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Making Spaces

Love and marriage and drywall dust – all under one roof.

After 10 years of marriage, 3 kids and 10 houses later, Jenn and Chad are finally ready to put down roots.

This interior designer and her contractor husband are gutting their forever house while living out of a cramped apartment – all in time for baby number 4!

From demolition to drywall, pot lights to paint, fabrics and furniture, Jenn and Chad will pool their talents to create a family-friendly yet stunning home, or kill each other in the process…

Will they survive the reno, make big, life-long choices, and still make it to ballet and birthday parties?

Making House is a personal story that will expose what really happens to a family when they battle drywall and dust in an attempt to create their dream home

Episode 1.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to revolutionize Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she’s in London to tackle a hoarder who is cluttering most of the family home. The space needs a total rethink to give the family storage they’ll all take responsibility to keep tidy. With tips on dealing with space invading hoarders and making space for a home office.

Episode 2.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Greenwich to rescue a family living room that has disappeared under a blanket of children’s toys. The dining room is cluttered with medical books and bones, and the rest of the house is dominated by a bizarre collection of antique potties. Melanie provides tips for keeping children tidy and displaying collectables.

Episode 3.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to East Finchley to tackle the kitchen – the toughest room in the house when it comes to storage. By applying simple rules of ergonomics Melanie transforms an inefficient space into a streamlined kitchen, providing tips on kitchen storage and keeping children tidy.

Episode 4.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Stoke Newington, where she faces a tough challenge to tidy up lazy Temoor Ahmad. Melanieshares storage solutions that even lazy people will find easy and offers tips on effortless clothes storage.

Episode 5.

Melanie Cantor’s nationwide campaign to sort out Britain’s storage reaches Berkshire. She’s rescuing a woman whose at her wits end because her storage is such a mess. Can Melanie bring her back from the brink and beat the clutter with clever storage ideas. The programme features tips on turning clutter into cash and organising your wardrobe.

Episode 6.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she tackles the living room. As a shared space it’s a storagenightmare. Her challenge is to sort out a living room in Dagenham that’s overrun with toys and tools. With tips on harnessing the wasted space in the attic and keeping the living room clutter-free.

Episode 7.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Dulwich in South London to help a single dad organise storage to keep his three messy sons tidy. CanMelanie help tame nature’s champion mess-makers? Featuring tips on keeping children tidy and shopping for quality second-hand storage.

Episode 8.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes reaches Plymouth, where she shows the Edwards family how to use wasted space in the garden to compensate for a lack of space in the house, and how to turn their unwanted clutter into cash

Episode 9.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Devon to rethink the space in a tiny cottage. It’s a battle of the sexes, with husband and wife fighting for storage space. Melanie proves that even a small space can be radically transformed with clever storage.

Episode 10.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Kingston in Surrey to organise a family home. The mother, Flip Webster, is an addicted hoarder who has crammed the house with boxes. Melanie shares self-storage tips and explains how to deal with an excess of family heirlooms.

Episode 11.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Melanie comes to the aid of a mother who lives with a family of hoarders. It takes clever storage and firm handling to stop such organised mess-making. And Melanie provides tips on keeping a family tidy.

Episode 12.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she’s in Greenwich to make space in a messy home for entertaining guests. First she has to tackle the hoarding habits of the owner, Catherine Lock, a selfconfessed creative clutterer. With tips on making space for entertaining and the latest designs of space-saving guest beds.

Episode 13.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to Devon to rethink the space in a tiny cottage. It’s a battle of the sexes, with husband and wife fighting for storage space. Melanie proves that even a small space can be radically transformed with clever storage.

Episode 14.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she’s making space for a baby. She shows Helen and Steven Tokaya how to transform their storage to make space for a new baby, with tips on multifunctional nursery furniture.

Episode 15.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes brings her to the rescue of Shane McGuigan, a home worker from East Ham in London whose business is suffering because his house is such a mess. Melanie must rethink his storage so that his work and home lives can happily co-exist. She shares tips for home office storage and dealing with creative clutter.

Episode 16.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes takes her to New Cross in South London to make space in Richard Hallam’s Tessy bachelor pad before his girlfriend, Michelle Catterson, moves in. Melanie provides tips on organising a shared space and explains how to rope friends in to tidy up the house with a de-cluttering party.

Episode 17.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes tackles the spare room – usually the most neglected room in the house. Yolanda Foster’s home provides a classic example with two spare rooms full of junk. Melanie shows her how to transform them from dumping grounds into rooms guests will write home about. Featuring the latest in spacesaving stow-away beds and tips on the perfect guest room.

Episode 18.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes tackles the attic, a space that’s usually just a dumping ground. Melanie’s in Woodford in Essex to show RowlandSaunders and Andy Ingram how to turn awkward spaces under the eaves and stairs into great storage opportunities.

Episode 19.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes. Today Melanie organises storage to make the kitchen into the new socialising centre of the modern home.Tania Machell and Mike Ross from South London have just moved in together, and their combined belongings fill the flat. Melanie shows them how to make space for each other and for entertaining, sharing tips on transforming the kitchen into a space to entertain.

Episode 20.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions in this brand new series. Today she’s in Barking is Essex to rescue a familyof four who’ve resorted to sleeping in one room because the rest of their house is full of clutter. She shows Sharon Whyte-Ilori how to make space both for the perfect children’s bedroom and for her and her husband.

Episode 21.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she’s in Southwark in South London to show student photographerScarlett Crawford how to make the most of her tiny flat. With a simple re-thing of the space she turns it into a streamlined apartment with room to work rest and entertain. With tips onKeeping a small space tidy and storage for a small kitchen.

Episode 22.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she’s in Plymouth to create the minimalist look with clever storage.Sue Archbold dreams of a minimalist home, but with three sons and a messy husband it’ll be a challenge. Melanie shows her how to create storage with the minimalist look that will keep the family tidy.

Episode 23.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she tackles the bathroom – often an afterthought when it comes tostorage. Melanie views the bathroom of rugby players Ed Lewsey and Danny Porte, to demonstrate that the shared space in a bathroom can be used to relieve the pressure in the rest of the house. The programme features tips on using the full cubic capacity of the room and the latest bathroom storage.

Episode 24.

Melanie Cantor is on a mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes with ingenious storage solutions. Today she tackles the kitchen – the toughest room in the house when it comes to storage. Melanie is in Wapping in East London to re-think the space in the disorganized home of James Wybrow and Michael Adewusi. With tips on organizing the kitchen and safe storage of food.

Episode 25.

Melanie Cantor’s mission to harness the space in Britain’s homes reaches Plymouth, where she shows the Edwards family how to use wasted space in the garden to compensate for a lack of space in the house, and how to turn their unwanted clutter into cash.