The average family home
contains thousands of items
we don't really need,
and living in all this clutter
is making us miserable.
But imagine if the entire contents
of your home
were laid out before you...
Oh.
This is unbelievable.
..so you could decide what to
keep...
Coffee machine?
I'd get rid of you before I get rid
of that.
..and what to lose.
Mummy, let's get rid of these.
No way. No.
I didn't think it would affect
me as much as it is,
trying to go through our stuff.
I know from experience the joy
that can come
from sorting your life out.
A place dedicated to just organised
snacks.
Are you ready?
And I've assembled a dream team
to help me transform
Britain's most cluttered homes.
BOTH: Iwan!
Why have I got the short straw?
Let's go!
We'll clean... Whoa!
..organise... Put the instructions
on the back.
..and upcycle what the families
already have.
Happy days. Money saved.
Come on! Come on, come on.
Can we completely make over their
homes
without breaking the bank?
Whoa! Ow, my knee!
BIRD CAWS AND STACEY SCREAMS
All in just one week.
Look at it!
LAUGHTER
Wow.
GASPING
Oh, my God!
Sort your life out in seven days.
Whose idea was that?
Oh, it's so pretty up here.
Another week means another family
consumed by their clutter.
Some lovely houses around here,
though.
It's very nice, isn't it?
And, as always, me and the g*ng
cannot wait to get stuck in
In 500 yards,
take the first left.
Can you keep this calm voice
when we're actually trying to
sort the house out today, please?
This time we're on the outskirts
of Truro in West Cornwall.
Hopefully, this is a nice,
easy to Sort Your Life Out
and we can all just go and have some
Cornish pasties at the end.
What a dream!
Oh, there it is, there. Is this
it? Yeah, this one. Ooh!
Oh! Look how cute!
Country cottage style.
Here we are.
Here he is!
Wahey! How are you doing, my man?
Good to see you. You well?
Yes, I'm good. I've never been to
Cornwall. Haven't you?
This is my first time. I don't know
how much you're going to see
of it. No.
HORN BEEPS
Here she is. Oi, oi!
It's a bit tight!
Hi! There we go.
THEY CHEER
All back together! Yes! Again.
Oh, my gosh, how far away
is Cornwall? It's so far.
But it's pretty.
I'm actually so excited. Are you? Me
too.
This house belongs to Sue
and Wayne.
They are both in their 60s.
They've got two children
and according to their
eldest, Harriet,
there's a lifetime of stuff in this
house.
And I think that at this point, Sue
and Wayne
are actually ready to
address it.
OK. Good. So it's going to be a fun
one.
I'll be honest, I don't think fun's
the word that we're going to
describe this. Oh, come on, Dilly!
Well. Ooh.
It's a lot of stuff already.
In this three-bedroom house,
there's a kitchen, office space,
and living room,
all filled with over 30 years of
stuff.
Oh, my goodness.
Oh, wow!
GASPING
I feel like I've just walked
into a museum.
Oh, my God, does anyone else
just love knick-knacks?
I do. No, Dilly's like, "Get me
out of this house!"
There's a lot of ornaments.
Oh, but look at the little owl!
Hello!
OWL SQUEAKS
I am going to get so much
joy out of Dilly in this house.
Dilly is the queen of decluttering.
She's so ruthless.
She is so good at just being like,
"No, it's got to go,"
and detaching any emotion from
the situation.
There's not any clear space,
is there? No.
There's no clear surfaces.
There's no clear surfaces,
there's no structure.
There's nothing to be enjoyed
in here cos you actually
have to really search for it.
It's underneath a load of other
random stuff.
In just 48 hours, all the family's
possessions
will be laid out in a giant
warehouse
so they can decide what to keep
and what can be donated, recycled
or sold for cash.
What I'm scared of is this is only
room one.
LAUGHTER
Agh!
Aw!
Down the hall is the country
style kitchen.
My favourite place, usually.
Oh, Dilly.
Does anybody want a cup of tea? Oh,
wow. Because we've got plenty of
mugs.
What about the aprons? You
definitely need 22 aprons.
Definitely. Oh, yes.
I think they do like baking.
Oh, my goodness, how did I not
even see all the pots and pans?
She's got no counter space.
The problem with all of this stuff
on here
is that, can they even use this?
It's a dumping ground.
The kitchen is the hub of the home.
It needs to be organised.
It needs to flow.
When you're cooking, what can
you get in arm's reach?
What is a hassle to get to?
What can you do to make
that space functional?
Wow.
Next, Dilly and Rob check out one
of the upstairs bedrooms.
OK.
Immediately just clothes, stuff.
This has got to be a child's...
Like, this has got to be their son's
room, right?
Because the son is... Oh, yeah, look
at all of...
I don't know what they look
like. They look a bit like gremlins.
They're a little bit scary-looking.
They're ugly. There's a bit of
organisation going on here.
What do you think this is missing,
though, this drawer set, Rob?
Labels! Labels, well done. Labels!
Oh, my gosh. Faith has been
restored.
Iwan. OK, this looks different.
It's organized. Yeah.
And it's clear. It must be the
daughter. Yeah. It must be her.
And I feel like there's
nothing wrong with this.
We should just shut this door
and try
and finish the rest of the house.
I'm with you.
GASPING
Oh, the shoe situations.
Mum and dad's room is a whole
different story.
What the hell?
Ugh!
LAUGHTER
Oh, my God.
Dilly!
What do you think?
Oh, my..
That is absolutely petrifying.
MIMICS PIG SNORTING
It's like out of a horror movie.
I just love this place.
Look at this wardrobe, Stacey.
How does she find anything
in this wardrobe?
But, Dilly...
DILLY GASPS
..she's busy with her baby.
No. No, no.
No? No.
Looks so real, though.
Put the baby down. Scared we're
going to wake up the baby.
We do need to sort their life out,
but...
..look at all this make-up!
Oh. She's got more make-up than me.
I love her.
I just love her.
GASPING
Oh, my goodness. A balcony!
Oh, what a shame.
I bet they never get out here.
Wow. This is the most beautiful
view ever.
I mean, picturesque, pandemonium.
There is just one room left
for us to look at.
Oh, wow. OK.
You're not going to want to come in.
What is it?
I don't know. I think it's an
office. Holy Moley!
Oh, my goodness. Is this the study?
Are you kidding me? How do they
possibly do any work in here?
What we can see a lot of is arts
and crafts. Can you?
Well, look, cutting, printing.
Look at all the drawers
of little things. The fabrics.
Do you know how long this will take
to organise?
Like, I love arts and crafts so
much.
I have to keep on top of my crafts
more than my children.
Oh, my goodness, who remembers
these phones?
The Motorola Flip. Hello?
Taxi out of Cornwall? Yes, please.
LAUGHTER
We're in a completely different
scenario
than we've ever found ourselves in
before.
This family, they've been collecting
things for 50, 60 years.
This is an amalgamation
of their whole life in their house.
WHISPERS: Here they are.
Oh, here they come.
CHEERING
Hey! Hello! Hi!
Good to see you guys. Oh, and the
dog! Hello.
Are you nervous? A bit nervous.
I know that you've looked at our
house, so I'm like,
"Oh, my God, what are they
thinking?"
What makes you say that?
LAUGHTER
Sue and Wayne have been together
for 34 years.
I met Wayne in 1987.
My first husband had just left me,
gone off with a long-legged blonde,
and I was about to start a new job.
So I started work my name
and Wayne was the first one
to come up to me with a cup of
coffee.
We just gradually sort of got
to know each other.
And in a matter of weeks,
I was in love with her.
He felt like...
..like slipping
into a pair of comfortable slippers.
Right, place your bets.
That's not funny.
Son Alex lives at home and daughter
Harriet often works away.
Mum and dad's passions, they love
going to car-boot sales.
That's literally what they love
doing.
Hiya. All right? Hello, there.
A bad day for them at the car-boot
sale
is when they don't come home
with anything.
Wayne, he loves collecting tea
cards and cigarette cards.
She's very much craft orientated.
Right, this is when we have to move
everything.
Sue's hobby has taken over
an entire room in the house.
Where do you want me to look?
I know it's just gone OTT
in this house
and it needs a real good sort out.
We tried to declutter and we end
up putting most of it back again.
They just keep adding more
and more clutter.
It just sort of makes me a bit
embarrassed to take friends over.
That's the big thing.
They definitely need to break
the habit.
We're at a point now where there is
no more room at all in the house.
And now it's just to the point
where I don't think
they can do it themselves.
This might be one of the hardest
houses that we've ever done,
I'll be completely honest with you.
There's a lot of stuff.
Usually on this process,
we'd say if you can let go of half,
then we can bring it back
and arrange it into like an amazing,
organised, zen space.
I think that 50% might not
even be enough.
It might have to be closer
to like 80%.
So are you ready?
Yeah, very ready. Let's do it.
Let's go.
We need to grab some boxes.
Let's get packing! Let's go. Woohoo!
I don't even know where to start.
This is the thing.
I want us to try and get
your room done in an hour. Easy.
What is in this bureau,
Sue and Wayne?
That stuff there has been there for
30 odd years. 30 years?
When we first moved in here, we came
from a very small house
and we came in here and we said, "My
godfathers, look at all this space!"
But now when you walk into
this house, you don't think,
"Look at all this space," do you?
You think, "Look at all this stuff."
I'm bit embarrassed about it.
And it was only when I was saying
that a few months ago
that my son, Alex, then said,
"Well, why do you think I don't
bring my friends round here?"
And that, I think I was a little bit
of a catalyst. Yeah.
And then you think, "Right, OK,
"so something needs to change it,"
isn't it?
There has to be a change. Yeah.
Oh, this is such a big job!
I've always known this house
to be as it is,
but it has got worse over the years.
Every time I come back, I suggest
to them like,
"Right, let's go on, let's do this."
But because I'm only home sometimes
they'd much rather like spend time
with me doing stuff.
Yeah, they don't want to address it.
Yeah.
What do you think your parents
are going to be like
when they get to the warehouse?
Mum's going to be the tricky one.
OK.
Because she has a lot of
memories attached to certain items.
That is a Christmas present
to a dog that died two years ago.
I think when somebody
has this amount of stuff,
we really need to spend a lot
of time getting to the bottom
of why they're holding on.
Otherwise, letting go and the
letting go process
is going to be impossible.
Those are my two dogs,
and that was my niece painted that,
and I thought, it's such a lovely
thing. That's lovely. It is.
Every ornament tells a story to me.
I shall miss lots of things
in the home that I love
And I know I'm going to have to let
go.
But...
But, hey, someone else will get
the pleasure of them.
I was looking at... Is it a craft
room?
Oh, yeah.
That's so cool.
Your mum's clearly got like a love
and a passion. Yeah, such a passion.
Me and my mum walk
on the beach together,
and you can find some little bits
of sea glass
that have washed up on the beach.
Aw!
And, yeah, me and my mum, we love
to make little like sea glass
pictures, and what we eventually
would love to do is to be able
to sell them online.
Oh, my God, that would be so nice!
And have like a hobby slash
business. Yeah, yeah.
That would be so nice, Harriet.
But at the moment... But how the
hell are you going to do
that in that space? Exactly, yeah.
There's no way.
Right.
Where do we even start in here, Mum?
I feel, oh, my God, you know,
it should just be left it as is.
But then I think about Harriet
and Alex, and I think if we live
in this house till we die,
which is quite likely,
this would all be left for them
to sort.
So really doing it for them.
They hate living in such
a cluttered home.
So I'm glad we're doing it.
We'll get it finished and then
looking forward to tomorrow
and actually deciding
what to let go.
There's a big box for you.
There's a lot of attachment there,
and we're going to see a lot
more upset when we really dig deep.
Why have I got that in here?
We don't have long in the warehouse,
we have two days.
That's not a lot of time to make
decisions
about 30, 40 years'
worth of stuff.
So that's when we're going to see
them crack.
After 12 hours of packing and five
full up van loads,
the last of the Bradshaws'
possessions
finally leave for the warehouse.
Think, we've never been able to do
this before.
Three, two one.
CHEERING
Every single one of the Bradshaws'
possessions are being displayed
in an 11,000 square foot warehouse.
And now the family are on their way
to see them laid out
so that they can decide
on what to keep and what to let go.
Is there a risk
that you're going to like
look at the magazines and think,
"Oh, maybe I will use that?"
And then that will just take
up your time
just like looking through. Yeah,
so you might have to say to me,
"Come on, Mum," you know, "let it
go."
Jeez, look at the size of that!
Wow.
Oh, my God.
Here we go.
Hi! Hello! Hiya!
The only taxi they had, apparently.
LAUGHTER
Every single thing that you own
is in the warehouse.
Today, we are going to try and
reduce it by more than half.
Whenever you need help,
like, I'll be here.
So, are you ready
to go in and have a look?
Really excited. Yes! See what
we're dealing with. Yeah.
Come on in. Woo!
Oh, my God.
Wow.
Look at that. Oh, my goodness.
I can't believe that. Welcome...
..to your house.
Look at it!
Among their belongings are
300 jumpers,
81 fondue forks,
204 lipsticks,
more than 100 knitting needles
and over 600 craft magazines and
books.
To get what you really, really want
out of this process,
we really, really have to like, go
for it today.
This is the most we've ever,
ever seen in a warehouse.
Oh, thank you for that.
We all hold on to stuff. Yeah.
And this is 30 years' worth
of holding on. Mm-hm.
And today we're actually
going to let go, hopefully.
We've organised the Bradshaws'
belongings
into themed sections to make it
easier to see
what they can cut down on...
before deciding if they'll donate,
sell, recycle or keep the items.
And with over 300 ornaments
in their living room alone,
it's a good place to start.
Anything you think that you want
to keep, put in a pile.
This is keeps, yeah? Yeah, that's
keep.
Right, definitely keep.
Right, let's cull.
Yeah. Recycle? No, keep. It's
beautiful.
It is but you've got so many
beautiful things, Sue.
Yeah, but that's a small,
beautiful thing.
And that wraps around the face
of the clock beautifully
on the shelf. OK.
Yeah. That was made in the same
studio as Picasso worked,
and the person that sold that to
me... There's going to be a lot of
this.
..I was able to buy it at a good
price.
And he said, I'll give it
to you cos...
Every single thing, this is going to
happen. So we want to keep this one?
Absolutely, yeah.
There's a story for everything
in this warehouse.
There is not one twig
in that warehouse
that doesn't have a story behind it.
I found that on the beach.
Wow, what a find!
Yeah, it was a find.
I've got a bit of a tree.
Oh, my tree!
Hey, don't throw that away!
Me and my next door neighbour,
Monica,
held a protest under that tree
cos the council wanted to cut it
down.
First of all, we chained
ourselves to the tree.
But the chain, because we're so big
the chain wouldn't fit around us.
LAUGHTER
So we held them chained like this,
right,
and as we were doing it, the council
were cutting the branches
and I just thought, I'll keep
that as a memento.
It is a cool story.
It's going to be a really long day
and it's going to be, you know,
every single thing we're going
to have to sit and talk about.
But if that's what it takes,
then I think it's worth it.
While the family continued to
sort through their belongings,
back at the house...
Wow! How different does this look?
..the team are busy working out
how to transform the Bradshaws'
home.
This is the most amazing
study work space.
By the time we've finished sorting
out in here
and I've built a nice storage
cabinet over here
and some units and shelves,
there's not one part of this room
that she's going to be embarrassed
to show.
This is pretty grotty.
In the living room,
Iwan has a handy trick to tackle
those thick layers of dust
that accumulate over the years.
So because there's so much,
what I'm going to do is actually
just wet my rubber glove and go
round with my hand
to scrape it all up.
Because your glove's wet,
it means that all the dust
and the dog hair
is sticking to your glove.
And I just rinse.
Get your finger involved and go
along the skirting boards.
You might want to take a look
behind your sofa
and see what the situation is there.
And if you find something similar,
this can be a really quick way
to tackle it.
I'll be creating some shallow
shelves under here.
More storage. We're utilising every
square inch of this room.
Once I have these nicely levelled
up, that's when I'll start
working on the units that go above.
We're three hours in...
All this straight in the donate
pile. Good.
What's that? ..and I am having to
keep a close eye on Sue.
Sue, what do you think you're doing?
Mum, take it out your pocket!
But you'd lose that,
wouldn't you? Look. Put it back!
Well, we haven't lost it so far.
She's going, "Oh yeah, let go, let
go."
She's like Fagin.
# Got to pick a pocket or two. #
Walking around the warehouse.
I'm going to have to empty her
pockets before we leave.
We need to sort of take it section
by section.
So I think the ones we keep
need to be in the sort of similar
style. Yeah.
Well, not... I don't think stuff
like that we should keep
because this it comes out
once a year at Christmas.
They're staying, all right? They're
staying. They're staying. And
they're going to sit
in the cupboard till Christmas.
They're going to sit in a cupboard
till Christmas. OK.
I'm starting to see a lot
more of mum and dad.
The jugs will have to stay. You want
that to stay? Why do these have to
stay?
Well, because they pour stuff out.
You want cream
in it or custard in it.
That's what they do. Right, let's
chuck that. We'll chuck this?
Yeah. OK.
I thought this is the only
sort of thing... Well, we have,
but you want to chuck stuff,
let's chuck it.
We've got so much left to do.
Jeez.
Ogre Eater? No, that stays because
that's a '60s iconic thing.
Bingo caller? Ought to stay.
Topple? Topple ought to stay.
That ought to stay because that's
an old '60s robot.
See him? There's a lot staying.
What makes you love game so much?
I think games are fantastic.
We play some great, cracking games
at home,
all of us around the table.
This is a vintage game, here.
This one here, that's in the
'50s.
Growing up, my mother had a great
love for giving our toys away.
So if we put it down, she'd pick
it up and give it away.
And we never had that much
anyway, you know.
If you didn't get
to keep stuff for very long
when you were little, do you think
that makes you want
to keep stuff forever now?
I suppose it might do.
It might do.
I buy them because they remind me
of when I was growing up,
because my mother chucked away
the memory of them.
At the house, the team are working
through a long list of tasks
before the Bradshaws' most loved
possessions return.
I don't think this has been cleaned
in a while.
This is in the bedroom,
so this isn't going to be good
for the quality of the air
in here,
having all this dust
and mildew and whatnot.
I've got a bucket of warm water
here and a few sponges,
and I think because this is so
yucky,
I'm going to add a little
splash of bleach,
just to k*ll anything nasty.
Get right into the corners.
You can use a toothbrush.
Get those little bits out. There we
go. I feel a lot happier now,
knowing that they're going to be
sleeping next to this nice, clean
windowsill.
As well as creating
built-in storage
to help organise all of Sue's
crafts,
Rob has come up with a plan
for a spare wardrobe
that will help set up her craft
business.
What my idea is, is definitely
like this to be used
as a packing station.
Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
Rob, I love it. You're obviously
going to build me more shelves
and put some more rails and
everything like that. Well, yeah.
Well, of course.
Of course, of course.
OK. Oh, look, I can see all my
wrapping paper and all my packaging.
GASPING
Oh, my gosh!
There's nothing more that makes me
feel better than getting something
old and transforming it
into something new
that's even better, even
more functional.
It's why I'm a carpenter.
That's a fitted sheet. We don't need
two of the same colour.
Yeah, that... Let's chuck that.
At the warehouse, there's
still a huge amount
to get through, as Sue goes through
a lifetime of memories.
This section is messy. Oh, my God, I
hadn't looked at this before.
I like to collect old diaries.
This is a diary that I made
when I came down to Cornwall.
See, "Ben came down to Falmouth
tonight.
"We had a really good evening."
Aw. "Visit to Penrhyn car boot."
That's when we started. Oh, my God,
it started in 1990, Sue!
LAUGHTER
There you go. Yeah.
If I had to
save anything in my house,
out of all of these thousands
and thousands of bits here,
I would save this wedding ring.
Aw. He made that, cos he was no
Boy Scout, out of a bit of rope.
You had some tiny fingers, Sue. I
did.
Yeah, because, well, I went on to
have cancer,
so I lost an awful lot of weight. So
I had a little, tiny, tiny fingers.
Everyone that knows me will know
that I had bowel cancer.
I was, what, 32?
And I was told that I only had a 30%
chance of surviving over five years.
Wedding was all set and I knew
something was wrong
because for a few years
I'd been losing weight.
And they did all the tests.
And he said I had the biggest
tumour
he'd had ever found in someone's
stomach. Oh, my God, Sue.
All I knew was that she had
to have an operation.
She never said that she had cancer
and that if they hadn't have
operated then,
her chances of survival were nil.
It's very difficult to talk
about those times.
Very difficult.
Eventually, we got married.
And, of course, I went on to bear
two lovely children,
and that was the happiest
moment of my life,
apart from marrying my Wayne.
I still get checked up on every
five years.
But, yeah, I'm fit and healthy.
When you look back on it now, do
you think maybe that's the reason
why you might hold on to loads of
stuff?
It was certainly why I hung on to
the baby clothes,
which now I look and I think, "Oh,
how silly are you?"
No, it's not silly. You know when
you think, "Oh..."
Yeah. Anyway... It's not silly at
all, Sue.
But, yeah, I'm guilty as charged.
I do hang on to a...
..an awful lot of things. Oh, it's
understandable.
I think there's so many reasons why
people can't let go of things,
and I think that today you can
just see that there's
a number of reasons why Sue can't
let go of stuff.
A huge part of that is that
at very young age,
she thought that her life was over.
And I think for anyone to get
that kind of prognosis
is extremely traumatic,
and that trauma has presented itself
in holding on
to every single moment and every
single memory
because you just never know when
your time is up.
OK, I have to know.
About the baby.
Yeah.
So, like I told you with
the baby clothes,
I just didn't want to throw
them away. I wanted to
remember them as babies.
And so I thought the only way
to display them
is to put them on a baby.
I'm a grown woman and I don't need
a baby doll.
See, that's a good thing.
Yeah, it is.
So you can let this baby...
I'm ready to let her go.
Sorry. She's got to go.
You've been amazing. Mm-hm.
Sue's loved you. Yeah.
It's time to say goodbye.
Bye-bye, baby.
The problem is, I don't
know what to throw away
and what not to do.
I think all of this stuff
from this side should definitely go.
After taking some huge steps
forward,
the family upped the ante.
Yeah, that's it.
But there's still a long way to go.
I don't know what has happened
today, but I feel like we've been
constantly picking up stuff and
loads of it and putting
it in the sell, donate, recycle
piles and then you turn around
and look at the warehouse and it's
as if nothing has changed.
Well done. Don't be disheartened.
Honestly, I do feel like everyone's
worked really hard today.
It is emotional, it is hard work,
but so much more needs to be done.
Yeah. Thank you, Stacey. Aw.
With so much to do and some
of the toughest sections
at the warehouse still to go
through...
Just crazy.
..I'm sending in no-nonsense
Dilly to crack the whip
and get the job finished.
EXHALES SHARPLY
I need to charge myself today.
Come on, come on. You can do this,
Dilly.
Hey. Good morning, lovely family.
Good morning.
Let me just tell you that the fun
bus stopped yesterday
when Stacey left. This is a military
operation today and I am in charge
and I am the lieutenant.
So today is hard hats on.
Yeah? Yeah. Yeah.
We're going to be ruthless.
We're going to keep things we love,
things we really need, things
that are purposeful.
But ultimately it has to be things
we have space for.
So let's start
with the kitchen first.
Big, deep breaths.
OK, with our plate section,
we're going to keep the best sets of
everything.
I can see the best sets.
OK. It's all the Denby.
So why don't we start eating
off the best plates,
not saving them for best and using
them?
I agree. Yeah, I agree. Don't you
think?
Because everything else was
collecting dust inside the
cupboards.
What's the point in waiting
till Christmas?
Every day is an occasion, yeah?
Right. I can't sneak any of them
in my pocket, so...
Were you going to try and sneak a
plate?
LAUGHTER
No, I'm ready to let go.
Right, guys, ten minutes left on
this kitchen.
Let's get rid of them cos
they're ugly.
Right. I've never seen you use this.
If you reckon you'll use it,
we'll keep it,
but I don't think we cut mint
often enough.
If we don't use it, it's going.
I think Mum's starting to struggle
because Dilly is quite strict.
We don't have the luxury of time.
We have today to clear
that warehouse.
I'm pushing them all.
Everyone else is fine with it.
But Sue is... I can already
see her starting to struggle,
so I have to really keep
an eye on Sue today.
But I also have to be a bit
delicate.
Good job, Dad! Look at that.
That's good.
Look at how much less we've got.
We've filtered out all the stuff
that we don't use,
all the stuff that we don't need,
all the things that aren't
purposeful.
So, now, hopefully kitchen life
is going to be a lot easier, right?
Yeah, absolutely.
Back at the house, Rob's
removing the old breakfast bar
because it was using up
too much space.
He's replacing it with a wider,
shallower one
by repurposing an old dining table.
I think all of this together
and the fact that it's made of pine
will work beautifully
in the kitchen.
Once we push this baby back
all the way...
..our countertop will just hang
over.
Which is exactly how I want
it to be.
Hoo!
Upstairs, Iwan's busy cleaning a rug
that needed some serious attention.
So I'm going to run a nice,
warm bath.
I'm not going to go too hot
because I've just spied that this is
a wool pile rug, 100% wool,
so I don't want to be shrinking it
or Sue will k*ll me.
I'm going to pop it in
and we'll give it a good soak.
And, into the bath,
I'm going to add a little bit
of bicarb,
which is a good neutraliser
and one of these washing
detergent pods,
which I feel like
will do it some good.
Get rid of all the grime.
I think a little bit of fabric
softener won't harm
just to get it smelling lovely.
By the colour of this water already,
I think this might be the first
time this rug's had a bath.
Donate. Donate? Donate. Great.
The Bradshaw family are making
progress.
Ready? Yay.
I think you should have done
a bigger...
Taped a bigger square.
All this stuff is spilling out.
But they have left the toughest
section until last.
You've just got to think how
grateful the charity will be.
I know. I know.
I suppose the only time I ever
switch off is crafting.
That's what I love.
If I'm keeping those, I'm willing
to let go of those and those.
All right. Yeah.
That's when I relax and can almost
push everything out in my head.
How life-changing do you think
this is going to be for your mum?
Oh, absolutely.
Like, this is obviously like
the hardest thing ever, isn't it?
Oh, my goodness. Absolutely.
But I think after it, it's going
to be absolutely life-changing.
Yeah. There's so many kits here.
Do you want one of each of the kits?
I need to look at them, Alex.
We don't have time.
OK, so if I...
If I point, then, OK, donate.
Have to be quick with these.
Now, hang on.
What's all this over here?
This is one of each of everything
in that pile. Yeah.
Yeah, but not... These aren't, look.
Those aren't, no,
they're Christmas things.
Do you want to keep them, yeah?
Yeah, I'm sorry.
I'm going to have to go
back through that.
Let me just direct you, then,
all right, if you don't mind?
Yeah? Yeah, yeah.
We do have to be quick, though.
Crafts is a big one for her,
so that's how Mum gets her
happiness.
If something makes them happy,
I don't want to be that one to,
like, bring that down.
So it's a really tricky one.
Do you want to put this in the
"maybe"?
Do you want a "maybe" pile?
I don't want a "maybe" pile,
I want to pick what I want to keep.
But no criticism, no criticism
of what I want to keep. OK?
Is that all right?
So don't criticise.
Yeah, I'm not criticising
what you want to keep.
So many of us will watch our parents
go through this process.
Donate.
Can I swap it with you, Alex?
No, you're all right.
You can... That's all right.
Swap with me.
Yeah, go on, then, right.
Do you want to have a break?
Do you want to have a cup of tea?
I'm OK.
It's hard. You're having to...
Well, the thing is, I'm giving
away my life here.
Yeah, I understand, Mum.
If you can try and do these things
throughout your life,
you're not going to get to this
point because it's the build-up.
It's been a long day, hasn't it?
Yeah, yeah.
I've got to keep these flower
fairies.
I'll put them there, look.
This is 30 years' worth of stuff,
and I think that's what makes
it so hard and so emotional.
Do you know, we're so close.
We're nearly done.
Yeah.
And I think even I felt that today.
It's been an emotional process.
But after a slow start, the family
have worked together
to cut down more than half
of their possessions.
Well done, guys.
I mean, this is amazing.
Look at these piles.
I know that today has been
incredibly hard... Hm-mm.
..especially the last hour or so.
It's going to be worth it,
I promise you.
I'm really proud of all of you.
Well done.
Next time you see your house,
it's going to be life-changingly
different.
Good to see you. You look nice.
All of the kept household
possessions arrived back
at the house,
and we've got 12 hours to get
the place looking shipshape.
How are we going to fit it all in?
We need some time management today.
OK, kitchen, it is.
Let's go. Let's do it!
Dilly starts by creating
the perfect pantry.
A little tip for
when you get near to
the end of your sauce bottles
is this -
old egg box, put these
upside down in the egg box
and then the sauce can just slowly
drip down.
And then, when you come back,
the sauce is ready.
Rob! I need Rob's help with
an idea I've got
for one of Sue's most prized
possessions.
I would love it if you could help me
turn this tree stump into a table.
Yeah. Go on, then, yeah.
So you think it's achievable?
Yes, I do.
Woo! It's possible. It needs to
stand up somehow
because it's a very awkward shape.
So I intend on making the base
out of this. OK.
And our legs out of this.
Let's make a stump table!
Yes, yes! Oh, I love it.
We have quite a lot of sand
and bits and pieces in here,
so I'm just going to pop the nozzle
of the vacuum cleaner in each one
and give them a quick vacuum.
Sometimes Dilly asks me
to sneak her a little croissant in
my backpack,
so I end up doing this with my bag
to get all the crumbs out.
Next door in Alex's room,
I want to jazz up his old wardrobe.
The plan is glue g*n, staple g*n
rattan,
because, instead of having it
all just one flat colour,
I'm going to try and attach
some rattan to the back
so it'll all come through here.
So I removed the centre
wardrobe panel
and I'm cutting the rattan to size.
I'm going to do a line of glue
first.
You're not actually using it
to secure it on firmly.
You're just using it as like a base.
And then you go over it with
the staple g*n.
Look at that beauty! Ha-ha-ha.
I have to hand it to Rob.
He has done the most insane
job in here.
This is going to make Sue
and Harriet's craft business
just so much more enjoyable.
Who wouldn't want everything
beautifully organised,
all in colour?
Because, you know, it's easier
to see
when you're looking for things
craft-wise.
These are old poster containers,
and this is a great way of upcycling
and reusing what you've got.
Rob is making progress with
the tree-stump table.
I've been taking my time
and smoothing that out
so it's nice and flat.
In order for it to be the table,
we had to smooth it down
because it was really uneven.
They've got no shoe storage
here whatsoever,
let alone good shoe storage,
so I've got a couple of tension rods
because life isn't worth living
without a tension rod.
And, basically, what I'm going to do
is fix a higher tension rod,
and then, in front of it,
secure a slightly lower tension rod.
And then I'll lean the shoes on
like so.
So they're inside the bottom
of the wardrobe,
space that they're not using,
we're going to use it
and put all the shoes.
I'm just going to tighten
it a little bit more.
It's going to be fine.
While me and the team crack on
organising the house...
Careful, Sue!
..the items that the family decided
to let go of are being donated...
I see that you need sort of linen
and things like that for the dogs?
Oh, yeah, definitely. Fantastic.
Thank you so much for
thinking of us.
..recycled...
Sorry, there's rather a lot.
..and sold.
Hello. Oh, he's a beauty.
He is a beauty. I like him.
Price-wise, about £30,
something like that for him.
I would be happy with that.
This would not be
what I'd normally go for.
But, again, it's got a good,
good, colourful look... It has.
WAYNE: It's got an attraction to it.
Yeah, yeah.
That would be £25,
something like that.
Oh, gosh, that's brilliant.
Right, we'd better get to
the cash tin, hadn't we?
There we go.
Thank you so much. All right.
It's looking so much better.
Back at the house, Dilly is busy
organising Wayne's new wardrobe.
What I love about these hangers
is that they are actually
really super simple to use.
If you've got lots of trousers
like Wayne has,
you can just slide your trousers on
and then you can fit more in
and just stack them up.
I mean, this is job satisfaction
right here.
Outside, Rob's making a dog bed
using some old wine crates
found in Sue and Wayne's garden.
First, he removes the dividing
compartments
from the frame.
I've added glue in the corner.
Additional pins
help with the strength.
And this here is going to be
the front section of our doggie bed.
Next task is to then join these two
together
to create one large base.
I'm enjoying doing this one,
turning something really old
into something brand-new.
While I'm in heaven organising
Sue's make-up
with a spare oven rack...
Look at that.
It's a thing of beauty.
Like a glove.
..Iwan is using a handy trick
to bring old brassware
back to life.
I'm having a little go at
this old coal bucket,
which has definitely
seen better days.
The good thing about ketchup
is it's something that most of us
have in the home already.
So if you haven't got any
brass-cleaning stuff,
just grab a bottle of ketchup.
Coming up really nicely.
Look at the difference.
I love a vacuum pack.
They're one of the best things
you can use
for storing away seasonal items,
especially knitwear,
because it's big and bulky.
All we need now is our vacuum.
So satisfying! Oh, my goodness,
I love it,
so this is now taking up less space.
Bye-bye. Nicely packed.
No moths can get to it, ah!
Heaven.
In the craft room, I get to organise
the wardrobe that Rob has upcycled.
This is now going to be their
packing station,
so all of her accessories for
packing and wrapping
will go in here.
And then I have got all
their ribbons on a roll
and all their papers and wraps
on a roll.
These, you can just buy
out of any hardware store.
They're just wooden rods.
Or you could, honestly, if you've
got a broom that's broken,
cut it up and use that,
and then we're just going to put
the wood pole
inside those brackets.
And then you've got storage
for all your ribbons, wraps, papers.
So good in here.
I want to work in this shop.
It's not even a shop,
I want to work here.
There's not much time left,
and we still have furniture
to upcycle and so much to organise
before the Bradshaws return home.
It's getting to that time of the day
when you don't know whether
to laugh or cry
because there is nothing
in this house
that is finished or done.
Every single room still needs
a lot of help.
It's trying to fit all of that stuff
back in
on top of making it look nice
as well,
because you're like, "Oh, yeah,
"we've actually got to make
this look nice."
We can't just shove it away
in drawers.
We've got to organise it properly
and change their way of life
because that's
what they're looking for.
There's so much pressure,
isn't there? So much pressure.
So I feel like,
shall we tackle a room each?
And, hopefully,
in a few hours' time,
we can all get together and go,
"Right. What's left?"
Yeah, OK. OK.
It's going to be fun.
Stop it. You're stressing me out.
We're going to be fine.
We're going to be fine.
Where are the seats
for the chairs?
Knock, knock! Oh, hi!
Wow.
Is this what you had in mind?
How cool is that?
Yeah? Oh, Rob, I love it!
Let's put the lamp somewhere nice.
There's just not enough space
for everything.
Stacey, you sound like you need
a drink.
I probably do.
Well, would you like something
from my bar?
Did you make that? Oh, I love that!
A little 1970s Cherry B?
Or would you like a Babycham?
That is amazing.
Happy hour's over.
Right, come on, we'll bring
our c*ck with us.
Here's a final push
in the craft room
to get us across that finish line.
I can carry on here, but
I definitely need someone working
on the packing station.
I also need someone working on
this chest of drawers.
They're not going to recognise
this room.
They are NOT going to recognise it.
No, no, put them on top.
On top, yeah? Yeah, yeah.
This is organisation heaven.
Can we put these somewhere?
What's our time saying, then?
Ten minutes.
Oh, crikey, that's not a lot of
time!
Has anyone seen
the lids to my jars?
Nearly there.
Three, two, one!
Is that it? That's it! Yay!
Oh, what a task!
But it's completed.
I mean, that was the hardest
one ever.
But the best one ever!
The best one ever!
It's done, it's actually done.
I cannot believe we actually did it.
There's still so much stuff,
but it is organised. It's a weight.
I am so, so happy.
I think everyone's worked so hard.
Well done, team, honestly!
I think, yeah.
It's all the stuff
that they absolutely love.
They can now see it all.
They know where everything is.
If they want to access something,
then it's there and available
and they can get to it.
So, hopefully, they're happy
tomorrow.
I can't wait to go to bed.
Harriet's been called away
with work,
but Sue, Wayne and Alex
are about to see if we've managed
to transform their home
in just one week.
I feel like this house is
the ultimate example of
decluttering.
This is like a real collector's
house
and the first time we've ever
had to
actually organise things
that are from 300 different places.
I'm nervous, I'm actually
so nervous.
Hello, Stacey! Hello, Wayne!
So this is it.
Yeah! This is the moment of truth.
Yeah.
Are you ready to go in?
We are. Yes.
All right. Well, let's have a look.
Yeah! Let's find out!
Come on, then!
OK. Whoa.
We can actually open the doorway.
I'm going to take you into
the living room first.
Are you ready? No. Me neither!
OK, here we go.
Oh, wow! Look at that!
This is your living room.
Oh, my God.
The living room has been stripped
of excess trinkets and furniture,
allowing for maximum floor space.
Special collectables have now
been given pride of place
so they can be fully appreciated.
Look at my piece of wood!
That's really nice, isn't it?
Look at that.
So Rob made it into a table
and it's all been finished
and polished and sanded,
so you can actually use it
as a functional table.
Look at... Is that Maggie's
bed, look? Oh, wow!
We decided to make Maggie a dog bed.
Oh, Maggie will love that.
That's it. Come on! Good girl.
You had so many amazing pieces
of furniture,
and just finding them was a joy.
I love this cabinet.
You were not taking advantage
of this cabinet before.
So... Oh, no, don't open the door,
it'll all fall out!
Oh! Oh, wow!
Goodness.
The perfect drinks cabinet.
That is, isn't it?
It's the first time it's been
fixed for a long time as well.
I can't wait to see the rest!
Shall we go to the kitchen?
Yes. I don't think there's anything
you can do to the kitchen.
Oh, trust me, there is.
Are you ready? Yes.
Here we go.
Welcome to your kitchen. Oh, man!
Geez! Wow! This is amazing!
The kitchen used to be overrun
with crockery, cutlery
and appliances, but we've
decluttered,
organised and found homes
for everything,
so the family can make the most
of their work surfaces.
Do you know, it looks bigger?
Look what they've done!
Yeah, what was that?
That was... Oh, my goodness!
In your office, you had a broken
table.
So we... Rob, again...
Incredible Rob made your breakfast
bar square rather than...
Because it was coming right up to
the seating. It was sticking out.
Oh, wow!
That is stunning, isn't it?
Yes.
You can just get to everything now.
And then, Dilly spent a lot of time.
I know what Dilly's like,
there's probably one can of beans
in there, is there?
No.
Oh, wow!
You've got lots of cans in there!
Oh!
No! Look at that!
You have a proper
functional pantry now.
It's beautiful.
Look, Wayne, it's all labelled up,
herbs and seeds, baking.
That's Dilly for you.
She loves that. Oh, my goodness!
I feel as though I could
have a dance in here.
You can, Sue!
Woo!
Do you want to go up the stairs?
Yeah. Yeah? Yeah.
First, I'm going to show
Alex his new room.
Oh, man, look at this!
Oh!
I'm well chuffed! Oh!
Oh, geez!
Your room is huge!
I did not realise... Me neither!
Look at this! Look at... Geez!
Alex used to have a messy, gloomy
bedroom
overrun with clutter accumulated
since his teens.
Now it is bright and spacious
with areas for him to work
and chill out.
So we've upcycled.
I did... I made these!
I thought you had such
a nice wardrobe.
Well, you've made them look
ten times better.
Look at this.
You made them ten times better
inside, because...
Oh, nice.
Everything is organised.
I'm chuffed to bits.
This is the best room
in the house so far.
I'm so chuffed. I feel, like,
happy bringing people in here now.
Absolutely brilliant.
I'm chuffed to bits.
Welcome to your bedroom!
Oh, it's changed!
There's so much room, isn't it?
Hey, look how much room! How's that?
Oh, my goodness!
We've never, ever had the bed there.
Never.
And, look, the bedroom chairs
have managed to find the bedroom.
You could barely swing a cat
in Sue and Wayne's bedroom
with the mounds of clothes,
shoes, bags and jewellery.
But their declutter has given them
valuable space back,
so the room is now a destination
for relaxation.
You've got a wardrobe each.
That's been painted very nicely.
We have painted them.
Sue, all of your clothes are
in there and organised.
Oh!
I can't pretend that,
you know, in 30 years...
Wayne, your wardrobe.
All your shoes are down there.
Well, before, that wasn't possible,
because, from the floor to right
up here
was just piles of clothes.
Piles of clothes.
So now you know exactly
what you've got,
and, hopefully, you'll actually be
able to wear it.
Absolutely.
Thank you very much, Stacey.
Oh, no, don't be silly!
I appreciate that.
And, look, all your drawers are
organised.
Ha-ha-ha, ha! No!
I sorted all your make-up out!
That is such a brilliant idea,
isn't it?
It's so, like, feminine.
I just feel like a proper lady
sitting there. You deserve it.
And now that we've cleared
the whole floor space...
Yeah. ..you can actually
get out onto your balcony.
Oh, my goodness.
It's the most unbelievable view
I have ever seen from a bedroom,
and...
And now it's all ours!
Look at this, Wayne!
I see it. Look at that.
Absolutely beautiful.
I think we've fallen back in love
with our home again. Absolutely.
There's just one more room
to show the family.
Their study, which was previously
a non-functioning dumping ground
full to the rafters with Sue's
crafting materials.
Come on. I'm too excited.
I'm keeping my eyes closed
this time, all right?
OK. Just tell me when to open them.
Open them now if you want, Sue.
And come in...
Oh, man! ..to your craft station...
Look at the size of it!
..and office.
Aw...
SUE CRIES
It's so peaceful!
It's so... Thank you so much!
Sue can now see all of her bits
and pieces
and has clear surfaces to work on.
I tasked Rob with building this.
Yeah, that's so good.
He built this, and I tried to get as
many compartments as possible
so I could organise all of your
crafts
and make sure that you could see
everything that you've got.
And now you have a proper working
station,
so all your tools are on here.
I can't believe it!
That's absolutely stupendous,
isn't it?
Oh, my God! Look at that.
Thank you, Tracy.... Stacey!
The least you could do is get my...
I'm joking! We'll be all right.
What I want to do is stand here
and stare at the beauty of this.
Wasn't this wardrobe here?
OK. We've got a wardrobe.
So this was actually in yours
and Wayne's bedroom. Yeah.
Rob had some very clever ideas
and thought we could turn
it into a packing station.
Oh, wow! Wow!
So when you've made any of your bits
and you want to send them off
and somebody bought something...
Christmas presents.
..or commissioned something,
then you lift up this table,
pull out this drawer. Look at that!
Oh, my goodness.
And now you've got all your wrapping
papers, tissue papers,
ribbons, tapes, scissors.
WAYNE: That's a beautiful idea!
Oh, how clever is that?
Hopefully, now, you will actually
get to do
what you've always dreamed of doing,
which is making a business
out of the thing that you love.
When Harriet comes back from this
job and she sees this,
she's going to...
Well, she's not going to believe it.
Literally, from the bottom
of our heart,
we thank you. I'm so happy!
Thank you.
And I feel as though, you know,
life is starting again.
It's like a new chapter for us
and it's just brilliant!
Shall we have a drink in the drinks
cabinet? Yeah.
Yeah!
CHEERING
Oh! Thank you so much!
You're welcome!
Are you happy? Happy doesn't
describe it! ROB: Come here!
I am just delighted, honestly!
I'm so happy.
That was the hardest, toughest
and most emotional, but most
exciting home we have been in.
Whoa! We smashed it.
Here's to our new house.
WAYNE: Cheers to all those who
made it happen!
Thanks, love.
It's made us really change
the way that we live.
We never even went out on the
balcony before. We never went on it.
And every time since,
we've been on the balcony
and made some comment about the bay.
You can see the church
we got married in. Look.
We still go to the car-boot sales.
But anything we buy now
at the car-boot sale...
Has to have a purpose.
Yeah, when I wavered in
a charity shop recently,
I saw something, Wayne said,
"Do you love it? Do you need it?"
Every time I walk into
my craft room,
I see things that I haven't
seen for years.
I can just see everything
at my fingertips now,
which is wonderful.
I can't wait to come home, Mum,
so we can do our crafts
in the craft room.
Oh, I've got so much to show you.
I'd say we've fallen back
in love with our home.
Absolutely.
We've lived in it for over 30 years,
and, hopefully, we'll get
another 30 years out of it.
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