Interior Design Masters (2025) S06 E05
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00:00This week we're in Twickenham, home of England Rugby, doing up hospitality suites, and I'm
00:11expecting everyone to work like elite athletes. I want to see speed when you're sanding and
00:17stripping. The walls, Piers, the walls. And I want to see power save the batteries for
00:25game time. I want to see teamwork. Love it. Now all I've got to do is get me hands on some
00:32odd shaped balls. Catch! Welcome to Interior Design Masters. Last time, the designers transformed
00:46dog training rooms at Battersea. Oh, I hope Michelle doesn't have a bone to pick for me
00:50for these. Craig's bold pop art design was best in show. Oh, this is spectacular. I've
00:58walked into a cartoon. Winning standout space for the second time. Congratulations. It
01:04was so brilliant. John, Brani and Bradley were left in the dog house. We asked for a home
01:10environment. It doesn't feel like a domestic space. But it was Bradley who was sent home.
01:14Well done. Thank you so much. I am feeling gossers. The dog's got me.
01:20Do you either have you been to a rugby match? No. No, never have you? Yeah. I have no idea
01:34about rugby, but I'm so ready to tackle this brief and win it. Hopefully. They made me play
01:41at school. Okay. How was that for you? That's where the affair ended. So I had an amazing
01:46week last week. Standout space. But now the slate is clean. It's all going to blazing for
01:52week five. I've never been in a hospitality box. Probably expensive. Be expensive. Very.
01:58I've got to go all out on this one. I want standout space. That's what I'm aiming for. Going
02:03from the sofa into the next week, you always feel like you've got such a lot to prove. So new
02:08week, new start. Hello, everyone. Hello. Hello. Hello. Michelle, what would you call a group of
02:17designers who've survived four very intense challenges? Tired. Yes. Well, there's no rest
02:26for the talented. It's game time. And boy, have we got a lot for you to tackle. Hospitality boxes
02:33at Twickenham. Allianz Stadium, Twickenham is the home of England rugby. It seats 82,000
02:42people, making it the largest purpose-built rugby stadium in the world. There are also 150
02:48hospitality suites with unrivalled views of the pitch that can host around 12 guests with
02:53a well-stocked bar and a slap-up meal. These are premium hospitality suites for die-hard
03:01rugby fans and for corporate entertainment days out. So they need to be super smart and
03:06swanky, but also good for relaxing both before and after kick-off. And helping Michelle referee
03:12your designs is someone who is no stranger to hospitality. It's the wonderful Nisha Katona.
03:22So you've got two days and a budget of £2,000 to play for the win.
03:28Get out there. Come on. Thank you. I love this whistle. I think we should have a gap. Victoria.
03:35This is giving me a real sense of power. Yes, I see that.
03:40In West London, our designers are touching down at the epic stadium.
03:46Look at it. It's huge. It's so massive. Underneath the tiered seating of the north stand lie
03:59the hospitality boxes the designers are heading to. I want to walk into these suites and feel
04:06the passion behind this ancient game. I want to know that I'm at the heart of England rugby.
04:11Here we go. Good luck, everyone.
04:16Oh, wow. What a view. This is gorgeous.
04:20With suites costing around £60,000 a year to hire.
04:24This is an interesting little room.
04:26Thinking it's going to be squeezed to get 12 people in here.
04:30Our designers must make sure these premium spaces are practical for serving food and drinks.
04:36OK. At least it's a nice blank canvas to work with.
04:39And give a real sense of occasion.
04:42It's like a dentist's waiting room, albeit a purple one.
04:48I've essentially got a van full of boxes of chairs.
04:52I've got some big truck vibbles. Aren't they cool?
04:55Underneath the boxes of the chairs are boxes of tables.
04:58I've got my beer bottles.
05:00I've got something exciting.
05:01Last order.
05:02Don't be handing those beers out just yet.
05:07To help nail their hospitality suites.
05:10Hello.
05:11The designers will team up with a carpenter.
05:14Hey.
05:15How are you doing? Very good.
05:17And a decorator each.
05:19So my suite is a very good one because it's about girls' power.
05:23So this week, I thought, because there's 150 suites, why not dedicate one to women's rugby?
05:29So this lady was the first girl that ever played rugby in the 19th century.
05:34Emily Valentine.
05:35I love a good story because it helps me to be more creative.
05:39If I imagine the character that will use the space, then it helps my creativity a bit more.
05:44I would like it to look like a cosy, warm pub.
05:48The other inspiration was this beautiful painting of a young girl that was 10 years old that played rugby.
05:54I'm inspired by the background in the painting.
05:56Yeah.
05:57For a decorator, the whole room is green.
05:59Great. Awesome.
06:00I love it.
06:01Yes!
06:02Do I look like a rugby player?
06:04Not like that.
06:06Bryony is also a fan of the pub vibe.
06:09I've chosen a pub theme because, to me, a pub aesthetic really hits this brief.
06:14You want to open the door and feel premium, but feel the comfort.
06:20A pub just really hits that part of the brief in terms of the crossover between premium and informal.
06:26Bryony's bougie pub will embrace her signature style of earthy neutral walls and panelling.
06:33Her collection of rugby balls will create an installation on one side of the room.
06:38The bar will add a touch of class to the suite with dark charcoal paint and beveled glass cabinets.
06:44She's the only designer using all the existing furniture.
06:48She's simply dressing the tables and she'll upcycle the chairs using charcoal fabric paint for backs and gold velvet for the seats.
06:56We've got the lovely pale stone colour.
06:59It makes it feel a bit warmer and with it coming up over the ceiling as well,
07:03it's going to make it feel cosy, nice, a bit posh.
07:07That's a bit bougie, isn't it?
07:09Ready for the next one?
07:10Absolutely.
07:11Yes.
07:12Victoria has been doing some hospitality suite research.
07:15I don't know much about rugby so I tried to get myself into stadiums to have a better look at what they can offer.
07:23So what I've found is ultimately it needs to be functional more than anything else for the end client.
07:29So I'm hoping to create a far more luxe environment, trying to make it modern corporate and having a bit of me in there as well.
07:36In terms of decorating, we're doing a whole lot of wallpapering.
07:40OK.
07:41I'm taking my colour palette from an England strip.
07:45So these stripes, hopefully it helps you massively that I've had them printed onto wallpaper.
07:49Sure.
07:50So the stripe is going across the wall and then also down following this line as well.
07:54So it's going to go down there.
07:55Like that.
07:56Yeah.
07:57It's then going to get a V shape and then go straight the way down.
08:00Right.
08:01Thanks.
08:02Cheers.
08:03Hey.
08:04Oh, look at that.
08:05Love that colour.
08:06While Victoria's bought a ready-made stripe wallpaper.
08:10Here's a little indicator as to where we're going.
08:14John's painting his by hand.
08:17Really, I was looking for a wallpaper that looked something like this, but I couldn't find one anywhere.
08:21So I thought, well, I wonder how difficult it would be to paint it.
08:24I'll mask one off.
08:25So I did one in about, well, I did this board in about a half hour.
08:28Not much for you to do, don't we?
08:30Go and get my gear.
08:31I don't know.
08:32My inspiration for this week's design is vintage rugby and premium gentlemen's clubs, that kind of thing.
08:39The top half of the walls, I'm going to do a series of stripes that resemble the kind of old rugby shirts.
08:45Once we've got these walls masked off, hopefully I've got a lovely stripy room by the end of the day.
08:50It's just a wish list.
08:52No, Bridget.
08:55John's hand-painted horizontal stripes in vintage rugby shirt colours will add to the sense of a gentleman's club, along with panelling the lower half of the walls.
09:06They will be painted a traditional green to echo the ceiling.
09:10His guests will be served their food across two tables, seated in tan leather effect chairs.
09:17But the pièce de résistance will be the bar, elevated with gold leaf and mirrors.
09:22There will be storage cabinets for drinks and John's using his design and technology skills to create a routed ply cladding,
09:29which will incorporate the England rose on the TV wall.
09:33How's it going?
09:34The bar area is going to be clad in wood and lines are going to be cut into that wood, leaving just straight grooves going essentially up the length of the wood.
09:45It's not something I've seen before. It seems like it could work. Let's see if it does.
09:50I did a tidy up of exactly how many of these grooves I'll be cutting.
09:54It came up to a grand total of 126 grooves. So my aim is to keep cutting the rest of these.
10:00All right, mate. I'll see you later.
10:04Oh, no, not you again.
10:06Oh, it's the tall one.
10:07Bloody hell.
10:09Also going down the classy gentleman's club route is Craig.
10:13So my inspiration for this hospitality suite is going to be like a 1950s gentleman's cocktail lounge.
10:20I've been inspired by Don Draper, TV's Mad Men.
10:23Obviously, I have a very vintage retro aesthetic, which pleases me.
10:27So, of course, I was going to lean into that.
10:29This one, there will be Mark Rothko-inspired wood panelling.
10:34I don't know if people who come to watch rugby matches really would appreciate that, but I felt I have to sort of go with my style.
10:44It's going to look really luxe, but it's a lot of work.
10:48So, to make my beautiful wall panelling, I need a lovely dark colour on this wood.
10:54Oh, this is very quick. I'm liking this.
10:57Should've had high heels.
10:59Oh, oh, my goodness.
11:01Oh, hello.
11:03Nice colour.
11:07Oh, my God, our rooms are so similar.
11:10Is it actually?
11:11Why do you think it's similar, the rooms?
11:13Because we've both got panelling.
11:15Yeah.
11:16Our panelling's green.
11:17The exact same green.
11:18Ah.
11:19Yeah.
11:20Are everything going to be green?
11:22Yeah.
11:23Ceiling going to be green?
11:24Everything.
11:25It's a green room.
11:26Wow, you're going more green than I am.
11:28I know.
11:29Nice to see you've got a bit of panelling in here as well.
11:31I know.
11:32Inspired by you.
11:33Challenge three, you know.
11:34Looks good.
11:35I thought I'd try something different.
11:36No, it looks nice.
11:37Well done.
11:38Very kind.
11:40See you later.
11:41Bye.
11:42Me and Rita have picked exactly the same colour paint.
11:45She's painting her whole room this colour.
11:47Don't know how we do it.
11:49I'm slightly concerned that I walk into his and think, oh, my God, this is identical.
11:53May the best green win.
11:55It's incredible to be here in Twickenham.
12:01And when the Women's England squad asked me to join them for a game, I couldn't believe it.
12:06What am I going to be?
12:08Fly, prop, prop off, flanker.
12:10Oh, here they come now.
12:12Come on, girls.
12:13Woo!
12:14We got this.
12:15We can do it.
12:16So, Red Roses, where do you want me on the pitch?
12:18On the side.
12:19On the side.
12:20Alan, you're the mascot.
12:21Come on, Alan.
12:22Better go check on the designers.
12:31Rita.
12:32Hi, Alan.
12:33Aw, Rita.
12:34Welcome to the pub.
12:35Now, listen, who is this?
12:37So, my inspiration was this beautiful painting.
12:41And then my entire pub idea and colours came from this.
12:44What a lovely painting.
12:46I'm dedicating my space to women's rugby.
12:48And do you play rugby yourself?
12:50No, I just like watching them because I have good legs.
12:53That's all about, I know about rugby.
12:56You're shallow, just like me.
12:58We just like a beer and watch men running around with little shorts playing rugby.
13:02I'm looking at this green.
13:05John's got the same green.
13:07I know.
13:08Who had the green first?
13:09Is he stealing your ideas?
13:10I don't know.
13:11I also saw him with an old painting of a girl holding a rugby ball and he was attaching it to a mirror.
13:18No, he's not.
13:19OK, already I'm like, I want my green to look better than his.
13:22I know, you're not here to play, you're here to slay.
13:24Don't tell John that I prefer your green.
13:26I knew you were going to say that.
13:28See you soon.
13:29Bye.
13:30I love Rita's eye for detail and this week her hospitality suite has a painting of a Victorian child on the wall.
13:37Does it look more like the set of a horror film?
13:39Is it less premium and more screamium?
13:43I'm very happy with the panelling.
13:45It's given the exact vibes I wanted.
13:47Yeah, I'm really happy.
13:49And Briony is also jumping on the panelling bandwagon.
13:53It looks good, doesn't it?
13:55I do love a bit of panelling.
13:56I think it does a lot.
13:58Oh, somebody's been busy.
14:01Oh, hello there.
14:02Hello.
14:03It's fabulous.
14:04Love the panelling.
14:06It's what we're going for, isn't it?
14:07Yeah.
14:08A bit premium.
14:09What about you, where you at?
14:10Mine's probably slightly more modern, more corporate.
14:13Mine definitely isn't as far on as this.
14:15It looks fantastic.
14:16What inspiration did you take for here?
14:18So, definitely pub vibe.
14:19I feel like that really fits like that informality part.
14:22Yeah.
14:23The brief.
14:24And then I got my vintage rugby balls.
14:25Beautiful.
14:26I'm trying not to be on the sofa this week.
14:28But we'll keep positive.
14:29It's going to be fine.
14:30Yeah.
14:31Thanks, Tig.
14:32See you soon.
14:33Go on, be gone.
14:34Bye.
14:35I don't feel the better of seeing Briony's room.
14:36I feel like her room's a whole lot further on than mine.
14:38But I suppose you just need to trust the process
14:41and just hope that it all comes together.
14:43Easy, dub it or it'll rip.
14:44Oh, starting to rip.
14:45Yeah, go on nice and steady.
14:47The problem is the paper is, er, terrible.
14:50I think the decorator's having a nightmare.
14:53Tried to make it easier for him by getting this paper printed,
14:56but I think I've actually done the exact opposite
14:59and it's taking forever.
15:00I'm trying to think what I can do.
15:02Er, er...
15:03And he's not pleased with the job.
15:05Is this causing you a nightmare?
15:07It's a nightmare.
15:08I don't know what to suggest with it.
15:10It's just, like, it's swelling and...
15:13You look worried.
15:14No, I'm disappointed.
15:15I'm disappointed cos...
15:16Yeah.
15:17I don't know what to suggest.
15:18Do we tape it on?
15:19Like, double-sided?
15:21We could have a go, I suppose.
15:23At this stage, I just want it up.
15:25It'll be what it'll be.
15:27Hi, Victoria.
15:29Hi, Alan.
15:30How's it all going?
15:31I mean, it's going now.
15:32Ooh.
15:33I mean, I'm no authority on stripes,
15:35but that's called bubbling.
15:37Bubbling?
15:38Bubbling?
15:39Anyway, whatever.
15:40It don't look good.
15:41Are you going to try and get rid of that?
15:42Yes, I've both got time.
15:43Oh, God.
15:45Oh, no!
15:46When did you notice it going wrong?
15:48Erm, to be fair, as soon as we put the paste on it,
15:50the paper's been a nightmare,
15:52so I was trying to help the decorator,
15:54but I've actually hindered them massively
15:56by getting terrible paper.
15:58And what's plan B?
15:59Is there a plan B?
16:00Yep.
16:01We've started on the ceiling using double-sided tape now,
16:03and it's going up a whole lot easier.
16:05Well, listen, get the bubbles out of that.
16:07Yes.
16:08Not slagging off your work.
16:10I've just seen better stripes.
16:11That's all I'm saying.
16:12Oh, dear.
16:14Victoria's stripes might be bobbling.
16:18I really need some new glasses.
16:20But John's are a long way off.
16:23Being aware that this is, you know,
16:24potentially quite a time-consuming job,
16:26I've tried to make it easy by the spacing here
16:28is the width of masking tape,
16:30so it's not like you're having to measure out.
16:33It was always kind of a bit wishful thinking,
16:36thinking we might have the stripes done today.
16:38I guess that's like pie-in-the-sky nonsense, isn't it, really?
16:44Hello, my friend.
16:45It's looking good.
16:46All right.
16:47The main feature in the suites is the bar area.
16:49What can I get you?
16:50Oh, I'll have a tina colada.
16:53And the designers have to make them look high-end
16:56as well as fully functional.
16:58So I've designed a lovely 50s-inspired bar,
17:01has a beautiful tiled front, marble top, gold edge.
17:05It's going to be quite luxy.
17:07See, that's perfect.
17:08Little curve on there.
17:09Sexy enough curve for you?
17:10Yeah, it's hitting all the sexy buttons.
17:13The big build stuff I haven't really leant into,
17:16so I thought it was time I did that.
17:19This is something I've not really done before.
17:20I've always been a bit more decorative,
17:22and hopefully we can pull it off.
17:24While Craig goes for a tiled front...
17:26OK.
17:28Victoria is going more squishy.
17:31So what I'm doing here for the front of the bar
17:33is I'm going to cut down this slat of pallet wood
17:37to the same length as the foam that I've had cut
17:40so that I've got something to help holster to
17:42to hopefully make it look nice and expensive.
17:46So my partner actually bought me a drill.
17:48I have expanded the collection since then,
17:50so I now have a jigsaw,
17:52and I have a sander to my name too.
17:55I'd rather a drill than a designer handbag
17:57or a designer pair of shoes, to be honest.
18:02There's no stopping me now.
18:03So basically we can pin this on.
18:08Yeah.
18:09It's a hospitality suite, so it's a big deal.
18:11We've got to do a lot to these bars,
18:12so existing cabinets are going to try and use what I've got,
18:15and then I'm also creating another faux cabinet.
18:17Those just literally will match up next to there.
18:20Aesthetically your eye runs a little bit nicer across that wall,
18:23makes it more of an impactful moment.
18:26Love that.
18:27Yeah, is that what you want?
18:28Yeah.
18:33Surface, can I have a pink gin, please?
18:35Don't be, sir.
18:36Bear with.
18:38It's wonderful.
18:40We're kind of in the sexy 50s now.
18:42Ooh.
18:4350s executives in smart suits, all that sort of thing.
18:45Oh.
18:46And tell us about this tile.
18:47I mean, they remind me of a Kit Kat.
18:49Yes, they're matchstick tiles.
18:51I think they're very mid-century.
18:53Looking around, you haven't really gone for a sporty vibe.
18:56That might be a good thing, might be a bad thing.
18:58I don't know.
18:59I haven't leant heavily into the rugby styling,
19:02but I have done some subtle nods to the rugby.
19:05I've got oval mirrors, which definitely look like rugby balls.
19:08So, yeah, I've nodded to it, but not heavy.
19:10Do you reckon you can have the hat trick this week?
19:13Imagine.
19:14Will you get a touchdown with this design?
19:17I'll try.
19:19Oh!
19:21I don't want to see you scrumbling around on the floor.
19:25I'm going to go.
19:26Before we run out of rugby pants.
19:27I know.
19:28Bye.
19:31Craig has created a Mad Men 50s cocktail bar vibe.
19:35I can't see much evidence of a rugby connection,
19:38but I wouldn't mind a ball butt on the rocks.
19:40I've never up-hosted a bar, but here we are.
19:44We have seven down, about ten still to go.
19:47Fingers are pretty sore.
19:49The one thing that my dad said to me when I started this was,
19:52whatever you do, Vicky, don't cry.
19:54He didn't give me any pep talk on how to build a bar,
19:57which probably would have been more helpful at this stage.
20:00I hope Michelle likes gold.
20:03If I don't know, we'll find out.
20:07John's chosen to bling up his bar.
20:10So the idea is that obviously when I've put all these on here,
20:13I then brush them off and we'll have a beautiful gold finish.
20:18John!
20:19Hello, Alan.
20:20John!
20:21Why are you hiding up there?
20:23Your new haircut's not that bad.
20:25You were inspired by Sue Perkins last week.
20:27Absolutely, yes.
20:28I'm channelling Sue today.
20:30Gold leafing.
20:31Have you done this before?
20:32No.
20:33Can you tell?
20:34No, it looks ever so good.
20:38Now, tell me about your room.
20:40I can see some stripes there.
20:42Yeah.
20:43So the stripes are taken off really old vintage rugby shirts.
20:45It's going to be a big rugby shirt.
20:47Now, can we talk about the sofa?
20:50Oh, no.
20:51You were on the sofa last week.
20:53Yes, and the week before.
20:54And the week before.
20:55Get me a season ticket.
20:57I don't want to be on that sofa.
20:58OK, great.
20:59So you're choosing to gold leaf for the first time.
21:02Yeah, I thought that would be the perfect opportunity
21:04to do something I've never done before.
21:06We really don't want you on the sofa for the third time, do we?
21:10No, no.
21:11I'm not going there.
21:12No.
21:13I don't want to be there.
21:14You've got this.
21:15Come on.
21:16Ah!
21:19Going through the to-do list, I am aware there's still loads.
21:21Loads that's going to happen.
21:22But I've got a whole other day.
21:24And I feel like for the end of day one, there's paint on walls.
21:27There's panelling.
21:28We've had lots of wins.
21:30I think we just do a bit by bit.
21:33Yeah, I feel like I'm a wee bit behind at this moment in time.
21:36But I'd like to think the rest of my design is relatively straight forward.
21:39Yeah, I'm going to be busy.
21:42Tomorrow, I've obviously still got the stripes to do.
21:45And of course, we've got the feature bar to do, which is being left in my Fantastic Carpenter's hands.
21:51I'm not stressed yet.
21:52I'm saving all of that for tomorrow when I will unravel emotionally.
21:57Whoo!
21:58I'm really happy with how things have come on today.
22:02We've got a fantastic bar.
22:04The wallpaper's amazing.
22:05But we have got so much to do tomorrow.
22:07Nice early night.
22:08We'll be back in the morning.
22:10Bye-bye room.
22:11Please be ready when I come back tomorrow in the morning.
22:15It's day two of the hospitality suite builds at Twickenham.
22:20Come on, time.
22:21Who needs to push up the stairs?
22:23I have tons today.
22:24Yeah, I'm a wee bit stressed myself.
22:26So, last day today, girls.
22:29I mean, we have a lot to do, but we're not going to get overwhelmed by it yet.
22:32No, no.
22:33So, the bar area is going to be quite labour-intensive for my carpenter.
22:38I'm going to have a mirrored back in there, make it look expensive.
22:42This is the mirror that we're going to cut down.
22:45It was once a wardrobe door, so I'm going to be the back of a bar.
22:48I haven't cut glass before, but I've asked somebody to cut glass for me.
22:52I'm Portsmouth and it worked, so...
22:55I haven't cut glass before, either.
22:57We'll score it by this.
22:59Be dead easy.
23:00As simple as that?
23:01Aye, easy, easy.
23:02Easy, easy.
23:05And it cracked somewhere completely different.
23:08So, that did work.
23:09What if we do one central panel?
23:11Yeah.
23:13So, I've laid out the mirror for the back of my bar.
23:16Behind the bar, I've got a lovely recessed shelving unit with glass shelved.
23:21And I found this nutty spray, which hopefully is going to give us smoked mirror effects.
23:28I have no idea what this is going to look like.
23:30Let's go for it.
23:31Let's go for it.
23:34That smokey mirror aesthetic, it just brings another level of sexiness.
23:38And it just sort of softens all the edges so you don't have to see your big spotty face in it.
23:42You look all tanned and lovely and soft focus.
23:44Now, I think this is a disaster.
23:45That is officially a disaster.
23:54So, I think we're going to abandon this plan.
23:56You know, smoked glass would have made it very sexy cocktail lounge vibes, but, you know, that's not happening.
24:04Gloves on.
24:05Rita's hoping she'll have better luck.
24:08You need to age ten mirrors for behind the bar.
24:11And one way to age them, you use, like, a paint stripper.
24:15Then, with this, we need the mirror to be see-through in some places.
24:22I wanted to age mirrors because I'm transporting you into this era where, you know, it should look like an old pot.
24:31I'm just putting some copper on the back of the mirror, and that will give it a bit of aged effect.
24:36It looks like it's been there for a hundred years, where it's been there for five minutes.
24:46We're going to adapt, so we're going to do one central panel right up the middle, rather than beating in the two,
24:52because this is how much we have left to play with.
24:55We find.
24:56Find a way.
24:57Um...
24:58We will find a way.
25:01I'm not really breaking particularly well.
25:20Game over.
25:21Game over.
25:22Just keep smiling.
25:23Nothing else for it.
25:24No point playing over it.
25:32Reveal!
25:33Ta-da!
25:34This is the church pew.
25:36It is going to be very heavy to take it upstairs, but I'm sure there'll be some wonderful guys that would like to help.
25:44All the boxes need to seat 12 guests.
25:47When I thought about seating, I didn't want to have 12 chairs.
25:51I just thought it would be too cluttered for the space.
25:53It's quite heavy.
25:54In real life, when you think about church pew, you don't think about getting pissed in a rugby stadium.
26:01It's just like that contrast between where people used to pray and now they're watching the rugby.
26:06But it's part of it.
26:07It's the storytelling.
26:08Yes!
26:09This is why we need men in our life.
26:13What?
26:14You good?
26:15All good, all good.
26:16How are you getting on in there?
26:18I'm all right, neighbour.
26:19How are you?
26:20This is a bit like Blind Date, John.
26:22What would your dream date be then, Bryony?
26:26I don't know if it would be this, John, I'll be honest.
26:28Really?
26:29Yeah, just anywhere not painting.
26:31Bryony is the only designer upcycling the stadium's existing purple chairs.
26:37I am starting the painting for my 12 chairs.
26:41So I'm going to be painting the backs.
26:44The fabric is drinking this paint.
26:47I think they're going to need two coats, which is worrying me in terms of time, but also the amount of paint that I have.
26:57I'm slightly panicking.
26:59Up in the sewing room, I have six mid-century dining chairs.
27:04They are going to be revitalised into some beautiful cocktail bar chairs.
27:08You would never know this was a pair of old curtains, would you?
27:11It's gorgeous.
27:12Ooh, it's busy in here.
27:14We're crowded with the ladies.
27:17How are you feeling, Victoria?
27:19Like, how is it going for you?
27:20Got a whole lot still to do.
27:22Ten seat pads for my stools.
27:25Ten?
27:26Yeah.
27:27I've got one pew and I'm stressing.
27:29Pressure.
27:31Here goes nothing.
27:32Having run out of fabric paint, Bryony's come up with a plan B.
27:37I landed on the crazy idea of upholstering chairs for the first time in my life.
27:44This maybe wasn't the best idea.
27:47Run out of staples.
27:49Bryony!
27:50Oh, hi, Alan.
27:51Look at you upholstering.
27:53Yeah.
27:54Who knows what's happening?
27:55I thought, why not upholster 12 chairs?
27:5712?
27:58Yeah.
27:59Ooh, you're a sucker for punishment, you are.
28:02But you know what?
28:03You're halfway through the competition.
28:04You've got to start pushing yourself.
28:06I know.
28:07That's what I thought, see.
28:08And now, Michelle said premium.
28:11Yeah.
28:12And you're from Croydon.
28:13Where do you go in Croydon for a premium experience?
28:16Oh, on the outskirts?
28:18I don't know.
28:20Because I like a bit of premium, me.
28:22Yeah?
28:23I will get a bag for life rather than a carrier.
28:25Wow.
28:26You are premium.
28:27Yeah.
28:28Croydon.
28:29I'm trying to bring the luxe.
28:30Yeah.
28:31I don't know.
28:32I'm trying to find that balance between premium and informal.
28:34Yeah.
28:35That's what Michelle wants to see.
28:36I think that's what's key to this one.
28:38Well, listen, I'll leave you to it.
28:39Thank you, Alan.
28:40Looking good.
28:41See you soon.
28:42Thanks, bye, Alan.
28:43Bye.
28:44As well as chairs.
28:45This is looking good.
28:46The designers need to provide tables for pre- and post-match nosh.
28:50So, all my tables are at a posture height.
28:53Good for standing, good for sitting.
28:55Ultimately, it needs to be functional more than anything else for the end client.
28:59And you need to be able to have something good to eat and something good to drink.
29:02And other than that, I don't think they're really bothered.
29:05Nice height for a pint.
29:06Would you like to join me?
29:07Oh, I wouldn't say that.
29:09Yes!
29:10The pub is happening.
29:13So, the tables are made out of timber.
29:17It's to give you, like, a warm, cosy feel of, like, an old pub.
29:21Oh!
29:22Feels good.
29:23Yeah, feels good.
29:24Yeah, perfect.
29:25So, I've got to turn this bit of old MDF into a deluxe table.
29:30So, I will be covering the top with my lovely marble effect vinyl.
29:36Let's get this baby on.
29:39So, it's another layer of work to do, but I just could not find off-the-shelf tables.
29:44So, I'll be making them from scratch.
29:46When I was just looking at mid-century interiors, it was something that did pop up,
29:51particularly in some cocktail bars.
29:53They always say rugby's a gentleman's sport.
29:56So, I certainly wanted to lean into that more sort of gentlemanly vibe.
30:00I also am aware that not everyone are necessarily rugby fans.
30:03They might be here from a company or they may be here to see a pop concert.
30:07So, I didn't want to lean too heavy into a rugby vibe.
30:10It's too obvious, in a way, I felt.
30:13This is going horribly wrong.
30:14It's cos I'm talking.
30:16The suites boast a spectacular view of the pitch.
30:22How shall we stand and have our drinks?
30:25So, Brian has designed an additional area for hospitality.
30:29I'm creating, like, a high-topped table there.
30:32So, it gives you another space to eat and drink and watch the game from.
30:35Lovely. Thank you very much.
30:37No worries.
30:38And Rita's had a similar idea.
30:41These are vintage speakers that I got two for £5.
30:47So, I didn't know what to do with them.
30:49First, I thought stools.
30:50Then, now, I think they look really good for my shelf,
30:53my drinking shelf as legs.
30:55It might be too high, but I come up with a solution.
30:58For the buffet area, I extended the bar,
31:01so we have a bit more shelving, so you can serve food there.
31:04But I'm doing a whole shelf across my window
31:07because I didn't want the tables to be cluttered with food.
31:10So, they have two serving areas if they choose to.
31:13You beautiful man, Steve.
31:15Yeah, come and stand at my bar and...
31:17Honestly.
31:18..watch the world go by.
31:20Ah!
31:21Isn't that a perfect height for a bar?
31:22Hey, Rhysa, I think I've got what you need.
31:24Wow.
31:25Shall we see if it fits?
31:26Yes, please.
31:27Oh, my God, I can cry from happiness.
31:31It looks great.
31:34In the brief, we were asked to create
31:36a more casual dining experience.
31:38So, there's a buffet serving table.
31:41This space is perfect for standing or sitting
31:44and have a meal, really informal, really social,
31:47whatever they feel most comfortable.
31:49Yeah, give you a wee bit high.
31:52But too late today, isn't it, about that night?
31:58Start from this one up here.
32:00Time for the big reveal
32:01of John's vintage rugby hand-painted stripes.
32:04Go for it.
32:10Sexy stripes!
32:11It's working.
32:12It's working.
32:13I can smell rugby right now.
32:15Yeah.
32:16Lovely.
32:17Something that I picked up over the challenges is that
32:21the really successful rooms in all these challenges
32:23are ones that are memorable and have that link to, you know,
32:28what this place is famous for, and that's the rugby.
32:30And it should be that quick and that easy to convey
32:33what the room's about.
32:35You know what?
32:36That's off to you.
32:37It looks stunning.
32:39I love the stripes.
32:43Having made the best of her stripe, Mayor...
32:46Everything I'm doing, I'm doing very, very quickly,
32:48including talking.
32:50Victoria is now creating a patriotic centrepiece.
32:54These are the individual petals for my ceiling rose
32:56that I'm painting just now, and then that is going to be fixed
32:59onto the ceiling.
33:00This rose, it's a 3D rose inspired by the Lancashire rose
33:04that is on the England rugby shirts.
33:07I would hope that it's instantly recognisable
33:09to be affiliated with Twickenham.
33:11I have never done this before.
33:13Again, terrible, terrible time to be learning how to do things.
33:19Victoria!
33:20Hello!
33:21Celissa, what are you doing?
33:22So, I am going to create a ceiling rose,
33:25I'm cutting it out with this hot wire tool if you want a shot.
33:28Don't touch the wire, whatever you do.
33:30Why?
33:31It's roasting.
33:32Why is it roasting?
33:33Because it's a hot wire tool so it burns through.
33:36Oh, God.
33:38OK.
33:39Oh, yeah.
33:40Oh, it's like a knife through butter.
33:41Yeah.
33:42Look at that.
33:44That petal looks like it's been chewed by Greenfly.
33:48Is this hell for you?
33:49Because now you're putting up an English roast.
33:51It's fine.
33:52Do you reckon this could be the room that wins you standout space?
33:56It would be ironic, wouldn't it?
33:58An English room.
33:59With rose.
34:00Yeah.
34:01Yeah.
34:02Would you come back maybe and replace it for a thistle?
34:05No comment.
34:06I'm making out you're like brave or something.
34:11So, how high would you like it?
34:14Actually, a tiny bit lower.
34:15I'm taking you back to a 19th century's pub.
34:18Little nice room where you can drink with your girlfriends.
34:22That's the story.
34:23Yeah, perfect.
34:26I'm painting rugby balls.
34:27I've officially lost the plot.
34:28That's what's happening here.
34:29Oh, nice touch.
34:30Are they actual real rugby balls?
34:31Yeah.
34:32We've got some real rugby balls in amongst some foe, in amongst some abstract.
34:35Can I touch your balls?
34:36Of course you can.
34:37Oh, look.
34:38No, I like it.
34:39Yes.
34:40A bit abstract, isn't it?
34:41Of course.
34:42Yeah.
34:43I couldn't afford all the vintage ones, Alan.
34:44So, we're, you know, we're getting a bit crafty.
34:45Like a dinosaur egg, isn't it?
34:46Or something.
34:47Imagine, like, one of those Valesa raptors to come out.
34:48Wow.
34:49Yeah.
34:50That's an image.
34:51Yeah.
34:52Yeah, just like that.
34:53You can have that image.
34:54Thanks, Alan.
34:55When it comes to adorning the walls.
34:57I'm working on my Mark Rothko-inspired,
35:00piece of art.
35:13Craig's creations aren't exactly rugby inspired.
35:18It's the epitome of mid-century modern art.
35:22I've chosen to make these colour fields,
35:25because I think they echo the atmosphere I want to create in this room.
35:31Obviously, I won't be getting any critics in to look at it.
35:34Fortunately, Michelle is not an art critic.
35:39With just a few hours to go...
35:41I made this tablecloth from a duvet.
35:45The designers have to set their rooms ready for a pre-match buffet.
35:49I feel like I've gone for more of a classic dining experience.
35:53I'm going to set my table for a gorgeous curry
35:56and you're really going to want to, like, sit down and have a good time in there.
36:00It's a little vintage print.
36:01Just take the whole thing off.
36:04So, for this premium buffet experience,
36:06I've decided to take a beautiful mid-century cyborg and attach it to the wall.
36:11And this way, it'll add a little bit more prestige to the food service.
36:15I think it'll just be much more elevating.
36:23But John is a long way off from laying his tables.
36:34The bar has not changed.
36:37There's a part of me which is incredibly anxious right now
36:40about getting the bar done.
36:44Hey, Rob.
36:45How's it going?
36:46Yeah, all good.
36:47Yeah, yes.
36:49This looks great, by the way.
36:52It looks amazing.
36:53I'm worried, though, that we're not going to get it all done in time.
36:57This is a time consumer.
36:59I'm going to hopefully make it easier for you.
37:02Go on, go on, Tom.
37:03Let's not do the rows.
37:05So, we're not going to do the rows?
37:06No, but we'll still do the lines through,
37:08but just straight lines all the way through.
37:10That rows, it's just going to be a nightmare.
37:12It will be.
37:13It will.
37:14It's disappointing to not include it,
37:18but if not including it, it means I have a finished bar.
37:22That takes kind of precedent at this stage.
37:26I'm adding my reeded vinyl onto the glass on the cupboards
37:33because it just gives it a really cool look.
37:37The finish adds a bit of texture, and we're going premium.
37:41Not long to go now.
37:43You look great.
37:45I'm a flower.
37:46I can see that.
37:47I'm a rose.
37:48Come on, get a move on.
37:54Rita, got something for your pew.
37:56Oh, yes.
37:57Don't knock that dead Victorian child off the wall.
38:02Yes.
38:03That's perfect.
38:04The chairs in situ make me happy because they got finished.
38:09I'm proud of that.
38:10That.
38:11Ah, I know I've got a fat face, but that is.
38:14No.
38:14I don't know.
38:19So these plaques, I got them made as a reminder of the women that influenced rugby.
38:24So now we get to put Emily Valentine's name on one of the chairs.
38:29Does that look okay there?
38:30Yep, yep.
38:31Done.
38:32The key part of my scheme, which was this feature bar with this incredible rose and everything,
38:40it just didn't come to happen.
38:43I've gone in there with really high aspiration and not been able to quite deliver what I wanted
38:50to deliver.
38:51Thank you, Rob.
38:51Time is up.
38:56Should I go sit at the bar?
39:00It's okay.
39:01We'll see.
39:03We will see.
39:03So, girls, we did it.
39:07Woo-hoo!
39:07Well done.
39:09Proud.
39:09I think it looks like a pub.
39:15Michelle has arrived at the stadium with this week's guest judge, Nisha Katona.
39:20I can't say that I know an awful lot about rugby, but I do think I know how I'd want to
39:24feel if I was coming here to this iconic stadium.
39:27It's going to be an absolute joy coming in here.
39:29Nisha is one of the UK's most successful food entrepreneurs, famed for her Indian street
39:35food restaurant chain, Mowgli.
39:37So she knows a thing or two about what makes for the perfect setup in the hospitality world.
39:43Interior design in hospitality is so important.
39:46You bring people into a space where they're going to eat, they're going to drink, they're
39:49going to chat, they're going to watch a match.
39:51And if you have a venue that has any kind of a history, you need to bring that alive
39:55through the design.
39:57We're here at the home of England Rugby in Twickenham, which has such legacy and the joy
40:02of the sport.
40:03And so I want to feel some of those feelings in these spaces, but it's also a place to
40:08be relaxed.
40:09So, somehow or another, our designers have got to get all of that into each space.
40:16I feel really happy with what I've produced.
40:18I love what I've pulled together and I'm confident with areas of it, but I always fluctuate with
40:23my confidence.
40:24You never know what Michelle's going to see.
40:26Yeah, I'm just happy with how I managed to pull it off in the end.
40:30Oh.
40:32Oh.
40:34So this is Bryony's room.
40:36My goodness.
40:37This is fantastic.
40:39I love those balls.
40:40You know, they say so much though because they are old, they are new.
40:43This is that ode to rugby.
40:45That just says so much to me.
40:48Beautiful panelling down here.
40:50I do feel the warmth of it.
40:52We've got the leaning bar by the window.
40:55I mean, it's slightly high.
40:57So if I'm sat down here, that is right through the middle of my pitch.
41:00She's just taken her eye off the bigger picture for that moment.
41:04But you can come and sort of stand by the bar and get somebody a drink.
41:07Handsome bar.
41:09The Twickenham 1909 vinyls on the doors.
41:11It's a small touch, but gosh, how effective.
41:14I love it.
41:14I think it's perfectly poised.
41:17Bryony's been quite canny in being the only designer that kept the original tables,
41:21which were rather, you know, unappealing glass top tables.
41:24So she's dressed it with a wonderful tablecloth, but then also kept the original chairs, but
41:30again, upped them by recovering them with this sort of lovely mustard velvet.
41:35I kind of like that kind of thing because it shows a bravery.
41:38She's got a real gift, you know, a real gift.
41:43What I wanted to achieve with my room is a cozy, warm pub vibe, dedicating it to female rugby.
41:50I'm hoping Michelle and Nisha will see that I've worked with one painting as a starting point,
41:55and it's almost like you're going on a walk into the painting.
42:01There's a depth and a darkness here, isn't there?
42:03Well, it's Rita's room, and I'm kind of getting used to seeing that from her.
42:08I mean, this is a deep, dark colour.
42:10It is.
42:11We've got the sense of, I feel like I'm in a pub.
42:13It's very pubby.
42:14I love the little bench, actually, there with the view onto the pitch.
42:17It's a lovely way to stand and have a drink.
42:19You've got somewhere to put your glass, haven't you?
42:22I love the fact that the window bench is the same glorious solid wood as these tables.
42:28It is interesting seeing a church pew.
42:30I like them aesthetically, and I think she's worked the different pieces together well.
42:34There is something just very casual, and I feel like it's a bit roughety-toughety,
42:38which kind of goes with the ambiance to me.
42:40We've got a picture of a female rugby play here.
42:44There is a bit of storytelling.
42:45This is a celebration of women's rugby.
42:48Rita has put little plaques with the names of iconic female rugby players.
42:53I love the colours, you know.
42:54I love their reflection of the springbok colours.
42:57That dark green, that gold, that's instantly rugby.
42:59I feel like I've pulled off a pretty good design, but at this stage of the competition, a pretty
43:07good design just isn't going to cut it.
43:08And I'm just hoping that Michelle sees that there was a lot of vision there, there was
43:12a lot of planning there to really, really go for it and try and achieve something incredible.
43:18My first impressions are, I like it.
43:21This paintwork is lovely.
43:24Oh, gosh, that is all painted, isn't it?
43:27That's very sports, you know.
43:29It's a bit old school.
43:31It's very premium.
43:32I get the rugby vibe.
43:34There's some beautiful panelling here, Nisha.
43:37I have seen a lot of different finishes and a lot of different panelling,
43:40and so I have to say I think it's kind of extraordinary.
43:44I mean, it's incredibly ambitious to have gone for doing that on these two different panels.
43:49His carpenter deserves a medal, and you can see that blood, sweat, tears and time have
43:55gone into this.
43:56I feel that the bar area therefore suffered because it doesn't feel finished.
44:02I can't get into this, you know.
44:04There's no fridge.
44:05Where do I keep the drinks?
44:07There's no TV.
44:09All the other rooms had a TV.
44:10That's really, really important so that when you're not looking out of the window,
44:13which you certainly wouldn't be if you're sitting here with your back to the pitch,
44:17it feels as though all functionality has been sacrificed at the altar of design detail.
44:22Clearly, he ran out of time, so he's just put up the panelling.
44:26I mean, he's bitten off too much, but I can feel that he went for it.
44:31I think it feels like time management, and that is something that somebody can learn.
44:35What they can't learn is having a heart for design and displaying boldly that heart for design,
44:41and he's got that in bucket loads.
44:43My vision for this room was a very much a sophisticated, mid-century gentleman's cocktail lounge.
44:54And personally, I think I've absolutely nailed it.
44:56If I could make my front room look like that, I'd do it in a heartbeat.
44:59Ooh!
45:00Craig was inspired by Mark Rothko, which I guess is the paintings.
45:08I think the panelling is really good.
45:09These are those Rothko shapes, that asymmetry and all of that.
45:13The sideboard wall hung with the panels behind it, beautiful.
45:17But walking into this iconic stadium, into this suite, is not at all what I'd expect to see if I'm coming to watch the rugby.
45:26Is that good or is it bad?
45:28I have to say, you know, when I walked in, I really loved it.
45:31This mid-century, it's tongue-in-cheek, it's like being round at your nan's.
45:37That is a perfect buffet.
45:38It makes you want to go and grab a bit of something to eat and then come to the bar.
45:42This speaks of food and drink.
45:44I'd be quite happy to stand here, I can still see my game.
45:47That, to me, is a beautifully designed piece, right down to the tiles.
45:52I think it's beautiful.
45:53Ah, I don't know, I'm torn because this was a restaurant I was coming to.
45:58I'd be quite happy, but do I know that I've come to see the rugby?
46:01Absolutely not.
46:02The theme that Craig has chosen has, you know, is Rothko and Mad Men, which has got nothing to do with rugby.
46:07The room is never going to speak rugby.
46:10There is one rugby ball up there, Nisha, but that is not enough.
46:13I'm loving this.
46:15Come on.
46:15I really like this room, let's see.
46:17Let me tackle you to the door.
46:18I know.
46:22I think it is instantly recognisable as being affiliated to England Rugby Squad.
46:27So I feel like I've nailed that side of things.
46:29It's definitely more corporate than everybody else has gone for.
46:33I hope she sees that.
46:34Oh, this is Victoria's room.
46:38Look, go faster stripes, zooming me down.
46:41The colours, I think, are the old England colours.
46:44Rugby colours and corporate.
46:46That is obviously what she wanted us to feel.
46:49Quite fond of a stripe.
46:50And I must say, I like the bar.
46:52This bar is great, because I came in and immediately I wanted to lean again.
46:55I quite like this padding.
46:56I wanted to lean here.
46:57I've got a great view of the pitch from here.
46:59And she's echoed the fluting on the wood behind, which is bringing in a bit of warmth.
47:04So she understands that wood can bring in warmth.
47:07She's brought that into the kind of, this is where you get your nice drinks bit.
47:10We've got bar table looking out into the stadium as well, which is a good way of thinking about seating.
47:17But then she's not understood how that relates to the remaining tables.
47:21I don't want to sit there.
47:22You don't want to sit there, because then you might see the finish of the wallpaper in the alcove.
47:27That's not a great finish.
47:29She can't be proud of that, the poor thing.
47:31But she is giving me little nods that she understands what she's doing.
47:34She went and checked out a lot of other hospitality boxes to presumably get some inspiration.
47:40And I think that's always a good start, but I don't think it's really helped her here.
47:46It's almost as though she's been shackled by looking around at what other people do.
47:49This is the time where you don't look at what other people do.
47:52You show us what's really in your heart and tie it into that brief.
47:58Before Michelle and Nisha make a verdict on their rooms...
48:02Check this out.
48:04The designers get their chance to suss out the competition.
48:08This is really sporty.
48:10This draws you in.
48:11Well done, Victoria.
48:12Is that a rose?
48:13Oh, my God, that's amazing.
48:16She's got a posted bar.
48:18Very slinky.
48:20So briny, it's classy.
48:22I love the rugby balls.
48:24This, can't believe it's the same.
48:27Bar, so clever.
48:28Who's won it?
48:30I am.
48:30I am.
48:31Oh, my goodness.
48:34Look at this bar.
48:35That's blooming genius, that is.
48:37It's so great.
48:40It's John's room.
48:41Look at this stripy wall.
48:43It does look like a rugby shirt, doesn't it?
48:45It does.
48:45But I don't have exactly the same green.
48:47This is very sexy.
48:48This panelling.
48:49Yeah, this panelling is gorgeous.
48:51Look at this.
48:52That is really true, isn't it?
48:53That's nice.
48:54I think the whole room is a female rugby.
48:57That's cool, isn't it?
48:59Last orders.
49:00The five designers have returned to the Brighton studio to find out who wins standout space.
49:11Who's taken up rugby?
49:12I'll get badger on that one.
49:15And who will be on Michelle's sofa?
49:17Oh, here they are.
49:20Come on in.
49:22Hello.
49:22So, how are we all feeling?
49:24John, you do look like you've lost a bit of sparkle.
49:28Finding it everywhere.
49:30Briny, you made it back alive.
49:33None of those dinosaur eggs hatched.
49:35I'm a proud dinosaur mum, actually.
49:37Yeah.
49:38Well, listen.
49:39I'm not the one who scores your designs.
49:41Michelle and Nisha, please join us.
49:43So, how did the designers do?
49:48The art of cracking this brief was balancing, giving me something about rugby, telling me that story, and ticking all the boxes on the brief.
49:57You know, the premium aspect of the space, somewhere relaxed as well to hang out before and after.
50:03So, the one person who I felt absolutely nailed that.
50:13Briny, well done.
50:18Thank you so much.
50:19And, Briny, I loved so much about your space.
50:22It was just an absolutely fantastic palette for the history and the future of rugby.
50:26Thank you so much.
50:28Congratulations, Briny.
50:29You're through to the quarterfinal.
50:31Well done.
50:33So, who else is going through?
50:35Well, Rita.
50:37Congratulations.
50:38I'm going to put you through.
50:39We really did like the quality of your design.
50:41I thought, Rita, it had that lovely sort of pub feel.
50:44I love those dark colours and it really enveloped me.
50:47It was a lovely space to spend time in.
50:50Anyone else going through?
50:51I'm afraid not.
50:53Ooh.
50:54So, that does mean that Craig, Victoria and John, I'd like to see you on my sofa.
51:00OK.
51:01OK.
51:02Congratulations to Rita and Briny.
51:04See you next week.
51:05Hey, well done, you.
51:12I'm super happy to get standout space.
51:15It felt like the expectation was high.
51:17Went in really nervous and I just wanted to get through.
51:20Like, this is a wicked bonus to get standout.
51:23Well done.
51:24Well done, sweetheart.
51:24Oh, yes.
51:28I'm through to another week.
51:30Yes.
51:32I was expecting to be here, so, yeah, I just need to go in and try and explain my thought
51:38process.
51:39Well, I guess it was bound to happen sooner or later, wasn't it?
51:42It's part of the process.
51:43It's a competition.
51:45Can't pretend I'm not quite anxious.
51:47Third time on the sofa in three weeks, which obviously wasn't the plan.
51:53I'm absolutely ready to fight for my place to stay.
51:58Hello.
51:59Hello, everyone.
52:01I wanted to turn up to this iconic stadium and really be sold on the story of rugby.
52:07You know, why were so many people passionate about it?
52:10So, Craig, I want to start with you because I feel that you rejected the rugby story and
52:14I know you love an era and you pulled that off beautifully, but you didn't tell me anything
52:19about Twickenham.
52:19I think that when I approached this challenge, I was aware of this hospitality suite being
52:27used for lots of different purposes.
52:29But this brief was about a suite for rugby fans.
52:33I fear I may have slightly missed that essential rugby reference here.
52:38I think your approach to design is wonderful.
52:41You're building this real narrative.
52:43You're pulling in references from all over the place.
52:45You're making me see connections that I wouldn't have before.
52:48Yes.
52:49But this is what happens when you go too far.
52:51I did absolutely love it.
52:53But the tricky thing is, Craig, is that the client here is actually the stadium.
52:57And what you need to do is create a space that is uniquely Twickenham where rugby emanates
53:03through the walls.
53:04Are you surprised you're on the sofa?
53:05Well, I'm not that arrogant to think I'm immune from the sofa.
53:10Maybe I just lost sight of the client.
53:12So, yeah.
53:13It definitely felt premium, though, didn't it?
53:15It was so classy.
53:17But, John.
53:18Hello.
53:19We've walked in.
53:20Hello again.
53:21Pretty sure I said I didn't want to see you back on the sofa.
53:24I had a firm intention of not being here.
53:26We walked into your room and, in contrast to Craig's, was like, OK, here was a rugby that
53:32actually I recognised or felt familiar with.
53:34I sort of, I felt comfortable with those colours, the premium aspect of it, and then blown away
53:41by that wood that you used.
53:43I've never seen that done before.
53:45I thought it was absolutely extraordinary.
53:48And so I felt the quality.
53:50I felt the passion that you poured into that room.
53:53However, you are here because you paid a big price for being that ambitious.
53:59Yeah.
53:59Half the room, you just put the boards up.
54:01And I know you rushed the bar.
54:03But talk me through it a bit.
54:05To me, premium is skill and what they can do with those materials.
54:11So I really wanted to showcase them there.
54:13Unfortunately, you know, my poor carpenter worked tirelessly.
54:18We got to a level of completion, but it was obviously not where I wanted to be.
54:23In the real world, when you're building restaurants and building spaces like this that need to operate,
54:27we need three things to happen, really.
54:29They've got to be operational when they're finished.
54:31They've got to be on budget and they've got to be on time.
54:35And that really matters.
54:37But it's better to have that ambition and that vision than not.
54:40OK, thank you.
54:42Victoria, why do you feel that you're on the sofa?
54:45I feel like I had a strong idea, a strong design,
54:50but the execution of it and the way that I presented the materials for my trades to work with
54:54ended up being a complete disaster.
54:57I think you did try and tell us the story of rugby.
55:00I think my main issue with yours was actually the mood of the room.
55:05I wonder if I think you said you did research and went to look around stadiums.
55:09It's almost as though that shackled you a little bit.
55:11Probably.
55:11And I felt I wanted to feel a bit more of you in that room.
55:15I wanted a bit more heart.
55:16So you walk into the rooms and I could feel Craig or John.
55:20And it left me wondering who Victoria is a little bit.
55:23And your heart's in there and I'd like to have seen it.
55:26Yeah, completely agree.
55:27It didn't, I don't feel like it reflected to me at all.
55:30So yeah, completely agree.
55:31What is so fascinating, okay, is that each of you is representing a kind of a different dimension
55:38of what makes a great design.
55:39So there is this telling me the story.
55:42There's giving me the quality that I want.
55:44But then there's also the functionality.
55:47So on that basis...
55:48Victoria, I think you know already.
55:58Because although you gave me some of that functionality, I just didn't get the mood.
56:04Thank you very much.
56:05It's been wonderful feedback and a wonderful opportunity.
56:09Lovely getting done for you.
56:10You too.
56:12Thank you very much.
56:15Try not to be here.
56:16Yeah, please.
56:19Well done, guys.
56:20Well done.
56:22Well done.
56:23I'm so sorry to see you again.
56:25I'm just really glad to be going home.
56:27But what a ride it's been.
56:29I can really see what Victoria was trying to do this week.
56:33And it's brilliant that as a designer, she did a lot of research.
56:36Great hook.
56:37But at the end of the day, the feel and the finish just wasn't there for that premium look that I wanted.
56:43I cannot even tell you how happy I am to be, you know, through to the quarter.
56:48I would really desperately, like, challenge where I don't get stuff wrong.
56:54Next time...
56:59Absolutely love it.
57:01It's girls versus boys.
57:04We're on it.
57:04We're on it, yes.
57:05We're so on it.
57:07As the designers pair up and hit the high street...
57:10Very easy.
57:11Idiot-proof, you could say.
57:13Yes, let's see.
57:15Transforming shops in the historic town of Rye.
57:19Yay!
57:21People of Rye love you, John.
57:22They love you.
57:26And that's back on Wednesday at eight.
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