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

The Repair Shop: LIFE IN THE BARN: The Inside Stories from the Experts explores the growing “make do and mend” counter movement in today’s throwaway culture, as seen through the BBC’s BAFTA Award winning series The Repair Shop. The programme’s waste-conscious message has reached a wide audience, with regular viewing figures of 7 million in the UK alone, and it has been described as a classic series in the vein of Antiques Roadshow.

This book turns the spotlight 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 and Amanda Middleditch, also known as The Teddy Bear Ladies. Each expert shares personal stories alongside their repairs, capturing the ethos of the barn, with quotations and Q&As, plus Jay Blades on unique restoration collaborations.

Key details

• Centres on the experts from the BBC series The Repair Shop
• Includes stories and repairs shared by the featured specialists
• Features quotations and Q&As with the experts
• Includes Jay Blades on restoration collaborations

Synopsis

Set against the backdrop of a growing “make do and mend” movement, this book focuses on the people behind the repairs seen on The Repair Shop. Through their own accounts and restoration work, the experts convey the atmosphere, values and collaborative spirit associated with the barn.