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00:02I've been here weeks, I tell you, weeks, getting this place ready for a whole new
00:06batch of interior design enthusiasts. The things I've had to do with a paintbrush.
00:14Ten aspiring designers are putting their lives on hold in search of a dream.
00:19Yes, I am talented and it's a great opportunity for me to showcase my talent.
00:24To break into the competitive world of professional interior design.
00:28You only live once and what I absolutely love is being creative.
00:32With interiors guru Michelle Agunderhin at the helm.
00:36Everyone with a passion for design thinks they can be an interior designer,
00:40but I'm looking for someone who has authentic talent and sees this as a real opportunity to learn.
00:46They'll need to impress some of the biggest names in the industry.
00:50Hello 80s, I've missed you.
00:53This feels like an idea that should have been instantly put aside.
00:57I am scraping the barrel for criticism because I do love this room.
01:02This is what we're looking for, fearless decorating.
01:05Each week the designers will be challenged to transform a commercial space.
01:10Open the door, I'm coming in.
01:12I thought you were going to squish my head though.
01:14To test their creative flair.
01:16That looks gorgeous now.
01:18And state-of-the-art design skills.
01:21Oh sorry, sorry, sorry.
01:24Sometimes when you're trying to do too much at once, accidents happen.
01:27I think you've sabotaged me.
01:29You've ruined that beautiful carpet.
01:31It's harder than me, look.
01:33They'll be pushed to their limits.
01:35I think the only thing holding me back is probably myself.
01:39As they compete to win a major career-defining contract with a luxury hotel in the lakes.
01:46That would definitely be my absolute dream.
01:51Welcome to Interior Design Masters.
02:06The designers assembling at Michelle's studio come from all walks of life.
02:11What do you do?
02:12I'm an art director, production designer for film.
02:15Oh my god.
02:15I'm a bit scared of you now, actually.
02:17No, don't be.
02:18But with one shared passion.
02:21I work part-time for the NHS.
02:24Obviously interiors are my love and fashion, so I'm from a fashion background.
02:27I put so much of my personality and myself in my designs for me,
02:32so I guess that's going to be the biggest challenge to actually create something for somebody else.
02:37Is your house black and white?
02:38My front room is black and white, but none of the other designs that I've done.
02:42Interesting.
02:43I'm a good designer because I know what I like and have an eye for seeing things
02:47that other people don't normally notice.
02:49I've got yellow nails.
02:50Watch out, the colour is coming.
02:51There is definitely something about having children and going on maternity leave that
02:56has pushed me out of my comfort zone.
02:58Even though it's a very busy time of my life, I'm focusing on this completely.
03:02I work for a beauty retailer.
03:04Okay.
03:05So how does that lend itself to interiors?
03:07Absolutely nothing to do with it whatsoever.
03:10Interior design makes me feel alive.
03:13My heart beats.
03:14You know when you're stuck in a lift and the whole thing drops?
03:18It's that feeling that I get inside.
03:23Surprise!
03:24Oh, my God!
03:25No!
03:26Hello, everyone!
03:29Welcome to the Design Lab!
03:34Are you excited?
03:35Yes.
03:36They say you can tell a lot from a designer from the clothes they wear.
03:39So, it's going to be interesting, this series.
03:43I'm loving it.
03:44Pink makes the boys wink, doesn't it?
03:45It certainly does.
03:46Now, the lady you need to impress is the queen of what's hot in interior design.
03:51It's series judge Michelle Agandahin.
03:54Michelle.
03:55Welcome.
03:55Hi.
03:56So, this is it.
03:57This is your first big step towards becoming professional interior designers and your first
04:02chance to impress.
04:04And we're starting you off with show homes.
04:06So, I want you to think sophistication and aspirational.
04:11Based in Oxford, these high-end contemporary homes have the potential to sell for a million pounds.
04:20Working in pairs, each designer will have either a living room or bedroom to transform
04:25into a beautiful space that will appeal to a wide range of potential purchasers.
04:31After you've done your designs, the two weakest teams will have a face-off with Michelle.
04:36And then, it's not good news for one designer.
04:39You'll be going home.
04:41So, that's it.
04:42Challenge number one.
04:43Good luck.
04:44Good luck.
04:46With their individual room schemes already prepared, the team share their plans with their partners.
04:53I'm so excited to see your design.
04:56Yeah, I'm really relieved to see your design.
04:58Yeah.
04:58I want this room to still look like Amy's room, but being mindful of the brief.
05:02I will always make my decisions based on my heart and the things that make me smile and the things
05:07that make me go, whoo, because I think that's part of the fun of design.
05:10So, go on, tell me what you're doing.
05:12Okay.
05:13Mum of three, Amy, is working with upholsterer, Michaela.
05:16Obviously, I want to do some upholstery, so...
05:19I mean, yes.
05:20Yes.
05:20It's kind of essential, isn't it?
05:22I grew up with my grandparents and my granddad was a carpenter.
05:26So, as well as, kind of, obviously, the upholstery side and the soft furnishing side,
05:29I'm quite handy with a drill.
05:31So, I'm going to use a seagrass wallpaper.
05:33I love the paper.
05:34That's my background, so that's what I'm really into.
05:37Oh, fantastic.
05:37Also paired up are former doctor, Peter, and retail manager, Paul.
05:42I am an extremely competitive person.
05:44I normally only enter things that I believe I have a good chance of winning.
05:48I have my own unique style that doesn't go unnoticed.
05:52It's very hotel-like.
05:53It's like a hotel that I want to go and stay in.
05:55That's kind of what I want.
05:55I kind of wanted that energy of that, like, that luxurious, beautiful hotel that you go to,
05:59but then you want to kind of stay.
06:00I was a doctor for eight years, and then last year, I decided that I really wanted to follow my
06:05passion.
06:06So, I quit medicine, and I am working on my way to becoming an interior designer full-time.
06:11I just want to move into that house now.
06:13I know, it looks like it's going to be great, isn't it?
06:14It's my dream home.
06:15Yeah.
06:16Michelle, what are you looking for in this task?
06:19What's aspirational?
06:21Because for me, buying a bag for life is aspirational.
06:24It's a tricky one, show homes, because someone buying these houses is going to make a decision in seconds.
06:29Yeah.
06:30And they've got to get that balance between stunning them, but not shocking.
06:35The people that will do well in this are the ones that get that balance between
06:39showing me enough of a style, but remembering that the client is everything.
06:45I can't wait to see you design.
06:48Working on their show home together are NHS worker Siobhan and film set designer Mona.
06:55Behind the bed is going to be a wall panelling.
06:58Okay.
06:58And the headboard, I try to make myself.
07:01Right.
07:02I normally hate curtains, any kind of, I hate it.
07:06I never use curtains.
07:07Something makes sense to me, we do it.
07:10If I have the control, I'll make sure the design work is exactly how I want it to be.
07:17Yeah.
07:17I think with it being a show home, I think they will expect, like, curtains, won't they?
07:21I can, I can go with you.
07:23Ladies.
07:24Oh my goodness.
07:24Mona.
07:25Hello.
07:26Go on.
07:27What ideas have you got cooking up?
07:28I am injecting some of my personality with some, like, bespoke furniture,
07:33lots of gold.
07:34I love gold.
07:35And some bespoke artwork.
07:36Are you quite good to separate your personality from your work?
07:40I've never done it before because I've always been decorating in my house.
07:43So you're decorating for me and I love pink and I love, you know, flamboyant interiors.
07:48I'm definitely not a minimalist. I'm a maximalist and more is more in my opinion.
07:53I like to, you know, for somebody to walk into a room and be, like, blown away.
07:58The main element of this room is this room divider.
08:01The idea was to divide the space but not block the view.
08:04Also teamed up are former visual merchandiser Barbara and textile designer Charlotte.
08:10I am making a coffee table and a desk as well.
08:13There's a lot. You've crammed a lot into that.
08:16I've got so much to do. Can we get it done?
08:18I think maybe we might just strip back a couple of things in yours looking at a timetable.
08:22Maybe. Yeah.
08:24There's a natural instinct to get excited and want to show what you can do design-wise
08:29and show homes aren't necessarily the place to put every cool creative lighting idea or whatever that you have.
08:35Like, you've done it really, really well.
08:37But is that the right full package for a show home?
08:40I think she's right. I've certainly taken some risks.
08:43But I'm trying to keep it as classical and within the brief as possible.
08:47So I think with this challenge, for me, it's a little bit about pushing the boundaries.
08:55On the outskirts of the historic city, five identical luxury homes.
09:01It's huge, isn't it? The windows are massive.
09:05Each a blank canvas, ready to be transformed.
09:10Oh, my God. How are we supposed to...?
09:12Taking on a room each, the designers can choose to use the existing furniture or go bespoke.
09:18One, two, three.
09:20That's really lovely.
09:21Each pair will have help from builders, decorators and electricians.
09:26I've got a lot of work for you to do today.
09:29With a budget of £1,500...
09:31There's no feet.
09:33Oh, I've literally just had a heart attack.
09:36..they now have just two days to complete their designs.
09:39I'm just like, I'm going to go for it.
09:41Yeah, what is there to lose? Yeah.
09:44That window is a good size because you can never buy extra natural light.
09:49In the first house, Peter's in charge of the bedroom.
09:52This has been wallpapered, that's been wallpapered,
09:54but these are just remaining as is.
09:57I've gone for a classic take on a contemporary room,
09:59keeping the colour palette restrained with navy wood tones
10:02and natural textured materials, woven textiles, fabrics, bamboo,
10:08all to kind of, like, give depth and give that luxe feel.
10:11While team-mate Paul tackles the lounge.
10:13Wow! My living room. That view is incredible.
10:17Yeah, it's better than I actually thought.
10:18These walls are just crying out for wallpaper.
10:21I think the scheme that I've put together
10:23is going to be quite warm and inviting.
10:26I'm papering the whole room, which is quite daring.
10:29If everything comes together how I've planned,
10:31it will be a beautiful end result.
10:34And then 261 minus 75.
10:37Next door, Michaela is using her upholstery skills
10:40to make an impact in the living room.
10:43The key feature of this room is the window,
10:45so I really want my statement piece, the chaise longue,
10:48to bring that as the focus, kind of paint the picture
10:52of sitting there and reading and looking out to the view.
10:56In the bedroom is partner Amy.
10:59So it's going to be sophisticated, it's going to be cool,
11:02it's going to have a bit of soul to it.
11:04I always use black in my schemes.
11:07They wanted a little bit of me in it, otherwise, what's the point?
11:13It's big, isn't it?
11:15At the end house, architect Lindsay is paired with retail executive John.
11:20The curtains come to here and then the panelling starts.
11:23Yeah.
11:24The panelling goes along this wall.
11:26I'm really pleased with the space and being able to try things in it
11:29that I've been thinking about.
11:30I've gone for really big, kind of luxurious curtains.
11:34When the curtains finish, the panelling starts.
11:36It's kind of create that feeling of luxury and really large windows.
11:39I hadn't realised there's panelling there as well.
11:41Yeah, just to frame the piece of art in the middle.
11:43Oh, lovely.
11:44A piece of art that could be a disaster, but we're winging it.
11:46It will not be a disaster.
11:47I love raw, natural materials, bold statement pieces
11:52and pulling it all together in a cohesive way with loads of different textures and deep colours.
11:58In the bedroom, John's breathing his decorator on his colour scheme.
12:02This wall here is pink with a green block that goes up that wall.
12:07OK, brilliant.
12:08Then the pink carries on around here.
12:11When we were given the brief, I literally just did a brainstorm of all the things that I would want.
12:16It's a room that I could, I would quite happily sleep in.
12:20If I were to describe myself as a sound, it would be...
12:24Ta-da!
12:27My style, I think, is probably quite theatrical, dramatic.
12:30It creates an opinion, and I like that about interiors.
12:34The things that influence me is drag culture.
12:38I wear my style like people wear their heart on a sleeve.
12:41If somebody wasn't to like it, I would be hurt by that.
12:44I'm not going to lie.
12:46So I've got pink on the wall, pink on the ceiling,
12:49different shade pink on the curtains and the bedding.
12:52I don't think it's too pink.
12:56Yeah, I don't think it's too pink.
12:58I'm owning the pink.
13:00I have got the room divider coming from this point.
13:03I might need to have a think about what happens here when the divider comes over.
13:09Two doors down, Barbara's planning a custom-built room divider.
13:14But it's only one part of her grand scheme.
13:16She's also designed an ambitious colour-blocking pattern, with three shades of blue reaching
13:22up on the ceiling, a long-fitted shelf and geometric artworks.
13:27The room divider has these kind of battens that run across this way, and they line up with this
13:32part of the window.
13:33If I'm coming in the room, it blocks off me seeing the room.
13:38It's called a room divider, but it really doesn't block any of the view into the room,
13:42because it's literally just the frame.
13:45I'm just a little bit worried there's too much going on in the lounge.
13:49But I've voiced my concern, so that's all I can do.
13:56Just need to envision it.
13:58Just need to mentally take that off the floor and picture it on the wall.
14:04In Charlotte's bedroom, her pièce de résistance will be a navy feature wall,
14:09with a 3D art display made from individual tiles.
14:13If they're all skew-width, I did lay these out at home as well, I promise.
14:18But now you're here, it's pressure.
14:19Yeah, I can't be doing with it. Let's just do that.
14:22One thing the designers will need to manage is how to share their builder's time.
14:2724.
14:28And then we've got...
14:30Barbara's definitely got a lot of stuff to build,
14:32so it's just kind of up to me to be like,
14:35I need him, yeah, it's not for you all the time, you know?
14:39That's the bottom, yeah? Yeah.
14:40Bottom, middle. Ooh-hoo! Exciting, how fun!
14:45Next door...
14:46This is going to be perfect!
14:48..are Mona and Siobhan.
14:50And what I'm thinking of this is doing it, like, half a run,
14:53but just, like, you know, like, in random places,
14:55so maybe, like, half a run here with the goal down either side and, you know,
14:59just to kind of give it that little extra element of luxury.
15:06Siobhan will be painting two walls in a light grey
15:09and two in a darker shade,
15:11with strips of marble wallpaper edged with gold.
15:14Bespoke furniture and gold accessories will be complemented
15:18with floor-length grey velvet curtains topped by handmade helmet.
15:23I'm trying to push the boundaries with more of a luxe vibe,
15:26so, you know, like, with the gold and the metallics.
15:28Oh, my God, it stays like that!
15:32Looks like I have ordered the right size.
15:35In the bedroom, Mona's planning to panel the whole of the back wall.
15:39The wood is cut because I wanted to make your and my days easier.
15:44Yes. It's perfectly cut. There's quite a lot.
15:47This panelling is a very important part of the design.
15:51The brief asked for a luxury, and I thought,
15:54if I'm gonna build luxury individual panelling and headboard,
16:00it actually makes it very high.
16:02And I'm very confident that it will work out very well.
16:07Mona works as a set designer for an Iranian TV company.
16:12My roots are very important to me.
16:14The history and the pattern, everything is an influence in my design.
16:19On a film set is different. You make it beautiful for the camera.
16:22This is making a space for somebody who will actually live there.
16:27You cannot just fake it for the camera.
16:30It's important that it looks good, yeah.
16:33If you put paint on this.
16:36Unfortunately for Mona, the wood she's bought for her panelling
16:39will need an undercoat of PVA before painting.
16:43The issue with the wood is the inners, as you can see,
16:48the paint might not stick to that,
16:50and it wouldn't look nice and neat and clean.
16:54Apparently it will take longer.
16:56Yeah, let's hope at the end it's actually what I want.
16:58I really hope that the outcome is good.
17:06Right, keep your eye open for this estate.
17:09Yeah, it doesn't really look like Oxford, does it, this?
17:12I mean, I thought Oxford was like Hogwarts.
17:14Where's the wizards? Where's the people flying?
17:16Where's the elves?
17:20Oh, I think this will be the show homes.
17:22Yes, Michelle mentioned a lake.
17:27Time to see how the designers are getting on.
17:31Ah, hello, Paul Love.
17:35Hello.
17:35You decided to do the whole of the room in the wallpaper.
17:38Why would you do that?
17:39I just think it's time to change from the feature wall.
17:43So I think we've all seen it.
17:44Yeah.
17:44We've all done it.
17:45Now, this.
17:46Yeah.
17:49Laurence Duellen, but you're not going to put this up in the room.
17:51Why not?
17:52So he's going to be judging with Michelle.
17:54I know, what a coincidence.
17:55That's so cunning.
17:57You want to win this competition, don't you?
17:59Well, I wouldn't be here otherwise.
18:00Well, listen, I'll leave you to your hanging.
18:02Thank you so much. I'm glad you like it.
18:03Yeah, well, I don't like the mirrors, but that's, you know,
18:05I can't like everything.
18:06I don't like that shirt, but I could maybe make a cushion.
18:08Don't fall off the stepladder.
18:10See you later on.
18:14It's the middle of day one.
18:16Oh, my gosh, it's getting some air bubbles in.
18:19Paint and paper are going up everywhere.
18:23Oh, I really like it.
18:25The way around the edges, it feels like it's a framed piece of...
18:28Yeah.
18:31What do you think?
18:32Love it.
18:35I love the layers of three, it's so nice.
18:37It's just that bit extra detail, isn't it?
18:39Yeah.
18:40This way.
18:41Michelle's expecting a top-class finish in these million-pound show homes.
18:46It's taking a little bit of time just to get it right,
18:49but I want to make sure that, you know, this is the showstopper.
18:55Next door...
18:57Now, you see, why has that happened?
19:00So, that's a bit pink.
19:02Amy has a problem with her custom-mixed paint.
19:05It's too pink.
19:06OK, what can we do?
19:07Can we put some white in or something and try and have a play?
19:10Yeah, we can cut a little match.
19:12Yeah?
19:13Please.
19:14Yeah?
19:14Let's try.
19:15It's not quite as pared back as I was looking for and I didn't want sickly sweet pink.
19:21The danger is I don't like it, Michelle won't like it and it won't be a winning room.
19:26That's the danger.
19:26I think we need to kill it by at least half.
19:29OK.
19:30The more I look at it, the more I don't like it.
19:33Just along the street...
19:35There is nothing else at this point can be physically done with the panelling.
19:40We have to just wait for it to dry.
19:42The wood for Mona's wall panelling has been sealed and painting has started.
19:47But the extra time it's taken has affected her schedule.
19:51Yeah, I just shifted things around.
19:54But I thought actually this artwork part would be happening tomorrow.
19:58If you would ask me if I'm worried at this point, I'm not worried.
20:02I'm actually super confident that it's going to go well.
20:06Mona?
20:08What's this?
20:09I am making some artwork.
20:12Is that Michelle?
20:13Oh my god, you're the first to guessing it, right?
20:15I can't recognise that smile, yes!
20:18And you know what?
20:20I'm going to draw you live now.
20:22Oh, please.
20:24See, my model.
20:25Oh, naked, naked.
20:27Please do, only.
20:29So you stay like that.
20:31It might take a few minutes.
20:32OK.
20:33OK.
20:34Why aren't you looking at the paper?
20:36This is the technique.
20:37I'm just looking at you.
20:39My glasses are steaming up with the concentration.
20:45Next door, the builder has spent the morning with Charlotte.
20:48So now teammate Barbara's building schedule is running behind.
20:53Has the partitions been done yet?
20:56No, not yet.
20:57OK.
20:58But...
20:59That's the worry then.
20:59The carpenter is going to do it extremely quickly tomorrow morning,
21:03and I'm going to whack paint on it, like, very quickly.
21:05OK.
21:06But yeah, I'm going to be right up until the last minute tomorrow for sure.
21:10Oh, God.
21:11I'm worried that it won't come together how Barbara wants,
21:14because not too much has gone up yet.
21:17So that's probably my main concern.
21:21Charlotte!
21:22It worked.
21:22How's it going?
21:24It's OK.
21:24I gave my decorator to Barbara, because she's got a lot to do.
21:28But I'm on my own now.
21:29Has there been a problem with sharing the workmen?
21:32Have you needed them more than your partner, or...?
21:34I think she needs them more than me, but then that's also, like, a planning flaw.
21:39Yeah.
21:40Because we were always going to be in a team.
21:42Yeah.
21:42So you shouldn't plan too much if there's not enough.
21:45Yeah, yeah.
21:47With Charlotte distracted, John's taking the opportunity for a sneaky peek at the competition.
21:54Oh, wow.
21:55Oh, that's beautiful.
21:57It's quite nerve-wracking seeing what someone else has done,
22:00because instantly I'm comparing.
22:02I'm not normally lost for words.
22:05And now I am.
22:06What do I think?
22:07What do I think?
22:08Yeah, it's very different from my room.
22:10You walk into my room, and you know it's pink.
22:15I'm being true to myself, and I'm now just questioning that I haven't done enough arty stuff.
22:20If we were all the same, it wouldn't work, would it?
22:22And when people see interior design, they don't want the same thing from everyone.
22:27Yeah.
22:28Self-doubt for me is a real challenge.
22:30I doubt myself about a lot of things.
22:32For some people, it's just wallpaper, it's just fabrics, it's just a cushion.
22:37For me, it isn't.
22:38It's an expression.
22:39It's just that thing in my head that keeps saying,
22:42you didn't do enough, and I need to get rid of it.
22:52As day one draws to a close, some teams are feeling happy with their progress.
22:57The finish is amazing.
22:59You've got to be pleased with that, right?
23:01Yeah, I really am.
23:02Absolutely beautiful.
23:03Oh, if only I didn't have so much left to do.
23:06Oh, my goodness!
23:08Actually, you know in this sort of slightly later in the daylight?
23:11Yeah.
23:12It's really settling.
23:13Oh, it looks really lovely.
23:15I'm super happy with it.
23:17I think going into tomorrow, that fire in my belly is going to be even hotter,
23:21and I'm going to have to work really hard.
23:23I am slightly concerned at where we're at at the end of the day with the amount of painting.
23:28While others are feeling less confident.
23:32I'm not going to swear, but a lot to do.
23:34It's the prep work that take the time.
23:36It's easy, really.
23:47Excited to get back in there.
23:49Yeah.
23:49Here goes.
23:51It's the final day of the challenge.
23:54I did another list this morning.
23:56All right, do you want to...
23:57OK, thank you.
23:58I've got quite a lot of, like, things, you know, that kind of need doing.
24:01I'm feeling really confident.
24:02As you can see, a few sheets left to do, and that'll be the whole room complete.
24:09In Mona's bedroom, the wall panelling is finally up and ready for a headboard.
24:15If I still pour this in.
24:19Oh, my God, I'm super excited. It's actually working.
24:22Hi!
24:23Hi!
24:24Hi!
24:25Oh, my God.
24:26It actually looks like it's part of the wall.
24:28It's going to be a little thicker than the rest.
24:31Is it, like, a huge, like, sigh of relief?
24:33Yes. Oh, look at it.
24:35I'm happy that it's actually finally up.
24:38However, we don't have much time left.
24:40There's still a bit to do.
24:43While Mona finishes off her centrepiece,
24:46teammate Siobhan is working on the window treatments for her living room.
24:50I always think the pelmets just kind of finish off the curtains,
24:54and especially because the window's the real feature,
24:58I think it just looks really polished, having a pelmet.
25:00Hi, Siobhan!
25:01Hiya!
25:02It's a bit hot for yellow leggings, isn't it?
25:05I just wanted to, like, bring a bit of colour,
25:07and I've made a bit of an error, really, haven't I?
25:09So what is this?
25:10This is a pelmet.
25:11OK.
25:12So this is going to be going where I've got the windows,
25:15so just to kind of frame that lovely view of the lay.
25:18Are you on schedule?
25:20Um, not, hmm.
25:21I thought I'd be a little bit further on with this,
25:23but it's taken a little bit longer than I thought.
25:25Corners, tricky corners.
25:26The last thing you need is me mincing along chatting to you, innit?
25:29Shall I leave you to it?
25:30Yes, please.
25:31Good luck, Siobhan.
25:31Thanks, Alan.
25:33Next door, at Barbara and Charlotte's house,
25:36Barbara's still working on her custom-built wooden frame.
25:40The purpose of the divider is to define the seating area.
25:44It kind of creates a little bit more intimacy,
25:47and I think it adds a bit of drama.
25:49I'm feeling just nervous, actually, just anxious,
25:52and I'm aware of time to do.
25:57I just want to check about today.
25:59Yes.
26:00So, with the carpenter,
26:02you've got furniture being made this morning, right?
26:05Er, yep.
26:06When you're painting it, can I take him to do,
26:09finish off some of the jobs I've got to do?
26:11Absolutely.
26:12So, just a couple of jobs to tick off,
26:14so they're not done last minute.
26:16Landscape.
26:17Landscape? Oh, OK.
26:19Give me a height, higher or lower.
26:21Er, no, maybe where it was, I think.
26:26Yeah, perfect.
26:27What have you got left to do with Barbara?
26:29Everything.
26:31Does that mean she's got loads to do?
26:33I've still got loads to do,
26:34because I did all of yours first,
26:35and now I've got to finish on hers, so...
26:37Yeah, but that's the only thing you've done of mine today,
26:39that's because you were doing her stuff all morning, as well.
26:45Because I need these chopped in half.
26:47OK.
26:48A little bit of tension.
26:49I've been pulled into Charlotte's room to finish off little things,
26:52when that's how she'll be doing the big build next door.
26:58So, I'm using this fabric here, but I'm also picking it up in the cushions as well,
27:02just to take it through the room a bit.
27:05At John and Lindsay's house, Lindsay's vertical panels are now in place,
27:09so she's moved on to her soft furnishings.
27:13I wanted a piece of furniture that would tie in with the colours of the outside,
27:18bring it in, so that there was some piece there,
27:20you could sit there and look out the window, read or something,
27:23but I didn't want, when you came in this door, for it to block the view.
27:27Ooh!
27:28This is a bit different to how it was before.
27:32So, once we've done the green block up the wall,
27:34the green block comes across the ceiling, just on this side.
27:37Meanwhile, teammate John's making a last-minute change
27:40to push his design even further.
27:43And it needs to come out 50 centimetres. OK.
27:46Because the idea is, it gets the bed in, it gets the pillows in,
27:49the cushions and the bedside table, so it feels like it's a canopy over that,
27:53so it kind of frames it. Cool. Yeah?
27:55When I walked into the room, I was like, do you know what,
27:56I'm going to go with my gut instinct, the bed needs to be here.
27:59I just want to make sure there's enough walkway to get through,
28:02but what I might do is remove one of my bedside tables,
28:05because it might be a bit like furniture corner.
28:07Sorry, I know that's delayed you, but it just wasn't looking big enough.
28:12It takes quite a lot of time, because you have to kind of, like,
28:14get the paint into the fabric, but... Yeah, soak it in.
28:16It's drying really, really quick, which is good as well.
28:18Now it'll just be about feathering it off and making sure it's kind of, like,
28:21it seems more purposeful. At the boys' house,
28:24Peter's preparing some hand-painted curtains for his bedroom.
28:30Peter! Hi.
28:31Look at you and your dungarees. What's going on? What is this?
28:35So, these are painted curtains. So, basically, I wanted to embellish them
28:38by putting a border on them. Normally you would get another fabric
28:42and sew it's on, but because of budget and time constraints,
28:44I'm going to be painting the border on.
28:46You're painting it? Painting it on. Painting your own curtains?
28:49Yes. Have you seen anyone do this before?
28:51Yes, I have. Oh, you have? OK.
28:53I mean, YouTube and the internet is great as now.
28:55No. No. No.
28:56Michelle said aspirational and luxurious,
29:00but actually he started painting curtains.
29:02I've never seen the like. Why would you paint your curtains?
29:08We'll just offer this one up first. Next door, good news for Barbara.
29:12Her room divider is ready to install. Nice.
29:16That looks good. And we'll just spike and pin them.
29:20I would hate to have got to this point and be finished,
29:23knowing that I could have done more.
29:26So I'm proud that I am actually working until the very last minute.
29:34It's good.
29:36Erm, I've just got to... I'm putting up.
29:40And I am going to... I've started bringing myself furnishings in
29:44just to have them in the room so I don't rush around bringing them up the stairs.
29:49And I think we're good.
29:53A bed is very, very important. It's the heart of the bedroom.
29:56The heart of the bedroom.
29:59With Mona's bed finally complete, she can now focus on the finishing touches.
30:05Mona, what are you doing? Hi.
30:07That's embarrassing. I'm very sweating.
30:10Your earring stuck to your face.
30:12You have not seen another woman sweating like me.
30:14No, I've never seen a woman sweat. You're right.
30:17So listen, have you had time to do my caricature?
30:21Let's see.
30:29Oh, look!
30:30I mean, do you know what? It so looks like me.
30:31I might just use it as my passport photo.
30:34Probably you should.
30:35Put me next to Michelle's. That's lovely, that is.
30:38You don't like it.
30:39No, I do love it. It was just a shock.
30:42I mean, I know me teeth are bad, but they ain't that bad.
30:48It's coming to crunch time, so I'm just like, I'm all of a bit of a tither, really.
30:54One hour to go.
30:57I'm getting there.
30:59And it's a sprint to the finish line.
31:01That's Bob on, is it?
31:02That's Bob on, that's where I want it. Yeah, busy, busy.
31:05That's you, it'll be clear and all right.
31:07I'm definitely feeling excited because all the things I've been thinking about for such a long time
31:10are now coming to fruition.
31:12I might need to put a landscape.
31:14It's good. I'm just like, oh, God, I need to, I, oh, oh, my God.
31:19Oh, I just put a bit of plastic on it. What'd I do?
31:23Grow it like this and then more. Yeah.
31:25Yeah. I love this. I think it's worked really well, really nice.
31:28Cool, thank you.
31:29I'm now getting petrified about being judged. Do not want to be on that sofa.
31:34Ready to cast their professional eye over the completed houses, the judges.
31:39I think you are just evil that these poor people start with a show home.
31:43It's the most difficult thing in the world to do, and yet there you go.
31:45You just sort of throw them off the diving board. Swim, people, swim, or drown.
31:50Helping Michelle this week is guest judge and interiors legend Lawrence Llewellyn Bowen.
31:57People might think that a show home, because it's all kind of a blank canvas,
32:01is maybe an easier challenge, but it's absolutely not, is it?
32:04You've got so many things to balance. You've got the personality, the identity
32:08of a proposed client that's moving in. It's not as if you're even meeting someone for real.
32:12But the good thing here is that they can really show us what they can do in comparable spaces.
32:17Each of the spaces is the same size and shape, so I'm hoping that we're going to get a real
32:20feeling of surprise and transition and difference between each one.
32:27First house to be judged, Peter and Paul's.
32:32You think you'll be finished in time? Of course.
32:34I'm just fluffing cushions. We're going to be done.
32:36Yeah, I think overall that looks really, really nice.
32:39I'm going to concentrate now on just getting the furniture into place and getting the room dressed.
32:43It's worth the stress, the strain, the sweat, the tears, the drama.
32:52I love the finished result.
32:56And I think I've only got that result because of how brave I was in papering all the four walls.
33:04Well, this is a transformation from a white box, isn't it?
33:09I'm quite excited by this colour palette. It's warming. It's quite masculine, isn't it?
33:13I mean, a note on the styling, that is not the same language as that.
33:17Yes. And it's definitely different to what's going on with the mirrors.
33:20We've got a lot of things here. All very sophisticated. We're hitting those notes of aspirational.
33:26But there's just, he's kind of mixed his metaphors a little.
33:30I don't like the wallpaper choice at all. I think that it is quite overpowering for the space.
33:36Maybe that's because he's used it on all four walls. I mean, I actually rather love it because it's so
33:40textural.
33:41If he'd kind of kept the wallpaper maybe to the sort of two walls, so you get the kind of
33:46hug of wallpaper behind you,
33:48but you're allowed to kind of breathe out towards that view, I think that would have just lightened it a
33:53bit.
33:53Yeah. The winner-winner chicken dinner in here has to be the photograph. Would you not do that?
33:59I mean, actually, if you had a photograph of yourself with the incandescent loveliness that is Laurence Leone and Bone,
34:04I think you'd put it at the heart of your scheme.
34:06I find that unbelievably bizarre that you put a picture of yourself in a show home.
34:17My room is even better than I imagined it would be. I'm very confident. Therefore, if I did end up
34:24in the bottom two,
34:25I would have more questions for them than they would have for me, I think.
34:29One of my favourite things is when people start the design of the room from what I call the envelope.
34:35You start with the wall finishes, the texture, the layering, and I love that.
34:41I think there's too much design in here. As a show home bedroom, I think it would be quite off
34:45-putting.
34:46There's a harmony, I feel. There is a harmony, but I still would like to point out that you've got
34:51your back to that picture.
34:52You probably can't see much of this picture because I'm standing in front of it.
34:56We've got a whole corridor of smears going down there.
34:59The window treatment lets the room down.
35:02Nice idea with the curtains. There's no authority to that painterly expression, if you know what I mean.
35:08There's something curious, because I really rather love this room.
35:12It looks like a room you'd see in a magazine, which I think people coming into these at show homes,
35:16they want to move into the magazine lifestyle.
35:20That's so annoying. I need to find a way of getting rid of these wires.
35:24Next to face the judges, Michaela and Amy.
35:28I'm unbelievably nervous. It's tough to know whether you've done enough.
35:31I thought I'd find it more pressured than I have. I'm guessing being a mum, handling three kids is good
35:40preparation.
35:41That's not quite straight, babe. I think it's beautiful in here. I'm super excited.
35:52This is the first room I've pulled together that's not my own house, so I'm really proud of what I've
35:57done.
35:57But it's difficult with a show home. You've paired back your design a bit. I don't think I've played it
36:02safe.
36:03I love the way that it's been decorated.
36:06What she's done is she's made mixing patterns and textures look easy.
36:11Yes.
36:11When we know that that is not easy.
36:13I can actually see someone coming in here and just so falling in love with these colours.
36:19What's let it down is her understanding of how you design a room.
36:24Not enough analysis of how an ordinary family would use this room.
36:29Fine if actually all your family does is sit opposite each other and listen to cello music.
36:33I'm confused by why we've got two different lamps and the mirror is absolutely in the wrong place.
36:38She's just got to start understanding about rooms rather than just hoping that the softs,
36:46as we call them, the soft scaping, can pull her through.
36:52So much of my heart and soul has gone into that room.
36:55And I totally understand that some people will just not like my scheme.
37:00I'm just hoping Michelle and Lawrence are in the love it camp.
37:05Oh, this is so interesting, isn't it?
37:07I love the panelling using the three levels of trim.
37:12Brilliant.
37:13And then I turn here and go, but how could that person have done this?
37:17It's all about how you dress the whole wall behind the bed head.
37:21One of these panels horizontally above the headboard, you've created balance.
37:26But I think she does understand this business of sort of, you know, punches of accents.
37:31So black light fitting, black table.
37:34This is good.
37:37Barbara!
37:38You're taking some pretty intense angles right now.
37:42For Charlotte and Barbara, it's a race against time.
37:46Barbara! Where's Wayne?
37:47Er, he's in here, Anne.
37:49Would you please ask if he lifts the plastic off from my bed?
37:52OK.
37:53There's some things that I'm not happy with.
37:54I'm living with them.
37:55But as a whole, yeah, it's come together nicely.
38:01So stressful.
38:06Absolutely exhausted.
38:07I mean, I cannot believe how much I managed to get done.
38:11But it makes me think if I do get through to the next stage, I'm going to have to rethink.
38:15I'm going to have to really learn from this.
38:17Oh, my word, Lawrence.
38:20I really didn't see this one coming.
38:23Oh, wow.
38:24How completely different.
38:26I mean, let's get this out of the way.
38:27This is the elephant in the room.
38:29It's not nice.
38:30It shouldn't be here.
38:31It's not necessary.
38:32And it distracts away from the cleverness of the colour blocking.
38:37I mean, that is such an ingenious thing to do in the corner of a room.
38:41Because it feels as if your eye is going up into a stairwell.
38:44Suddenly, this room feels so much taller and bigger.
38:48Before we get too carried away, I mean, there is the whole thing is like,
38:51is this appropriate for a show home?
38:53But a moment for us to...
38:54Absolutely not.
38:55But we must absolutely applaud her ambition because it's extraordinary.
39:07Mine's different to everyone else's because I deliberately wanted it to be a really,
39:11like, calm and serene place that felt luxurious.
39:13I went for that more simplistic look.
39:18Ooh, I found one of the things that I can't bear.
39:21Immediately, I'm struck by the kind of visual virtuosity of this room.
39:25And yet the same person didn't notice that the first thing I see when I come in
39:30is the side of a rather humdrum cabinet.
39:33What has happened is that we have come from this explosion of design next door.
39:39And now we're in a space where it just feels very, very redacted.
39:42It feels very pulled back.
39:44And there is a tailored restraint and serenity to what she's done on this back wall
39:50that she then just carries symphonically, very gently, into the patterns, into the curtains.
39:58I completely disagree with you.
40:00I don't see how you can use words like considered when you turn around and look at that mirror.
40:06That mirror to me has, the frame of it has nothing to do with what else is going on in
40:11this room.
40:11Yes, I'm talking literally about what's happening over here.
40:17I mean, yes, with the layering of these fabrics and the bed in front of it.
40:21Brilliant. Love it. Absolutely genius.
40:23And the casting of the shadows.
40:25Unbelievable. Very Instagram.
40:27But she has just then forgotten to me about the rest of the room.
40:30The point is, I don't think she's done enough.
40:33Oh, Mona, this looks so beautiful.
40:36At Siobhan and Mona's...
40:38I don't have your view yet.
40:40Oh, I love what you've done with the paper bags. It looks like you've brought the outside in.
40:44Mona's made a last-minute decision. She's binning the curtains.
40:48It is a risk because everybody is expecting curtains.
40:52And it's not a risk because I am true to myself. I stay to my style. I stick to my
40:57style.
40:57When I was designing it, I didn't feel good putting a curtain in.
41:01When I was ordering it, I didn't feel good.
41:03Yeah, a bit closer to each other.
41:05So, there. Yes, please.
41:06That's the creative process. This is how a creative brain works.
41:10OK. Yeah, I'll make it work.
41:19I've never really been judged before because I've always just kind of done my own house.
41:22So, I'm the judge of that.
41:24Yeah, I think I've nailed it, actually. I think it looks aspirational.
41:28I feel super proud of myself, actually.
41:31So, Siobhan likes the 1920s.
41:34Brilliant. Hooked on glam, isn't she?
41:36I like these sort of frames happening.
41:42And actually, I'm finding the colour scheme really rather pleasant.
41:46I like that I've got this kind of lovely grey, mushroomy colour behind me.
41:49There is lots of elements of extra style, but it's when I actually then dive into that style,
41:56I start to feel a little bit wobbly.
41:59I think this is the absolute fundamental flaw,
42:01because the most dominant influence on this room isn't in this room at all.
42:06It's out there. We're looking out into countryside.
42:10Can you get that to sit comfortably with what is an incredibly urban,
42:15very, very metropolitan way of decorating?
42:18Does it work as a room in a showroom? Interesting point.
42:26I'm happy it's done, good done, and not like half-finished or so.
42:31I have delivered exactly what I wanted. That's my style. It's elegant, it's clean.
42:38Yeah, I'm proud of it, yeah.
42:40There's a wonderful freshness.
42:42Springtime.
42:42It is. That's exactly what it is. We've got kind of spring fever here.
42:46Mona is the first person we've seen so far to completely change the bed.
42:51But I can't help wondering why.
42:53Like, if you're going to do this big chunky panelled wall,
42:55then should the headboard not be kind of...
42:58That chunk. There's a very glaring omission in that, you know,
43:00you're lying in bed, there's no curtain, there's no blind.
43:03I don't feel in this space that Mona, who designed it,
43:07is thinking about the people that are going to go to bed in it.
43:10So I've just moved the bed a millimetre.
43:15Last pair to be judged, John and Lindsay.
43:19I've just made that worse, haven't I?
43:21No.
43:22I think the past two days have felt like four months.
43:25There's been a whole host of emotions and I'm at the end of it and it feels good.
43:32Ooh.
43:40I think it's aspirational.
43:43I don't think it's something everyone would think to do with their lounge,
43:46but I think that's what aspirational is to me, something that you can't do yourself.
43:53Oh my God.
43:54Oh my.
43:55There's an enormous amount of design bang for the buck in here, isn't there?
43:58I really like the vertical slats of wood on the wall that suddenly become this curtain.
44:03Yeah.
44:04You know, that's very, very playful, it's quite surreal, but also very, very sophisticated.
44:07I think that the palette itself is actually really quite successful,
44:12because it's focusing your attention, compelling you to look out at the view.
44:17A tight palette and a touch dark for me.
44:20Then I love the fact that she's done what many wouldn't have,
44:24is that within this terribly sedate, quite restrained scheme,
44:27she's just thrown this kind of fabulously bonkers leafy fabric in,
44:31which is that connection with outside.
44:32There's a lot of bravado that's gone in here, and she's pulled it off well.
44:40I'm really pleased with my room and what I've done.
44:43I've learnt a lot about myself, I've learnt a lot about what I'm capable of.
44:46I really like the look of it, I like the feel of it when I walk in.
44:49Yeah, it feels great.
44:52Ooh, moody, Laurence, moody.
44:56Hello, 80s, I've missed you!
44:59I'm feeling that this is really tightly pulled together.
45:03I think he's shown you what you can do with some very, very simple moves,
45:08because we've seen kind of really full-on treatments behind the bed,
45:11and panelling and lighting, and he's created exactly the same effect using paint,
45:17but been clever enough to also take it up over the ceiling.
45:21He's kind of given us a postmodernist four-poster bed.
45:24Listen, the entire nation is going to be doing this soon,
45:26it's such a smart thing to do.
45:29You know, you look at John, you would never know that underneath John
45:32beats this heart of Joan Collins.
45:35He's restrained himself with this albeit quite bonkers wallpaper,
45:38but he's only used it sort of on this area over here.
45:41He's allowed this to be really quite cool,
45:44and he's not even overplayed the wall opposite the bed.
45:47I think it's very well-considered.
45:51Before the teams return to the design studio,
45:53there's time for a snoop around each other's show homes.
45:57Oh, my God. I can see Siobhan in here.
46:03Oh, wow.
46:05This is next level.
46:07Oh, oh.
46:08This feels quite Moroccan to me.
46:10Yeah, I don't think a show homey, unfortunately.
46:14Wow.
46:15My turn to get nervous now.
46:17Oh, my God.
46:21Wow.
46:21Oh, my.
46:23Wow, wow, wow.
46:24Everything's beautiful.
46:26Oh.
46:27I swear, I've gone cold.
46:29It has made me more nervous.
46:32Oh, my God.
46:33Oh, my God.
46:35This is absolutely...
46:36Oh, my God.
46:38Wow.
46:39I think looking at this, mine just seems quite plain.
46:43I am actually really worried about being on the sofa this week,
46:47because my style is just a little bit too different.
46:51Oh, my God.
46:52These two guys, if one of them will win, they deserve it.
46:56They're...
46:56Oh, my God.
46:57This is impossible what I've done.
46:59It's like a show home.
47:00It's perfect.
47:05With a life-changing contract at stake,
47:08the designers meet back at Michelle's studio.
47:12Time for Michelle to make her final decision
47:15on which designer will stay and who will be going home.
47:19I'm feeling pretty nervous today, actually.
47:22All that kind of calmness is gone.
47:24If I go home today, I'll be gutted.
47:27No-one wants to go out first.
47:29Going out first is, like, brutal.
47:32I've worked extremely hard to get to this point,
47:35and the last couple of days have been a mammoth effort.
47:38I didn't struggle with the brief this week,
47:40but I definitely didn't want to push too far.
47:43And that might be a little bit of a regret for me.
47:48Hello, everyone.
47:50Why are you looking so nervous?
47:53Just cut the atmosphere.
47:57Michelle and Lawrence were really impressed with some of the
48:00designs they saw.
48:01They felt some rooms in particular really met the brief.
48:05These rooms were sophisticated, and they were really on point
48:09with what the client wanted.
48:11Now, John, Michelle loved your simple but super effective use of colour
48:16and pattern, so well done, John.
48:20And Michaela, Michelle loved your mix of materials,
48:23but she felt sometimes you've got to just stand back
48:26and look at the bigger picture.
48:28The judges fell.
48:29A couple of the houses sadly missed the mark.
48:34So, going through to next week is...
48:47John and Lindsay.
48:52And...
48:56Amy and Michaela.
49:02And...
49:06Peter and Paul.
49:07Oh, my God.
49:11Oh, my God.
49:13Don't start us all off.
49:14Oh, no.
49:15Well done, everyone.
49:16I'll see you next time.
49:19Good luck, guys.
49:20You've got this.
49:24I'm so sorry for you.
49:26This must be soul-destroying for you,
49:28because I know how much effort you put into it.
49:31Michelle's going to have a chat with you and talk about why it went wrong.
49:35And then, sadly, one of you will be going home.
49:38Good luck.
49:43Oh, God.
49:45OK?
49:46Yeah, yeah.
49:49Now, why did you pick those two teams?
49:51Because there was a lot of talent.
49:52There was.
49:53I mean, what we had, really, is the incredible variety of what could be achieved.
49:58Yeah.
49:58And then we went from one extreme to the other.
50:00Yeah.
50:00So, all the people that sort of fitted in the middle, they're through.
50:03The people on either end, it's like, you went too far, you didn't give me enough.
50:07I'm very surprised that you two, super surprised.
50:13Talking about Barbara, I loved the room, but you're just saying it didn't fit the brief.
50:18Yeah, she threw everything at it.
50:20I mean, here was someone that suddenly, I thought I was in a completely different building.
50:24It was all terribly clever.
50:25Yeah.
50:25And there's so much we loved about that.
50:27Did you like the partition?
50:28The partition was unnecessary.
50:30I liked the partition, because then she created that little space.
50:33She'd done that anyway with colour.
50:34It was much, much cleverer that that kind of rather flimsy gibbet that she'd separated the
50:39two spaces with.
50:39So, you're saying she's in the bottom floor, because she's got a flimsy gibbet?
50:43She really liked Charlotte's room, and I thought that was too much.
50:46So, now I'm just like, oh.
50:49Now, Charlotte's room, I'm not going to lie, every time I walked along those row of houses,
50:53she was sitting on the drive.
50:55Well, I think that's really interesting, because we loved her artwork.
50:59Oh, yeah.
50:59But I'd like to know what Charlotte was doing.
51:02You all right?
51:02I'm okay.
51:04The competition was just so tough, wasn't it?
51:06Yeah.
51:06Literally, like, we went to every single room, and we were like, wow, wow, wow, wow.
51:12And then you kind of question yourself a little bit, don't you?
51:16So...
51:16What about Siobhan?
51:18There was a lot of style going on there, but was there enough substance?
51:22We felt very strongly that it had just too much flavour.
51:26Does it fit in a family house in Oxford?
51:30What about Mona's room?
51:31She didn't even really have curtains on that lovely view, did she?
51:34But these are the questions we need to ask her.
51:36Was it deliberate, or did she forget, or did she just not think it was important?
51:47I know this is probably not where you want to be, it's challenge one, you're in here in my office,
51:52but overall, what a spectacular start to this competition.
51:57But this is just so that I can really understand why you did what you did.
52:03So I'd really encourage you to just be honest, be open, and don't get defensive.
52:10Siobhan, I'd like to start with you.
52:13You love Art Deco and the 20s.
52:15How was that appropriate for a very contemporary show home?
52:20I kind of went down the route of a bit of, like, glamorous, like, luxurious,
52:24but also I kind of wanted to mute it down a little bit, go away from my natural flamboyance, I
52:31guess.
52:32So you're saying it could have been a lot worse?
52:33Yeah.
52:34It could have been a lot, lot bigger.
52:36Yeah, yeah.
52:37A room in a show home has to be a commercial experience.
52:42You have to know when to stop.
52:43It's about you having the confidence to step back sometimes from your style,
52:49but just sneak it in in a much more stealthy way.
52:55Barbara, I have a similar question to Siobhan for you.
52:59You went for it in that room. How appropriate was it?
53:02I obviously love geometrics, layering of shapes, and I think that is something that's happening now,
53:08and I wanted to create some drama and something that was not just anyone could do.
53:13But is drama the right word?
53:16Was drama in the brief?
53:18Drama wasn't, but yeah, you're right.
53:20I still think that if you'd done 30% of what you'd done,
53:26you could have got us to sit up and pay attention.
53:29You could have got us to understand what you can do and who you are and where your talent lies.
53:35I guess I didn't want to play it safe.
53:37I think really ultimately I should have pulled back on some elements specifically for show homes.
53:44Mona, you were the only person that was brave enough to change the bed. Talk me through that.
53:50I wanted to bring something personal and self-made in there.
53:55But was it deliberate to have no window dressing?
53:58When I was making the design, I did put curtain in. I didn't feel good.
54:03My gut was like, I just make it because it's expected.
54:07You could have left the curtains open.
54:09I mean, the key word to me there is the expectation for a show home is that it has curtains.
54:14So by not having them, what was that about?
54:17I wanted to start this competition with listening to my gut.
54:21But it's not that I'm going to avoid curtains forever.
54:24In fact, I actually want to get my head around curtains to get the knowledge.
54:29I mean, start on the patches, start on the patches.
54:32One of the things that interior design has to prove to itself is its practicality.
54:38Do you think you delivered that?
54:39Normally, when I do a design, which would be normally for TV production or a film production,
54:44it is always for the production.
54:47And I realised that, like, I actually didn't make a home.
54:51I created a set.
54:55Charlotte, in the time it took Barbara to completely reconfigure her room,
55:00I kind of got the feeling that you dressed a bed, painted a wall, and then just stopped.
55:08My room being a more simple, calm space was a conscious, like, a deliberate choice.
55:13And I think I'm kind of different to these guys in the sense that I never took the approach
55:19that it was about me. I'm obviously kind of a textile designer. I'm known for colour,
55:24bold, painterly patterns, and I just thought, this isn't that.
55:27So, when I walked straight into your room, I did not see your spectacular feature wall.
55:32I saw the side of a really boring chest of drawers.
55:37Mm-hm.
55:38Was that deliberate? Did you forget? Did you run out of time?
55:41It did bother me, as that I couldn't create a kind of pop at the end of that corridor, but...
55:46You could have just turned it round.
55:47I know. I did put it on an angle, so it was the front facing, which I thought looked better,
55:51but I think I was just hot and I just...
55:53That's not a reason. Have you done show homes before?
55:56No. I've never done a full room.
55:58Well, I think that that is quite telling.
56:01You four are not here because you were bad designers.
56:05OK, this was a tough challenge.
56:07You're here because two of you kind of went overboard and gave me personal styles.
56:12The other two just didn't quite give me enough to get my teeth into.
56:17Ultimately, though, I'm always going to champion the intention to do something magnificent.
56:27So, Siobhan and Barbara, you can breathe easy. You get to stay.
56:33Charlotte and Mona.
56:36Charlotte, you've given me a very eloquent explanation for why you did what you did,
56:40but I think you were a bit lazy, OK? And I find that quite inexcusable.
56:49Mona, you were ambitious. You tried to do something different.
56:54But your detailing and your finishing touches let you down.
57:00However, Charlotte, what you did do showed me great quality.
57:06So, you get to stay. And sadly, Mona, you're going to go home this week.
57:12Mona, it's just the beginning. You're brilliant. You've got so much energy.
57:16Bye, guys.
57:23It's all a bit real now, isn't it? You've had the benefit of a bit of a masterclass here.
57:29Take all that learning and push on forwards, OK? But really hear it. My God, what an incredible beginning.
57:36Losing against all these other nine designers is just an honour.
57:41Like, at least I have lost against them because they're all so amazing.
57:45Losing. I knew that I made the bold decision not to go with her curtain.
57:49I have learned in this week a lot, but I definitely had so much more to give.
57:56Sadly, Mona is the first to go because she just didn't show me the level of sophistication
58:00and quality of finish that I'd be expecting in a million-pound show home.
58:06Next time...
58:07Oh, it looks amazing.
58:08It looks so nice.
58:09..is back to work.
58:10Ooh.
58:10Ooh.
58:11..to transform office space...
58:13Ooh.
58:14..in the capital.
58:16We're building Wembley Stadium about here.
58:18No!
58:20I'm ready to see you now.
58:21It's not that kind of office.
58:23I'm feeling this is almost veering us into cliché territory, isn't it?
58:27Been all standing about today, guys.
58:28Crack that way.
58:31We've got to live on свет.
58:31We were and we gave it everything down.
58:36We're doing well.
58:36Vic.
58:36Vic.
58:36Vic.