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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 imagined.

Oh! Ha! Ha! Ha!

ALL: Yay!

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 in 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!

..we'll be on hand to help.

We are going to be drinks trolley partners in this. Amazing!

You've got your bus too. Yeah, bus to bus.

Because if we can do it...

I am an average crafter, I've just got the mind-set of having a go.

..so, can you!

Stage 1 complete!

Oh!

LAUGHTER

That is giving me goose bumps.

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 record.

Now that really is, make do and mend.

Life at the chateau is always full of adventure.

Petale! WHISTLES

And, today, our newest family member is having her first

trip in our beautiful camper van, Mademoiselle Daisy.

Can we drive round our chateau in this?

Yes. Today? We can, yeah!

It's lovely having Daisy out, isn't it? Yeah.

It's lovely having Petale here.

Hi, Petale, do you like our van?

It's going to take us on lots of adventures.

Here we go!

# Do-do-do-do-do! # Do-do-do-do-do!

And Miss Daisy's on the road again.

And when we're all together, every outing's exciting.

No matter how far we go.

And, I think we are there.

Gorgeous!

Now we're back from our mini-break,

it's time to help you with your projects.

What have we got happening? Oh, there is oodles. Who's up next?

Hi, Angel. Hey, Dick.

I'm Natalie. And I'm Peter.

We both live with our cats and our dogs and our chickens,

as well as our two amazing foster children

and our new addition, our eight-month-old daughter, Willow. Willow.

Aw! Aw!

Now, I love a project and I've just taken my most craziest project yet.

We've actually gone and bought a field and a bus.

A double decker bus. A double decker bus!

We're pretty good with what we are doing with the bus,

but we really want some outside living solutions,

so just things that's going to enhance that camping trip.

One of the problems is, because it's agricultural land,

you can't have anything on it permanently,

so anything we put on the field we have to take back with us. Yep.

So it has to be beautiful, it has to be practical.

Functional. Yah, we need your genius, guys.

Yeah, so can you help us? Yeah, help us, please. Please!

It's clear, they don't want help with the bus.

But we can help them with their outside space.

And it's got to look gorgeous.

And be practical.

The "look gorgeous" slipped in there, didn't it?

It's true, I like things to be both functional and beautiful,

but first we need to find out what Natalie and Peter actually need.

PHONE CHIMES

Hello! Hiya. Hey! How's it going.

You've got a bus too. Yeah! Indeed, bus to bus.

What's important you?

What do you like to do when you get to your retreat?

Just relaxing, really.

Yeah, playing, cooking food, sitting out,

trying to, you know, just chilling out.

Just enjoying the peace and quiet.

The kitchen seems to be the way forward.

Yeah, kitchen and a nice area to sit.

If you've got the woodland there, we can find a very efficient way

of cooking using the wood you have.

It's ablutions that are not permanent.

Yeah. Yeah, we really like those ideas.

It would be really easy to knock up a solar shower.

It would mean you have somewhere to douse

the children at the end of the day, before they go to bed.

Yeah, that's a good idea.

Just to have a bit of hot water when you need it.

You could even if you wanted to wash the dishes, if you wanted to.

Yeah, or you can shower and wash the dishes at the same time!

I love that.

Naked dishwashing is not something that we encourage in France.

No?

Probably something you don't want to see, either!

I made some old chairs out of tyres we had here.

Now they were for the kids, so a bit bright and colourful,

but actually I think you could do something really nice and quite stylish.

Yeah, that would be great, yeah.

I think the big thing for us now is get you in your field,

camping there and using it. Yeah. Yeah.

Listen, take care you two. Bye!

Did you see how big is their bus is compared to ours? I know.

LAUGHTER

Natalie and Peter might have a bigger bus,

but they need some compact camping ideas

and a portable solar-heated shower system,

is surprisingly easy to build.

Here we go.

Well, I have here some water in a bag.

I'm just going to check the temperature.

20 degrees, that's not bad.

That's not cold cold.

This is going to be my hot water supply.

You say, "But, Dick, 20 degrees, isn't hot."

The sun up there, shining down here.

If we shine it onto, if we look at an area a metre squared,

you've got about 1,000 watts of power

that's about a third of the power of a kettle,

comes out of the sun.

This is probably a quarter of a square metre.

So you could have 250 watts of sunshine shining on this bag.

And if it's a black bag like this one and over a period of time,

it's going to heat up.

But what we have to do is we have to make

ourselves our little kitchenette.

I need to capture the sunshine.

If I just pointed at the sun now,

in two hours the sun will be over there.

I'll have to find a way of following the sun.

And then, look!

Oh, isn't that clever?

And then, when the sun moves,

I can follow the sun like that.

That goes up there like that.

Put there's on top of that like this.

We have a washing capability.

See? Oh, lovely.

But the magic doesn't stop there.

This is a second one of these.

And if I just take my hot water tank off

and down goes my kitchen sink.

Just use a wedge to hold the board in place.

So I've got my sink.

OK? Look.

Capturing the sun, get warmer.

Babes, that was so quick.

Ready?

As well as helping others with their projects,

we also have our own on the go.

Mine is Operation Love, AKA Grandma's Top Secret Birthday Party.

The kids have already made blue coconut ice.

And I've cooked mum's other favourite, home-made honeycomb.

Now, it's time for the centrepiece.

Mum does not particularly like birthday cake,

but one thing she does love is profiteroles.

So, I'm going to make her a French profiterole cake,

a croquembouche, which actually means, "crunch in the mouth".

But instead of actually joining it all together with

the caramel, which is quite a traditional way, I'm going

to put it all together with chocolate.

Choux pastry, 85 grams of unsalted butter

and four teaspoons of caster sugar.

Then 200ml of water.

On to the hob to melt the butter.

Pop the flour in and give it a good mix.

One big lump, all come away from the side.

I'm going to put it in here to cool down.

It just needs to come down enough in temperature that

I can beat my eggs in without it being scrambled.

Three eggs go into the mix, then it's piping time.

Get rid of my end.

Three.

A little dab of water to smooth them and help them crisp

and pop them in a hot oven for 20 minutes.

Et voila - profiteroles!

I'm going to fill them, some with creme patisserie.

And actually, I might do some with squirty cream.

because I know Mum will love it.

After that, it's just a matter of securing them with cocktail

sticks to a polystyrene cone wrapped in parchment paper.

Oh, man! I could just eat that right now.

It is genuinely very, very, very satisfying.

I do not know if there is quite enough.

Oh!

So close!

So, two full batches of profiteroles isn't enough for six people.

So...

That is such a pain.

I'll just have to make an extra batch later,

because it's time to watch another request.

Right? Who's next. This is Johan. Right.

Please guys, I need your help.

I really want to build a doghouse,

but I don't know where to start.

So basically I'm standing where

I would like to build the doghouse.

That's big, we don't know how many dogs he's got yet.

He's got a lab, at least.

Oh, there is another one, the dogs are coming!

They're decent-sized dogs as well. OK.

This is our family.

As you can see, we're all very excited. Hello!

I'm here with my little helper, Frankie.

Oh, she's just got, I know you're looking at the tools!

I can see. I was looking at the tools!

Frankie's go the, oh, she's got a melty smile.

We can't wait, can't we, Frankie? Yeah!

Do you know how you say goodbye in France? Yes!

Au revoir. Au revoir.

Thank you. Do we need a doghouse, for Petale?

As a dog, having a little house to go into would be quite nice.

I think Petale would really love that.

I think where are you're going to come into your own here is

when it comes down the wallpaper and the actual colour scheme.

Maybe if you get a mood board.

I don't know if you're taking the mickey.

I know you don't!

As a family we love the great outdoors.

And over the years we've discovered there's few things better

than campfire cooking.

Now as Natalie and Pete have

requested ideas for an outside kitchen,

I reckon a rocket stove could be a useful addition to their field,

and our walled garden.

The principle of this is very simple.

It's a chimney.

Having made my little circle for my pit,

I'm now going to build my chimney.

So I'm going to build it up with turf around it.

The turf turns it into a proper chimney.

Stones are supported by the turf.

OK? So, circle of stones is the chimney.

And by putting the turf around the outside, the only place for the air

to go in up in the middle to give me lots of flames where I want it.

Where I'll have my griddle.

So, to build the stove...

..choose a safe location at least away from trees or fences.

Dig a shallow hole.

Place stones around the outer edge

leaving a small gap,

then build them up

to create a chimney.

Finally, cover the stones in turf or

earth leaving the gap clear to

feed in wood and

let the air rush in.

But my hands are dirty.

Oh, if only I had somewhere to wash my hands.

Look at that.

And we're up to 37 degrees, 98 Fahrenheit, muddy hands.

Oh, terrible. And that is warm water, lovely warm water.

Ta-da!

It's a kitchen.

Now it's time to work out how we can help Johan

and his family build an incredible dog house.

Hello? How are you? Hey, guys, how you doing?

Hold on... HE WHISTLES

Petale, come on, girl. Look at this, she's galloping.

Come here, come here, here's my girl come here. Look at this.

Woo! This is Petale our little one.

Hi, Petale. So that's our little puppy. OK.

Here's a question for you. When do you intend to use the doghouse?

We're really looking for an outside area for all the dogs to be happy.

Simplicity we can do.

It doesn't have to be complicated, but it can be a decent size.

But what we're going to have to do

is we're going to have to make it weatherproof.

So if you can get yourself access to any wood that sort of,

the cheaper, the better that can shape our design.

But the thing is, that's before I let this girl loose. Yeah. Hm?

Before we start talking about decoration

and design to making it lovely.

It's going to be a family project, my children want to be involved.

Great. Hello!

Hello, little one. Who's this?

This is Theo. Hello, Theo.

How old is Theo? 12 weeks.

Congratulations. Wow. You got your hands full, then.

Cos I was about to rope you in.

You can have time for that? Yes.

Have you got some old beds that you want to replenish?

What have you got some old bits and pieces around the place?

Yeah, I love keeping stuff.

What? It's a doghouse.

If anybody mentions a mood board, I'm out of here.

Angela may want one of these for Petale

and now I'm getting really worried. Great idea.

We'll have a bit of fun. We'll have a bit of fun.

Fantastic. See you. Thank you, guys.

So what size? Do we make it big enough for Dorothy and Petale?

Or do you make it big enough for Petale?

Arthur, Petale, you.

SHE LAUGHS

While we wait for Johan to get his materials together, my job is to

convert Dorothy's wendy house into a place fit for both kids and canines.

As the wendy house already has a pitched roof,

it just needs an extra awning to create a new Petale porch.

For Johan, I reckon a wide sloping roof should do the job.

Right.

Petal house.

We're going to be putting a door in here somewhere.

OK. And we need to have something to stop the rain coming in.

I want a continuation of the angle of this roof.

And for that, I've got my angle-a-dangle thing, that is

the angle of the roof there and along the bottom.

So, if we look at this now, that's the angle of my roof.

So, if I down here somewhere, have a

piece of wood coming off at that same angle.

It'll look nicer because it looks as if I did it on purpose.

And this is all about the looks. Isn't it, darling? Yes. OK.

Come here. Come here. Let's have a look here.

Come here, come here, come here.

Let's see what size you are at the minute we already 45 already.

A piece of string in the middle down low.

That's nice and curvy.

That is the angle of the roof.

So I put it down here like this.

It'll look like the angle of the roof.

That works, doesn't it? Hopefully.

Should never sound quite so surprised. I never do.

You always do! I never do.

Petale isn't the only one we're lavishing with our love.

Mum's birthday's coming up and as well as traditional sweets,

she also loves old-fashioned party games.

If you don't know what splat the rat

is, it's a very, very simple concept.

You need a board, a mallet, a rat, and a pipe.

And if you've got that all

the pretties, you can do whatever you want.

So, get my rat. TOY SQUEAKS

This is actually, this is a dog toy.

And I think, actually, if it works, this will make a great sound.

OK. Take my rat. I put it in.

Oh, don't drop me! And you've got to bang it.

And then the rest is just decoration,

so I've just cut it up literally some strips of wrapping paper

I'm just going to stick them on with, with PVA glue.

When you get to this stage of party prep,

you start to feel excited for it.

I am really looking forward to Mum's birthday.

Last one, then, going in.

Great.

I can't wait for the kids.

SHE LAUGHS

First though, we have some seedlings to plant in the walled garden.

Watch. Shh! Gently does it. Now, if you look,

see on little white bits, can you see little hairs feel free,

very tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, tiny, little hairs.

Those little hairs is where they get the goodness out of the soil.

It has much hair as you have on your head.

Cheeky chops.

Even though I know a lot about plants, I've never knew that before.

Now you do. You put a gap with your

fingers holding the plants and then you. Tap it. Yeah.

And little squeeze look at that.

And then, then you put it into that hole. See that hole?

Just set it very gently in that hole for me.

Oh, man. How good is that?

That's a planted out seedling done by Arthur Donald Strawbridge.

Seedlings in, it's now time for another request.

Who are we on with? Samantha. Samantha.

Hi, Dick. Hi, Angel. My name is Sam.

I live with my partner and our almost four-year-old son, Adam.

Something I've got really interested in is growing vegetables.

Ah, a gardener. I've never had a garden before.

I can relate to that, I'd never had a garden

until I got a walled garden.

This is your first garden, is it? Yes.

You get overwhelmed with the information,

all the advice I get is very conflicting.

Ooh, stop there, there are lots of different things she can do.

We have to understand what her aspirations are.

I think this could be me giving her advice here,

I don't know what you think.

I think this is definitely not me.

What I have enjoyed is seeing the kids really spending time

with their planting seeds and them

understanding where everything comes from.

Sam is going to love that part of it as well.

I started to grow some rocket. It was doing really well.

I was like, "Oh, it's amazing!"

Really, really proud of it. They died. I was absolutely gutted.

I'd really like some guidance with that side of things,

especially with the layout of our garden as well just want to

pick up some skills and to look into the garden

and be really proud that it is something I have done.

She wants to be the gardener. Yeah.

This is your first garden? Our first garden. You started from no garden

and went to a walled garden and I took 60 years to get there.

Well, darling, I don't like to do things by halves. Good grief.

Talking of walled gardens, I think

the perfect place to chat to Sam is here.

Hello. Hi!

Right. First things first.

What are you trying to achieve from your garden?

That's the main thing. Somewhere for Adam to play,

we want to grow our own fruit and vegetables.

I want to be able to do something myself.

When you taste something from your garden, it is

so much better than anything you've ever bought in your life.

OK. Yes, definitely.

Do you want me to move the laptop around so you can see the garden?

Go on, spoil me, girl.

That is a good wall for sunshine, isn't it? Yes, it is.

That means that's going to be a nice warm wall. OK. And you got a

bed all the way front of it.

All the way along that wall is probably one of the best

parts in your garden for getting sunshine and things to grow.

What I always say to Angela is, you can have anything.

You can't have everything. Yes!

If you did me a little plan of your garden and then

I'd like a list of all the things you like eating from the garden.

Definitely. And then we'll see how we bring that plan or the two together.

Take care. Lovely to speak to you. Speak to you soon. Cheers.

Bye-bye. She's got a lot of learning to do and a lot to enjoy.

Of course she has. Babe, you've got

half a century of learning behind you.

Slightly more than that, actually. I am that old.

While Sam draws out a plan of her garden,

we're going to catch up with Johan and his magnificent doghouse.

So, as you can see,

we're really getting on with the doghouse now which is fantastic.

Enjoying it? Yup.

With construction work well under way, it's time for me

to focus on the interior design.

And I've got these two cushions with pillows in what I'm going to

do is just sew these together.

I'm going to just put my pillows in.

Petale does not smell that much,

but she does smell a little bit,

especially when she's wet

and having a little bit of double protection is, is not a bad thing.

So, I'm going to make an envelope.

This is leftover fabric. In terms of getting fabric,

go into a charity shop and just buying an old pair of curtains.

They are cheap as chips but the fabric is really quite nice.

So, on this one, you need piece of fabric cut to the width and whatever

length it is two and a bit times the length and then just fold it here.

Give myself a little bit of space.

I'm just going to put a couple of pins in.

Now the great thing about this is I'm going to do two straight

lines of sewing and I've got my pillowcase.

All done.

It's like putting a duvet on. It's the way I put my duvet on.

So what I have in here is my envelope.

Let's hope Petale likes it, as much as we do.

Oh, I can see her quickly. Oh, no. She's coming, she's coming.

Right, Arthur, quickly, put the cushion in, put the cushion in.

Take that end and I'm sure Petale

won't know it's the wrong way round there we go.

Next, come on babes quickly, quickly.

I'm sitting down on my little chair.

You put that on there. You hook it on there.

BOTH: Petale!

Oh, yeah.

Straight into her bed.

Good girl!

I've given Petale's cushions some added chateau

chic by sitting them in an old vintage suitcase.

But she isn't the only one getting some creature comforts

because Johan, Nicole and their family have turned what was once

an empty corner of their garden, into a palace for their pooches.

Oh, lovely. Sage green.

I love it.

Thank you very much. Thank you. Wave, guys.

That final shot, was just magnificent.

Everyone chilling out at the dog hut.

Hiya! Hello.

That's not a bad looking doghouse, is it?

Well delighted with it. Well happy with it.

The dogs must be truly comfy. Oh, yeah. I'm sleeping over tonight.

It's a cracking job.

I like the fact that this isn't a doghouse.

This is a family house.

I love that expression, the symmetry of the doors,

the different colour woods, you know, the wallpaper,

the cosiness of bunting in the attention to detail, you nailed it.

It's fantastic.

We're really chuffed with it.

We loved getting the sewing machine out again.

It's been a while. I've done it since the kids have been so wee.

So it was good. Lovely to hear that Nicole.

You've done all the hard work,

so it's time to enjoy it now in every way you possibly can everyone.

Mwah! Take care. Bye-bye. Bye. Bye-bye.

I liked what you said, it's a family house.

Not a doghouse. Not a doghouse, it's a family house.

Get out to the family house!

Doesn't sound as, you know, naughty?

It's a lovely sunny day at the chateau

and I've set myself up outside

because Sam has now sent me a plan of her garden.

This is what I drew up, which is what our garden looks like

from the house.

Happy days.

Before I advise on any planting,

I need to work out where everything should go.

When Sam said she wanted some work done on her garden,

the very first question has to be, where's south?

So what I've done is I've actually laid out her garden in my garden.

Sam's house is here, by this line of stakes.

Wall up this side, wall across the back and down this side.

So this is her garden.

The sun rises over there, goes up over the house

and sets down on that side.

Really important information.

But all of this, it breaks it down into zones.

This area over here, she's talking about putting

something like raised beds and a bench. Great stuff,

but you can already see by the shadows down there,

by late afternoon, this will be in the shade.

So maybe that's not the best place to sit.

If you want to sit out in the evening,

cos not many of us sit out in the morning, this side of the garden

is a great side to be sitting.

This is a great plot to play with.

Like Sam, Natalie and Pete also want to spend more time outside.

They're already working on their camping shower and rocket stove.

Ta-da! But I've got a bit of easy upcycling that they can do, too.

I've done a kids' version once before...

..but this method adds some extra outdoor style.

Tyre chairs are just such a great thing because most

garages have a pile of them that they just want to get rid of.

Spray painting is a quick and very easy way to do it,

but if you do want a little something more, and I do,

erm, rope.

To start with, it is a bit of a pain, but I'm going to glue-gun

the first piece on, all the way around.

So you've got a nice curve.

Cos this first one, to be honest, is the most important one.

Starting getting to the edge now,

and I can see a little bit of a curve, which is very nice.

It starts to feel like it's not just a tyre.

Slightly outdoorsy and robust.

And once you're happy with the rope,

cut a seat out of plywood,

glue on a layer of foam padding and add your favourite fabric.

If you're feeling ambitious,

you can even make a back to your chair using chipboard.

It brings it all together.

SHE SIGHS

Job done.

No sitting down for long, though, as it's a busy day at the chateau,

and it's time for another request.

Make the video happen.

OK. SHE LAUGHS

Hi, Dick, hi, Angel, I'm Gill,

and I'd really love Angel's help

with re-upholstering this chair.

One day we thought the dog was happily sleeping,

we were watching TV.

I came in to make a cup of tea,

I let out an almighty scream.

He'd ripped off all the braiding, he'd ripped off all the beads,

he started to rip all the material off,

pulling all the stuffing out. I just sobbed and sobbed.

That's why Petal isn't allowed to roam around the chateau. No.

So, basically, she wants a dog-proof chair.

SHE LAUGHS

Unfortunately, I won't be able to make Gill's chair dog-proof

but I do know how to bring it back to life.

Hi! How are you? SHE LAUGHS

Hi, Angel, how are you?

I'm really well, thank you. Oh, I love the chair!

I love the chair but I just want it to look lovely again.

What bits of it did you love when you first had it?

I love the shape of it, the big seat on it,

it's a real centrepiece of the house, really.

Right, it is a centrepiece

and we're going to make you fall in love with your chair again.

SHE LAUGHS So tell me about your skillsets.

What are you prepared to do for your chair?

I'm prepared to rip the material off

if you tell me that's the right thing to do.

I don't think you have to take the fabric off,

I think we can get a big square and do it over the fabric.

Then I could see how my upholstering skills are.

SHE CHUCKLES Yeah, I'll give that a go.

I've got some samples. I really like that one.

That's lovely. I like that one as well.

Oh, that is gorgeous.

That one's like a velour one,

I don't know if that would be easy to work with.

A tiny bit of a stretch can be handy,

but actually it can also cause you problems as well.

If you pull this off, and I think you will,

I just know you're going to be so proud.

Right, Gill, we'll speak again soon. OK, brilliant. Take care.

Have a lovely day. Bye-bye.

Bye-bye. Bye.

Gill hasn't made life easy.

It's quite a challenge for a first-time upholstery project,

but there are some really simple techniques

that can completely revive chairs like Gill's.

For me, this is in pretty good condition,

but it probably is the best chair

that I've got to show Gill how she can bring her chair alive.

Right, let's see.

Now, I'm going to start by taking the braiding off.

I love seeing all the old tacks. It's really nice,

it's like seeing an old, traditional bit of tailoring.

OK! So this is going to be my top,

OK? And I know that I've got plenty.

That's lovely.

And this is going to be my bottom.

As long as you've got a staple gun and the material

you'll be good to go.

Good.

When you're doing a chair like this, you will do top, bottom,

left and right, just to get it into place so it doesn't move

as and when you're doing it.

You know, I'm right in, OK? In there.

This bit's straightforward.

Gill's going to be super-fine with that bit.

The bottom bit, yeah, may be a little bit harder.

I'm going to lay the fabric in.

These arms are the only tricky bits, OK?

So I'm going to pull this back.

OK, I'm going to cut this. Tuck it under.

I can start to see where I'm going with it.

That is not looking too terrible.

Now, at the corner,

you may have to do a little pleat.

There we go.

Lovely.

Now, these studs, are our upholstery cheat.

I want to go into this ridge.

When Gill gets to this part, she'll be laughing.

This is quite exciting

cos I can actually see how this chair is going to look now.

It's time for me to catch up with Sam

and find out how she's got on with our plan for her garden.

So it's been a few days now since speaking with Dick

and we've been busy. We've painted all of the fences grey.

And we've also painted Adam's playhouse,

so it's all multicoloured.

It's not perfect, but Adam loves it, and I've done it,

so I'm happy with it.

Do you like your new house?

Yeah, but I'm looking for my ball.

You can't find your ball? HE LAUGHS

What I'm really excited about is the red Brussels sprouts

are starting to come through. And so is the sunflowers.

Tomatoes are looking really good.

This is where the raised bed is going to be built

and fruit and veg will go in there.

It's slowly, slowly coming together.

It's going to be amazing when it's done.

I'm so pleased that Sam's garden's coming on well

cos I can't think of anything better than being outside with your family

and cooking and eating your own home-grown produce.

On the menu for us today are some very freshly picked vegetables.

Wow. That is cool.

Well done. Well done, my man.

That's now getting very hot.

It's good, you see? That's the starting one.

What I'm going to do with this...

I don't even know what that is. It's a pattypan.

Looks like cheese.

It's great to be christening our rocket stove.

I'm going to go wash my hands. HE CHUCKLES

And now the griddle's really hot,

time for a decent bit of beef on the bone.

SIZZLING That's a good noise.

Now, how does that look?

Who wants some beef?

Come on, let's grab a seat!

Dad, can I have some meat on my plate?

You can, darling. There you are. Come to Daddy. There you go, girl.

Oh, lovely.

Tell me how good it is.

Mm! That is so good.

Love you. Cheers, baby.

Thank you, gorgeous children.

We've been helping you with your projects,

and I'm really pleased to see that Natalie's having

a go at making the tyre chair for their camping trips...

OK!

So far, so good.

I've just stapled that in, feels quite secure.

There we are. Ta-da!

..while Gill's hoping she can save her favourite chair with some

fresh upholstery.

Hello! Hi, Angel, how are you?

I'm loving it. You don't need me, it's nearly done.

Well, a third, maybe.

I've done this bit, what do you reckon about the staples?

Some are, like, in double lines.

There are a couple of staples that look like

that when you put your braiding over it, your stud strips,

that they might poke out on.

I only saw a couple,

but I would get this, cos this will sit for you right under the ridge.

The only ones that you need to take

out are the ones that it doesn't cover. OK, great.

Are you also happy about the next stage,

that you've got to cut back your fabric as well?

Do I cut it before I put the studs in?

You cut it before, yeah, you put the studs in.

SHE CHUCKLES

This way is the way that I've always done,

this is how you do it at home.

I'm really excited to see the finishing bit.

You didn't set yourself an easy task. "No, I'm not going to choose little footstools

"for my first project, I'm going to choose a chair that I'm actually sentimentally attached to."

SHE GIGGLES

I'm also rather proud of my new apprentice gardener, Sam,

who has, in just a few weeks, literally transformed her garden.

So, welcome back to the garden.

I'll show you around.

This is the raised bed area and I'm so, so happy with it.

Oh, those raised beds are lovely.

One thing that I really like is that Adam can come

out of his window here and help himself to these strawberries.

Wow. They're looking good.

So big. Now they're not green any more.

Every single part of my garden I'm in love with. It's mine

and it's just perfect. One more.

You want to eat one more?

HE LAUGHS

Adam likes the strawberries.

There we go.

That's the sort of vote of confidence you need.

Well done, Sam.

Hello! Hi! You OK?

Your garden looks amazing. Thank you.

Are you happy with it? Really, really, really happy.

I literally, I stand at the door,

I stand at the window and just stare at it.

SHE LAUGHS

I love how it all looks, so just

waiting for it all to start bearing some fruits.

You're a gardener, kiddo, you know that?

I'm really proud of myself!

SHE LAUGHS

The best thing I saw of the bit when you'd finished your garden was Adam and his strawberry. Yes.

Right, he's four,

but he knows that you have to wait for a strawberry

to go from green to red to be ready to eat. Yeah.

And then when you eat it, it's special. Yes.

Cracking job, now enjoy it!

Well done, you. Bye! Bye-bye, bye-bye!

Her garden is going to go from strength to strength

and I'm really, really pleased for her.

Now it's time for me to catch up with Gill and find out

whether her first attempt at re-upholstery has actually worked.

I'm really nervous about doing this but I've had a few goes

so I think I know what to do now.

What do you reckon? I think I've nailed it!

And just look at it now.

So here is my finished chair.

I'm so pleased with it.

I can't believe that I actually managed to reupholster a whole chair

all on my own, with the help of Angel's guidance, of course.

What I love about that is I can honestly feel Gill

feeling really proud that she's done it herself.

It really feels like it's a Gill chair.

Hello! Hi!

It's so lovely seeing you, Gill, on your throne.

I love it!

It looks really well done as well as being very stylish and very you.

Thank you. How are you going to stop Zim from going on there now?

To be fair, I don't think he likes it any more because I made

so much noise with the hammer and staple gun... Tch-tch-tch-tch.

..that he kept hiding. SHE LAUGHS

It's your throne, isn't it, darling, and I think you've done a great job.

Thank you very much and thanks for all your help. Ah! No problem at all. Bye! Bye.

The biggest thing for Gill, and me on this story,

isn't about Gill doing the chair,

it's about Gill falling back in love with that chair.

That is, for me, the most rewarding thing out of this. Lovely.

Finally, we need to see what Natalie and Pete have done to

make their empty field a bit more user-friendly.

All right, beautiful lady?

It looks lovely. There we go.

And it seems that a shower wasn't enough,

they're going for a full en-suite.

I've dug a hole under here.

I've put this water feeder a bit above the ground.

I've scrubbed this, so it is very clean now.

HE CHUCKLES

Fill it with water, whack a fire under here,

and then, hopefully, have a nice bath at the end of the day.

I remember old baths like that.

Here is the rocket stove.

The chimney will work because of all the hot air.

Mm-hm. Good draw. Cooking. It'll work.

How are we looking?

Yeah, really good. Really good.

It's got really good heat on it.

Ready for some steak, Pete? I am indeed.

Mm. That is really good. Mm.

I am genuinely, genuinely impressed with that.

Yeah. Rocket stove all thumbs up?

Definitely.

And after dinner, it's time to try out their home-made hot tub.

Ah, ha, ha!

Oh, wow!

How good is that?

That is so good.

They look really, really happy.

Cheers to Dick and Angel.

A massive cheers to you guys for being amazing...

Yeah, thank you. GLASSES CLINK

..and giving us all the ideas.

Over the past few weeks,

Angel and I have had great fun helping you with your projects.

Wow! Yay! Hooray!

From smokers...

That's phenomenal, well done!

..to stereograms.

Wow!

Bunkers... Oh, look!

SHE SIGHS ..to bedrooms...

Exactly what I wanted!

Doghouses to doors.

Many happy door clunks.

Thank you very much.

..and terraces... Cheers from Mum and I. Absolute pleasure.

..to trolleys.

I love it! It looked amazing.

And it's been joyous to see everyone's enthusiasm...

Ta-da!

..as well as their readiness to give things a go.

DRILLS WHIR

And along the way, I've even managed to build myself a new potting shed.

I love it.

Not bad, is it, yeah?

Now we're going to end this adventure with a very special family celebration.

Oh, there we go!

Oh, lovely.

Final touches.

I've just done hundreds of events,

but there's nothing like doing an event for your mum.

SHE CHUCKLES

All we need now is the birthday girl.

Now I think you can let Grandma open her eyes.

Surprise!

Wow! Looks beautiful!

That is brilliant!

Happy birthday, Grandma!

Oh, my goodness me! Oh, my gosh. I don't have to go anywhere, do I?

Oh, that is sheer naughtiness, innit?

THEY LAUGH

Do you think you've come back to your childhood, Mum?

Never had all this in my childhood, not a party like this.

This is tremendous!

To Grandma's birthday.

Oh, that is lovely! Thank you!

Happy birthday. Hooray.

ALL: Hooray!

Ooh! Oh, wow.

Oh, look at that! Grandma, how much do you like rats?

Not at all. Right answer.

You tell me when you want me to drop it,

I'll just let go as soon as you say, "Go."

Go.

THEY LAUGH

Go!

THEY LAUGH

Go.

Yeah!

HE WHOOPS

Are you ready? Go!

Ooh!

THEY LAUGH

Ooh! Mine's up, mine's up. Dorothy!

Dorothy!

Hey! That's yours, Dorothy.

Save it, Dorothy, save it, Dorothy, get it back!

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