The Repair Shop: LIFE IN THE BARN: The Inside Stories from the Experts

by Elizabeth Wilhide, Jay Blades (Foreword by), Jayne Dowle

Overview

'Heartwarming, magical and uplifting'

In today's throwaway culture, there's a counter movement growing that urges us to 'make do and mend'. The BBC's BAFTA Award winning The Repair Shop has brought this waste-conscious message to an even wider audience, with its regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone, cementing itself as a classic series in the vein of Antiques Roadshow.

This new book concentrates on the show's much-loved experts, including woodworker and furniture restorer Will Kirk, clock restorer Steve Fletcher, metalworker Dominic Chinea, silversmith Brenton West, leatherworker Suzie Fletcher, upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary, and seamstresses Julie Tatchell & Amanda Middleditch - aka The Teddy Bear Ladies. Each of the experts shares their own stories and their repairs, capturing in the process the magic and ethos of the barn. Includes quotations and Q & As from the experts as well as Jay Blades on some unique restoration collaborations.

With the focus on the experts themselves, readers will feel as though they're stepping straight into the 'workshop of dreams' and experiencing first hand the magic of the barn.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781914239786
Publisher:	Octopus
Publication date:	10/13/2022
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	733,721
File size:	17 MB
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About the Author

Elizabeth Wilhide (Author)
Elizabeth Wilhide is a leading expert on design and interiors. She has written numerous books on the subject, including William Morris: Décor and Design, Pattern Design and The Great Pottery Throw Down.

Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold, back to life.

In his Foreword, Jay Blades explains the unique magic of the Repair Shop barn, then each of the expert craftspeople reveal the inside stories of their craft and the repairs of treasured possessions that keep family history live using their heritage craft skills.

As a heartwarming and uplifting antidote to throwaway culture,the BBC's BAFTA Award Winning The Repair Shop has become essential TV viewing across the generations and has established itself as a firm favourite with viewers.

Instagram: @therepairshop.tv

An ambassador of the Prince's Foundation and Co-Chair of Heritage Crafts, Jay is a furniture restorer, author, and TV presenter, best known for his role as host of the BBC One prime time hit show, The Repair Shop.

In 2021, Jay published his first book Making It: How Love, Kindness and Community Helped Me repair My Life, an instant Sunday Times bestseller. His second book, Jay's DIY Bible: How To Repair and Refresh Your Home was published in 2022, and his third, Life Lessons, was published in September 2023.

In 2023, Jay and The Repair Shop team won a Bafta in the Daytime category for The Repair Shop: A Royal Visit. Jay is First Chancellor of Buckinghamshire New University and was appointed an MBE in the 2021 Birthday Honours. He recently appeared on Radio 4's Desert Island Discs. Jay grew up in Hackney and lives in Shropshire.

Elizabeth Wilhide is a leading expert on design and interiors. She has written numerous books on the subject, including William Morris: Décor and Design, Pattern Design and The Great Pottery Throw Down.

Enter a workshop filled with expert craftspeople as they bring loved pieces of family history and the memories they hold, back to life.

In his Foreword, Jay Blades explains the unique magic of the Repair Shop barn, then each of the expert craftspeople reveal the inside stories of their craft and the repairs of treasured possessions that keep family history live using their heritage craft skills.

As a heartwarming and uplifting antidote to throwaway culture,the BBC's BAFTA Award Winning The Repair Shop has become essential TV viewing across the generations and has established itself as a firm favourite with viewers.

Instagram: @therepairshop.tv

Table of Contents

Foreword Jay Blades 6

The Magic of the Barn 12

Making the Magic

What Makes a Great Repair?

Why Craft Matters

The Experts 20

The Metalworker: Dominic Chinea 24

Pedal Train

Racking Duck

The Teddy Bear Ladies Julie Tatchell Amanda Middleditch 36

Goldie Bear

Pancake Dog

The Woodworker Will Kirk 48

Turkish Bath Clogs

Rickety Table

Wooden Ship

The Leatherworker Suzie Fletcher 66

Shakespeare's Works

Canadian Saddle

Child's Lost Shoe

The Horologist Steve Fletcher 84

Lightning Machine

A Clock Called 'Old Oily'

Vintage Hearse Lamps

The Ceramics Conservator Kirsten Ramsay 96

Garden Urn

Buddhist Figurine

The Silversmith Brenton West 108

Beekeeping Equipment

Omani Chest

The Art Conservator Lucia Scalisi 118

Queen Henrietta's Portrait

Portrait of a Little Girl

The Upholsterer Sonnaz Nooranvary 130

Ball Chair

The Bookbinder Christopher Shaw 140

Jewish Prayer Book from a Concentration

Camp

The Cobbler Dean Westmoreland 150

Roller Skates

The Organ Builder David Burville 158

Barrel Organ

The Bicycle Restorer Tim Gunn 168

Child's Tricycle

The Electromechanical Engineer Mark Stuckey 176

Windrush Radiogram

Rachel's Go-Kart

Index 190

Acknowledgements 192