1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Welcome to the Repair Shop 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:06,800 where cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. 3 00:00:06,800 --> 00:00:09,440 Anything could happen. This is the workshop of dreams. 4 00:00:09,440 --> 00:00:12,560 Home to furniture restorer Jay Blades. 5 00:00:12,560 --> 00:00:14,520 Nowadays, things are not built to last, 6 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:16,880 so we've become part of this throwaway culture. 7 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,920 It's all about preserving and restoring. 8 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:22,400 We bring the old back to new. 9 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:27,320 Working alongside Jay will be some of the country's leading craftspeople. 10 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:29,080 I like making things with my hands. 11 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:32,360 I love to see how things work and I want to know how things work. 12 00:00:32,360 --> 00:00:35,520 Whether it's a Rembrandt or somebody's family piece, 13 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:37,200 every painting deserves the same. 14 00:00:38,240 --> 00:00:41,520 Each bringing their own unique set of skills. 15 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:43,280 You're about to witness some magic. 16 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:44,560 They will resurrect... 17 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:47,760 - ..revive... - Oh, yes! 18 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:48,800 ..and rejuvenate... 19 00:00:49,960 --> 00:00:51,880 ..treasured possessions 20 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,280 and irreplaceable pieces of family history. 21 00:00:55,280 --> 00:00:58,280 Oh, my goodness me, it looks like it's new! 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:00:59,800 Bringing both the objects... 23 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:01,520 SHE GASPS 24 00:01:01,520 --> 00:01:02,760 Oh, wow! 25 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:06,560 ..and the memories that they hold back to life. 26 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:07,760 Oh, thank you! 27 00:01:15,480 --> 00:01:17,400 In the Repair Shop today... 28 00:01:17,400 --> 00:01:19,080 Bosh, bish, bash. 29 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:23,800 ..furniture's Batman and Robin - Jay and Will - pull some heroic moves 30 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:26,360 to rescue a 100-year-old chair. 31 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:27,920 Wow, that's impressive. 32 00:01:27,920 --> 00:01:30,600 - Where there's a Will, there's a way! - There's a way! 33 00:01:30,600 --> 00:01:31,840 THEY LAUGH 34 00:01:31,840 --> 00:01:33,680 While Guillaume Pons, 35 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:36,040 a specialist ceramics conservator, 36 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:38,880 works on a stunning mother-of-pearl peace. 37 00:01:49,760 --> 00:01:53,720 First customers of the day are Scott Ferguson and Diana Colleran, 38 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:58,360 here to see the Repair Shop's resident ceramics restorer, Kirsten Ramsay. 39 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:01,880 - Hello. - Hello. - How we doing? - Good, thank you very much, very well. 40 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:04,480 OK, so what have we got here? 41 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:09,200 A majolica stick stand formed as a bulldog. 42 00:02:09,200 --> 00:02:10,600 It's a bulldog? 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:14,240 Yes. Poor Sweet Pea, I think he's missing a bit of tail. 44 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:15,360 So you call him Sweet Pea? 45 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:17,800 - He's called Sweet Pea? - He is, look. 46 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,080 Ah, bless! 47 00:02:20,960 --> 00:02:22,720 He was already christened that, yes. 48 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,920 - Looks a bit Frankenstein now, doesn't he? - He does. 49 00:02:24,920 --> 00:02:26,760 At least all the pieces are there. 50 00:02:26,760 --> 00:02:28,920 It looks quite crude but the pieces are all there, 51 00:02:28,920 --> 00:02:31,040 so you haven't got to make anything up, 52 00:02:31,040 --> 00:02:33,880 - apart from a few little spots here and there. - That's true. 53 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:35,720 That makes it easier. Right. 54 00:02:35,720 --> 00:02:38,840 Well, I don't know about easy, but... 55 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:41,600 - THEY LAUGH - ..it certainly helps, yes. - It helps. 56 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:48,520 Antique collectors Diana and Scott live in Lincolnshire with 57 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:50,600 their two dogs, Ginger and Lily. 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:54,960 - Come on, good girl. - They're both barking about bulldogs. 59 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:58,840 One day I was speaking to one of my colleague dealers and he said, 60 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:03,120 "I've got this bulldog figure, it's quite badly damaged, 61 00:03:03,120 --> 00:03:06,160 "smashed about a bit, do you want it at all?" 62 00:03:06,160 --> 00:03:08,520 I said, "Yes, that would be lovely, thank you very much. 63 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:10,760 I went into work one day and it was just there. 64 00:03:10,760 --> 00:03:14,720 It was a big smashed-up pottery bulldog called Sweet Pea. 65 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:20,520 When Scott brought Sweet Pea home, I took one look and I thought, 66 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:21,960 "Oh, my goodness!" 67 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,000 "What's that?" It was a face only a mother could love! 68 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:33,320 Sweet Pea was assigned to sit by the front door, 69 00:03:33,320 --> 00:03:37,000 as pride of place under the stairs belonged to another very special 70 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,880 bulldog, their beloved pet, Harvey. 71 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,160 He was part of the family. 72 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:42,640 A mainstay of the family. 73 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,120 He was a good guard dog, he barked. 74 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:48,480 He was always attentive to anything going on around the place. 75 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:54,480 Harvey had been part of the family for eight years when tragedy struck. 76 00:03:54,480 --> 00:03:56,480 Harvey started to limp initially. 77 00:03:56,480 --> 00:04:00,720 The vet diagnosed arthritis, which, erm... 78 00:04:00,720 --> 00:04:04,640 got very bad very quickly, and after X-rays the word used 79 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:06,760 was "mashed", they were shot. 80 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:09,280 There was nothing they could do to help him, really, 81 00:04:09,280 --> 00:04:13,040 so we made the decision for Harvey, not for us, for Harvey, to... 82 00:04:14,720 --> 00:04:16,040 ..to have him put to sleep. 83 00:04:17,240 --> 00:04:20,960 He couldn't be in that pain, so we had to do it, and as you can see... 84 00:04:22,320 --> 00:04:24,120 ..quite a while after, I'm still... 85 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:25,760 He was a big part of our lives. 86 00:04:28,760 --> 00:04:30,280 - HE SNIFFS - Sorry. 87 00:04:32,840 --> 00:04:37,360 Having the space filled under the stairs with Sweet Pea 88 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:39,200 has just sort of helped us get over it a bit. 89 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:40,800 It's softens the blow. 90 00:04:40,800 --> 00:04:42,760 It helps us cope. 91 00:04:43,880 --> 00:04:48,240 It is a memorial to Harvey and it would just mean an awful lot to see 92 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:53,440 the silhouette out of the corner of your eye, have a bulldog sat alert. 93 00:04:53,440 --> 00:04:56,040 It would mean quite a lot to get fixed, really. 94 00:05:00,280 --> 00:05:06,240 What I'd like to do is clear off all this sort of old adhesive and stick 95 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:11,000 it back, nicely, so it looks a lot better than it does. 96 00:05:11,000 --> 00:05:13,320 And his tail, is there anything... 97 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:15,120 Oh, dear, oh, dear! 98 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:18,480 OK, guys, if you leave it with us and we'll get back to you 99 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,240 once we've fixed it. It will look a lot better than it does now. 100 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:22,760 - Absolutely. - Thank you very much. 101 00:05:22,760 --> 00:05:25,280 - You guys take care. - Thank you, bye-bye. 102 00:05:26,480 --> 00:05:30,320 You've got the sentimental value which is directly linked to Harvey. 103 00:05:30,320 --> 00:05:32,680 Absolutely. That responsibility. 104 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:34,280 - It is a big responsibility. - Yeah. 105 00:05:44,480 --> 00:05:47,200 So I'm just applying the paint stripper now. 106 00:05:48,280 --> 00:05:53,760 This should start to break down the previous adhesive 107 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:58,120 which will enable me to remove it 108 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,440 and undo the previous repair. 109 00:06:05,960 --> 00:06:08,760 - What have you done? You've covered him up. - Yes, I've covered him up. 110 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:11,920 It's to hold the active chemicals in place... 111 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,200 - OK. - ..so it can work on the adhesive. 112 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,840 That's the ugliest thing I've ever seen in my life, really. 113 00:06:17,840 --> 00:06:20,560 He's going to look a lot more beautiful when I've finished. 114 00:06:26,760 --> 00:06:28,760 From fading masterpieces... 115 00:06:28,760 --> 00:06:32,280 The purpose of the filling is to actually bring up the surface. 116 00:06:32,280 --> 00:06:34,560 ..to clocks that have fallen silent. 117 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:40,240 The Repair Shop squad is poised to repaint, 118 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:43,880 reupholster and restore Britain's broken objects. 119 00:06:47,400 --> 00:06:49,560 Next to arrive is Sue Wright. 120 00:06:50,880 --> 00:06:53,680 She's been assigned to Frenchman Guillaume Pons, 121 00:06:53,680 --> 00:06:58,200 a specialist ceramics conservator who works with natural materials 122 00:06:58,200 --> 00:07:01,000 such as horn, amber and shell. 123 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,480 What did you bring, then? 124 00:07:02,480 --> 00:07:04,640 I have a mother-of-pearl item. 125 00:07:04,640 --> 00:07:06,320 Sue's brought a seashell, 126 00:07:06,320 --> 00:07:09,600 intricately carved with a depiction of the Last Supper. 127 00:07:09,600 --> 00:07:12,920 It arrived in the family via an ancestor who travelled 128 00:07:12,920 --> 00:07:15,640 as part of his duties to the church. 129 00:07:15,640 --> 00:07:19,360 I'm not quite sure whether it's come from Brazil and that would have been 130 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:22,120 about the beginning of the 20th century, 131 00:07:22,120 --> 00:07:26,080 or it's come back a lot further through various ministers 132 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,200 in the family who have used it for 133 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:30,920 baptisms or something like that. 134 00:07:30,920 --> 00:07:33,400 And what is the story behind Brazil, then? 135 00:07:33,400 --> 00:07:35,120 My grandfather was working out there. 136 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:38,680 Oh, right. It's been broken how long? 137 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:40,680 - Since 1960. - Oh, right. 138 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:42,720 Do you know who did the repair, no? 139 00:07:42,720 --> 00:07:43,880 - My mother. - Right. 140 00:07:43,880 --> 00:07:48,600 It's got the yellow 1960s-type glue on there, 141 00:07:48,600 --> 00:07:50,760 and it obviously didn't hold. 142 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,240 It looks like more or less everything is there, 143 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:55,600 and the fact that your mother kept it for so long, 144 00:07:55,600 --> 00:07:59,240 keeping all the bits together, it must have meant a lot to her. 145 00:07:59,240 --> 00:08:03,640 It did. She was very upset when it broke, hence why she kept all the bits, 146 00:08:03,640 --> 00:08:06,600 so we're really looking forward to see if you can do something with it. 147 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:08,840 Yeah, you will be very pleased, yeah. 148 00:08:08,840 --> 00:08:10,320 It looks very promising. 149 00:08:10,320 --> 00:08:14,200 He seems to be quite confident that it can be repaired back to pristine 150 00:08:14,200 --> 00:08:17,280 condition, which it hasn't been in for 60 years. 151 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:24,080 First of all, what needs to be done is to clean, very well, 152 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:26,280 the glue that was put in the '60s, 153 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:30,160 so my work today is going to be 154 00:08:30,160 --> 00:08:33,680 to remove all the adhesive with a scalpel. 155 00:08:33,680 --> 00:08:36,160 It's time-consuming but it works very well. 156 00:08:44,000 --> 00:08:47,760 I'm very pleased with the cleaning, actually, it worked very well. 157 00:08:53,680 --> 00:08:55,560 I don't need to put 158 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:57,120 much glue, just 159 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:58,440 a little drop. 160 00:09:00,840 --> 00:09:05,360 It's a bit tricky to do the bonding, because the bits, as you can see, 161 00:09:05,360 --> 00:09:08,040 are very small, and you can't really 162 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:09,800 put them together with tape. 163 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:15,400 I will have to stick them together with some sticky wax. 164 00:09:15,400 --> 00:09:18,600 The wax holds the glued pieces tightly together, 165 00:09:18,600 --> 00:09:20,360 while the adhesive is drying. 166 00:09:22,920 --> 00:09:24,960 Done. So that means that... 167 00:09:26,560 --> 00:09:29,640 ..we wait until tomorrow, until the adhesive has set... 168 00:09:30,840 --> 00:09:33,200 ..and hopefully it's going to stay together, 169 00:09:33,200 --> 00:09:35,200 so tomorrow it should be finished. 170 00:09:48,920 --> 00:09:54,280 Guillaume's final task is removing the stabilising wax from the glued shell. 171 00:09:55,880 --> 00:09:58,680 All done now. I remove the sticky wax. 172 00:09:58,680 --> 00:10:00,960 You can see where it was broken. 173 00:10:00,960 --> 00:10:02,840 You can hardly see it now. 174 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:07,120 It's been a very nice piece to work on and I'm very pleased with the results. 175 00:10:17,120 --> 00:10:19,000 On the other side of the workshop, 176 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:23,640 Kirsten's plans for Sweet Pea the bulldog are coming unstuck. 177 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,640 But not in the way she'd hoped for. 178 00:10:26,640 --> 00:10:28,560 It's not going very well, actually. 179 00:10:28,560 --> 00:10:36,360 It's proving incredibly difficult to get the old adhesive off Sweet Pea. 180 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,800 I don't know what they used but it's absolutely rock hard 181 00:10:39,800 --> 00:10:44,560 and I've tried all my usual techniques to try and break down 182 00:10:44,560 --> 00:10:48,320 the repair and I'm just getting nowhere at the moment, 183 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:49,680 so it's quite frustrating. 184 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:58,200 - Will? - Yeah. - I know you keep suggesting a sledgehammer, 185 00:10:58,200 --> 00:11:02,320 but I wonder if you have any practical suggestions. 186 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:05,040 You could try drilling. 187 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:06,880 KIRSTEN LAUGHS 188 00:11:06,880 --> 00:11:09,800 - OK... - Drilling, right, in the cracks with a really fine drillbit, 189 00:11:09,800 --> 00:11:12,880 or a really fine file, kind of like what dentists use on your teeth. 190 00:11:12,880 --> 00:11:14,800 I know, yeah. No, I've used... 191 00:11:14,800 --> 00:11:16,640 That is a really good idea. 192 00:11:16,640 --> 00:11:20,120 You go over to Steve, maybe if you offer to make him a cup of tea 193 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:22,680 - or some toast. - This workshop runs on tea, doesn't it? 194 00:11:22,680 --> 00:11:25,280 Exactly. Speak to Steve, I'm sure he can help. 195 00:11:29,560 --> 00:11:31,080 Look out, here comes trouble. 196 00:11:33,640 --> 00:11:38,400 I'm thinking I might actually try drilling through the little areas 197 00:11:38,400 --> 00:11:40,640 where there's... I've actually broken through. 198 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:43,160 I've got a very, very fine dentist's drill. 199 00:11:46,760 --> 00:11:50,000 This drillbit should go in there really nicely. 200 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:54,520 It's got a long reach to it as well, so you can go quite deep. 201 00:11:54,520 --> 00:11:56,560 OK, I'm going to give it a go. 202 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:08,160 I just have to be really mindful of not damaging the break edges. 203 00:12:12,880 --> 00:12:15,680 I think that might be a bit ambitious. Turn it off. 204 00:12:21,560 --> 00:12:25,840 And that's definitely not the ceramics that's crunching, is it, Steve? 205 00:12:25,840 --> 00:12:27,280 That's adhesive, I'm sure. 206 00:12:27,280 --> 00:12:29,560 You're starting to make me nervous now! 207 00:12:29,560 --> 00:12:31,520 THEY LAUGH 208 00:12:31,520 --> 00:12:33,360 - Over to you! - Give that to me! 209 00:12:39,440 --> 00:12:41,920 Despite careful drilling and filing, 210 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:43,640 Kirsten has realised that 211 00:12:43,640 --> 00:12:46,840 she is in danger of further damaging the ceramic. 212 00:12:46,840 --> 00:12:49,920 I've tried absolutely everything I can possibly think of, 213 00:12:49,920 --> 00:12:55,400 and also asked around as well for a few of my conservator friends. 214 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:57,360 So she's had to change tack. 215 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,520 Instead of breaking Sweet Pea apart then putting him back together again, 216 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:05,360 she's concentrating on improving the existing repairs. 217 00:13:05,360 --> 00:13:09,560 I'm now having to fill Sweet Pea, 218 00:13:09,560 --> 00:13:12,600 which is a little bit of a compromise. 219 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,480 It's not ideal, but it's the only thing I can do, 220 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:17,560 actually, in the circumstances. 221 00:13:25,320 --> 00:13:29,800 After filling and sanding several times to achieve the perfect finish, 222 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:35,800 Kirsten must now disguise her repairs by creating the perfect colour match. 223 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:41,080 I'm just starting to block in the colours and sort of try and hide 224 00:13:41,080 --> 00:13:43,800 the white fills that are there. 225 00:13:43,800 --> 00:13:48,080 There's lots and lots of different colours all over the face. 226 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:52,600 The decoration under the glaze is very sort of spotty, 227 00:13:52,600 --> 00:13:56,760 so I kind of just stipple with my brush to recreate that effect. 228 00:13:58,000 --> 00:14:02,920 It's taken Kirsten days of dogged work to get Sweet Pea looking less 229 00:14:02,920 --> 00:14:07,560 rough, and she still has to put the spring back into his corkscrew tail. 230 00:14:07,560 --> 00:14:10,760 Putting Sweet Pea's tail back on is sort of a little bit like... 231 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:13,640 ..surgery. 232 00:14:13,640 --> 00:14:17,520 Restoring him to his former glory. 233 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:21,480 It's really critical to get the shape absolutely right at this stage. 234 00:14:23,640 --> 00:14:28,120 You can sand it and shape it once it's cured, but it becomes very, 235 00:14:28,120 --> 00:14:30,040 very hard and it's much, 236 00:14:30,040 --> 00:14:34,120 much easier to do it now while it's soft and malleable. 237 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:37,560 With the way everyone's sort of handling the objects, 238 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:42,040 it's just having a respect for the pieces you're working on. 239 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:46,240 At the end of the day, people have brought them to you because they're... 240 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:48,080 They're precious items, so... 241 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,840 ..we handle them with care and respect. 242 00:14:55,840 --> 00:14:59,200 It's this ethos that drives the Repair Shop team, 243 00:14:59,200 --> 00:15:01,160 in their quest to recycle, 244 00:15:01,160 --> 00:15:06,040 renovate and rejuvenate items that were once consigned to the scrapheap. 245 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:10,720 The next deserving item is being brought in 246 00:15:10,720 --> 00:15:14,760 by Scandinavian-born Nina Tucknott, who now lives in Hove. 247 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,640 Oh. So this is your one, yes? 248 00:15:17,640 --> 00:15:19,000 This is my rocking chair. 249 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,880 So, tell us about it. 250 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,600 My maternal grandparents were given it for their wedding day, 251 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:30,400 back in the late 1920s, and this was in Finland where I come from. 252 00:15:30,400 --> 00:15:34,720 And in 1960 in August, when my parents got married, 253 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,280 they were given it in turn for their wedding. 254 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:41,760 - Wow. - And I am born in 1961 and it's been part of my life always. 255 00:15:43,040 --> 00:15:45,600 So, the '20s. Do the maths, you're younger than me. 256 00:15:45,600 --> 00:15:48,040 - That's nearly 100 years. - Nearly 100 years. 257 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,560 This is nearly 100 years old! 258 00:15:51,560 --> 00:15:56,360 So I'm told. My grandparents had a big farm and it was always in 259 00:15:56,360 --> 00:15:59,680 what they call the salon, and then my parents, 260 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,720 it was always in the lounge, but I know as a child, 261 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:06,600 I suffered very badly from severe ear infections, 262 00:16:06,600 --> 00:16:09,880 and my mum and dad used to take turns sitting at night rocking me 263 00:16:09,880 --> 00:16:11,920 - in this chair. - So much history. 264 00:16:11,920 --> 00:16:16,720 I mean, I have never seen a rocking mechanism like this before, never, 265 00:16:16,720 --> 00:16:21,280 never. It's so simple, but really effective. 266 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:24,080 Yes, it is. It means you don't topple over. 267 00:16:24,080 --> 00:16:28,160 You can go back a long way but it keeps you quite safe. 268 00:16:28,160 --> 00:16:29,600 It's a bit worse for wear. 269 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,760 This down here has always looked like that, 270 00:16:33,760 --> 00:16:36,720 and my mum used to stuff it with cotton wool because it used to annoy 271 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:41,480 her having a hole! Since before it came on the journey to England, 272 00:16:41,480 --> 00:16:45,440 this chipped off so it's never... There was a little piece there, 273 00:16:45,440 --> 00:16:48,480 but that went on the journey when it came over. 274 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,200 The one thing I would love fabric-wise, 275 00:16:51,200 --> 00:16:53,560 to feature a little bit of red. 276 00:16:53,560 --> 00:16:57,080 This is the farmhouse that my grandparents had, 277 00:16:57,080 --> 00:17:00,320 and this is a very typical Scandinavian colour, 278 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:04,840 so I kind of feel the red, a little bit of red in the fabric 279 00:17:04,840 --> 00:17:08,640 would just sort of tie it back, back to home, sort of thing. 280 00:17:08,640 --> 00:17:11,880 - Do you reckon you could do the wood? - I think I can handle the wood. 281 00:17:11,880 --> 00:17:13,400 You can handle the fabric? 282 00:17:13,400 --> 00:17:16,400 The fabric, yeah. I love going a bit of red, that's not... 283 00:17:16,400 --> 00:17:18,720 And the painting, um... 284 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,040 - Yeah, does need... It's had a couple of coats. - It has. 285 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:23,240 The last time my dad did it and I was a little girl 286 00:17:23,240 --> 00:17:25,800 so it was back in the '60s! So it's not been done since! 287 00:17:25,800 --> 00:17:29,520 All right. OK, well, if you leave it with us, we'll fully restore it. 288 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:31,080 Can't wait, that would be wonderful. 289 00:17:31,080 --> 00:17:32,240 - Thank you, Jay. - Thank you. 290 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,840 Thank you, and to you, Will, thanks, bye! 291 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:41,200 I don't know how it's held on together. 292 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,960 Because there's a cable going from this end on the left side, 293 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:47,520 and that goes into the back leg on the left side, 294 00:17:47,520 --> 00:17:52,200 and there's a cable on this side, and that goes down into this side, 295 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,280 so it's sort of like an X. 296 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,640 - I'm with you. - So you're never going to flip off because you're being 297 00:17:57,640 --> 00:18:00,080 - held from the other direction. - Yeah. 298 00:18:00,080 --> 00:18:02,520 So simple, but like, really clever. 299 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:05,200 I get the feeling that they really, really liked it, 300 00:18:05,200 --> 00:18:10,440 and they're obviously excited about bringing it back to its former glory. 301 00:18:10,440 --> 00:18:12,760 If you don't mind, bring it over to me bench, will you? 302 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,560 - Yeah. - Nice one. - That's all right. If you make some space... 303 00:18:15,560 --> 00:18:19,320 - I will do. - ..I'll be there in about 45 minutes! 304 00:18:19,320 --> 00:18:21,640 - THEY LAUGH - All right. - Oh, that's lovely. 305 00:18:25,960 --> 00:18:28,120 Over on Kirsten's workbench, 306 00:18:28,120 --> 00:18:32,400 Sweet Pea the bulldog's grooming session is nearly complete. 307 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:35,200 Sounds like you got a new toy. 308 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:38,480 Kept that quiet, didn't you? 309 00:18:38,480 --> 00:18:41,400 - You love a bit of kit. - I do love a bit of kit. 310 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:44,880 I'm just doing a little bit of airbrushing on Sweet Pea. 311 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,920 I've hand-painted most of it and I was actually just putting 312 00:18:48,920 --> 00:18:54,000 - a clear glaze over the top. - Hold on, glaze is like the end, isn't it? 313 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:55,360 - Well, yes. - So the end is near. 314 00:18:55,360 --> 00:18:59,320 Well, the end is near, yes, I'm sort of in the final stages, really. 315 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,560 Steve, come over here a minute, mate. 316 00:19:01,560 --> 00:19:03,080 Will, here we go. 317 00:19:06,120 --> 00:19:07,400 - All done? - Sweet Pea. 318 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:10,320 - All done, yeah. - Amazing. 319 00:19:10,320 --> 00:19:15,400 When Scott and Diana left Sweet Pea at the Repair Shop, he was, well, 320 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,800 a bit of a dog's dinner. 321 00:19:17,800 --> 00:19:20,040 Since Sweet Pea's been gone, 322 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:22,720 Harvey has been at the forefront of our minds. 323 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,640 The sooner Sweet Pea is back in the rightful place, I think we move on. 324 00:19:29,000 --> 00:19:32,800 I won't keep you waiting any longer, I've got him just here. 325 00:19:32,800 --> 00:19:34,680 It's not Sweet Pea as you know him. 326 00:19:34,680 --> 00:19:35,800 Sweet Pea mark two. 327 00:19:37,760 --> 00:19:39,640 - Are you ready? - We're ready! 328 00:19:39,640 --> 00:19:42,840 - Definitely ready, yes. - OK. There he is. 329 00:19:44,080 --> 00:19:45,520 SHE GASPS 330 00:19:45,520 --> 00:19:47,480 - So... - Wow. - The eyes are all... 331 00:19:47,480 --> 00:19:50,000 - Just wow. - Oh, my goodness me. 332 00:19:51,640 --> 00:19:53,600 - Wow. - Good grief. 333 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,360 Obviously, the tail was missing as well. 334 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:06,920 - Fantastic. - I hope that's the right... 335 00:20:06,920 --> 00:20:07,960 No, that's beautiful. 336 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:11,280 - It's perfect. - I can't get over this. 337 00:20:14,120 --> 00:20:17,480 Sweet Pea looks stunning, and I think the tail is the icing on the cake, 338 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:20,280 to have the whole thing finished off and the colour match as well, 339 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,880 around the head, the shading - beautiful. 340 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,560 And the inside, have you seen the inside? 341 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:29,920 How the heck have you done that? 342 00:20:29,920 --> 00:20:31,680 Well... 343 00:20:31,680 --> 00:20:33,360 You're a miracle worker. 344 00:20:33,360 --> 00:20:34,920 - Thank you very much. - No, thank you. 345 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:38,480 - This is the lady you've got to thank, not me, she's done all the work. - It has been a pleasure. 346 00:20:38,480 --> 00:20:40,880 I'm so, so pleased that you're happy. 347 00:20:40,880 --> 00:20:42,080 Yes. 348 00:20:42,080 --> 00:20:44,200 I think it will help us draw closure. 349 00:20:45,640 --> 00:20:48,360 I think once Sweet Pea's back where he should be.... 350 00:20:48,360 --> 00:20:50,000 - It's the final chapter, yeah. - Yeah. 351 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,560 Back inside the Repair Shop, 352 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:05,680 Jay's getting to grips with the 100-year-old rocking chair. 353 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,440 To me, this looks a bit home-made, 354 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:12,800 because you've got this Regency fabric just stitched onto, 355 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:16,280 looks like the back of some hessian, but actually, 356 00:21:16,280 --> 00:21:18,320 I think it's a bit of carpet. 357 00:21:29,600 --> 00:21:31,520 You're making some serious progress. 358 00:21:31,520 --> 00:21:33,880 - Yeah, it is, actually. - But you're missing some pieces, 359 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:36,280 - there's a piece off the top. - No, I'm not missing any pieces, 360 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,240 you're the guy that's sorting out the pieces, so I'm not missing them, 361 00:21:39,240 --> 00:21:43,880 they're just in your brain, your fingers, and you're going to do it all, ain't you? 362 00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:47,760 So I need a bit on here and then there's a bit on there that I need. 363 00:21:47,760 --> 00:21:51,200 I got the other bit, it's just drying at the moment. 364 00:21:51,200 --> 00:21:53,720 - So where are you going? - I'm going to get my stuff! 365 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,320 - Oh, you're going to get your stuff. - I can't do it all in my mind 366 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,200 - and my fingers. - What are you going to do anyway? 367 00:21:58,200 --> 00:22:01,080 - You're going to make... You're going to fix this, aren't you? - Yeah. 368 00:22:01,080 --> 00:22:04,640 I have some really cool mould-making stuff. 369 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:08,360 - OK. - And I think what I'll do, because we can't replace these... 370 00:22:08,360 --> 00:22:13,720 I think these are made out of metal, and they screw on to the inner 371 00:22:13,720 --> 00:22:18,000 wiring, but what I could do is make a mould of that and make that 372 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:20,240 out of plaster or something. 373 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:26,160 Will repairs the hole with a fast-setting filler, 374 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,760 before using a silicon-based putty 375 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:31,720 which hardens to form a mould of the missing button. 376 00:22:32,680 --> 00:22:34,120 Easy with the back. 377 00:22:34,120 --> 00:22:36,080 - Easy, tiger! - WILL LAUGHS 378 00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:55,680 - You keep on doing it! - I keep on doing it. 379 00:22:55,680 --> 00:22:58,000 I am apologising profusely. 380 00:22:59,520 --> 00:23:01,680 Take it off, let's have a look. 381 00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:03,680 It's got to look like... Cor blimey. 382 00:23:03,680 --> 00:23:06,160 It does look like it, as well. 383 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,000 And it's hard already. 384 00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:09,760 Wow. That's impressive. 385 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:12,280 - Hey, hey? - Well done. - Where there's a Will... 386 00:23:12,280 --> 00:23:15,040 - There's a way! - There's a way! - THEY LAUGH 387 00:23:21,640 --> 00:23:24,520 Jay will have to down tools momentarily. 388 00:23:24,520 --> 00:23:27,520 With ceramicist Guillaume having left the Repair Shop 389 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:31,080 after completing the restoration of the mother-of-pearl shell, 390 00:23:31,080 --> 00:23:35,360 it's up to Jay to hand it back to its owner, Sue. 391 00:23:35,360 --> 00:23:37,160 Hello, Sue, how are you doing? 392 00:23:37,160 --> 00:23:38,520 - You all right? - Fine, thank you. 393 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:41,080 You've come for your mother-of-pearl shell, is that right? 394 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,600 - Yes, I have. - Two minutes. 395 00:23:43,600 --> 00:23:47,800 Sue's about to see her rare and beautiful heirloom intact 396 00:23:47,800 --> 00:23:51,080 for the first time in almost 60 years. 397 00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,400 - SUE GASPS - Guillaume has done a brilliant job, 398 00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:55,800 - I believe. - That is absolutely wonderful. 399 00:23:58,960 --> 00:24:01,680 I'm... The pieces that were broken off were down in this bottom 400 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:03,120 right-hand corner here. 401 00:24:04,240 --> 00:24:05,920 And it's difficult to see where it is! 402 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,840 He's just done such a wonderful job on it. 403 00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:08,880 He has, hasn't he? 404 00:24:11,400 --> 00:24:13,040 - Yes. - What would Mum think of this now? 405 00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,880 Oh, she'd be thrilled, because obviously, having kept all the bits, 406 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:18,440 - it would have been her ideal, I think, to get it mended. - Yeah. 407 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,400 And it never happened. 408 00:24:20,400 --> 00:24:22,600 So where is this going to be placed in your house now? 409 00:24:22,600 --> 00:24:26,640 Well, I think it needs to be framed, safe, because it's still delicate, 410 00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,360 - rather than on a plate stand. - I totally agree with you. 411 00:24:29,360 --> 00:24:31,400 With a similar velvety or something, 412 00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,000 - dark-coloured background to show it off. - To show it off. 413 00:24:34,000 --> 00:24:36,240 So what I'll do is I'll get it wrapped up now, 414 00:24:36,240 --> 00:24:37,760 and allow you to take it home 415 00:24:37,760 --> 00:24:40,320 - and enjoy it some more. - Thank you very much indeed, thank you. 416 00:24:40,320 --> 00:24:45,040 - No problem. - I was absolutely amazed at the wonderful craftsmanship 417 00:24:45,040 --> 00:24:48,040 that Guillaume has done on it. I'm just in awe of them. 418 00:24:48,040 --> 00:24:49,840 I'm so grateful to have it back. 419 00:24:57,000 --> 00:25:01,720 With another satisfied customer on her way, it's back to work for Jay, 420 00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:05,880 and there's final flourishes to add to the 100-year-old rocker. 421 00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:10,720 Bosh, bish, bash, bam, bam, bam. 422 00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:11,800 Done. 423 00:25:14,800 --> 00:25:17,600 - What do you think, then, guv? - I reckon that is really, really smart. 424 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:19,240 I love that little touch there. 425 00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:21,640 That just sets it off beautiful. 426 00:25:21,640 --> 00:25:24,920 - Will's done proud on there. - He's done a great job. - Carved it in. 427 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:26,880 And this little bit here as well. 428 00:25:26,880 --> 00:25:30,160 - Has he turned it up? - Well, he's made it out of plaster. 429 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:32,320 What? He's a skilful chap. 430 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,240 - (Don't tell him!) - I know, I know, I have problems telling him. 431 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:38,040 - Ladies. - THEY LAUGH 432 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:39,960 - All right? - Yeah, we're good. 433 00:25:39,960 --> 00:25:42,680 - Hears his name... - And he's straight in there. 434 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:46,400 - So, it's done, what do you reckon? - That's like a chair version of you. 435 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,760 It's true. Oh, yeah, it is, actually! 436 00:25:48,760 --> 00:25:52,880 In fact, if you sat on there, you'd be camouflaged, wouldn't you?! 437 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:54,840 You jokers! You know I don't sit on a chair. 438 00:25:54,840 --> 00:25:56,640 No-one sits on it until the owner. 439 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:04,200 Restoration complete, Nina's beloved chair is rocking up in Hove... 440 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,600 ..with her two sons Sebastien and Lucas taking charge of this family 441 00:26:09,600 --> 00:26:14,240 - treasure. - Both Will and Jay seemed very excited when they first got the 442 00:26:14,240 --> 00:26:18,400 chair in the Repair Shop and they both seemed very confident. 443 00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:22,080 It was a bit scary for me to leave it there and not know what was going 444 00:26:22,080 --> 00:26:24,720 - to happen. - The chair is really important for my mum. 445 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:26,040 It's always been there, really. 446 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:28,640 It's just kind of been something that we've always played with, 447 00:26:28,640 --> 00:26:31,600 it's always been, literally, part of the furniture. 448 00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,280 - You ready to see it? - Yes, I'm ready to see it. 449 00:26:40,280 --> 00:26:42,200 Here we go. 450 00:26:42,200 --> 00:26:43,640 Wow! 451 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:46,080 Amazing. 452 00:26:46,080 --> 00:26:50,000 Look at that lovely red piping on the side, which is what I wanted, 453 00:26:50,000 --> 00:26:55,960 a bit of red to remember and remind me of Grandma and Grandad's farm. 454 00:26:55,960 --> 00:26:59,080 And look at this. A new lease of life. 455 00:26:59,080 --> 00:27:02,800 And look down here, they've put a new covering on there. 456 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,040 That used to just be a hole and you could see right through. 457 00:27:07,400 --> 00:27:10,000 Precious, absolutely precious. 458 00:27:12,320 --> 00:27:15,320 I just wish they could be here and I could say thank you so much, 459 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:16,920 because they've...they've 460 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:18,880 done a really grand job with it. 461 00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:21,320 Brings back so many happy memories, doesn't it? 462 00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:22,840 It's brilliant, isn't it? 463 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:28,040 It's priceless, because obviously there's so much history I remember, 464 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:30,280 and also because I'm living in a different country, 465 00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,080 every time I look at it, it does bring back memories of the farm, 466 00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:35,360 memories of my mum. 467 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:39,880 It is part of my life, it is very, 468 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:43,680 very important and that's why we have it and we'll keep it. 469 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,800 Can you rock? Can you rock? 470 00:27:50,360 --> 00:27:52,680 It's really important to recreate those kind of moments. 471 00:27:52,680 --> 00:27:55,400 We've had photos in the chair and it's so nice to see Hayden 472 00:27:55,400 --> 00:27:59,640 in the chair as well and re-capture those memories and hopefully, 473 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,520 in many, many, many years, 474 00:28:01,520 --> 00:28:04,400 his children will have photos in the chair as well. 475 00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:19,880 Join us next time as more items receive the Repair Shop treatment 476 00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,960 and are given a new lease of life.