the chair some Art Deco decadence.
31:34He hoped the zigzag pattern on the luxurious velvet fabric
31:38would evoke the glamour and opulence of the 1920s,
31:42with dark piping and tasseled gold fringing.
31:45And, talking of tassels,
31:48Ollie has painstakingly glued layer upon layer of tassels
31:52that cascade down the chair's back
31:55in an attempt to recreate the dresses of jiving flapper girls.
32:02Using traditional upholstery methods,
32:05the seat cushion has been re-stuffed with rubberized hair
32:09and now complies with all fire safety guidelines.
32:13But, will Sarah think that it's a roaring success?
32:20Oh!
32:21Hello! Look at that!
32:23Oh, that looks fantastic!
32:25Meet Daisy!
32:26Hello Daisy!
32:27Oh, just feel that!
32:29Yeah, all traditional upholstery, stuffed and stitched,
32:31really high quality.
32:32Absolutely beautiful! Oh, does she swivel?
32:34I've put her on a little pedal still,
32:36just so we can see the tassels in full effect.
32:40It's fantastic. You wouldn't want the cat getting involved with that, would you?
32:42Definitely don't sell her to anyone who has a cat.
32:45Oh, it sounds like you and Daisy have formed a really close bond.
32:48Are you loving her?
32:49I think she's turned out fantastic.
32:51I'm so pleased with her.
32:52I'm not surprised.
32:53I am loving her from all angles.
32:55The fringing on the back is so decadent, isn't it?
32:57I think there's about 10 metres of it.
32:59Wow!
33:00It was a sweet-looking thing, but now it doesn't look sweet any more.
33:04It looks fabulous.
33:05I mean, the swing and the tassels and the piping and the pattern,
33:08everything is absolutely beautiful.
33:10I don't want to lower the tone, but talk me through the budget.
33:13225?
33:14We have stuck to the 225 budget.
33:16Well, Daisy is very lucky to have had a makeover like that.
33:20Hang on to it for now, and then as soon as it's sold,
33:22we can get it shipped out to somewhere to somebody very lucky.
33:25It's nice to see you all.
33:26Thanks for everything.
33:27Nice to see you.
33:29It's a lovely little chair, and I think somebody else out there
33:32is going to fall in love with her too.
33:34So, yeah, I'm really happy.
33:36Well, who'd have thought you could get that much glamour
33:41into one little chair?
33:43A beautiful transformation from Ollie there.
33:45What a great job.
33:52Hello, hello, how are you?
33:53At the recycling centre, Sarah spotted Blaine's nursing chairs.
33:58They were my mother's.
33:59They were always in the house, but no more do we need them.
34:02This one's quite charming.
34:04But they're both very low, aren't they?
34:05Sarah had her favourite, and it was ready for a new look.
34:10If she can do something with it,
34:12and somebody will enjoy them again, that would be really nice.
34:15Well, Blaine, Ollie's ensured one of your chairs
34:18will be enjoyed again.
34:20And after it was advertised for sale,
34:22it was snapped up by a private buyer.
34:26Sarah's engodling to show Blaine the results
34:29and to hand over some cash.
34:31Braine, hello.
34:34Oh, good morning, how are you?
34:36Very well, thank you.
34:37Long time no see.
34:38Indeed.
34:39It has been a while, but I have been busy,
34:40and I still would be back if there was something
34:41that could be done with your chairs.
34:42Oh, yeah, I know.
34:43I'm looking forward to seeing what you've done.
34:45They've been to lovely Ollie, who loves a chair.
34:48The newer of the chairs, he's actually used as an apprentice piece.
34:53He teaches people upholstery all the time.
34:54Oh, that's good.
34:55And I've got pictures of the other one.
34:57Okay.
34:58He absolutely fell in love with that chair.
34:59Did he?
35:00He thought it was a lovely shape.
35:01Right, okay.
35:02I hope this is a good thing, but he's given it a bit of pizzazz.
35:05Oh, my goodness.
35:06Oh, yeah, that's very different, isn't it?
35:09I think he's taken it as far as possible.
35:11He's made it glamorous, he's given it that sort of art deco look.
35:13Yeah.
35:14He's fringed the back of it.
35:15That's like a sort of 20s dress.
35:17Exactly.
35:18It's a flapper chair.
35:19He thought, how about make it elegant and different
35:22and do something like that to it.
35:23Very much so.
35:24What do you think?
35:25I think it's brilliant, actually.
35:26Yes.
35:27No, it's brought it up into the next century.
35:29I'm pleased to say you weren't alone in admiring it.
35:31It's gone off to a private buyer, so I have money for you.
35:33Brilliant.
35:34I've got £75 profit here.
35:36£75?
35:37That's for you.
35:38Oh, well, I think...
35:39Yeah, I think...
35:40Yeah, no, I don't think it's me,
35:41because I was thrilling as well.
35:42I think it ought to go to charities.
35:44I'll speak to my mother about that
35:45and see which charity she likes,
35:46but I think it'll be something to do with dogs
35:48because we've always had dogs and things.
35:50Oh, fantastic.
35:51Thank you very much.
35:52Oh, an absolute pleasure.
35:53Well, I'm so pleased.
35:54Well, thank you very much.
35:55We'll come and find you and show you what we've been up to.
35:56Not at all.
35:57Thanks, very nice to see you.
35:58Bye-bye.
35:59Holly came in on budget at £225.
36:04The 1920s-inspired flapper chair was sold for £300,
36:09leaving Blaine with £75 of profit
36:12that he and his mum might pass on to an animal charity.
36:16Wonderful.
36:17With two items spruced up so far,
36:23Sarah's in Perthshire to see if Sarah P can make it
36:27three out of three with the Bentwood table.
36:30I absolutely loved working on this project.
36:32I hope that Sarah loves what I've done with the actual table top,
36:34so I can't wait to see what she thinks.
36:38Well, Sarah has promised a brand new look for my old school table
36:42and I feel like she had a really clear idea of what she wanted to do with it.
36:47I'm just keen to see what it is,
36:48because, frankly, I'm not entirely sure.
36:51When Sarah found it, the table was functional but not very fabulous.
36:57So Sarah P got to work.
36:59And now...
37:02It's a real one-off,
37:04thanks to her bespoke mosaic table top design.
37:09Sarah painstakingly designed, sketched,
37:11and scorched geometric patterns
37:14onto over 70 tiles that now cover the surface.
37:20And they've all been securely glued and lacquered
37:23to make a seamless hard-wearing table top.
37:28Sarah also made a feature of the Bentwood legs
37:31by painting them a deep rust red
37:34in the hope of creating contrast with the muted tones on top.
37:38A lot of hours have gone into this redesign,
37:42but will our Sarah be impressed with the results?
37:48Oh, hello, hello.
37:49Hi.
37:50It's got red legs. Isn't that cool?
37:52Sarah, what have you done?
37:55Quite a lot.
37:57Oh, my goodness. You've definitely been busy.
37:58And so this is pyrography, isn't it?
38:01You've been scorching, basically.
38:03Yes, and that's actually what I've called the table.
38:05It's now called Scorchio because of the actual method of creating the tiles.
38:09I got my pyrography pen out and basically created little designs on individual plywood tiles.
38:14I think it looks great and I like the fact that you've given some colour to the legs
38:18and it's a kind of retro table that you've married up really nicely with the new designs.
38:23I've never seen one of these before.
38:25Neither have I.
38:27Would there be another?
38:28No.
38:29A coffee table, maybe. Smaller scale, maybe.
38:31OK, so does that mean it took quite a while to do this?
38:33It took a little bit longer than what I kind of initially thought
38:35and I felt like I smelt like a fire pit at the end of it.
38:38OK.
38:39All this kind of burning wood everywhere.
38:40But it was good. It was good fun.
38:42You're taking one for the team there.
38:44So has that actually affected the budget?
38:46Because I think it was a very reasonable 2.25.
38:49Has it gone up a bit?
38:50It has gone up a bit. It's gone up to 2.75.
38:51I don't think that's a problem.
38:52I can see a huge amount of work has gone into it
38:54and I think it's well worth the money.
38:56I will do my bit now and try and find it a new home
38:58and I'll tell you where to ship it off to as soon as I've got one.
39:00Excellent.
39:02Thanks so much, Sarah.
39:03Bye.
39:06That couldn't have gone any better.
39:08Sarah was really pleased with what I'd done with the table.
39:10Really happy with my new table top cover.
39:13All my hard work and smelling like a bonfire actually paid off.
39:19Well, I don't think I was expecting Scorchio.
39:22Sarah has done a lovely job.
39:24She's made that table have a real personality.
39:26It's unique and I've never seen anything like it.
39:28I'm really interested to see where it ends up.
39:30It's going to be quirky for sure.
39:36When Sarah met Emma at the recycling centre.
39:40Hello there.
39:41Sorry to interrupt you on your table wrestling.
39:43The table was about to be turfed out.
39:46Not needed anymore.
39:47Okay.
39:48And have you had it a while or is it something that's a recent?
39:50A couple of years.
39:51It was used by my son in his bedroom.
39:53He likes to do his artwork and bits and pieces on it.
39:56The curved legs piqued Sarah's interest.
39:59Okay.
40:00There are a few elements about it that just push it into the slightly retro interesting.
40:04Okay.
40:05Category.
40:06Emma snapped it up.
40:07And Emma was keen to see how it could be updated.
40:10It's like great that it's going to have another life hopefully.
40:12And possibly look a little bit brighter than it does now.
40:16It's ready to be loved again alright Emma.
40:19Thanks to Sarah P's creative redesign.
40:23Sarah posted pictures online.
40:25But has she found a buyer?
40:28Sarah's in Godalming to show Emma the results.
40:31But will she be passing over a profit?
40:34Hello Emma.
40:35Hello.
40:36How are you?
40:37I'm very well thank you.
40:38How are you?
40:39I'm very well.
40:40I said I'd be back in touch if there was something to be done with your table.
40:42Have you been thinking about it at all?
40:44I have.
40:45I can't imagine you've done anything other than shorten the legs on it to be honest.
40:48But yeah.
40:49Good idea.
40:50It would have made a nice coffee table wouldn't it?
40:51I left it to a lovely artisan who helps me a lot with projects.
40:54She's called Sarah.
40:55She had her own very strong ideas about what to do with it.
40:57And I was more than happy to let her get on with it.
40:59And this is her very proudly showing what it looks like now.
41:02Oh my goodness.
41:04Oh that looks so different.
41:06What do you think of all of that?
41:08Well I think it looks amazing.
41:09And I wasn't expecting it to be the same.
41:12Exactly the same.
41:13Just upgraded I suppose.
41:14So yeah interesting.
41:16I've been so sure somebody will use it for something lovely.
41:19Well actually it has gone straight back into somebody's home.
41:22Which means I've got money for you.
41:24I've got £175 here for you.
41:27Of course Max.
41:29Thank you very much.
41:30That's very kind.
41:31Yeah.
41:32Well I shall treat my son to a bit of a holiday I think.
41:35Oh lovely.
41:36Have you got anywhere in mind?
41:37We go on a lot of camping holidays.
41:39And we're hoping to go down to North Cornwall in the summer.
41:43So this will definitely help on the way there.
41:45Fantastic.
41:46We'll have one of those lovely ice creams down there on Sarah.
41:48One or two.
41:49Yeah.
41:50Excellent.
41:51Nice to see you again.
41:53Bye bye.
41:54Well I love catching up with people on their doorstep.
41:56And such an enthusiastic response from Emma.
41:59Great work from Sarah.
42:01Sarah's costs to overhaul the table came to £275.
42:06It was sold to a private buyer for £450.
42:10Leaving Emma with a profit of £175 to put towards her next camping holiday with her son.
42:18Lovely.
42:19Sarah stopped three items from being lost forever.
42:25The nursing chair has been given a bold new look and a new lease of life.
42:31The transformed table is a triumph thanks to its creatively tiled new top.
42:38And the vintage trunk has been lovingly repurposed and sent off to a new home.
42:44Well the items that I saved were never going to be straightforward transformations.
42:51But I think Ollie and Sarah really did a fantastic job making them saleable and stylish.
42:56And there's plenty more of that on BBC iPlayer.
42:59Head over there and look for money for nothing.
43:29I just want to see the rest of your house.
43:30Bye bye.
43:31Bye bye.
43:32Bye bye.
43:33I'm going to be on the back.
43:34I hope that Miss drier is just a little bit.
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