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I'm getting ready for a very special occasion - the quarterfinals!

This week, love is in the air

as our four final designers transform

two luxurious wedding lodges here in romantic Rutland.

Three designers will be carried over the threshold,

but for one, the honeymoon period is over.

It's wedding lodges week.

Ten aspiring designers competing for one life-changing contract -

to transform a top cocktail bar.

Last time...

Urgh! I will not be beaten!

..the designers tackled beach chalets.

How am I supposed to fit eight people in here?

Temi came out on top.

I think there's a lot of design authorship going on.

The remaining four were in the firing line...

It's just a bit too much going on in here

for such a simple little space.

..but it was Peter who didn't measure up.

One of the basic rules of design -

get the layout right.

So I'm so sorry, Peter.

Thank you so much.

It's week six...

Hey, boys. Hiya.

..and the remaining designers have arrived at Michelle's design studio

to hear their next brief

and battle it out for a place in the semifinal.

On a serious note, guys, this is weird. Yeah.

I'm absolutely buzzing to have gotten this far.

No more self-doubt...she says.

This is getting really tough. Yeah.

This is getting to the... Nitty-gritty. Nitty...

..gritty. ..nitty-gritty.

The last four, and it's a strong bunch.

And who can say what's going to happen?

Every week, the competition has hotted up,

but when you say quarterfinals,

it feels, like, hot-hot.

Quarterfinals!

I'm going to say it. Quarterfinals!

And then there were four!

Hi, Alan.

How are you all feeling?

Yeah, great.

LAUGHTER

We're nearly there. Are you excited or are you scared?

Because I know last week was tough.

Both. Yeah, it's definitely a mixture of both.

You're excited to see how far it will take you,

but you're also scared, you know, when it might break you.

Yes, I know.

And last week, Michelle didn't take any prisoners, did she?

She was savage. She was very passionate.

You can always tell when she's angry.

Those laser beams come out of her eyes.

ALAN HUMS

Oh, hello.

Hello, everyone. Hello. We were just talking about you.

My ears were burning. It was all good, wasn't it?

Absolutely. Yes. Yes, it was.

Oh, so here we go. Quarterfinals.

So, for this challenge, I am taking you

to the stunning Rutland Water area of the East Midlands,

because I've found a fabulous wedding venue there.

This week, the designers have their work cut out,

transforming two lakeside lodges in the grounds

of a luxury hotel in Rutland.

# Love shack, baby. #

Featuring high ceilings and exposed beams,

these unique lodges need a little love.

Working in pairs, one designer will be responsible

for the open-plan kitchen and living area,

while their team-mate oversees the bedroom

and outdoor terrace.

So the owners want one tailored more to a groom party

and the other more bridal.

Tom and Monika, you'll be making up the groom's lodge. Oh!

Oh! And of course, that leaves Temi and Jack.

You'll be creating the bridal lodge. OK!

And there's a place in the semifinals at stake here,

so I really need to see you take ownership

of your individual design decisions.

And obviously, at the end of the competition, the weakest

designers will end up on Michelle's sofa,

where one of you will be going home.

Good luck. Thank you.

Good luck. Thank you.

Hiya! Exciting!

Yes!

We've got a lot of key words -

romantic, luxurious, magical,

the most important time in a person's life.

So no pressure.

No pressure at all. I'm feeling fine.

Yeah. Put my feet up.

We haven't worked with each other before. No.

And I think we have a lot more in common

than we probably initially think we do.

You think? Yeah. I don't really know.

I always thought of you as a person

who just loves neutral and naturals,

and then I love all the dark stuff and the gold stuff.

I'm not married, so I don't know what I would want

to expect on my wedding.

You married? I am, but we eloped.

So... Ah, OK.

But I've been to many weddings.

I've worn this outfit to a wedding.

So I wanted to go with this, like, dark elegance and dark romance.

I think we need to be super mindful that we don't go

too masculine, though.

Never worked with Monika before.

She's a fierce competitor.

I'm in the quarterfinals, and I hope to show more of my style

and my true self.

And I can't screw it up.

I think we really need to consider painting all the woodwork. Uh-huh.

There's a very tenuous cohesion, so we need to sit down

and have a proper conversation about all of that.

So these are some of my ideas.

TEMI GASPS We've got the same colour scheme!

Oh, fantastic. Which is the lovely greens,

the sages and the whites.

We've got to, like, work cohesively together.

We really do need to push that

because I think it's more important than individual design in this.

I think we're on a very similar page.

I do feel like there's added pressure on me this week

because I had the special mention last week.

There's an expectation that you grow, and if you take a step back,

I think, to be quite blunt, you're out.

Four fantastic designers working in teams of two.

How are you going to decide who to send home?

Well, what I've done is that, in each pair,

one designer has the main living space and kitchen,

and the other designer has the bedroom

and then the terrace area.

So we'll be able to see quite clearly who's done what.

But obviously I also need to see complete cohesion,

because you need to read the space as a whole,

not as the work of two separate designers.

The lodges, they're quite quirky, aren't they, the way they look?

It's almost like a cathedral, isn't it?

Well, I think that's something to absolutely celebrate.

They're not going to win by kind of pretending it's not there.

And it's in this incredible location,

so you want to kind of make a nod to that, too.

And they've got to do a bridal lodge and a groom lodge.

Now, we live in a world now where everything's

a little bit fluid.

I know I am.

But how cliche do you want it to get?

No cliches ever. No cliches?

Because there are so many different types of weddings

and different denominations and religions, too.

And also, it's got to be romantic.

It has!

What does romance mean to you, Alan?

Oh, those furry handcuffs and a tickling stick.

Oh, God, I wish I hadn't asked.

You should try it. You'll love it.

No, thank you.

# Love me or leave me. #

It is a lovely place to get married.

Oh, yeah.

Yeah! I do!

Oh, you do?

Over that stile in style.

LAUGHTER

I'm not even going to use the stile. I'm free-stiling it!

Hey!

To transform these tired-looking lodges

into picture-perfect wedding retreats...

Best of luck this week, guys.

..the designers have a budget of just £1,500 each...

Oh, hello!

Look at that, Tom!

..and only two days to create a cohesive design.

I feel like it's where the late '80s,

early '90s came to die.

But I guess that's why we're here!

Taking on the kitchen and living area in the groom's lodge...

I'm going to clad the walls in fabric.

I'm going to make it into a glamorous tepee.

..is former waiter Tom... Glamorous tepee.

All right, cool.

..while team-mate Monika oversees the terrace...

I have a lot of ideas about the ceiling...

..and bedroom. You're sitting outside on the terrace,

drinking, and then you come here and then you reflect

on whether you want to do this thing the next day.

Yes. Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Next door... You're lying in bed, you're going to have

this canopy over you.

So it brings the room down a bit.

..Jack's designing the bride's boudoir.

I am taking the photo opportunities outside.

..and terrace...

Not much is changing here, really.

..while team-mate Temi tackles a ton of timber...

I'm excited. ..in the front room...

Anything hanging this week, Temi?

I mean, do you need to ask?

I'll take that as a yes, then. OK.

..and kitchen.

The kitchen is a bit of my nemesis.

I hate the tiles. Huh!

What did those tiles ever do to you? A lot.

As always, a team of trusty trades are on hand to help

bring their vision to life.

Hello. You all right?

Hey, good morning. Hiya. Morning.

At the groom's lodge...

My vision is dark romantic.

..Monika is outlining plans for a romantic bedroom...

Almost like dark academia, dark fairy-tale vibe.

Everything will be painted, yes.

..aiming to showcase her signature Gothic style

with a dark colour scheme and curiosity shop objets d'art.

I am recladding the existing bedside cabinets

with a nice plywood and, like, the tiny, tiny drawers

to create an apa...

Apothecary. Apothecary? Apothecary.

It's a difficult word to pronounce. Apothecary unit.

Monika's apofecary... Apocafrey...

What she said.

..will sit against her signature Gothic colour palette

in the groom's bedroom.

Chandeliers and copper piping will lower the focal point

of the ceiling, while on the terrace

a triangular wooden frame will complement the lodge's shape.

This space is very tricky - the terrace -

I'm not going to lie.

I don't know how to completely redesign the space,

but the bedroom I'm so excited about.

Potentially this challenge is "me" challenge.

Need to remember that I'm not fully working solo on this.

Unfortunately.

So I was thinking central box...

..here.

Monika may want to forget Tom...

And then the next box will go on that end.

..but he has a big, bold plan this week.

More ass. OK.

Especially for his carpenter.

I feel like this week I needed to make lots of stuff,

so I tried to concentrate on the design elements,

not just decorating.

I need to be designing.

So it's a big space.

So I was like, "OK, so I'm going to design a sofa,

"I'm going to design this tented thing."

And then the kitchen will complement all that.

As well as designing a curved sofa,

Tom's going for it with a bespoke oval dining table

and muslin-upholstered walls.

He's also toning down the pine beams with a grey paint wash.

There's a lighter touch to the kitchen design,

painting the tongue and groove green

and cladding over the tiles with copper-painted plywood.

The kitchen's an afterthought.

So we will just have to see how that plays out.

TOM CHUCKLES

TEMI: So, carpentry.

Next door in the bridal lodge...

All the pieces have been pre-cut. OK.

It's to replace these kitchen cabinet doors. Right.

..the kitchen definitely isn't an afterthought for Temi.

The whole kitchen upsets me so much.

I absolutely hate these tiles.

They fill me with a deep sense of sadness.

TEMI LAUGHS

I'll come back to that at a later date.

For now, it's getting these cupboards

and drawers changed,

so I'm going to replace it all with plywood.

It's a really big space

and I'm replacing the whole of the kitchen cabinets,

so it's quite a lot of carpentry just in one element of the space.

I'm slightly concerned about time management,

so, the sofa and armchairs, I want to keep

perhaps a more pared-back design for the living-room area.

Focused on the lodge's kitchen,

Temi will be replacing all cabinet doors with plywood

and modernising with new light fittings.

In the living-dining area,

she'll add wedding photo opportunities,

including a swing, bellboy trolley

and dried-flower ceiling installation.

Out with the old, in with the new.

Temi might be worried about updating the kitchen,

but if it was me, I'd honestly probably just

leave the kitchen and just tart it up a little bit,

and then just focus more on the big space.

For his half of the bridal lodge,

Jack's trying a different approach that's not very, well, Jack.

I've been overly ambitious before where it's, like,

bit me right at the end, and I've been like,

"Oh, my God, I'm not going to finish on time."

Like, last week it was just like - uh - a punch to the gut.

I'd done, like, quite a lot,

but Michelle just didn't see the vision.

So I'd rather just rein it in a bit.

And nothing quite says restraint like bespoke chandeliers.

This is my chandelier-to-be.

I've made a circle, spaced it all out

where I want my holes to be,

which are going to have test tubes in them.

And then they're going to be filled with flowers

with a bulb in the middle.

At the minute, it looks a bit pants, but I think it'll look all right.

This actually could be, like, a spinning roulette

shot table as well.

Jack's ambitious chandelier and mural wallpaper will help

create his woodland theme in the bride's bedroom.

He will divide the room, creating a dressing area,

and hang a fabric canopy to add cosiness.

On the terrace, the space will benefit from a new dining set,

and a floral wreath will create a special backdrop

for bridal photography.

I'm going to go for romance

with a little bit of sexy.

It's not going to be, like, you know,

anything too "oo-ah".

One of the biggest challenges for each designer

is how best to work with the lodge's wooden beams.

So I don't want it blocked out

because our whole sort of theme is to bring a bit of the outside in.

We want it to be natural.

I was really worried about these beams.

I don't particularly like the dated colour.

But I'm just going to run with it

and just embrace that this was here before I was,

so I need to work with it.

In the groom's lodge,

Monika and Tom have both decided they can't live

with the original wood.

I am applying a wash of chalk paint,

so I mixed a couple of colours together to have this brown

that has a red undertone to create almost, like, a mahogany colour.

Going to be beautiful.

Deep, romantic and dark and masculine.

Just magical.

The dark colour is me, me, me. Definitely.

And there is a taxidermy.

Yes. Finally.

I've decided I'm going to grey wash them.

Just to knock back that orange.

And I think that might look really good.

# Have you heard the story of a little country boy?... #

Ah, a blue tit!

# He is always happy and full of joy... #

Ooh, Canada geese!

# Nothing in this world

# That he's thinking of... #

Emu?

# All he really cares for is the one he loves. #

Wait a minute!

Is that the lesser-spotted interior designer making its nest?

It is! I've found them!

Monika!

Hey, Alan.

How are you? All good, thank you.

You all right? Yeah.

Oh!

MONIKA LAUGHS

You all right?

I used muscles there that I didn't even know I had.

Good for you. Ooh!

So, tell us, then, what's your scheme?

I am going for a dark, romantic and magical space.

Oh, how nice! So me, me, me this week.

I'm not going to lie.

You're going 100% Monika? Yes.

When I was given this brief, I just thought,

"This is my chance." Yeah.

Because let's be honest, I don't think they're going to give me

an abandoned palace or chateau to do for Dracula, you know?

You're going to be gutted if next week it's crypt week.

Do you know...?

"Oh, no, I've wasted everything..." I know!

"..on a wooden pyramid in Rutland!"

Is there going to be roadkill? Be honest.

I don't know the circumstances of the death of this animal,

but there will be a dead animal. Oh, OK.

There'll be a dead animal in there.

Yeah, yeah, it's a duck. It's a duck?

His name is Alan. Alan?!

Listen, we could fall out.

If this duck is minging, you're in trouble.

I promise you, it's not.

I'm having some quiet time in my tent

under the table. Naughty boy.

I don't want to marry her!

You can't make me!

There he is!

It's a mallard duck.

I am genuinely so happy.

He's just so pretty!

It's halfway through day one

and the designers' big ideas are starting to take shape.

They were really pedestrian, the sofas that were here.

So I decided I'd make a curved sofa.

Really happy with how it's turned out.

It feels really solid. Everybody's here.

We're all chatting. There's going to be a fire bowl.

We're all here by the fire talking.

We can see everybody. It's communal living.

Delivery for Temi!

Delivery for Temi!

But to avoid Michelle's eagle eyes,

they'll also have to make sure their designs are cohesive.

I've noticed the make-up stations.

Yeah! They're really lovely.

I've got that going on.

Yeah, I think we've got a lovely flow. Yeah.

I'm making the flower...

..garland? Display? Ornament?

I don't know. I'm making the hanging flower thing for the ceiling!

I'm feeling OK about the cohesion with mine and Jack's spaces.

We've got the same colour palette,

we're both using a lot of flowers in our design.

We've both got some live edge wood.

And we both had the same idea in terms of this sort of

woodland use of colour, materials.

So there's actually quite a lot of unity.

Yeah, I'm happy with her.

She's going to be pretty.

Four more left to go.

But next door...

These are the fake drawer fronts of the apothecary unit.

Sorry, I'm so proud of myself. I said it right.

..Monika is sticking to her plans.

This week is the week for me to show everything that I have,

because I could totally go home now.

There's only four of us left, and everyone's just so talented.

So this might be my last chance.

And I'm like, "Hmm, am I just painting this

"brown cupboard brown?"

And team-mate Tom is starting to feel anxious.

This is one of the colours that Monika is using in her space,

so I thought I would paint one of my pieces of furniture

in this colour so that we have synergy.

The dreaded word: cohesion.

It's very light.

It's a light cohesion.

We made the decision that we didn't fully need cohesion.

Monika wanted to do her space in her way.

I feel like I persuaded Tom.

It was me who kind of was going for, like,

"let's do what we want"

instead of "let's make one design".

I would've liked if we could have had some more cohesion.

And I...

..am anxious about that.

But...

..I'm supporting Monika in her decisions.

Me kind of finally getting my confidence

to show my style on the week where we're supposed to work in pairs,

I know that this is risky.

Hi, Jack. Alan!

Ooh!

I don't know if this is a bridal suite

or an episode of Breaking Bad.

What's going on? What are you making?

I am creating these chandeliers for up here. Yeah.

And the test tubes are basically going to hold

dry foliage in them. Oh!

Isn't it a bit clinical?

I mean, I know it's a bridal suite. "Let's make a baby!" But not...

BUSINESSLIKE: "Let's make a baby." I don't know.

I kind of wanted it to be, like, just quite a pretty statement.

I'd also just want, like, magical moments.

So I wanted the wallpaper to just bring the outside in. Lovely.

And also, I thought putting foliage above...

Lots of people get married here from all over the place. Yes.

We thought we'd go with something broad

so it's inclusive to everyone.

So I didn't want to go too pink and pretty-pretty floral. No.

"You're a woman, that's what you love."

Yeah, go for test tubes, love. Go for a test tube.

Women love a test tube. Exactly.

You're like a mad scientist, aren't you?

Am I? What, with crazy hair? Yeah!

You are! Yeah, I am.

Yeah. All right. Well, listen, I'll leave you to it.

I can't wait to see it swinging.

Wonderful. Thanks, Alan.

Bye, love. Bye!

Erm...

In the bride's living area... That's a big erm.

..Temi is starting to have second thoughts.

I don't like the beams.

I've looked at the beams

and it's niggling me that there's just something wrong

with them being brown still.

I wanted to keep them natural,

but I'm going to sleep on it.

I have a feeling, in the morning, the painters are going to hate me

and that they're going to probably be going black.

Temi!

Oh, hello, babe.

How you doing? Hi.

I'm all right. How are you? Good.

What are you doing with your woody bits?

So these guys at the moment are staying as they are.

They're staying au naturel.

If I don't do that, the woodwork is going black.

This looks gorgeous.

Is your kitchen done?

No, I haven't done nothing in the kitchen yet.

I'm going to stand like this when Michelle comes in.

"So, Michelle! What do you think of my lovely space?"

You're lying. I know you've got plans.

Do not even pretend. I have plans.

But they haven't come to fruition.

With his chandelier up and wallpaper done...

Monika!

Hey, Jack! Hi!

..Jack's gone to check out his competition.

Oh, my God. You've gone...

Oh, my God. You've painted so much!

Oh, my God! It's amazing!

You're just going, like, full-on you.

I would've loved to have gone the full height,

but then I was really conscious about Temi.

She's kind of doing quite a lot of whitewashing.

So I was like, "Right, OK.

"I need to just rein it in a bit so she can..."

Do you!

If you want to go full height in your bedroom,

why can't you do it?

Oh! I'm going to come and see you more often.

I need this. I need this talk in my life.

Monika's isn't finished, and I already love it.

Maybe in future I might take a leaf out of her book

and just be a bit more like, "Nah, I'm doing me.

"I'm just going to do me. I don't care."

Because it's just awesome.

It looks so good.

But then again, going off the brief and what Michelle's asked for,

she has asked for cohesion.

So that's what we've gone with.

So I think that's what we'll stick with.

So maybe, as good as her space is, maybe it's her downfall.

Who knows?

I honestly have no clue how this week might go.

I'm so proud of the design

and I hope Michelle's going to love it.

But...the teamwork...

..might be what kills me.

# Goin' to the chapel

# And we're gonna get married

# Goin' to the chapel... #

It's the start of a new day...

Hello, in there.

..and there's been some nocturnal musing from Temi.

At the end of the day yesterday, I was umming and ahing

about the beams.

Originally, I was keeping them as they were.

Then I was thinking about painting them.

But no, I'm actually happy.

Just going to go with my instincts and keep them as they are.

But in the groom's lodge...

I'm feeling a bit weird today.

..after feeling confident about doing it her own way,

Monika is starting to have doubts.

Just maybe worried that, at the end of the day,

a challenge in pairs is not the best time to go solo.

Yeah, I'm hoping by the end of today

I'm going to feel better.

In the bridal bedroom,

Jack's had a rethink.

I'm just making a start on my trademark panelling.

Er...

Would've loved this to have been done on the first day.

But this is my last-minute design change

inspired by Monika,

who just does not care.

She's just like, "I'm just doing me."

So I thought, "Know what? I'm going to just do me as well, hon."

As I've grown throughout this process,

I think it's really important that actually

you do inject a bit of yourself in it.

So I did some panelling,

and the only reason I hadn't done that was because I was worried

Michelle would be like, "All this guy does is panel."

But actually, I think panelling's in me, so I will bring it.

Hey, Tom. Hey, babes.

You all right? Yeah, I just came back out.

I walked past you, and I heard... Are you OK?

I'm, er...

..so-so, but that's fine.

Are you OK? I'm fine. Are you...?

Yeah. Are you enjoying yourself through this challenge?

Yeah. I'm going to be honest, I'm feeling some guilt...

..about, I think...

I think it was me who pushed us a bit too much

into "let's do whatever we want"

instead of "let's make one design".

You did say, "I want to do this.

"I want to use this opportunity"

to really showcase your own work, which is great.

I'm just worried that I sabotaged us a little bit

by not being cohesive enough.

But maybe we could just be mindful of what the other person's doing

and checking in and going,

"Er, do you want to add this or do you want to take that out?"

All right, cool. Cool.

I feel a lot better now.

Next door...

Temi? Yeah.

We've got a bit of an issue here.

..Temi's plan to cover up the kitchen tiles

in vinyl has fallen short.

We've got to this stage, and we have...

..that much of that.

That's not three metres per roll, is it?

That's not three metres per roll.

All right. Have we got another roll? So we can't go...

We definitely do not have another roll.

We're going to have to ditch it. OK. Yeah, get rid.

I was sent the wrong amount of vinyl so I couldn't wrap those tiles,

which was a last-minute decision anyway,

just because I hate them so much.

So back to the original plan of leaving them

as they are and hoping the rest of the kitchen

disguises their ickiness.

DRILLING

TOM: Hey, Pierce. How's it getting on?

All right, all right.

In the groom's kitchen...

Sorry, I know it's really fiddly. Yes.

..Tom's idea for hiding the tiles is under way.

A little bit bigger. Yeah.

They're very snug. Yeah.

I asked my carpenter to support me in cladding over all these tiles.

So I'm using very thin plywood.

And we're going to paint it copper

to pick up on Monika's copper elements.

Monika and I, we've had communication

and we've talked and we've shared colours

and we've shared inspiration.

It does feel like it's more cohesive.

Whilst the trades crack on with Tom's kitchen,

he can turn his attention to his big design idea.

The plan is to make this living space into, like, an indoor tent,

and this is that element.

So I decided I'd use this muslin because it's affordable.

Erm, and actually it will give a really lovely,

soft drapey effect that hopefully...

I mean, I might put it up and hate it,

and it might all come off again.

Oh! Getting hot and sweaty!

I'm contemplating whether I want to continue it or stop it.

I'm like, "Oh, does it feel bridal or does it just feel weddingy?"

Whilst Tom has a think...

..team-mate Monika starts work on the groom's terrace.

Tom! I'm making a tepee!

MONIKA LAUGHS

And I laughed at Tom for making a tepee,

and now I'm making a tepee.

Well, no. I'm making triangles

because the shape of the lodge is triangular.

I don't know how to design an outdoor space.

It's as simple as that.

I don't know. I've never done it.

I live my entire life on the sixth floor in a massive block of flats.

In the brief, it was mentioned that the terrace

is supposed to be a sort of extended area from the living room.

It's actually similar to what Tom has done in his living room.

So I've tried.

MONIKA GROANS

I'm not going to be defeated by wood.

With his signature panelling done,

Jack is also ready to tackle his terrace.

You can imagine, like, all being around the table

with all this cute lighting and photos being took.

So I think this is one of them, like, key photo moments

that Michelle's looking for this week.

Oh, yeah!

Jack's terrace is literally next to my terrace.

It's, like, just there.

And I keep on staring at it,

and it's really beautiful.

This is another photo opportunity.

You can come and sit underneath this with your friends

and have a picture taken with the view in the background.

Mine just bums me out.

Perfik!

Oh! Oh, ya...!

Tom!

Hello, love. Oh!

What are you doing on the floor?

Oh! Stapling. You were five seconds away from getting

mouth-to-mouth then.

Anyway, how's it all going?

Good.

I love the way... Because... Do you know what?

Most people would be put off by this triangle.

You're actually making a focal point about it.

Hopefully. That's the plan, yeah.

You can't fight what you've got. Go with it.

And is it a bit bride's veil?

Well, this is a... I'm just saying!

Just saying! No, Alan, I'm with you.

I've put up this first one.

I'm considering.

It may come down.

I am thinking, is this a little bridal?

Oh, my.

Alan, I do.

Oh!

Right, I'll love you and leave you.

See you soon. Bye-bye.

Bye, love.

In the bride's bedroom...

I'm trying to create the honeymoon

bed of dreams...

..by sticking a rag on the ceiling.

I'm pleased. I think it just brings this area down a little bit.

# Cos, baby, whether you're high or low... #

Monika is also planning to fill the void above.

Birdcages and fake chandeliers,

lots of foliage, lots of moss.

Just big, romantic, magical feature through the whole ceiling.

That's the plan.

Temi is taking an au naturel approach...

I liked the triangles.

..and has finally completed her floral ceiling

in the dining area.

OK, I'm finished.

I can't feel my arms, but I'm finished.

Oh, sweet relief!

It's so much fun.

Oh, it's beautiful!

I want your opinion.

Yes. I put up the fabric.

Yes. And now I think it looks too bridal.

I feel like, actually, it's a simple decision.

Look at this side.

Look at this side.

What looks nicer?

This side.

OK. Thank you, Monika.

No problem.

The brief says, like, romantic and memorable and magical.

And I feel like it gives it all those elements.

# Making your mind up. #

I'm doing it.

Temi!

Only two hours to go, and big ideas are being unveiled.

Do you like my vials?

LAUGHTER

Just putting up the last section,

and then the tent will be complete.

Scream if you want to go faster.

Don't push me!

It's actually scary. Yeah.

Can I take some of those? Yes, please!

The cohesion!

Can I dive through your hoop? Yeah, go on, then.

Really? Like a dolphin.

Like a dolphin? Come on. Let's have it.

Yes! Yes! That's fantastic.

Basically an acrobat!

You are.

This IS a good idea.

It's confetti! Look!

It bloody goes everywhere, doesn't it?

Temi!

They were outside!

Are they yours? They are.

They're nice. Where are you putting them?

Dunno yet. Oh, OK. Lovely.

We'll just ignore that.

Your knee's twitching. Do you need the loo?

No, this is my anxiety knee.

We've got about an hour to go.

When it gets to 30 minutes, it's like this.

Now, whenever I come in to see you, like, towards the end of the day,

you're always like, "Oh, no, I haven't done enough.

"This is going to be awful."

You're a real doubting Deborah. Yes.

Do you think you've done enough with this space?

I guess I could have been more elaborate and crazy,

but the brief was a bridal suite

where the family get together and they can relax

and they can get ready for the wedding.

So I didn't feel like this was a brief where I wanted

to be ridiculously elaborate.

Yeah. So, listen, this is classic Temi.

Do you want to have a go, Alan? Is it reinforced?

It's definitely... It's definitely safe.

Up, up, up, up, up, up.

SWING CREAKS

That's the string taking the weight. No!

No! That's the string taking...

It's not! There you go. That is not safe!

Yeah, it is. There you go.

Just give you a little... Just a little swing.

You can kick your legs out. That's how you do it.

Yeah, like you're at the park.

Lovely. Oh, yeah.

LAUGHTER

Oh, should've brought my wellies!

Ooh!

Swap everything over.

With time nearly up,

the designers are adding their final touches.

Got my willow.

You don't mind being cut.

If Michelle does not think

I have brought the area in,

then I do not know what else I can do at this point.

# Oh, baby, come on, let me get to know you

# Just another chance so that I can show

# That I won't let you down and run... #

All men like fire.

# No, I won't let you down and run... #

Can you imagine sitting around, like, drinking whisky?

These were an absolute win.

Thank you, darling.

Oh, meet Alan!

I suppose he is beautiful.

I can see why you called him Alan.

# I could be the one

# Be the one, be the one, be the one... #

So these are the sofas that were here before.

I just tried to give them a bit of a style.

Dark elegance, with magic and romance.

I think this might be my best job so far.

Love the use of the height for the chandeliers.

I'm really happy. Yeah.

# I could be the one. #

Well, it may not be the sunniest day today,

but apparently it's good luck to have rain on your wedding.

Hopefully the designers will have some of that luck.

ALAN: Helping Michelle this week is leading

interior designer Shayne Brady.

His clients include Harrods and Mandarin Oriental.

So, Shayne, here we are in Rutland,

and our designers this week have got two incredible A-frame lodges

to transform into wedding venues.

I think they need to be open to the challenge

of any type of wedding could happen in these venues.

So the designers really need to capture that

without going too cliche or themed.

Also, I don't want the designers to be too scared of these buildings.

They've got a very strong architectural statement.

They need to kind of really make their statement on there.

And you're down to the final four,

so at this stage we need to see great talent.

I'm REALLY happy.

I think what the canopy has done is made the space

into a really elegant space.

Dare I say cool?

The kitchen didn't need to be completely reconfigured

and changed. Whether Michelle will agree with me,

I'm not so sure.

Ah!

First impressions - it feels very kind of light and spacious.

I like the colour palette.

It feels in keeping with the setting.

Yes. And these soft curves of this dining table

is a nice entry into this room. Yeah.

That shows kind of an understanding of how you're going to move

around the space, doesn't it?

It does draw you round into the kitchen,

where I want to see what he's done.

I can see that he's brought in kind of the wood finish

to knock back all those tiles.

He's tried. But I think a lot of effort has been put out here.

Does it not matter? Cos everyone's going to be out there?

Well, maybe it's the functional space of the entire lodge

and it's just practical.

I am completely compelled to check out the soft area,

because it's really rather beautiful.

You know, Michelle, I'm going to take a seat.

I'm going to take the room in. You do that.

Now there's something really clever, isn't there?

Because you do read that all as one zone.

It's got this really bold colour

and I love the fact that he's just painted it out.

He's not kind of felt compelled to keep it.

And I'm on board with the grey wash of these beams.

I think it adds a contemporary edge.

But then this is so soft with the fabric,

and the kitchen becomes unimportant.

But in here, you're in this serene, almost tent, actually.

Our designers have been gifted this incredibly

strong architectural structure.

But I'm really glad to see that Tom hasn't been cowed by it.

I love the fact that they've used soft white fabric

in what is meant to be the groom's suite.

It's extremely Zen sitting here.

Extremely Zen.

I'm so, so proud of my room.

The bedroom is everything that I was hoping and more.

It's dark, it's moody,

but it's elegant and it's magical - and it is romantic.

I'm so happy with the bedroom

and I'm so disappointed with the terrace.

MICHELLE: Ah!

Well, this definitely carries across the language of the other room.

It feels very connected and cohesive.

It has the same distressed finish on the beams, which I do love.

Yes. It all hangs together really well.

This is a very strong statement as a room

that has been thought about,

bar the ceiling.

I think that could've been something with a lot more va-va-voom.

I like the bedside tables, though.

Yes, this is a cute thing.

Look, she's just upcycled the original ones

by giving them a kind of really funky front.

And they really tie in with the bedside lamps,

the artwork, the taxidermy.

It's one lovely, cohesive aesthetic.

Oh, Shayne, this is lovely, isn't it?

I mean, this is why you'd book somewhere like this, isn't it?

How romantic is this, Michelle?

Oh, it is. Shall we? Let's.

Oh!

This is such a beautiful continuation

of what we've seen inside.

I love this A-frame structure using crafted timber.

I mean, to sit here under this as the sun goes down

and enjoy that lake view,

that's a really special moment.

There's a little intervention, but what has been done

I think really works. I completely agree.

It's another aesthetic

as opposed to just using the same elements throughout.

There are no stuffed ducks out here, in other words. There aren't.

There's some on that lake, I'd imagine.

Hopefully not stuffed. Hopefully not.

I'm really, really happy with the space.

I think that Jack and I have produced a really nice lodge.

I hope that Michelle will see my signature style.

I would be surprised if she didn't think that the space

was pretty and beautiful.

Aha. So Temi has tackled this space,

but I love the kitchen.

It's like the reverse of what we've previously seen.

The kitchen has been fully made over.

And the soft mint green in there gives a freshness.

And they've pulled that mint green into the wall along the left here.

So that is beautiful.

I feel this area is really successful.

I mean, again, we've got the rounded table, which is just very welcoming.

I like how it's been echoed above it

with this kind of very soft kind of arrangement

with the lights hanging through it.

That all feels really quite lovely.

It feels like you want to sit in here and have a meal together.

And then here in this space, we've kept the original furniture

and kept more of the original structure.

I don't love that the beams haven't been addressed.

This feels under-loved in here.

Do you think if she'd painted all of the wood black,

would that have then been like, "OK, fine," or would that be too much?

I would have loved it.

I'm immediately drawn to the swing, Michelle, so I'm going over here.

Is it a little bit cliche?

I mean, the thing is, if that's going to be a moment,

then I think I want something more than just white behind me.

It feels not fully resolved.

And also, I think keeping the sofas -

completely acceptable decision on budget,

but the cushions really could have been enlivened

to make these sofas feel brand-new.

I do love that we've got a kind of mini version

of the dining table here.

I mean, mirroring from one side of the room to the other.

And, I mean, standing here, the dining area is a real success

within this entire space.

Is it distracting you enough still from all the woodwork?

No.

You? No.

I'm really happy with the bedroom.

I've used this wallpaper, which brings the outside in,

and I've also respected the fabric of the building.

Like, I've kind of used the beams to my advantage

to hang some drapery over the bed.

I think mine and Temi's spaces are cohesive

and I'm really happy with outside, so I am feeling really confident.

Oh, this is very fresh and light, isn't it?

This immediately makes me smile.

Oh, OK. I'm quite happy in here.

Feels quite gentle, doesn't it?

It's a gentle space that's had a gentle treatment.

I love that he has shortened the room by bringing

these soft curtains in and creating areas behind here.

So the room is delivering more.

So that's a real triumph in design and layout for me.

He's done the lovely panelling at the lower level

in that soft green colour.

The timber's taking away from the aesthetic in this space.

It is. I mean, it feels warmer against the kind of lovely pink.

That I think does actually make it work better.

So if you're going to keep it,

then you work your colours to kind of reinforce what it does

rather than fight against it.

But it was a very big decision to just not touch it at all

and I am surprised that both Temi and Jack have not done that.

And it's intriguing that, actually, Jack's chosen

to block off the ceiling, which I understand is making

a canopy over the bed, which makes it kind of cosy

but, at the quarterfinal level of Interior Design Masters,

I am wanting a bit more of that mastery.

Oh, look, this is lovely!

I think it's time for a drink, Michelle.

I think it is, yes.

But, look, let's have our photo taken first.

I do really rather love that, because you've got that incredible

backdrop, which we're going to see all framed through here.

And, I mean, they have captured that "capturing a moment" here.

I love the introduction of the foliage

and I think it really makes this area feel

like a designated area.

As a kind of area to sit,

I think that's quite lovely.

But overall, I think what Jack's done really successfully here

is bring the two spaces together.

Both of their languages with the black,

with the natural wood, with some planting,

I think that has worked really well.

There's been cohesion between all elements, between inside and out.

Well, we have a lot to discuss. Shall we? Let's.

Oh, wow.

Before they head back to the design studio...

Oh, it's gorgeous. Oh, Thomas!

..the designers have a quick nosey around the completed lodges.

It's a sophisticated man pad, isn't it?

Yeah. Polished. Polished.

Ooh. The kitchen is completely different.

Very smart.

And I love the black trim.

Yeah. But then because she didn't do anything to cover the tiles...

..pointless. Yeah, I would agree with you.

Yeah, it feels pointless.

Oh, Monika, I love it.

I love that she's just gone, "This is me."

This is just a showpiece.

This is really good.

This, brilliant.

I'm jealous that I didn't think about it.

I think these are Tom and Monika's best spaces.

Yeah. Hands down. The elevation of Tom's living space

makes me feel very nervous about my own!

This terrace is amazing, and I hate the fact that I can in peripheral

see my own terrace!

The designers return to Michelle's Brighton studio

to discover their fate and find out who is one step closer

to winning a career-defining contract.

When I stepped back and looked at the room, I was quite proud of it

and thought it all worked quite well.

To get through to the semifinal would be absolutely

the most exciting thing that's ever happened to me.

It would be insane.

I hope Michelle can understand my thought process behind my decisions.

I kind of almost wanted to create an elevated home-from-home

and, you know, juxtapose next to those more theatrical spaces.

You know, it might not seem like it's got the same wow,

so I just hope that she understands that that's an intentional decision.

And I just have to defend my design the best I can.

There's two big different feelings.

I am incredibly proud and happy

with what I created in the bedroom.

I really, really love it.

Unfortunately, in the same time,

I am quite disappointed in myself

with how the terrace went.

When I stood back from the room when it was all finished,

I felt really surprised that it was even better

than I was hoping it was going to be.

It was... It felt really magical

and I'm really, really proud of it.

Hi, guys. Hello. Hello. Hello.

How are you feeling?

Oh, come on!

You look traumatised. What's up?

Because it's, like... This is the scary day.

You're all terrified.

I'm going to put you out of your misery, OK? Yes.

OK.

The good news is both judges felt you created designs

that had impact and captured the mood of the romantic surroundings.

But...

..Michelle found it very difficult to choose between the teams.

And we'd like to see all four of you to discuss your designs

and find out who's going through to the semifinal.

Super. Good luck. Thank you. Thank you.

All four designers on the sofa.

Surely you must have liked one of their designs.

We did. I've just got questions for all of them,

so that we really understand their design decisions.

Can we discuss, firstly, the lodges?

They were luxury but very quirky-looking.

Well, that is exactly it.

And that is one of our key questions for the designers.

Let's talk about Monika.

Now, I don't want to get all Sigmund Freud on you

but what do you think about having cages in a groom's suite?

Do you want to think of cages the day before you get married?

Oh, wow. You dove into there and reading all sorts of things.

Michelle, when I saw the cages...

No, um...did it work, Monika's?

It was unusual and I applaud that.

Jack, can we talk about his test-tube chandelier?

I wouldn't have it in my room,

but I like that he had thought

about lying in the bed and what you would see.

Let's talk about Temi.

I think actually her dining space

was a real triumph out of her three zones.

There's a couple of other design decisions she made

that you kind of think, "Mm, I don't know."

But then she went full-on overhauling the kitchen,

which was in complete contrast to Tom, who barely touched his...

Yeah. ..and I'd quite like to understand why he did that.

Hiya. Hi.

Hello. Hello there.

Overall, I have to say that I am so encouraged by what I've seen.

You are all really learning all of the lessons

from previous challenges and you're learning from each other.

I thought all of you did an amazing job with what were very tricky

and challenging spaces that any designer

would have problems and be scared of.

It's making my job very, very hard.

So let's dive straight in with the architecture.

You have this incredibly strong A-frame structure, and a lot of wood

going on inside there and a lot of those beams.

So to me, this was the moment to knock that all back.

Monika and Tom, you pretty well did that.

But, Jack and Temi, you didn't.

You kind of left them. So can you talk me through

your thoughts on that?

I left my supporting beams

because I kind of liked the fact

that they were a bit of the natural feel of the lodge.

But did you like the colour?

I didn't dislike the colour, because if I disliked it,

I would have obviously changed them.

Like, with mine, I wanted to use them to my advantage

with the canopy and the light in either side

because it was a nice framework.

But then the other thing for sort of Jack and Monika,

while we're on the big-picture question, in both your bedrooms,

I felt you were very much gifted this incredible structure again,

the height. But both of you, it seemed, just decided to ignore it.

I've decided to appreciate the height of the bedroom by painting it

all the same colour, to acknowledge that it is tall,

but then to make it, in the same time, feel cosy and romantic

with the light going down.

So it was very deliberate that you kept your lighting lower.

Yes. And, Jack? Yeah, me too.

I wanted to bring the lighting down and bring everything a little bit

lower to create a more cosy, romantic feel.

And in an ideal world, I would have loved to have took something

right to the top, but I was just terrified of running out of time.

OK. Well, we'll go into them individually.

Tom, I'll start with you.

We loved the way you dressed that main space with the muslin,

loved the zoning as well.

I loved your lounge. You clearly understand design.

I thought your bespoke sofa was beautiful. Thank you.

But then surprised that it felt like the kitchen, you didn't do kind of

very much to at all, so can you talk me through that?

I felt like the bones of the kitchen worked

and just the tiles for me threw everything off

and really dated the space.

So yes, I didn't do a lot in there,

but what I hoped to do was enough to transform it.

Monika, you were paired with Tom. Yes.

I thought there was a wonderful kind of coherence

between your two spaces. Yay!

I really felt that, that was really good.

It was very much a Monika room and very much a Tom space,

but they worked really well together. Good.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the cages above the bed.

I see why you did them. You wanted to almost bring the room in.

And, I mean, Michelle was desperate to see drama up in that void,

so I think that would have been the better direction.

So talk me through your ideas for the terrace. Um...

I'm going to be honest -

the terrace scared me.

The only thing I thought of was to embrace the shape of the lodge

and therefore I did the triangular contraption.

Actually, there was nothing to be scared of there.

We loved your terrace! Oh, goodness.

Oh! Absolutely loved it.

You need to not be scared of these things.

We thought the terrace was a triumph. I was...

I thought it was a lovely, successful space. I am shocked.

I'm sorry.

I was so, actually, disappointed in myself with the terrace.

Oh! ALAN: Oh!

Don't be silly!

I don't know why... MICHELLE: It was...very of the location,

it was very natural. Yeah! It felt actually quite effortless.

I think that's the thing that, as you, all of you,

grow as designers, that space where you just, like, just chill about it

and just think, "OK, this is what I'm going to do,"

that's actually the magic moment when it starts to really work.

Yeah, it was beautiful. Thank you.

Temi, unlike Tom, you went for it with the kitchen.

So talk me through that.

The kitchen, in my opinion, was gross.

I know Tom felt the units were fine, but I...

CHUCKLING

..I hated it.

So, I thought if I could change out all the fronts and sort of

have a slightly more modern, contemporary, blackened ply kitchen.

I mean, it did completely transform the kitchen to the extent

where those challenging tiles weren't so dominating.

And then we moved from that area into the dining area,

which we both really loved. Your dining room was my favourite.

I think it's a really successful piece of work. Thank you.

ALAN: That table was a magic moment.

But I couldn't help feeling that, kind of, because maybe a lot of

time and effort had gone into those spaces,

did that compel the decision to keep the sofas?

Because they didn't then feel very kind of

dressed and soft and sumptuous.

I very much wanted a home-from-home in the living area,

where the older generations would sit.

So, yeah, I had intended to keep the sofas.

I think it's a real shame because the sofas felt so unloved

when we were there. We were really sad for them.

All projects, I think it's about standing back and going,

which is the most important zone? Yep.

Where do I need to put my time and effort? Yeah.

Jack, talk me through why you decided to divide the room.

I thought the room was quite long and narrow, so I just thought

potentially it'd be a great use of space to divide it and put

a dressing area and have that as another moment within the room.

I wanted to just square it off a little bit.

I was so impressed that you took the wardrobe out of the bedroom.

The design intent of putting the curtains and making a separate

moment in there was really exquisite.

And a quick note on the terrace,

we thought it was very successful how you seemed to, on the terrace,

meld both of your designs.

Yeah, because I knew Temi was going to be using a lot of black

and I thought, right, the chairs there, they could go black

and then that could be pulling that out into there.

I thought you created a great moment with the bench

and the floral, the leaf arch.

I mean, that was stunning,

but I was so impressed with all four of you.

I think the talent is so high.

It was a provocative space,

so it was really interesting to see all your different approaches to it.

But as you know, who goes through from this week

is about getting that place in the semifinals.

So, Tom...

..congratulations.

You will be going through to the semifinals.

Thank you very much.

And your design mate, Monika.

You too will be going through to the semifinals.

Well done. Thank you.

Jack and Temi...

You obviously worked so well together, and it always makes it

so difficult because obviously there's only one place left.

So, the third person going through to the semifinals

will be Jack.

Thank you.

So sadly, Temi, that does mean that you will be leaving us this week.

OK. Thank you.

But what a run you have had. Thank you.

WHISPERED: My God.

Thank you. Thank you. TEARFULLY: I've learnt so much.

You have, and it's really shown -

every week you have got stronger and stronger and stronger.

Yeah. Thank you. It's been beautiful to see.

Yeah. Thank you very much.

Oh, I feel quite emotional

because you guys are really, really working hard.

I cannot tell you how brilliant it is to see how much

you're growing and learning.

It's just... It's what it's all about. It really is.

Do you know, I'm feeling OK. I feel really proud of myself.

This competition has shown me that I can make a career change.

You know?

I can go from being a lawyer to being an interior designer.

I don't know what's going to happen now.

I'm just going to go back to reality.

I'm hoping that the future is bright for me

and that I get to, you know, carry on in life, doing something I love,

genuinely love, and that, you know, I do have the talent to do that.

So, yeah. Get in touch!

Temi has done fantastically well throughout these challenges.

She's absorbed all of the lessons

and become a better and better designer.

There just wasn't that same level of finesse

as her team-mates this week.

Excuse me, please!

Next time... Argh!

Pivot, pivot!

..in the heart of Bristol... What the hell is going on here?

..the designers face their biggest challenge yet.

That is very stressful. Freak out, freak out!

And with a place in the final at stake... I hate it.

..nobody wants to get the chop.

My aunts in Ireland would have heart failure looking at that.