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I didn't know the beach was clothing optional.

This week we're in Eastbourne,

and our five designers are hoping to reach new heights

as they reinvigorate five beach chalets

somewhere down there.

We just stopped.

Ooh, no, I don't like this.

Help! Help!

I'm stuck up here!

It's Alan Carr, from the telly!

Welcome to Interior Design Masters.

I'm not joking.

Get me down!

Ten aspiring designers competing for one life-changing contract

to transform a top cocktail bar.

Last time...

It's so beautiful around here. I know!

..the designers hit the high street.

That one should go here.

Despite their differences...

I can't stand it.

..Tom and Temi pulled it out the bag.

This is one coherent design.

You've no what? No confidence left.

Monika missed the mark...

It just doesn't go with anything in the store,

and, to me, it seems a shame.

..but it was Ry...

I can't seem to get rid of the "ooft".

..who failed to put his best foot forward.

It's all about the product.

So I think for that reason, Ry, you're going home.

You're going to be amazing.

Thank you.

We're over halfway through the competition,

and just five designers remain.

Hi, guys. Hello, hello.

Hey, guys. Hey, hey.

I can't believe I made it to week five.

Not in my wildest dreams,

I thought that I will get this far.

I'm excited for the new challenge.

Good. What do you think it will be?

I'm hoping for something a bit smaller.

It would be nice, something a bit more intimate.

I like big. Mm.

Small scares me.

I am feeling wonderful.

I have earned my spot here.

I had another little dip, but I'm doing something right.

So, just got to hang in there.

Jack, it was your first time on the sofa last week.

I know. And I want to...

I want to keep it that way.

Being on the sofa,

yeah, I had my confidence knocked a bit last week.

Hi, guys. ALL: Hi!

Sorry I'm late.

I was at a Man from Del Monte audition.

Ironically, they said no.

Why are you all wearing black? What's up?!

We're in mourning for Ry.

Oh! Who's shocked that Ry went?

He's so good. So good.

Unbelievably shocked. Really shocked.

Really shocked, yes.

And now Charlotte's gone. Ry's gone.

Tom, you're the last of the redheads.

You need to keep going.

You can do this. For the gingers!

I'll do it for the gingers!

Hello!

Hi, Michelle. Hello, everyone.

Oh, gosh. And then there were five.

Seems so small. I know.

Speaking of which,

last week we went large on shops.

This week we have the opposite challenge.

Small spaces in need of some big ideas.

Because I am sending you to Eastbourne, the seaside town,

where you will be making over five beach chalets.

Eastbourne, often named the sunniest place in the UK

and home to these elegant 1930s brick built chalets

on the western end of the promenade.

Working solo, each designer must transform

these compact spaces into multifunctional seaside retreats

with areas to eat, socialise and relax.

But these are no ordinary beach huts.

These were purpose built in the 1930s.

But they do need a little bit of love and attention now

to bring them back to their former glory.

Also, each one is individually tenanted,

so each of you will have a different brief -

but typically in a small space, storage is key.

So I'm really looking for that marriage of practicality

with the personal.

And helping me judge this week is interior design

royalty, the one and only Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

A big personality in a small space! There we go!

And at the end of the challenge, as you all know,

the weakest designers will be on the sofa,

and, sadly, one of you will be leaving the competition.

Good luck. Thank you.

Thank you. Thanks.

Ooh... Small spaces.

Beach chalet.

Yeah, I'm vibing it.

So when I think about beach chalets,

I kind of think of just an endless row of colourful doors.

And now that I think about it,

I hope that I can paint the door black.

I really want to do that.

Eastbourne. I love Eastbourne.

It's all new to me.

Another new town for Peter. Another new town for me.

We don't have many beach huts in Belfast or Northern Ireland,

so I'm kind of thinking, like, garden shed at the minute

and by the sounds of things, they're as small as that,

but I hope they're a bit sturdier.

Beach chalets.

Get over yourself, Michelle.

It's beach huts. Why are they chalets?

No, that is actually what they're called.

They were built by the council in the 1930s.

So these are, like, they're brick little houses.

They've got a little terrace.

They're really permanent fixtures. They're gorgeous.

Oh, that's nice!

Do you want them to sort of be inspired

by the scenery down there?

Because you've got those chalk cliffs,

you've got that gorgeous beach.

How much of that are you hoping for them to put into their design?

I think location is everything.

So to kind of turn your back on it, I think would be a bit of madness.

And these are small spaces, aren't they?

If it's going to be a place to eat, drink, socialise and sunbathe,

that's a lot of storage.

Where are they going to put it all?

Well, therein lies the challenge.

I mean, these spaces have got to work really hard,

but I really don't want to see them full of like, tricks and gadgetry.

You want to sort of go back to basics,

but you want a sort of hint of luxury, don't you?

That's it. Absolutely.

So, let's go to the seaside! I can't wait.

I've got my budgie smugglers and me chip fat.

Bring it on!

Oh, it's gorgeous.

So English seaside.

I love it.

Situated right on Eastbourne Beach

are five chalets in need of a revamp.

Whoa!

This is cute -

but it's so tiny.

Each measuring just under 2.5 metres squared...

How am I supposed to fit eight people in here?

..they are the smallest space our designers have faced.

This is the most full my van has been the whole time.

It's, like, chock-a-block.

Working in cramped conditions and a heatwave...

Are you in? Yeah.

..and with a budget of £1,000...

This is going, this is going, this is going.

This is staying.

It's King George in Eastbourne.

..they have just two days to transform their chalets,

both inside and out.

I'm going to do a covered canopy out in the communal terrace.

I actually just worry I'm going to be able to fit everything in.

And, as always, they've each been assigned

a talented team of tradespeople...

Morning, Monika. Hi, hi, hi!

..to turn their concepts into reality.

Are you ready to get started on this huge space?!

Your humble abode.

My humble abode by the seaside.

What's up, Tom? This shelf is bolted on.

Ay, ay, ay.

Tom's client is a water sports enthusiast

with a lot of kit to store.

It's such a small space.

I'm building a banquette seating, and I'm putting a big wall

of storage with wardrobe space for sports equipment.

It needs to pack away

all like a little Russian doll at the end of the day.

Come on, Tom, you've got this!

As well as practical storage solutions,

the client also wants a particular style.

My brief this week is to do a Caribbean beach hut.

For me, the Caribbean is very bright colours, beautiful and hot,

and I'm not those things.

I'm autumn and I'm warm and cosy.

So I'm really nervous about this one.

Whoa! Yay!

A bit of Polyfilla there and it'll be fine!

So my brief is to transform this space into a gin club

for eight people.

Wow! I know.

Wow! Yeah.

Everything is going, including the sink.

New floor, gold ceiling.

Let's do this, then. Let's do it. OK! Crack on.

Awesome!

Monika's chalet is shared by four couples who'd like Art Deco decor

for their gin sampling hub.

I got lucky with the brief that I got.

I can go wild with my love for gold, with some patterns.

And I'm also a big lover of gin.

So that helps.

She may be a lover of gold and gin,

but there's one thing Monika doesn't like.

I hate beaches.

I'm sweating. I'm too hot.

I think, subconsciously, I have created a design

for a beach chalet that has nothing to do with a beach.

So I'm going for a gin club that just happens to be by the sea.

I know it is a bit of a gamble,

but at the same time I know for a fact Michelle hates cliches.

At least that's what I'm thinking.

I love a bit of the sun,

so, actually, I'm just going to move out here.

Make the most of it.

After being on the sofa three times already,

Peter's got a lot to prove this week.

My space is for a multi-generational family that all use it

and come together and socialise.

So it has to accommodate loads of people,

but equally they want it to be a party hub.

So I've got to give them a bit of fun.

Peter's client has requested flamboyant florals

and vibrant colours.

Outside will be painted teal and the inside a warm peach.

Modified camping tables will store away in sleek side cupboards.

Upholstered bench seats will provide storage underneath,

and a big botanical mural will create a focal point.

So these are some, like, bench seating I got from a charity shop.

In my brief, it says that the family really would like

some comfy seating, although I will admit, early on,

I'm looking at it thinking two of these might be a bit much,

but I will see how the space works.

It's definitely a new challenge this week,

because in other weeks I've struggled to fill the space,

whereas this time around

I just need to stand in the space and I've filled it.

So it's a whole new set of challenges.

I'm sewing the cushion cover for my bench seat.

After being part of the winning team with Tom last week...

Oh, what's happened to my needle?

..Temi plans to stay on top with a design for an eco chalet.

The client's really hard working, they're a GP, they volunteer,

they do stuff for the Samaritans, and she's really eco conscious

and this is sort of their escape.

So I just hope that it does feel like escapism for them.

Temi's using beachy tones of blue and green and will create a horizon

line inside the chalet to emulate the sea.

She's got lots of natural materials, including a live wood kitchenette

with pull-out table, a bench seat with storage

and a cargo net which will hang from the ceiling.

Outside, a tiled porch and hammock will complete the look.

Eco chalet wasn't the brief I wanted because in hotels week,

I had gone for quite a natural, organic vibe

and I'm worried about being too samey

and Michelle saying she's seen it before,

so I'm a little bit worried about that.

How pretty is she?

That is lovely. Isn't she lovely? Yeah.

Like Monika, Jack's also going for Art Deco this week.

I do love a ceiling rose, yeah.

I just think that they are just magnifique.

They just add a little bit of extra something to the space,

like, an immediate focal point.

The chalet is rented by Eastbourne's A&E department

for their staff to share.

It's funded for them to come and bring their families,

and sometimes they have, like, work functions here.

It needs to be a multifunctional space

where everything can fold away quite cleverly.

Jack's ceiling rose will be the centre of a mural

featuring eight diving ladies.

Shallow panelled cabinets will provide storage either side

and a kitchen worktop made from reclaimed floorboards

will fit around the existing sink.

NHS colours of blue and white with pops of orange

will bring the whole scheme together.

These are my diving girls, so I've drawn them on this bit,

and I'm going to cut them out and then I'm going to paint them

and they're going to be my Art Deco diving girls on the ceiling.

Jack's hoping his opulent and ambitious scheme

will keep him off the sofa this week.

I think it's the biggest I could have gone

in a small space like this.

I mean, it kind of is like, go big or go home.

And I'm happy to just go big this week.

And hopefully not go home.

But, you know, let's just hope it pays off.

I am a big fan of reusing and repurposing.

For Monika's Gin Club, she's drawing on her upcycling expertise

to transform this vintage sideboard.

So the whole unit is going to be basically the new kitchen

and sink area.

So this is where the hub is going to go.

You'll have a small - well, a still good size area

to prep your food.

And then here, ideally, I want to cut a hole

to put the sink in.

And then inside of this cupboard,

hopefully, is where all the pipework is going to go, ideally.

Monika's the only designer this week to rip out the original sink.

Hey, Phil.

So, I am trying to visualise this... OK.

..and I know that this looks like a tight fit.

Potentially, the sink can fit in the cupboard.

So if we move this,

it won't be sitting on the runner, on that runner block.

Let's cut the hole in the top first...

Yeah. ..and then see what we've got to work with.

The sideboard with the sink is my main worry.

I feel like everything else, I can tweak.

If this sink unit won't work, then I might as well pack my bags.

JAMES BOND THEME

Talk about sink or swim.

Ooh! Ooh, me arms ache.

The name's Carr.

Alan Carr.

I think I can see dry land.

Time to spy on some chalets.

Ow! The shingle gets everywhere.

Oh! Right.

Where's those designers?

Ow!

Kiss of life wouldn't have gone amiss!

So I'm just spraying some mirrors to give them a copper effect.

So it's going to be a mirrored backsplash,

but without the cost of a copper mirror backsplash.

HE MIMES

I can't actually hear myself through that.

What are you doing?

Making some copper mirrors, Alan.

Ooh! I'll be blunt, why?

I wanted a distressed sort of copper look... Yeah.

..and my client said she liked repurposing and things like that.

So tell us your brief again. It's eco, isn't it?

Yeah, so, it's eco chalet.

I've got a multifunctional table that's made out of live wood.

Yeah. I've got a cargo net I made with my own hands, Alan.

Oh, my God! Look at those hands. They're swollen.

Oh, look...! Feel them.

Oh, all the callouses. Fisherman's hands.

Oh! And my rope is made of hemp, which means it's degradable -

things like that. Yeah. Yeah. Clever.

So can I help you with one of these?

You can, Alan. Ooh!

Right, so I'll get you to hold the front. Yeah.

And I'll just pop that over your head like so.

I can't see anything, love.

Lovely. That's safety. Thank you.

That's great. I'll put me glasses on.

Right. You're all shaken up.

Shake as you spray.

Shake as you spray. Shake as you spray.

Is that nice?

I mean... It'll do.

I feel bad now. We're going to say goodbye to her.

Yeah, I would as well, love.

All right, Steve? Morning.

Along the beach...

Because there is up to eight people dining in this space,

I'm modifying camping tables.

..Peter's got a compact design plan for his client's big family.

We're giving them new tops.

Sort of like wooden and, like, a lot prettier looking.

Like a new shell. New shell on the top of it? Yeah.

OK. And then it'll open out and we have a dining table

that can do eight people and two benches that can do eight people,

but it'll all pack away in just four tidy little boxes.

Cool.

This is living, like I'm living my...

.."I'm a builder" fantasy with a nail gun!

I've always wanted to have one!

Oh, it's so satisfying.

To transform his chalet into a Caribbean shack,

Tom's giving the outside a splash of colour, and inside some texture.

So I am adding cladding to this interior space

to make it look like a wooden shack.

And this style is called shiplap.

It's from America and it's the way they build their houses

and they always use it in this vertical...

Horizontal? Horizontal way.

In my mind, a shack is, like, you know, where Baby learns to dance

in Dirty Dancing and it's that white and it's a bit sort of like wooden

and it's all been whitewashed that has that feel.

And that's what...

Yeah, that's what I'm trying to make Baby's shack!

HE HUMS TUNE

Cha-cha-cha!

It's halfway through day one.

We're good!

Wow!

Look at that! Like a glove.

It's the NHS, you really don't want to mess this up, do you?

Imagine if one of those divers actually fell off and hit one

of them on the head and they ended up back in hospital.

V big hole.

No big hole! Ta-da!

Oh, lovely.

Yeah. She works. Yeah.

Where'd you get the inspiration for this?

Oh, gosh, I don't know. Um...

Just was inspired one day.

Your beard, was it?

My divers...

I'm really happy with them.

I'm just giving them a light sand, and then I'm going to stencil

the design on and then start painting them.

The idea behind the divers all kind of doing it synchronised

is teamwork and unity.

So the NHS, they work hard and they work hard together

and, yeah, when they're done, they can go up on the ceiling.

Not only are they a deserving client, but there's a bigger reason

why Jack wants to get his design spot on.

I've got like a larger potential relationship with the NHS

because I've got a condition called cystic fibrosis.

Cystic fibrosis is a lung condition.

So generally when people get a cold, they can like, knock it off.

But with cystic fibrosis, it kind of lingers and festers

and becomes like a chest infection and gets nasty really quickly.

I go in and out of hospital quite a lot.

They have, you know, saved my life several times

and I'm very appreciative of that.

So having this to do for them

is definitely like a really wonderful gift to give them

and for them to enjoy.

So, yeah, it's like extra pressure because I want to finish

and I want it to be absolutely bangin'.

In Temi's chalet,

her painter is making progress with the horizon line...

..while outside, she's working on a practical design solution.

This is the privacy screen,

and this beauty here was £1.50 from my local car boot.

It's a bit damaged, but she's going to get a new lease of life

and then she's going to be something really beautiful

that the client can use when they want to get changed.

And even though it's eco, I wanted it to feel sort of a bit high-end.

To pursue her dream of becoming an interior designer,

Temi left her previous job as a lawyer.

I definitely did not think I would make it this far.

This process has been quite difficult for me,

because I felt very much like an underdog,

and, you know, I don't have practical design experience

like some of the others in the competition,

and I think it surprised me how much that would affect my confidence.

So, yeah, I need to be like, "No, you can do this, girl."

So I've sketched out my mural and I'm ready to paint

and I've got my trusty paint brush.

It's actually a make-up brush, but the bristles, the way they move,

they're really dense and the coverage is good.

Vibrant colour is a departure

from Peter's preferred neutral palette.

I am not doing white in a space that white would look so beautiful -

but I want Michelle to walk in there and be wowed.

I want Laurence to love the vibrancy, because that is him.

But, yeah, at the end of the day,

I just do not want to be on that sofa.

Next door...

This is, yeah, Tom's special martini mixture.

..Tom's finished cladding,

and is now trying to make it look weathered.

It's like a cold tea,

and then I've got some wire wool in some vinegar,

and you're meant to put the tea on first

and then put the wire wool vinegar mixture on.

But I've just mixed them together. It's the same diff.

And then if you paint it on wood, raw wood...

..in the magic of science, it changes colour

depending on the tannins in the wood

and different woods change to different colours,

but it can make new wood look like driftwood.

I've done like some grey already here and then I've just been

painting it over in white and I think I'm going to do it

so you can just see a little bit of grey peeping through,

maybe just a tiny bit.

I'm not sure yet. It's still a process.

Yeah.

Hi, Monika.

Oh, hey, Alan! Look at you going all Art Deco.

Well, this entire sideboard is basically a sink

and a kitchen unit.

That thing is actually a camper van sink

that I built into the sideboard.

That's amazing! I didn't even see this!

Yeah! This is ingenious!

I love this. Yay! Thank you.

I'm so happy you like it.

I am fully embracing the gin club vibe, but the thing is,

I know it's a beach chalet... Yeah.

..I'm not really going beachy.

I'm not a summer person.

I am an autumn, winter person.

Do goths enjoy the seaside?

Can you even get black Calippos? No!

No - and look at me, how cheerful I am.

I know, I've never seen you in pink before,

and a cute little strawberry!

I know - I had to,

because I thought if I wear my casual, normal black T-shirt,

I'm going to boil and die here. Yeah!

You know, I would like to finish the chalet.

Monika doesn't like the beach, and that's fine,

but not including any reference to the seaside in a chalet design,

is that a bit of a risk?

Day one draws to a close...

It's going in.

Yes, it is!

I think she's beautiful.

..and the designer's visions are coming to life.

This is cosy!

You would want to sit here, drink some gin, wouldn't you?

I'd prefer a pint. OK, a pint!

Tomorrow's biggest job is first time ever tiling.

Just going to be honest, I am not looking forward to this.

But while some are pleased with their progress...

The space is kind of looking exactly how I wanted it to.

So, yeah, I'm, like, calm tonight.

..others are playing catch up...

Painting, it does take longer than what you would think.

Are you not supposed to stay within the lines?

JACK LAUGHS

..including Jack,

who's spent all day on his elaborate ceiling design.

Tomorrow, I've got to be super on it.

I need to be like clockwork tomorrow.

How are you guys feeling? It's so hot!

This is going to be a killer day.

It's the final day of the challenge in sunny Eastbourne.

You feeling ready for the second day?

Absolutely.

There's a fair bit that still needs doing.

In just 12 hours, the designers will face the judges.

So we need to get all the woodwork finished, please, inside and out.

And then crack on with the piece de la resistance

of my design, the table. The table underneath. Yeah, please.

Loads to do - I'll give you a list. I like a list.

Let's go. Yours is bigger than mine!

Peter? Hola, Alan!

Hola! Hola.

Are you in a holiday mood? Yeah. Are you not feeling it?

I know, it's lovely here. So nice, but it's roasting in here.

I know, it's so hot, I'm getting those Ws under your...

Under your pecs? Yeah.

Pecs - thanks for saying pecs, babes.

So tell us about this mural.

My brief is flamboyant florals, vibrant colours,

and the place where it feels like the party is always happening. So...

Well, hey, this is really out of your comfort zone, isn't it, peach?

Yeah, it's tough trying to stay in that kind of gender neutral palette

because it's being used by the whole family.

There are men and not just women,

and I already have to do florals, which are considered feminine.

So it's a bit of a challenge.

How would you butch up a floral?

This is how you butch up a floral.

This is you being butch? Yeah, I'm trying to lean towards...

..peach!

Yeah, this is too butch.

This is like if Jason Statham was a chalet.

I mean, I think it's too butch.

Peter is a minimalist, and colour really isn't his thing.

He wants his chalet to have universal appeal.

I wonder whether that peachy colour and those florals

might be a bit too feminine?

Next door,

Tom's also out of his colour comfort zone.

Oh, my gosh! Is it right?

Yeah. It's extreme pink.

Flippin' 'eck.

Oh! She's vibrant. She is.

Have you ever been to the Caribbean?

I have not been to the Caribbean.

But do you think this is giving you Caribbean vibes?

No. No?!

Everybody's got an opinion, and that's fine.

There is only one opinion that really counts,

and that's Michelle's.

They wanted colourful! That was the brief.

So I'm giving them colour.

Well, I know - if that's the brief, that's fine.

I am trying to make, basically, a deep frame,

a box that's going to go around this frame.

And then when I apply hinges, this will become a front door

to a small cupboard.

OK.

Honestly, the heat is getting to me.

I feel like I'm slow because I'm just overheated

and there's just still the tiling left and I'm really dreading it

so I can feel that I'm just so stressed.

But at the same time I should do it ASAP,

just in case it goes bad.

Yeah? Yeah, that's bob on.

Yeah, that's great.

With the eight divers finally prepped and painted,

Jack's statement ceiling is taking shape.

The decorator is just currently fanning my ceiling rose,

like sunrays coming off the middle of the ceiling rose

and then coming down the wall.

And we're fanning it because it will just draw the eye

right up to the ceiling.

And it's also helping us to create height.

I think from being on the sofa last week,

it's taught me to, like, just look for the little details

because Michelle obviously looks at the details.

So, yeah, I'm just trying to get everything just so for her.

Yeah? Yeah.

For even more detail, he's adding panelling -

something he's done in every challenge so far.

He's got square panels on his side cabinets

and vertical ones on his kitchen unit.

I think panelling is a good choice for a beach hut.

I mean, most beach huts sort of have like a panelled effect.

I mean, most are made out of wood.

So, to me, it sort of came to me like, I think I should panel.

In Temi's chalet...

Amazing.

..with her horizon line painted, she can now attach her copper tiles.

So I was going to do a mirror backsplash,

but I've kept the original tiles,

because the lady in my brief is pretty obsessed

with the original sink,

and I realised that the tiles

are probably the original tiles as well.

So I decided to create a copper mirror effect

in the changing area.

So it just creates a mirror behind the screen.

It's halfway through day two.

I mean, surely Laurence is going to love this, right?

I need to hide from the sun as much as possible.

So I just thought, I'm going to put up a shade.

Tempted to leave it light,

but I'm wood staining the top of the wood.

First one done. Wow!

Obviously it works...like so.

That's beautiful.

It's super effective. Love it.

In Monika's Gin Club...

Mm...

..she can't put off her dreaded tiling job any longer.

OK, I'm just going to go - I'm just going to go with it.

Not going to talk any more. I'm just going to do it.

And because she's avoiding beach cliches...

It's going on!

..she's gone for glitzy gold tiles.

I think that is it. I think that is tiling.

If that is tiling, that is not as scary as I thought.

In Peter's family bolthole,

it's the moment of truth to see if the bench seat fits.

So the family have these large Edwardian deckchairs

they want to store.

So, that's why there's like this plinth underneath.

The family will be able to store them so that they're out of the way

and they're not encroaching on the floor space.

I didn't want these chairs to be really high.

My feet are dangling, but that's OK.

But it's as long as people don't have to, like,

uncomfortably climb up onto these seats.

That's the goal.

The seating is not perfect.

I wish it was a fraction shorter,

but I brought in these pre-made benches

that were super cost-effective,

and they're super comfy, so it all worked out OK.

With every inch of chalet space precious...

..storage solutions are essential.

Oh, she's everything I ever dreamed of.

Temi is creating a pull-out table that will also store crockery.

I need to get them as many shelves as I can in here. OK.

Jack's adding shelving...

Storage is definitely something that's had to be key in this design.

It's pointless just having a beautiful design

if it's not practical.

..and Tom's constructing a frame with hooks.

So I've got loads of exterior furniture,

so I've put in this so you can store the deckchairs

nice and tidily off the floor.

What's the craic, Jack?

Hi!

That is fantastic.

Do you like it? It's so nice.

It's like a pattern, but it's people, and..

Yeah, it's beautiful.

Thank you.

What's this for?

Just panelling for a bit of va-va-voom. Yeah.

Then it's also got storage

on the inside for deckchairs.

It's like the most minimal storage ever. So, it's - boom. Wow.

That is amazing. Really genius.

I wish I'd thought of that.

I'm amazed that he's going to be able to fit things behind there,

but surely he's measured

before he started cutting and hammering,

so I hope it works for him -

but then again, I hope it doesn't.

The end of the challenge is fast approaching...

Too much fine paint work for two days.

..and it's the final push for our designers.

You take a lean. I think that's about right, yeah. Yeah.

But while most of them are flat out...

Do you remember that show Blockbusters? Eh?

Kids today.

..Tom's almost finished.

Oh, I'm pooped, Tom, can I sit down?

Have a seat, love. Oh!

What's that outside? Is it a canopy? Yeah.

Oh... I thought there'd been a murder.

Murder of good taste, clearly! Yeah!

No, no, no, it's lovely.

And I just think shade is a beautiful thing.

Yes. You can sit here,

you can sit out there, you can sit on your terrace.

I've made three spaces.

OK.

You don't seem stressed.

It's almost like you've inhabited the Caribbean.

You know, when you go to the Caribbean and it's dead...

Laid back... Yeah, laid back,

take it easy.

We'll get it done, we'll get it done. Yeah.

Oh, innit lovely?

Outside, the designers are dressing the front of their chalets...

Stephen, could you just tell me if that's the right height, please?

I think that's probably about...

Well, it's about right for my height.

..but Monika has realised she's made a big mistake.

It turns out that I have misunderstood a part of a brief.

There's a whole additional space in front of the chalet

that I can also style.

I only prepared enough to design and style

up until the porch.

I am worried because it's not as impactful

and there's no wow factor when you see it from far away.

A last-minute attempt to hit the brief,

she's found a solution.

I have decided to bring the table and chairs outside.

I am a little bit worried now that bringing the table outside

will make the inside look a little bit empty,

so, yeah, I don't know.

12 minutes left, Steve. OK.

With the clock ticking...

I need to put the hob back, dress the kitchen space.

A lot of things to do still.

..it's a race to the finish line.

I'll do the unwrapping. You do the placing. Thank you.

Oh, it's perfect. Yeah? Thank you.

Yes, here, please. There? Mm-hm.

Oof! Done.

I'm glad that's over.

Thank you.

It's judgment time for the designers' chalets.

So, are you a beach person, Laurence?

Well, as you can plainly see I'm wearing my bathing suit.

Once visited by King George V in 1935,

and now by interior design royalty

Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.

So, Laurence, here we are in Eastbourne

to look at some 1930s beach chalets.

Not beach huts, beach chalets. Mm.

It's a funny concept, this idea of having what's basically a shed

by the beach in which you don't actually live,

but you come to have fun, which is lovely -

so there should be an enormous amount of joy

behind what they're doing.

It's whether our designers understand

that they're not just interior decorating

as if this was a little house,

because although we've got lots of different briefs,

they have to do something that's appropriate for a beach chalet. Mm.

I want it to be practical and durable as well as stylish,

because we've got a lot that they need to pack in here. Mm.

But I really don't want to see loads of kind of pulleys and hoists

and tricksy things and things flapping and folding.

No pressure, then!

I'm super proud of that mural.

It was such an integral part of my design that I had to get it right,

and I think I did.

It would mean so much to get through to the quarterfinals.

I'm doing what I love and I'm walking away every time

proud of what I've achieved,

and I'm just pushing myself and...

That's all I can do.

So, Laurence,

this is Peter's Chalet. Mm.

And so his brief was a very kind of multi-generational,

family-friendly bolthole.

This is lovely. This feels very Mediterranean.

Is there a big lemon business in Eastbourne?

Evidently. Lots of lemon groves?

It does look like it's all very foldable.

When you're using your chalet

then you bring this outside and at the end of the day,

it all folds away and goes indoors, doesn't it? Yeah.

Yeah. I Rather like that. It's nice. Yeah.

Lovely, we'll have a look inside. Yes.

I like the paint treatment.

But if the brief was floral,

I'm sort of surprised by the tropical foliage.

For me, floral is, you know, faded chintzes and cabbage roses.

I think it's got that kind of naive, sort of fun thing to it.

It's very obviously sort of hand-drawn, which I kind of like,

and I'm liking this curve as well.

Somehow that feels... Kind of embraces you a bit, doesn't it?

Voluptuous.

And the fact that you've got this sort of narrower bit here.

I do like this, it's a very simple, straightforward way

to hang a beach chair. Yeah.

Little kind of pegs and sticks.

I think there are a lot of solutions to problems here,

but the whole isn't adding up to something that's really coherent.

And I'm wondering why I've got this enormous banquette.

Enormous and very high.

Even the extraordinary elegant length of you,

and you don't quite touch the ground, I think that's...

It's got a good squidge to it.

I'm imagining you there's room for storage as well underneath,

but I don't think these... No, those aren't going anywhere. No.

And it annoys me that it sticks out beyond the door.

The other thing as well is it seems slightly kind of counterproductive,

slightly weird, that the seating is not actually facing out that way

where we have all of that wonderful sea.

It's a bit kind of railway carriage.

Yes.

I hope I've done enough.

They wanted lots of colour.

They wanted lots of storage.

Have I achieved it?

I've achieved something.

So this is Tom's Chalet for a watersports enthusiast -

but he really wanted a kind of Caribbean beach shack vibe.

Are you feeling that? I love the awning.

These are lovely. I like these,

a bit of vintage deckchair action. Yeah.

There's a lot of storytelling and thought

gone into how it's going to be used.

But is the storytelling telling a story of the Caribbean?

Well, I suppose on a level it's the colours, isn't it?

It's zingy, bright. Mm.

Oh!

First impressions, for me,

there is a lot of stuff here.

Big cabinet,

chairs, legs to trip over.

I'm wondering if all of that stuff

is somehow going to fold and hang itself away seamlessly inside.

I think it's going to end up

looking like a furniture repository if it does.

I feel that it's been treated like a little house.

I'm just a bit like, "Why would you put a great big wardrobe

in such a teeny tiny space?"

I don't know, but I really like the seating.

I think this does work

and I feel guilty because I'm the only one that's enjoying it.

You know, I could have a couple of friends around

and we could be sitting here really very nicely.

But the L really helps that, doesn't it? Yeah, yeah.

At least you can all get round that table.

So there's a nice bit of analysis there - and even looks out to sea.

Also, I like the fact that the seating

is not obstructing the doorway.

I think you need that free flow.

It's also multifunctional.

I do believe we can lift that

and there's extra storage behind it.

You look very comfortable.

I'm lounging like a lizard.

Onwards.

I'm not overly happy with my space.

I thought I would be,

but that additional communal area kind of threw me off a little bit,

and so it just feels like something's missing.

Whoo!

So this is Monika's chalet,

and she has designed a gin chalet.

I'm feeling sophistication.

I have to say I love this. Mm.

This feels '30s to me.

I think it probably almost certainly is bang on 1930s.

And they were very clever,

because it's even got a little cupboard door here

in which you could keep chairs.

It has got that kind of slightly fun, OTT, cocktaily club thing.

I really like the colour palette.

It's very cooling. Mm.

It's just down to, is it working and is it fitting right here,

right now where we are?

Yes. Does it feel appropriate for a beach chalet?

I mean, I love the colours, too,

less enthused, slightly, about the kind of the gold ceiling,

but it's quite fun. I don't mind it.

I love the floor. Mm.

That kind of tile-effect vinyl because it's... Yeah.

it's going to be nice and practical.

I actually kind of love this -

although I slightly mourn the ripping out of the original sink,

but I get why she would have done that. Mm.

I think we should hero this a bit,

because there's always this knee jerk

when you think about upcycling old furniture,

that it's going to be something rustic

and it's going to end up as something rustic.

Actually, we've got a good old-fashioned bit of repro

which has been reconfigured into this basin unit.

I really like that. That's rather lovely.

But then I'm wondering why I've got a bog-standard kitchen unit

here and then a little trio of things.

There's like - there's sort of... There's an itty-bitty-ness to this

that kind of disturbs me.

You've got two tiny, little shelves there

with a little bit of trim added to them, a few kind of hooks,

and I think that is the thing that I'm feeling across these chalets,

is when the stuff that your eye kind of goes,

"Oh, gosh, that's quite something.

"Oh, there's something else over here,"

that's when it's starting not to work,

because the space simply isn't big enough to hold it.

Mm. It has to feel just slightly more seamless.

Yeah, it's a bit sort of junk shoppy.

A bit kind of, "Oh, I need something for the corner." I completely agree.

Let's check out next door.

Oh, I hope there's gin!

I am quite chuffed with my Art Deco chalet.

It all came together in the end.

It was a bit of a mad rush.

If the chalet got me to the quarterfinals,

I'd feel very, very happy, I'd feel very chuffed.

But you just never know.

This is interesting because I can see

there's an enormous amount of design in here.

This is a very architectural,

very buildy scheme.

I like this.

That's where I'm going to hide all these chairs.

The simplicity of the layout, I think, does work.

I love the old ladder for a sort of towel rail.

We've got one nice kind of solid kitchen unit

and then this furniture can go inside or out -

but I'm surprised at what he's done with the shelves,

because they're so kind of miniature.

Yeah. If you were going to do this, let's fill the whole thing. Mm.

And there's a lot of decoration, isn't there?

Well, this is it.

It's a technicolour blockbuster of interior design.

It's got such heart and passion.

We've got the synchronised swimmers,

which are frightfully, frightfully Art Deco.

And everywhere you look, there's a reference.

So these sort of stepped architraves around the window.

These are almost Odeon Cinema panels down here,

and then you suddenly sort of swerve

off into a different direction and you've got the slats

on the front of the cupboards,

which are telling a very different story altogether.

No, I agree.

I mean, I think the ceiling is, you know, it's beautiful.

It's quite splendid.

There's so much work that's gone into that.

And I do like the fact that he's taken those details

and carried it through right down to the window frame.

But then I'm starting to lose him a bit

when we've got it even on the shelves, it's like a little bit,

"OK, we got the message."

Why keep hammering it home?

You know, it's just going to get a bit too much going on in here

for such a simple little space. Yeah.

The strength of knowing when to stop.

And I think that's something

that really, really, really comes into the success

of doing a small space.

Here it's so concentrated.

It's so focused.

Everything has to work. Yeah.

I think I probably will be on the sofa.

I just feel that I could have showcased my design ability

a lot more with a different brief,

but I just hope that Michelle can see

that it's meant to be simple and about nature and rustic,

and that's what I was trying to bring to the chalet.

It feels clean and beachy to me with the kind of blues, as well,

because it's not just one blue,

we've got several blues going on there.

Love the chairs, it's very simple.

That's my first impressions. Yeah.

I'm going to go further with simple.

I like it because it's quite understated

and respectful.

Ah!

Ooh.

Maybe it's the colours, maybe it's the lack of too much stuff,

but this one feels super spacious.

It feels super beach chalet, as well -

and there's some really nice detail.

I love the fact that there's a changing screen -

and that feels so nice.

You know, this pulls out, doesn't it?

Not very conveniently.

It's designed to fit snugly, which it does.

Ah, there we go. OK.

I just think that's clever and nice,

because sometimes furniture that folds and clicks away,

you look at it and think, "Oh, OK, that's a bit strange,"

but it actually works really nicely as a complete unit.

And I would imagine that that could then come out and act as a table.

You bring the chairs in, or these chairs,

so you do have space in here for the entire family.

I think there's a lot of design authorship going on.

The big thing is this line,

the horizon that keeps everything grounded and centred.

The simplicity of just putting that wooden panelling there,

which just leads completely into it,

and then painting it the same colour,

just becomes seamless -

and, as you said, taking that line around,

they're just such easy things to do,

but they really work, they make all the difference.

Well, lots to discuss.

Onwards.

While Michelle weighs up her decision,

the designers check out their rivals.

Love the colours.

Big colours. Yeah.

You're not so sure!

THEY GIGGLE

That is beautiful.

It's so over the top!

It's just great.

It's so Jack. Yeah.

I was going to question his furniture a tiny bit

because there's so much of it.

I was kind of like, where's it going to go?

OK, now that you mention it, gosh,

is it all actually going to fit in here?

Da-da-da!

Da-da-da...!

That's nice.

Yeah. Her space feels really big.

It feels ma-hoo-sive.

Yeah, she's really left a huge space.

It feels like a family space. It does.

He's done such a good job of hitting his brief, I think. Yeah.

OK, now I'm definitely worried. Same.

Let's just go.

TEMI LAUGHS

With a place in the quarterfinals at stake,

the designers are back

in the studio to hear their fate.

I almost don't want to know what Michelle's got to say.

If I could just stay in this nice, blissful ignorance for a bit longer,

that'd be great.

How's everyone feeling?

A bit nervous this week.

Yeah.

My space is so different than all the other spaces.

The beach vibe isn't there.

It's darker and...

..a bit more empty and so...

..yeah, this might be it.

Hi, guys.

ALL: Hi, Alan.

Did you enjoy the seaside?

Yeah. Had a lovely time.

Wasn't it hot?

It was so hot. It was so hot.

So hot I swear I saw a seagull lay a hard boiled egg,

honestly, I swear.

Well, listen, let me put you all out of your misery.

This is what Laurence and Michelle thought of your designs.

They thought there was one chalet

that stood out from all the rest.

It had a design that showed strength in simplicity

while embracing the surroundings.

Congratulations...

..Temi, you're through to next week.

Yay!

Well done, babes.

I can't believe it!

I'm over the absolute moon.

No more Miss Unconfident.

In it to win it!

Sadly, that means Michelle would like to see all of you on the sofa.

And you know this,

one of you will be going home.

Good luck. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I'm surprised about Peter, though.

I really thought you'd get through. Yeah.

What have you both done?

I've got four traumatised designers in there.

You know, the four people that are going to be on the sofa,

they didn't keep it simple,

and I don't think they were necessarily practical.

I mean, you two must have a heart of stone not to like Jack's chalet.

He's got those gorgeous women diving on the ceiling.

He was doing it for the NHS.

Come on!

You know, there was a lot of uplifting stuff going on,

but a lot of the mistakes he was making,

he would have stopped himself from

if he'd been a little bit more reined in,

a little bit more reserved about what was going on.

But it wasn't coherent. No. Because we loved the panels,

sort of echoing the sort of layering of Art Deco.

But across the kitchen unit,

it was then something completely different. Yes, yes.

And in a small space, which is what Temi got right,

you have to sort of pick a line, pick a single story,

then flow it around the room.

Jack, to his credit, did get the layout right.

We've got that kind of long kitchen unit.

He included the sink

and sort of two symmetrical bits on either side, so good.

In contrast, Peter lay out lots of bits

that there wasn't a coherence, and that banquette was huge.

So it stuck right out into the doorway.

And the more I thought about it,

the more I think that is a really rookie error.

And let's talk about Monika.

Well, you know what?

I'm not sure that maybe beaches is Monika's thing.

No, really?! I'm not sure she actually knows what a chalet is for.

No, she hated the beach.

There was this sense of how practical

and usable is that space going to be?

But the colours were lovely.

I did really like the colours.

Tom's teacher's pet,

and I'm surprised to see him on the sofa.

Why did he mess up this week?

Do you know what? Tom absolutely has real talent,

but he was the one that put a whopping great wardrobe in there.

So cluttered.

Yes, he did, didn't he? Yeah, yeah.

And only four of them can go through to the quarterfinals. Mm.

Hi. Hello. Hi.

Hi.

So you all showed me some individually great ideas.

But when you have a small space,

it really is about taking one line,

whether physically or literally or metaphorically, as a story,

and playing that out over the space

so that when I look through the door,

I can take in the whole thing as one story.

I'm not thinking, "Oh, there's something here

"and something here and something here,"

and that's the reason you four here and not Temi.

So, Jack, if I could start with you,

I appreciated the detail and the level of construction you'd gone to,

wrapping around the wall with all the lovely panelling,

and then the kitchen unit,

then was a completely different kind of panelling,

so why not wrap it all the way around

if you were going to kind of go for it?

I just thought I'd break it up a little bit

so that when you first walked in,

it was a different colour, and a different texture.

I think it would have been probably quite smooth

to have wrapped it all the way around, upon reflection.

I think you were bang on with the layout.

I love the fact that you took the whole of the back of the wall,

made the kitchen, you absorbed the sink into it,

and then the two kind of symmetrical kind of storage panels

on either side, absolutely perfect.

But if you're going to do it, do it consistently. Sure.

So, Monika.

Yes.

I kind of got the feeling that you don't really do beaches.

You just completely rejected the whole idea

of beach chaletness on any level.

Well, reject is a very strong word, but, yes, you're right,

I'm not going to lie,

beach vibe is not my vibe.

And so I didn't really want to put the beach theme inside my chalet

because I felt it's almost unnecessary,

um, because the beach is there, if you know what I mean.

I kind of got that because you did transport me to a gin club,

but then I was like, "Yes, but these people deliberately

"picked a chalet on the beach in Eastbourne,"

and yet that was just completely kind of ignored.

You did absolutely the right thing with that sink.

And there was something really fun about the fact that you upcycled

what was quite a grand looking piece of furniture,

which really very much fitted in

with where you were going. Thank you.

So, Tom. Yes.

You put a rather chunky wardrobe in there.

Yeah, he had so much sports equipment

and I felt like that all had to have a space.

I love the overhead storage because you're acknowledging

this is what this is used for.

I'm not sure that shutting it all away in a wardrobe counts.

OK.

You furnished a chalet as opposed to adapting,

and in a small space you don't want it to feel all cluttered.

Yes. That was a very conventional

wardrobe-shaped and sized piece of furniture. Yeah.

But if that had been much narrower,

you know, if it had gone wider,

you could have probably got a lot more in it.

Peter, you kind of kept the basic layout

of where the original pieces of furniture were,

but did you feel that that seating was rather large?

I did feel it was large, but my brief explained

that the client had two Edwardian deckchairs

that had canopies over the top.

I was considering dropping it down to one seat,

but I still had to store the two large chairs underneath.

But do they have to go underneath?

Was there not somewhere else that they could have gone?

Because you had some great kind of hanging ideas. Yeah.

And there was a kind of beautiful, elegant formality to that doorway

that I think you need to be able to see straight into

and straight out of.

And every time we looked at yours, there's like a bit sticking out,

which instinctively you just want to kind of shove out of the way.

Yeah. But then equally, although I really liked

the kind of - you know, that you'd made the kitchen units

sort of quite sylphlike,

like the curved tops on that.

So that, that sort of really worked. Yeah.

My intention was to free up more floor space

because I knew I had the seating and the storage.

So I tried to make them as narrow as possible,

but still practical,

and I added the wave to give more surface worktop.

See, that's what I mean.

I can see you really thought that through. Yeah.

Give me a little curved edge, even on the seat, so at least I can get

in the door without taking my shins out. Yeah.

And suddenly it's all starting to work better

with that same attention to detail

that you've shown me on the other side of the chalet.

So, wow,

four incredibly talented designers

and I do applaud

the great ideas you all had.

I mean, your heroic ceiling, love the idea of that.

Love the idea of the bespoke folding tables that tucked away.

Love the fact that you upcycled that kind of quite unusual unit.

And the awning was a brilliant idea.

All fantastic individual ideas.

But I think one of the very basic kind of rules of design

is to get the layout,

that basic fundamental layout right,

so to have a piece of furniture

that impedes the architectural integrity

of the chalet...

So I'm so sorry, Peter,

but I think this week you will be our person leaving. Yeah.

OK. Thank you so much.

It was close, Tom,

because he had a whopping great wardrobe in there as well.

But at least I could look through and see everything.

It's the experiential kind of level

that I am going to be really looking for now. OK.

I'm super proud of myself.

I challenged myself and I took risks

and I couldn't have foreseen

how massive this would change my life.

Like, I don't know what's ahead of me, but I absolutely cannot wait.

And, yeah, I'm a designer now.

Peter's had such a great run, but at this stage of the competition,

that was a big mistake in a small space.

Next time...

Wahey!

Kick your legs out, that's how you do it, yeah.

..love is in the air.

Alan, I do.

..as the designers are challenged...

..to transform two wedding lodges...

This just kind of looks like 50 shades of brown.

I can't feel my arms!

Oh, oh, oh, oh...!

..in Rutland's countryside.

I should have brought my wellies. Urgh!