The Weekend Workshop - Season 1

First aired: 7/27/2020 8 episodes

A team of talented craftspeople work on a range of redesigns and reinventions for household items, aiming to inject new life into these forgotten objects.

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Episodes

1. Passion Projects, Pizza and Wine

Aired: 7/27/2020

Kate Humble builds a pizza oven from scratch using clay from her own soil and repurposes old wine bottles. Max McMurdo dreams up a plan to create an outdoor hot tub from a Land Rover and uses an old pallet to create a carnival light. Zoe upcycles an old handmade cabinet and uses childrens toys to create a junk drawer mirror.

2. A Grand Piano, A Waterfall and Dazzling Dream Beds

Aired: 7/27/2020

Kate builds stylish garden furniture from scaffolding boards and a bucket, and recycles a sail. Max upcycles an old air tank into a pizza oven and takes on an emotional project for Pat that involves putting a piano to an innovative new use. Zoe revamps a bed and makes a doggy bed fit for a king.

3. A Grass Sofa, Outdoor Cinema and Cocktails

Aired: 8/3/2020

Kate uses soil to build a grass armchair overlooking the Wye Valley and creates an outdoor cinema. Zoe transforms an old TV into a cocktail cabinet and creates homemade low-cost art. Max uses old scaffolding boards to make shelves that turn into a table and restores an old toy boat.

4. A Floating Duck House, Some Handy Lights and A Herbal Bath

Aired: 8/10/2020

Kate turns an old bathtub into a herb garden and makes a fire-pit out of a washing machine drum. Max turns an old ladder into modern shelving and builds a floating duck house. Zoe creates some unique wall lights from discarded mannequin hands and revamps a coffee table using hundreds of sweets.

5. A Furry Green Play Area, Designer Dolls Housing and Some Clever Fencing

Aired: 8/17/2020

Kate transforms a corner of her garden using an old boat and decking and tries her hand at stencilling. Zoe builds an outdoor climbing frame for her friend's children and updates an old doll's house. Max redesigns the fence in his mother's garden and builds a storage box for his van.

6. A DIY Home Gym, 'Tea Tree' and A Party Animal

Aired: 8/24/2020

Kate carves out a rustic sofa made from old pallets and lays out a banquet for garden birds. Max uses his DIY skills in the kitchen and also turns two bikes into a home gym. Zoe creates a unique lampshade and a party animal.

7. An 80s Revival, A Toothbrush Waterer and Some Smashing Plates

Aired: 8/31/2020

To protect her veggies, Kate makes a cold frame storage box from an old window and makes a wildflower chest of drawers. Max makes a sofa-bed and a way of watering plants via his toothbrush. Zoe upcycles a cabinet then some old plates.

8. Mini Greenhouse and Sink Ponds

Aired: 9/7/2020

Max turns a bureau into a miniature greenhouse and makes a solar-heated shower roof rack. Kate makes a chopping board from a fallen tree and 3 ponds from 3 old sinks. Zoe makes an activity gym for her grandson and a makes a wall-mounted table from an old door and a pallet.