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00:00It's great to be back for more interior design masters, isn't it Michelle?
00:10Bring on head-turning transformations, cut-throat competition and a little touch of showbiz glamour.
00:18What colour eye shadow you're going for?
00:20Thinking pony breath pink.
00:22Nice. And for your lips, go for devils in the details.
00:26Yes!
00:28What have you used on my skin? It's so smooth.
00:34Woo filler, how rude!
00:37Let's find Britain's next interior design master.
00:44Ten aspiring interior designers who want a GoPro.
00:49I had some lovely words of encouragement from my daughter.
00:51They were along the lines of, don't mess it up.
00:54Ahead into Brighton.
00:55I'm hanging up my modelling shoes and putting my designs in the spotlight now.
00:59I've worked in fashion for 13 years and something clicked in my head that this is what I want to do to turn places into magical spaces.
01:07Over the next eight weeks, drum roll please.
01:13They'll be tasked with transforming real commercial spaces.
01:16Wow!
01:17MZF play was, I don't know what I'm doing.
01:20Shake it, shake it, shake it.
01:22Before Michelle Agunderhin.
01:24I'm just gonna come straight out and say it.
01:26I'd love this.
01:27And a top guest judge.
01:29My dog loves a picture wall to be honest Michelle.
01:31Decide who deserves standout space.
01:33That is a class act.
01:36Et voila.
01:37That's the best thing I've ever designed.
01:39And those who don't deliver will be sent home.
01:42Done.
01:43The winner will be awarded a collaboration contract to design and curate a product collection for John Lewis.
01:53You're very ambitious.
01:55It was boring to do this.
01:56That's cheesy, isn't it?
01:58I'm looking forward to, I would like to say, winning.
02:03No, I'm worried.
02:04Everyone who knows me says, yeah, you can do this.
02:06And be crowned this year's.
02:08You've got to learn when to edit.
02:11Interior design master.
02:13Ooh la la.
02:14I look sick.
02:16Ta-da!
02:18I'm free!
02:28You ready?
02:29Ready as I'll ever be.
02:30Can't do this, let it go.
02:31This year's aspiring designers have arrived at the Brighton Design Studio.
02:36Oh, my gosh.
02:38And they're getting to know each other.
02:39Bryony.
02:40Hi Bryony.
02:41Where do you live, Bryony?
02:42Where do you live, Bryony?
02:43I live in Hastings.
02:44Glasgow?
02:45Yes.
02:46How could you tell?
02:47And who they'll be up against on this incredible adventure.
02:49Teacher.
02:50Ooh, snap, me too.
02:51What do you teach?
02:52Art and textiles.
02:53I teach design technology.
02:54The plumbing of two small humans.
02:56Before getting the low down on their first challenge.
02:59Oh, hello.
03:00Hello, everyone.
03:02Hello.
03:03What a gorgeous lot.
03:05How are you all feeling?
03:07All good.
03:08Nervous.
03:09I've heard of deer in the headlights, but you lot are giving me a room full of bambis on full beam.
03:14Well, listen, it's time now to make way for an interior designs icon.
03:20She puts the M into magnificent and she puts the O into...
03:24Oh, she's coming.
03:25Quick, paint that wall.
03:27It's Michelle Agunder here.
03:29Whoo!
03:30Whoo!
03:31Wow.
03:33So this is it.
03:34The beginning of your journey to become potentially an interior design master.
03:38Oh, my God.
03:39Yeah.
03:40It's an extraordinary opportunity to get real hands-on experience with real clients.
03:45So I encourage you to fully embrace it all.
03:49To kick things off, you're heading to a youth hostel near Lake Windermere where you will be transforming a bedroom with your signature style.
03:58This 16-room youth hostel overlooks one of Britain's most breathtaking lakes.
04:06Since opening its doors back in 1935, it's welcomed visitors of all ages, itching to explore the Lake District.
04:14Now the simple bunk rooms, which were last updated a decade ago, are due a makeover.
04:20So the Youth Hostel Association has invited our designers to transform ten of these rooms into unique overnight stays.
04:29Now you might assume I'm into camping.
04:32There's a vicious rumour going round that I...
04:34Me? Camp?
04:36Michelle, what are you looking for?
04:38I would like you to introduce yourself to me.
04:41That's why we've asked for your signature style.
04:44But, remember, your primary client is the Youth Hostel Association.
04:49And they're looking for rooms which are welcoming to guests that are hiking, exploring, adventuring, and really absorbing the local environment.
04:57And it's an incredible setting.
05:00So remember, context is everything.
05:02Oh, yes.
05:03This week we've invited a guest judge whose middle name is Flamboyance, which is a bit of a mouthful when you put it together with Laurence Llewellyn Bowen.
05:14I love him.
05:15You love him.
05:16I love his style, yeah.
05:17Yeah.
05:18So, it's time to pull up your thermal socks because you've got two days and a budget of £1,200.
05:25So, good luck and I'll see you there.
05:30The Lake District is gorgeous.
05:40Everything seems like a postcard.
05:42Here we are.
05:43Wow.
05:44There it is.
05:45Oh, isn't it well swayed?
05:47Oh my gosh.
05:48Gorgeous.
05:49It's the first challenge.
05:50I'm hoping everything goes to plan.
05:51And I end up with a really amazing space that Michelle loves.
05:56Have you ever seen anything yourself before?
05:59I haven't, you know.
06:00No.
06:01No.
06:02Me neither.
06:03No nerves.
06:04No nerves.
06:05Excitement, but a whole lot of nerves.
06:06I'm like a duck.
06:08Casual up here.
06:09Freaking out underneath.
06:10People try to put us down.
06:11Talking about my generation.
06:12Oh, wow.
06:13Okay.
06:14It's pretty compact.
06:15The dinky rooms are only two to three metres wide.
06:16Yikes.
06:17How small is the space?
06:18It's too big!
06:19But they're all high ceilinged, some with original wood panelling.
06:34I absolutely love this ceiling.
06:36The designers will have to allow some space.
06:39We can see the lake.
06:41For backpacks and muddy footwear.
06:43So this area will be a kind of dressing area where you get rid of your boots.
06:47And no transformation is possible without interior design masters' trusted tradespeople.
06:56Each designer will have their own carpenter and decorator.
06:59Ready to go.
07:00To bring their designs to life.
07:02I need lots of help.
07:03Okay.
07:04I just want to know if I can do it in the time.
07:06Everyone want me?
07:07Well, yeah, you can do it.
07:08Let's get this done.
07:13I'm designing it almost for myself and my best friend when we were kids called Maria.
07:20The idea is this young girl, Maria, is in the UK from Lebanon on a little trip by herself.
07:27And when she finished her hike outside, she entered this shepherd's hut and it looks lovely and cosy and warm.
07:33Like Maria, Rita's also of Lebanese heritage, but now lives in rural Lancashire.
07:39It looks like a hat.
07:41I'm super excited to be part of interior design masters.
07:48My design style will be rustic, textural, chic.
07:53I was born in Iraq.
07:55Due to the war, we had to escape.
07:58When you move a lot of houses and in four different countries, you learn that home is a feeling and it's not four walls.
08:06I think escaping a war, I've learned that today could be the last day.
08:11How can I make it the best day?
08:13I believe a design has a power to make people feel better.
08:17This is my biggest dream.
08:19My plan for my room is Adventurer Hut.
08:22I'm inspired by slate, which is really common in the Lake District.
08:26So the paint colours are mainly grey.
08:29Rita's using the slate grey paint to cover the walls, ceiling and bed area, which will be enclosed with fence panelling to show off her signature rustic style.
08:42In the sink area, she's adding pops of orange and cladding it with corrugated iron.
08:48Finally, hooks will be attached to hang wet clothes and towels.
08:52I would like it to look like a shepherd's hut in the middle of the woods.
08:57Yeah.
08:58And then normally...
08:59Quite an old shepherd's hut.
09:00Exactly, used for maybe a hundred years.
09:04This old building has played right into my aesthetic, so I'm really quite lucky in this challenge.
09:09Craig's signature style is retro-vintage, which he's expressed at home in Hastings.
09:15I have designed my house and two previous houses.
09:22The gift shop, which I used to have in London.
09:25My husband's barber shop.
09:27My design style has been kitschy, it's been chintzy, but it always referred to the past.
09:34I am a giftware designer.
09:36I design lots of little beautiful things that people put around their house, but I don't do the room itself.
09:41To be involved in interior design for a living would be amazing.
09:45The sky's the limit.
09:46So my design for this room is based on a sort of a vintage travel vibe.
09:51The plan with these bunks is they're going to become vintage boat bunk.
09:55So they're going to be completely covered in little shelf, little light, privacy curtain.
10:01And I think they're going to be really cute.
10:05Craig's sleeper bunks will be painted a 1940s-inspired green he's using throughout the room.
10:10He's adding period features like retro light fittings and a vintage wardrobe.
10:17The focal point of the room will be a wallpaper mural designed by himself.
10:23The mural is based on the old vintage travel posters.
10:28A little bit nervous if I haven't seen it in real scale.
10:31It's all in rolls.
10:32I've really put all my eggs in one basket.
10:35If it doesn't work, not only do I have an empty wall, I don't have my link to the Lake District.
10:40So it's very important.
10:41All right, I've got my wallpaper.
10:45Craig isn't the only one who's designed their own mural.
10:48You've designed this?
10:49Yes, I drew it.
10:50That's Lake Windermere.
10:51My signature style is bold and romantic.
10:57My name is Ayesha and I live in Hove.
11:00I've been a model since I was three years old.
11:02Walked in London, Fashion Week.
11:04And I'm so proud that I did those things, but they didn't give me the sense of satisfaction.
11:09So design is where I'm headed to.
11:13I'm in my second year of studies at design school.
11:16And I think about interior design all the time, to be honest.
11:19I love it so much.
11:20Just always there.
11:22It's too much.
11:24The concept's centered around the sunrise and the sunset.
11:27So it's like color drenched in this peachy orange color.
11:30I just want this room to feel really warm, energizing, and for it to glow.
11:34Oh!
11:35Nice.
11:36Perfect.
11:37SA's low key, natural style stems from his rural childhood.
11:42My signature style is largely organic and nature inspired.
11:47I grew up in Nigeria, in the countryside.
11:49We had plantations everywhere.
11:51So being here, I feel inspired.
11:53When people walk in here, I want them to feel a fraction of what they're getting from being outdoors.
11:59I'm a manager in a sexual health charity.
12:02I used to run a fashion business back in Nigeria.
12:05And working with color and texture and fabrics was really exciting.
12:08I would love to do interior design for a living.
12:10I've already worked on a project, which was paid.
12:13Lots of friends encouraged me to apply.
12:15I need to stop telling people how to fix their houses, because apparently that's rude.
12:19So for the room, it's nature inspired colors.
12:22For the walls, we're using green plaster effect textured wallpaper.
12:27Then the wardrobe goes there, accentuating the octagonal windows.
12:32The octagonal windows have inspired the shape of SA's big wardrobe design, which his carpenter is making from scratch.
12:41He'll paint it brown along with his bunk beds to complement his textured green wallpaper.
12:47He'll make a curtain to go round each bunk.
12:52For extra privacy, he's screening off a separate dressing area with a giant floor-to-ceiling curtain.
12:59This is the biggest piece of fabric I've ever sewn in my life.
13:04My privacy screen, it's 12 meters of fabric, so it is quite a lot.
13:09I'm not very good at math, so it takes me forever to figure out.
13:13375 multiplied by 2, that is 740, I hope.
13:17I hope.
13:18Oh gosh.
13:19The color's not the one.
13:21I think they've seen better days.
13:23My signature style is contemporary luxe.
13:26This space is going to be a flower explosion, and there's going to be stripes on the ceiling throughout.
13:31Lots of stripes.
13:34My name's Victoria, and I'm a project manager.
13:37I was brought up on a working dairy farm, surrounded by milk cows and calves.
13:44Now I live in the west end of Glasgow.
13:46The city is where my heart lies now.
13:49My design style has evolved in the past three years that I've owned this property.
13:53Just being bolder and braver with my design choices, and really designing for myself rather than anyone else.
13:59I would love to put my stamp in all different places.
14:04The biggest design change that I'm making within my space is trying to separate the one room into two functional spaces.
14:12MDF, MDF, up to the ceiling.
14:15Yeah.
14:17Victoria's MDF will form a dividing wall.
14:21On one side will be the dressing room, and on the other, the sleeping area.
14:26Both sections will have wallpaper on every wall.
14:29And she's adding hand-painted stripes to the ceiling.
14:35I love a stripe. I've got a wee stripe in my home. I know for a fact it was a nightmare to do myself, and it took me forever.
14:40So maybe that was a terrible idea, but it's my signature style and it's definitely a bit of me.
14:44So I think it's important to really showcase who I am as a designer.
14:48When it comes to signature style, mine is leathers and two hot wheels, which is perfect for this location.
14:59It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
15:07It's fun to stay at the YMCA.
15:09What? Stop, stop, stop.
15:11It's not the YMCA.
15:13It's the YHA.
15:16It's more hiking boots than cowboy boots.
15:20Come on then.
15:22Let's get ourselves clean.
15:23Let's have a hot meal.
15:25We can do whatever we feel.
15:28We can, I suppose, yeah.
15:29YMCA.
15:34Hi, Rita.
15:35Hi, Alan.
15:36This isn't very glamorous, is it?
15:38You're meant to be an interior design master.
15:40What are you doing with this old bit of corrugated iron?
15:43I'm turning skip to sexy.
15:46Skip to sexy?
15:49I'm cladding the wall with it.
15:51Are you going to paint it a colour?
15:52No.
15:53You're just going to...
15:54OK.
15:55What is your...
15:56How would you describe your signature style?
15:58Rustic, textural.
15:59Rustic or rusty?
16:01Bit of both now that I see it.
16:03Yeah.
16:04Just give it a nice gentle stroke.
16:06Oh.
16:07We just need to clean it before we clad the wall.
16:10Oh, OK, yeah.
16:11And is it just going to be on one wall?
16:12It's not going to be all like this?
16:13Just one small.
16:14Just a little tuck.
16:15Yeah, you don't want to go too far, do you?
16:16No.
16:19There you go.
16:20I feel like this has really come on in leaps and bounds.
16:22Thank you so much.
16:23Thank you, Rita.
16:24Bye.
16:25This is beautiful.
16:26Where did you find it?
16:27Reclamation yard.
16:28Fab.
16:29Another fan of reclaimed finds is Bryony.
16:32I think about £30 a door in the end.
16:35Brilliant.
16:36But it's cheaper than India.
16:37I know.
16:38Exactly.
16:39I am boxing in my bunk bed, floor to ceiling.
16:42I've got these reclaimed doors that are going there.
16:44That's kind of going to act as the tree trunk.
16:46And then the green going up over the ceiling is going to act like the tree canopy.
16:50It's completely in my brain.
16:52But I have faith.
16:53I am a mum of two boys and I'm based in Surrey.
16:57I will interior design any friend and family house that they let me do.
17:02Some of them I let them know I'm coming in advance.
17:05Some of them I just come in through the window.
17:08My design style is earthy, organic and restorative.
17:13So I've got really natural vibes.
17:16Super, super relaxing.
17:17Yeah.
17:18So they can come for a little restorative next door.
17:20What are they going to come for in yours?
17:22I've got to tell them.
17:24My name is Bradley.
17:30I do content creation for a living.
17:33I upload videos on social media of many DIY hacks.
17:37I live with mum and Zaz and I thought this space is in a bit of me.
17:41My design style is playful, modern.
17:44I've taken over all the houses, creating, painting murals, you name it.
17:49So this is the wallpaper that we're going for.
17:51So we need that everywhere.
17:53It's going on all walls and the ceiling.
17:56And it's going to look like trellis.
17:58So it's like the flowers are like growing on the ceiling.
18:00The wallpaper.
18:01It is a bit of a gamble.
18:02Like is it going to look a bit mad?
18:04Is it going to look too much?
18:06Bradley.
18:07Oh, look who it is.
18:09I've heard of colour drenching.
18:11This is wallpaper drenching.
18:12Is this your signature style?
18:14Playful, modern, colourful.
18:16And you live with your mum and dad, don't you?
18:18I do, I do.
18:19Is it true when they go to bed sometimes you get the paints out
18:22and you paint on their walls?
18:23Do we come?
18:24To go to the downstairs or like, love your son?
18:26I bet they love it that you're here.
18:28They can have a bit of peace and wake up from the house being exactly as they want it.
18:32So at the moment I am cutting down the tongue and groove boards.
18:40If there's anyone who knows their way around a toolkit, it's design and technology teacher John from Stockport.
18:46I love using power tools.
18:48Normally if I was at work doing this I'd be doing it on a table saw, but this is amazing.
18:51I think I'd probably need this at home.
18:54I studied at art school in London, which led on to creating costumes and props and then architectural modelling.
19:01I'm a dad of two and I've been renovating my own home.
19:05I describe my design style as graphic bohemian, graphic bold elements and muted colours.
19:11I've been encouraged to apply by my wife, Agatha.
19:14She has watched me watching the show, commenting on everything that said okay, you do it then.
19:22I generally put some kind of panelling or woodwork on the things that I do.
19:25And for this particular brief, I've taken the idea of skipping stones on like Windermere.
19:30It's all going to be painted in a bluey, greeny, grey colour.
19:34Michelle's encouraged the designers to look to the local scenery for ideas.
19:38I'm absolutely loving this paint colour.
19:41So as well as choosing colours inspired by the Lake District.
19:45How well does that bring in the outside?
19:52They're heading into the hostel's forest to forage.
19:55Do you want a bit of moss so I can stop the wheelbar.
19:58What are you hoping for down here?
19:59I'm on a big tree branch.
20:01I think this is the first time I've gone shopping in a forest.
20:04I've been to make a pair of slate bookends.
20:07I just want to get some of these nice shaped leaves.
20:10More feathers.
20:11Lovely.
20:12I think it's supposed to put orange on the inside.
20:15Oh yeah.
20:16Just because it's a bit grippy.
20:20They can use anything they find.
20:22Trunks will form table legs for my dressing table in my room.
20:26It's basically going to be like a little footstool topper.
20:29Choose.
20:30Or choose from a selection of locally sourced dried flowers and natural materials.
20:35That's gorgeous.
20:37I just use colour all the time.
20:38I don't really know when to start.
20:40I'm going to get some pebbles and have a little gallery wall of pebble arrangements.
20:44Listen, this is professional sewing, this is.
20:47Thanks.
20:56I've got this tree branch and I want this to be the clothing rail.
21:01Got my big stick.
21:03It's functional.
21:04It's outside, inside.
21:05Voila.
21:06It should be like wrapping a birthday present, shouldn't it?
21:11So I picked up branches for my table legs and the top of it is going to be covered with a terrazzo vinyl wrap.
21:17I like to play with textures.
21:19So it's like balancing something smooth with a stone-like effect top with something a little bit more rustic and natural.
21:26Oh, I love it.
21:27Oh, I love it.
21:29Oh.
21:34That's too ridiculous.
21:36Hi Craig.
21:37Hello Alan, how are you?
21:39What have I told you about going through the bins?
21:42Was you good at foraging?
21:44I wouldn't say it's my forte, but you know, I can work my way around a grassy knoll.
21:49So what I'm doing is I'm recreating the landscape in the form of a bookend.
21:53You know I'm a giftware designer, so this is part of my Lake District collection.
21:57Isn't that clever?
21:59Joking aside, you would probably sell these to people.
22:02If I found a nice gallery in Hastings, it could be art.
22:05Yes, anything could be art these days.
22:07Well listen, I'll leave you to your bookends.
22:08Thanks Alan.
22:09Make some more sheep.
22:10Help yourself if you want to taste it.
22:11I've got plenty.
22:12I've got enough grey hairs without making them.
22:15Bye Alan.
22:24I'm making a box pleat cover for my lampshades.
22:30I'm making cushions, I'm making curtains, I'm making a blind.
22:35I feel like there's an enormous amount to do in my room.
22:39I think I'm going to have steam coming out of my sewing machine.
22:42Mmm.
22:44My name's Emma and I teach art and textiles.
22:48I grew up on the side of a Welsh mountain, so I was always making things.
22:52And this is the perfect opportunity for me to utilise all my skills.
22:55I'm crazy about colour.
22:57My style is colourful.
23:00Happy.
23:02I'm a mum of three.
23:03My kids are rooting for me, but it's a quiet rooting I would say.
23:07When I told them I was going to be part of Interior Design Masters, one of them said,
23:10that's great, ma'am, can you give me a lift of Primark?
23:17Oh, wow!
23:19That is lush.
23:21I actually love it.
23:23Emma's used her artistic skills to design her own wallpaper.
23:27My room's based on Swallows and Amazons.
23:30I think it's such a fantastic book.
23:31It stands for what this area's all about, being in nature, long summer ahead of you.
23:37And I really wanted to use Swallows as a motif on my wallpaper.
23:41I love it. Thank you so very much.
23:44It looks sick.
23:46My signature style is 70s.
23:49I just love it, love the music, love the art, love everything.
23:53Holly's a fabric designer and she's also designed her own wallpaper
23:58with her take on boating on the lake.
23:59It's got sunshine, it's got boats, lots of boldness, lots of pattern, lots of orange.
24:07It's my first time doing a wallpaper, so it's my first time seeing my designs on an actual wall.
24:13Yeah, I love it, it looks amazing.
24:15It wouldn't look out of place in my house.
24:20I'm Holly, I'm 26 years old and I live in Salford.
24:25I make all sorts of stuff, mainly cushions.
24:27I sell a lot at festivals.
24:31I'm always making stuff, all trying to make things look cool.
24:36And it does look cool.
24:38Hey Holly!
24:40Oh hello Alan, you alright?
24:42Yeah, what you doing? Is this bunting?
24:44So these are little flags that we're going to put on the wall in the room.
24:50Oh I love that!
24:51Quite old fashioned.
24:53You're an old soul though, aren't you?
24:55Aw, do you think?
24:56Yeah, I'm getting old vibes, not like you smell a wee, but like old, you know, from yesteryear.
25:01Yeah, that's...
25:0270s, flower power.
25:04Yeah, that's a nice way of putting it, yeah?
25:06Yeah!
25:08I love that, that's so cool!
25:11And you are a bit of a textile whiz.
25:13Oh, I love this!
25:15Aw, thank you.
25:17And more boats!
25:18We love boats.
25:19Yeah, have you been on a boat?
25:20I don't know.
25:22I've seen one though.
25:24Good for you!
25:34Everyone is sewing at the same time.
25:37So I found myself a nice little corner.
25:39I'm turning the sack into a couple of nice cushions.
25:41I'm not that strong when it comes to selling.
25:43Normally to me mums, that's here for the time.
25:46Fella bad to front, you?
25:47Is it saying aye?
25:48There's YHA.
25:49It's backwards.
25:53I'm gonna make a circular cushion now, just to really challenge myself.
25:56I've got so much sewing to do, and I don't know why I've done this to myself.
26:03Hello there!
26:04Hello then!
26:05What's going on here, you're making curtains?
26:07Yeah.
26:08Curtains, curtains, curtains.
26:09And are you a whiz at sewing?
26:11I have done a fair bit.
26:12Used to run a fashion business.
26:13Used to make African-inspired outfits.
26:16That's amazing!
26:17So you work in fashion.
26:19You're a sexual health advocate.
26:21I wondered why you look familiar.
26:23Is there anything you can't do?
26:25I can't get my measurements right.
26:28I run out of fabric.
26:29Michelle Agunderhin does not want to hear that.
26:31I'm hoping she recognises my ingenuity.
26:34Are they the youth hostel curtains?
26:36Yes, so it's a mix of the youth hostel curtains and new fabric I brought to make extra curtains.
26:42Very dramatic, isn't it?
26:44Having a big long curtain.
26:45Yes.
26:47Oh my gosh.
26:52The green that I'm using is very much like a classic vintage green.
26:56None of this sort of do a coat, go for a cup of tea, watch it dry.
27:00This is competition level painting.
27:03Now I'm on the last strip.
27:04The last strip on this bit anyway.
27:06Masking up stripes has taken a very, very long time.
27:09And there's the wallpaper in the walls, so I'm panicking ever so slightly.
27:12One bit that we haven't done is the dressing area.
27:14Oh wow, this looks amazing.
27:20I absolutely love my wallpaper.
27:22This subtle texture is what I wanted.
27:24I just wanted a bit of movement.
27:28Hi John.
27:30Oh gosh.
27:31Wow, it's dark in here, isn't it?
27:33I know, it is dark.
27:34So, so far with the paint colour, it looks very dark.
27:37You almost need like a head torch.
27:38Maybe it's a bit too dark.
27:44Outside, the forage finds are being transformed.
27:50I'm getting a little leaf imprint.
27:52I've bought some air dry clay.
27:55I pulled a load of fresh leaves out of the forest.
27:58And then it will be a little wall hanging.
28:03I thought I just needed pebbles,
28:04but then I saw all these other lovely textural materials
28:07and decided I absolutely had to have those as well.
28:10Hi Aisha. Hi.
28:12Now you found this in the forest, didn't you?
28:14Yes, I did.
28:15I only went there for the leaves.
28:16I came back with like rocks, sticks.
28:18I got carried away.
28:19It's like when you're going to the supermarket.
28:20Yeah.
28:21Only went in for bread.
28:22Exactly.
28:23I've come out with a rock.
28:24I'm using this fabric paint.
28:25I'm going to print them onto some fabric.
28:27So, a couple of cushions for the bed area
28:29and the little seat.
28:30That's so clever.
28:31Okay.
28:32Hope for the best.
28:33This is pressure, isn't it?
28:34I know.
28:35Oh!
28:36That was actually cute, isn't it?
28:38That is so good.
28:39Yeah, I like that.
28:40And you're a bit like me.
28:42Used to be a model.
28:43Yeah, exactly.
28:44Yeah!
28:45Can you do a little strut for me?
28:46Go on.
28:47No, I can't.
28:48Oh, come on.
28:49I'll do mine.
28:50It's been a long time.
28:51Yeah, what's this?
28:52So, this is a little table.
28:53Is it going to be a hairy table?
28:54Yeah, it's a hairy table.
28:55Where's your brew going to go?
28:56Yeah.
28:57Just a really cosy cup of tea, isn't it?
28:58It really is.
28:59Keeps it warmer longer.
29:00Have you ever thought of that?
29:01Oh, my God, I think you're on to a winner.
29:02Yeah?
29:03Yeah.
29:04Do you want me to whip you up one for you?
29:05Go on, and I'll have a furry table, please.
29:06All right, I'll get right on that, John.
29:07Yeah?
29:08Yeah.
29:09Yeah?
29:10Hi, Victoria.
29:11Oh, hello, Alan.
29:12What are you doing?
29:13I've created light fittings to bring a touch of nature, and...
29:16So, how would you describe your style?
29:17My style is contemporary luxe.
29:18So, how are you coping with this challenge?
29:28Because contemporary luxe does not say, YOU'VE HOSTEL!
29:33No, not at all.
29:34It's been difficult.
29:35How much are you doing for your room?
29:37much are you doing for your room are you being ambitious yes i definitely see him being ambitious
29:42we've got two wallpapers we've got a stripey ceiling and i think the stripes were very
29:46ambitious i didn't fully appreciate the time that it would take to get them on the day's
29:51running away with us and we've not got long to go really really pleased with this like this is
30:01coming together as the first day draws to a close looks like it's grown on the ceiling it's the look
30:08our visions the designers signature styles are starting to shine i like it it's looking better
30:15than i thought actually you're so much further on than me i feel again my decorator has been masking
30:21taping all day and then i've got no wallpaper up yet at all do you have a lot of it yeah everyone
30:27we are real and truly at panic stations thinking about these stripes and how terrible an idea they
30:32were top of the list for day through tomorrow is get some wallpapers on the walls today i've made two
30:39lampshades cushions throws i'm here i'm looking out in the mountains and i've got my sewing machine
30:46i'm busy i'm tired but i'm not complaining i spent all day on curtains i feel very very behind now
30:53hoping to get out the sewing room me too last bits of sewing to do and then i am officially out of here
31:00there we go done with two luxurious minutes to spare getting one done bye bye room see you tomorrow
31:23morning the big build is this bunk bed being boxed today the list is getting longer yeah your piece
31:32de resistance is going to be that mural hopefully it'll fit hopefully i'm feeling slightly better
31:37now that we've got a wee bit of wallpaper on hello emma oh my gosh like the birds are coming from outside
31:46it's amazing i really really like it i've got a lot of color coming in with my accessories but
31:52you can hold back with them can't you yes you can always stick out like oh that's too much i'll take
31:56it away as michelle says you've got to learn when to edit i love when she does that edit
32:02that's in emma's room i won't lie there's this slight like oh gosh we'll see how mine turns out
32:08briny hi alan hello what's going on here i'm just chucking a bit of coffee on the wall you're already
32:18sick of it i've had enough no it's adding like a bit of a lime wash effect it's like a cheaper version
32:24budget's low budget's low but smell is high it does smell of coffee will that go it will go don't panic
32:32but this is so cheap to do any idiot can throw coffee up a wall do you want to have a gallery
32:38i'll do it wrong and what we've got here is my vintage wardrobe that i got for real bargain on the
32:45internet the designers need to think about storage for their tiny rooms the main challenge is that
32:52it has to fit into a space that's smaller than it craig shrinking his wardrobe this is exactly what i
32:58wanted but sa is going super sized i didn't realize how big it would actually look like in real life
33:06i call it the cascades so tomorrow doesn't go well i'll just lie there take my last breath close the
33:11doors and go in style
33:17these are my 50p chairs john's going for a more basic storage option repurposing one of his charity
33:24shop chairs we're going to take off these legs so we can hang boots on those too muddy boots aren't
33:30going all over everything and holly's found a new use for a pair of oars they do a lot of boat trips
33:37around here so by replacing the curtain rod with oars hopefully they'll look up and be like oh yeah
33:42that's what we're going to do today guys we're going to get a boat i've got my walking sticks up there
33:48and they look cute anything that feels a little bit historical always feels super nice and having
33:55my doors at the end of my bed creates the privacy but also brings in amazing like natural wood brian
34:02is not the only designer to have a big bed build oh my god with my bunk beds i've decided to create a
34:09frame around them i'm introducing kind of a curved profile that's kind of to represent the sunset
34:14i love it it's beautiful wow this looks brilliant i think that the vintage sleeper bunks were really
34:20cute and self-contained particularly for younger visitors i think they'll really appreciate pulling
34:25the curtains and getting into their little cozy space thanks for that it looks great so the plan
34:31is to make it look like a shed that has two bunk beds in them it is bringing the outdoors indoors
34:38because the material is like garden fencing or a shed in your garden the shed bed
34:45other designers have decided to give their bunks a simple paint job it might be controversial using red
34:52but i really really like it the thing i'm worried about most is probably the bed i think that is
34:58something that i could have gone a bit more wild with a lot of people have found their way to disguise
35:03their bed build it in they all look really amazing so it scared me have i done something wrong by not
35:09doing much to my bed rita hi alan hello what are you doing with your walking sticks i'm just gonna
35:15try to put them here as a little feature corrugated iron what do you think it's lovely can i be honest
35:22with you know when you said you were going to put it in the room i was a bit like oh okay but putting it
35:27there is perfect it gives so much texture to that little room and i love the darkness it makes it really
35:33cozy that's a good one because i want them to feel cozy in here but it's not about you it's about
35:38maria your character is she cozy here she's i think so far she is cozy here yeah is maria a bit of
35:45an exhibitionist because you haven't got any curtains it's gonna be curtains of course right well listen
35:52you get on with it thank you so much for visiting get those curtains up now i have never made a roman
35:59blind before emma's finally escaped the sewing room and has come outside
36:05to do more sewing it is a big job in terms of ease it would have been great to go out and buy a blind
36:12but i don't think that the challenge really is about going out and shopping
36:20very nice to see holly putting up the mural it means we're one step closer
36:25murals are a big part of what i do in my designs they're all based on topographical maps from the
36:31local area when i was little i i wanted to be an artist and i remember having a conversation with
36:36the careers person at school and they told me to go away and come back with a proper job so yeah doing
36:42this is a bit of an outlet for that actually i absolutely love my wall mural it feels really nice to
36:49see something that you've drawn go up onto the wall oh my goodness this is gorgeous have you painted
36:56this no so it's kind of like a digital file you send it off they put it onto strips of wallpaper
37:01that's incredible amazing i'm painting murals maps of windermere and the surrounding areas i've
37:06tried to do a similar thing and you're hand painting i'm hand painting those yeah but i think this is a
37:11way quicker way of doing it yes it looks amazing thank you very great job craig's made a really smart
37:18choice of opting for a digitally printed mural whereas i am there with a little brush painting
37:22mural beatrix potter had her holiday home here instead of a mural some of the designers are creating
37:34their own artwork one of the most famous books in the world has been created based upon like where we
37:39are so a little touch of that inspiration to add to my room i'm gonna be creating a memory box so the idea
37:46is things when you go on an adventure that you might need or that inspires you and remind you of
37:52your trip i definitely need a torch because it's so dark upstairs and i've got a little illustration of
37:58maria that's my girl these are my shelves for my bedside so they're going to frame my lamps
38:06every hostel bunk bed needs a reading light it will definitely disperse the light brian is adding
38:12place mats to her it will create a really nice light effect but also it's a really inexpensive light
38:18shade basically i wouldn't have thought of making a lampshade out of a plant pot till i arrived at
38:25interior design masters the body will be cream and that classic vintage enamel look where the edge will be
38:32red one hour to go i'm done with sewing i'm not touching a needle and thread again hopefully this
38:41should update the old curtains you haven't got log hurry up who wants a sugar rash kendall minkay grown in
38:50the area it is like soap and it tastes like soap give you an energy boost all right come on who needs an
38:56energy boost kendall minkay did you like it not really oh we'll pop it back then love sure yeah
39:03it's a local delicacy but you must know that do you love it that's exactly what i need right now
39:09thank you alan oh my pleasure i enjoy
39:18my speed has definitely increased the final piece the mural on the zone like literally just
39:23get them with whatever comes to me as
39:31i really hate this thing totally blind blind next time we're really up against it i think with these
39:37curtain rails going up at the 11th and a half hour no it's not going to work it's not looking nice is
39:43it let's get it out let's forget about the curtains i couldn't get my divider curtain in the room the
39:50cutting rail just wasn't the right size it wasn't the right strength it's upset really really upset
39:58is that like shit oh that's so funny i'm all done oh my days that was a ride it is lovely isn't it that view
40:10so lawrence you're much of a hiker walker i do walk as you can plainly see i have an ability to walk
40:24people come here for this this is what i want to see reflected so what's going to be really
40:29interesting is how they adapt their signature style to respond to the environment i'm looking for rooms
40:36that are part of the romance of being in this kind of landscape these rooms have to be a cherry
40:44on the top of the cake of this experience designing a bespoke mural is a scary moment i was really
40:56relieved when ollie put it up i think i've shown my style i think i've done everything i possibly could
41:02oh i feel like a time traveler craig has given us a 1940s steamer cabin and i love it what he's done
41:11here is evoke those beautiful idyllic optimistic slightly art deco travel posters we are all on that
41:20steamship in the 1930s chugging across lake windermere and we're on our holidays somehow he's managed to
41:27pull off that alchemy that it's full but it feels cozy and i've just i feel transported but not taken
41:33away from where i've come to so many details to feast your eyes on it just all sits together so
41:40beautifully even down to the lamp show that's completely appropriate for this space look at
41:44the little landscape he's made on the windowsill using the slate their bookends
41:49i literally made everything in that room i feel like i've had a creative baby and it's gone out
42:01into the world shiver me timbers michelle swallows and amazons i think the swallows and amazons starting
42:09point i think is genius because it's all about windermere it is that kind of jolly hockey sticks
42:13nostalgic vision of childhood so all of this is great and the ceiling is genius love it
42:19but then i just feel emma's got totally carried away with all the making and the crafting which
42:24i know is her comfort zone too much craft let's just put the craft back in the bag and focus on the
42:29design hopefully lawrence and michelle will feel their cozy garden vibe i do think my favorite piece
42:42is the tree branch this is very refreshing and uplifting if i booked this i would be so cheered
42:50it's this optimistic floor abundance and the ceiling works it feels as if we're in a trellised arbor
42:56i would not be at all surprised to find miss marple sitting in the corner there's that real kind of
43:00you know tea time gentility going on here i'm going to applaud this bradley's way of incorporating a
43:07piece of the local environment one single twig making a little hanging rail
43:17i feel really happy with what i've done i love the color drenching it really gives that warm energetic
43:23welcoming feeling oh we've walked into a sunset in aisha's room i feel as if i walked into a cocktail
43:30it's very peachy yeah which is a very love or loathe color but it does go beautifully with that
43:36ceiling and i think it's a great palette for a space like this the weather is rolling in why not
43:40keep it sunny inside i mean the whole bed itself has become terribly architectural she's had the
43:46creativity to print these cushions using leaf prints i think it's a very simple and quite
43:52sophisticated way of bringing that outside in it it's over i have a tiny bit of a worry maybe it's
44:03a bit too dark oh so this is much more of a retreat from outside she's created a little kind of dark
44:12tuning sanctuary here i think one of the big things she's done is the good old-fashioned color drench
44:17and some super sexy textures have you seen the bathroom i know it's fantastic she's used very few
44:25elements in here but so cleverly that really lifted like one piece of corrugated iron the orange hooks
44:32the rusty mirror it just absolutely transforms that area the tableau i mean that could be hideous but for
44:40some reason it really super works i think because she has an artist's eye her signature style has
44:47clearly married beautifully with the brief here i think she's understood who the user is and she's
44:52inspired me i would stay in this room and want to go home and make my own version of her tableau
44:57what rip it off yeah yeah
45:02i do really really welcome any feedback because i'm here to learn because it is new to me
45:07stepping out of my mum bubble and going into something that i really really hope to be doing
45:13oh first impressions i rather like this there's lots of lovely crunchy texture in here the recycled
45:20doors and the walking stick used as the curtain palmet i actually think are really subtle and quite
45:26lovely she is showing that she understands that when people come here they want to feel
45:34windermere and actually that stool couldn't be more windermere if it tried
45:39i'd rather love this little picture there's something about that putting the real moss with
45:43a little hand drawn and framing it beautifully that would work that works apparently she spent quite
45:49an age coffee staining these pale walls look there are actual coffee drips in evidence
45:55i'm worried michelle and lawrence will say you could have finessed some details i think i have a few
46:05rough edges
46:08ah there's a richness to this room with the very muted walls and then a kind of big obelisky type wardrobe
46:20which is talking the language of the space reflecting the octagonal windows it's slightly
46:24odd to have such a big clunky piece of furniture in a youth hostel room so i love the fact that he's
46:30put this gorgeous braid around the curtains it's a really simple easy hack that absolutely transforms
46:37them and then the colors using that beautiful blue inside the windows he's obviously very good
46:42at architecture and very good at color one of the moments of triumph is using texture on the walls
46:47actually if this had been a flat color it would have been very unsatisfying but then all that
46:52thought process has just all gone a bit wrong on the bed the way he's done the privacy screen here
46:58really doesn't work he's tried to enclose the light he's just sort of put a shape around it schemes like
47:04this are also about details because even great ideas like the brocade edging when you hit a corner
47:10which you can't just run one bit on top of another
47:17i feel like it speaks volumes about me as a person and i'm delighted with end product
47:24oh this is interesting victoria's sectioned off the main bit of room and giving me a little
47:30dressing room area the creation of a dressing room is quite questionable in this context with this
47:34brief what you need is somewhere to put your boots on um it's not to put your blusher on at all we
47:40didn't need the stripes on the ceiling and i have a real issue with the dried flower chandeliers i just
47:45feel that that's a complete contrast with the dried flowers against this beautiful wallpaper i think
47:51victoria's had kind of idea buffet blindness victoria describes her style as contemporary luxe
47:57definitely feeling that here it's a little bit too much victoria and not quite enough youth hostel
48:07i really do feel like i need validation from someone else and that it's helping me realize
48:11that i'm not deluded thinking i can do this
48:16oh you've gone and you've done your walk and you've flopped in your chair
48:20you're soothed by this room nothing is going to agitate you here
48:25all of this match boarding on the wall will have taken every bit as much work as everybody else
48:31expended on building stuff around the bed he's used the hours but in a completely different way in a
48:35very subtle way i love how he's taken the graphics of the ordent survey maps and just popped that into
48:41the alcoves he's got some quite clever ideas these boot pegs which look like they're cut off chair legs
48:47that's really nice you can just tell that all he wanted to do he has done and it has been done
48:53incredibly well
48:59it feels quite magical creating a whole like 3d room i'm absolutely buzzing with the way the
49:04wallpaper designed came out
49:11guess what holly's signature style is 1970s the wallpaper works because she's clearly taken the
49:19inspiration from the locality it's windermere but you know windermere on planet holly lots of lovely
49:25little touches things like using the ore as the curtain pop she's made her own clay leaves i'm
49:31rather happy that she's introduced those into the room because the rusticness of those played off
49:36against what is a quite sophisticated pattern actually gives me that friction that i love
49:41super strong start comfortable and confident to not overdo it
49:45oh my gosh ritter's room before michelle and lawrence deliver their verdict there's nothing in here i don't
49:56like the designers have a chance to see what they're up against now i'm worried this must be holly's i am
50:03obsessed with that wallpaper i have put the wallpaper all over my room and i am thinking is it too much
50:10oh my gosh bradley it's gorgeous i love that he's wallpapered the ceiling wow well done kate i know it
50:22looks amazing it makes me feel very nervous emma designed this paper on the ceiling just sings yeah it does
50:29the 10 designers are back at the studio hello to discover who has earned standout space
50:39and who will find themselves on michelle's sofa how are you all feeling
50:47john why have you come as a farmer i've just got back from the lake district it's really had an effect
50:54on you let's bring out the judges who not only found time to critique your rooms in the lakes
51:01but also managed to get their duke of edinburgh bronze awards it's lauren's and michelle
51:12how did our designers do my goodness absolutely storming well done i don't know what it is about
51:20you lot but the class of this year you're mighty thank you so much thank you so we're desperate to
51:28know which of the rooms would you be happy to hang your hiking boots up in wow for both of us there was
51:36a clear standout space rita it was unexpected with your use of the dark colors and the texture
51:53i mean i would be chuffed to bits to check in there thank you so much it means a lot
51:58who else is going through to next week craig a beautiful evocation of a 1940s steamer room
52:05thank you very much john it was a tour de force really really thoughtful that means everything
52:13brianie i think this brief was very on point for your signature style but well done thank you
52:20holly your signature style is the 1970s but what was so clever is how you modulated it
52:26to serve the client in this brief thank you very much the next person going through
52:31is bradley there was something so charmingly 1930s about her aisha very peach but loving the
52:39architectural ambition of your bed thank you so much but that does mean that emma essay and victoria
52:47i'd like to see you on my sofa okay okay i'm really pleased
52:58when i went a chicken dinner rita i know i didn't leave i was doubting myself and it gave me a boost to
53:05believe in myself a bit more oh come on obviously not happy to be heading towards the sofa but i'm just
53:13going to look at it as a great opportunity to get some feedback thank you guys i missed out the key
53:20part of my design and some things were not finessed well so i expected to be on the sofa i'm not ready
53:27to go home i feel like i've got so much more left in the locker hello hello greetings emma i'd love to
53:36start with you we loved your ceiling and i thought it was incredibly clever to have used the swallows and
53:42amazon reference that paper emma was absolutely perfect i think you could have covered the entire
53:49room with it it would have been wonderful yeah once i'd seen bradley's room in that statement i think i
53:54wish i'd had the courage to do that you then defaulted to what i think is your comfort zone of crafting and
54:00making do you think that's fair this is something that i do i set myself a challenge because i want
54:06to prove that i can do it because i have a limb difference and i don't need to do that i need to
54:11think i'm a designer i can project manage you've used absolutely the specific word which shows that
54:18you know exactly what you need to do and project management is an incredibly important part of that
54:23and you can buy you know you can buy i can shop do shopping emma i think that's what i've learned
54:28absolutely and i completely agree with your feedback so essay loads of beautiful little
54:34details in your room the one thing i'm curious about though is why did you design a large wardrobe
54:41because i'm not sure hikers hang up their clothes i should have distilled it down to a typical hiker
54:48and do they actually need that much space you use these very earthy tones the textured wallpaper was
54:53absolutely what was needed thank you but i think there were other projects that lacked finesse i think
55:01i focus so much on doing so many little things yes no matter how many ideas if you don't finish it
55:07then it doesn't really appeal to who's using it yeah victoria one of the only people who just boldly
55:14divided your room and you also then added wallpaper there were stripes there was a lot going on i wanted
55:21to add that element of luxe and decided to have a kind of dressing area i think i got a bit too much
55:26victoria's kind of view of what she wanted from a kind of quite luxy hotel room and you maybe forgot
55:35this is a youth hostel yeah for people that are walking and hiking yeah okay
55:43emma i'm going to let you off the hook okay you will go through to next week but give me more design
55:49less craft because i do think you understood who you were designing for
55:56victoria i admired your ambition i admired the multitude of ideas and i think you understand
56:03what you have to do to refine that an essay again i love the details in your room so you're showing me
56:11such virtuosity and spirit and i've no doubt that you're going to succeed absolutely but it's between
56:18sort of bigger picture and smaller details so that does mean that sa i'm so sorry but you will be
56:26the first person to leave us this week thank you so much come here say oh thank you it's just the
56:37beginning i am proud of myself this experience has made me realize that i have more in me than i thought
56:42i did bye guys do well make me proud i am so relieved lots to think about i am ready for the next
56:50challenge drum roll please the designers get to grips with a recycling challenge it's going to happen
57:02for new lights as a coffee table as they attempt to repurpose shipping containers up cycle cheap that's
57:07what i'm doing into swanky offices oh look at the covers using sustainable materials that's the best
57:14thing i've ever designed and contents from escape a floor lamp that's what i'm gonna make
57:23could you be an interior design master we're looking for people to take part in the next series so if you've
57:28got the knack for upcycling and transforming spaces this is for you go online for the details next lord
57:33sugar selects his finalists and he's called in some backup get ready for the toughest interview of
57:38sugar selects his finalists and he's called in some backup get ready for your life in the apprentice