01x01 - Episode 1

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- Five years ago,

Angel and I fell in love with
a derelict 45 room Chateau.

This is truly beautiful.

- And since then we've
spent every spare moment

bringing it back to life.

- This is beyond better
than what I've imagined.

(laughs)

(cheers)

- Now at a time

when so many of us are
tackling jobs at home.

- We want to use
Angel's creativity.

- See the vision.

And d*ck's ingenuity.

- That is the basis of a bed.

To solve your design
and DIY dilemmas.

- We want your help
sorting out our front door.

- Some crafty conundrums.

Magazines are great to use.

The ink is waterproof.

- Two entire room renovations.

- We all got our power tools.

- We'll be on hand to help.

We're gonna be drinks
trolley partners in this.

- Amazing (women laugh).

- You got your bus too.

- Yeah, bus to bus.

(Angel laughs)

- Because if we can do it.

I am an average crafter.

I've just got the
mindset of having a go.

So can you.

- Stage one complete.

(d*ck laughs)

- that's just giving
me goosebumps.

- Look at that smoker.

That's phenomenal.

And because we're stuck at home,
we're filming it ourselves.

I'm filming me, filming
you, being cross with me,

I love it.

- Make sure you press the code.

Now that really
is make do amend.

(uplifting music)

- We love living in France,

but recently we thought there
was just one thing missing.

Hello.

(excited screams)

Where' my family?

(d*ck laughs)

Hello, come mommy.

Meet the new lady of the house.

Petale, our Kerry Blue puppy.

Look at her waggin' her tail.

She wants to see you.

Right, should we get
her in the house?

Come on, come on, Petale.

Come on, darlin.

Hello, hello.

She's beautiful.

It's time to get your
new house, Petale.

In we go.

You just come say
hello, hello Petale.

You have to be very calm
because she's never been here.

Let her come to you.

- And as soon as she's
finished getting to know us,

there's a lovely
new home to explore.

- Let's go fora
walk, come Petale.

You look quite a bit
shattered to look around.

(d*ck laughs)

(Family laughs)

As well as a few
house rules to learn.

But Arthur, that's your job.

- Bye Arthur.

- We need to get a
bucket and the cloth.

- Arthur you watching
how daddy does it.

- No.

- It's gonna be your job.

- I'm glad this has all
been re-varnished recently,

it's easy to clean
(d*ck laughs).

(Birds chirping)

Now, Petale's settled in,

it's time to find out
how we can help you

with your projects.

Cool.

- Well, we have oodles
of emails from people.

- That's a lot of emails.

- I know.

We're going to be busy, cool.

- Lots of lovely questions.

There's a huge variety.

- And we got some videos too.

- Yeah.

- Hi d*ck and Angel,
my name's Miriam.

I'm spending most of my time
decorating in this house,

which we just moved into.

But there's one
room in particular

that I was really excited
to have the opportunity

to ask for your advice about,

which is the bathroom upstairs.

It's got an original sky
blue bathroom suite bath.

- That's really blue.

Is it wrong that
I sort of love it?

- Yep.

- So there's tiles
around the bath

and the sink

that are the exact same shade
of blue as the suite itself,

so it makes the whole
room very, very blue.

But the tiles are in
pretty good condition,

so I wondered if we could
do something with those

to make them more interesting.

And it'd just be really
nice if we had a room

that we can go to, to
escape from the chaos

of the rest of the house.

- Escape to the bathroom.

(Angel laughs)

That's a very important
room in the house.

- It is a very important room.

You need to love your
bathroom, don't you?

And I need to find out from her,

like how far she
wants to go with this.

(upbeat jazzy music)

Since we moved to the Chateau,

I've created six, very
different bathrooms

by contrasting paint
and grout and textures.

They all feel luxurious.

But now I'd like to use
that same design principle

in Miriam's bathroom.

But first I need to find out
what her favorite colors are

and to do that I've headed
up to the Patogerie suite.

I still love this bathroom so
much, every time I come in.

I love the light in here,

and this is exactly
the right place

to have the phone
call with Miriam,

because these tiles are
similar to her blue.

Let's give her a call.

(telephone jingles)

Hello!

- Hello.

- Well, firstly, congratulations
on your new home.

- Oh, thank you.

- Now I've got a big
question for you.

Are you going to
embrace the blue?

- Oh yes, definitely want
to keep the blue suite,

blue is our favorite color.

- Okay, that's great

‘cause what I think we need
to do is work out a way

to break up all
of the blue, okay.

Now this is the
Patogerie suite bathroom.

It's the last bathroom
we did in the house.

And by this point I had
little bit more confidence

to use colors that were
a little bit daring.

So let me show you, all done.

So here, I've got a
very statement, whoa,

it is emerald green.

Now go into my copper bath here.

- It's lovely.

Oh, buckets are just plants
in different Heights.

See the walls on here.

Sort of a salmony rose.

Just to be a quick once around.

And there is Mr. Strawbridge.

Now this is the most
exciting bit for me.

This is why I brought
you here, dah-dun-dun,

my tiles.

Come on, I'm looking at that,

they're actually the
same, aren't they?

- Yeah.

- They have a similar shade.

I have got layered rugs as
well, breaking it all up.

So I think this
particular bathroom works

because it's got lots of
shapes, lots of textures.

And there's not really
any one particular focus

at any point.

There's enough to keep
you interested here.

So there are things
that we can do

that will happen very quickly,

that will make a big difference.

- Yeah, I'm kind of happy
to experiment in, I think.

- Now what I think
our plan should be

is for you to look at a color
palette that you really love

and let's start
making your bathroom

so you absolutely
fall in love with it.

- Okay, just a selection
of different colors I like.

- Absolutely have the confidence

to just do something you like.

But what I'm here to do is to
help you have that confidence.

So we're not gonna
take the next stage

until you're happy
with everything.

- Okay.

- Great.

Well, enjoy the place.

I will speak to you very soon.

- Speak to you soon, bye.

- As soon as Miriam
comes back to me

with her favorite colors,

we'll kick off her beautiful
bathroom transformation.

But here at the Chateau,

we've also got lots of
our own projects going on.

Off you go.

- I reckon the best
way to introduce mine

is with a wide shot
from 50 feet up.

- Be careful, I love ya.

Make sure you press the code.

- There you go.

The Chateau's 2000 square
meter walled garden.

And it's over there on the right

where I'm about to start a job

that will hopefully
make me very happy.

Back on terra firma,

I can show you exactly
what I want to do.

When the Chateau
was entertaining,

this garden would have
been really productive

and there'd probably have been
half a dozen gardeners here.

And I keep seeing
these bits of wood

that are on the top of the wall.

And what they are is
they're the remnants

of all their potting
sheds, their stores,

places to keep fruit.

We haven't got a potting shed

and I think it's
pretty fundamental.

A chap needs one, so I
plan to sort that out.

And think I found
the perfect spot.

This wall basically face east.

If I turned this area
into my potting shed,

I'll have the sun streaming
through in the morning

and I'll just feel
all invigorated.

That's my logic.

As well as that, this
is a huge big barn.

And about the last quarter
of it is a set of stables

with two big stalls in it.

If I turn this little air
vent window into a door,

I can have access

to my garden.

I can have benches out here
for putting seedlings on.

I can do whatever I
want, but first of all,

every job starts with a clear.

And it's warm so I've got
shorts on and there's nettles,

that's not good.

Get rid of a couple
of those, and now.

As my project is pretty big,

I'm going to have
to do it in stages.

So as soon as I've cleared it,
I'll be back for stage two,

making a hole for the door.

Now though, it's time to
watch another request.

- But first there's a
bit of tidying up to do.

He's just getting a
quick makeup check.

- And this means Angela's
allowed to groom me ‘cause what.

- I just done it and
you just messed it up.

- Who's this next chap?

- I have no idea, let's see.

- Hi d*ck and Angel,
my name's Phil

and what I'd like you
guys to help me do

is to be able to
smoke my own food.

Some soft cheeses,
some hard cheeses.

- He is talking my language,
but this is a project for you.

He says, you guys, but it's you.

- Okay, but let's
see what he can do.

- So around the house I've
got various different bits

and pieces that might
be able to be used.

And it's more the skill of
how you do it with the coals.

So any help you can
give that'd be great.

- You mentioned in there
about sort of coals.

I don't think he
gets the principles

of how you smoke cheese.

- I don't understand
the principles

and I've seen you
do it, so, you know.

- Well, that's a bad sign.

I thought you watched me
do it a dozen of times.

- No, Ido, but I
just, you know, I just.

- What was the first
evening we spent together?

What did I do?

The very first time I
kissed you as you walked in.

- You smoked.

- I did smoke.
- Duck.

- It was pigeon, but it
was near, that's good.

Hot smoked.

- Hot smokes, yeah.

- If you hot smoke
cheese, it melts, no good.

So you have to
cold smoke cheese.

- Yes, I think that's where
lots of people get confused.

- Obviously you are.

- There's two types of smoking.

- Hot smoke means cooking it,

cold smoke means
infusing it gently

at a lower temperature.

Okay?

- Good, okay, I love you.

(d*ck laughs)

- Since moving to the Chateau,

we've always tried to utilize
any old objects we find

and Phil's request has
given me the perfect excuse

to fire up my own
homemade smoker.

Are you rolling?

- I'm rollin'.

- Okay.

All the elements we
need to make a smoker.

This is the box.

And it's got a
pipe attached to it

because this is an old stove.

All right, we find it.

So this is what we use and
my food goes inside here.

And the final thing that's
really important is the sawdust.

Okay, now it's as simple as

connecting this

together.

That's it done by the way.

Now what I'm gonna do
is put sawdust in here.

Okay?

Right.

There's lots of subtle
ways of lighting, yeah.

All I'm going to do is nuke
it until it starts goin'.

Here we go.

The sawdust will burn.

There's nothing there
for six to eight hours.

Shut the door.

And the only place
for the smoke to go,

is down the pipe to fill up
my barrel and guess what?

There's smoke in my barrel.

Shove your cheese in
there and off we go.

- Nice.

- Hi there gorgeous.

(d*ck and Angel smooch)

(uplifting instrumental music)

(uplifting music)

- Even on the sunniest,

most peaceful days
at the Chateau,

there's always
something goin' on.

Like creating a door for
d*ck's new potting shed.

- Right.

When I take this bad boy out
and all the rocks below it,

there's a chance that this
is not a support as it was.

Not good.

So I've done something
very, very simple.

Cut a piece of wood

and when it sits in here

like that

means that that
arch can't come in.

Nice and simple.

So right, it's time
to get started.

It's as good as any.

It doesn't take long to find out

if my piece of wood
will hold or not.

There you go, wow.

Ha!

Was just waiting for that.

- Thank God your
reflexes are so good.

- I knew it was coming.

- Did you?

- I was just waiting
for it to come

but I had to stay safe on it.

- I was not expecting that.

- Look how soft that mortar is,

but hold on, this is rock solid.

- Yeah.

- That cheers me up.

It's a bit worrying when
you start pulling it apart

and you see that the
mortar is quite soft.

But actually it's been
sitting here for 150 years

and I have no doubt it
would have outlived me.

But the people that put
it together 150 years ago,

didn't know I needed
a potting shed.

(upbeat music)

- A few days ago,

I sent Miriam the
task of sending me

a selection of her
favorite colors.

- This is a dark,
pretty dark blue color.

- That's great.

I like it.

Now I just need to figure out
which ones will compliment

her very retro,
very blue bathroom.

- This, is a scarf that I love.

- Her scarf, love it.

- I really like the
burgundy and the blue.

Actually our wedding scheme
colors were blue and burgundy.

Got another scarf here, which
again is blue and burgundy.

I never realized it was
such a thing for me.

Here's a little surely thing,
I have the pink with it.

But I think that's everything,
if that helps, thanks.

- It's interesting that Miriam,
when we started talking,

she was not really quite
sure what direction

or what colors that
she even liked.

But actually she
loves vibrant pinks

and burgundies and blues.

Now I know what Miriam likes,

I'm gonna pull together
a 3D mood board for her.

It's a brilliant way to
bring your design to life.

You can see it, feel
it and even smell it.

So let's put this down here.

(uplifting jazzy music)

These are the tones I think

we've got closest to what
Miriam has got at the moment.

And actually this bunch of stuff

is really going lovely together.

And this will start
to not be as obvious

and I think that is the key.

(upbeat jazzy music)

(Angel laughs)

I just found this old magazine
that I absolutely love.

And it actually just reminds me

of being in the bath,
like, ah lovely.

- Happy?

- Yeah, I think that this
might give her the confidence

to just go for it.

- 3D mood boards are not for me,

but cold smoking definitely is.

And I've had request to
teach this ancient art.

(phone chimes)

- I have.

- Are you sure?

- If modern technology allows.

- Do you need
technical assistance?

- I'm just.

- Yes or no?

- Join call.

- Hello.

- Phil, hiya, how you doin"?

- Hi d*ck, yeah, I'm
really well, thanks.

- You want to smoke some food?

- Yeah, cheese.

- Okay, can you see that
board behind me at all?

- I can see the board, yes.

- So we need something in
here to smolder sawdust, yeah.

A pipe and somewhere
to put our food

with the smoke
comin' out the top.

That's it.

That's as difficult as it gets.

Smoke, a pipe and food.

- I'm making notes in my book.

- The smoke we want to generate

has to be tasty smoke.

Okay, that's the key thing.

-, Yeah, yeah cool.

- And softwoods like pines

‘cause they're very
tarry and very resiny

and that can actually add a
horrible taste to your food.

So we're not interested in that.

So we want a temperate hardwood.

Things like oak, beech,
apple, pear, cherry,

anything at all
along those lines.

- Well, I've got a cherry tree

that I actually took
down in the back garden

about three years ago.

I could quite easily get
the sawdust off of that.

That would be quite
straightforward.

- Yeah.

Then you'll be able to say

this is Phil's
cherry smoked cheese.

- Sounds good.

- So what I want you to do
is go and just make sure

that you've got all the
bits you want together.

Then we'll start
getting it done.

- Okay, yeah, that sounds great.

- Take care, sir.

Speak to you soon.

- Take care, thank you.

- Thanks Phil.

- Petale, our Kerry Blue puppy

has only recently joined us

and everyone's already head
over heels in love with her.

- Oh, her coat is soft.

- Oh my God Petale,
you're so soft.

- Dorothy, I'm giving
you the camera.

Yeah, you can feel a
little bit of Petale

and a little bit of Arthur.

- Hello Arthur.

Petale!

- But it seems our new star

just isn't ready yet
for her close up.

- Petale, where you goin?

- Back in my Tresorie,

I'm looking forward
to finding out

whether Miriam's ready to start

transforming her
very blue bathroom.

You've seen my
mood board, right?

- Yes, I have, yes, it's lovely.

I was very excited.

- Oh good, good.

'Cause when you were
talking about the colors,

it was the dark bold blue

that was the one
that worked for me.

And with that, I actually
think you could have

the baby pink in there.

Now are you going
to do the grouts?

I'm keen to do something
to break up just how,

how much of the same color
there is there, so yeah.

- It is a job that will
make a massive difference.

Now d*ck brought
me up this tool.

It is for getting out grout.

- Right.

- You can use other things,

but this, I think,
is a time-saver.

- Okay.
- 'kay.

Now, if you buy gray grout,
it is already a dark color,

but you'll probably
want to try and buy

a little pop of blue dye.

And you can mix it together

to just get a bit
of a blue hint.

- Okay.

And you think you
can kind of match

with the dark blue on the wall?

- I think that that
would look lovely.

- Okay I'll move all
the dirty tasks first

and then I'll have fun

thinking about the
pretty tasks afterwards.

- Think about 'em together.

Look, good luck with everything

and I'll speak to you very soon.

- See you.

- Bye.
- Bye.

- She's gonna go
for it isn't she?

- She's gonna go for
it, I'm really excited.

I think her bathroom

is going to look very
different, very quickly.

To show Miriam
exactly what I mean,

I'm going to zhoos up
some old blue tiles

I found on our scrap heap.

Can you come help me put it on?

It's actually
ridiculously heavy.

- Ah, ah, that's so heavy.

- What are you doin',
I was gonna have it.

- You have to tell
me what to do.

- Lovely.

- Right, you happy?

- I'm happy.

I have watched grout
being done a lot of times,

but I never really
physically do it.

If I can do it, and
I'm not the best DIYer,

Miriam can totally nail this.

So I'm gonna elevate
this bit of board

and then put it
back on the skip.

Right.

Get the manky grout out.

I just love how colored
grout can transform

a boring tiled wall into
something rather special.

Like the black grout that I
used in the botanical suite

and the shiny gold
in the boudoir.

I've even got metallic
copper in our bath.

Like that was easy, easy peasy.

Right, next bit, I guess,
making up the grout.

Now I don't need to
make a lot of this up.

A little bit of water,

but I'm also gonna have a
little bit of a paint dye.

The thing is it's gonna
dry a little bit lighter.

It always does so you just
need to keep that in mind.

Whoa, lovely.

Love the color.

Think it sort of makes
the tile stand out,

brings it up a little bit.

And I'll just leave it
to drive for half an hour

and then give it a bit of
a (Angel whistles) done.

You know, I've been looking
at old blue bathrooms.

They're old.

They've come back into fashion.

So in fact, Miriam, needs
to not only love this blue,

she has to know that she
has got a vintage bathroom.

(Angel laughs)

- You wanna tidy up?

- Whether you have a
vintage bathroom or not,

it's still dead easy
to glam up old tiles

with a touch of grout know-how.

Make sure you have
the right tools.

Be brave and bold with contrast.

And remember metallic grout

can really add a
bit of va va voom.

- It's only been a few
days since I spoke to Phil

and he's already
building his smoker.

- So I've got an old
socket case sort of thing.

I've got a wine box I was given

with a lovely slide
drawer on the front.

So that's gonna
be our smoke box.

That's our first hole of many.

So what my plan is now
is to drill small holes

in the steel around like that.

And what I'm gonna do is slide
the wooden dowel through,

and there'll be the shelf
that the cheese can sit on.

So there we go.

And there is the smoke
box on top of the firebox

with its shelf inside.

I'll silicon the smoke
box down to the fire box,

which will create a good seal
and then we're ready to go.

- Saw your video matey.

- Yes.

- Love it.

Slight problem.

You're right to put
quite a lot of holes in,

but because you've gone all
the way around your toolbox,

there's a good chance the smoke
you generate will disappear.

- I'll just take the
hose up at the other end,

underneath the chimney side.

- Right, the lighting
of the sawdust

is always going to be the best
part of this, the most fun.

So just go for it, I don't mess
around, I got a blow torch.

- Well, I've got my
little blowtorch pen.

- Perfect.

- So I'm ready to go.

Bring in my glamorous
assistant, my eldest daughter.

- Hey yeah.

Look at this.

Don't spit out too much,
give it sort of fairly high.

Oh, that's good, perfect.

No you're going to
blow torch the end.

Oh, this is where it gets
exciting, isn't it, eh?

Thank you for your assistance.

- We've got the burner going.

- Yeah, get it in the hole.

Way you go.

Hit it with a gas torch
for a little bit longer

than you would expect, just
to get a good flame going.

I'm quite excited by this.

Come on, come on.

I can see smoke
coming out the top.

If you look at the top.

- Yes, right there.

- Yeah, well that's
what you want.

And they'll be blow
on that gently, yes.

Look, oh, look,
you have a smoker.

Look how much smoke
you got there fella.

Get some cheese in.

Why you talking to me?

- Go Jezebel, get the plate.

- And remember it's
not just cheese,

you can put garlic in
there easily as well.

If you like it, smoke it.

Four to six hours for cheese,
four hours for garlic.

Once you smoked it,
wrap it in tinfoil,

put in the fridge and let
it mature for a little bit.

Yeah, look at that smoker.

That's phenomenal, well done.

And get it shut up there,

we want the smoke
to settle in there.

I think my job here is done.

- Awesome, all right,

well thanks very
much for your help,

and it's not just
effect, it's still goin'.

- Don't act so
surprised, you built it.

Cultivating the
Chateaus' walled garden

demands a lot of
time and effort,

but it's all worth it
for moments like this.

You made it.

Arthur, don't roll, loop it.

There's an old saying, okay.

If you don't know
knots, do lots of knots.

Okay, so if you don't
know a special knot,

what do you do, is you
just do lots like this.

Here we go.

I need you to tie
this here, tight.

Any knot you want,
I want it tied here.

- I want to do the
one you just did.

If you don't have to do a
special knot, do lots of knots.

- Pull it tight, pull it tight.

Good, how's that looking?

That's looking like we can
attach our piece to that.

Doesn't it?

Because we've done
all this hard work,

I think we deserve a reward.

And our reward is?

- Peas!

- Ta-dah.

- Ta-dah.

- Thanks for your help.

You share with your
mommy, good boy.

Now the peas are tied,

Angel's keen for us to
watch another request.

- Hi d*ck and Angel, I'm Tom.

- And my name's Sim.

- And we want your help
sorting out our front door.

So at the moment we've got
this huge, great lab box,

which is not in keeping
with this street.

- Oh, that's a bit ugly,
but it's a stunning door.

- Yeah, that's phenomenal.

- It's a church door.

- Looks like a hobbit's door.

- We also got like the
world's largest gap

at the bottom of our door,

which we're currently
wedging doormats into.

I'm finding the door, it
just needs a bit of a paint

and a bit of love.

- No, it doesn't.

It needs more than that.

That door is probably held
together by the paint.

- Oh don't say that.

And I reckon, the perfect place

to discuss front doors is here.

- Oh, hey.

- Hey, Tom, hiya
Sim, how ya doin'?

- Hi.

- The shape of your front door

is very, very different.

- It is yes.

All the other ones on the street

are like the typical Georgian,

but our house was
evacuated at one point,

so they put this like weird
little church door in.

It stands out on the
street completely.

- You got the best looking door.

- Yeah, we will have
the best looking door.

- And you got a draft at
the bottom of your door

and you why?

Look at your door and
look at next door,

you haven't got a weather board.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- And rain hitting your
door and running down,

just goes straight
down and under

and into your entrance hall.

So you have to get
a weatherboard to
attach to the bottom.

- Yep.

- Now your door looks like

it has had layers
upon layers of paint.

- So is the theme of the house,

has got this sort
of massive blowtorch

that a random man on
the street gave us.

And we don't actually
know who he is.

He's just like, "Oh,
you can have it.

"I'll be back in a
month to pick it up."

- Isn't that lovely?

That's a nice community thing.

Is it a blow torch
or is it a heat g*n?

Is it electric?

- Scrape the paint off.

The big thing about that
is if you use a blow torch,

you have to be very careful

because you've got a flame
involved in that, okay.

What I would do, I'd say,
"Thank you very much."

The chap that gave it to you,
but I wouldn't touch it yet.

I would go to your
electric heat g*n first.

- You know, most of this
work on your gorgeous door

is gonna be in the
preparation, so take your time.

Enjoy it.

- And by the way,
just think about it,

our door needs probably

about twice as much work as
yours on it now at the minute.

I'm ignoring it,
that's the difference.

- I'm ignoring it, but
it's stress stresses me out

every time we walk through it.

- Listen, take care of you two

- Thank you so much
for all your help.

- No problem at all, get
stuck into it and enjoy it.

- See you later, thank you, bye.

- Bye. Bye.

- Their door is very special.

-Itis.

I really need a front door, so.

- It's good for a long time yet.

Let's not get too carried away.

Totally, look at it.

It shuts, it opens, the
weather doesn't come in.

Tom and Sim have got
front door to do.

This is the closest thing I
could find to a front door

in one of the out buildings.

First things first,

you need to get rid of all
the bits that are on here,

which are loose rubbish.

There are a number of ways
of stripping this door.

This is a hot air
g*n, all right.

so hot air g*n and
something for stripping.

We have strippers galore

and this is the ultimate
tool for stripping off.

Right, I need to
heat this enough

just to make sure
that it goes soft

and then I scrape it with this.

There we go.

- Oh yeah, it's got the bubble.

- No wood was burnt in the
stripping of this door.

That's quite important.

You can see it bubbling and
when it starts to bubble,

yeah, you gonna scrape it off.

- That is lovely, I can
see how satisfying that is.

- Look here, see
look at the bubbles,

bubble bubble bubble
bubble, bubble, bubble.

Look at that.

Okay.

We've been at it moments

and already you can see
the door underneath it.

It may sound a bit silly.

This is hot, put it down
and something will damage.

Okay, sandpaper's got
numbers in the back.

The smaller the number,
the rougher the sandpaper.

This an eighty, so
it's relatively rough.

And you got a 120,
that's not so rough.

And then you got the
180, that's quite smooth.

Let's get started.

- Right? Is he that?

Well, gonna make it go away.

- When you put the
paint on in layers,

they come up with
bumps, don't they?

- Do it by braille, check
your eyes if necessary.

Bit of a difference
from what it was.

So I said, you brush it down,
you strip it, you sand it.

And then you give it a wash down

and it's ready for
the artistic bit,

which has nothing to do with me.

- Tom and Sim are
just gettin' started,

but Miriam's going great g*ns.

Not only has she taught
herself to grout,

but she's also painted
the bathroom walls.

These gorgeous, deep
colors that she loves.

Now I'd like to show Miriam

how to add another
personal touch

with a hand printed
wooden photo.

It's my type of task.

It's very quick and
very, very simple.

Piece of wood, which
has been sanded,

so it's lovely and porous.

And sticker sheets.

Now, when you take
the stickers off,

you get a shiny underneath
that when you put it through

your ink jet printer,
the ink stays wet.

When you put it on
and wipe it out,

it absorbs into the wood
and it is as simple as that.

This I know is your
favorite photograph.

This is actually going
to be a presy for you.

- Thank you.

Right, and you do honestly
only get kind of one go.

So I'm going to try and try
and put it in the middle

and then I'm gonna put my
finger in it and not move it.

Yeah, and I'm gonna
just go, boom.

And I'm not gonna know
anything that's going on

until I take it off.

I have no idea if it's works.

- This is a great photo.

- No, this is a great photo

‘cause this is
taken the first year

that we moved here, wasn't it?

Ready? Da, da-dah.

The sheet.

Oh, the ink is on here.

I don't want to stop, what
other photos do we got?

- As well as that photo,

one of my other favorite
things in the world

is my home smoked cheese.

And remember to do that,

you'll need a metal container
to hold the sawdust.

Another container
to put your food in,

a pipe between the two

and a hole in the food
box to let the smoke out.

Then simply experiment

with different types
of cheese and sawdust.

Once the smoked cheese
has rested in the fridge

for 24 hours, the
real fun can begin.

- This looks all
very nice, baby.

- Smell that, come on.

This is a happy lady.

Yeah, you see my eyes.

- Have to do my eyes well.

- A really nice smell.

This is oak smoked.

And here we have, it's quite
rare for us, this is cheddar.

A lovely, mature cheddar
that has been smoked, wow.

We're gonna devour that tonight.

(bell rings)

Service.

- Right, Dorothy, well done.

Wanna bring the knives down.

- Dorothy's got the knives,
I've got the cheese.

- And I've got the good looks.

- And you've got the good
looks, oh yeah (Angel laughs).

- Smarty pants.

Come on, let's eat, big boy.

Here we go, look at this,
go straight in there.

Oh, I'm chopping the heart up.

Who will I give my heart to?

- One of us.

- That's exactly
right, okay, try that.

What do you think?

- So good.

- That's really lovely.

- It is really lovely.

I hope Phil and his family
just have these lovely moments.

- Cheers.

- I do love you lot, cheers.

(everyone cheers)

Here's to lovely smoked food.

- It's an exciting
time at the Chateau,

because both d*ck and Miriam

are getting into
that wonderful moment

when they know all the
hard work is worth it.

- And I'm pleased to say

that Tom and Sim
have started tackling

their big old wooden door.

- Wow, it looks incredible.

- So another half day,

you will have that
in pretty good order.

- Yeah, should be.

- Right, putting the paint on.

Two important things,
quality of brushes.

You don't want anything
that cast bristle.

And then this is a
little foam roller

as opposed to anything furry.

- Now, the grooves.

Just use a small brush
and put quite a lot on it

and just roll it,
roll it, roll it.

Once you've got all the
grooves, you just get a blush,

put a little bit on, roller it.

My pet hate is brush marks.

On all of the bits corners,

just having a bit of
an angle brush over it

is quite handy.

Honestly, if you've got
three brushes like this

and a roller and a few hours
on your hands, you'll be fine.

- We cleaned the door
handle up as well,

so that's all paint free now.

- Well done.

- Oh, that's looking good.

- That is incredible,
that is so stunning.

- That is something
I've not seeing

as lovely as that.

That's very special.

- In some areas it's like
gone back to the silver.

- Yeah, you know,
that's bare metal,

but putting a rust k*ller on it,

it'll actually takes
the oxidize layer,

hardens it off, and
it can turn out to be

a sort of a nice
gentle gunmetal blue.

We used to use in
the army all the time

to keep our weapons
from rusting.

- It could be a good
compromise actually.

Not painting it, but still
having a bit of age in it.

- Okay, work hard you
two, as well, stay safe.

- Thank you very much.

- See you soon.

- Take care. Bye-bye bye-bye.

- We don't have much
in door handles.

- I know.

- Do you know that?

You thought I
haven't noticed that.

But we got away with it.

- I saw their door handle

and the first thing
I thought was, oh no.

You're right, we haven't
got much in door handles,

but that's not my fault.

In the wall garden,

I think it's time to
show you my new doorway

and what's inside.

This is,

oh, this is great.

It's gonna be a potting shed,

but there's the original device.

The dividing, it's a bit wobbly.

The divide's when it
was two stable stalls.

I haven't seen that,
it must be a door,

from one stall to the next.

- That's so cute.

Oh gosh.

-Itis.

- So you're gonna
keep that door, right.

- You know me, I don't wanna
get rid of a door like that.

These bits of metal would
have been put over here

to stop the animals
gnawing at the wood.

Lovely.

This has probably been somewhere

where they separated
a big stallion.

- Really, really?

- Yeah. Yeah.

There'll be something big
in here that had his own,

this was spoiled to be in here.

There's a trough in here,

which is probably
going to be great

for starting plants off in.

- I've only just seen that
for the first time ever.

- It's good, isn't it.

It's got manger.

There's a hundred
years of history there.

- Gosh, this is amazing.

-Ilove it.

- And I love Miriam because
just a few weeks ago

she had a rather shabby
bath to contend with.

But wow, look at it now.

- I re-grouted the tiles.

I enjoyed doing it.

And I think the dark ground
does make a lot of difference.

I think it works
really well in here.

It's nice to have a bathroom
that feels kind of special

rather than dysfunctional.

And that's really quite
personal to us as well.

This is a macrame
shelf that I made.

I'm quite pleased with it.

And I made macrame
plant holder as well

and dyed the bottom of burgundy.

It's kind of like the
mood board that you sent.

It was really nice
to use this mirror

‘cause it came from
my grandma's house

and I think it matches really
well and very nicely in here.

And the picture that I
did from Angel's tutorial

from our wedding
on a piece of wood.

I would never of really thought
of putting personal things

in a bathroom like pictures,

but it's really nice to
have in the bathroom.

So yeah, we love it, we're
really happy with it.

- I just get so much

like

just warmth,

and achievements and
other people doin'
up their own houses.

She's just done
such a great job.

It's really, really brilliant.

Hello.

- Hello.

- Honestly, I just feel like
we've come such in the way

from the first time we chatted.

I look at this bathroom,
you sit in there now,

and this feels so naturally
you, it really does.

I can't picture even
a different bathroom.

- I know, I know.

I think, once I kind
of got the confidence

those colors would work,
I could kind of visualize

what I would do
with the rest of it.

- It looks gorgeous.

I feel like you
love the blue now.

- We definitely do.

I really can't imagine

ever wanting to put a normal
white suite in here now.

I just can't believe
how much we love it.

- You have done
an incredible job.

- Thank you very much.

- Well done with everything
and we'll speak again.

- Thank you, bye.

- Bye.

So much elbow grease
went into that bathroom.

I'm just glad she
loves it so much.

- Miriam isn't the
only one celebrating

because Tom and Sim's
old battered door

is now a thing of beauty.

- Oh, lovely.

- We've got a foot plate
than there's a weatherboard.

- Good.

- Then we've got the
original door handle

that we removed all the
original paint from.

And then we put
rust converter on it

to make it shiny and black.

- Oh.

- And then we've got the
beautiful, shiny letter box.

And now not only
is the letter box

shiny enough to check your hair.

You can also pretty much
do it in the door itself.

- Oh, fantastic.

- That's great.

- Hey there.

- Hello.

- Hi.

- I was just thinking how
gloriously shiny it looks.

Are you happy?

- Yeah, it looks amazing.

Every paint we put on it just
gets a little bit shinier.

So we're tempted
with a coat five,

but we thought we leave
at least for today.

(d*ck chuckles)

- Have you got the best
door in the street now?

- I'd say so.

- It's a credit to your
chaps and well done.

- Yeah.

- And I don't like you at all

because if you look
over Angel's shoulder,

you'll see what I
have to still do.

- Well, if you need any help
or advice just let us know.

- Well, done chaps.

Listen, look after yourself
and many happy door clunks.

(Angel laughs)

- Thank you very much.

- What a lovely day.

I think we've been very lucky

because just think
what we have learnt

and what we've had to go
at for the last five years.

- We end up having a go at
things because we have to,

but we've learnt so much and
stuff that I never ever thought

that I would have
been able to do,

I've done because
actually it saved us money

and I had to do it.

And I think that that learning
curve has been a lot of fun,

but I'm really enjoying goin'
on other people's journey.

- You what I have loved

about getting involved
with other people

is not having to do it.

- I knew you were
gonna say that.

(uplifting music)