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Here in the UK, we do love a period property.

I never dreamt that I would own a castle.

For me, it looks like a typical doll's house.

From countryside houses...

It was everything that you could dream of. It was a palace.

..to timeless terraces.

I turned up and I thought, "Whoa...this is pretty cute."

But beneath the grand facades...

Hopefully the house won't fall down. We'll see, will we?

..these historical homes are falling to bits.

Everyone told us to tear this building down.

All over the country,

an army of renovators are snapping them up at knock-down prices...

I think we should leave it like this. It looks old timely.

..then facing challenges of epic proportions.

I said all along to get a new-build.

This series, we meet the brave new renovators...

We were looking for a bungalow with a shed.

..and return to our familiar band of determined dreamers...

Who else has got a chapel in their house?

..all risking everything...

But I thought I had a good idea what was needed...

..I was quite wrong.

People think renovation's lovely, don't they?

HE LAUGHS

Oh, God. I'm trembling.

..to create the forever home of their dreams...

Oh, my God! It's so nice!

..brick by brick...

Whoa! This is amazing.

..room by room.

I'm still having my pinch-me moment.

We're nowhere near finished but it feels like a house now.

We are a renovation nation.

Today...

..in the Scottish Borders...

I don't know what we're gonna do with the big rocket yet.

..a house move like no other...

I've called it a massive, monumental move - MMM!

..raises eyebrows en route.

Did you see that guy that did a, like,

a proper double take out of the car?

Does it look nice?

And an unloved bathroom...

It hasn't been touched for years.

..finally gets its due in Shropshire.

And do you know what? This is one of my favourite rooms.

While in Cornwall...

It'd be really cool that this is kind of like a secret passageway.

..a hidden cinema room...

And now the moment of truth.

..is ready for its close-up.

Are you happy? Yeah. God, yeah.

Near the Scottish border town of Hawick,

stands this five-bedroomed, stone-built farmhouse.

The original part of the property is over 300 years old

and it lay unloved and empty for two years.

It was purchased in 2023 for £615,000 by Rosie, a creative consultant,

and architectural antiques dealer Anthony.

Rosie and Anthony were renting a place in Yorkshire

and spent almost two years searching the entire UK

for the perfect renovation project to buy.

It's very exciting, in...in that respect,

to make a home that's...that's ours,

not yours or mine or...or somebody else's.

When it goes wrong, it's yours!

But it's not just the house that made Rosie and Anthony fall in love.

Sitting in six and a half acres of land,

there are also three barns and outbuildings.

The clincher for antiques dealer Anthony,

who has hundreds of unusual items to find a new home for.

I've got, now, about 300 ton of...

..300 ton of different types of salvage, so it's massive.

Earlier in the week, we saw Anthony and Rosie

start to peel back the layers of their farmhouse.

Creating a new bathroom with roll top bath and fireplace,

and a spacious studio perfect for the couple's design work.

With the house more habitable, it's now time for them

to start bringing all their worldly possessions home,

or, rather, all 300 tonnes of salvaged items,

150 miles from their old place in Yorkshire.

But it is a massive... a massive thing.

I've called it a massive, monumental move - MMM.

The M6 will get used to seeing

strange objects being brought up on trailers.

Today's haul includes ten antique pews

salvaged from an old Methodist church.

And the first job is to load the pews onto the fork-lift

so they can be safely moved to one of the barns for storage.

Well, that's if Anthony can get it to work.

Yeah. So, now my fork-lift is only, erm...it won't go down by itself.

It'll only go down when there's some weight on it.

I mean, we use old equipment. That's part of the problem.

So...buy a bag of nuts, get a bag of nuts!

We'll sell on, er, six of these and we'll probably keep four.

Erm, definitely need three of 'em, don't we? Yeah, definitely three.

Possibly four. For doing a little party barn up at the top of the hill.

No, it's gonna be a pub. A pub.

It's gonna be a pub called The Crow's...The Crow's Nest. Yeah.

We're having a pub called The Crow's Nest. We first...

We first thought The Crow's Arms but, no, The Crow's Nest.

Yeah cos... don't have arms, does it? No!

Oh...That's my first... whoop...first sit down on church pew.

Yeah, if you put...if you put... Not too much of a backbreaker...

If you put a seat pad on there... Well, no, sometimes...

Cos most church pews make you sit up like that.

So you pay attention, don't they? I know but we don't have to...

We don't have to be erm...you know, righteous.

We don't want any slouchers in our pub, do we?

In our pub! We want everybody sat up drinking correctly!

As well as the more unusual salvaged antiques,

Rosie and Anthony will also be furnishing the house

with the many items they've bought over the years...

including one of Rosie's favourites that they brought up on an earlier trip.

But there's a problem.

These are our very huge, erm, wardrobes

which, erm, they're French, they're turn of the century.

This whole section is... is all hand carved

and you can...on the...on the back side, you can actually see

where all the chisel, erm, marks have been.

But they are, erm...

..about that much too tall

for the bedroom that they're going in, which is our bedroom.

Fitting them in has been a subject of furious debate.

We had a bit of an argument about it because, erm...

..he was actually thinking of... putting a ridge in the...

..in the ceiling so that it could slot in,

which I said was a ridiculous idea.

So, he said, "Well, what do you...what do you think?"

So, I... I took lots of photographs

of this...of this top bit...

and I...and I realised that if...

..if...if you...if you lose that section...

..you actually don't lose anything off the style of the piece.

And I measured it and...

..really, really, very, very fortunately,

that gave us the difference of being able to fit it in.

Erm, so, yeah, I think that's... that's called lady luck.

So, as a consequence of that, he's...

..he's bought this very special little, erm...little saw

and I've bought some French Polish

and, hopefully, we'll...erm, we'll make a good job of it.

Adapting the wardrobes to fit their new home

is just one of many jobs Rosie and Anthony have on their very long list

and with 300 tonnes of items still to transport,

their massive, monumental move is going to take some time.

On the glorious Cornish coastline,

high above Boscastle sits beautiful Penally House.

Built in 1836 as a Georgian gentleman's residence,

its first owner was rumoured to be a smuggler.

In 2021, it came on the market.

17 rooms in need of serious TLC.

For interior designer Anouska, art printer Greig,

plus four teenagers from their first marriages,

it was the dream family home.

It looks like a typical doll's house.

I mean, for me, it was like the sort of house

you drew as a five-year-old. It had perfect symmetry.

It had the big pillars on the front door.

It's a unique property. Yeah.

Anouska and Greig pooled all their resources

and made an offer of £1 million.

It wasn't the highest but the owners loved their vision for the house.

Securing this house was the scariest but the best moment of our life.

One. Two. Three. Go!

A year ago, they hit the ground running.

It's got to go up again.

We stripped it back to its bare bones and started again.

Penally was a perfect blank canvas for Anouska's bold ideas.

I absolutely love it.

We'd say that, definitely, my designs are a bit Marmite.

I think you do either love it or you hate it.

Their renovation journey didn't always go smoothly...

Oh, my gosh. No!

..but the end result was a triumph.

Absolutely tremendous. Yes.

Bonkers, to a degree,

but it's got a...quite a nice sense of calmness to it as well. Yeah.

12 months have now passed and, today,

Penally is very much the family home they dreamed of.

With lots more rooms finished in Anouska's unique style.

We like to bring the love and colour and laughter into the house. Yeah.

It's an ongoing, exciting journey.

With the renovation of the main house complete,

it's now time to turn their attention to the basement.

Anouska and Greig are hoping to fit two bedrooms

and a teenage hang-out down here.

But, first, they need to declutter.

It doesn't seemed to go down, the amount of stuff we've got.

The basement footprint is...

It's big. It's probably the size of a two-bedroom stand-alone house.

Ace cabinet maker John, who's done lots of work at Penally,

is back to discuss plans for a basement cinema room.

So, ideas for this room. Mm.

A lot of it is gonna depend on what we can do with the boiler,

which is behind you. OK.

In my head, I'm envisaging all these ideas

but the practicality, when you go down there...

and you've got copper pipes running down the walls

and you've got no ceiling...

..and...how are you gonna put electricity down there?

The whole first fix is something that I just wish you could just skip over.

We wanna make this more of a kids' zone

for the teenagers to come down and hang out with their friends, and... Right.

So, having, like, a cinema room would be... Yes. ..perfect.

..great. Encourage them to come down to Cornwall and see us.

Just to get rid of them, basically... Yeah.

They'll all be just down here in the basement! ..which is a good idea!

So, huge, great cupboard there. Yeah.

Massive, great position there.

I've got a 55-inch telly already, which I bought ages ago,

which can sit in there.

And then whatever, symmetrical wise, is on that side also sits on this side.

What is that? That is the original bread oven

from 1836 when the house was built. Oh, my goodness me.

It's incredible, isn't it? It is. It is.

What a feature. So, this would have been the kitchen

down in the basement where all the staff worked

to cook all the food for the people living in the main house.

Yes. Another world. It was.

I think it would be really cool that this is kind of like a secret passageway...

Right. So, you'll come in

and then, you won't know that there's a door.

So, this side would be... wall panelling?

Be a panelled wall but that one of the panels will be, actually, a concealed door. Yes.

Yes. Fantastic.

So many big ideas but there's a long way to go

before Anouska can let rip with fabric and paint.

Coming up...

We never would have bought it if it was listed. No.

A status upgrade for Oakhurst Hall...

It has created a lot of...quite a bit of interest, hasn't it, locally?

..leads to history uncovered.

It just tells the story of a country house.

And in Cornwall...

JOHN: Oh, you got it ups... the wrong way round.

..carpenter, John, gives the verdict on his new apprentice.

For me, he's quite useful. He's keen anyway.

Success! There we are.

In Shropshire, on the border of England and Wales, is Oswestry.

Nearby lies Oakhurst Hall,

built in 1854 by Victorian railway entrepreneurs.

It was purchased in 2019 by Alan, an exhibition graphics expert,

and Catherine, who runs the family property business.

Earlier in the week, we saw Catherine being pulled in two directions.

Renovating a second property to help fund ongoing work at Oakhurst

and putting her trademark stylish stamp

on a huge sitting room transformation.

Oakhurst Hall has recently been designated

with Grade II listed status.

When we first purchased Oakhurst Hall...it wasn't listed.

No, it wasn't listed.

We never would have bought it if it was listed.

If a property becomes listed, it can make renovation expensive

because of the need to employ specialist trades

or have bespoke items manufactured.

I think that would have completely scared us off

so we were actually...

We have been very lucky that we had actually completed

everything that we needed to do before it got listed.

And the recent upgrade in status

has meant the property has become even more of a local landmark.

It has created a lot of...quite a bit of interest, hasn't it, locally?

Everyone knows about Oakhurst Hall in Oswestry

because of it being the girls' boarding house,

so it's a recognised, historic building in the community.

So, whenever we meet people and they...they find out

where we're living, it's, erm...

"Oh, great," you know, "you're restoring it. That's fabulous."

Because it was looking so tired and...

and it needed the love, didn't it? Yeah.

Today, her thirst for knowledge about the history of Oakhurst

has Catherine putting the renovation on hold to travel to Oxfordshire.

She is meeting a special former girls' school resident

who has just commissioned a book on the history of Oakhurst Hall.

Dame Stephanie Shirley

is known as one of Britain's most successful businesswomen

but her early life was very hard.

In 1939, she and her sister

arrived in Britain alone as Jewish refugees,

having fled Nazi persecution.

Hi, Steve.

SHE SIGHS It's so lovely to see you.

In 1945, she began her secondary school education at Oakhurst Hall as a boarder.

A period that launched her into adult life.

Oakhurst provided six years of peace and quiet

in a rural country, rural Shropshire

and it gave me a sense of security,

which I think the house has a feeling of that.

I mean, it's an enormous house, by most people's standards,

but it still feels cosy and warm

and it has a serenity about it.

It was a very feminine place because...

..I remember the sort of...

..excitement when a delivery boy came or something.

"A boy, a man!" you know, at the girls' school.

Really, we were very silly girls.

We had quite a good social life.

We had hobbies.

We...we enjoyed the grounds.

After leaving Oakhurst,

Dame Stephanie went on to found a successful all-women software company

and became a philanthropist

with a special interest in helping children with autism.

Let me show you some photos.

Catherine is keen to show Dame Stephanie

the renovations she and Alan have made to Oakhurst.

This is Big Dorm. Wow.

Do you remember Big Dorm? So, that's how we inherited it.

It was bright orange and then we turned it into our master bedroom.

Well, I feel quite sentimental about it.

Dear Oakhurst. Yes.

Oakhurst meant so much to Dame Stephanie,

she wanted its history to be recorded.

I commissioned a local historian to write the history of Oakhurst.

I'm so...touched that you've done that.

Well, I hope it'll be lovely for you but it just needed doing.

It...It's, really, my gift to Oswestry.

It just tells the story of a country house.

All the things that it's been doing over the years.

It's absolutely perfect. It's going to be...an incredible read

and that's what's amazing for Alan and myself and the family,

is we're like the third custodians... Yes. ..of the hall now

so that's quite an honour, isn't it? Mm.

Such is the affection for Dame Stephanie in Oswestry,

to mark her incredible lifetime of achievement

and her time living at Oakhurst Hall,

the people of Oswestry installed a blue plaque in her honour.

Energised by her visit with Dame Stephanie,

Catherine is even more determined

to restore her home to its former grandeur.

She's turning her attention back to a room she started three years ago.

We knocked out this room when we first moved in.

Panelled it, painted it, fitted it,

then just left it and moved on to something else

because it wasn't a priority and also I couldn't decide on...a paper

and how we were gonna finish it off, to be honest.

Thankfully, wallpaper isn't restricted by a Grade II listing

so Catherine can make a beeline for her very favourite design.

It's been a long time coming

but I found this amazing paper called Busy Bees.

This I just thought would be really sweet on just two of the walls.

So, yeah, I'm quite excited to get this done.

On the north Cornish coastline, at 187-year-old Penally House...

Anouska and Greig's phase two renovations are in full swing,

converting part of the old basement into a cinema room.

I'll make the skirting...lower so it runs straight into the sides.

Gorgeous.

Today, renovation wingman John is designing the basement wall panelling

based on the kitchen he lovingly created a year ago.

Will it be as chunky as that? Yes, it will be.

So, I'll make it quite bold and it will just sort of...

..It'll create almost like a picture frame, if you like.

It's gonna be difficult for the house to flow.

That's my biggest worry.

Like right now it's a rainbow in the main house

and then downstairs looks like a completely different house.

It's just a grey montage.

And for me, normally I love the end result,

so I love getting straight to the colour

and straight to the pattern and the wow factor

but actually I'm gonna have to really reverse and slow things down.

Currently slowing things down are Penally's boiler and water tanks.

We've been told that's not big enough for the job for this house now.

It has to be replaced

and the floor plan for the basement needs a rethink

to be able to house the three tanks needed.

Nine months of hard work putting this in

to get the upstairs all online and now having to relocate everything.

Renovation never goes straightforward.

To take his mind off his plumbing woes,

Greig's having an awayday at John's workshop.

Knock, knock.

Hi, John. Oh, hiya.

The panels for the basement need finishing,

so, he's hoping to pick up new woodworking skills from the master.

I'm just about to put this... the last panel together.

Oh, awesome.

So, this is how it interlocks in together?

So...

Oh, you've got it ups... the wrong way round. Huh?

Despite an A-level in Design Technology...

That's it. The thick bit...

..Greig's got a lot to learn.

That's...that's it. You got it. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

There we are.

There's 122 pieces of moulding to measure and cut.

The pressure is on.

So, that's what's gonna sit...inside each panel frame...for us to get.

So, we've got a much, much higher ridge there.

But it's still level.

But you panel pin that down? Er, glue and pin it. Yeah.

Glue and pin? Yeah.

Er, put them all in first.

Oh, yeah, and also a bit of glue

before you put it in on that end.

On the end. Yeah. So it sticks.

So, he's quite useful. He's keen, anyway.

Erm...I mean, that's important.

You know...if you employ someone,

the most important thing is they want the job, you know?

But my A-levels I made a chair.

So, there we are.

So, I...no...always fascinated with wood and carpentry

understanding the cuts etc

but also getting involved with wood.

I find wood fascinating to work with, really, so...

One down, John.

Success. This looks good. It does.

But with 26 more panel squares to finish,

John's new apprentice has really got his work cut out.

Coming up...

I mean, I've been collecting stuff for ten years.

..Anthony and Rosie rocket up their move.

Person said at the service station...he said...

"That looks like a bomb."

It's the final countdown for Alan and Catherine.

It's the finishing touches. It's the fun bit.

And, Penally...

We need hole positions, darling.

..we have a problem...

We don't have to drill the hole today, though, do we? Yeah.

..for Anouska and Greig.

Gotta pull them through today, darling. Really? Tricky.

In Hawick, Rosie and Anthony are continuing their epic mission

to transport 300 tonnes of antiques and salvaged items

from their old house in Yorkshire

to their farmhouse in the Scottish Borders,

parts of which date back to 1709.

Amongst the church pews, bathroom fittings and industrial lights,

there are also many more unusual items.

What did we buy the other day? It was a...

It was a box of, erm, wooden mannequin arms and hands.

Oh, yeah. Just the arms and hands. Yeah.

I don't know what we're gonna do with the big rocket yet.

Ah, yes. The rocket,

which is actually an old RAF Tornado drop tank,

is today slowly winding its way to its new home.

Yeah, so we're getting a few looks, aren't we?

Did you hear what that person said at the service station...

He said, "That looks like a bomb."

It's not every day you see something. You see a bomb go by.

Did you see that guy that, erm, did a...like,

a proper double take out of the car when he overtook on the motorway?

That was... That was class.

I'm trying to keep my eyes on the road ahead.

A song about that. Keep your eyes on the road ahead. Is there?

Don't start singing. Please don't start singing.

I don't know any of the words!

THEY LAUGH

After 150 miles on the road, Rosie, Anthony, Tig the dog

and the 22-foot rocket finally arrive at the farmhouse.

Yay! Home. Home! We got here.

Not every renovator has to find a home for so many unusual items.

But when you've got a project of this scale,

you never know what you're going to need.

This is our...what?

I don't know. This is probably about our tenth trip so far

and we bring, every time we bring between two and four ton up.

I mean, I've been collecting stuff for ten years.

We're still buying as well, aren't we? We're still buying. Yeah.

So, like, stuff like this, if we see, you know, we kind of...

if we need stuff, we make a mental note,

whether it's roof slates or whatever it is, we're still buying

because we know we'll, even though we're not ready to do that job,

we're still buying. Everything's so expensive nowadays.

We just, like, you have to buy it when you see it. Yeah.

For now, there aren't any firm plans for the rocket.

That's the sort of thing you fall in love with, isn't it?

But as it still needs carefully lifting off the trailer...

..Anthony's trusty fork-lift truck is back in action.

And with a bit of gentle persuasion...

..it finds a temporary resting place

until they can work out exactly what to do with it.

Back in Oswestry and at Oakhurst Hall, Catherine can finally start

putting her wallpaper up in her downstairs bathroom.

But, first, she needs to make sure the pattern matches.

That's it...there, I think.

It hasn't been touched for years, this bathroom.

And this is such thick, lush paper.

..for the next bit but that other one's gonna have to wait.

Does it look nice?

Oh, yeah. It does look nice.

A few weeks later, with Catherine's wallpapering skills finishing

the job off expertly, there are just a few final details to add.

It's the finishing touches. It's the fun bit.

All right, here we go.

Got to get the thing up.

Faux...faux flowers.

Get rid of the dust!

That's it. I think we're done.

It may have taken three years but Catherine had a vision

and has seen it through to completion.

Where previously there stood a dusty old cloakroom,

with her typical, thoughtful eye for design,

Catherine has created an elegant cloakroom

that has all her trademark features.

A simple but effective colour scheme giving the room a classy finish,

period fittings that tie in with the age of the house

and, of course, the panelling

that Catherine has used to give the room instant character.

Another room ticked off the list.

And do you know what? This is one of my favourite rooms.

It doesn't feel like a downstairs loo.

Take the toilet out of it and it's a really lovely room.

It is a really nice room.

I love the panelling, which was my first effort of panelling

and it worked really, really well and then I got bitten by the bug.

The wallpaper is really fun and really lovely.

It's been quite a blank shell for quite a long time, hasn't it?

They come together over a period of time, don't they?

They don't just suddenly get done. You have to live in it.

You can decorate it but then you've got to add those finishing touches

like the furniture and the furnishings and accessories

and stuff and that's what I like about this room, I think.

We've just added to it and...and now...done, finished.

Put our own stamp on it.

That's what you're trying to say, isn't it? Yeah, yeah.

Yet another Catherine project is complete.

There's just no stopping her.

On the Cornish coast at beautiful Penally House,

renovation work is gathering pace.

In their soon-to-be cinema room,

Anouska and Greig have already waterproofed the walls

and checked the space will work with their eclectic furniture.

It's a funny shape.

Once we get our teeth into something,

we don't stop until it's finished.

Is that gonna fit in that gap?

No, it's gonna go on the outside and then all the wires and everything

will all be, like, dropped down the back like that.

Oh, actually it looks quite good.

And then I think you guys will just living here.

£5 a film. It'll be perfect.

Extra £2 for popcorn. THEY LAUGH

Today, Anouska and Greig are off to see a local prop buyer

who's got something to give the cinema room an even bigger wow factor.

Hi! So nice to meet you at last. Hi. Greig. Pleased to meet you.

How's it going? Good. Yeah. Good.

No. I was just getting them... ready for you.

Eight retro seats salvaged from a London theatre.

Oh, my gosh. I LOVE the colour.

I actually thought...I was worried that they were gonna be too pink.

Pink won't be a problem, Sean.

They're so cool. I love them and I love the fact they're more pink

cos I'm obsessed with pink.

I'm not entirely sure the exact date

but I think somewhere '70s, I would say.

This one's got an A on it so I found my seat and they're pink.

OK. Where's the G, then? Yeah, I'm not sure we go that far!

THEY LAUGH

That's a sale, then.

These are SO comfortable. They are, aren't they?

Eight pink theatre seats costing £1,000 are off to their new home.

I am so happy with these. They are beautiful.

Going...No, no, no. THEY STRAIN

It's a big day at Penally. The old boiler is finally out.

Put it down. Put it down.

Well...nearly.

I wasn't expecting it to be that heavy.

They say you gotta go gym. I don't believe 'em.

The cinema room walls are framed up ready...

..and now John's bespoke wooden panels have arrived.

Hello! You can take that one. Take that. Here they are.

Shall I just put this one up against this wall? Yeah.

That's so cool.

Seven of these. Wow.

So, today is gonna be a big turning point. It is.

Once you see it all up, then...it's down to you. Yeah.

You get a good idea. Yeah.

The panels are primed, damp protected

and ready to fix to the frame.

That's amazing.

But at the 11th hour, there's a problem with the lights.

When we fix the panels... to the...obviously the walls,

we need to pull through the cables for the wall lights.

So, it's trying to figure out... what type of wall lights to have,

depending on where we pull the cables through...the wall

so it's a bit tricky.

We don't have to drill the hole today though, do we? Yeah.

Got to pull them through today, darling. Really?

Yeah, otherwise you're gonna screw this to the wall.

How are we gonna get to the wire?

I didn't know that we'd be drilling the holes through today. Yeah.

I thought that... I think we just take a measurement, darling,

and just go, "Wallop, there."

Have you got the lights? No. No.

Cos I didn't want to buy the lights without seeing the panels.

We need hole positions, darling. I know.

Anoushka's under pressure to choose her wall lights right now.

You're covering it in wallpaper anyway.

I will put my hands up that I'm too much of a perfectionist.

With no time to lose, Greig makes an executive decision.

Sometimes you have to make the decision and push forward

because it's gonna hold everything else up.

Now most of the panelling is in, it's time to see

if the salvaged theatre seats were the right choice for the room.

It feels like we're on a bus! It does.

This takes me back to my old days.

I used to be an air hostess. Chicken and beef, darling.

Come on. Chicken and beef.

Where are the emergency exits? ..exits!

And we're ready for take-off.

Good day? Awesome day.

The transformation is massive.

It's suddenly gone from, like, a building site to more than halfway.

I feel like we're kind of...

The end is in sight when you see it today. Yeah. It looks amazing.

The room is taking shape but with panelling to finish and paint,

wallpaper to put up and the electrics to install,

there's still a long way to go.

Coming up...

I've never been so nervous at cutting something.

Anthony and Rosie... Ah, no!

..make the final cut... on their antique wardrobe.

It's millimetres out.

So, should we give it a whirl?

And Anouska and Greig...

I don't think the magnets work. Really? Yeah.

..are hoping it will be all right on their opening night.

We're trying to give the cinema seat some stability

without drilling into the floor.

In the Scottish Borders, Rosie and Anthony are pushing ahead

with the renovation of their farmhouse,

parts of which date back to the early 1700s.

Dividing their time between regular trips to Yorkshire

to transport 300 tonnes of architectural salvage

from their old house with ongoing work on the farmhouse.

Today, Rosie is in what will be their main bedroom,

uncovering period details on the original shutters.

It's all about the bones of the building

and celebrating them, exposing them

and when you've got those bones right,

then the decoration sort of falls into place on its own.

You know, weapon of choice, erm, is not some horrible chemical.

Erm...it's a screwdriver. So...

And a bit of sandpaper.

While Rosie is busy on the windows, Anthony has some adjustments to make

to the pair of French wardrobes they picked up at auction

and his weapon of choice is a brand-new tool.

Even bought a brand-new saw for this because all my others are...

I've been using 'em to cut all sorts of stuff,

plasterboard and everything so it's like I needed a sharp one.

So, I...

So, if there's any blame, it's on me not the saw, not the tools.

Anthony has already cut a piece off the top of the wardrobes

but after some careful measuring,

they're still too tall for the bedroom.

Stand by for some precision cutting.

I've never been so...nervous at cutting something. Ooh!

Scary biscuits!

One down, three more to go.

I do like the sound, though, of my new saw on something nice and old.

Oh, I'm pleased that's having the right effect, then.

With the legs now carefully sawn off...

time to see if Anthony got his measurements right.

So, there's one wardrobe going there and one over there,

and there's, like, an inch and a half difference in floor levels

so...be another suck it and see experience.

So, Rosie and Anthony get to work

carrying the pieces into their bedroom.

It's a backbreaker. They weigh a ton, don't they? Yeah.

So, it's got...it's got these little mechanisms in. Rather...

They're the screws that hold it together. Yeah, I know.

We didn't realise it was a flat-pack!

That's what I was gonna say!

This is a...this is a Rosie fitness test.

Pick it up and just walk that way.

Mind your back, Anthony.

Just make sure it's clearing t'wall.

Steady, guys. That ceiling's approaching fast!

Yeah.

All right. Well, it's stuck on top.

SHE SIGHS No.Oh, no.

It's millimetres out...but...

I know the floor...

The floor's different so we're gonna try this one

in that position over there.

Maybe it would have been better to go to Ikea!

If at first you don't succeed... try, try again.

This time. This time.

Yeah! Yeah! Woohoo!

Well done. Wow. HE GROANS

It's mad that all the floors are all different heights

in...in different parts of the room, though.

That's me month's worth of nervous sweating done in the last hour!

So, I'm relieved it fits.

I'm really, really relieved. We've taken a fair...

You know, we've taken that much off that wardrobe.

Yeah. But it doesn't...

The great thing is that it doesn't look like we've done it...

Yeah. ..at all. We've got away with it totally. Yeah.

It's another small step for Rosie and Anthony.

We've been here what? Five or so months and we've...we've gone

from...sleeping on the floor with no hot water,

no drinking water, no fridge.

Erm, BUT we've now got rooms that we...

..that look like... We got a bedroom. ..that look like rooms.

We...we've got a bed and we've got clothes

and we've got...freezers. I haven't. You have.

You haven't got any clothes! No.

We've got a studio that we can actually start to use for projects.

With a massive, monumental move well under way

and a house that is gradually becoming a home,

Rosie and Anthony are relishing their great adventure.

Every time we come out of the front door... Yes.

Erm...we can't believe that we're... we're so lucky to be here.

We wanna spend the next three...

probably five years doing this project.

So, every small win is, you know, it's...it's a real joy.

In Cornwall, basement renovations are continuing at Penally House.

The cinema room is on track,

with the panelling now painted and wallpapered

and the fireplace tiled.

But the secret door off the new hallway has hit a snag.

I don't think the magnets work. Really? Yeah.

For it to remain a secret,

they can't have a handle on the entrance hall side.

I don't think, "Open Sesame," will work for this Aladdin's cave.

Velcro? I like the idea.

Oh. Why is, like, what you think is gonna be a simple finishing job, like, not simple?

But after 20 years in the trade, builder Omar can always be relied on

to have a trick up his sleeve, or in his van, at least.

So, you just happen to have a spring? Er, yeah.

You should be able to adjust this one so it isn't too bangy. OK.

But just enough to... Gently close. Gently close.

I think that's better. So, should we give it a whirl?

Wow. That was a little too easy.

Is this on show? Yeah. Mm. No?

It's just a bit ugly, isn't it? Well, you can get the brass ones.

I'll have a look. A brass one would be much better.

Yeah. OK.

As one door closes, ALMOST...

..on one issue, another takes centre stage.

We're trying to give the cinema seats some stability

without drilling into the floor

and if we put them on timber, it means if we have a party in here,

we can move the seats around

but, at the moment, the seats really rock when you sit on them.

Greig is fixing a wooden platform to the cinema chair legs...

Do you want me to hold the seat?

..to see if that will keep them stable.

Wanna go? Are you gonna be the test?

Yeah. It's perfect. Much better than it was.

That's gotta be fine, hasn't it? Yeah, it's totally fine.

In the final push to get the cinema room premiere-ready...

Gosh. That's heavy. Yeah.

..a few tricky tasks remain.

We need to position these lights cos we need to mark the ceiling.

Literally, centre of that. Ping.

We still have a gap at the back there.

What's that? No, no, no. There's a piece of wood goes in there.

Don't worry. That's all being sorted.

And it will be painted in maroon? Yeah.

OK. There might be more than a few tasks left.

Bar stools will be...here.

Let's leave them to it, shall we?

Glue on my pompoms that have dropped off as well. Yeah.

Three weeks later and Anoushka's cinematic passion project is ready for the spotlight.

So, what premiere are you taking me to at the Penally House secret cinema?

The transformation starts

before they've even stepped foot into the cinema.

With a beautiful new hallway created from scratch

With John's elegant panelling

now painted and papered in Anoushka's trademark style.

It is there. That's if you can find the door.

Yeah, I know. Look at that. It blends in perfectly, doesn't it?

It's amazing. So, in you go.

And now the moment of truth.

A year ago, this cellar was the perfect setting

for a low-budget horror film.

Dark, damp and uninhabitable.

And now it's a real blockbuster.

Rich with colour and alive with pattern,

this spectacular room

is a glorious throwback to the golden era of cinema.

Absolutely perfect. And it does feel like a secret cinema.

It does feel like an underground gentlemen's club,

which is the feel that... we wanted to create,

that it was kind of a secret... Cigar room. ..hidden room.

It's awesome. Are you happy? Yeah. God, yeah.

Looking absolutely incredible.

There's probably times where you couldn't see what I could see

but you trusted me. Yeah, yeah.

The wraparound panelling, resplendent in its deep red

offsets the wallpaper showing scenes of theatre-goers enjoying a show.

We never need to leave Penally House.

We can just stay here forever.

Canopied by a gold ceiling, meticulously hand sprayed

to a smooth finish, the metallic paint reflects light and warmth.

The room has been carefully zoned

to give the space a little bit of everything.

A cosy fireside sitting area,

a compact but typically bijou bar with custom lighting

that tested Greig's handyman skills

and, of course, the cinema itself.

Another tour de force from carpenter John.

Do you know what I love?

I love that John's done this extra detailing.

Oh, no. Yeah, yeah. That's his little special treat.

And with the salvaged cinema seats taking centre stage...

I think this has dictated the entire workings of the room, really.

And we've put them on skis. We're not rocking any more.

We used to rock, didn't we, on here?

But the ones behind are slightly thicker,

so at least the people behind are gonna be higher up

so that's much, much better.

Gosh, it feels like yesterday... that we were sat on boxes

here with the children...trying to work out heights.

And that looks incredible.

You could even say the cinema room is Oscar-worthy, Greig.

This has been the biggest challenge

of the entire house, I'd say. ANOUSKA LAUGHS

This has pushed even our patience.

This has been a challenge.

But it's been great. I mean, we've learned SO much.

Like, I kind of feel ready for phase three. No, darling.

It's the time for a rest, darling. Time for a rest.

This has been...This has...this has pushed the limits, for sure.

We'll let you two fight that one out.

Now, where can I get some popcorn?

Next time, we rejoin Lucy and Seb, whose plans of bath-time bliss

are somewhat flawed.

So, these are the old joists that basically went

all the way to there.

But there was...some sort of leak in the wall

and they were...they were rotten.

I just can't wait to light the fire and, like, sit in the bath.

I mean, how lush is that?

We're back with Anouska and Greig as they try to uncover a secret

of their 187-year-old home.

Everyone seems to think that if there is a secret room

or a secret tunnel, it's under the kitchen.

If it was a shaft, then they'd just filled in the shaft.

And we return to Anthony and Rosie's farmhouse renovation,

where a concealed fireplace has some news

not so hot off the press.

Thursday, March the 19th, 1959.

Look at these wedding photographs.

This is the social history bit of it, in't it?

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