Restoration Workshop
External Rating34%
202060 minEnded

Restoration Workshop

Network:U&Yesterday

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S01E10 - "Episode 10"

Aired on Oct 20, 2020, 7:00 PM

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Description

Buying and selling antiques is a constantly evolving business. To succeed you have to stand out from the crowd. In this world, dealer and expert restorer Gary Wallis is King, and, from their Restoration Yard in picturesque Henley-on-Thames, he and his team are masters at creating high end pieces of art. This series focuses on Gary and his team on their quest to buy items with the hidden potential and turn it into great items with potential.

Details

Status
Ended
Language
English
Runtime
60 min
Premiered
August 18, 2020
Ended
October 20, 2020
Schedule
Tuesday at 8:00 PM

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Episodes (1 Season · 10 Episodes)

Episode 1

Salvage re-inventor Gary restores a stunning Grenadier guard's drum, creates a unique garden feature from a helicopter tripod and re-purposes a vintage car grille into a gleaming design classic.

Aug 18, 2020

60 min

Episode 2

Gary travels to a marine salvage yard and buys an old ship's compass and a grand display cabinet that's now in pieces. He re-invents them into two of his most successful transformations to date.

Aug 25, 2020

60 min

Episode 3

Gary Wallis has the job of re-vamping a pub's interior. He visits an auto-memorabilia auction at Silverstone, creates a chair out of WW2 bomber jackets and gives a Victorian table a new zinc top.

Sep 1, 2020

60 min

Episode 4

Gary visits Kempton Park Autojumble. He buys a tired vintage Moto Guzzi bike and transforms it into stunning display piece. Next Gary and Eric recycle a huge piece of driftwood, turning it into a breath-taking garden bench.

Sep 8, 2020

60 min

Episode 5

Gary visits a vast airplane salvage yard. With some unusual buys in the van, he has his work cut out to re-invent them into design pieces he hopes will fly off the shelf.

Sep 15, 2020

60 min

Episode 6

Gary Wallis visits a grand Victorian school where he's given access to huge cellars full of old treasures. Using what he finds, he creates two formidable pieces of furniture.

Sep 22, 2020

60 min

Episode 7

Salvage reinventor Gary visits an impressive helicopter museum. He buys a helicopter exhaust unit and a set of massive rotor blades and transforms them into remarkable pieces of furniture.

Sep 29, 2020

60 min

Episode 8

Salvage reinventor Gary channels his love of cars to transform a vintage Bentley engine part into a must-have light. He also turns an old icebox into a shining contemporary cabinet.

Oct 6, 2020

60 min

Episode 9

Antiques expert Gary clears a barn full of old treasures. His buys include a weathervane and the wooden sides of a horse-drawn cart, which undergo an amazing reinvention.

Oct 13, 2020

60 min

Episode 10

Gary goes hell-for-leather organising an impressive antiques fair. He buys some military tripods and a vintage truck grille and repurposes them as stunning pieces of furniture.

Oct 20, 2020

60 min

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