My Design Rules (2020): Season 1, Episode 3 - Episode #1.3 - full transcript

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(upbeat music)

- [Danilo] Previously,
the design duos

were briefed on
their first challenge

as they quickly
learnt My Design Rules

is not for the faint-hearted.

- We were not expecting that,

it's double the trouble.

- Their mentor for
the first challenge,

design champion of season three,

Rudolph Jordaan paid a visit

to each duo to give
them some guidance.



- My only criticism would be

that I think you might be using

too many materials here,

so just be cautious
of how you're

going to use it.

- Team R&K decided
to go all out glam

and promised a surprise element.

At the halfway mark
all three teams

were well on their
way to completing

the two spaces.

But, will they remain on track

as the deadline approaches?

Welcome to My Design Rules,

the interior design reality show



where we follow the journey

of three competing design duos

as they take empty
penthouse apartments

in Cape Town, South Africa

and transform them into
dream living spaces.

With a double challenge
in the first round,

the duos really had to
hit the ground running.

And it's deadline
day, which means

they have little time to rest,

the only question is,
will they be done on time?

(dramatic music)

- [Kehumile] It's deadline day

and things are
getting really heated.

- Yeah, we've got
about a 1000 people

working on top of each other.

- The pressure's on,
it's deadline day

and we are out collating
things from our supplies,

shopping last minute.

- [Rekopile] We're just hoping

that everything is going
according to plan on site.

- Deadline day,
the stress is real

but there's no time to panic,

we just, we just have
to get it done now,

it's crunch time.

- And the shelves are here and.

- The shelves must go there.

- Yeah it was supposed
to go over here

and he's not
answering his phone.

I arrive back on site,

things are not looking good,

I mean the shelving
unit is not there.

- I know, it was
crazy, it was insane.

- We're not gonna have it today.

- Okay, so I'm out shopping.

I get a call and it's from Koki,

she sounds hysterical, anxious,

the shelving is not happening,

I need to make a plan b.

- [Sinéad] Currently,
welding is still going on,

we have a few new
minor adjustments

that we need to make as well as

the mirror coming into
the Murphy's lower bed

and then a few plants
that need to be potted.

- [Kehumile] Seeing
our collaborative piece

with Oliver, which was
the headboard design,

it feels like creative heaven.

- [Nicholas] Just that softness

and like, like grounding feel,

pulling all those
walls together.

- Nothing's working.

- It's very difficult
my sister hey.

- I understand.

- These guys up, we
supposed to be out totally,

we suppose all
the people be out.

- But you see, had we
done this yesterday,

we wouldn't have
this problem today.

- Now watch this door's wet hey.

So Kehumile's on the one side

and I'm on the other side.

We don't really know
what's going on,

but we're.

- We're pushing.

Everyone just thinking
it's gonna flop

is a lot to handle.

- Despite the fact that
with only a few hours

left to go, there's
so much that still

needs to be done and the
pressure's really on.

The amazing race
painters editon.

- [Sinéad] We love it,

we work our best under pressure

and we really thrive
under the pump.

It's our thing, let's do this.

(exclaiming)

- Our hexagon shelving

is looking so incredible,

execution to the tee,
like we are so excited

everything is starting
to come together.

- We not so sure if we
gonna pull this through.

- [Nicholas] Yeah, I
don't think we have

a piece of furniture
in our rooms right now.

- [Kehumile] We just
have to smile it out.

(laughing)

- Dan's just arrived on
site with two hours left.

- All right, Perma
Peeps, sure I wanna take

a little moment here,

I just wonder what's going on.

- I love about everything
that's going on.

- Yeah, you guys
have got two hours,

why's this place such a mess?

- And on the outside,
we're like, we're fine.

- But on the inside,
we're just screaming,

get out!

(giggling)

- It's time to push
now, it's time to push.

- I'm gonna leave
you to it this side,

I'm gonna go check
out what's happening

next door all right?

- Shweet.

- Super stressed.

- Position is gotten close.

- How's it going in here?

- Good, just
doesn't, yeah great.

Just fixing some
few things here.

- This does not look
like this should

be like this at two hours to go.

(giggles)

- Okay, you're painting
faster hey Thandile?

- [Thandile] Yeah.

- One hour and then we taking
all the stuff off-site.

- Gentlemen, gentlemen,
this is chaos,

what is going on?

- We just put up
our picket fence.

- I don't think Danilo
could have pulled

in at a, at a worse
possible time.

I mean just leave
us alone right now,

we're, we trying
to operate here.

- Two hours gentlemen.
Get to it, get to it,

come on I wanna see
a finished room by

the end of this all right.

- Freaking out.

- Oh wow.

- Dan pops in, we've
got two hours to go

and I can't believe
how much we've got done

since this morning.

(hands clap)

- We are interior people man,

we make things happen.

- Yeah, that's what we do.

(giggling)

- [Rekopile] Thank
you so much Danilo.

- So this is the call to say

you guys have got two
hours to get everything

done and dusted.

- [Rekopile] Got you.

- Go, go go go go.

- Go.

- Get out of here
guys, we have to work.

(laughing)

- I'm not gonna lie,
this last two weeks

has been intense,
but at the same time

it's taught us a lot

about how this challenge works

and how we're gonna manage
ourselves going forwards.

- And just like that,

it's deadline for challenge
one of season five.

As soon as I blow this horn,

the design contestants
will have to stop

whatever they're doing

and leave their rooms
just as they are.

Will they be done.

(giggles)

I surely hope so.

You ready?

(horn rings)

(exclaims)

- Time's up.

- [Kehumile] The horn
sounds like Armageddon.

- Gosh, the last thing we need

is a horn going off.

- Honestly.

- The horn's just gone off,

it's finished, it's done.

- We did it, it's all right.

It's over.

- It's good, it's
done, it's finished.

(upbeat music)

- Deadline, drop what you doing.

So what trouble or
design beauty awaits us?

Stay tuned to find out.

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

- Welcome back to
My Design Rules,

with only two weeks to design

and complete both spare rooms

in the first challenge,

our design duos had their work

cut out for them
from the get go.

As part of the brief,
for one of the rooms

had to be something other
than a guest bedroom

and it's time now to
reveal the end results.

(upbeat music)

- Team R&K, the glam
room is finally revealed.

- Yes it is.

- How you guys feeling?

- Oh, excited.

- Feel great.

- Walk me through your
ideas in this space.

- We wanted to create
a more functional space

right, that includes everything

that a woman needs.

Glam station, this
is where she'll

do her makeup, getting ready.

- [Danilo] And I see
you've found a solution

to your shelving problem.

- So yesterday yes,
we had a concept

of a floating shelf
and it just didn't

work out as we had planned.

So we has to make
something happen

and we literally we
had about 40 minutes

to make it happen and we did.

- And then over here,
we have our glam closet,

where she keeps all
her beautiful clothes.

And then our manikin over here,

which she will use to dress up.

- So that's the
surprise you guys

mentioned at halfway?

- [Koketso] Yes.

- This one, love it.

- And of course our painting,

which has a pair of red bottoms.

Also that's also
very contemporary

and is a language,

there's something
happening over there.

- The judges are obviously gonna

walk in here and you
want them to spot

the highlight items,
what are those for you?

- Our mirror, right behind you,

with the lights.

With a glam room,
you need lights,

so when you're
doing your make up,

light station, perfect.

Our low chandelier over there,

beautiful contrast, glass
and a little bit of black

and our manikin of course,

because this is,
it's unconventional

to have it in the glam room.

- And then what
are you concerned

that the judges might not
appreciate in this space.

- Well I'm thinking the length

of this opening over here.

If we had the manikina
little higher,

then it would have meant that

the person living in here

would not be able to reach it,

so that spacing in there
they shouldn't notice.

- I would hope that
they appreciate

the fact that we have
these high, high cupboards.

There's an illusion of space,

so everything is
stacked away neatly,

so she gets all of the
space to play around,

it's not cluttered

and I think that
they will appreciate.

- Okay, let's move
on to the next room.

- Thank you.

- Welcome to our sanctuary.

- Oh my gosh, I just
wanna throw myself

on this bed, it's so soft.

- [Rekopile] Yes it is.

(giggling)

This is our guest room,

so we went for a white bed,

because we feel white
is a calming color,

it's natural, it's neutral

and of course we went
for floral curtains

because it's about rest.

Whoever comes into here
is trying to escape

from their place, so
we want them to feel

like they're on a holiday.

- You've mentioned that

the space is quite restful

and I can see that
in this space,

but what's gonna
be the wow factor,

'cause this is a
design competition.

- Definitely these
hexagon pieces

because they are bespoke
and I think right now

hexagons are in season,

we've seen so many of them.

- The space is looking lovely,

it's all up to the judges now,

good luck to both of you.

[All] Thank you

- Bye guys.

[All] Bye

(upbeat music)

- Hello Perma Peeps,
well, well done,

this has come
together so nicely.

[All] Thank you so much.

- [Sinéad] Our
intentions was to create

a very minimalist
multifunctional space

that brought in our
Perma culture elements

by bringing in nature
and plant life.

- [Melissa] To really
create a very relaxing,

clean environment to
come and kick back,

do some yoga, you
can get a little bit

of work done or creative things

and just a multi-functional
space in general.

- What for you are gonna be

the standout items
in this space.

- [Melissa] Well we
have two surprises

in this space, we have
a fold out Murphy bed

as well as a fold
down desk, so that's,

that's the surprise
elements in this room,

is that it really is
multi-functional in

what you can utilize
this space for

whilst not being in your face.

- [Danilo] And then
what do you think their

concerns are going to be?

- I mean we are in general

are actually quite proud

of what we've achieved,
there are a few

snags around the room
in terms of painting

and things like that
that we'd like to fix,

but other than
that, we're actually

very happy with the result.

- Should we take a
look at the next space?

- Yeah, let's go .

- Let's go.

(upbeat music)

- Welcome to our spare bedroom.

- Guys this is stunning.

- Thank you very much.

- Tell me about the
design aesthetic here.

- [Melissa] Our design
intention behind this space

was to also keep
it very minimalist

and simple, bringing
in our perma culture

plant elements as well

and yeah to also bring
in some personal touches,

hand made elements.

- [Sinéad] Our
hand woven planters

and our handwoven headboard.

- [Melissa] There's
actually 3900 knots in

this headboard and
500 meters worth

of hemp rope and it
did take us around

24 to 30 hours to, to do.

(giggling)

- So I'm glad that
you guys got that done

and dusted 'çause
that must have been

a headache for you two
in this competition.

- Tell me about
this closet space,

it's very bare and open.

- [Melissa] Yes, well
we are strong advocates

of the minimalist
movements, we feel like

people do have too much
stuff, so what we found

is if you give too
much too much clothes

storage options, the
more you fill the space,

so having it be open
forces that you actually

have to consider what
you're hanging and putting

in this space to really
promote people actually

thinking about what they own

and what they display
and how then their space.

- At the end of the day guys,

it's up to the judges,
good luck to both of you,

I wish you all the best.

- Thank you very much.

(upbeat music)

- [Danilo] No ways!

Gents this is
looking incredible.

- Yeah.

- And?

- All of the emotions.

- We finally got
down with it though.

- Now walk me through the vision

of this incredible room.

- Our vision of this space
was trying to make it cozy,

we incorporated the carpet

and then reflecting
on the timber,

we just wanted to reflect
the kind of timber

that's on the floor at the top.

So we added that picket fence

that you were so
concerned about.

- [Nicholas] And,one
of the criticisms

that we had before

was that there was gonna
be too much materials

and too much going on,
but I think it's come

together really nicely.

- And one other thing would be

the build-in cupboards,

where we've tried to keep
it subtle with the wall

but also have a kind
of impact with regards

to the shape, adding
triangles and therefore

shadows within that
little niche in there.

And also, our pedestals I'd say

are quite feature pieces.

- [Nicholas] And then obviously

our main collaboration,
which was

with Chill Interiors
for the headboard

and I think they
did a fantastic job.

- What are some of the things

that you think the judges
are going to notice

that they maybe
might not appreciate.

- One of the concerns would be,

like just cleaning
the picket fence

bulkhead that we have.

- Bit of dusting involved yeah,

it is a little bit lower
than what we wanted,

so I mean ideally,
we'd like to raise it

by like another 150.

Some people might have
a problem with that,

but it also does add
a cozy element, so

we just have to see
it's a personal thing.

- Right, let's look
at the next space.

(upbeat music)

- Welcome, Danilo, to our little

studio slash reading nook.

- [Danilo] I would spend
a lot of time here guys,

this is awesome.

Tell me about the ideas.

- [Nicholas] Yeah, we got
amazing Ibiza Lounger,

also this artwork
really bringing

a pop of color.

- [Kehumile] We just
wanted also to incorporate

alternative methods of storage

which we use through
steel sheeting,

we just bent it into shelving

and then we just
put it onto the desk

which we think came
out really nice.

And relating back to
the guest bedroom,

we also just wanted to put in

the distale storage boxes here.

- Gents, I think the
judges are gonna love this,

good luck to both of you,

they're on their way.

- Thank you.

- Awesome, thanks Danilo.

- Now that they've completed

their first challenge,
all our design

duos can do is wait for
the judges feedback.

We'll hear what they have
to say after the break.

(upbeat music)

(upbeat music)

- Welcome back to
My Design Rules.

Our duos were hit
with a curve ball

up front having to complete both

their spare rooms in
the first challenge.

Now it's up to the
judges to decide

who will knock this
one out the park.

(calming music)

- Design contestants,
congratulations on completing

your first task on My
Design Rules season five.

It was a double challenge
and most certainly

not an easy one,
but you pulled off

some incredible
design, so well done.

All that's left is for
the judges to arrive

and view each apartment
and then to give

their all important verdict.

The judges are here.

(country melody)

- The judges are here.

- [Danilo] They are, Steven
Brooks from Ball and Properties.

Brian Courtney from
private property,

Buhle Mathole of Kabu
Design Architects

and finally Rudolph Jordaan,

mentor and guest judge
for this challenge.

(country music)

- The judges are here
and it feels like

(upbeat melody)

- The stress is real, I
feel like we should have

baked them some
cookies or something,

like the classic
estate agent trick.

- Yeah, yeah definitely.

(upbeat music)

- We personally hope that

the judges notice how diverse

and multifunctional
our spaces are

as well as the small,

personal DIY touches
that went into it.

- I love the room, I
think the element of

surprise is really brought in,

the textures that are
used are really exciting,

but I think in
executing the details,

some of the little things
were not thought of,

for example where do
you put your shoes,

your delicates.

- Where will I put my real
the cool stripy socks?

- I really do like the headboard

that they've put together.

I have appreciation
for the amount of time

they spent on this,
it's a tactile

piece of art rather
than a headboard,

since you will still
be bumping your head

against the wall.

- I think the room's
been staged really well

and if you're looking to sell or

rent the apartment out,
it definitely adds value,

for example these
steel and glass doors

is an amazing value add.

- Love the angular
structural steel work,

matches the building.

Good, clean lines, it's
something different,

really enjoy it.

(bright melody)

- Sure, looks like something's
missing in this room.

- Why don't you check out
what's behind that mirror?

- No, it's a mirror
guys, nothing else.

- Oh wow.

- Mirror's on the floor.

(laughing)

- Something different.

- Wait, that looks
like it folds right.

- That's right.

- It's part of the linear.

It's been thought
through very well.

- That spare room was amazing,

there were a lot of surprises.

- Wait, this thing's moving.

- Yeah, there we go.

- Whoa!

Okay.

The challenge with a desk is

if I leant on it, it felt
like I would fall through,

so that can't be good
thing, buy their concept

was amazing, really
good concept.

- The idea of multi-purpose,

I find that actually quite good

and I think once
again, their downfall

was just the issue of
understanding materiality,

the structural
components of how things

actually work, how
far does a desk span

before it starts to wobble.

- Love this cork, it's
a very great idea hey,

great idea.

(piano chimes)

- [Kehumile] I really
hope the judges love

our space because there
was so much effort

and sweat that went into that.

- Wow.

- [Steven] Yeah, I
really enjoyed this room,

I felt it was really good,
very cozy kind of room

with the carpeting, the curtains

that were completely heavy,
hotel style curtains,

really made it an inviting
place to sleep in.

- Very luxurious
room, nice carpeting,

good bedding, lovely
window treatment.

The one negative is definitely
the ceiling feature.

- [Buhle] They lacked a
little bit of discretion

in just appropriating
their ideas,

but I commend them
for actually trying

and actually pushing
the envelope.

In my opinion, they
probably pushed

the envelope the most in
terms of just bringing

the ideas, the distilled,
making their own

furniture and that
type of thing,

so they really engaged
with this space.

(upbeat music)

- This really is a lovely room,

I do like the
colors of the room,

the desk, the structural
integrity of this desk

is much better and
ample storage space.

- Yeah I think this
room is actually

quite exciting, the
use of a day bed

versus a couch.

Conceptually though,
there's quite a number

of ideas, but I think
they've gone quite

a mile in making
things themselves

and thinking about every nook

and cranny in this space, yeah.

- [Brian] The studio
space is amazing,

I really like that afro-chic
they brought into it

mixed with industrial feel.

To me that feels like
a bit of a man cave,

I could use that as a
home office any day.

- I think the word everyone
is looking for here

is eclectic.

They have put together
a beautiful curation

of things and it's
interesting to look at

and just woke together.

(upbeat music)

- I really hope that
the judges appreciate

what we have done, especially
with design you know,

those hexagons we added
in our guest room,

they were carved and
designed by ourselves.

- Team R&K's guest bedroom
was really functional,

I think it was
well put together,

didn't blow my mind,
but I would certainly

have a guest of mine
stay in that room.

- Oh, this is stunning wow.

- [Buhle] Lovely textures.

- R&K shelving was
amazing, but the rest of

the room lacked a little
bit of imagination

and they missed some
great opportunity

to show their
design skills here.

- I think the blinds
and the choice of

textures and colors is
actually quite interesting,

I wouldn't have thought
of it, yeah I love it.

(upbeat melody)

- [Buhle] Oh wow, look at
this, this is beautiful.

With a glam room,
I think it captured

the VC concept,
it really worked.

The black and the reds,
you know the whole

treatment of the space
it was very open.

I think if you look at
the context in which

the elements had functionality,

that was maybe lacking.

- Team R&K have done some
extreme things in this room,

it's amazing I mean
that's quite over the top,

but I think it's spectacular.

- R&K really bowled me
over with this room.

It is meticulously,
beautifully executed.

They took all my
lighting comments

into consideration and
it turned out great.

- [Steven] How the use of
space here was very, very good.

The floor to ceiling
mirrors really give a height

to a very, very small room.

I thought that was very clever.

Yeah I'm a bit clear
about professions,

so yeah this room is
a bit much for me,

it's very glamorous,
but I'm sure my wife

with a collection of shoes
would absolutely love this,

she would probably
say it's to die for.

It's unbelievable.

(upbeat music)

- Now all that's
left is to find out

which design duo will
be crowned the winners

of the first challenge

and I get to do the honors.

(upbeat melody)

- Design contestants,
welcome and congratulations

on completing your
first challenge,

it's done and dusted.

And all that's
left is to give you

the judges feedback

and then to announce our winner.

Perma Peeps, the judges
loved your concept

of a multi-function room

and the hidden elements like

the Murphy bed

and the fold-down desk
caught them by surprise,

however, the build quality
of some of your elements

is what let you down.

Team Contrast Control,
in both your rooms,

the amount of custom
design elements

blew the judges away.

They really liked
your metal shelves

and desk as well as the
collaboration headboard,

however there wasn't much love

for your wooden ceiling feature.

The fact that the cupboard
doors couldn't open

was a real design
oversight on your part.

Team R&K, your glam
room was a hit,

in the guest bedroom
however, the judges felt

you could have put more effort

into custom design elements.

It's time now to
announce our winner.

After reviewing each apartment,

the judges have
reached a stalemate,

so they decided
that for this round

it's a tie and there
will be two winners.

The first winner is

team Contrast Control.

(applause)

(exclaiming)

- Striked.

- Gentlemen, the
judges would have made

you the outright winners
for this challenge

had it not been for
your ceiling feature,

I mean how are guests
gonna come and visit

and they can't even
open their cupboards?

It's for this reason
that the judges have

chosen a second winner
of this challenge,

the second winning team

is

team R&K.

(applause)

- It's good to win,
but to share a win,

because they made
a mistake, uh-uh,

we're going to have
to bring it next time.

As winners of this
challenge, each winning duo

will receive R2500
to your budget

for the upcoming challenges

and to add value
to your property.

- Naturally, it is really
not fun being the loser,

but we are really
happy for the other

two teams and plan
to use this to really

push ourselves going
forward with the rest

of the challenges ahead.

(upbeat melody)

- One challenge down,
four still to go,

at the end of the day,
each penthouse apartment

needs to be complete.

Those are the rules.

Tune in for more design
drama in the next episode,

goodbye for now.

- [Danilo] Next time
on My Design Rules,

having completed
both spare rooms

in the first challenge,
the design duos

are briefed on their
second challenge

and realize that the
competition doesn't

get any easier.

- Okay, another
double challenge.

- Not again.

- Can they give us a break.

- Watch all the
design drama unfold

and see who rules supreme
at the end of the day

only on My Design Rules.

- [Narrator] Another
feel good production.

(dramatic melody)