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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.

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'll be on hand to help.

We're going to be drinks trolleys partners in this.

Amazing.

You've got your bus too!

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 one complete.

That's just given 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.

We love living in France,

but recently we thought there was just one thing missing.

Hello?

SCREAMING

Where's my family?

LAUGHTER

Hello, son! Come on, Mummy.

Meet the new lady of the house, Petale.

Our Kerry Blue puppy-

Look at her, wagging her tail! She wants to see you!

Right, should we get her in the house?

Come on, come on, Petale.

Come on, darling.

Hello. She's beautiful.

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

In we go. just come and say hello.

Hello, Petale.

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

Let her come to you.

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

there's a lovely new home to explore.

Let's go for a walk.

You've got quite a big chateau to look around...

LAUGHTER

...as well as a few house rules to learn.

Right, Arthur, that's your job. Right, Arthur.

We need to get a bucket and a cloth.

Arthur, are you watching how Daddy does it? No.

It's going to be your job.

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

It's easy to clean. LAUGHTER

Now Petale's settled in,

it's time to find out how we can help you with your projects.

SQ?

Well, we have oodles of e-mails from people.

That's a lot of e-mails. I know.

We're going to be busy, go on.

Lots of lovely questions. There's a huge variety.

Aren't there are some videos, too? Yeah.

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

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

which we just moved into, but there's one room in particular

that I was really excited to have the opportunity

to ask for your advice about, which is the bathroom upstairs.

It's got an original sky blue bathroom suite.

That's really blue.

Is it wrong that I sort of love it? Yep.

Um, so there's tiles around the bath and the sink

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

so, it makes the whole room very, very blue,

but the tiles are in pretty good condition,

so I wondered if we could do something with those

to make them more interesting and, it'd just be really nice,

if we had a room that we can go to,

to escape from the chaos of the rest of the house.

Escape to the bathroom.

That's a very important room in the house.

It is a very important room.

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

And I need to find out from her how far she wants to go with this.

Since we moved to the chateau,

I've created six very different bathrooms.

By contrasting paint and grout and textures, they all feel luxurious.

Now, I'd like to use that same design principle

in Miriam's bathroom,

but first, I need to find out what her favourite colours are.

And to do that, I've headed up to the Potagerie Suite.

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

I love the light in here.

And this is exactly the right place to have the phone call with Miriam,

because these tiles are similar to her blue.

So, let's give her a call.

PHONE RINGS

Hello! Hello.

Well, firstly, congratulations on your new home.

Oh, thank you.

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

Are you going to embrace the blue?

Yes, definitely, I want to keep the blue suite.

Blue is basically our favourite colour.

OK, that's great, because what I think we need to do

is work out a way to break up all of the blue.

OK? Now, this is the Potagerie Suite bathroom.

It's the last bathroom we did in the house

and, by this point, I had a little bit more confidence

to use colours that were a little bit daring.

So, let me show you. Hold on.

So, here I've got a very statement wall.

It is emerald green and then I go into my copper bath here.

It's lovely. Old buckets with just plants in.

Different heights.

See the walls? On here, a sort of salmony rose.

Just to give you a quick once around, and there is Mr Strawbridge.

Now, this is the most exciting bit for me.

This is why I brought you here.

Dun-dun-duh...

My tiles... Come on, I'm looking at that!

They're virtually the same, aren't they? Yeah.

They're a similar shade. I have got layered rugs, as well,

breaking it all up.

So, I think this particular bathroom works,

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

and there's not really any one particular focus at any point.

There's enough to keep you interested here.

So, there are things that we can do,

that will happen very quickly, that will make a big difference.

Yeah, the bathroom's a room that I'm kind of happy

to experiment in and try things.

Now, what I think our plan should be,

is for you to look at a colour palette

that you really love and let's start making your bathroom

sort of, so you absolutely fall in love with it.

OK. just a selection of different colours that I like?

Absolutely.

Have the confidence to just do something you like,

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

So, we're not going to take the next stage,

until you're happy with everything. OK.

Great. Well, enjoy the blue

and we'll speak to you very soon. Speak to you soon.

Bye.

As soon as Miriam comes back to me with her favourite colours,

we'll kick off her beautiful bathroom transformation.

But here at the chateau,

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

Off he goes.

And I reckon the best way to introduce mine,

is with a wide shot, from 50 feet up.

Be careful! I love ya!

Make sure you press record!

My man.

There you go.

The chateau's 2,000 square-metre walled garden.

And it's over there on the right,

where I'm about to start a job that will hopefully make me very happy.

Back on terra firma, I can show you exactly what I want to do.

When the chateau hosts entertaining,

this garden would have been really productive

and there would probably have been half a dozen gardeners here.

And I keep seeing these bits of wood that are on the top of the wall.

And what they are is, they're the remnants of all their potting sheds,

their stores, places to keep fruit.

We haven't got a potting shed.

And I think it's pretty fundamental.

A chap needs one, so it's time to sort that out.

And I think I've found the perfect spot.

This wall basically faces east.

If I turn this area into my potting shed,

I'll have the sun streaming through in the morning,

and l'lljust feel all invigorated. That's my logic.

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

and about the last quarter of it,

is a set of stables with two big stalls in it.

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

I can have access to my garden,

I can have benches out here for putting seedlings on,

I can do whatever I want.

But, first of all, every job starts with a clear.

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

That's not good.

Get rid of a couple of those. And now...

As my project's pretty big, I'm going to have to do it in stages.

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

making a hole for the door.

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

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

WHISPERING: Let me just do your hair. Just look at me.

He's just getting a quick make-up check.

This means Angela's allowed to groom me.

I've just done it! And you've just messed it!

Who's this next chap? I have no idea, let's see.

Hi, Dick and Angel, my name's Phil,

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

is to be able to smoke my own food,

some soft cheeses, some hard cheeses.

He is talking my language, baby,

but this is a project for you.

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

OK, but let's see what he can do.

So, around the house, I've got various different bits and pieces,

that might be able to be used and it's more the skill of how you do it

with the coals, so any help you can give, that'd be great.

You mention in there about sort of coals.

I don't think he gets the principles of how you smoke cheese.

I don't understand the principles and I've seen you do it,

so, you know...

Well, that's a bad sign!

I thought you watched me do it dozens of times!

No, I do. But I just, you know, I just...

What was the first evening we spent together? What did I do?

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

You smoked...duck.

I did smoke... It was pigeon, but it was near. It was good.

Hot smoked. Hot smoked, yeah.

If you hot smoke cheese, it melts.

No good. So, you have to cold smoke cheese.

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

Well, obviously you are! There are two types of smoking.

Hot smoke means cooking it, cold smoke means

infusing it gently at a lower temperature.

OK? Good. OK, I love you.

LAUGHTER

Since moving to the chateau, we've always tried to utilise

any old objects we find,

and Phil's request

has given me the perfect excuse to fire up my own home-made smoker.

Are you rolling? I'm rolling. OK.

All the elements we need to make a smoker,

this is the box.

And it's got a pipe attached to it, because this is an old stove.

All right? We found it. So, this is what we use,

and my food goes inside here.

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

OK? Now.

It's as simple as connecting...

...this together.

That's it done, by the way.

Now, what I'm going to do is put sawdust in here.

OK? Right.

There's lots of subtle ways of lighting. Yeah?

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

Here I go.

The sawdust will burn.

There's enough in there for six to eight hours.

Shut the door.

And the only place for the smoke to go

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

There's smoke in my barrel.

Shove your cheese in there and off we go.

Nice.

Hi there, gorgeous.

L'm hungry-

Even on the sunniest, most peaceful days

at the chateau, there's always

something going on...

"like creating a door for

Dick's new potting shed.

Right, when I take this bad boy out

and all the rocks below it,

there's a chance that

this is not as supportive as it was.

Not good.

So, I've done something very, very simple.

Cut a piece of wood.

And when it sits in here, like that,

means that that arch can't come in.

Nice and simple.

So, right, it's time to get started.

Er, it's as good as any.

It doesn't take long to find out if

my piece of wood will hold or not.

There you go! Wow!

Oh, man! Ha!

Ha! I was just waiting for that. Thank God your reflexes

are so good, cos... No, I knew it was coming. Did you?

I was just waiting for it to come, but I had to stay safe on it.

I was not expecting that!

Just look how soft that mortar is.

But hold on... So dry. ..this is rock solid. Yeah. That cheers me up.

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

and you see that the mortar's quite soft. But actually,

it's been sitting here for 150 years,

and I have no doubt it would have out-lived me.

But the people who put this together

150 years ago

didn't know I needed a potting shed!

A few days ago, I set Miriam the task of sending rne a selection

of her favourite colours.

This is a dark, very dark blue colour. That's great.

I like.

I just need to figure out which ones will complement

her very retro, very blue bathroom.

I've got this scarf that I love.

Headscan'. Love it!

I really like the burgundy and the blue, actually.

Our wedding scheme colours were blue and burgundy.

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

I never realised it was such a thing for me.

A little shawly thing.

I like the pink with it. Erm...

I think that's everything. Hope that helps. Thanks.

It's interesting that Miriam,

when we started talking, she was not really quite sure what direction,

or what colours that she even liked. But actually,

she loves vibrant pinks

and burgundies and blues.

Now I know what Miriam likes, I'm going to pull

together a 3D mood board for her.

It's A brilliant way to bring a design to life. You can see it,

feel it and even smell it.

So, let's put this down here.

These are the tiles that I think we've got closest to what Miriam

has got at the moment.

And actually, this bunch of stuff

is really going

lovely together. And this

will start to not be as obvious,

and I think that is the key.

SHE LAUGHS

I just found this old magazine

that I absolutely love,

and it actually just reminds me of

being in the bath like, 'Ah!'

Lovely.

Happy? Yeah, I think that this might

give her the confidence

to just go for it.

3D mood boards are not for me,

but cold smoking definitely is,

and I've had a request to teach this ancient art...

COMPUTER PINGS Press accept. I have. You sure?

...if modern technology allows!

Do you need technical assistance?

Just you... Do you? Yes, or no?

PINGING CONTINUES

join call.

Phil?

Hiya, how you doing?

You want to smoke some food?

OK. Can you see that board behind me at all?

So,

we need something in here

to smoulder sawdust. Yeah?

A Pipe...

and somewhere to put our food,

with the smoke coming out the top.

That's it.

That's as difficult as it gets.

Smoke, a pipe and food.

The smoke we want to generate

has to be tasty smoke. OK? That's the key.

And soft woods like pines,

because they're very tarry and very resiny,

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

We're not interested in that. So, we want

a temperate hardwood - things like oak, beech,

apple, pear, cherry, anything at all along those lines.

Yeah.

Then you'll be able to say, "This is Phil's cherry-smoked cheese."

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

you've got all the bits you want together. Then we'll start

getting it done.

Take care, sir. Speak to you soon.

Thanks, Phil.

Petale, our Kerry Blue puppy,

has only recently joined us,

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

Soft. Her nose feels soft.

Dorothy, I'm giving you the camera.

Are you going to film a little bit of Petale,

a little bit of Arthur? Hello, Arthur. Hello, Petale.

But it seems our new star

isn't ready yet for her close-up.

Back in my work room, I'm looking forward

to finding out whether Miriam's

ready to start transforming her very blue bathroom.

You've seen my mood board, right? Yes, I have, yes. It's lovely.

I was very excited. Oh, good. Good.

Because when you were talking about the colours, it was

the dark, bold blue that was the one

that worked for me.

And with that, I actually think you could have the baby pink in there.

Now, are you going to do the grout?

I'm keen to do something to break up

just how much of the same colour there is there, so, yeah.

It is a job that will make

a massive difference. Now, Dick

brought me up this tool.

It is for getting out grout.

Right. You can use other things,

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

OK. OK? Now, if you buy grey grout,

it is already a dark colour, but you'll probably want to try and buy

a little pot of blue dye.

And you can mix it together to just get a bit of

a blue hint. OK. And you think

it will match with the dark blue on the wall?

I think that that would look...lovely.

OK, I'll get on with all the dirty tasks first,

and then I'll have fun thinking about the pretty tasks afterwards!

Well, think about them together!

Look, good luck with everything,

and I'll speak to you very soon. Thank you. Bye! Bye.

She's going to go for it, isn't she? She's going to go for it.

I'm really excited. I think her bathroom

is going to look very different, very quickly.

To show Miriam exactly what I mean,

I'm going to zhoosh up some old blue tiles that I found on our scrapheap.

Can you come and help me put it on? It's actually ridiculously heavy.

It's a piece of old... Argh!

Why is it so heavy? What are you doing? I was going to have it...

I'm not telepathic, tell me what to do. Lovely.

Right, you happy? I'm happy.

I have watched grout being done

a lot of times, but I never really

physically do it.

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

DIY-er, Miriam can totally nail this. S0,

I'm going to elevate this bit of board

and then put it back on the skip!

Right...

Get the manky grout out.

I just love how coloured grout

can transform a boring tiled wall

into something rather special.

Like the black grout that I used in

the Botanical Suite. And the shiny

gold in the Boudoir. I've even got

metallic copper in our bateau.

Right, that was easy. Easy-peasy.

Right, next bit, I guess, er,

making up the grout.

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

Little bit of water, but I'm also

going to have a little bit of, er,

Paint dye_

The thing, is it's going to dry

a little bit lighter, it always does.

You just need to keep that in mind.

Whoa! Lovely.

Love the colour. I think it sort of

makes the, the tile stand out,

breaks it up a little bit, and l'lljust leave it to dry

for half an hour,

then give it a bit of a...

Done. You know, I've been looking at

old blue bathrooms. They are that old

that they've come back into fashion.

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

she has to know that she has got

a vintage bathroom! Ha-ha! Good.

Now, tidy up.

Whether you have a vintage bathroom

or not, it's still dead easy

to glam up old tiles with

a touch of grout know-how.

Make sure you have the right tools.

Be brave and bold with contrasts.

And remember, metallic grout

can really add a bit of va-va-voom.

It's only been a few clays since I spoke to Phil,

and he's already building his smoker.

DRILLING

Saw your video, matey. I love it.

Slight problem. You were right to put quite a lot of holes in,

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

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

Right.

Erm, the lighting of the sawdust

is always going to be the best part of this,

the most fun,

so just go for it. I don't mess around, I got a blowtorch.

Perfect.

Fantastic. Hiya!

Look at this! Don't spread it out too much,

keep it sort of fairly high.

That's good. Perfect.

Now you're going to

blowtorch the end.

This is where it gets exciting, isn't it, eh?

Thank you for your assistance.

THEY LAUGH

Yeah,

get it in the hole. Away you go.

Hit it with the gas torch for

a little bit longer than you would expect, to get a good flame going.

I'm quite excited by this. Come on.

Come on... I can see smoke coming out of the top!

Look at the top.

Yeah, well, that's what you want.

Now if you blow in that gently, yes.

Look, oh... You have a smoker.

Look how much smoke you've got there, fella! Get some cheese in!

Why are you talking to me?!

And remember, it's not just cheese.

You can put garlic in there easily as well.

If you like it, smoke it.

Four to six hours for cheese,

four hours for garlic. Once you've smoked it,

wrap it in tinfoil, put it in the fridge,

and let it mature for a little bit.

Yeah, Look at that smoker!

That's phenomenal! Well done.

Get it shut up there. We want the smoke to settle in there.

I think my job here is done.

Don't act so surprised, you built it!

Cultivating the chateau's walled garden,

demands a lot of time and effort,

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

You made it? It's a super loop.

Arthur Donald Strawbridge has looped it.

There's an old saying, OK?

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

OK? So, if you don't know a special knot,

what you do is you just do knots like this.

Here we go. I need you to tie this here, tight.

Any knot you want, I want it tied here.

I want to do the one you just did.

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

Pull it tight.

Pull it tight.

Good. How's that looking?

That's looking like we can attach our peas to that, doesn't it?

Because we've done all this hard work,

I think we deserve a reward, and our reward is...

Peas? Ta-da! Ta-da!

Thanks for your help.

You're sharing with your mummy? Good boy.

Now the peas are tied, Angel's keen for us to watch another request.

Hi, Dick and Angel, I'm Tom. And my name's Sim,

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

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

which is not in-keeping with the street.

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

Yeah, that's phenomenal! It's a church door.

It looks like a hobbit's door.

We've also got, like, the world's largest gap

at the bottom of our door,

which we're currently wedging doormats into.

And, finally, the door just needs a bit of a paint and a bit of love.

No, it doesn't. It needs more than that.

That door is probably held together by the paint.

Oh, don't say that!

And I reckon the perfect place to discuss front doors is here.

Hello. Hiya, Tom, hiya, Sim. How are we doing? Hi!

The shape of your front door is very, very different.

It is, yes.

All the other ones on the street are like the typical Georgian,

but our house was a vicarage at one point.

So, they put this, like, weird little church door in.

So, it stands out on the street completely.

You've got the best looking door. Yeah.

We WILL have the best looking door.

And you've got a draught at the bottom of your door and do you know why?

Look at your door and look at next door.

You haven't got a weatherboard. TOGETHER: Yeah.

And rain hitting your door and running down

just goes straight down and under and into your entrance hall.

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

Mate, your door looks like it has had layers upon layers of paint.

It's sort of the theme of the house.

We've got this massive blowtorch,

that a random man on the street gave us,

and we don't actually know who he is, he was just like,

"Oh, you can have it. I'll be back in a month to pick it up," so...

Isn't that lovely? That's a lovely thing!

That's a nice community thing to do. Yes, it's brilliant.

Is it a blowtorch or is it a heat gun?

Is it electric? We've got both.

And this is to do the... To scrape the paint off.

The big thing about that is if you use a blowtorch,

you have to be very careful, because you've got a flame involved in that.

OK? What I would do,

I'd say, "Thank you very much," to the chap that gave it to you,

but I wouldn't touch it yet, I would go to your electric heat gun first.

You know, most of this work on your gorgeous door

is going to be in the preparation. So, take your time, enjoy it.

And by the way, just think about it.

Our door needs probably about twice as much work as yours on it,

now, at the minute, so, yeah, I'm ignoring it, that's the difference.

I'm ignoring it, but it stresses me out every time I walk through it.

Listen, take care, you two.

No, no, no problems at all.

Get stuck into it and enjoy it.

BYe- Bye-bye.

Their door is very special. It is.

I really need our front door sorted.

It's good for a long time yet, let's not get too carried away.

Darling, look at it. It shuts, it opens...

...the weather doesn't come in.

Tom and Sim have got a front door to do.

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

in one of the out buildings. First things first,

you need to get rid of all the bits on here which are loose rubbish.

Right.

There are a number of ways of stripping this door.

This is a hot air gun, right?

So, hot air gun and something for stripping.

Oh, yeah. We have strippers galore.

And this is the ultimate tool for stripping off.

Right!

I need to heat this enough, just to make sure

that it goes soft and then I scrape it with this.

There we go.

Yeah, it's got the bubble. Look at that.

No wood was burnt in the stripping of this door.

That's quite important.

You can see it bubbling,

and when it starts to bubble up, you go in and scrape it off.

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

Watching it, see? Look at the bubbles.

Bubble, bubble, bubble, bubble. Look at that.

OK. We've been at it moments,

and already,

you can see the door underneath it.

It might sound a bit silly, this is hot.

Put it down on something you won't damage.

OK. Sandpaper's got numbers on the back.

The smaller the number, the rougher the sandpaper.

So, this is an 80, so this is relatively rough.

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

Then you've got the 180, that's quite smooth.

Let's get started.

Right. Can you see that?

Well, we're going to make it go away.

When you put the paint on, they come up as bumps, don't they?

Look. Do it by Braille. Shut your eyes if necessary.

Bit of a difference from what it was.

So...

...that's it, you brush it down, you strip it,

you sand it and then you give it a wash down

and it's ready for the artistic bit, which is nothing to do with me.

Tom and Sim are just getting started,

but Miriam's going great guns.

Not only has she taught herself to grout...

Doesn't it look good?

...but she's also painted the bathroom walls

those gorgeous deep colours she loves.

Now, I'd like to show Miriam how to add another personal touch

with a hand-printed wooden photo.

It's my type of task.

It's very quick and very, very simple.

A piece of wood, which has been sanded, so it's lovely and porous

and sticker sheets.

Now, when you take the stickers off,

you get a shiny underneath

that when you put it through your ink-jet printer,

the ink stays wet and when you put it on and wipe it out,

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

This, I know, is your favourite photograph.

This is actually going to be a pressie for you.

Thank you. Right.

And you do honestly only get kind of one go,

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

And then I'm going to put my finger in it and not move it.

Yeah? And I'm just going to go, boom.

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

until I take it off. I've no idea if it's worked.

This is a great photo.

No, this is a great photo, cos this was taken the first year

that we moved here, wasn't it? Ready. Yeah.

Ta-da!

The sheet. The sheet!

SHE SINGS

All the ink is on here.

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

As well as that photo,

one of my other favourite things in the world is my home-smoked cheese.

And, remember, to do that,

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

another container to put your food in,

a pipe between the two,

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

Then simply experiment with different types of cheese and sawdust.

Once the smoked cheese has rested in the fridge for 24 hours,

the real fun can begin.

This looks all very nice, baby.

Smell that, come on.

This is a happy lady.

Yeah, you see? Do my eyes roll?

LAUGHTER

There's a really nice smell. This is oak-smoked.

Mm... And here we have, this is quite rare for us, this is cheddar.

A lovely mature cheddar that has been smoked. Wow.

We're going to devour that.

BELL RINGS

Service!

Right, Dorothy, well done bringing the knives down.

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

And I've got the good looks.

And you've got the good looks. Oh, yeah!

Come and have a seat, big boy.

OK, here we go. Oh, look at this.

Straight in there.

Oh, I'm chopping the heart up!

Who would I give my heart to? All of us.

That's exactly right.

OK, try that. What do you think?

So good.

That's really lovely. It's really lovely.

I hope Phil and his familyjust have these lovely moments.

Cheers. I do love you lot. Cheers.

Cheers. Here's to lovely smoked food.

It's an exciting time at the chateau because both Dick and Miriam,

are getting to that wonderful moment,

when they know all the hard work is worth it.

And I'm pleased to see that Tom and Sim

have started tackling their big, old wooden door.

Wow.

It looks incredible.

So another half day and you'll have that in pretty good order.

Yeah, should do.

Right, putting the paint on.

Two important things, quality of brushes -

you don't want anything that casts bristle.

And then this is a little foam roller,

as opposed to anything furry.

Now, the grooves... Just use a small brush

and put quite a lot on it and just roll it, roll it, roll it.

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

put a little bit on, roller it.

My pet hate is brush marks.

On all of the bits, corners,

Just having a bit of an angled brush is quite handy.

Honestly, if you've got three brushes like this and a roller

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

And we cleaned the door handle up as well.

So that's all paint-free now.

TOGETHER:

Ah!

That's looking good.

That is incredible. That is so stunning.

That is something. I've not seen as lovely as that.

That's very special.

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

Yeah, that's bare metal,

but putting a rust killer on it,

it actually takes the oxidised layer, hardens it off,

and it can turn out to be a sort of nice, gentle, gunmetal blue.

We used to use it in the Army all the time,

to keep our weapons from rusting.

It could be a good compromise, actually. Yeah.

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

OK? Work hard, you two, as well and stay safe.

See you soon.

Take care. Bye-bye, bye-bye.

We don't have matching door handles.

I know. Do you know that?

HE SNORTS AND LAUGHS

Had you thought that I hadn't noticed that?

Thought you got away with it?

I saw their door handle

and the first thing I thought was, "Oh, no."

You're right. We haven't got matching door handles,

but that's not my fault.

THEY LAUGH

In the walled garden, I think it's time to show you my new doorway

and what's inside.

This is...

Oh, this is great.

It's going to be a potting shed,

but there's the original divide... It's a bit wobbly.

The divide from when it was two stable stalls.

I didn't see that. Must be a door!

Oh! From one stall to the next. Oh, that's so cute!

0h!

Oh, gosh.

It is.

You are going to keep that door, right? Of course I am.

You know me, I wouldn't get rid of anything like that.

These bits of metal will have been put over here,

to stop the animals gnawing at the wood.

Lovely. This has probably been somewhere,

where they separated a big stallion. Really?

Yeah, yeah. There would be something big in here,

that had it's own... This is spoilt to be in here.

There's a trough here, which is probably going to be great,

for starting plants off in.

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

It's good, isn't it?

That manger... There's 100 years of history there.

Gosh, this is amazing. I love it.

And I love Miriam, because just a few weeks ago,

she had a rather shabby bathroom to contend with.

But, wow! Look at it now.

I re-grouted the tiles, I enjoyed doing it,

and I think the dark grout does make a lot of difference.

I think it works really well in here.

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

rather than just functional,

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

This is the macrame shelf that I made.

I'm quite pleased with it.

And I made a macrame plant hanger as well

and dyed the bottom of it burgundy,

to tie with the mood board that Angel sent.

It was really nice to be able to use this mirror,

cos it came from my gran's house,

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

And this is the picture that I did from Angel's tutorial,

from our wedding on a piece of wood.

I would never have really thought of putting personal things

in a bathroom, like pictures,

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

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

I just get so much, like, just warmth and achievement

from other people doing up their own houses.

She's just done such a great job. Really, really brilliant.

Hello! Hello!

Honestly, I just feel like you've come such a long way

from the first time we chatted!

I look at this bathroom and you sitting there now

and this feels so naturally you, it really does.

I can't picture even a different bathroom!

I know, I know.

I think, once I kind of got the confidence

that those colours would work, I could kind of visualise

what I would do with the rest of it.

It looks gorgeous. I feel like you love the blue now.

We definitely do. I really can't imagine

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

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

You have done an incredible job. Thank you very much.

Well done with everything and we'll speak again. Thank you, bye. Bye.

So much elbow grease went into that bathroom.

I'm just glad she loves it so much.

Miriam isn't the only one celebrating,

because Tom and Sim's old battered door...

...is now a thing of beauty.

Oh, lovely.

We've got a footplate that we've put in.

Then, above that, there's our weather board. Good.

Then we've got the original door handle,

that we removed all the original paint from,

then we put rust converter on it to make it shiny and black.

0h!

Then we've got the beautiful shiny letterbox.

And now, not only is the letterbox shiny enough to check your hair,

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

Oh, fantastic. That's great.

Hiya! Hi.

I was just thinking how gloriously shiny it looks.

Are you happy? Yeah, looks amazing.

Every coat we put on, it just gets that little bit shinier,

so we're tempted with a coat five

but we thought we'd leave it at this for today.

DICK LAUGHS

Totally. Have you got the best door on the street now?

I'd say so.

It's a credit to you, chaps, and well done, yeah?

And I don't like you at all, cos if you look over Angela's shoulder,

you will see what I have to still do.

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

Well done, chaps. Listen, look after yourselves

and many happy door clunks.

Thank you.

Cheers, bye.

What a lovely day!

I think we've been very lucky,

because just think what we have learned

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

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

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

that I would have been able to do

I've done because, actually, it saved us money.

You have to. I had to do it.

And I think that, that learning curve

has been... has been a lot of fun,

but I'm really enjoying going on other people's journeys.

You know what I've loved about getting involved with other people,

is not having to do it.

I knew you were going to say that.

Next time, it's all about family.

And open your eyes. Thank you, Mum!

Angel's transforming trollies...

Can you see the vision?

...and even impressing teenagers...

...while Dick performs wonders with pallets, paving and power tools.

Standing here in my shorts and wellies.

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

or there'll be war.

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