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Welcome to The Repair Shop,
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where cherished family heirlooms
are brought back to life.
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This is the workshop of dreams.
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Home to furniture restorer,
Jay Blades.
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Nowadays everybody spends a fortune
on stuff that,
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once it's broken, they just bin it.
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But everybody has something that
means too much to be thrown away.
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And that's where we come in.
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Working alongside Jay will be
some of the country's leading
craftspeople.
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Every piece has its own story.
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It's amazing to think that some
of my work
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becomes part of that story.
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I've always played with things,
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I've always repaired things
and I just love it.
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There is a real pleasure in bringing
people's pieces back to life again.
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Each with their own unique
set of skills.
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Right tool for the right job.
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They will resurrect, revive...
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Come on, man! ..and rejuvenate...
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..treasured possessions
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and irreplaceable pieces
of family history.
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Wow! She's fantastic!
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Bringing both the objects...
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This is what I remember.
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..and the memories that they hold...
Wow!
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..back to life.
Oh, my God!
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In The Repair Shop today, a piece
of pottery history
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tests Kirsten's skills to the limit.
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This is a really lovely
piece of Studio pottery.
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Simple shape, simple design.
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Unfortunately, it's going to be
quite tricky to repair.
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And Jay lends a hand with the
heritage craft of caning.
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So it's underneath here, yeah?
That's right, yeah.
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And it's got to come up there...
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That's it. ..or is it coming up
there? It's coming up there.
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So you're sort of going
underneath that little bar.
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You make this look so easy.
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Hold on, now, that's wrong!
JAY CHUCKLES
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But first, on a covert operation,
it's Georgina Garrett.
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Hello. Could anybody give me a hand,
please?
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It's a bit heavy.
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Georgina is hoping The Repair Shop
team will help her
surprise her husband Martin
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by restoring a family heirloom
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with a fascinating past.
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One large, heavy chest that was
really difficult to get in here.
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OK, chaps!
THEY LAUGH
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Fantastic. I'll get the door,
shall I?
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Furniture restorer Will Kirk
is the man for this job.
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It's lovely to meet you.
Lovely to meet you.
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This is the Garrett family
military campaign chest.
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Right. It's a serious bit of...
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It's a very serious
piece of equipment, yes.
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So, do you know much about the past
and the history behind this piece
of furniture? A little bit.
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We know it's been in the family
for four generations.
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In the First World War, Martin's
grandfather Sidney, he was a
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Major in the Royal Engineers. OK.
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And we believe that it may have
travelled with him to France
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and possibly to Russia as part
of his military campaign
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in the First World War.
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And then latterly there are some
labels on the front there
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which mention Martin and his
sister's education.
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He remembers his school reports
being taken out of there.
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That's hilarious. And him being
scolded about his poor results
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sitting with his father
at the desk, so...
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So, quite a bit of history there.
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Yes, it's been an important piece
in the family for a long time.
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And the fact that it's actually
been used. All the way through.
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It's not a piece of furniture that's
sat in a room. No, always been used.
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The fact it's been around the world.
Yeah, absolutely.
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And that's why I'm so keen
to see it used again.
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I think this needs a bit of TLC.
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Overall. There is some water damage,
which you can probably see.
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There's just a possibility that that
occurred when we think it moved
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with Martin's great grandfather
in the First World War.
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Would have gone by sea,
so that's just a possibility.
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If I open up this part...
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You can see quite clearly
there's a major wobble.
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If I drop this front section down,
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obviously the chains
aren't original.
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And at some point, somebody in the
family has taken the hinges off.
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Yeah. So it would be absolutely
fantastic if we could restore it
as a surprise. OK.
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My husband's had
a couple of strokes.
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He's made a really, really
good recovery. OK.
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He's written a day journal
for the last 35 plus years.
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He lost the ability to write
for a while,
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but he's just got it back
to a degree. Yeah.
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And, to me, I think to be able to
give him this back in working order
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and actually see him able
to write his journal again
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would be absolutely magical.
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I will do my very best to get it
back into shipshape condition
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and good enough to use
for another 100 years.
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That would be fantastic.
Thank you very much indeed.
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Thanks very much. Good luck with it.
Cheers. Bye-bye.
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It would mean an enormous amount,
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not just to me but particularly to
my husband, to see this restored.
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It's the one piece of furniture
that remains from the family.
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And to see him able to sit
and write his diary at it
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in the manner that it's intended
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with the secretaire part would just
be so exciting.
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I know it's in capable hands and
I'm really, really looking forward
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to seeing what they manage
to do to it.
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Bend the knees. Bend the knees.
Flex the arms. Cor, blimey.
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Cool, man. It's a heavy piece of kit
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to be carrying around the world,
isn't it? Yeah.
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Campaign furniture was designed
to break down
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into smaller components,
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making them more portable as they
travelled with British Army officers
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to their various
international postings.
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So, what are you going to do?
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This top drawer is quite stiff to
take out and put back in.
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OK, and this is the writing bit,
isn't it?
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Yeah. So if you push the button
there... That's nice.
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So you can see that wobbles like
that. Right. Yeah, yeah.
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And maybe clean up
the brass work a bit.
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I think I'm going to try
to even them all out.
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So you've got like a consistent...
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..brassy look.
Cool, nice. Well done.
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BELL RINGS
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The Repair Shop experts use
forgotten crafts to restore beloved
heirlooms.
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And the next visitor is hoping
furniture restorers
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Sonnaz Nooranvary and Rachael South
can do just that.
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Hi. Hi. Pleased to see you.
Nice to meet you. Hi, I'm Rachael.
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Nice to meet you. Nice to meet you.
What have you got in the back of
your car?
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Cecille Taylor has brought a
couple of well-loved pieces that
need expert attention.
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This one goes at the back.
These are stunning.
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Just amazing craftsmanship.
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So it's really special to have
two chairs together.
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Sometimes you only see one
on its own.
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What's the story behind them?
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So they belonged to my great aunt.
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She lived in south Holland and then
they came to me a few years ago.
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Can you remember these from your
childhood? Yes.
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The chair's always been the same.
Yep.
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It was a like brown cord,
very '70s. Yeah.
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They've been in my family all
my life so it's been part of me
for the last 40-odd years.
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You've got a nice sort of rounded
shape at the back there.
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It's almost a sort of Chinese-y look
or something,
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cos most of this furniture is from
the sort of 1910-1920s... Really?
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They began making them all over
Europe and it's sort of to give
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quite an exotic look
to everyday furniture,
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which I think the cane work does
as well.
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So this might have been intact for
the last 80, 90, 100 years, even.
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But here you can see that the cane
has gone on the inside arm.
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It's going to go on that area of the
chair cos that's where hands are,
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whereas the outside arms
look pretty good.
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They haven't been... Yeah.
..damaged hardly at all.
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They're showing they've been well
loved and well used but, yeah,
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really in need of
a bit of repair now.
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So have you tried to have them
fixed before? Yes, I did.
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Apparently because they're double
caned armchairs,
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it's very specialised
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and, you know, I couldn't find
anyone who could do it.
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But I can see even on the base here
that you can see the old fabric.
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Yes, I don't know what's
underneath here.
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Well, it certainly feels
like it's sprung.
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But that's something that we can
unpick and find out as we go.
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And you use them in your home?
Yes, they're in the living room.
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Both of them are used all the time
and it will be nice to get them
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restored and then pass them onto my
children so they've got some family
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history that goes with
these chairs as well.
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Leave it with us and then we'll be
in touch with you when they're
finished.
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See them back in their former glory.
OK. Lovely to meet you.
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Nice to meet you. Thanks for coming.
Thanks very much.
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Thank you. Pleasure.
See you soon. Bye.
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It would be lovely to pass those
chairs on to my sons.
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They're born in the UK,
they don't speak any Dutch
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but this will be part of
their Dutch heritage
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that they can take with them for,
you know, and that they can pass on
to their children.
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A little bit nervous but, you know,
I know they're in good hands.
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And to get that double caning
restored is really, erm, yeah,
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that's going to be very special.
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Can't wait to see the skill that's
involved and to see them
back to their former glory.
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Rachael will tackle the cane work
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while Sonnaz refurbishes
the upholstery.
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Beautiful chairs, aren't they?
Stunning. Really lovely.
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They do become like part of your
family when you live
with the furniture.
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From when you're young and seeing
it at your grandparents' house.
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Yeah. It always amazes me how much
emotion's attached
to pieces like this.
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Yeah. I know. It's just a chair but
it's a lot more, isn't it, really?
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So... Well, we've got quite a big
job on our hands here, I think.
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Quite a big job, yeah.
The double caning is...
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We've got this panel
on the outside here.
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You're going to take off
and replace, or...
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Well, looking at it, it looks like
it's in pretty good condition.
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So I'd rather
not sort of touch that one.
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I'm going to concentrate
on removing this panel.
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And the same on this arm here.
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I mean, it feels quite firm.
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A little bit softer on the front
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but I don't think it will be a
problem to remake the foam back.
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In terms of fabrics, certainly if
they're going to be used everyday
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we want to get that longevity out
of them - fabric that's pretty
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hard-wearing and maybe
easier to keep clean and stand
the test of time. Yes.
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So, shall we crack on? Yep.
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Little bit nervous about what
I'm going to discover under here.
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I can feel all sorts of stuff
going on.
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One of things I'm really looking
forward to, actually,
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is making these cushions have a bit
more plumptiousness to them.
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Plumptiousness is...
SHE LAUGHS
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Plumptiousness is a word that I use
when I want to describe to other
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people how comfortable I want
their cushions to look.
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Plump is almost not enough.
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I'm really glad I'm not Rachael
because she really does
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have her work cut out for her
over there.
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I wouldn't know where to start
with that caning.
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Rachael learnt the art of chair
caning from her father,
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who in turn learnt from his.
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She'll need that wealth of
experience for this particular
project.
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It's a little bit brutal, it seems.
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Cutting this whole sort of
large panel away
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but I've got to clear away
all of this broken cane.
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I've got this remaining panel
on the outside arm
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and I really don't want to slip,
put my scissors through it
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or anything like that so I'm really
being as careful as I can,
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and I can see there's actually a
little treasure
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between these two panels.
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This is probably 90 years' worth
of human skin, I think,
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and definitely some pet hairs,
maybe.
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That's gross!
THEY GIGGLE
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On the next workbench, Will is
working on the military campaign
chest that's seen two world wars.
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However, its exotic adventures
have taken their toll
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and Will must tread carefully.
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So what I'm doing here is I'm
cleaning the surface,
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and you can actually see all the
dirt that's coming off there.
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One good thing to do is
to keep on checking the rags
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because that black is surface dirt
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but once it starts
to go slightly brown,
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then there's more of a chance you're
actually removing the varnish
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or the polish that's on the surface
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and you really want to stop there
before it goes too far.
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So once I've cleaned the whole
surface,
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I will then see if there are any
patches where the polish
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has gone back to the bare wood
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and I'll probably use some new
polish and blend in those areas.
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As well as the wood, there's also
the hardware to contend with.
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You haven't got a minute have you,
Brenton?
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To have a quick look at something?
Yep. No worries.
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So Will's drafting in silversmith
Brenton West to help.
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So, the top of this chest flaps
down like that. OK.
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I've got these two chains here.
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Yes. I'm missing some brass
quadrant stays for the side.
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OK, what's wrong with those ones?
Well. Ah, I can see. All right.
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A little bit too small.
OK, I can make you some of those.
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I mean I could hack out a new inset
there, but it's not really what...
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Easier to make some brass, isn't it?
Yeah, I'll make you some of those.
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Would you be able to measure that
up? I'll make some templates
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and cut you some of those out.
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Top man. No problem. I knew you
could do that. OK. Leave it with me.
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Thanks a lot. OK.
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Looks like you've done a lot of
work here.
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You've taken the drawers out.
THEY CHUCKLE
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Well done.
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I've just found something out.
That's why I'm coughing. Oh, is it?
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I thought that this was made
of camphor wood. Right.
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It's actually made of teak.
This is teak, yeah?
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And I realise that whenever I work
with teak it makes me cough.
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Ah, you're allergic to teak?
HE COUGHS
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No! Seriously. You're a wood guy
that's allergic to teak!
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Anyway, I have started on it
and I've cleaned the top,
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I'm cleaning the base.
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The brass seemed to be, like,
different levels of sheen
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and different levels of rust.
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But it's going to be worth it and I
think if I do a really good job
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on the polishing it'd be nice
to have really nice brass work
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to set it off like a cherry on top.
OK.
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So how are you going to get over,
like, the teak?
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Because you can't get away from it.
HE COUGHS
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You've just got...you've got...
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I tell you what you could do -
work quicker.
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Quicker. And then get the job done.
Quicker and I hold my breath.
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There you go. And that's it.
Nice one. Cheers.
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Next into The Repair Shop
is Louise Pallister.
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Hi. You must be Louise.
Come through. Hi.
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She's hoping ceramics conservator
Kirsten can help her
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with one of her late mother's
favourite possessions.
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What have we got here?
I have a Hornsea vase.
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Which was my mum's vase.
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It was in our family
all my childhood.
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It's a really beautiful vase.
I always loved it.
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Gosh. It's quite a sort of modern
looking piece, actually, isn't it?
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It's really gorgeous.
I always think it's really elegant.
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I think that's why she liked it.
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She was brought up during the war
and I remember her saying to me,
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it was kind of dark and drab and
everything was a bit miserable.
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And when she got married in the '50s
she wanted things that
were new and bright and modern.
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As people did. That was one of those
things I think she saved up for.
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It was one of the sort of key things
in our house.
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I always associate it with my
childhood memories because it was
often on the mantelpiece.
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Right. It was never damaged the
whole time it was in our family.
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Right. When my mum moved out I asked
if I could have the vase.
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She said yes and I took
it back to my home.
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But I was moving and it must
have shifted in transit.
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And that's what took the chunk out
of it. I was horrified. Absolutely.
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And I just couldn't bring myself
to tell her cos I felt so guilty
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cos I knew it was something
she really treasured.
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And she never asked about it.
And now she's gone...
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..it would just mean a lot
to me to have it fixed
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and I would get it back on display.
Right. OK.
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I mean, that must have been absolute
dreadful, if she'd looked after...
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She'd be so disappointed as well.
I just felt so guilty. Yeah.
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So how long ago did you move?
How long has it been broken?
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Probably over ten years.
Oh, really? I just put it away.
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I was hoping I would be able to find
someone to mend it.
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I'm glad you kept
all the pieces though.
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I mean, that's really,
really helpful.
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So have you tried to have it
repaired in the past?
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I've looked into it but when I
looked into ceramic restorers,
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people seemed to be doing real
antiques, very sort of
old-fashioned things. Oh, right.
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And I didn't know who would be
interested or be able to take on
something that's quite modern.
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So this sort of thing is...
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..quite tricky to repair.
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That's not to say
that I can't do it.
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You've got that lovely flat surface
that reflects the light.
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And that does actually make
it quite difficult to sort of
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do a completely invisible
restoration.
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I'm slightly concerned about this,
this sort of crack here.
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I think that it's probably
been cracked
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and water's gone under the glaze.
I see. Which has caused staining.
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Caused a mark. Yeah. So in terms of
once this is repaired,
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you know, what are you going to do
with it then?
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I'd love to have it back on display.
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Would you? Because it's been in a
box for years,
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with guilt written all over it.
Yeah.
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And I'd just love to have it back
out again. I'll be thrilled to see
it mended.
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I'll do the best job I can.
Thank you very much.
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I've kept hold of that vase
for years because I felt so bad
about it,
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but it's a beautiful piece as well.
I really wanted it to be mended.
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And every now and again, you know,
when you move things around
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I think, "Gosh, there's that vase."
Such a shame that it's always away.
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And it'll be so lovely
to have it out on display.
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And really I'd be thrilled
if it was mended.
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I would feel that my mum
would be really pleased.
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And then I would feel slightly less
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guilty for having managed to get it
damaged as soon as I got hold of it.
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So, this is a really lovely piece
of studio pottery.
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Simple shape, simple design.
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Unfortunately, it's going to be
quite tricky to repair.
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But I'm excited to work on it.
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I've not worked on a piece
of Hornsea before so I'm going to do
the best that I can for Louise.
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The vase was made in 1963 by the
Hornsea Pottery in East Yorkshire.
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Established in 1949,
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it became one of the biggest
and most influential producers
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of pottery and tableware in Britain,
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with an emphasis on stylish,
contemporary design.
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I've got a couple of pieces that
Louise brought in.
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That one goes in there.
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And then this large piece...
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..fits in very nicely.
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I also noticed that there are
a couple of cracks,
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and there's a crack running down
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here from where this was broken
originally.
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I'm going to try and run
some adhesive into that
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to stabilise it so that
it doesn't run any further
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and doesn't get any worse.
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Furniture restorers Rachael
and Sonnaz are pushing ahead
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with the antique cane chairs.
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Sonnaz is peeling back the layers
of old upholstery
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to reveal the 100-year-old
original framework.
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What's interesting, actually,
I've just noticed these springs.
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They all look in relatively good
condition, and firm,
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which is really surprising
in a chair this age.
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The fact that we don't
have to replace these
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does make my life a lot easier.
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Over at Rachael's bench,
she's done the prep
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and is all set to begin weaving the
intricate pattern.
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The material, the cane, is actually
the bark of the rattan palm
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and it grows in Indonesia.
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I've soaked it for a few minutes and
it gives it a slight elasticity,
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and it also means that as the whole
panel is drying,
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it's all going to tighten up.
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so I'm going to get this
lovely tight panel.
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Drum tight, hopefully.
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Usually on cane furniture,
the holes that you weave into
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go all the way through the frame,
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so it's possible to loop the cane
underneath the frame.
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Because these holes only go
two centimetres deep,
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that means that I have to use
a technique called blind caning.
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Each strand of cane is cut
to the length size,
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and just sits two centimetres
in that hole.
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Golf tees are the only thing
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that is actually holding these ends
of cane in the holes.
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So if they weren't there,
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as the cane dries, all the ends
would just pop out.
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The golf tees are an essential part
of the chair caner's tool kit
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and they're perfect for the job.
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Fellow furniture restorer Jay is
on hand to pitch in and help
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Sonnaz attach the springs
to the frame.
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I think you're qualified
to do this bit.
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Lovely. Is that enough? Yeah.
Next one, next corner.
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Lovely.
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Nice. Still got it.
I've still got it!
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THEY CHUCKLE
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That's a... That's it.
I'll get that out the way.
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Yeah. Is that better?
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Beauty. There you go. It seems like
you're not doing any work.
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I'm supervising, it's really
important.
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OK, cool. I get that one.
Yeah, yeah.
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Make sure that you don't hit
your fingers and things like that.
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You're very kind.
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I'm just trying the spring base unit
in because I don't want the padding
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on the upholstery to be too
tight up against the caning.
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And especially not against Rachael's
new caning, so it's pretty essential
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that I get this paddling
exactly right.
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Beautiful.
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Ceramics expert Kirsten is restoring
a stylish example of 1960s pottery.
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She's successfully reunited
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the cherished vase
with its missing piece.
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I'm really very happy with the way
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the Hornsea vase has gone back
together again.
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It sort of feels really solid.
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Very sort of secure now
as a sort of structure.
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There's no stepped edges at all.
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The next stage for me to do
is to fill these sort of tiny cracks
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and little chipped areas here.
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Even when you get a very,
very good join,
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you'll still have a tiny crack
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that needs to be filled and
retouched.
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If you don't do that,
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over time you will get sort of dirt
and dust building up in there
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and it will end up looking like
a sort of nasty dark line.
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It's like most jobs really -
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so much of it is actually
in the preparation.
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If you can get a lovely sort of
smooth surface to paint onto,
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that's half the battle won, really.
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Once the cracks and chips are
smoothed over.
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Kirsten's next challenge is finding
the right match for the colour
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and texture of the vase.
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I feel slightly sort of fearful.
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In some pieces it's quite easy and
you've got lots of detail,
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lots of colours, maybe textures.
They're quite busy.
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But with something like this it's
going to have to be
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absolutely spot on, the colour,
and all the fills
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are going to have to be really,
really perfect as well.
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It's quite difficult.
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When I look at this glaze, it's
very, very smooth and you think,
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"Yeah, "that's fine
with the colour,"
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but as you look closely it's got a
sort of slightly mottled appearance.
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It's like someone's sort of stippled
it slightly with brown.
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So I'm going to have to try and just
experiment
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and see how to mimic that.
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I've never worked on one of these
pieces before
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and in a way that's
what makes my work interesting.
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Each new piece is a challenge.
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Initially I'm going to just block
out these white fills
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because they're quite difficult
to get rid of.
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Literally just block in a sort
of pinky background colour.
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This is a part I really love.
I enjoy colour.
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I really love sort of trying to
match the colours the glaze is.
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It's a bit like decorating
your house.
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The preparation is really tedious,
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but when you actually get to the
painting, it's quite fun.
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So, I think I'm almost there.
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Once that's dried I will probably
then just give it a polish
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and then start airbrushing.
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It's absolutely ideal
for this kind of surface.
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Furniture restorer Will
is transforming
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a military campaign chest.
458
00:26:32,440 --> 00:26:37,080
With a bit of elbow grease, all the
brass now has a uniform shine.
459
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,000
And Brenton has created some
custom made brackets
460
00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:46,480
for the secretaire section.
461
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:51,240
Not too bad. I think we might still
need to trim a bit of the brass
off of here. OK.
462
00:26:51,240 --> 00:26:54,600
Still rubbing against here.
It's really tricky.
463
00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:56,200
There's so many different pieces
464
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:58,760
where that's been patched in
on the inside. Right...
465
00:26:58,760 --> 00:27:01,240
Which is quite hard...
What's going on here, Will?
466
00:27:01,240 --> 00:27:03,160
Ah! Screwdriver. Perfect.
467
00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:07,240
Actually, Brenton made these, which
is... Nice! ..pretty helpful.
468
00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,680
Nice and shiny. So they fit...
Your side looks a nice fit.
469
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:14,360
They fit, then? It's perfect.
Well, Brenton's end fits perfectly,
470
00:27:14,360 --> 00:27:16,720
but this end needs
a bit of tweaking still.
471
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:21,200
See there? Yeah. It comes out.
472
00:27:22,720 --> 00:27:25,640
It's not meant to do that. Your side
doesn't come out, does it?
473
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:26,920
No, no. It's spot on.
474
00:27:26,920 --> 00:27:30,280
Jay, would you like to make
something out of these chains?
475
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:34,240
Like a nice bracelet?
Or do what you want with it.
476
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:36,800
Might melt it down and make a gold
tooth, actually.
477
00:27:36,800 --> 00:27:39,680
THEY CHUCKLE
It's a nice bracelet.
478
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,360
I don't need that ever again.
479
00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,280
So you can make as many teeth
as you like. All right.
480
00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:46,840
HE LAUGHS
481
00:28:01,880 --> 00:28:04,560
Meanwhile, on the two Dutch
cane chairs,
482
00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:08,600
Sonnaz is rebuilding the
century-old spring cushion.
483
00:28:12,840 --> 00:28:16,440
While Rachael weaves
the elaborate cane panels.
484
00:28:25,320 --> 00:28:29,040
This pattern, as you go through
each of the stages,
485
00:28:29,040 --> 00:28:31,720
it gets more and more complicated.
486
00:28:31,720 --> 00:28:34,880
And this fifth stage
is the most fiddly.
487
00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:40,600
I've got to make sure that the cane
is nice and damp so it doesn't snap,
488
00:28:40,600 --> 00:28:44,160
because it's really getting tight,
the pattern, now.
489
00:28:45,240 --> 00:28:48,920
A lot of people say that it is
quite therapeutic.
490
00:28:48,920 --> 00:28:51,960
I think it's also quite
therapeutic to watch as well,
491
00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,360
when I see other people doing it.
492
00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:00,800
How're you doing, Rachael?
Hi, I'm fine, thanks.
493
00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,120
Haven't had a chance to see
what you're doing. You've nearly
finished now? Yeah.
494
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:07,320
You've actually come at a really
good time because I'm just starting
495
00:29:07,320 --> 00:29:12,840
the last diagonals, so I've got my
two verticals, two horizontals...
496
00:29:12,840 --> 00:29:16,800
Cool. ..and then I've
got my first diagonals
497
00:29:16,800 --> 00:29:19,840
and then the last diagonal
going in stage.
498
00:29:19,840 --> 00:29:22,400
Can I have a go at this?
Yeah, please. It would be great.
499
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:27,320
Yeah, so what I'm doing is I'm going
under the horizontals... OK.
500
00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:30,560
..and then over the verticals.
All right.
501
00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:34,720
So it's the opposite to what
the previous diagonal's done.
502
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:36,920
HE CHUCKLES
OK. I've got it.
503
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:38,200
All right.
504
00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:40,360
So it's underneath here, yeah?
That's right, yeah.
505
00:29:40,360 --> 00:29:42,520
And it's got to come up there?
Or is it coming up there?
506
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,840
It's coming up there. So you're
going underneath that little bar.
507
00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:49,080
Blimey. You make this look so easy.
SHE CHUCKLES
508
00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,440
Oh, well, I nearly lost it down
there. Jay, that's really good.
509
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,600
I was just about to say,
am I doing it right, yeah?
510
00:29:56,600 --> 00:29:59,760
Yeah, that's looking great.
That around there. Under the bar.
511
00:29:59,760 --> 00:30:01,760
THEY LAUGH
512
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:07,000
Hold on, now, that's wrong!
Oh, yeah.
513
00:30:07,000 --> 00:30:08,880
It has split, but you know you can
514
00:30:08,880 --> 00:30:11,720
just flatten the cane out
and that should be fine.
515
00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:13,720
That's why you're the professional.
516
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,600
You made a mistake look perfect.
Well done. I like it.
517
00:30:23,920 --> 00:30:26,720
Sonnaz is striving
for plumptiousness.
518
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,120
She's chosen an opulent velvet
for the covers,
519
00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:34,000
but that luxurious feeling comes
with its own problems.
520
00:30:34,000 --> 00:30:38,560
This fabulous blue chenille-y
velvet,
521
00:30:38,560 --> 00:30:41,760
the thing that I've got to be
really mindful of here
522
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,720
is actually cutting the fabric
in the right direction
523
00:30:44,720 --> 00:30:48,200
because there's a pile to it
and the pile in velvet
524
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:51,480
always runs top to bottom,
back to front.
525
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:54,560
So you can see it's smooth
that way,
526
00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,760
and if I stroke it the other way,
527
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,400
it starts to rough up and
go a bit darker.
528
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:04,200
When you're sewing it,
velvet has a tendency to move under
the sewing machine.
529
00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,480
That is my biggest concern
whenever I'm sewing velvet.
530
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:13,160
I'm pretty confident I can get
it spot on. But it's not easy.
531
00:31:34,880 --> 00:31:36,840
It's been a really big job,
532
00:31:36,840 --> 00:31:40,120
quite a lot of weaving,
quite a lot of caning.
533
00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,240
But I've really enjoyed doing it.
534
00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:49,280
I'm sort of deeply connected
to this chair after all these hours
spent on it.
535
00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,440
I think once Sonnaz has
put her upholstery on,
536
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,960
I think it's going to look
fantastic.
537
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,160
I hope Cecille will
be really pleased.
538
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:03,600
This is just the best bit,
539
00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:08,080
where you actually start to see
the real fruits of your labour.
540
00:32:08,080 --> 00:32:10,960
Especially with a fabulous fabric
like this,
541
00:32:10,960 --> 00:32:14,520
and I can't wait to see what Cecille
thinks of it as well.
542
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,320
That is one plumptious cushion.
543
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:33,480
Across the workshop, Kirsten
is adding some finishing touches
544
00:32:33,480 --> 00:32:36,240
to the stylish '60s vase.
545
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,720
The final stage here is
to try and recreate
546
00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:43,280
sort of some of the fine lines
that are in this.
547
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:44,880
And to do that.
548
00:32:44,880 --> 00:32:48,520
I'm actually just going to use a
chinagraph pen,
549
00:32:48,520 --> 00:32:53,560
And I'm just going to, freehand,
just draw a few of these tiny lines.
550
00:32:53,560 --> 00:32:58,680
Not very many.
Just to sort of break up the line.
551
00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:03,040
It's just mimicking what's actually
there on the original.
552
00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:06,520
So really it's sort of about
distraction techniques,
553
00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,800
you're distracting the eye
from the actual repair.
554
00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:15,080
As well as trying to copy what's
already there.
555
00:33:17,840 --> 00:33:21,320
It's been quite a challenge
working on this vase.
556
00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,360
It has given me one or two
headaches,
557
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,200
but it's been a lovely
piece to work on.
558
00:33:27,200 --> 00:33:29,840
But, yeah, it's ready to go back.
559
00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:39,240
This much-loved vase had been left
broken in a box for ten years.
560
00:33:39,240 --> 00:33:41,560
Now back in one piece,
561
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,680
it's ready to be returned to owner,
Louise.
562
00:33:44,680 --> 00:33:47,720
I feel a little bit nervous coming
back for the vase.
563
00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:50,000
I've been thinking about
my mum a lot.
564
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:54,880
And what it meant to her and how
glad she'd be to see it back in one
piece.
565
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:58,480
So I feel suspense, really,
at the moment.
566
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,240
Hi. Hi. Nice to see you again.
Nice to see you. Yeah.
567
00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:07,160
How are you? All right, thank you.
In suspense.
568
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:11,240
Ah, I bet. Excited and nervous.
Interested to see it.
569
00:34:11,240 --> 00:34:13,120
Yeah. Well,
I won't keep you waiting.
570
00:34:15,640 --> 00:34:18,480
SHE GASPS
Gosh, that is beautiful.
571
00:34:21,520 --> 00:34:24,200
How have you done that?
That's amazing, Kirsten.
572
00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:27,720
That is something else.
Better than I could have hoped for.
573
00:34:27,720 --> 00:34:31,120
And it's back to its beautiful
shape. My mum would be thrilled.
574
00:34:31,120 --> 00:34:33,920
That's so nice to hear.
575
00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:35,800
That's just gorgeous.
576
00:34:35,800 --> 00:34:37,680
I mean, it always was a beautiful
vase,
577
00:34:37,680 --> 00:34:41,280
but to see it back as it should be,
that's quite amazing.
578
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:43,720
I feel really touched.
Thank you very much.
579
00:34:43,720 --> 00:34:45,800
It's going back
on my mantelpiece now.
580
00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,200
Do you know, I've had that
in my mind the whole time
581
00:34:48,200 --> 00:34:51,200
I've been working on it.
I remembered you saying that.
582
00:34:51,200 --> 00:34:54,480
Well, I've been thinking about it
a lot and I've been thinking
about my mum,
583
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:56,680
and how it always was a feature
of our house,
584
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,360
on the mantelpiece with our
flower arrangements in it.
585
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:02,080
And now I just want to make sure it
goes on my mantelpiece
586
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:04,280
so it's always there
as a kind of continuation.
587
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,800
It's such a beautiful piece,
isn't it? It's lovely.
588
00:35:06,800 --> 00:35:09,160
Thanks so much. It's a pleasure.
That means a lot to me.
589
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:10,640
Thank you. You're very welcome.
590
00:35:12,560 --> 00:35:14,880
I feel really relieved
to have the vase back,
591
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:17,200
and Kirsten's done
such an amazing job.
592
00:35:17,200 --> 00:35:19,640
It just looks so beautiful.
593
00:35:21,440 --> 00:35:23,840
I did feel guilty about
the vase being broken.
594
00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,560
Now I feel really elated
that it looks so good.
595
00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:28,800
And my mum would want it
to look brand-new.
596
00:35:28,800 --> 00:35:31,800
She loved it when it was new
and she loved new, modern things.
597
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,480
So she'd be really happy
to see it like this.
598
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:49,400
Refurbishing the cane chairs
has been a huge undertaking
for Rachael and Sonnaz.
599
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,360
But finally, the end is in sight.
600
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:56,160
Just one last push to get these
beautiful heirlooms looking
601
00:35:56,160 --> 00:36:00,760
as they did when they first sat
in Cecille's grandmother's house.
602
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,680
Like magic, it makes a button.
603
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:06,960
Pretty cool, isn't it?
604
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,600
This is all the new cane
that I've woven.
605
00:36:11,600 --> 00:36:17,200
And I'm going to begin to dye it
down to match this back colour here.
606
00:36:17,200 --> 00:36:19,520
I did a little bit of colour
matching,
607
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:22,240
so I think I've got a colour
that's going to blend.
608
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:27,160
Hopefully the whole thing's going
to look like a whole piece.
609
00:36:33,440 --> 00:36:37,120
Time is of the essence because
Cecille is going to be here shortly
610
00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,560
and I need to get all these
details set and finished.
611
00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:44,920
I'm not going to be happy with these
cushions until I've actually
612
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,440
tried them in on the chairs
and seen them in situ.
613
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,800
Cecille is back to pick up
the beloved heirlooms
614
00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:55,160
that are such an important link
to her Dutch ancestors.
615
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:04,520
Sonnaz! Look at that! Perfection!
Thankfully! Beautiful.
616
00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:09,400
When Cecille brought her great
aunt's chairs to The Repair Shop,
617
00:37:09,400 --> 00:37:12,960
the cushions were sagging and
threadbare and the decorative
618
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:14,920
cane work was showing its age.
619
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:21,440
But now hours of traditional
craftwork have rolled back the
years.
620
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:24,960
The inside of the arms
was quite damaged.
621
00:37:24,960 --> 00:37:28,320
The upholstery was quite
damaged as well.
622
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:32,640
I'm quite excited to see the chairs,
and I hope they will still be
623
00:37:32,640 --> 00:37:34,720
the chairs the way I recognise them.
624
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:41,240
Hello. Hi, Cecille.
Nice to see you.
625
00:37:41,240 --> 00:37:44,560
So, have you missed them in your
home? We have missed them,
626
00:37:44,560 --> 00:37:46,160
all of us have missed them.
627
00:37:46,160 --> 00:37:49,960
Yes, they left two big empty
gaps in the living room,
628
00:37:49,960 --> 00:37:52,640
so we can't wait to have them back.
629
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,720
Great. Right. Shall we take
the blanket off? Yeah?
630
00:37:55,720 --> 00:37:58,360
Do the reveal? Yeah. Ready?
631
00:37:58,360 --> 00:37:59,760
There we are.
632
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:01,560
Oh, wow!
633
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:05,040
Oh, amazing. Oh, I love it.
634
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:09,080
I love the material, actually.
That's really nice.
635
00:38:09,080 --> 00:38:10,840
It really brings out the chairs.
636
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:14,400
I can't actually see that they've
been repaired!
637
00:38:14,400 --> 00:38:18,040
The skill to match the original,
how I brought them in.
638
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:21,320
Oh, wow. I'm really pleased.
Really pleased.
639
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:24,480
Can't believe that
they're my chairs!
640
00:38:24,480 --> 00:38:27,640
I love them. It was a real pleasure
to work on them,
641
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:31,120
and also knowing that you're
planning on passing them to
642
00:38:31,120 --> 00:38:34,800
your sons and they've come all
the way from Holland as well.
643
00:38:34,800 --> 00:38:38,160
Yeah. I sort of had all that
in my mind while I was working.
644
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,400
If my grandmother and her sister
could see them now,
645
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:41,920
that would be amazing.
646
00:38:41,920 --> 00:38:44,120
What a skill.
You've done a brilliant job.
647
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:46,840
I'm really pleased. Thank you.
That's really kind. Yeah.
648
00:38:47,840 --> 00:38:50,160
Oh, gosh. Oh, I love them.
649
00:38:50,160 --> 00:38:51,760
THEY LAUGH
650
00:38:51,760 --> 00:38:55,400
And they're so comfortable, as well,
to sit in. Thank goodness for that!
651
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:59,520
And you kept the little cushion
at the back as well.
652
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:03,960
I can't believe what a great job
653
00:39:03,960 --> 00:39:08,880
they've done with the caning
and the material. It looks amazing.
654
00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,680
This, with all the repairs
and the reupholstery
655
00:39:13,680 --> 00:39:16,680
will add to the history of
the chairs that I can pass on
656
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:18,840
to the children as well.
657
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,120
At long last the military campaign
chest not only looks the part,
658
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,320
but is now fully functional.
659
00:39:35,320 --> 00:39:38,880
So are you finished? Can I get
people around to have a look?
I am finished.
660
00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:41,560
Good on ya. Here we go. Will has
actually finished something.
661
00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:44,560
Come have a look at this.
It's a rarity but it's happened.
662
00:39:44,560 --> 00:39:48,080
THEY LAUGH
You always gang up on me,
but with smiles on your faces.
663
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:50,120
We love you really.
664
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:55,800
Will has deep cleaned the teak.
665
00:39:55,800 --> 00:40:00,040
The once tarnished brass has been
polished to a uniformed perfection.
666
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,400
And the sticking drawers now glide.
667
00:40:04,720 --> 00:40:09,640
But most importantly, the fold-down
writing desk now locks into place.
668
00:40:09,640 --> 00:40:12,400
THEY MURMUR APPRECIATIVELY
Oh, wow!
669
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,760
Aren't they pretty? Yeah.
670
00:40:14,760 --> 00:40:17,840
Well done. Thanks a lot, guys.
Come on, back to work.
671
00:40:17,840 --> 00:40:23,000
Now all that remains to be done
is to deliver the surprise
to its owner,
672
00:40:23,000 --> 00:40:25,440
Georgina's husband, Martin.
673
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:38,320
I'm feeling incredibly excited.
Some trepidation.
674
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:41,640
I hope he's going to be really,
really happy with the surprise,
675
00:40:41,640 --> 00:40:45,240
but I know he's going to be
incredibly excited when he sees it.
676
00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:49,400
Until recently Martin used the desk
every day to write his journal.
677
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:54,960
But ill health and the condition
of the piece made that impossible.
678
00:40:54,960 --> 00:40:57,640
Fortunately, Martin
is now on the mend.
679
00:40:57,640 --> 00:41:00,320
And the chest is back in action.
680
00:41:00,320 --> 00:41:03,600
Can't wait to see what's underneath.
It looks familiar. It does.
681
00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:08,600
One, two, three... Three.
682
00:41:08,600 --> 00:41:10,480
Oh, my goodness!
683
00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:12,600
SHE LAUGHS
That is incredible!
684
00:41:12,600 --> 00:41:14,680
Good Lord!
685
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:17,120
I would not have believed it!
Oh, my goodness me!
686
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,120
I would not... Oh, he's done it!
He's put the hinges back!
687
00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:23,920
He's done it, he's done it!
Oh! My word!
688
00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,720
Oh, golly!
Authentic brass straps, look!
689
00:41:26,720 --> 00:41:29,040
And it doesn't...it doesn't rock.
It doesn't tip.
690
00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,080
It doesn't rock!
691
00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,600
Cor, that's as smooth as silk.
CLICKS
692
00:41:34,600 --> 00:41:36,400
Nice click. It's absolutely solid.
693
00:41:36,400 --> 00:41:38,920
That is lovely.
Those horrible chains have gone.
694
00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:41,880
Well, I can tell you now it's been
taken care of
695
00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,720
by a wonderful chap called Will.
696
00:41:44,720 --> 00:41:47,480
I suppose that's the only
disappointment now,
697
00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:50,800
I'm not able to shake the bloke
by the hand. He's a magician.
698
00:41:50,800 --> 00:41:53,680
SHE LAUGHS
He really is.
699
00:41:53,680 --> 00:41:56,160
Ah! Absolutely gobsmacked.
700
00:41:57,200 --> 00:41:59,640
Did you notice your diary
was in there? Yeah.
701
00:42:02,480 --> 00:42:05,280
"Education, Anne.
Education, Martin."
702
00:42:05,280 --> 00:42:07,360
Still on there!
703
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:12,200
Oh! Oh! I can't believe it!
I absolutely can't believe it!
704
00:42:12,200 --> 00:42:14,000
That's fantastic.
705
00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,280
All very humbling, isn't it? Yes.
706
00:42:17,280 --> 00:42:21,400
You know, it does. It leaves one
speechless, doesn't it? Yeah.
707
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:24,960
You know, the degree of effort and
everything else that's gone into...
708
00:42:25,960 --> 00:42:28,360
..producing a result like that.
709
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:33,400
It's put something back that is
very special to him.
710
00:42:33,400 --> 00:42:36,880
He's a man of... He doesn't show
a lot of emotion,
711
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:39,440
but I think he's absolutely
delighted.
712
00:42:39,440 --> 00:42:41,760
And I certainly am. It's fantastic.
713
00:42:43,040 --> 00:42:46,000
I feel absolutely amazed
and astonished.
714
00:42:46,000 --> 00:42:48,800
It exceeds my wildest expectations.
715
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:52,840
My dad would be utterly amazed
at the transformation,
716
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,560
at the work that's been
carried out on it.
717
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:58,040
It is all absolutely spot on.
718
00:43:01,240 --> 00:43:04,960
It will be far more pleasant
experience to sit at that desk now
719
00:43:04,960 --> 00:43:07,760
to continue writing my diaries.
720
00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:10,080
And I'm looking forward
to that enormously.
721
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,680
It is a wonderful thing to behold.
722
00:43:16,720 --> 00:43:20,400
Join us next time,
as more cherished possessions
723
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,960
go from neglected...
There's bits missing, broken...
724
00:43:23,960 --> 00:43:25,960
..to perfected.
725
00:43:25,960 --> 00:43:28,360
Oh, wow! Look, it's moving! Yes!
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