Week 15
Win A Home – Post Episode Fifteen
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At this point in the competition each of the Win a Home design duos have two challenge wins to their name. Who will break the three way tie and score a third victory by winning the lounge challenge?
It was the final day of the final challenge on Win a Home, and a nerve-wracking and emotional time for the design duos. The teams used every resource available, from House and Leisure employing friends to put up televisions to an entire Caesarstone slab that Team Habitat had to pry off their guest bedroom wall. ‘Team razzle-dazzle’ managed to create a small watering hole space surrounded by Sally Chapman’s wallpaper lions, and they use leftover Caesarstone offcuts as shelving as well as transforming the guest bed slab into a stylish bar counter.
Team VISI left the feature wall rather late, but their palette of Plascon colours is increasingly adorning the walls along with a wine rack they’ve custom designed especially for the space. Colourful custom cement pendants are installed in Team House and Leisure’s home and Truk lights hang in Team Habitat’s lounge. Brad and Abiah have also up-cycled barstools, that get their refreshed look from a lick of paint and some verdant reupholstery courtesy of Belgotex.
By 5pm, three very relieved and proud design duos emerged from their completed living rooms. It’s quite emotional as this little design family walks through the Eye of Africa Golf and Residential Estate reminiscing about the journey they have been on together.
In fact, the occasion is so emotional that the heavens also shed a few rainy tears to mark the judges arrival. Plascons colour expert Katlego Kondlo and Win a Home Season 1 Winner Donald Nxumalo are joined by the guest judge for this week: the acclaimed interior designer Stephen Pellerade the CEO of Pellerade Design House.
Team Habitat’s lounge is the final flourish of their unconventional design style and they managed to include a partition, bar and lounge area into a relatively small living room. Their signature razzle dazzle elements are custom Truk lights, made from re-cycled truck air filters and designed by Stephen Pikus, which reflect off of the myriad of mirrors throughout the room. The judges first impression is that the space isn’t particularly comfortable or inviting. Katlego is saddened by the lack of editing in the design and Stephen Pellerade finds it quite cluttered. Donald, however, likes the lighting feature on the ceiling.
Team VISI’s lounge is the last piece of their ‘concrete jungle’ theme that they’ve employed throughout the home. They wanted to keep the room relaxed but still added an element of sophistication in the form of a signed David Ballam photograph, the feature wall and their unique mid-century armchair. Katlego is impressed with their choice of colour palette and their unique paint technique. Stephen compliments the duo on their use of space in the lounge, keeping it open and inviting. Donald feels they should have continued the monochromatic feel from the kitchen but enjoys the comfortable and airy space.
Team House and Leisure have employed the boldest use of colour in the competition. Their room showcases a trimvirate of complimentary colours that blend the lounge seamlessly into the kitchen. The duo chose beautiful timber furniture from Houtlander and once again showed off their fine curation skills with a selection of bespoke art pieces to give the room character. The judges immediately applaud the striking wall colours and pastel colour pendant lights. The international Scandi feel of the design aesthetic merging with African style and art impresses the judges but there’s one thing they struggle to overlook. There’s a broken television on the wall as a placeholder and it splits opinion about whether it’s a negative or a practical representation in the room.
The teams await the verdict with bated breath and Danilo draws out the tension of the winner announcement. Finally the winners are announced. Breaking the three way tie are: Team House and Leisure.
Although Team House and Leisure have one more challenge win over the other two duos, it might not influence the judges final verdict for the overall winner. That can only be decided by judging the overall design of the homes as whole finished units. The question still remains: which duo will win that R100,000 cash prize and be crowned design champions of Win a Home?