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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'd imagined.

THEY LAUGH

THEY CHEER

Woo!

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 Dick'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.

From crafty conundrums...

Magazines are great to use.

The ink is waterproof.

...to entire room renovations...

We've all got our power tools. DRILLS BUZZ

"we'll be on hand to help.

We are gonna be drinks trolleys partners in this.

I'm in.

You got your bus too?

BOTH: Bus to bus.

Yeah.

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!

SHE GASPS

That's just given me goose bumps.

Look at that smoker!

That's phenomenal.

And because we're stuck at home...

That one. ..we're filming it ourselves.

I'm filming me filming you being cross with me. I love it.

Make sure you press record!

Now, that really is make do and mend.

When the chateau was built 150 years ago,

there would have been at least half a dozen gardeners

tending its 2,000 square metres of walled garden.

Today, it's looked after by a slightly smaller team.

Okey dokey, we'll pop this down here.

We've loved being in Daddy's garden, haven't we?

Our garden.

I know it's our garden.

DICK LAUGHS It is our garden, Arthur Donald.

If you hold it like this...

...then walk to the end that way.

Let it unwind. Then you put it in the end, you and Mummy.

How many seeds have we got?

Oh, it's quite a few. Enough to spread along the whole line.

These are rainbow chard, which means they're all different colours.

You're gonna spread those seeds out in a line.

Get off there, dog!

Away you go, Dorothy, spread them out.

Every couple of fingers, every finger or so, Dodie.

Just put them in. Drop them there.

Brilliant job, spread them all the way along the line.

Have we got anything left at all? Brilliant. Brilliant, brilliant!

Ladies and gentlemen,

Swiss chard for the whole of the autumn.

Now the seeds are in,

we're ready to help you with your projects.

Or we will be, once I've got myself sorted.

OK!

How you doing?

Yeah, good.

How am I doing?

Looking lovely. OK.

Right? Right.

Hey, Dick and Angel!

Rachel here.

Erm, a bit about me...

I've always loved vintage and giving things a new lease of life,

and with this drinks trolley,

I found it one day in a charity shop in Edinburgh and...

...it just needs a lot of love.

It's a drinks trolley!

I love a drinks trolley.

I know you do, darling!

I usually have to carry them back from wherever you buy them!

SHE GIGGLES

Well, they're very, very in vogue right now.

My Aunt Mary had a little gold-edged one with that sort of,

you know that sort of red, glossed metalwork?

Yes. It sounds lovely.

It might have been lovely.

I was very young.

And all I knew is cake was coming.

All I've done is sand it down, take the old varnish off

and paint over just a plain white primer.

So I don't know where else to go from here, really.

Um, things like the wheels, I had this vision of spraying them gold.

One of my favourite things to do is to host parties,

make food - I love cooking.

If I can do that with

a little trolley by my side,

erm, that would be cool.

She can make that beautiful. I can already see it.

The other thing that's gonna be quite interesting is

she's happy to go the gold route.

Yeah! I did... Darling, a bit of bling!

I did note that. Bit of bling. SHE CHUCKLES

And when I say I love a drinks trolley,

I'm notjoking.

Hopefully, some photos of my collection

will give Rachel a bit of inspiration.

Hadn't really thought about it,

but actually, I think I am possibly a bit obsessed with drink trolleys.

There's one in every room.

CAMERAPHONE CLICKS

There's at least, erm...

No. 800? No!

Do you remember when we got this one, Dick?

No!

I've no idea where it came from.

This is the Potagerie Suite one, is it?

It is.

That's good.

When we have people staying over,

I've put croissants and fresh orange juice.

So that's why there's nothing on it.

It gets filled up.

So it's undressed!

LOW: It's an undressed one.

Ready?

Yeah, it's... This... Ooh! Duh-duh-duh!

This IS a dressed one, actually.

CAMERAPHONE CLICKS

It's a proper drinks trolley drinks trolley, isn't it?

Yeah. They all are, but this one is...

No, but it's got drinks on it, that's... Booze on it. Yeah.

Right. Lovely.

What's that? Three.

0h!

There you g0!

There's one over here.

CAMERAPHONE CLICKS This is lovely cos it's faux bamboo,

I guess it's trying to be.

What's happening now?

We are going UP-

There's more drinks trolleys.

In the attic? OK.

How many more are up there?

Three.

What?!

What you got there?

It is a drinks trolley cemetery.

SHE CHUCKLES

Or hospital, should I say?

Rachel has got me thinking...

...that this little bad boy, that I paid...

Hold on!

...seven euros for...

Look. It's actually...

Look at that.

It's really, really good quality.

I don't particularly like the one, that much,

in Mum and Dad's kitchen,

so I think I'm going to give them this one

and then I'll also be giving Rachel

a little bit of company while she's doing her drinks trolley.

That will be nice, right? Absolutely.

It's got a couple of things missing - ie,

there's no tray at the bottom.

SHE IMITATES WARNING ALARM

I like that it's practical. You can actually put bottles in there.

You can whizz me up a tray.

I'd quite like to have some decoupage on the tray

that you're going to do me.

Er, no pressure, then.

In our downstairs loo,

I've decoupaged, or decorated with paper cut-outs,

all the doors with pictures from old magazines.

It's a craft that originated in France, in the 17th century

and now, I'd like to do the same thing with our drinks trollies.

First, though, I need to find out what sort of bits and bobs

Rachel has at home.

Rachel, hi. Hi.

How are you? Yeah, I'm great.

It's lovely to see you. Yeah, lovely to see you as well.

So, I've brought you to my boudoir because, I don't know

if you can see, in the background here, I love a drinks trolley.

I have, well, I have eight on the go.

Oh, wow!

What have you exactly done to your drinks trolley so far?

Sanded it down and just

painted it with a kind of white, just, primer.

The exciting thing is that it's a blank canvas and at the end

of it, it's going to look lovely

and you have inspired me to get

my old ones out, so we're going to be

drinks trolleys partners in this.

Amazing. So, you've got some supplies around the house.

You don't mind just having a go? Yeah.

I already have some gold, like, spray paint.

Great. I wonder if you've got a colour of paint

around the house that you quite like,

to paint over the frame?

A little sand and a lick of paint can just transform an item.

And then, if you've got your gold paint,

if you then spray it

and then sand it back a little bit so the colour comes through.

Now, have you got anything that

you could potentially decoupage

onto the trays?

Erm, what kind of...

"thing?

Like, an old magazine.

The thing is with decoupage is that you can do absolutely anything.

I mean, it could even be a photograph.

I was really, really close with my granny, Peggy,

and she just used to always tell me

all these stories of her life

and I work in a theatre in Edinburgh and

when my gran passed away a few years ago, I found some brochures from

when she had been at that theatre in the '50s, which was just so cool.

Oh, I love that. That is absolutely perfect.

It's always nice to upcycle something with something that

means something to you.

And you know, every time you serve a drink,

that's just a gorgeous story to tell.

Honestly! It's giving me goose bumps.

I absolutely love that. Perfect. Thank you.

I can't wait. Take care, Rachel. Bye. Bye.

I think she's going to really enjoy having a G&T

and sort of cheers-ing Peggy every time she has it.

It's nice. Keep memories alive.

While we wait for Rachel to dig out the old theatre programmes

and choose a paint colour for the frame,

we're going to get on with our own projects.

And on the far side of the walled garden,

I'm in the middle of converting an old stable

into a lovely little potting shed.

Once I've cleared away the nettles and logs,

I knocked a new entrance into it from the walled garden.

There you go.

HE HUMS Oops!

Here we go.

Now, outside my new door,

I've just discovered something rather useful.

And that sound is the sound of the fork

going through all the grass and turf that's grown over it

to the original path.

SOUND OF METAL AND STONE SCRAPING

It's exactly what I was after.

It's seriously gritty.

150 years ago, it's the garden.

They would have used a waste product, packed it down.

Well, we're doing exactly the same thing again, and this is the waste

grit that comes from a quarry

and it's nearly the same colour.

They did that 150 years ago.

150 years from now, THIS will still be here looking good. Yeah.

It's all about putting something down that's going to last.

Right.

The new path will take some time, so I'll be coming back to it later.

In the meantime, we're going to watch another request

and this one is all about creating an eco-friendly bedroom

for a teenager.

Let's have a look.

Hi, Dick and Angel. My name's Ondine.

We do have a project for you which we would like to do as a family,

but I'm going to let lola tell you about it.

I want to chillax.

This is Dorothy when she's 13.

Lola would like to have the room in more of a Boho style.

Does anyone know what Boho is?

I have no idea what you're talking about when people say that.

It's Bohemian, it means, like.

She's 13! What do you mean?

But I think when I was 13 that I don't remember

that word even existing.

When I was 60, I don't remember it existing. What?

What?

This is a room of a little girl

and lola's turning into a young lady

and it is a room that she's sort of saying,

she's not a little girl any more.

That's a girl with a vision. There's a lot there.

There is a lot there but it is a family job and actually,

I reckon they could all do their part

in creating something quite gorgeous.

They're either going to end up loving each other to bits

or there'll be war.

In the walled garden, I've now uncovered

the original 19th century path that runs outside my potting shed,

but to make sure it stays clear,

I need to give it a bit of 21st century love.

There you go.

Overlap it, so the weeds don't grow up through the gap.

This is, um...

...recycled rubber, that...

Car tyres that's been turned into edging.

It just gives us a border for our pathway.

So, that's a lovely edge.

We'll put it into place. Perfect.

Every bit of preparation I do now is going to give dividends

for years to come.

It's getting there. I can see it.

It's all coming together now.

When that's finished, I'll be able to go from my bedroom

to my potting shed in my slippers!

The paths will be gorgeous!

Personally, I would rather think about gorgeous bedrooms,

and at the chateau, I've designed ten of them.

What I've learnt is that it's essential to combine beauty,

practicality and personality,

especially if it's for a teenager keen on eco-friendly design.

So before we go any further, I need a bit more info

from lola and her mum Ondine.

Hello!

So, I've been looking at pallet furniture, OK?

Are you wanting it to look like pallet furniture,

or are you looking for it to be a little bit more refined

and painted a particular colour?

Um, more like actual looking like pallets.

Like, the wood, that kind of thing.

I know there's one thing that I definitely to want to be in my room

is shelving, because I am a massive bookworm

and I have tonnes and tonnes and tonnes of murder mystery books.

Absolutely. Have you ever just put together mood boards?

I made one of them to convince my parents to let me do my room.

Oh, my God, I love that.

I'd love to see what you're thinking.

It is so exciting, I totally get it.

You know, it's a new part of your life, really, isn't it?

So, will you send me your mood board?

And then I think we're gonna quickly work out the bits

that we're going to concentrate on.

I'm gonna love this project.

Take care and I'll speak to you very soon.

This is quite a special project.

It's so sweet.

And do you know, the bit that melted my heart was that, essentially,

she pitched it to her mum and dad with a board.

SHE PRETENDS TO SOB

Love it.

While I'm waiting for lola to send me her mood board,

I'm gonna start work on my trolley transformation.

Oh, I do love a bit of a clean, babes.

Just to get rid of dust is so satisfying.

Can you see it yet? Can you see the vision?

No.

Oh, you can never see the vision. I think secretly you do.

Hopefully he will once I've decoupaged my trolley's new tray.

This is a surprise for my dad

and I've got a magazine that was from the year he was born.

Oh, I quite like this crossword being done. SHE CHUCKLES

Oh, that's quite good, that one.

1949, people having a drink, seems quite appropriate.

Right, let's start cutting.

Magazines are great to use for a couple of reasons.

Actually, the paper is super, super thin, which does really help.

And the second thing is all the ink is waterproof.

This is my glue.

It's 50% PVA and 50% water.

You've got to have the right equipment.

An old credit card.

Well, this is actually my old Baby Club card.

Now I don't have babies any more!

I've not thrown it away, though.

And I'm going to use this as my spreader.

Cos what I'm doing, I'm taking air bubbles, glue, everything out.

Again, I want that to be a tiny little bit of overlap,

then just gonna get my credit card.

There we go. Lovely.

Great.

Next, the big one.

The kids have done some "Papi's Bar" art.

You're not gonna believe what that is.

That is the I from Papi that's been made into a Martini glass,

and the dot is an olive on a stick.

They must have really taken in every little thing that we do.

And that's it. When it's dry, I'm gonna give it a varnish or two,

cos it is going on the drinks trolley.

In the walled garden, the reclaimed path is now looking pretty good.

The new entrance to the potting shed, though,

could do with a bit of a tidy.

Everything in here between is gonna be filled up with stone.

What I don't want is I don't want it to come out past the line of my bits of wood,

cos otherwise that would be ugly.

I have my pile of rocks to work with.

We're making up a lime-based mortar. So it's mask time.

So, here we go.

And I'm gonna cheat a little bit.

I'm gonna put a little bit of cement in,

just to make it a little bit harder.

So maybe about half of cement in there.

Gonna need a bit of water in here, now.

See, it sort of sticks together quite nicely.

That's what I want.

That gives my mortar, the pug, something to stick to.

Right...

...there are people who build stone walls for a living.

They are masters of this.

I am not that.

I am a chap who will put rocks in, to his heart's content.

Good, liking it.

That sort of fits, and the bit that it doesn't fit around will be OK,

because I've got some mortar to stick in that hole.

Now, that's nicely put in there.

I've done some dry-stone walling.

It's all about choosing the stones and getting them in the right place.

This isn't quite as critical, because we're using the mortar,

the pug, to hold it all together, but, um, it's...

...still lots of fun.

Now, see, I knew that stone was meant for there, look.

If I put it in that...put it in... Hmm.

Put it in the way I had it. Mm.

There you are. There you go.

I've gone up to my workroom,

because lola's now sent me her mood board,

and I can start designing her new bedroom.

As soon as lola said she wanted something Bohemian, Boho...

SHE CHUCKLES ..this is exactly what I'd pictured.

You know, even the macrame chair.

But lola wants the pallets to be a big feature.

And actually, if you're gonna start anywhere in a bedroom,

it's got to be functionality, but at the end of it,

she's gonna put loads of cushions out and she's gonna love it.

I've seen so many lovely pictures of, sort of, big shelving units above beds,

but I don't think they're that practical.

And I quite like...l quite like these ones that...

You've got a sort of hexagonal and then you build them up.

I don't know if this is possible,

but I'd quite like to suggest a bookcase on wheels.

Is that possible?

Yes, it is.

This is just the start of something that is so exciting.

We've got all the elements in here.

The pallet bed, which is going to be the centre point for everything,

hanging chair, the shelves, the memory board, bookcase on wheels.

I do not know whether she's gonna get it all.

But if you don't ask, you don't get.

And I don't have to wait long to find out if my design for the room

is cool enough for a teenager, orjust plain embarrassing.

Now, are you ready? Let's do it.

Oh, wow!

Thatis...

...awesome!

It's really pretty.

Oh, yeah!

She's crying!

Are you? No! ANGEL LAUGHS

Why do you have water in your eye?

Aw, I love it.

Let me get you up there.

Hi!

ANGEL LAUGHS

Is that a happy dance?

Absolutely perfect.

I don't know if ever I've had to put something together for a young lady.

And actually, I really wanted to get it right for you.

Thank you for liking it.

Good luck with everything and we will speak very, very soon.

Bye! Lots of love, bye!

Blow a kiss, blow a kiss! Mwah, mwah, mwah!

Now the design's been approved,

I need to work out how to actually build a bed out of old pallets.

Wonderful thing about pallets is you tend to get them for free.

But you have to know where your pallets come from.

If a pallet has got MB on it,

move it away and go and do something else.

That's methyl bromide, which means it's been chemically treated.

You don't wanna have that around your family, around your home.

If it's clean and you know where it comes from, use it.

If you're not 100% sure, don't use it. It's common sense.

Processing pallets is all about getting the best ones

and making them as nice as possible.

It's as simple as that.

The very first thing we have to do

is make sure that every single nail is below the surface.

See this nail here?

That nail is sitting a little bit proud for my liking.

I'll get rid of anything that's sticking up.

All of the nails and things that are sticking up

have either been taken out or punched in,

so it's time to sand it.

This is what we're gonna use.

This is a belt sander.

And away we go.

Suffice to say inside every rough plank on a pallet

is a lovely piece of wood.

And, you know, to be fair, it's a bit of hard work,

but at the end, that's nice wood, now.

Of course, every pallet's different, but I know for the bed,

it's one pallet wide, by two pallets deep.

And these two pallets are exactly the same.

And how do you join them together?

Well, the principles are simple.

You find out where they touch and you make them stick.

Look at that. It looks like they were meant to go together.

If we screw these together, that's going to hold as a bed.

If I put a piece of wood in there, like this, yeah?

Front-to-back.

That piece of wood along there is going to hold them together.

It's as a simple as that.

But it's going to be like a divan, it's going to be two pallets deep.

So I take this one... HE SQUEAKS

...and I set it on top there.

Look at these. Where they touch, you stick them. See? Look.

See that piece of wood sitting on top of that piece of wood?

If I screw that together,

the top layer and the bottom layer are stuck together.

That is the basis of a bed.

Pallets are not only robust, but also very versatile.

We've got pallets, we can do anything.

And with a bit of imagination, can easily be adapted

into shelving, picture frames, chairs, tables.

And all we have to do is just put this together.

Stick some wheels on the bottom, it's mobile.

But there's a book shelf.

So, if you'd like to make something out of pallets,

first, check they're OK to use and haven't been covered in chemicals.

Remove or hammer in old nails.

Then sand the wood down

and varnish, wax or paint for a lovely finish.

It's now time for me to catch up with Rachel's trolley transformation

and watch her very first attempt at decoupage.

So, I've got my layout of my bits and bobs

from the programme that I've cut out.

Great.

Straight in with your credit card in the middle.

Then I've got an old card.

Great.

Oh, it looks lovely.

I'm just looking at the decoupage.

"Getting younger every day. On sale in the theatres.

"Five past eight." Aw.

Lovely. "We'll meet in the bar."

That's made me so happy.

And as soon as all the varnish and paint has dried,

it's my favourite moment.

The finishing touches.

Very important. Gin glasses that my sister gave me.

I am there with Rachel. I'm feeling so excited for her.

As she's putting the books on and the little terrarium, and the gin glasses,

a nice piece of furniture is now really coming into its own.

It's great.

Oh, perfect.

Oh, lovely.

Lamp, which is also from my sister. Thank you, again.

Just need...

...this photo of my granny.

Aw! ANGEL CHUCKLES

She inspired this project.

It's so good.

I love it! Seriously, it looked amazing.

Aw, honestly, congratulations. Well done.

Thank you so much. It was so fun. I was really proud of it.

What a gorgeous photograph!

It's from the glamour era. It's so, so stylish.

Honestly, what a special thing to have,

and how lovely that you've got that on your drinks trolley.

Yeah, no, I think it had to be on there somewhere,

so I'm glad I got it on.

It's been so lovely.

Thank you for allowing me to be part of this, as well.

Thank you so much.

ANGEL BLOWS KISS Bye! Bye, Rachel!

Life at the chateau is always busy

but we try and make the simplest of tasks a lot of fun.

Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook. Chookie.

Chook, chook, chook, chook, chook. Chookie.

Throw it towards the cockerel, throw it to the cockerel, so he gets some.

They're loving that. OK.

They're all... They've got lots to eat now,

and that means they're going to lay us more eggs.

Yeah.

Now the chickens are fed, it's time to watch another request.

Hi, Dick and Angel, my name's Chris.

The garden for me is a real sanctuary.

I've turned it from what was a space with an old shed

and some bikes to a small place

that I can sit and enjoy some peace

and quiet when I'm not working.

One of the jobs that I'm really struggling with at the moment

is my garden slabs.

My garden slabs are much like myself, old and a bit broken

and in thorough need of a face-lift.

It's just in between the slabs that are needing some attention

and a miracle to be worked upon them, I think.

The gaps in between there... Mm. That's not the major problem.

If there's any wobbly ones, that has to be fixed first. OK.

It's going to be really hard to make that look neater

because it's a mishmash of different slabs.

But, if the pointing is all the same,

it kind of might nearly bring it together. Absolutely.

It will, I think. I think it'll make a big difference.

I think it's fair to say it's probably MY project, this one.

Ah, 100%. I will get the kettle on.

I, on the other hand, will put my summer season's builder's hat on.

Hello. How are you doing? I'm good. I'm very good.

The patio needs some love.

It's definitely a project that needs some tender loving care,

that's for sure. Over the last four years,

it became this sanctuary for myself and my mum.

We lost my dad about four years ago from cancer

and every time we sort of come out to the garden, it was just

a really disappointing place to kind of visit. Sorry to hear that, mate.

So the first thing is, you want to stop rocking ones rocking

because they need to be in for your mum, don't they?

We need to make sure they're nice and level.

And then we can address the sort of the gaps.

So you're going to find those,

and if you can get them up, get them up, OK. OK.

Then you're going to be looking to say,

"Right, this mortar needs to be replaced and repointed,"

and it's a matter of scraping some of that away, just scraping it away.

You're making it sound really easy, which is a great thing.

The prep is the vast majority of the work.

When it comes to putting it back together again, pah, pah, pah!

We'll do that in no time.

I love that. I absolutely love that, Dick. Thank you very much.

Tell me, when do the big, burly builders arrive?

I think you're going to have it done before they arrive, Chris.

Sorry, but true. Take care, sir. Lovely talking to you, Chris.

See you. Cheers, matey. Cheers. Bye.

Luckily for Chris, I know a bit about paving because, last year,

Angel decided we needed some outside the front of the chéteau.

There's 25 tonnes of stones to move

and there's no part about this is making me smile.

And, so far, we've laid nearly 200 square metres but we've more to do.

My strong man.

Now, as it's still an ongoing project, I'm going

to use it to show how to re-lay wobbly patio stones.

So basically, you're cleaning the bottom of it out

and just getting yourself ready.

Preparation, preparation, preparation, preparation,

and preparation. OK. That's where all the work goes into it.

The big thing is, it's all about the mix.

For your mortar and for us, we're using 5/1.

I'm doing two cement, to ten sand,

which is the same as 5/1.

Look at that.

Just like baking a cake, only you're doing it with cement.

I don't want it too wet, and I don't want it too dry,

I just want it perfect. So I need a little tiny bit of water.

This is now wetter. I like it. OK.

So I take a decent dollop, there you go. One.

Another one... Two.

Because we've got the five spots there, it shouldn't rock, you see.

So I take my slab, and then it's a matter

of nice little gentle taps to get it to sit.

So that is sitting there nice and solid. When it dries, there we go.

Because Chris has to get rid of some of his old mortar,

the two boys are doing it.

THEY LAUGHS The sensible way. And...

See it coming out. OK.

Don't be too shy.

Little cold chisel. There we go.

Once you get to this stage, it's a brush job

because we don't want any of that rubbish in there.

Now, time to make good.

One... Yep. Five.

One, two, three, four, five.

Five are in there now. So we've got some water.

See what that looks like.

This is really quite dry, isn't it? It is.

You can pick it up like this and squeeze it.

See the way it's holding its shape. Mm.

That means it'll be good for actually pointing,

putting between the slabs. What are we going to do?

With our mix that holds shape, what am I doing? I'm sticking it in. OK.

So that's all being pushed well down into the gaps.

Pushing it down. All the way down.

Then do a bit of finishing off.

You can buy something called a pointing iron, all right.

This is not a pointing iron, this is a piece of pipe.

OK. But what it does is the same thing. Oh.

We just take that and we push it down,

all the way down there, like that.

I want a go. Do you like it? I love it.

I also love lola's ideas for her boho bedroom,

which, as well as using pallets for the bed and shelving, also

included a hanging macrame chair, and it's not even that hard to make.

I had loads of Hula Hoops from a couple of Christmases ago

and this is going to be my base for creating something quite beautiful.

So, as well as a Hula Hoop,

you'll also need about 300m of 6mm macrame cord.

And, for the seat, a half circle of inch-thick plywood

with holes drilled around the edge.

The only two knots that you'll need to know is the lark's head knot,

to attach the cord to the hoop, and a square knot to make the mesh.

Are you ready for the magic?

To show you the knots, I'm going to use an extra thick cord.

I fold it in half. I get the loop, fold it over and pull it through.

Wait for it. Boom.

I'm going to use this to show you how to do a square knot.

So, you've got your four cords here.

I go, left, and then I take this cord on the right,

and I go over.

Then I go behind.

SHE LAUGHS

That's good. OK. S0, OK...

I go left, and then take the one on the end and go over

and then I feed it around underneath and pull it through.

And I have got the start of my knot.

And then I go... Oh, oh, oh.

' 9° right.

Over. And then I go through here. Right.

Then I've got what I call a square knot.

My next stage is that I need to create a pattern, or a mesh.

Now, to create this mesh, you take two from each square knot,

because you need four cords to do a square knot.

This allows me to start building up my mesh.

It's very therapeutic.

And you'll find yourself getting into a real rhythm.

You know, it's like knitting.

Now, assume that this is all done, so you've got to get the bottom

of the threads through the holes,

and it can be a little bit sort of fiddly.

Get a little bit of electricity wire and bend it in half.

Then, if you come up, OK, I can put my ends through here

and then give it a big tug. And they're through.

Do a really big knot underneath, all right?

And it's not going to go anywhere, trust me.

I'm keen though to see how far lola, her dad Paul,

her little brother Faron have got with their home-made pallet bed.

We've all got our power tools.

It's the first stage of the base complete.

The brace, middle, top and bottom.

It's got six wheels on it, so it's movable,

so I can Hoover under it.

As far as I can see, it seems to be going to plan.

Ooh.

Stage I complete.

We've got Faron sanding down the headboards.

We bought some renovating wax,

so we're giving it all a coat before we fix it,

and it will more than likely have another coat again.

Can you drill that hole for me there?

I'll hold the drill, while you...

I can see the workers. How are you doing, Faron?

Yeah, good man.

Oh, hold on, hold on. I've just noticed where you're sitting, fella?

That took me a moment or two. Whoo, whoo, whoo!

Love it. That looks exactly like I thought Angela and lola wanted.

It's very Reggie, isn't it? Wow.

Yeah, that's a well-deserved high five.

Well done, you. Thank you very much.

Listen, men, it's time to get back to work. There's more to be done.

Yes. Keep smiling.

Good to see you. Good to see you. Cheers, Dick.

5Y9- bye, bye- bye, bye- bye.

They're loving it. They're doing a family thing.

This, to me, is a great project.

What's more, the raw materials are eco-sound. I love it.

And talking of families,

Arthur and Dorothy have a little surprise for my dad, happy Steve.

Dorothy, I need one of these bamboo things in each of those, please.

Each cup. Yeah.

Lovely. Put that in there. Well done, Dorothy. Come on.

Come out, come out. Take Grandad. That's it.

Three, two, one. Look.

Dad, we decoupaged this tray with old magazines from the year

of your birthday. But the kids drew "Papy's Bar" for you.

Yes, I did the P... Just some...

Arthur and Dorothy insisted on doing most things orange

because Grandad likes a tequila sunrise.

ANGEL LAUGHS

Thank you. I'll pass mine to Dick.

There we go. See this. Does it?

What are the drinks made with?

INAUDIBLE ANGEL LAUGHS

Aw.

Cheers, everybody. Cheers. That's it. Lovely.

Since we laid the chateau's paving last year,

everyone's enjoyed using it.

Come on, Dodo.

Oh, unlucky!

But patios eventually have to be maintained,

and I'm really pleased to see that Chris is doing just that.

So, so far, I've taken a look around the garden,

all of the big slabs are not moving, which is really good news

because I didn't fancy lifting all of those out.

However, in the other part of the garden,

there's about seven or eight of the little ones

that are actually moving,

so they're gonna need some attention.

Oh, bless.

I'm now mixing two parts sand to ten parts...

No, two parts cement to ten parts sand.

Got that right.

And hopefully this works.

I feel like a proper builder boy, me. It's great.

And it doesn't take Chris long to turn what was once an ugly trip hazard...

...into something both he and his mum can enjoy.

Looks lovely.

The whole thing looks lovely.

That's a neat little garden.

It looks good.

That looks very, very good.

Well done.

It is now all complete.

Although, on camera, it looks like they're not filled in,

if you look carefully,

you'll actually find they are.

I have to admit, if you'd asked me to do this before,

I probably would have said, "No, I'll get a professional bloke

"in to do it," but actually, it's surprisingly easy.

It's made a massive difference

and Mum can actually enjoy the garden now without tripping over.

And there's not so many ants,

which is always a good sign as well.

Well, cheers. Cheers.

It's good to come out here and see it nice and clean and very even.

Dick, Angel, thank you very much for all your help

in getting this sorted so that Mum and I can sit out and enjoy it.

Um, I owe you lots, so thank you very much

and, um, cheers from Mum and I. Thank you very much.

Absolute pleasure.

There you go.

Ondine and Paul have also been working very hard

to finish lola's bedroom

because tonight is grand opening,

when lola's dream will hopefully become reality.

I felt quite emotional cos I just know this is gonna be Dorothy one day.

Scary. Aww.

That's as it was. Yeah.

I'm really excited.

OK.

So excited! Aw!

Come on, girl.

OK.

Oh, wow!

It's awesome.

It's actually awesome.

WQW!

This is awesome.

Twinkling lights, very grown up.

Oh, that's come out brilliantly.

The bed.

Awesome!

Justmbetter than I expected!

ONDINE GIGGLES

That's a very big smile.

Bless her.

And the shelves -

they're exactly what I wanted.

That is just so heart-warming.

Yeah! Beyond.

I brought a tissue cos I knew I was gonna cry!

Oh.

Hello! Hi!

Hiya!

Oh, wow. Well done, family.

It looked like it, it looked like it.

It looks fantastic.

You've done a job that you should just all feel so, so, so proud of.

Uh, have you enjoyed it?

ALL:

But lola, come on.

Did you get all the things you were dreaming of?

Er, I got more than I even thought I would.

Aw. Thank you.

Yeah.

Yes, thank you. Take care!

Lovely to see ya.

ALL: Bye!

Ah.

What age is lola? 13.

13. Mm.

So we've got how long?

Um, Dorothy's six.

Um, we've got a couple of years!

But before Arthur and Dorothy get too old,

I have a couple of surprises I think they'll quite like.

OK...

Right, close your eyes.

No!

ANGEL AND ARTHUR LAUGH

He's very funny!

Our little boy's walking off cos we're closing your eyes.

Right, stop, stop, stop.

You will actually have an accident.

OK, in we go.

In we go.

Wait a second, no, keep your eyes shut.

Three, two, one, open your eyes.

Thank you, Mummy!

Thank you, Mummy!

Thank you!

Come to me.

ANGLE LAUGHS

Right, I'm getting in this one.

Did you ever...

...leave your childhood?

ANGEL LAUGHS

You still have a giant imagination.

I love you for that.

You know what? I actually am still a big kid.

But who doesn't love a swing?

Do you know, Arthur? You have to get older,

but you don't have to grow up.

Very true.

Give us a kiss.

Next time...

Whoa, look at that!

...there's hot honeycomb and kitchen capers...

...chicken coops and cockerels...

ROOSTER CROWS

Oi! I'm filming!

...bigged up bunkers...

It looks magical.

...and stereogram shenanigans.

Arthur, you're supposed to lead Mummy.

You've got no chance.

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