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2025 S06E03
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00:01This week we're in Portsmouth where our designers are transforming retirement apartments.
00:07But forget doilies and denture dishes, this boomer generation demand luxury living.
00:13So girls, 2pm spa, 3pm pilates, 5pm G&Ts.
00:20I shouldn't even be thinking about retiring, I'm so young.
00:24That's okay, we take anyone from 60.
00:26Clearly you've got cataracts.
00:30Welcome to Interior Design Masters.
00:33Eight designers remain, hoping to win a collaboration contract for a range with John Lewis.
00:40Last time, shipping containers were repurposed into offices.
00:46Holly impressed the judges by throwing in the kitchen sink.
00:49Oh my, isn't that amazing?
00:52How cute is that?
00:54And one standout space.
00:57John went over the top.
00:59I felt that you felt you had to show me that you could do more and pattern and extra and plus, plus, plus.
01:04But it was Briony.
01:05Does it look a bit bare?
01:07It does at the minute, Alan.
01:08And Bradley.
01:09Russell, Russell.
01:10Who ended up in the firing line along with Emma.
01:14It's gravity, man.
01:15Who fell to earth with a bum.
01:17I think Emma is going to be you.
01:19Thank you so much for a lovely opportunity.
01:21I'm so glad I'm here and the sofa is done.
01:33That's in the past.
01:34I'm going to bring a bit more briny this week.
01:35We're designing for over 60s because the new 60s is cool.
01:43Not quite retirement age yet.
01:45I guess what I do know, it's not all stair lifts and grab rails.
01:49So when I think retirement homes, I think lots of beige.
01:54Yeah, but this one's going to be cool.
01:58How are we all doing?
02:01Well, well done on surviving the first two challenges.
02:07I think you're all realising now that this competition is a marathon, not a sprint.
02:13So the bad news is you've only run a couple of miles.
02:17So it's week three.
02:19We're off to the sea.
02:21Yes, we're heading to Portsmouth where you'll be working in pairs for the very first time.
02:26On the banks of the Solent is Royal Haslar Waterfront Village, a luxury retirement complex for the over 60s with plans for a pool, spa and gym.
02:38Each team will be transforming one show apartment, which includes a hallway, an open plan kitchen, diner, living room, a master bedroom and a guest room.
02:49I would like you to use these high-end show apartments to demonstrate just how exciting retirement could be as a next chapter in life.
03:00Your design should be luxurious to attract the sort of buyer that wants a home that reflects those aspirations.
03:07So, Craig, I would like you to work with Bryony.
03:10Hey.
03:12John, I'm going to pair you up with Rita.
03:15Hey.
03:15Aisha, I'd love to see you work with Holly.
03:20Great.
03:21So, of course, that means Bradley, you're going to be with Victoria.
03:25This week, two designers are getting sent home.
03:29As used to say at my school, a double dumping.
03:33So, would you like to get in your pairs?
03:35Hey.
03:36Hey, Holly.
03:37Hello there.
03:38So I think...
03:39Get designing and we'll see you in Portsmouth.
03:42Wouldn't it be nice if we were all the best?
03:46After a week of planning, the designers have arrived in Portsmouth.
03:50This is an amazing old building.
03:51Isn't it incredible?
03:53Once a major Navy base, the Royal Haslar Military Hospital played a key role in both world wars.
03:59Since peacetime, it's served as an NHS hospital and then lay abandoned until now.
04:06Oh.
04:07Oh, it is grand, isn't it?
04:10Oh, wow.
04:10It's right.
04:11That is lovely.
04:12Yeah.
04:13Each pair has split the rooms between them.
04:16That looks very gorgeous.
04:18It's mine.
04:19Don't take it.
04:20You've got the bench?
04:21I did get the bench.
04:22They have to build the idea of who's going to live there and then make me feel that I'm
04:27walking into that person's home.
04:29It can't be a caricature.
04:31It has to be something quite real and wholesome.
04:33Yeah, look.
04:34Very Julia and David, isn't it?
04:36So the couple that we decided live in this flat are David and Julia.
04:40They're people of the world.
04:41They love to travel.
04:42I'm really pleased.
04:43They're gorgeous.
04:43This is my favorite pieces here.
04:45The character that we created is Lola de Blanche.
04:48She used to be a lingerie designer back in the 70s.
04:51Now she decided to retire here for a bit of quiet, but she's still very wild.
04:56What do we think?
04:57Do you think this will work?
04:58Whilst most of the designers are imagining familiar characters...
05:02Our client is called Flo, and she has lived a fabulous life.
05:06She loves to be cruising up whiskey before going to bed.
05:09Others have gone adrift.
05:11We've got two characters that we're designing for, Pearl and Jack.
05:14Retired sailor and retired mermaid.
05:16I'm a retired mermaid.
05:18Our concept kind of centred around the ocean,
05:24but I wanted to do it in not a really obvious nautical way.
05:27So it was me that came up with the idea of retired sailor, retired mermaid.
05:31It kind of started off as a bit of a joke,
05:33but then Holly named them Jack and Pearl,
05:35and then we just ran with it.
05:36We met out at sea many years ago, and she was a mermaid.
05:42So she's magically got legs now.
05:45They're coming back to where it all started in Portsmouth.
05:51Throughout the whole apartment, we're painting it kind of a neutral off-white.
05:54So that's going to be on all the walls, ceilings, and the woodwork.
05:56We're just going to bring colour through accents,
05:58and then we're kind of focusing on bespoke elements,
06:01because that's what we're trying to bring the luxury.
06:03Aisha's living area will feature mid-century-style armchairs,
06:07a homemade organic coffee table,
06:09and unique prints and cushions by Holly.
06:12It will also have a custom wall-mounted media unit
06:16made from reclaimed scaffolding boards.
06:18The entire space, including Holly's dining area,
06:22complete with pearlescent crockery,
06:23will have a subtle colour change to the walls.
06:27I've almost painted the whole room.
06:29We knew it was off-white,
06:30but you can see the contrast between what it was.
06:32I love it.
06:34God, this is blue.
06:35Over at Rita and John's apartment,
06:37Rita's being brave with a dramatic colour choice for her dining area.
06:42Really? You'd be nice.
06:44Let it dry.
06:45Do you want it to be lighter or darker?
06:47Well, I wanted it to be like this.
06:49Let it dry and see what it's like.
06:51I've got these blue tiles.
06:53That wasn't offending my eye,
06:55so I'm painting the entire walls that dark blue to hide the tiles.
07:01Rita's rich blue colour palette is a nod to the building's naval heritage,
07:06which she hopes will create an opulent backdrop for the dining area.
07:10She's building a bespoke bookcase decorated with mementos and art,
07:14curated for fictional client Lola.
07:18Team-mate John will be across the living room,
07:21painting it with neutral tones to balance the space.
07:24He's adding luxury with a velvet sofa,
07:26wall panelling and custom artwork.
07:28Scott, I don't like the colour, but you know what?
07:32We're just going to go.
07:34It's fine, it's fine.
07:35Don't look at it until it's all done.
07:37Oh!
07:38Don't worry.
07:39Don't worry.
07:41I'm really happy with the green.
07:43Over in Bradley and Victoria's apartment,
07:46Bradley's feeling confident about his bold colour choice for the living room.
07:49Such a rich, deep colour, and it's going to bring all the spaces together.
07:54I've never done a living room before,
07:56and I just love the idea of putting our stamp on a big space.
08:00So bringing the outside in with a nice mural wallpaper,
08:04referencing the scenic views,
08:05and then in front of the panel and wallpaper,
08:08there's going to be a nice marble stone fireplace.
08:10Painting the ceiling green, I just thought,
08:12makes it a bit more cosy, a bit more luxurious, I think.
08:15In Craig and Bryony's apartment...
08:19Ooh!
08:21I hope it's in the right place.
08:22Oh, yeah.
08:23No, I love it.
08:25Bryony's adding visual interest to her living area
08:28by adding panelling to the walls.
08:30Yeah, that's my brain on a wall.
08:33And it really does make you feel the grandness of the room
08:36going all the way up to the ceiling.
08:38To me, panelling is super timeless,
08:40and also it makes the most of the glorious high ceilings.
08:43Bryony's panels will adorn all the walls
08:46in the living and dining space.
08:48To elevate the room,
08:50she's incorporating vintage furniture
08:51and an elegant chandelier,
08:53which she hopes will complement her neutral walls.
08:57We wanted a neutral to run throughout the apartment,
09:00so to Craig's dismay, we have gone warm white.
09:03It's quite luxe to just do this one colour palette everywhere
09:07and then bring in your bolder statements in the colourful.
09:10Oh!
09:11I love it!
09:15No, it is so much nicer than white, isn't it?
09:19Yes!
09:19I'll say that much.
09:20Come on, you're a combo.
09:21No, I do like it. It's very nice.
09:23I still don't know if I'm a neutral kind of guy,
09:26but it really does elevate a white room.
09:29So I have the mural, if you'd like to see it.
09:36One designer from each team
09:38has taken ownership of their apartment's master bedroom.
09:42Ooh!
09:44Nice!
09:46Victoria's designed hers with her fictional client in mind.
09:49I wanted to make a statement,
09:51so I am having a dark and demure space
09:53with a wallpaper mural that ties all the colours in together.
09:57Inspired by whiskey-loving pensioner Flo,
10:01Victoria's bedroom will be painted in inky blue
10:04to complement the floral mural,
10:06while a white border and dusty pink ceiling
10:08will provide a gentle contrast.
10:11The mural itself will be framed by two antique mirrors
10:14crafted by Victoria
10:15to create a stunning focal point behind the bed.
10:19This man I'm looking for.
10:21How confident are you in cutting mirror?
10:23I can see seven years' bad luck coming my way.
10:26They were completely free.
10:27They've just been repurposed as wardrobe doors,
10:30but they're a good bit bigger than expected
10:32so that it's not all fitting on the one wall.
10:34Hopefully we can cut them down enough to make it work.
10:41I'm not very comfortable with this.
10:44It's a nightmare.
10:46Do you want me to help you
10:47or do you want me to walk away and pretend it's not happening?
10:49Yeah, no problem, I can do that.
10:51Good luck.
10:52Thanks.
10:53I wish I actually normally see I'm quite good under pressure,
10:56but I feel like I'm cracking a wee bit today.
10:59As Victoria stresses about her master bedroom focal point...
11:03I need a steady hand for this.
11:05..Ayesha is working on a unique and glitzy feature for hers.
11:11My vision for the master bedroom
11:13was to try and create this kind of celestial vibe,
11:17doing, like, a sun.
11:19In gold leaf, around the light fitting.
11:21I guess, really, the idea is looking up at the sun
11:24and bringing nature in.
11:25I'm really glad I've done this
11:26because I think it's going to be really striking.
11:29I'm glad it's going up.
11:31So from this line here...
11:32OK.
11:33Tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, tick, down.
11:35Mm-hm.
11:35Green.
11:36Green.
11:36Rita's inspiration for her master bedroom canopy
11:39is from closer to the location.
11:42I wanted them to walk in and feel at ease.
11:44We have big windows and we have a great view.
11:47This is all about being calm and looking at the outside.
11:50I'm using an olive green to bring in the outside inside
11:54and I'm using a beautiful textured wallpaper.
11:56It feels like you're touching pebbles.
11:59Ooh.
11:59Hi, John.
12:00Look at this.
12:02What are you thinking?
12:02This is nice.
12:03Does it look like this pebble?
12:05My inspiration.
12:06It does.
12:07It does.
12:09Oh, pebbles.
12:10If you stroke it, it gives you the same sensation.
12:13Stroking your walls.
12:14Yeah.
12:15That's the whole idea of having textured wallpaper.
12:18Love the green.
12:19The green looks good, doesn't it?
12:20Yeah.
12:20Yeah.
12:21Rita on.
12:22Rita on.
12:23We're on it.
12:34Can't wait to get to the apartments
12:36to see how our designers are getting on.
12:38But I must say, on this water, I do feel a bit iffy.
12:42Are you all right, sir?
12:45Oh, I'm fine.
12:46I'm fine.
12:47It's just whenever I'm on a boat,
12:48I get a really bad case of the...
12:51Winslet.
12:53Jack!
12:54Jack, I'm flying!
12:59But, sir, we're still in dock.
13:03Oh.
13:07Hi, Craig.
13:07Well, hello, Alan.
13:08What are you making?
13:09I'm making fake bamboo trim.
13:13Please promise me you'll get out more.
13:15Why?
13:16Why?
13:18Well, I'm going for a sort of a tropical vibe.
13:21Oh, yes.
13:22In my master bedroom,
13:23and the budget didn't quite stretch to real bamboo.
13:26So I thought, I'm going to make some.
13:28OK, so tell me.
13:29So what's this, then?
13:30That's my half-round beading.
13:32You get a bit of wood filler,
13:33and you get a credit card,
13:36and I've cut two little grooves in it.
13:37Oh, how clever is that?
13:39And then you just make these little notches.
13:42Oh, I see.
13:43Look at this.
13:43And then, yeah.
13:44And then I spray it gold and I gild it.
13:46It does look like bamboo.
13:48You're very clever.
13:50I think you'd even fool a panda with that.
13:53Hmm.
13:53So listen, let me do one as well.
13:57Do you want to have a go?
13:57Because I want to learn.
13:58Like that, yes?
13:59Yeah.
13:59And then go like this.
14:00Yeah.
14:01And then you sort of drag it over.
14:03Yeah.
14:03Oh, that's rubbish.
14:04It is rubbish.
14:04I'm going to do it again.
14:06What's it like working with Bryony?
14:08She's a joy.
14:09And I've embraced the neutrals.
14:11Get out of here.
14:12Yeah, I've got off-white walls.
14:14She's got pops of colour.
14:16So we are a good team, I think.
14:18Yes.
14:18Do you think this vintage tropical look's enough to get your standout space?
14:22Fingers crossed, Alan.
14:23I'm embracing the brief, so it's in the hands of the gods.
14:27I'm just going to leave you this.
14:29Thanks for that.
14:30And, you know, I don't want any money for it.
14:32If you do win standout space, mention me in your speech.
14:38Each apartment has a spare room, doubling up as a space for guests and for hobbies and crafts.
14:45So the designers need to find ways to make this space as versatile as possible.
14:49So the biggest thing we've got to build in here is this day bed.
14:54Holly's in charge of the spare room in her apartment, and she has a big idea.
14:59I'm thinking we'll get us a little scaffold shelf.
15:02Just your extra storage.
15:03And then if we've got room, a little floaty shelf.
15:05I do like that.
15:06And I like the drawing.
15:07Oh, thank you.
15:08I think it's important to have something else going on in the spare room, not just to make
15:13it purely a bedroom.
15:14So it can be somewhere where you can chill out and read a book, do hobbies, arts and crafts.
15:20Holly's spare bedroom has a nautical theme and will have maritime artwork.
15:25It will also have Venetian blinds and a custom-built day bed with built-in storage, which isn't
15:31as straightforward as she'd hoped.
15:34We need to chat about your day bed.
15:36So we've only got the one sheet of 6mm MDF, so we don't actually have enough material to
15:42build what you want to do.
15:43You're either going to have to alter the design.
15:46Yeah.
15:46Or find some more material.
15:49I might just have to think about it for like two minutes.
15:51I'll get on with something else while you do that.
15:53Okay.
15:53Otherwise we're going to run out of time.
15:55Cool.
15:56I was in a bit of denial about not having enough MDF.
15:58Like I knew I didn't, but I kind of hoped it would be all right, but it's not.
16:02Yeah.
16:02I'll find a solution.
16:04While Holly searches for materials.
16:07I love blue in a bedroom.
16:08It is the exact blue that I wanted.
16:10The other designers are giving their spare room some character with colour.
16:15All of the door is going to be drenched in the blue as well, so it should feel like really
16:19cosy, really engulfing.
16:21Oh, I think Julia will love this.
16:23She'll knit to her heart's content in here.
16:26Wow.
16:27No, it looks so good.
16:29For the spare bedroom, I have considered Flo's grandson, so it is going to be a bit more modern.
16:35Bringing it up onto the ceiling, it just brings the whole like canopy effect on the bed.
16:41It just emphasises a grand, luxurious illusion of a bigger headboard.
16:46Ooh.
16:48Hot.
16:48Hot.
16:49Whoa.
16:49So in the guest bedroom, we're hopefully making a really big feature of the wall behind
16:55the bed.
16:55They'll be panelled and in the gorgeous cinnamon colour.
16:59There'll also be some bespoke artwork made in there that really picks up on the colours
17:03of that room.
17:04John.
17:05Oh.
17:06What colour would you describe this?
17:09Calling this the cinnamon wall.
17:12Is it really cinnamon?
17:13Do you have a different colour in mind?
17:14Satsuma?
17:15It'd be an off-satsuma.
17:17Off-satsuma.
17:18A mouldy satsuma.
17:19A mouldy satsuma.
17:20No, Susan, how's it all going?
17:21Cos last week Michelle said, pair it back, but the buzzword this week is luxury.
17:26What?
17:26This is my luxury, my panelling, and this is my pairing it back, my beige.
17:32Oh, okay.
17:35We're going to my van, cos I've got a piece of OSB, and that might be the solution.
17:40For my day bed.
17:43You might be able to squeeze something out of this.
17:46I knew I'd work it out.
17:48See?
17:48Just needed a bit of time to think about it, didn't you?
17:50I needed a bit of time.
17:52So I didn't have enough MDA, but I found some OSB that I forgot I had.
17:56I fished out my mum's skip last week.
17:58You never know if it'll come in handy, and it has.
18:01With all the walls painted and panelled...
18:03Oh, I love it.
18:05Oh, it looks posh, doesn't it?
18:07The designers can move on to add in the luxury to the living rooms.
18:11The pelmet, it's an opportunity to bring in that archie of the building inside the room.
18:17Whether that be through design features...
18:19That looks so grand.
18:21What's it doing?
18:23...or multifunctional furniture.
18:25Oh, they look fantastic!
18:27I think they look sophisticated.
18:30The bookcase is bringing definitely that va-va-voom, that je ne sais quoi, to the living dining space.
18:37Hi, Greg.
18:37Hello, darling.
18:38You all right?
18:39How's it going in here?
18:39Yeah, not bad.
18:40Not bad.
18:41You see, we've got a nice off-white.
18:43Well, we are in the neutral zone also.
18:45Yeah.
18:45We've got a bit more colour going on.
18:47Okay.
18:47Probably for quite some time in progress.
18:49I think it's all going to lift off any moment.
18:52It will.
18:52I've got a coffee table that I'm making.
18:54Nice.
18:54It's not made yet.
18:55I've got a unit that's kind of covering this whole wall, which is made out of...
19:00Yeah, I don't know.
19:00Is it?
19:01Not here yet.
19:03With the end of day one quickly sailing by...
19:06Oh, hear that?
19:07It sounded good.
19:08...most of the designers are on course.
19:10Relieved.
19:11Well done.
19:12Headboard time.
19:13Briony and Craig are attempting upholstery.
19:16We have a very general idea of what we're doing.
19:20As is Holly.
19:21There you go.
19:22Nice.
19:23So we've not actually started building my bed frame yet, so that's the tomorrow job.
19:27It's all bits that take time.
19:28You don't realise how long they take.
19:30I'm not worried about it yet.
19:31I think we've done good today.
19:34I do.
19:34In terms of biggest concerns tomorrow, getting all the artwork done and time is ticking away.
19:40I think the mindset for tomorrow is to go as fast as you can.
19:44Craig and I really wanted time to style.
19:46This challenge is so much about showcasing your flat and making it really aspirational,
19:50so we want that time at the end of the day.
19:52There's a lot to do, but I think it'll be fine.
20:01The designers have just 12 hours left to complete their apartments.
20:13So day two, we've got quite a lot to cover.
20:16There's a lot to do.
20:17We're going to be busy.
20:18I'm artwork heavier, so I've got a big one for in here, a smaller one for in the hallway,
20:22and four for in the bedroom.
20:25You guys keep painting like mad people.
20:28Everyone grab a bow.
20:29Everyone grab a bow.
20:30Okay, let's go.
20:32If the designers want to make a strong first impression, they've got to ace their hallways.
20:37Ooh!
20:39This looks great.
20:41It needs to be welcoming and elegant whilst giving a hint to the rest of the apartment.
20:46It really stretches the room out, doesn't it?
20:48Yeah, it does.
20:49We've got a dado grail across the room.
20:52Underneath that, a slightly different beige.
20:54You can keep it with our colour palette throughout all the other rooms.
20:56So it's quite a subdued palette, but it should be a nice, welcoming, warm palette.
21:00The hallway, we are going to have some half-height panelling in the dark charcoal grey colour, making
21:06a traditional feature, slightly more modern.
21:08And then I've got stripy wallpaper, which will go up the walls onto the ceiling and back down again.
21:13Ooh!
21:14This is looking good.
21:15Nice, isn't it?
21:16Yeah.
21:17Both Bradley and I love a bit of a stripe.
21:19A nod to the nautical setting that we have here in Porchmouth without being too obvious.
21:25In the yellow, we're doing the doors, the panelling below of the dado rail, and the skirting.
21:32And then we'll mirror that within the panelling on the wall with the trellis wallpaper.
21:36I really wanted to make it bright and sunshiny because there are no windows.
21:40I've got the neutral on the wall.
21:42And that yellows my real pop of colour to do a little bit of Craig.
21:47Not getting the in the seashell vibe as of yet.
21:51Craig's not the only one hoping to make waves with their hallway design.
21:55We are using a glitter cape.
21:57Oh, I can really see it here.
21:59It gives us that pearlescent effect.
22:01Then we've got this amazing coral-inspired wallpaper to kind of create this inside a seashell kind of atmosphere.
22:10Aisha!
22:11Hi!
22:12Oh, I'm loving this wallpaper.
22:14It's nice, right?
22:15Why are you laughing? Do you not like it?
22:17I really like it. I just felt like it was a bit of a risk to put so much pattern in here, but I feel like it's worked.
22:22Yeah, it does. Who's designed it?
22:24Holly drew it and designed it, but we collaborated because I came up with the idea of having coral.
22:29Is that glittery on the ceiling?
22:31Yeah, so it's kind of supposed to be inside of a seashell.
22:34Okay!
22:35Okay!
22:36And who's your client?
22:38So we've got Pearl and Jack.
22:40A retired mermaid and a retired sailor that fell in love.
22:43And this is their home.
22:44Is there gas coming out of here that's sort of...
22:48Are you okay?
22:49I'm good, I'm good.
22:50Yeah.
22:51We just needed, like, a thread of something to design with.
22:54Yeah.
22:55I don't think the people that are coming to see the show home will know about Pearl and Jack.
22:58No, no.
22:59It's just for us.
23:00Do you know what?
23:01Pearl and Jack just to yourself is your, Holly's little secret.
23:04Yeah.
23:05Some of the designers have created fictional clients to give them inspiration.
23:09Aisha's gone for a mermaid.
23:11You can't knock her originality, but last time I looked in the wanted ads section, there weren't many retired mermaids in the market to buy.
23:20But you never know, a design might cause a splash.
23:25Beyond transforming the walls...
23:27So, right now, I am just creating the piece of artwork for the hallway.
23:32The designers can add bespoke pieces to make the space feel luxurious and add a sense of wellbeing.
23:38I'm going to also do art in the guest bedroom and then the living dining area.
23:42They are a prominent feature of the spaces and they're as important as any other piece of furniture in that room.
23:47If you've got different elements in your room that don't necessarily fit together, if you're able to bring the shapes and the colours from those things together in one piece of artwork,
23:56it can provide you with that little bit of continuity and harmony that you might otherwise be missing.
24:02When it's dry, it should look like I've mixed some sand in it.
24:06So, lovely and all textured.
24:08Rita!
24:09Hi, Alan!
24:10Let me guess.
24:11What is it?
24:12An eye.
24:13Oh, my God, yes!
24:14A nose!
24:15Yes!
24:16A mouth!
24:17Perfect.
24:18Oh, my God.
24:19It's a face.
24:20It's a face.
24:22Thank you for helping me with that.
24:23You want to have a go?
24:24Yeah, okay.
24:25This is for the dining area.
24:26Yeah.
24:27And it will sit in the middle of my giant bookcase.
24:29Is this Lola?
24:30Yeah.
24:31What does she do for a living?
24:32She used to be a lingerie designer.
24:34Oh!
24:35In the 70s in London.
24:37Oh, right.
24:38Yes.
24:39And now she retired here.
24:40In Portsmouth.
24:41In Portsmouth, yeah.
24:42Yeah.
24:43And then she have her lovely partner that comes and visit and cooks for her.
24:47He's, like, 30 years younger than me.
24:49Oh, I love Lola.
24:50I know, me too.
24:52How she lost an eye.
24:54I think she was drunk.
24:56Back to me any bit?
25:00Yeah.
25:01While Rita creates her masterpiece, others are finding budget-friendly ways to bring in the luxury.
25:06Lovely.
25:07Proper focal point.
25:09Five pounds.
25:10What a bargain.
25:11The fireplace is just a nice homey feature to have.
25:15And it's bringing detail into the room, the character of the building.
25:19So, I'm currently putting wallpaper and cardboard to put in the fireplace to make the illusion of real brick.
25:26And I think it's just the past, you know, it's...
25:29Looks like brick.
25:30This is my sideboard.
25:33It was an online find for £15.
25:36He's gonna be, like, the separation piece between the living room and the dining room.
25:42These are my table legs.
25:44Well, these are bowls.
25:46I've stuck them all together.
25:48I really wanted a coffee table like this.
25:50But they're really quite expensive.
25:52So, I just thought about ways I could make one.
25:55Stay there, my lovely.
25:56And with their custom creations coming to life...
25:59Just coming up with a little idea like this gives me real joy.
26:03It really elevates a piece of MDF and some wallpaper on it.
26:06It's just amazing.
26:07So happy.
26:08They now need to figure out where all their furniture goes.
26:11This could go in here.
26:12Yeah.
26:13Perfect.
26:14Yeah.
26:15And we can...
26:16Originally, I was gonna have the TV there.
26:17Yeah.
26:18And the sofa here and the table here.
26:19That's it.
26:20Go for it.
26:21Sofa here.
26:22This stays there.
26:23And move the unit round that.
26:24I think the only thing that's playing on my mind a little bit is whether there's enough furniture
26:29and I think they should have been bigger.
26:31Put that at the front.
26:32That in the front, 100%.
26:34Bradley.
26:35Oh, hello.
26:36You look high.
26:37Look at these.
26:38I'm loving this ceiling.
26:40The ceiling.
26:41The ceiling.
26:42Yeah.
26:43You're poshing that.
26:44Oh, look.
26:45Oh, that's wonderful.
26:46I'm seeing a little something on there, Brad.
26:48Oh, yeah, well.
26:49That's a nice green sofa.
26:51Don't.
26:52I've got the same sofa.
26:55You're a lion.
26:56You have got the same sofa.
26:57Have you got the armchair as well?
26:58I have.
26:59Bradley.
27:00Have you?
27:01You haven't got the footstool.
27:02No.
27:03Too far.
27:04Right.
27:06Let's see yours.
27:07Come on.
27:09Welcome, Cassa, to Craig and Briony.
27:11Craig, put the kettle on.
27:14Look, look.
27:15Bit of Craig's yellow.
27:16Yeah, he does.
27:17You can tell it's a bit of Craig.
27:18Yeah.
27:19Yeah, it is.
27:20Right, come on in.
27:21So my sofa's not in yet.
27:22Oh.
27:23No, Briony, the panel.
27:24Oh, good.
27:25It's so classy.
27:26Do you want to know where my sofa's going?
27:27Oh, yeah, go on.
27:28Where are our sofa's?
27:29So just here.
27:30Okay.
27:31So they're going to be facing the TV.
27:32Shall we have a little seat?
27:33Yeah, go on.
27:34Oh.
27:35What shall we watch?
27:36Interior Design Master's seat.
27:38Can't get over the contrast between the hallway and the living room.
27:44I feel like I wouldn't have done the yellow on the doors,
27:47but it's a colour that isn't appealing to everyone.
27:55Oh.
27:56We got the media unit.
27:58As well as the living areas.
28:00I think it's lovely.
28:01Oh.
28:02It's going up.
28:04The designers must also create a dining area.
28:07I do love it.
28:09There you go.
28:10I just winged it and it worked.
28:12This is the dining table.
28:16Yeah, no, it's perfect.
28:19It's ideal for what I'm looking for.
28:21It's really important for us to stage these little areas.
28:24And, like, pockets of spaces around the apartment.
28:27So you can really envision yourself in the space.
28:31Bryony.
28:32Hi, Alan.
28:33Oh.
28:34If you wanted to invite me on a date, you should have just said.
28:37So that's why you've got me in here.
28:39Yeah, yeah.
28:40So what else needs to be done, then?
28:41I could do with a hand with hanging some picture frames, actually.
28:43Oh, okay.
28:44So who are these photos of?
28:46That's Julia and David, isn't it?
28:48Oh, and so who's that in this photo?
28:50Well, that's their friends.
28:51Let's just put them up.
28:52All right.
28:53Back in the bedrooms.
28:54Yay!
28:55The beds are in.
28:56This is not a master bedroom.
28:57It needs to be empty so she can run around.
28:58How much have you got that in?
28:59Whoa!
29:00Oh, my God.
29:01And the designers can focus on making their rooms...
29:02All right, don't worry.
29:03...feel like a home.
29:04These are my beautiful vintage botanical prints.
29:05So beautiful and so suit the mood.
29:06So I'm trying to create an antique mirror effect.
29:09Victoria's ageing her mirrors to give the idea of faded grandeur.
29:11So I am popping some acrylic ink on the top of it.
29:12Hopefully it'll look nice and expensive.
29:13These are going to sit at either side of the wallpaper mural.
29:14I've not done this before.
29:15No.
29:16I am winging it.
29:17Just hoping for the best.
29:18A good looking mint.
29:19And Holly's spare room is finally coming together.
29:20I think it feels like a dead bed.
29:21It looks like a dead bed.
29:22It looks like a dead bed.
29:23It looks like a dead bed.
29:24It looks like a dead bed.
29:25It looks like a dead bed.
29:26It looks like a dead bed.
29:27It looks like a dead bed.
29:28It looks like a dead bed.
29:29It looks like a dead bed.
29:30So beautiful and so suit the mood.
29:31So I'm trying to create an antique mirror effect.
29:32Victoria's ageing her mirrors to give the idea of faded grandeur.
29:33So I am popping some acrylic ink on the top of it.
29:34Hopefully it'll look nice and expensive.
29:35These are going to sit at either side of the wallpaper mural.
29:39I've not done this before.
29:40No.
29:41I am winging it.
29:42Just hoping for the best.
29:43A good looking mint.
29:44And Holly's spare room is finally coming together.
29:47I think it feels like a dead bed.
29:48Wow.
29:49It looks like a ship now.
29:51I'm hoping to put in like a little shelf over it.
29:54Just to kind of make a bit of extra storage.
29:57With all the furniture in place.
30:00It appears I've got an idea.
30:03The designers now need to create a cosy atmosphere.
30:07A little magnet.
30:08Oh.
30:09Right.
30:10Using lighting.
30:11Ta-da!
30:12It does look like sugar wetting.
30:15What do you reckon?
30:16No, it doesn't look cool.
30:17Our lovely light fitting is supposed to look like a shelf.
30:20And we felt that it would be perfect representing Pearl's Underwater Adventures.
30:24And by carefully dressing their apartment, also known as home staging.
30:29One shelf is empty there.
30:31I love doing this.
30:33I love putting things on shelves and staging.
30:35It's just I would rather have half a day than like half a minute.
30:39The aim of the home staging was to create a personality to the flat.
30:44But not clutter it up.
30:45I've never actually done any home staging before.
30:48But I think we've got enough elements to make that flat look like someone lives in it.
30:53Plastic lemons are go.
30:55Shiver me timbers, you've got less than an hour.
31:02Aye, aye, Captain.
31:04Arrgh!
31:08Moving, keep moving, keep moving.
31:09Don't stop moving.
31:12Yes, gorgeous.
31:13Frame is kind of sticky.
31:18Feeding under pressure is horrible.
31:20High-speed extreme danger painting.
31:22That Craigie lives on the edge.
31:24We've got a lot of stuff, haven't we?
31:25The show apartments are getting their all-important finishing touches.
31:29We've just got no time.
31:30Haven't even got any curtains.
31:32It's not very well staged, is it?
31:36This is a blind.
31:37It's gone on the window.
31:38Probably a bit late in the day.
31:39But we've all been a bit busy.
31:41I think the bricks looked a bit nah for the fireplace.
31:44Do you know what to do?
31:45I don't think it's going to get done.
31:48There was supposed to be some artworks in this room.
31:51In the end, that was just a time thing, really.
31:55It's not the best.
32:00We're going to have to scrap it.
32:01We haven't got time for a blind.
32:03I found this really cool tea set.
32:20This might not be as finished off as we would have liked.
32:26Et voila.
32:27It's good, doesn't it?
32:28It's good, doesn't it?
32:29That time just flew by.
32:30It went very fast.
32:31Faster than usual.
32:32Those pictures are well wonky.
32:34Michelle has arrived in Portsmouth to critique the apartments with award-winning designer Sue Timney.
32:42Sue is creative director at luxury retirement developer Wallasea Living and has designed for an array of prestigious commercial clients, including the Royal Botanic Gardens Q and Marks & Spencer.
32:57Later life is about having fun. These spaces are for people who still want to enjoy their lives.
33:18I think the misconceptions when designing for older people is to forget that they're one of us.
33:26We're basically that same person we were when we were younger.
33:30So we want to be excited by the spaces.
33:33We want to be stimulated.
33:35I want to see a sense of personality.
33:37We're trying to evoke a sense of aspiration that retirement can be fun and exciting and have a space to match.
33:48I would say that apartment is luxury to me. Bradley and I have worked together to create this crazy luxury space for our client flow.
34:01I really think we've smashed it.
34:03There was a few hiccups, especially with the fireplace.
34:06Hopefully the impression of what I wanted to achieve is there.
34:13Definitely a strong opening statement from Victoria.
34:16So we've got a lot going on here.
34:18She's added the dado rail.
34:19She's got an embossed paper making a panel effect underneath it.
34:23And then vertical stripes above it.
34:26What it does is elongate the very tall room to start with.
34:29Exactly.
34:30It takes your eyes straight up to a completely blank ceiling.
34:33In a narrow hallway like this, if we put them horizontal, we'd have given ourselves a bit more width.
34:39Look at the lovely, big, plush sofa and an armchair.
34:48I'm from the Bradleys.
34:49I've even got a squidgy coffee table, which I think is quite a lovely device.
34:53I love it.
34:54It doesn't look boring, does it?
34:56No, because you've got this bucolic scene going on in the back with a fireplace.
35:01This is intriguing.
35:02I applaud the idea of the fireplace, but I feel it's a bit twee.
35:08And it does look like they've run out of time because the internal piece isn't sorted.
35:14It's a very deliberate ploy that they've taken the space that would normally have the TV and given us a hearth instead.
35:20Yes.
35:21I'd rather love it.
35:22I'd absolutely love these pelmets that reflect the historic arches that we've seen.
35:28They celebrate both of these big windows, which is really quite lovely.
35:32Yes.
35:33This area, then, is Victoria's, which my immediate impression is it does flow very seamlessly from the living area.
35:41So, look, Victoria has added in a little breakfast bar here, and she's matched the level with the dining table,
35:47which is interesting because ordinarily a breakfast bar is higher and you're perched on a stool.
35:51Yes.
35:52But she's recognising that, you know, in later life, probably I don't want to wobble on a stool.
35:55No.
35:56I'm going to sit on a dining chair.
35:57The green lid over all of it really anchors everything.
36:00No, there's something very kind of fresh and upbeat about it.
36:03It is, isn't it?
36:04Ooh.
36:05Wow.
36:06So, this is Victoria's bedroom.
36:07This feels super luxy.
36:09Yes.
36:10Very brave, again, drenching the ceiling, but then dropping down into the dark, inky, bluey, green colour.
36:16Yes.
36:17But with that lovely white band, oh, my goodness, that's the bit that I love.
36:20Wow.
36:21And it just is incredible.
36:23This is what we were after.
36:25Yes.
36:26I'm getting the sense that the person living here, you know, they're a bit glamorous, they're a bit boho, they know what they like.
36:30Yes.
36:31Don't you just love the scale of that?
36:33Yes.
36:34That's what really sings as you walk in, grabs you and then envelops you.
36:39Oh, Bradley's bedroom.
36:42How splendid is this whole headboard treatment?
36:46And the whole thing just wraps up and over the wall and then this beautiful smoky grey blue colour.
36:52That's just kind of fabulous, isn't it?
36:55Yes.
36:56It may sound niggly, but that ceiling rose has been painted through and with a little bit more planning, that curve could have changed its angle and missed the ceiling rose and the alarm there as well.
37:09I think Lola is really proud of the space. The walls in the kitchens are blue. Gives it this sophisticated modern feel to a show home.
37:26I wanted to go for like luxury hotel style in the master bedroom. I think I've nailed it.
37:31Really, really pleased with what myself and Rita have accomplished. I had some artwork to go in the guest bedroom and that didn't make the cut.
37:38I'm not sure if it's a time management issue or maybe slightly overambitious.
37:46John took responsibility for the hallway. This is a rather sophisticated entryway.
37:51He's added in the day-day rail, but then wallpapers above it.
37:54Yes.
37:55Which I'd rather like.
37:56I love it.
37:57Makes me quite excited for what I'm going to see in the living room.
38:00Me too.
38:01So John took responsibility for the living area and then I believe Rita was responsible for the dining and kitchen.
38:11So it's interesting to me that we flowed from the hallway into a very similar aesthetic here, but you've got this amazing pop of turquoise at the end of the room to draw you across.
38:22It works and makes the space feel bigger because the colour sweeps across.
38:28We're getting a lot of personality in this storage unit here with the art and the choice of artefacts.
38:33The artwork is sophisticated.
38:35I'm beginning to see a real talent in Rita. This is quite different to the work that she's done before, which has been more rough-edged.
38:43It's really nice to see something so contemporary. I do find, though, in the living area, John's sofa, a little bit teeny, we're lacking a little generosity in this space here.
38:53Yes.
38:54I think we could have filled that a bit more in order to make it feel more comfortable. I'm not sure I really want to perch in the window. I want a big sofa.
39:01No, there is a big space there between the curtains that something could have gone in, even if it was a beautiful piece of art in later living.
39:11The stimulation art gives one's mind is immense.
39:15It is very simple and pared back.
39:19It's about a little bit of panache here and there, and that's not quite there.
39:24I think this is the weakest part of this whole room.
39:28This is Rita's master bedroom.
39:31We have the velvet headboard and then the ribbon of green around it all, boxes in the headboard, and I just think, isn't that beautiful?
39:41This curve is part of the history of the building, and she's then taken her olive band around it. It really works.
39:49I'm slightly feeling that thing of she's stopped at show apartment and not quite given us that extra little bit of character that we did ask for.
39:59Yep.
40:00So John's bedroom.
40:02Wow, I love that. Burnt orange.
40:05But the room needs it, doesn't it, because we've gone very pared back again.
40:10It is absolutely defining this room as a guest bedroom.
40:14It is.
40:15There is nothing much else that is potentially able to happen in here.
40:18No, it's greedy for space, isn't it, that bed.
40:21It needs some art, and that wall there is perfect for a big piece.
40:27But in terms of design, it's a perfectly nice room.
40:30It's all very inoffensive, and so therefore I do think,
40:33OK, John, come on, you're going to have to give me a little bit more.
40:37Yep.
40:38A little bit more.
40:39As you say, the words are nice and inoffensive.
40:42And that's not good enough.
40:43No.
40:44Epic.
40:45Loved working with Craig.
40:46It all came together in the last hour.
40:47I feel like we've managed to bring our individual styles, but also try and be cohesive together around the whole apartment.
41:02When Michelle and Sue go into an apartment, I hope they're going to notice our attention to detail.
41:07We've really tried to make it look like somebody lives there.
41:11So this is Craig's hallway.
41:15It's a nice sunny first impression.
41:17I like the combination of the sort of muted sage and the sort of egg yolk-y yellow.
41:22And it's a nice spacious hallway.
41:24What I like is that the styling feels comfortable and real.
41:27It's a good first impression.
41:29You get the sense of a life that's being lived here.
41:32Oh, Sue.
41:33Wow.
41:34So Bryony has taken most of the responsibility for the living area and the dining room.
41:41So we see the yellow repeated in the curtain.
41:44Yeah.
41:45You've got that nice biscuity grey colour on the walls.
41:47Yeah.
41:48And her panelling has really added some rhythm to the wall.
41:51It's restrained, but it's very liveable and luxury.
41:56Yes.
41:57I feel spacious as well.
41:59We've got big, chunky furniture in here and yet it doesn't feel cluttered.
42:03I think this is a really strong, coordinated effort.
42:08Wow.
42:09What a pretty room.
42:11I like how Craig's taken that green colour and then we've gone up a notch by putting the red in as well.
42:17I don't know, I've got a really lovely feeling in here.
42:19It's quite unexpected, but still feels part of the same family of rooms.
42:24I love also the reference to the bamboo everywhere.
42:28Apparently he'd made it himself.
42:30And that must have taken so long, but I actually think it was really worth it.
42:34It was.
42:35Because it really pulls everything together.
42:37I think Craig has created a story that's then let him fill it in with all these pieces and references.
42:45It works because actually the colours and the prints are very strong.
42:49The references all work together.
42:51Even the little gold tassels on the units give you that nod to something that's a little bit exotic.
42:57Ah.
42:58So this is Bryony's room.
43:00She did bring back the dado and the panelling and yet Craig's room didn't feel the poorer for not having it.
43:07No.
43:08Because he introduced art and texture in other ways.
43:11Yes.
43:12Because that's not to say that it doesn't work in this room.
43:14It's making a lot of sense as a cohesive place to live in with later life.
43:21You're going to spend a little bit more time in your home.
43:24You want those spaces to have personality.
43:26I think that's quite successful here.
43:28I absolutely love the hallway in the living area.
43:38It feels really warming.
43:39I wasn't able to stage to the best of my ability.
43:42But hopefully Michelle and Sue can look past the unfinished items.
43:46I'm a little bit disappointed that we didn't get to finish all the builds and all the decorating.
43:51I still think it looks cool.
43:53Gosh.
43:55This is Aisha's hallway.
43:59This is such a small space.
44:01You're enveloped by this feeling of wallpaper taking over.
44:06We've got the beading around the door, which I kind of quite like.
44:10Yeah, I don't like that.
44:11It's a lot all in one very tiny space.
44:14Holly and Aisha constructed a huge narrative about their potential owner.
44:20So we've got this retired naval officer and his mermaid wife.
44:24Ooh.
44:25Which you've got to go so many layers deeper than that.
44:29Otherwise you end up with glitter on the ceiling because his wife's a mermaid.
44:33This is an apartment for a couple in their later stage of life.
44:38It can be fun, but where's the final line between fun and don't be silly?
44:43Ooh.
44:44At least it's a lot calmer in here.
44:48Ooh.
44:49Yes.
44:50It's a bit of a shock to the system after seeing a hallway that's less than subtle.
44:56Yes.
44:57To come into something that's more than subtle.
45:00This is Aisha's area.
45:02So if we were flowing from Aisha's hallway into Aisha's living space.
45:06Yes.
45:07I've just, I've met a completely different person in here.
45:10Yes.
45:11You're mixing all your design metaphors.
45:13I've got scaffold shelving.
45:15I've got a sort of fifties style-ish console.
45:19And then you've got a very low sofa that actually higher furniture as you get to later life is more conducive.
45:25Yes.
45:26So maybe in the end this wasn't a terribly happy marriage between a sailor and the mythical mermaid.
45:32Holly took responsibility for the dining area and the kitchen.
45:35And this table is set with the most horrendous table sitting.
45:40I mean, I get it.
45:41She's gone with the pearlescent because it's like under the sea.
45:43Yes.
45:44But this is a luxurious setting.
45:46And I'm going to sit every day and eat of this?
45:49I'm slightly having a minor meltdown because it's just, they're so good.
45:53They're so talented and I just don't understand what they've done here.
45:59Holly's taken on the spare bedroom.
46:01Yes.
46:02We have got more space here.
46:03Yes.
46:04To do other things.
46:05Is it my imagination or does this room feel unfinished?
46:10I completely agree.
46:11I mean, I feel like we had a design idea here.
46:14If you were really designing this, we'd put drawers under the bed.
46:17There's not even any blinds or curtains here.
46:20Something went drastically wrong with the time.
46:24So this is Aisha's master bedroom.
46:26I like this sunburst around the ceiling rose.
46:29That's quite fun.
46:30That's the kind of fun I can get into.
46:32Yeah.
46:33Again, we've got the same colour, that white cream.
46:37I guess it's throughout.
46:38I think they've very much gone down the route of it's a show home so let's keep it really neutral.
46:43We very specifically, in this brief, wanted more than that.
46:47We wanted a sense of home.
46:49We wanted a sense of someone that lived here.
46:52Yes, it was very important.
46:53As Michelle and Sue head off to consider their decision, the designers take a sneaky look at the competition.
47:02Oh my God, I love it.
47:04The stripes.
47:05They're going the other way though.
47:07Oh, that's really funny.
47:08I think they've designed that for people.
47:10Yeah, it must be Holly's special.
47:12This feels Johnny, which means that over there feels very retail.
47:16It's really fresh, really contemporary.
47:17Yeah.
47:18Oh, that feels nice.
47:19I think this is brown.
47:20I mean, it's a bit low.
47:21Slightly.
47:22I love the fireplace.
47:23I just wonder why they put this.
47:25This area to me feels more staged, more finished.
47:29It's more polished and refined, isn't it?
47:30Yeah.
47:31Do you think she's a tad of copies at the client's?
47:34Maybe.
47:35I would just like to say something.
47:36I will use a bigger clock.
47:38The designers are back at the studio to find out which team will win Stand Out Space.
47:43I will use a bigger clock the designers are back at the studio to find out which team will win
47:51standout space and who will be on the sofa all the way from Portsmouth to Brighton Beach who
47:58wants to retire now and just move in Craig did you fool any pandas with your faux bamboo yeah
48:05I saw a few nibbling on it as we left John was you happy with your moldy satsuma wall cinnamon
48:12that's it cinnamon now I know what you're thinking this challenge is all about high-end style so who
48:18better to guess judge than myself strangely the producers thought differently so please let's
48:26welcome the incredibly chic Michelle and Sue Timney this was actually a very tricky brief you had a
48:39lot to play with here researching later life living a whole apartment to design and working
48:46in pairs I was very impressed we got some really sophisticated results and nothing patronizing
48:53well thank goodness so who made you want to put down a deposit well my standout space has to go
49:04to Craig and Briony thank you we just loved walking into that sunny hallway but then seeing how you just
49:20used elements of that design throughout the whole space that really held it together while allowing
49:26us to see your two different styles yeah Craig we loved your bamboo that was very ingenious and
49:32Briony we loved the paneling amazing thank you so who else is going through to next week Bradley and Victoria
49:41again we just felt this lovely sense of joy when we walked in and I know that we both absolutely
49:50adored Victoria your bedroom I've never wanted a floral bedroom more than I have since I've seen that it was
49:57wonderful thank you very much anyone else Peter we really loved your storage unit and the turquoise that felt
50:06like a great space that someone could put all their treasures out of all of the apartments it encompassed
50:11artworks beautifully thank you John I would like to have a little bit of a longer chat with you on my sofa
50:18along with Aisha and Holly and congratulations everyone else we'll see you later oh I'm here for winning
50:26standout space I this feeling is good much nicer than the sofa space how I'm feeling right now thank
50:36you Michelle wish you guys luck on the sofa feel like there were parts of the space that worked really
50:43really well but the elephant in the room is that bedroom I just don't think it gave off luxury when
50:48it was done I was pretty much prepared to be on the sofa this week there is a possibility that some
50:55design elements that Michelle might not have agreed with but I do stand beside my design if it was
51:01finished I feel like it would have given what it needed to give maybe we kept it a bit neutral I'm
51:07not sure maybe it wasn't luxury enough I think give Jack and Pearl we're real they'd love the space
51:11hello
51:18should we dive straight in yeah Holly and Aisha where did your story about your potential owners
51:26come from because the building's like so rich in its history like naval you don't want to like lose that
51:32but maybe not typical okay so you didn't want to go down the cliche naval route yeah yeah I'll was a
51:37mermaid was she not yeah talk me through this it was kind of playful and it was just kind of a thread
51:45of something to hold on to to see us through our design obviously it's not literally walk into the
51:51space the color palette getting that saw yes textures like with the pearls and the shell and the shell and the
51:57pearlescent thing now that you're bringing it up it feels a little bit silly to have a story at the
52:04beginning of your design is really helpful because it gives you someone to design for but introducing a
52:11mythical creature it's just it's flimsy that hasn't got enough weight to it which then gets played out in
52:20your design because as much as you're saying well we didn't want it to be too literal it was there was
52:26glitter on the ceiling and the crockery on the dining table it's based on a what was really a
52:35quite a weak foundation I used to talk about specifically the stylistic choices you made in
52:41your living area my design intention for that space was to create a social hosting area I'm asking
52:48stylistically in terms of a design language what linked those pieces I felt like those chairs related
52:55to the modular shelving the orange that was just the sofa was in our color palette picking up one
53:01color from somewhere else does not a cohesive design language make your arm shows as beautiful as they
53:06were as the pair lovely curved shapes your modular scaffolding shelving unit very square and boxy we
53:14struggled to understand the choices of the thing about good design it has to instantly tell a visual story
53:22you shouldn't have to explain in words what's happening and why yeah I feel like that is lack
53:28of experience on my part and I suppose that's where I'm learning you know Holly tell me a little
53:34bit about in the bedroom because that felt a bit unfinished there's meant to be a Venetian blind on the
53:40window I ran out of time with that I wanted to dress the easel I wanted to do like a little painting book and I ran out of time
53:46planning is one of the most important stages if you don't get that right nothing that follows is
53:52going to be the right mood that's exactly how I feel that is essentially what's not working about the
53:59scheme you did together you start from this dodgy premise you're not going to get a great result but I
54:05do want to move it over to John's your imagined client that you came up with with Rita was Lola
54:12the retired lingerie designer yes who's real anymore we didn't want someone to be a stereotypical person
54:24in their late years it's someone who's led a fabulous life and they're going to continue living a fabulous
54:29life well I get it and I love it and that was brilliant and we walked into your hallway which
54:34we both thought was one of the best hallways yes all of the designs it was sophisticated it was
54:39luxurious you had the horizontal stripes that made it feel bigger and then we walked into a living
54:44room and I didn't feel low yeah I wanted to bring a kind of refined elegance to the room and reflect
54:50the kind of Georgian architecture of the building and really bring that through I kind of did that and
54:56made the room seem taller and then it had the effect of making all the furniture seem really small
55:01yes there was a lack of generosity we felt with the furniture because you had one sofa and then a window
55:08seat if we move then into your spare bedroom it was very elegant nice colour do you understand that
55:15what was missing from it it's lacking the kind of sumptuous texture and layers and the idea that a
55:23real person lives there and it's not just a kind of transient space that people well you've hit the
55:28nail on the head it was crying out for more and the walls they needed to be filled with art and
55:35that's what you do I know I had actually started doing some art for that particular room and I ran out
55:41of time and the other pieces of art they took longer than I anticipated you've got to work out what you
55:47stand for and how you add the va-va-voom and maybe a little bit of a self saboteur well yes actually
55:55you're being a bit hesitant yeah and I think actually just push through that okay then let's see what you
56:01can do but Aisha and Holly you gave me something that had glitter on the ceilings I think you know it
56:11wasn't the depth I needed for this project and so for that reason I'm so sorry but you two will be
56:19leaving us this week thank you for everything that you've just said to us yeah it's been really good feedback
56:25definitely yeah oh come here come here oh Sue and Michelle they gave me some valuable insights so I'm
56:34gonna take that away with me and try and grow from it thank you I'm really glad to be going
56:39because I'm like learning every week this is the first interior designing I've ever done in my life
56:44this is a pretty like extreme way of getting into it but now yeah I definitely want to do more
56:50it was really hard to send Holly and Aisha home this week Holly won standout space last week
56:57and Aisha has really been growing in confidence but I think it just goes to show that you can't
57:02build good design from a weak foundation
57:06next time
57:09we're at Battersea Dogs and Cat Zone
57:12oh I hope Michelle doesn't have a bone set for me for these
57:15where the designers meet their toughest but cutest client yet
57:19looks like a doggy spa
57:21and have to transform training rooms into domestic spaces
57:25oh this is spectacular
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