It was a double challenge for The Blockheads last night, with two kids’ bedrooms to be presented. But despite double the work, nobody was complaining because up for grabs was $175,000 worth of kitchen appliances from E&S plus the usual… The post Two kids’ rooms each in the Block 2025’s second room reveals appeared first on The Interiors Addict.
It was a double challenge for The Blockheads last night, with two kids’ bedrooms to be presented. But despite double the work, nobody was complaining because up for grabs was $175,000 worth of kitchen appliances from E&S plus the usual $10,000 prize. So, who took out the massive prize?
Britt & Taz (First place) 28/30
With its modern country style championed by Hardie Groove panelling on the doors, terracotta and neutral colour choices and yes, a light switch next to the bed, Brit & Taz’s first room was just what the judges had been waiting for. Even the Country Energy artwork fit in, perfectly grounding the space in its surroundings.
Room two grabbed them again with its Grafico bedhead, Quinn basketball hoop and goal post bench, perfectly styled with the Leon activity table and Remi stool to show how kids would live.
Product picks: Leon activity table, Country Energy print by Artist Lane, Quinn basketball hoop
Ben & Emma (Second place) 25.5/30
From the Dove leather touch wardrobes by Freedom to the view through the Velux skylight circular wall niche and “typical Daylesford” colour palette, Shaynna and Darren instantly loved Ben & Emma’s first bedroom, calling it “very sophisticated”. Marty wasn’t as impressed, pointing out what he thought were polarising colour choices and the lack of bedside light switches.
Into the second room however, and he loved what he saw, from the challenge bedheads and upmarket styling with the Cooper and Co bedside table, Alaska Chikloot rug and Miffy toys ticking his boxes. But what happened with the wall panelling, he asked? And why are you trapped by the wardrobe doors when they’re opened, Darren wondered? Two good rooms, they felt, but also room for improvement.
Product pick: Checkerboard rug
Sonny & Alicia (Third place) 24.5/30
With stuffed toys on The Block Shop’s Stax King beds, the sheers Marty loved in house two and perfect artwork from Jaclyn Poke, this was a room with a lot to love, Darren said. But the TV on the wall? Not so much, Shaynna said, also pointing to the unfinished paint in some areas. The carpets however, won her back, along with the muted colours making for a good room, she finished.
The second space left them confused: was it for a kid or an adult? Shaynna loved the colour, the Freedom wardrobes in Nordic Oak, the rug, bedding, chair and stool – but she found it all to be very grown up with a computer, make-up station and books most kids wouldn’t read. Not on brief, they decided.
Product picks: King single stackable beds & Ghost Gums art print
Han & Can (Fourth place) 24/30
Under a round porthole skylight, with arched niches, architectural touches and a warm colour palette, the judges loved the bones of Han & Can’s first bedroom, but the styling left them flat. The Leon activity table and Remi stool were beautiful, as was the Viper rug and Block Shop checkerboard blanket, but together it was all “too OTT,” Shaynna said as she wondered about a “Scary Elmo” painting by Bromley, a Beacon pendant light in arms reach of toddlers and no carpets in a room that would undoubtedly battle the cold.
Into room two and the same problems followed, with the Wes Anderson vibes at odds with the toddler intended for the space. Creatively, they were both “almost perfect” spaces, Darren said, but more research was needed to fit the region.
Product picks: David Bromley Elmo print, Viper rug & Colourblock blanket
Robby & Mat (Fifth place) 20.5/30
With age-appropriate Coco King beds from The Block Shop, artworks including a native Aussie birds silkscreen, this was definitely a kids room, but it was the build touches that caught the judges’ eyes, with Hardie Groove panelling a win and the Victorian cornices a fail. The lighting in the skylight was a definite improvement, Marty said, but why were the beds so close to the wardrobes again?
In room two, the judges were stunned. “It’s like an upmarket nursing home!” Marty said, taking in the challenge bedhead, a floor lamp next to a table lamp, beautiful Nebula Clara Minima artwork that was just too small for the space, and a colour scheme that was, Shaynna said, “just daggy”. A lot of nice pieces, they said, but just used in the wrong way.
Product picks: Maddox Montessori shelves, hardwood desk & Percy chair
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