All language subtitles for 403e

This week, our designers tee off
in a luxury golf and spa resort

here in bonnie Scotland.

The pressure's on because
it's a double elimination.

Fore!

Oi!

It's Hotels Week.

Ten aspiring designers competing
for one life-changing contract

to transform a top cocktail bar.

Last time...

It's such a lovely atmosphere!

..the designers transformed
classrooms in a nursery.

This is knocking it out
of the park for me.

This is job number one,
but then I have three smaller jobs.

Monika ran out of time...

Just something that's not quite
gelling for me in this room.

What time do you call this?

..Joanne's room was off balance...

I find myself wondering, though,
why this hasn't been mirrored

on that side of the room.

It's what I imagined and more.
It's great.

..and Charlotte just hadn't
done enough.

This space doesn't have
an identity to me.

Oh! ..but Buse's ambitious plan
just didn't fit the brief.

It's not really going to work in an
active daycare environment, is it?

Thank you. Thanks, guys.

It's week three of the competition

and the designers
are back in Brighton

to find out about
the next challenge.

Back again! Here we are.

Yes! Week three.
I'm excited. I'm raring to go.

Has anyone got any guesses
for the brief?

It could be anything.
I don't trust Michelle!

Nurseries in week two? Goodness
knows what week three's going to be.

I'm trying to make it,
like, third time lucky.

I don't want to be
on the sofa again.

I'm hoping it's going to be
something straightforward. Mm-hm.

As much as I love all
my fellow teammates,

I'm hoping that it's going to be
something by ourselves this week

because I really want to show
what I can do as an individual.

Hi, guys!
ALL: Hi, Alan.

You live to design another week?

LAUGHTER

Yes. How are we all feeling?
Er... Good. Yeah, good.

I know. Jack, congratulations.
Thank you. Last week.

Have you got really confident now?
I'm staying humble.

Staying really humble. Is your head
too big for that sweatband?

LAUGHTER

No, never too big for that.

It's strange, isn't it?
Having two empty seats here

because you're starting to make
friendships. Mm. Mm-hm. Really sad.

It's people you really like, yeah -
and people you hate, as well.

It is a competition!

Hello. Oh, hello. Hi. Hello!

Are you feeling good?
Mm. Yeah, yeah.

That's good, because I think
I've got a little treat for you.

After two weeks of working in teams,

I think for this challenge,
it is time to go it alone.

I'm taking you to the Mar Hall
five-star hotel in Scotland,

where there are eight individual
rooms awaiting your genius.

The imposing Mar Hall is a
200-year-old former stately home

on the banks of the River Clyde,

where guests come to enjoy
the spa facilities and golf,

surrounded by beautiful
Scottish countryside.

With eight huge rooms
in need of a five-star makeover,

the designers will be given
one of two briefs.

So, four of you are going to be
asked to design a room

for the visitor in search of
a really relaxing spa retreat...

MURMURING

..while the other four

are going to be briefed to give me
something more maximalist

for the visitor in search of a truly
memorable Scottish experience.

Ry, Charlotte, Peter, Temi -

you have the spa retreat brief.
Yes! Mm, nice.

And, of course, that means
Joanne, Jack, Monika and Tom,

you have the Scottish
maximalist brief. Ooh.

And at the end of the challenge,

the weakest designers will be
in front of the judges on the sofa,

and two of you will be going home.

CONTESTANTS GROAN

Enjoy bonnie Scotland!

HISSING

# Dun, dun, duuun! # Good luck!

Guys. No way.

That's a quarter of us.
Wow, yeah. Pressure!

We just got a brief for outdoors
Scottish Maximalism.

It's kind of outside
my normal wheelhouse,

but I think I can really
get my teeth into it.

I will say I am happy I don't have
the spa. I've never been to a spa,

and a spa just seems like
a white space for me -

which is perfect for you, Peter!

LAUGHTER

I love calming spaces,

so I can't wait to bring what I do
to this next challenge.

I can't believe we're off
to bonnie Scotland.

Oh, I know.
It's going to be fun, isn't it?

How are they going to create a
unique design with a Scottish twist?

When I think Scotland,
I think passion,

I think the pride of the people
in their heritage,

and I think that incredible
location and landscape,

so, somehow, they've got
to take all of that...

Mm. ..and then channel it into
the spa brief, which I think

will be a bit more refined, relaxed,
maybe quieter colours.

And then, on the other side,
channel all of that inspiration

into something that's maybe a bit
more full-on and maximal.

So, maximal. That's a word
that fills people with dread.

How big are they going to go?

Do you want to see antlers?
Do you want to see a tartan carpet?

People dressed as Braveheart? What?

Maximal, or maximalist,
is a very loaded word.

Where people go wrong
with that is they think it just

means loads of stuff and clashing
colours and clashing patterns. Yeah.

And it doesn't.
It's just the opposite of quiet,

so it's kind of a full-bodied
red wine versus a quiet rose.

Ooh, you're making me thirsty.

As the designers arrive
in Bishopton...

Look at this! This is glorious.

Who has this room? Oh, I wish.

..they get to see their rooms
in real life for the first time.

SHE LAUGHS

It's so big!

One wing will be taken on by
the Scottish maximalists...

Let's go!

Really happy. Feels real,
doesn't it, this week? Yeah.

Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm really scared!

..and the opposite end of the hotel
will have the spa treatment.

Got a really nice view.

There is a hot tub outside!

With just two days
and a budget of £2,000...

I love it!

..they will each have
a carpenter and decorator...

Hello! Dream team! Yeah.

..to help turn their design
dreams into reality.

So, this week,
I'm trying to do quite a lot

because last week, Michelle said
I only focused on one thing,

so I'm trying to do
two big builds here,

which, hopefully,
are quite innovative.

Charlotte's spa retreat bedroom
will follow a thistle theme

featuring a lilac and green
colour palette.

Her big builds include a versatile
desk-cum-vanity-table in the window

and she'll be rearranging her room

to create a new storage and dressing
area behind a bespoke bedhead.

This is my room. What do you think?
You have a decent view. Yeah.

That's so much better.
That's what I'm a bit worried about.

Why, what are you doing?
Well, because I've got...

You know, you wake up
and you see the view here,

but I'm actually moving
the bed over there...

RY GASPS

OK. ..and turning it,

so you won't wake up to a view.

So, are you going to change
your design at all?

I'm sticking with it. Yeah.

But we'll see.

Yeah, I'm just doing
a quick rejig of the layout

with the existing furniture
just to get an idea of space.

The brief we had was very clear
about it being unique and memorable.

For Temi's nature-inspired
spa theme,

she's making a feature of her bed
with a hanging canopy.

It's always nice, isn't it?

To have a lovely, long piece of rope
hanging from the ceiling

and the billowy voile
floating in the air.

It's quite dingy in there, isn't it?
It's quite dark.

Down the hallway,

the first coat of paint is going up
in Ry's spa room.

A little bit of me is worried
about the darkness

of the colour and the darkness
of the room,

but I think I'm going to
play that to my advantage

and try and create more of
an intimate, cosier space.

Ry's Room will take inspiration
from the surrounding countryside

with a mossy green and clay pink
colour palette.

A bespoke sliding door

will separate the main bedroom
from a new walk-in wardrobe

and Ry's bed will become
a focal point,

with oversized side tables and an
upholstered headboard installation.

Maybe green is my signature colour.

I just find it really calming
and soothing.

It's not going to be a boring,
white... Sorry, Peter.

..white space.

Hey, Peter. Morning, guys.

Hopefully a nice, easy one for yous.

We're going white.
Ah, excellent!

Same colour all the way around.
You'll be done in 10 minutes, yeah?

Perfect. I can put you to good use
somewhere else.

There's definitely the pressure
this week.

I am giving another white room.

I hope the judges think that this
is the appropriate time

for me to really put my stamp on.

So, this is where my, kind of,
floating fake wall is going,

and then the wardrobe
will be hidden behind it.

OK, that's good.

I want to eliminate clutter.

People come on little staycations
to get rid of stresses of home.

They come here
and it's just minimal and breezy

and that's exactly the vibe
I wanted for the room.

In the opposite wing of the hotel,

the maximalist designers
are getting stuck in.

I don't know why I thought
this would be easy!

You been working out?
Do I look like I work out?

Jack has made the bold decision
to use large wardrobes

to divide the room into zones,
creating a dressing area.

That's about right.

The element of surprise is, like,
you walk in to something unexpected,

which is this, like,
panelled wardrobe,

and it's kind of like
a little teaser to, like,

what could be going on behind it.

Jack's wardrobes
will divide the room

to create a panelled dressing area.

A cladded headboard will
set the tone for the bedroom,

which will also feature
a wraparound forest mural.

To finish, Jack will dress the walls

with prints of Scottish
flora and fauna.

Week on week I feel like I have,
like, pushed it a little bit.

Pushed the boundaries.
I want to go big.

Look at the size of this!

This is my Scottish lobster,
and he's going to be gold

by the end of tomorrow -
I'm going to gold leaf him.

He can have pride of place
in the window until then,

so everybody knows it's my room.

The lobster is just one part of
Joanne's menagerie of maximalism

that she's hoping will keep her
off the dreaded sofa this week.

I've got eight different fabrics,
I've two different wallpapers

gold leaf, feathers, more pom-poms
than you've ever seen in your life

and I've got to do all this
on my own in two days.

Next door, while the first
splash of colour goes up,

furniture painter Monika
is in her element,

working on her gothic-inspired room.

This wardrobe is actually going
to be a really important piece

for this room, and this is
what I do best, I think.

Turn it into, like, a painting.

Monika's flexing
her maximalist muscles

by extending out an entire wall
to create built-in wardrobes.

A gold-leafed archway will
frame the bed, tying in

with a sunset orange ceiling.

Textured wallpaper and a mural
will zone the room

and Monika's finishing the space
with upcycled antiques.

I can't actually do
anything more to it.

But on her first job of the day,
Monika's got a problem.

I was supposed to have
a beautiful oil painting of a deer,

but I realised that
I left it at home.

And so my lovely partner
has shipped it early this morning

and hopefully it will arrive
in the hotel by tomorrow morning

so I can still do it...hopefully.

And in Polish,
we hold our thumbs up,

so hopefully it will come tomorrow.

Oh, la la.

TUTTING

Down the hallway...

Every week is a complete
blank sheet,

so you're always starting
from scratch.

..star pupil Tom is taking
on maximalism

with a plum and lavender scheme

inspired by the hotel's
rugged surroundings.

Maximalism is not
a natural thing for me,

so I'm going to try and do
that in my style.

So, the brief is about Scotland,
the wild outdoors,

so I've been very inspired
by rocks and stone

and the architecture of Scotland,
which we have here in the hotel,

which is a beautiful
Gothic Revival hotel.

With the challenge well under way,
it's time for me to check in

on the designers -
if I can find them.

MUSIC: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
by The Proclaimers

Must be round here somewhere.
Where could it be?

Where is this place?!

Sorry, sorry!

Ooh!

Looks good, doesn't it? Yes.

Charlotte's new wardrobe
is starting to take shape.

And there's wallpaper going on this,
isn't there?

Yeah. There's a mural
going on this side.

But that's not the only
big build going on.

Charlotte. Hi, Alan.

What's going on? What's all this?
I'm just working on my vanity desk.

A vanity desk? Yeah.

So you can have it as a desk
and do some work

and look at this gorgeous view.
Ooh. Gorgeous, yeah.

And then you can open up the mirrors
when you need to do your make-up.

Oh, so you can look at
the beautiful view and then go,

"God, I'm gorgeous."

Yeah! Mine's a bit more craggy
than that, but...

But, you know, I really wanted to
show Michelle something. Yeah.

Last week, she said I didn't
do enough, so...

It was not the best boost
to my confidence.

No, it's only because she cares.

I mean, when she's really angry,
lasers come out of her eyes.

OK, good.
So I'll watch for the lasers.

She sorted my cataracts out once
just by looking at me.

But, anyway...

That is absolutely gorgeous!

With a bit of bling on the walls...

I think gold's a neutral.
It's like a princess woodland.

It's sparkly!

..Joanne can begin
her long list of upholstery

and the first of many patterns.

It's got birds, it's got thistles,

it's got all lovely Scottish
kind of things on.

As you walk in my room, you will see
the curtains and the pelmet

and the gold dressing table.

I think Michelle will see
that I've pushed myself further

and I've listened to her advice.

Whether or not it's going to save me
from the sofa, who knows?

Because there will be
four people on the sofa

and two people are going home.
That's a quarter of us going home.

It's massive.

It's halfway through day one...

Does it look like a rainy sky?

Yeah, it's great.

..and the rooms are
coming alive with colour.

And what's this colour? I've never
seen it before. It's lovely.

So, this is a colour called
Silent Witness.

What's that from, the
True Crime range? I know!

Whoa!

That's like...hell fires.

While Peter's getting a sneak peek
at Monika's bold scheme...

No! The King of White
can't come in my room.

Get me out of here!

So, the colour.

..Tom is next door and is still
mulling over his colour choice.

It's good. I think I'm happy.
I think.

I think the room's going
to be very colourful.

And maybe I wasn't expecting that.

Tom! How are you getting on?

Good. Yeah, fine.

Tell us about these colours.
Are you pleased with them?

Mm. They're a bit more punchy
than I was hoping for.

This plum is a bit plum and
the lavender's a bit lavender!

I don't think they're crazy.

No, not by some standards.

But I think, for me... Oh.
..they feel a bit loud.

You had a face like a slapped bum
when they said about maximalist. Mm.

Well, I've decided not to take
maximalism as my jumping-off point.

Ooh. Ooh! You little rebel.

Because the initial thought
of maximalism is...

..gold and feathers and shiny things
and cerise pink. Yes.

And that's not my jam at all.
No, no.

I've never seen you like this.
You've always been so calm.

Yeah, I'm flustered this week.
Well, listen, I'll leave you to it.

Ta-ra! Good luck, Tom.

Tom's done so well
in the competition so far,

but he's lacking confidence
in his design this week.

If he hasn't got
any confidence in it,

how are the judges going to?

While Peter's spa retreat goes
from white to, er, white...

Have you made curtains before,
Peter? Yeah.

I have no clue what I'm doing.
..in the sewing room,

he's pushing the boat out
with off-white curtains.

When my mum taught me
how to make curtains,

she taught me that you hide all the
bits that really shouldn't be seen,

so I'm making sure I get all
my folds and everything tidy,

cos we want five-star here.

Mum knows best.

Trust her, listen to her
and do exactly what she says.

Putting his moody room worries
to one side,

Ry's outdoors upholstering
his curvy headboard.

So, I decided to go with something
organic and curvy to, sort of, mimic

the hills. I don't know if
they're classed as mountains.

Are they big enough for mountains?
Big hills.

I have never upholstered before.

It's the curvy bits
that are the worst.

Who on earth decided to do curves?

May be here for a while.

Wrestling with one of her
many fabrics is Joanne.

This week I am upholsterer Joanne.

Adding a peacock design
to her pattern clash,

Joanne is revamping
the existing hotel chairs.

I like her. She's chilled
and she's a lot more relaxed

than painting Joanne.
Painting Joanne's very sloppy.

It's a well-known technique
called Making It Fit.

I've worked blooming hard this week.

STAPLE GUN FIRES

It's a bit baggy.

It's all right.

Down the hallway...

Hi, guys! Hiya.

..despite Monika's earlier hiccup,
her trades are steaming ahead.

Wahey, you've finished the ceiling!

That's nice. That...

Ian. What?

It's not the right wallpaper for
the wall. You're kidding me.

But an oversight with the wallpaper
has caused a setback.

No, it's not the...

That wallpaper was supposed
to go on that wall.

Oh, right. ..and then the panelling
was supposed to go on that wall.

With ambitious plans for the walls,

one mistake has put Monika
even more on the back foot.

I feel like maybe this
is just my pattern,

to have a really awful day one.

Already in my head, I'm thinking,
"Compromises, compromises."

What can I... What can I not do?

What can I ditch and still have
a good room at the end of it?

Where I was probably ahead
by about an hour or so,

I'm now probably
an hour or so behind.

HE SIGHS

As day one draws to a close,
the designers in the maximalist wing

are racing to finish
their to-do lists.

So, the shelves are in.

I'm very happy right now.

The check is my nod
to a bit of a tartan.

This might be my newfound skill
this week.

With moments left, Joanne's
still wielding a staple gun.

Oh, so hard. I'm exhausted.

I've never worked this hard
in my life before.

Can I just sleep here in a corner
until tomorrow?

And over in the spa wing,
it's a flurry to finish, too.

It's just so bulky for one person.

Plenty of storage.
Oh, really nice! I love this.

What's more important here, guys?
Time? Perfection?

Time all the way.

Absolutely perfect.
It completely disappears.

You wouldn't even know there's
a wardrobe there.

Good job. Brilliant. Good job.

With wardrobe in and curtains ready,

even by Peter's standards,
the space is looking sparse.

We're in here at the end of day one,
and I have a plain white room.

Totally intentional, but,
yeah, facts are facts.

I'm always going to be nervous
about the white walls.

It is a risk doing minimalism,

because you have fewer moments
to impress people.

And while some rooms
are taking shape...

I'm a little more reassured
than I was at lunchtime.

Go right to the top.
..Monika is still behind schedule.

I'm looking at everything
that has been done

and everything that
hasn't been done.

and I am thinking to myself
that maybe I was too ambitious.

I just got so excited
about this brief

and I really wanted to show
everything that I can offer,

and maybe it's too much.

Oh, I did this to myself again!

It's day two. In just 12 hours,

the designers' work will be under
the critical eye of the judges.

Lots to do.

In the spa wing, Peter's on a
mission to transform his room...

We have a lot of white going on,

so I'm super excited to get
some wallpaper for you.

..Temi's design is racing ahead...

Yes, I love it. Do you?

..and the bed's coming in early so
she can finish her ceiling canopy.

All right, let's go. D-Day.

As Ry works on his bespoke
sliding door...

It's all in the prep work, and then
the rest is smooth sailing.

..he's still unsure about
the lack of light in his room...

Is this an east-facing room?

We'll just get Michelle to come and
judge first thing in the morning.

..and Charlotte's made a new friend
in the sewing room.

This is my dressmaker's dummy,
and I've named it Michelle.

Meanwhile, in the opposite wing,

the maximalists are busy
with their makes.

Yep, made all these
with the little trims on.

With her upholstery
finally nailed...

This is the dressing table -
out of MDF, a kidney shape.

I'm going to be gold leafing that,
as well.

..Joanne needs to marry
her maximalist menagerie

with her eclectic decor.

There's all sorts going on to it.
There's feathers, there's gold leaf.

There's bespoke furniture,
there's velvet, there's all sorts.

Pom-poms.

I really, really want to
stay in now.

I really want to show people
what I can do.

Meanwhile...

I've no idea what's going on
anymore. I've lost...

I've lost all, um...

Er, I've lost... I'm just lost.

..Tom is still trying to muster
some mojo for maximalism.

I feel like I'm in...
I'm in the dark zone.

You know, everything's
half-painted or half-done.

I'm still waiting for all the other
details to come together

so that it feels like
one big, cohesive thing.

It's here!
My dear decoupage is here.

I'm so happy.

All right. I need to see it.

Down the hallway... Yay!

..Monika can finally add her unique
feature onto the wardrobe.

Oh, it's going to look amazing.
Oh, I'm so happy.

In the brief, they said wild.
How much more wild do they want?

This is wild, right?

Along with his slate-effect
wallpaper...

It's quite dramatic.

..Peter's using sustainable
sculptures to de-white his space.

It'll be this, like,
gorgeous installation.

And it's nice and breezy,
nice and light,

but it is durable grass
and hopefully

it'll be that real wow impact
when you walk into the room.

I don't have the money to buy
expensive things, so, over time,

I've started to really appreciate
how cost-effective nature can be.

Hi, Peter! Hi, Alan. How's it going?

It's all white!

Shocker! I know. Shocker.

So, how are you going to
make it Scottish?

I'm bringing in a lot of
what I think of as Scotland.

I'm bringing in grass, wood...

Now, what is this, then?
Is this just called grass?

It's actually pampas grass.

Uh. Do you know about
pampas grass? No.

If you put pampas grass
in your window,

it means that you, um...pop your
keys in the bowl. Oh, really?

Yeah, it means that you're a
swinger. Oh, I didn't know that.

OK, well... You're not putting it
in your window, are you?

No, it's going on the wall. Oh!
It's not going to be very relaxing.

Let's just say you'll have
a queue of perverts.

Reception will be busy!

ALAN LAUGHS

And if any strange men
knock on the door,

give them my number. I will do.

Bye, love. Bye!

Down the hall...

Hi, Monika. Oh, hey, Alan.

What do you think? Do you like it?
I love it. I really love it.

Monika's also been working
on something horny.

I couldn't stop myself, so...
Oh, look at that. ..I had these.

I think they're magnificent.
They are.

Yep, and it's Scottish.
It's like before and after. After!

Yep!

THEY LAUGH

Right. That's good, actually.

In Charlotte's spa room,
big builds complete,

she's turning her attention to
the spiky symbol of Scotland...

I'm basing my whole design
on the Scottish thistle

because it's nature
and it's calming.

..and getting crafty
with an old table.

I'm going to place these
dried flowers in the table

and then pour the epoxy resin
on top and it'll set clear

and make a really pretty
flower table.

The ideal customers for that room,
it's got to be two friends.

They've had a treatment.
They've got their vanity desk

to get ready to go out
on the town in Glasgow.

Ooh! Oh.

SHE LAUGHS

It's moving the flowers!

I think I'm going to have to
reposition the flowers.

And then when they come home,

they've got a chaise longue to kick
back on, a resin table to admire...

It should have time to set.
Just enough.

I hope I don't have a squashy table!
SHE LAUGHS NERVOUSLY

It's good. Done!

Day two is in full swing.

Jack? Oh, God.

JACK LAUGHS

Hi! Why is it so good?

It's lovely. You're so clever.

It just needs to be centred,
so as long as each side

has the same amount of,
sort of, stick. Mm.

I'm trying to pick up the colours
of that mountainside up there.

Don't stop. You know,
like, just keep going.

Yes!

It's definitely my very subtle
nod to tartan.

Some would say it's not a tartan
cos it's a check,

but it's in the family.

In there. OK, cool. Now let go.

MONIKA YELPS

It's all right, you're all right.

If I focus on the negativities,
I'm just going to curl and collapse,

so things are happening
and I need to focus on that.

We're getting stuff done.
Done, done, done, done, done.

We just have to keep
the momentum going.

Should I be cutting away the plastic
before we put a mattress on it?

Nah, we can cut that away later.

With her bed and
clothes rail centred,

Temi's canopy supports
can go into the ceiling.

Because there is a canopy,
I always think,

like with four poster beds,
they always look so much more grand

and sort of fun and like
you're somewhere special

when the bed is centred
and in the middle of the room

and you're sort of surrounded
by all the fabric.

As her big idea comes to life,
Temi's got concerns.

I don't know if Michelle will like
it. The only thing, structurally,

that she might say is an issue,
I guess is the hanging rails,

if people pull on them and
they come out of the wall,

but you would hope that because
it's such a unique space,

people respect that unique space.
I mean, if you go into hotels

in Bali or Thailand
or places like that,

they don't put chunky,
huge furniture in there.

OK.

So just clip on. It just drops on.

Ry's door is ready
to slide into his spa room.

RY CHUCKLES

Yes! Lovely.

As the design comes together,
his reservations are lifting.

With my dingy room, I've tried
to incorporate that dinge

and gone moody and a bit more...
Softer and muted and calming.

I feel like I'm finding my purpose.
Like, I can do interior design.

It's so pretty! Oh, yeah.

A few weeks ago,
I was in my bedroom,

surrounded by my plants in
my parents' house in Kent,

so I'm kind of like,
how did this happen?

But, obviously,
I'm doing something right,

so I'm just going to keep on
doing it and hoping for the best.

Yep. Yep.

As the rooms begin to take shape,
the five-star touches can begin.

So, these are going in the navy bit.
That's the little gallery moment.

I feel like Eric Morecambe!

SHE LAUGHS

Cool. Think that's about
bang-on right.

MONIKA SIGHS

That was...
That was extreme, actually.

They can't be up that wall.
Can't get the staff!

In Joanne's room...
Jeepers creepers. It's only paper.

..bespoke builds are in

and no surface is safe
from her maximalist makeover.

These are lampshades
and they are pheasant feathers.

The Scottish outdoors.

I need to stop rushing because
when I rush, things get sloppy.

This one looks like
it's been in an accident.

It looks like roadkill.

SHE LAUGHS

I have got a lot going on in here,
but it all goes with each other.

That's maximalism.

Da-da!

While Jack's wardrobe-cum-headboard
is taking shape...

Hello! Hiya, Jack.
I've come to have a nose.

..he's in the spa wing,
getting a sneak peek

at how Charlotte's rearranged
her room.

Oh, I like the landscape.
Do you like that? Oh, yes. Yeah.

So you have, erm,
done what I've done...

Yes. ..and put your bed
in the middle of the room.

It just gives you, like,
more space to do things.

I love it. Yeah. You have...
You've done really good.

I really like Charlotte's room.

I love the mural and I love
the colour palette.

I just wondered why you would not
have the bed facing in the view.

Like, I'd want to wake up
and have a cup of tea

and look out on this
incredible landscape,

rather than waking up
and looking at the toilet.

This is, sort of, the inspiration.

For me, this looks like
some sort of rock formation.

I'm, like, staple-gun-happy.

She is bright. She is fun!
She's in the sun.

With pops of colour going in,

Tom's getting a fresh perspective
on his scheme.

The colours were too bright, but
then when we started adding in

the check from the curtain
and the yellow sofa,

all those bright colours
were then moody and dirty,

and all the yellows and whites
were bright, so it did exactly

what I had intended it to do
from the beginning.

I just forgot to trust the journey.

Moments left and the designers
race to complete

their first solo challenge.

My Scottish lobster is now
a golden Scottish lobster.

There's my corner of Scottishness.

Down a bit.

Down a bit.

Here she goes,
in her little, lit-up corner.

So I'm doing fine.
I don't even know why I'm rushing.

I basically just need
to make the bed.

I have no idea how to style
a five-star hotel.

I'm quite happy with it actually.
It looks nice, doesn't it?

TEMI SIGHS

That's me done.

There's a lot going on,
but it all works.

Yeah.

I'll be here if you need me.

HE PANTS

Joining Michelle is a guest judge
who needs little introduction.

Famed for his trademark
use of pattern,

this award-winning interior designer

is no stranger to transforming
commercial spaces.

It's Matthew Williamson.

So, Matthew, here we are in Scotland
and this is a pretty grand hotel.

It's got a wealth of Gothic details.
If I was those designers, I think

I'd feel a little bit daunted
rocking up here.

Yes, it could be daunting,

but at the same time,
I think it's really exciting.

This is really an opportunity
to go for it.

Half of the designers
have been briefed

to design a room for the visitor
seeking a spa retreat,

while the other four are designing
for someone that's maybe after

a more, kind of, quintessential
Scottish outdoors experience. OK.

And, in that, I'm looking for
something a little bit more maximal,

so it's going to be really
interesting to me

how they managed to do that,
while always remembering

that it's all about the location.

It's taking those codes,
but playing with those sensitively

so it's not that, sort of,
obvious cliche.

And it needs to be quality, as well.
I mean, this is a five-star hotel.

I think Michelle is really into
where you put things in a space,

but then she also wants
to see builds,

so I don't know whether
she's going to appreciate that

or say, "You've put the bed
in the wrong place."

OK.

So, this is Charlotte's room. Right.

And, last week,
she put all her energy into, like,

one teeny piece of design
and forgot the sense of the room

that she was trying to devise
completely. OK.

So, walking in, I get the sense
that she's really tried

to make a sense of room,
a whole space this time.

So, a lot of progress there.

I can see what Charlotte's
done there.

She's made a big design decision.

She's changed the position
of the bed and then added,

kind of, sneaky storage behind it,
which is the kind of move

that I'm expecting to see
from our designers. Yeah.

But the tricky bit is that has
then meant she's facing a wall

with nothing on it.
Yeah, exactly.

Whereas, traditionally, you'd put
the bed facing the incredible views.

That thing, isn't it,
of when you design things

on paper, in your head,
on a mood board is one thing.

Then it's coming to the space

and seeing if what you've got
in your mind's eye

is actually going to work in
that three-dimensional space.

I feel like I must applaud
Charlotte's ambition.

I can see what she's really
tried to do here. Right.

She's tried to show me that she can
design as well as decorate,

with the storage unit, with
the kind of dressing table.

Those two design features
are really clever.

I just wish the bed was facing it.

More rooms to see. Shall we?
I'm looking forward to it.

I absolutely love my space.
I'm very proud of myself.

I would happily live there.
Yeah, I'd love to live there.

I mean, I've got a hot tub outside
my window. Who wouldn't?

Well, that's interesting.

So this is Ry's spa room. Ah.

And I'd say he's pretty Zen,
pretty relaxed,

so I imagine this brief
was right up his street.

You definitely get that sense, don't
you, of a relaxed, spa-like space?

I'm loving the playfulness of
this kind of headboard. Mm.

And there's, sort of,
the curvy kind of features

that echoes what I've just seen
on the door over there.

Yeah, it's a really clever
little trick, isn't it?

These organic shapes.

I love the sort of mural behind you.

It's quite a bold statement
of nature indoors.

Well, I have to say, in Ry's first
challenge, he had the design ideas,

but it was a little bit cold... OK.
..and so now I'm kind of seeing

the colour, the texture, the warmth.
So I think by week three,

I'm seeing an improvement that's
very impressive. Absolutely.

I hope the judges feel that sense
of breath in the room

and that it's not too empty,

so I hope that they get
what I was going for.

This is very fresh and bright.
Isn't it just? Yeah, absolutely.

Does not surprise me that Peter
has painted it white, though.

That's very much his vibe. OK.

He was literally like, "Yes!"
When he got the spa brief.

I like the white, though. It makes
all these colours pop somewhat.

I'm liking the fact that I've got
the wallpaper behind the bed

and also kind of reflecting the bed.
That's a nice little bit of,

sort of, unusual symmetry
that I think is quite fun.

It's got a really sculptural,
modern quality to it.

I quite like that art gallery look.
Ever so slightly, for me,

on empty, though.
I don't know whether it's like

I would have liked some kind of
textural big cushions on here

or a little bit more colour and
fancy on the, kind of, grey sofa.

A big flat-lay rug that could have
just, kind of, created this zone

around the bed and under,
kind of lapped the sofa,

would also help, kind of, make
this space feel less empty?

There's just one note more
of richness and warmth

I would have liked to have seen
from him. Yeah.

Are we feeling enough
Scottish influence?

I would say so in a very
contemporary way.

There's clearly a palette
from nature. This is...

It's very simple,
but it's pretty classy.

I wanted you to feel like you're
in nature, that you're calm.

The materials I used
were to reflect that.

It's a calming space, and the minute
you walk through the door,

you'd be quite hard-pressed
not to be at peace.

Where've you gone, Michelle?
I'm here, behind the wafty drapes.

MATTHEW CHUCKLES

But I have to tell you straight off,

Matthew, that Temi is a lawyer.

OK. No kind of professional training
whatsoever in interiors.

Wow. It's just...
It's like her passion project.

OK. That's interesting, isn't it?

What a good job, then,
if she's not done this before.

I'm kind of seeing the relief on
the walls, that she's built things.

Yeah. The tables,
even the headboard.

I love it. I think it's such
a great piece, so unique.

It's nice to see someone do
something with the bed.

I'm not keen on the drapes,

from a very practical point of view
that I can't then see the room. Mm.

It's that thing, isn't it,
about style versus practicality?

I can also see
that she's understanding

about introducing that, kind of,
low-level colour on the skirting,

but then also painted the ceiling
this really beautiful blue colour.

That's the last of our
spa-themed rooms.

Let's go check out something
a little more maximalist.

I really feel like
I've hit the brief.

I feel like I've created
a beautiful-atmosphered space

that is memorable.

Interestingly, Tom has been
a really confident designer,

and I can tell that he's struggled
with this brief. OK.

I mean, it's that thing again
where someone goes,

"Ugh, maximalism is not my vibe,"

but it's just a way of using
your interior design palette.

It's interesting you say
he wasn't keen on it

because he's done a brilliant job.
It feels really high-end to me.

Does it? Cos I'm looking
at this wall and I agree.

I think the bedhead, like that.
Love an oversized headboard.

Really don't like the wallpaper
behind it, though.

That drops the whole thing
down to me

cos we've got these lovely colours
being introduced elsewhere

and the kind of fabric
and texture... Yeah.

..but I find that really...dull
and quite surprising.

There's a kind of language of
colours that starts off one way,

but then throw in gingham curtains -
I'm not getting that at all.

Throw in the yellow
with the orange cushions,

I'm not working with that, as well.

But the things that you don't like,
I quite like those things.

That amazing yellow sofa - that's
quite a bold, confident designer

that knows to put something
like that in this space

to really jolt the eye. I think
the palette's wonderful.

The standard of the designs
is kind of extraordinary,

so I've got to be really diving deep
into what works,

what doesn't work and why.
Yeah, absolutely.

It's got thistles,
it's got the lobster,

and it's got a stag's head
and it's got pheasant feathers.

So, yeah, it really does meet
the brief - and it's maximalist.

Now, I said to Joanne,
I wanted her to go big,

I wanted her to go bold. OK.
She has not disappointed me on that.

No, indeed.

It's big, it's bold, for sure.
Is it good, though?

This brief, maximalism,
it's interesting

because you think
it's all bets off, go for it,

just anything'll work,
and I don't think that's the case.

If you get the tones
and colours right,

yes, you can mix dots and flowers
and stripes and everything,

but if the colours are a bit off,
it won't hang together as well. Mm.

I think there does need to be
a really close dialogue

between all the different elements.

I'm not convinced, for example,
by the shades with the lobster,

the artwork, for example,
as a collective, cohesive story,

I completely agree. Poster,
to me, is not a five-star hotel.

We've got a nod to surrealism
here, which is telling

a completely different story.

What I'm loving, though,
is in week one,

Joanne kind of shopped
rather than designed,

and I see that she's really absorbed
all of those lessons

because she's designed things.

I think there are some moves here
that with time and experience

and more confidence... Yeah.
..she would understand

that she may have gone slightly
in the wrong direction. OK.

I've ended on a high.

And for the first time
for this competition,

I feel quite confident.

Maybe it's because
I have basically

recreated my own home
in a hotel room!

Wowzers.

THEY CHUCKLE

Da-da!

OK.

Interesting.

Going to shock you, though.
I kind of really like it.

That does come as a shock, Michelle.
Explain more. Why?

There's something about
if I'm coming away to a hotel,

I want it to be memorable.

It's big, it's bold.
It's a statement.

She's painted the wardrobe,
she's added wallpaper,

but it does hang together.
She's succeeded.

I totally agree, actually.
The essence, the theme,

the idea, the concept
that she had in her head

makes a lot of sense.
It all stacks up.

I think you're going to love
it or loathe it.

I don't know if I'm in
the love it camp,

and I think that's largely due
to the finish, perhaps, I think.

I'm sensing that Monika has a bit of
an issue with time management.

It's been a little bit of
a consistent theme so far,

but I think that's why some of
the finish isn't quite as polished

as we would have liked.

I think this is a clever build -
building out this whole wall

so that she can kind of sneak
wardrobe space behind it and...

..make a kind of reverse headboard?

I haven't seen any of the other
designers do that.

One more room to see, then.

What I love about the space now
is it feels almost like the room's

bigger but in a much nicer way,
cos it's like a journey.

I'm really chuffed with it.
Really, really chuffed.

Oh, that's a bold statement,
isn't it?

Turning the storage around so it
makes a kind of backboard

for the bed. Yeah. Isn't that
a lovely idea?

I really like that element
of surprise.

When you come in this space,
you don't initially know

what you're going to see.
And then this is revealed.

Yes. Cos it's quite something to
actually not let you see the view,

but then you get little hints of it
with the wallpaper that's kind of

wrapping around us. That's pretty
clever.

Yeah. There's lots of beautiful
things in this space.

It's about the additional detail.

I mean, instead of just giving us
a flat wall, we've kind of got

it articulated with this. The front
of the cupboards

had the mouldings on, so it gives
it, again, kind of its own texture.

We've got multiple textures going on
here. Such lovely finesse

and fine detail touches, exactly
the things you're looking

for in a luxury hotel.

So, Matthew, eight different rooms,
two very different briefs,

eight really different approaches
to the problems.

Absolutely. I think we've got quite
a bit of discussing to do.

Let's do it. OK.

Before the designers return
to Michelle's design studio...

Wow!

..a moment to check out
the competition.

Too many things to look at.

It's gorgeous.
I feel threatened now.

Do you? Yeah.
This makes me worried.

I don't feel threatened.

Do you not? Why? No.

I feel like I've walked into
somebody's living room.

Oh, wow.

I'm instantly calmed.

What do you think of the grass?

I like the grass.

Looks a bit like my hair.

Your hair's a bit more moist,
shall we say?

I don't know whether too much space
has been dedicated to this storage.

I'm not really into this.

Oh.

GASPING

Oh, shit. Peter!

GIGGLING

Oh, how unfortunate.

Is it memorable? Yes.

There's a lobster on the table.
Everyone's going to remember that.

Everyone's going to go, "Oh, I want

"to stay in the room with the gold
lobster." I have to say,

I don't get it, but it's here
and it's making

that room memorable so much. Yeah.

Both our rooms have a similar vibe.

This room feels more woodsy, and my
room feels a bit more...

..refined. Yeah.

HIGH-PITCHED GIGGLING

Right, come on. Come on. Off we go.

Spot of golf! Bloop!

It's results day and with a double
elimination,

nerves are on edge.

Who is one step closer to that
dream contract

and which two designers
will be going home?

How are you feeling, Monika?
Oh, I'm just a ball of nerves.

It never gets easier, does it?
No. Never gets easier.

Yeah, I think it's hit the brief.

It's Scottish, it's outdoors,
it's memorable.

The lobster's memorable, isn't it?

Well, there'll be six of us left
over. I know!

Two's going home.

Selfishly, I feel fine because
I don't think

I'm going to be on the sofa.

This is 50-50 now, literally.
You're either top or bottom.

So, black and white. It's like this
or this.

Yeah. Yeah.

I can't face it again.

If I'm on the sofa, obviously,
I'm going to fight.

You know, it's within me to do that,

so I will try and fight my corner.

Hi, guys!

Ooh! Hello, Alan.

So, what did you think of
Scotland? Did you enjoy it?

ALL: Yes.
It was great.

Four designers today will be taking
the high road

into next week.

However, four of you will be taking
the low road into Michelle's office.

The judges felt all of the rooms
succeeded in meeting the assigned

brief, however, with varying
degrees of success.

Two rooms, though, deserve
a special mention.

Congratulations...

..Ry...

..and Jack.

Well done.

APPLAUSE

Thanks, guys.

Also through are...

..Monika...

Oh, that's a shock.

..and Temi. Oh! I'm so happy.

I'm shocked! Well done.

Thank you.

Sadly, that means Peter
and Charlotte,

and Joanne and Tom...

..Michelle would like to speak to
you all in her office,

and two of you will be leaving
the competition.

Good luck. Thank you. Thanks, Alan.

Well, Tom! Big surprise, Tom. Yeah.

Yeah. There was a reason.
We'll find out what it was.

How do you feel? Oh, I expected it,
so...

How about you, Peter?

Took a risk, and I have to own that
and I will.

Joanne? I'm getting used to it!

Two words. Tom, why?

What's Tom doing in the bottom four?

This challenge was about theming,
and it's a tricky one,

but it is something that designers
have to learn to do.

So, the four people that I've chosen
to come to the sofa, I think

they all really struggled with that.

And Tom has shown us a lot of
confidence before,

but you're only as good as your
last project.

And I think he was scared by
this one.

And Joanne. Poor old Joanne.

Third time lucky.
She's on the sofa again.

Oh, I just love chatting with her.
Yeah!

People really trip up with
maximalism.

They think it's more is more is
more, and I've got to clash.

But you still have to abide by
the rules of design. Flow,

there should be a common language.
And I think that subtlety

was a bit missed by her.

It felt a little random, the
choices, from the poster

to the lobster to the bed linens.

So, I think her journey is about now
trying to home in on her choices.

Now, I really liked Charlotte's
room.

I loved the mural
and that vanity mirror.

That was clever. What's she doing in
the bottom four?

I think she took a risk by moving
the bed cos we found ourselves

standing in that room, redesigning
it in our heads.

And I think, well, that's
not really a good sign

cos it just didn't quite work.

I think she had stuck in her mind
that she'd build that cabinet.

It became quite a dominant piece
in the room,

so there's little room left
to do anything else. Yeah.

So, Peter's back with another
white room.

It's a brave choice to go for white
when everyone else is kind of mining

the depths of colour.

But there's a way to do white
that still has kind of warmth

and texture and kind of feeling,

and I don't think he's quite learnt
that bit yet.

They've all done some brilliant
ideas, I mean. Yeah.

But at this stage already we're
literally debating details.

It's extraordinary, really.

The standard's really high,
isn't it?

Really high.

Hi. Hi.

How do you meld your personal style
with some very specific visual

requests from the client?

And you four are here because while
you did some brilliant things

and had showed me some great ideas,
I got the sense that all four

of you struggled with this very
crucial aspect of the brief.

So, that really is what I want
to talk about.

So, if we start with our two
spa people.

Maybe, Peter, we'll go with you.
Sure.

I knew that you were really excited
by the spa brief.

This is very much talking
to your kind of personal

style, but white.

It was a bold choice. From
a practical point of view,

the ceilings in that room were quite
low, so I wanted white

on the ceilings to make the space
feel fresh and open.

I love those peaceful, calming
kind of aesthetics.

One person's Zen could be another
person's empty.

I really enjoyed your space.

I thought it was really crisp
and clean.

I think we're talking about those
little details, those sort of

extra final layers.

Like, I would have loved a huge rug,
some more cushions, a bit

more dressing on the bed
to give me that luxe feel.

Sure, I appreciate that. Yeah.

So, Charlotte, I feel you also
took a big risk because you decided

to totally reorient your bed.

Do you feel, though, that that
compromised

the way that the room worked?

I hadn't quite appreciated, from
what I'd seen, how good the view is.

I did really toy with the idea,
"Should I be moving this bed?"

But my design was the wardrobes
behind and I just wouldn't have had

enough space to do it that way.

It's a kind of tried and tested
thing, that the bed faces a view

of some sort. It doesn't have to be
a physical view.

So, you had two blank walls.

And that, to me, was the issue.
That even though you had decided

to leave the bed where it was,
it's like, "OK, fine, then give me

"something else to look at."

I knew that that was going to be an
issue, but I just... I took

a risk with that view.

OK. Maximalists.

Joanne, I know that you've
previously described

yourself as a maximalist, so can you
talk me through what is your

understanding of that word as
a style?

I think maximalism is lots of
different patterns and textures

that all work together.

When we were in your room,
it was like, OK, the gold worked

with the headboard, love
the little pompoms around it.

But then if I jump to the bottom
of the bed, if I took that fabric

that you'd draped over the bed
and put it up by the headboard,

the discord is starting. OK.
Then I throw in something else,

it's like, "Oh, no, we've gone
off a little bit more".

Particularly for a hotel as well,

you walk through that door and you
want it to just go,

"Oh, my God, that's so beautiful.

"Ooh, and a little bit of spice."

Not like, "Wow, bling wallpaper
and oh! And oh! And thistles!"

And that's slightly what happened
when we walked into your room.

Tom, I know you were not thrilled
to get that brief.

Maximalism wouldn't be my natural
zone to be working in.

I didn't want to create that sort of
over-the-top, flamboyant atmosphere.

I thought that would be completely
inappropriate for a five-star

hotel in Scotland.
I get that.

But maximalism was quite a key word.
Mm-mm.

Somehow I just detected a kind
of... You kind of went for it,

and then you were like, "Oh, no,
I can't do that."

And then you kind of went for it
and then you pulled back again.

There was that glorious wall
with the tapestry, and I loved

those kind of bruisey colours
with the blue. Flip over here

and suddenly you've added a yellow
sofa, which to my read

was like, "Oh, I've got to go
maximalism.

"I need to do something a bit
louder."

So, is my read of your working

around the room correct?
You're almost correct.

It started off from the yellow sofa.

That was my first purchase.

So, now I need to work this yellow
sofa into the scheme

that I'm creating. So, I think
the curtains and the colours

went together, and the curtains
and the yellow went together,

but I totally get that they maybe
didn't join

in the middle correctly. I think...

I think Michelle and I have
a slightly different opinion

on the space, if I can just say,

because I loved it. I loved that
sofa.

I thought it was so uplifting
and vibrant,

and really necessary in that space.
Yeah.

It was necessary cos he had a big
grey blank wall!

Well, that's balance through
my eyes.

It's a really tough one
this week because as you know,

I'm going to send two of you home.

And I really feel that because
I know how hard you are all working.

The first person I'll be sending
home this week...

..is Joanne.

And I tell you, I have loved
chatting with you every week

because you are growing. I am.
And I have no doubt

that you are going to continue
growing.

You're just learning and learning
and learning.

And it is about kind of
that subtlety

and the precision of a palette,

it's almost like it's the last bit
that you kind of

really need to learn. Well done.
Thank you.

I do feel like I've learnt so much
from you and I've really taken

on board everything that you've
said. So, thank you for that.

So, the second person going home,

and I'm sorry it has to be two...

..is Charlotte.

It's OK. Thank you so much.
I've learnt so much.

It's been such a good experience

and everyone is just so incredible
that...

Yeah, it's been amazing.
So, thank you.

WHISPERING: Bye, love.

You all right? Yeah, I'm fine.

My daughters are going to be...
They already are proud of me.

I've shown them that you can say
"yes" and have adventures and do

the unexpected, and that's
what I want them to do.

So, yeah, I think they're already
proud of me.

There's such a high standard
that I'm quite pleased

with the feedback and I've learnt
from them already.

So, yeah, I'm feeling OK
about going.

Both Charlotte and Joanne
were great.

They've shown me that they can
listen and take on board feedback,

but unfortunately this week
their fellow designers also stepped

up a gear, and they were both just
pipped at the post on details.

Next time...

It's a bit posh!
I feel a little bit out of place.

..the designers hit the high street
and double up...

I can't stand it.

..to transform these shabby shops...

That's good!

..into dazzling destination stores.

Very you. It is me.

Howdy, boys!

You have no what? No confidence
left.

I hope there's World War III
in this shop at some stage.

Oh, shit!