My Design Rules (2020): Season 2, Episode 2 - Spare Bedroom Challenge - full transcript
The design duos get briefed on their first challenge, decorating the spare bedroom within two weeks. They meet with their mentors and collaborate with some local design talent. Host Danilo pops in at the halfway mark to see their progress
[upbeat music]
- Welcome to My Design Rules,
the interior design reality
show that follows the journey
of three competing design duos
as they transform three empty
cluster homes at the eye
of Africa, Gulf and
residential estate outside
of Johannesburg, South Africa
into lavish living spaces.
The goal to have
the judges rule them
to be the best new
interior design talent
in South Africa
unlocking a bright career
and R100,000 cash prize.
Last time we introduced you
to our three dynamic design
duos and their mentors.
And so now the competition
can begin in earnest.
But before we can reveal
which room they'll be
tackling first let's recap
to get you up to speed.
Last time on My Design Rules
we met our three design duos
that will battle it out in
the name of great design.
They are team House and Leisure.
- We've known each
other for six years
and since we've known each
other that long I believe
that we're gonna
be like the bomb
in this competition,
we're gonna kill it.
- Team VISI.
- So we are definitely
going to be the best duo.
- Yeah.
- And team Habitat
- We are super
duper over the moon.
- Stars, sun.
- The galaxy, excited.
- The three white box homes
that they'll be transforming
are located at the stone
quarter development
in the magnificent
eye of Africa, Gulf
and residential estate in
the south of Johannesburg.
The design duos drew keys
from a hat to determine
which of the units they would
be decorating before getting
to view their empty
canvas for the first time.
Each design duo will benefit
from the expert advice
and experience of
magazine editor mentors
who will guide them
on their journey.
Now it's time to get things
started with the brief
on their first challenge.
- The competition
is about to start.
- And we have no words.
- Terereree.
- This is our first
challenge we don't know
what to expect we're about
to get our first briefing
and it's so nerve-wracking.
- We're gonna bring that
razzle dazzle, we're ready
to get in there, get through
the walls, build some
walls, tear down some.
- Tear down a lot of walls.
- And bring in some chandeliers.
- Welcome to your
first challenge.
Over the next 14 weeks
you'll be decorating one room
or space every two weeks to
ultimately create a dream home.
Your first challenge is to
turn a white space into a room
that will have your friends
queuing out the door to visit.
It's the guest bedroom, you
have two weeks, good luck.
- Do you want a guest room
that's impressive,
invites the guests?
- Says check in man, enjoy.
- Our design duos
have an overall cash
budget of R300, 000.
That's over and above
the many generously
sponsored products.
That means it's really
dedicated to decor elements.
It's the first challenge
for our design duos
and that means the
outcome will reveal
the front runners
in the competition.
Key to their success is meeting
with their mentors to
discuss their vision.
[upbeat music]
- Meeting with Tiaan for the
guest room, we actually worried
that are we prepared
enough first of all
because we haven't
seen him in a while
and will he actually
like what do we have.
- Yes.
- So for an over
arching kind of mood
for the guest bedroom,
what are you going for?
What's the mood of the room?
- Okay colorwise we
introduced a bit of peach,
a lighter version of peach
just to warm the room up
since it's on the darker
side of the house.
And then behind the bed we have
like an artifact in emerald.
- I mean in terms of the
furniture I see that you've kind
of kept it quite like
light in terms of
the treatment and the wood,
what's the thinking there?
- Well the furniture
we actually looked
at the more neutral stuff
because we're trying
to keep it very calm
and almost feminine.
- So last time
you guys mentioned
that you want to collaborate
with some artists
for some original
artwork in the room
- So in regards to artists
we've got Tatenda Chidora
who actually volunteered to
give us exhibition prints
and then we tried Vusi
Beauchamp which we have here
on the screen and
unfortunately he's in Durban
so we couldn't have
him on board for now.
And then at the end
Tshepo nominated someone.
[Tshepo and Banele laughing ]
- So much pleasure.
[ Tshepo and Banele laughing]
- And Tiaan actually
really likes it,
we thought he wouldn't
like it but he agreed
with everything that
we came up with.
- I was actually so
impressed that he loved it.
- 'Cause we weren't prepared.
[Tshepo and Banele laughing]
[upbeat music]
- We are now having a
little meeting about
what we're planning to do
with the guest bedroom.
- What we are trying to do is
like do a modern jungle inside
the bedroom like
a concrete jungle.
- Our first idea was wallpaper
and we love this wallpaper.
It's very exciting,
it's very vibrant.
- But we also need
to consider the fact
that we don't make it too much.
Take the wallpaper and see
how everything is gonna look.
- This is too
bright, can you see.
We are applying our paint
to test it out and see
if it will work with our ideas
and to our shock and horror.
- The paint is wrong.
- I love the wallpaper and
I'm very glad they had a liter
of paint here because
once we started painting,
we realized it's too bright.
It's the wrong color.
- So what do you
think about this one?
- It's dark but it's nice.
- Mpho and I have decided to
create an imaginary client
for our entire house to
give us more direction
and just to focus us, okay.
- Doing this has impressed
me endlessly instead
of just fixing this home you
created a character, a person
who's going to live
here tell me about him.
- So this is a photographer
named Travis Stuurman.
He's more formal and
simple guy so we want
to make this house to.
- Real.
- Be like him instead
of to represent him.
[upbeat music]
- So busy shopping
for lights and.
- Minus one.
- Minus yeah, minus our mentor,
she's not feeling
well in hospital.
We'll be still standing strong
we had Farrah to help us
who was sent by Amanda
- I'm a bit nervous to
go shopping with Sphero ,
I don't know if she can
manage the budget with you.
- Just let me spend what
I need to explain then
the budget will
manage just fine.
- Thank goodness you
haven't got the pen.
- OMGG, I see this
light and it's the one.
I gotta have it, no I gotta
have it for real guys.
This is it.
- 80, 000, for a lamp,
Abiah no, we can't.
- Brad is the budget.
B for bread or budget,
no too expensive
so this slide as soon as
I saw it I went, OMG no.
- Declined.
- Brad you're not making
this very easy for me,
but like if we have to choose
something today, this maybe
this is alternative,
this one right here.
- How's the budget looking Brad?
- It suits my budget.
- I think this for
a second option
is a very good idea, we
can play with the shapes
and sizes, bring
the jungle theme in.
- Fabulous, I love it
so this is the one.
- The lights that we
picked are quite nice,
they fit our jungle theme.
- Absolutely.
- Right now while we're shopping
- It's going down.
- It's going down.
- And I'm talking breaking down
the wall kind of down my nerves.
- An en suite for
our guest room.
- Sure.
- So we managed to convince
him to smash that wall down.
- We were not letting
it go, something had
to go down and it
happened to be that wall.
- Yes, if they're not
knocking it down now, Abiah
would be leaving
shopping with his hand.
- And now we're
gonna get my hammer
and I would bash it down.
[Abiah and Brad laughing]
Probably now I've been
doing the cell black tango
which is not good
for team Habitat.
- Talk about a smashing start
after the break we find out
if team Habitat's
decision to break
through the wall was a
success or if it left a hole
in their design, stay tuned.
[upbeat music]
Welcome back to My Design
Rules, it's time now
to add some personality
to the rooms
with interesting furnishing
pieces and accessories.
Team House and Leisure
have chosen to go
with a custom wall mural
in the guest bedroom
and are seeking the
advice of South Africa's
leading paint technique
expert, Claire Bond.
Team house and leisure
is at Plascon Spaces
for some paint advice.
- Claire is showing us
how to actually mix up
the paints like there are
different brushes for mixing,
there's a brush for application
and then there's also a
brush to mix everything.
- Blended.
- Yes basically blending, yeah.
- Okay James, now we're going
to start creating
our ink faded effect.
- The most important
thing is to wet
that section of wall first
with your piece of cloth.
The paint dries really
fast so you need dampness
to make the effect look blotchy.
And you apply it left to right.
- And we are so
excited getting advice
from Claire with how to go
about with our technique
and it's going quite well.
- Okay here we are, we finished
our first layer, alright?
Now we move quickly
onto the second color.
You just drag it a bit and
then you get a lovely effect
so you get that light and dark.
- So you can just see I
move the brush in and out
and you just gently blend
it like this with your brush
and then your
technique is finished.
- I'm worried that since
you have to do our feature
or you get it right or
not, it freaks me out.
- Yes.
- We have decided to call one
of our favorite designers.
I'm very inspired by
him, Leonardo Designs.
I absolutely love your
dodecahedron piece.
- Thank you.
- But we're thinking
of editing it slightly
just to fit in our room.
- What did you have in mind?
- So we were thinking
of something like this
which has more of a
tapered shape to it.
- What we can do is look at
creating more vertical facets
to the table which I think
would look very, very nice.
- So I was thinking
that we should go
with a gold rich pearl
finish so that we get
that more inspired gold
shape, diamond mixed
with a little bit of gold there.
- A great color to work with
so the next step we're going
to go to the cutting phase
and then thereafter we'll go
to welding and then you'll
see the finished product.
So you're looking at
about three weeks.
- Three weeks?
- It should take
about three weeks
but I can see Lesego is
very concerned about it,
so we'll try and push it
and get it out in a week.
- We are walking the dogs
trying to meet a deadline.
- Yeah and stick to the
budget, you know, we had
to visit the guys who are
making our collaboration.
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Guys no this is unbelievable.
Wow, you've taken
a zebralicious,
if we don't win the challenge
I swear am gonna object
to the panel and my
objection your honor.
- Thank you.
Wow, wow, wow.
In the time that
you had I'm actually
so surprised you
could have done it.
- How long did it take you?
- It takes me like a one week
working day night to come
with like this piece I was
working with my brother
And I thank the guys I
work with for their support
to come with this
like marvelous piece.
- I would start with saying
thank you for like working
with us and making
something so amazing.
Like it's something so
new and it's like, wow.
Brad I think you should
try sit down so we can see
the effect I mean
a whole baby girl.
- Hello.
- Wow it's like,
welcome to the jungle.
Well please hold your
flowers, you are the queen.
[upbeat music]
- So now we're at Oriental
plaza, we are shopping
for our curtains and
Radha is showing us
the different fabrics they
have and what we can do
with so many options
to pick from.
- Radha do you have organza?
- Yes we have organza but
why you want to use organza?
- Not really my
grandmaster uses that.
- You know youngsters
should be looking
at something like
this here with linen
that's in fashion now.
- And you know that Radha
actually took you serious
when you're talking
about organza.
- I was serious.
- I was thinking to myself.
Oh, this is lovely.
- That is beautiful.
- So this is going to be
like the main curtain so.
- That's your main
curtain and you want
to put a sheer
curtain behind this?
- Oh yes, definitely.
- Because these are all
the sheer curtains here.
- The style we're looking for
is actually adding
eyelets to curtains.
- The main curtain.
- Yes, only because I've
actually looked into that style
for a long time but and it's
still classic I must say.
- Now I'm serious getting
into like shopping mode,
he's turning me to a bridal
joke like finale what the hell?
- I'm trying to get
you ready for marriage.
- Team VISI is back
at Leonardo Design
to see their
collaboration complete.
- It's so beautiful .
- And I'm also excited that
Frank can actually pull this
with such a noticed period.
- Your ideas come out
so beautifully with
the straight facet
coming down, yeah, it's
really worked out well.
And the color the gold
has worked out perfectly.
- Perfectly.
- We finally have our
beautiful golden diamond.
- And someone thinks that is
going to be on her fingers
which is not a wedding ring,
this is a table by the way so.
- Okay.
[upbeat music]
- We're shopping
for artificial grass
and it's not for the outside.
- It's always been
on the inside.
[Abiah and Brad laughing]
How is you, I look okay.
[dog barking]
- We are trying to
negotiate a discount.
- You know and voice
is wa-wa-wa-wa.
Whats up, but you know
patches are gonna shame,
can hit on both.
- How can I help you guys?
- Well, we are looking
to find flooring
for our guest bedroom.
- Yeah.
- We walked in here and
we thought this is it,
like this is it.
- This is it, okay well this
is actually our putting green
so you know if you put this
in the bedroom just make sure
that you buy a putter
as well so you can.
- Absolutely and that's a
multi-functional bedroom.
- Yes.
- Where they can patch
and then get into bed.
- And all sorts
of other patches.
- Okay guys this is
be the golf green
that you saw in the showroom
and then you were asking
about the longer grass.
- Longer grass.
- Here you can see
the longer grass.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- That looks like real grass.
- Like the real thing.
- Sure.
- And here on the wall
behind you you can see
there's some samples
that you can find
with you and then
you can go and play.
- And actually see.
- How it will fit into
your dicho scheme.
So you're welcome to use some.
- Okay, I'm gonna, that one.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, there's a huge,
massive variety of grass, yeah.
- Ginormous, but I swear the one
that we got is the
holden one, it's the.
- Winner
- It is.
- It is.
- Grass on the
guest bedroom floor,
it seems our design duos are
certainly not holding back.
And so I hope the grass
is indeed always greener.
It's so exciting to see progress
so after the break I pop in
to see how the designs
are coming along.
[upbeat music]
Welcome back to My Design Rules.
The halfway mark in the
competition should be the point
where our design duos are
halfway through the challenge.
But is this a case of
the glass being half
full or half empty?
[upbeat music]
- It's a halfway mark and it
feels like we just started.
- Oh my, it really does, it
feels like we've just started.
- Yeah.
- My love.
- There's a lot of
challenges going on.
- Everything is happening
at the same time.
- So we are a bit worried
about the time frame.
- Yeah.
- Are we gonna finish on time?
Are we gonna have everything
done nicely and correctly?
That's the biggest
fear that we have now.
- Most of our stuff
have already arrived
and it's looking
promising that we're going
to be done on time.
We're quite
confident about that.
- Yes, and it's so exciting
to see everything just like.
- Come together.
- Come together yeah,
it's really exciting.
- But you know what?
That mural it's still
giving me heart attacks.
- And he's just on
my back through heart
and not giving me
rest to actually work
on the mural, you
ruined my confidence.
- I'm sorry.
[upbeat music]
- This is our room do you know?
- It looks quite cool
I like the colors
but I mean halfway
done and you guys are,
just got basically
paint on the wall.
- Yeah, so basically everything
was, we were quite stressing
about the paint we first
selected the wrong paint
and now we have the
correct one which I think.
- But.
- It turned out to be.
- What's the but.
- It's beautiful but it's
taking forever to go on.
- Yeah.
- So we still need another
final coat of paint.
We still need to
paint our ceiling
and corners off and order and.
- And we also need to
put wallpaper today.
- Exactly.
- Okay, you guys have got
you halfway got a week
to finish all of the
stuff and a lot seems
like it still needs to be
done at every point along
the way you've had delays.
So are you guys going
to be finished in time?
- Yeah we are going to
be finished on time.
Look at this it comes with
a lifetime of achievement
and experience if you place
your projects according
to time and spec
everything will be done
and you're looking forward
to the final product.
- Well guys I want to be
honest with you it seems
like you're very reliant
on your suppliers I suggest
you roll up your
sleeves and start doing
some of the painting
yourselves otherwise you guys
aren't going to be done
all right, so good luck.
- It's about time we
started doing that Lesego.
- Let's do this.
- Yep.
[upbeat music]
- Let's see what they've got.
It's a Banele.
How's it going?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm very good, it's
nice to see you guys.
- Nice to see you too.
- So what's in the boot here?
- We've got a job paint
chair that we just collected.
- Oh wow.
- I'm very excited for it.
- It looks awesome but listen
what I'm very surprised
about is there seems
to be a third member
of your team, so
what's going on here?
- This is Nicole,
she drives us around.
- So why do you
guys need a driver?
- Because none of us can drive.
- At all.
- Well listen, you guys
have been warned about this
from the beginning
from one of the judges.
How has this
impacted the project?
- Financially it's been a strike
because we actually hadn't
planned to have someone extra
to actually help us with the
driving but we really needed
that because we couldn't
get around with that.
- Ever since she came on
board it's making life
so simple because we can go
to like more than one place
at the same time whereas
with public transport
you can't do that, it's
such a bad ass, yes.
- And they're paying you, right?
- Yeah.
- Right, let's turn our
attention to what's going on
in there I mean,
what's happening?
How are you guys doing,
how are you feeling?
- Like honestly I'm a bit
stressed about the wall art
that we still have to do,
the few layers that we did,
it's not looking
as I hoped it will.
- Only because he doesn't
trust the process,
he's hoping that instantly
the artwork is done.
But now it's like
layers and layers
and layers before it is done.
- I think that's the problem.
I'm imagining the end
before we even get there.
- And he also doesn't
trust the artist.
- I do trust the artist,
please come down.
- Has he been a
nightmare to work with
or everything you could have
expected from a partner?
- No, I think we work
very well like in regards
to we understand what needs
to be done, we're able
to delegate tasks to each other.
I deal with a lot of admin and.
- I deal a lot with the
creative side of the project.
- Well I'm glad you
guys are giggling now
but you guys need to
get a lot done still
so I'll help you carry your
box you don't have to pay me.
- Thank you I appreciate it.
- Lets roll.
- I'd like to take
a photo of you two.
Man shouldn't you be working I
come and check up on you once
and you guys are standing
outside looking like she models.
- Sure I know it looks
like we just chin chilling
but it's none of that.
We're waiting for
the contractors.
- Our dream team.
- Well, looks like your
dream team has arrived.
- Yay.
[dog barking]
- Dream team girls.
- Hi.
[upbeat music]
- So Brad you've
brought in your nieces
to be your specialist
contractors
to finish off your chandeliers
but what still needs
to be done, what has been done,
where's the drama in
this guest bedroom?
- Sure the drama is
wall-to-wall I mean ceiling
to the every way there's
drama because we started out
with banging out the wall
which is quite dramatic
to create an en suite
taste bedroom experience.
Yeah so we're still waiting
for painting to be done, door
to be finished, carpets
to be be put in,
so halfway mark we
are a bit stressed.
- It seems like a lot
still needs to get done.
- Sure and the more you say
that the more I get
there's not enough time.
Yeah our furniture is arriving
so hopefully we'll be able
to pull it off together
and should be jungle fever
like jungle fever water walls,
chandeliers, grass, zebras.
- Well the million
dollar question
is will you guys
be done in time?
- All I can say is for
my nerves I hope so.
[upbeat music]
The paint effects is
quite hard actually only
because I'm working
with tones of green
so it's getting it
consistently like dark green
and fading it so
that's quite hard.
What do you think Tshepo?
- I'm stressed, I love my friend
but I wish we had a specialist.
[upbeat music]
- We have very little time
left and we've been trying
to push the wallpaper to get in
and now our corners is not dry.
So if the wallpaper and the
wet corners touch it's going
to make ugliness on
top of our wallpaper
Pretty defeated,
pretty defeated.
- Wow, so our design
viewers have 99 problems
but time management
seems to be the big one
with the deadline looming
for this challenge,
the outcome is anybody's guess.
- Will it be triumph or tragedy
when the judges make
their house score.
To see how that unfolds tune
in for more on My Design Rules.
[upbeat music]
- Welcome to My Design Rules,
the interior design reality
show that follows the journey
of three competing design duos
as they transform three empty
cluster homes at the eye
of Africa, Gulf and
residential estate outside
of Johannesburg, South Africa
into lavish living spaces.
The goal to have
the judges rule them
to be the best new
interior design talent
in South Africa
unlocking a bright career
and R100,000 cash prize.
Last time we introduced you
to our three dynamic design
duos and their mentors.
And so now the competition
can begin in earnest.
But before we can reveal
which room they'll be
tackling first let's recap
to get you up to speed.
Last time on My Design Rules
we met our three design duos
that will battle it out in
the name of great design.
They are team House and Leisure.
- We've known each
other for six years
and since we've known each
other that long I believe
that we're gonna
be like the bomb
in this competition,
we're gonna kill it.
- Team VISI.
- So we are definitely
going to be the best duo.
- Yeah.
- And team Habitat
- We are super
duper over the moon.
- Stars, sun.
- The galaxy, excited.
- The three white box homes
that they'll be transforming
are located at the stone
quarter development
in the magnificent
eye of Africa, Gulf
and residential estate in
the south of Johannesburg.
The design duos drew keys
from a hat to determine
which of the units they would
be decorating before getting
to view their empty
canvas for the first time.
Each design duo will benefit
from the expert advice
and experience of
magazine editor mentors
who will guide them
on their journey.
Now it's time to get things
started with the brief
on their first challenge.
- The competition
is about to start.
- And we have no words.
- Terereree.
- This is our first
challenge we don't know
what to expect we're about
to get our first briefing
and it's so nerve-wracking.
- We're gonna bring that
razzle dazzle, we're ready
to get in there, get through
the walls, build some
walls, tear down some.
- Tear down a lot of walls.
- And bring in some chandeliers.
- Welcome to your
first challenge.
Over the next 14 weeks
you'll be decorating one room
or space every two weeks to
ultimately create a dream home.
Your first challenge is to
turn a white space into a room
that will have your friends
queuing out the door to visit.
It's the guest bedroom, you
have two weeks, good luck.
- Do you want a guest room
that's impressive,
invites the guests?
- Says check in man, enjoy.
- Our design duos
have an overall cash
budget of R300, 000.
That's over and above
the many generously
sponsored products.
That means it's really
dedicated to decor elements.
It's the first challenge
for our design duos
and that means the
outcome will reveal
the front runners
in the competition.
Key to their success is meeting
with their mentors to
discuss their vision.
[upbeat music]
- Meeting with Tiaan for the
guest room, we actually worried
that are we prepared
enough first of all
because we haven't
seen him in a while
and will he actually
like what do we have.
- Yes.
- So for an over
arching kind of mood
for the guest bedroom,
what are you going for?
What's the mood of the room?
- Okay colorwise we
introduced a bit of peach,
a lighter version of peach
just to warm the room up
since it's on the darker
side of the house.
And then behind the bed we have
like an artifact in emerald.
- I mean in terms of the
furniture I see that you've kind
of kept it quite like
light in terms of
the treatment and the wood,
what's the thinking there?
- Well the furniture
we actually looked
at the more neutral stuff
because we're trying
to keep it very calm
and almost feminine.
- So last time
you guys mentioned
that you want to collaborate
with some artists
for some original
artwork in the room
- So in regards to artists
we've got Tatenda Chidora
who actually volunteered to
give us exhibition prints
and then we tried Vusi
Beauchamp which we have here
on the screen and
unfortunately he's in Durban
so we couldn't have
him on board for now.
And then at the end
Tshepo nominated someone.
[Tshepo and Banele laughing ]
- So much pleasure.
[ Tshepo and Banele laughing]
- And Tiaan actually
really likes it,
we thought he wouldn't
like it but he agreed
with everything that
we came up with.
- I was actually so
impressed that he loved it.
- 'Cause we weren't prepared.
[Tshepo and Banele laughing]
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- We are now having a
little meeting about
what we're planning to do
with the guest bedroom.
- What we are trying to do is
like do a modern jungle inside
the bedroom like
a concrete jungle.
- Our first idea was wallpaper
and we love this wallpaper.
It's very exciting,
it's very vibrant.
- But we also need
to consider the fact
that we don't make it too much.
Take the wallpaper and see
how everything is gonna look.
- This is too
bright, can you see.
We are applying our paint
to test it out and see
if it will work with our ideas
and to our shock and horror.
- The paint is wrong.
- I love the wallpaper and
I'm very glad they had a liter
of paint here because
once we started painting,
we realized it's too bright.
It's the wrong color.
- So what do you
think about this one?
- It's dark but it's nice.
- Mpho and I have decided to
create an imaginary client
for our entire house to
give us more direction
and just to focus us, okay.
- Doing this has impressed
me endlessly instead
of just fixing this home you
created a character, a person
who's going to live
here tell me about him.
- So this is a photographer
named Travis Stuurman.
He's more formal and
simple guy so we want
to make this house to.
- Real.
- Be like him instead
of to represent him.
[upbeat music]
- So busy shopping
for lights and.
- Minus one.
- Minus yeah, minus our mentor,
she's not feeling
well in hospital.
We'll be still standing strong
we had Farrah to help us
who was sent by Amanda
- I'm a bit nervous to
go shopping with Sphero ,
I don't know if she can
manage the budget with you.
- Just let me spend what
I need to explain then
the budget will
manage just fine.
- Thank goodness you
haven't got the pen.
- OMGG, I see this
light and it's the one.
I gotta have it, no I gotta
have it for real guys.
This is it.
- 80, 000, for a lamp,
Abiah no, we can't.
- Brad is the budget.
B for bread or budget,
no too expensive
so this slide as soon as
I saw it I went, OMG no.
- Declined.
- Brad you're not making
this very easy for me,
but like if we have to choose
something today, this maybe
this is alternative,
this one right here.
- How's the budget looking Brad?
- It suits my budget.
- I think this for
a second option
is a very good idea, we
can play with the shapes
and sizes, bring
the jungle theme in.
- Fabulous, I love it
so this is the one.
- The lights that we
picked are quite nice,
they fit our jungle theme.
- Absolutely.
- Right now while we're shopping
- It's going down.
- It's going down.
- And I'm talking breaking down
the wall kind of down my nerves.
- An en suite for
our guest room.
- Sure.
- So we managed to convince
him to smash that wall down.
- We were not letting
it go, something had
to go down and it
happened to be that wall.
- Yes, if they're not
knocking it down now, Abiah
would be leaving
shopping with his hand.
- And now we're
gonna get my hammer
and I would bash it down.
[Abiah and Brad laughing]
Probably now I've been
doing the cell black tango
which is not good
for team Habitat.
- Talk about a smashing start
after the break we find out
if team Habitat's
decision to break
through the wall was a
success or if it left a hole
in their design, stay tuned.
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Welcome back to My Design
Rules, it's time now
to add some personality
to the rooms
with interesting furnishing
pieces and accessories.
Team House and Leisure
have chosen to go
with a custom wall mural
in the guest bedroom
and are seeking the
advice of South Africa's
leading paint technique
expert, Claire Bond.
Team house and leisure
is at Plascon Spaces
for some paint advice.
- Claire is showing us
how to actually mix up
the paints like there are
different brushes for mixing,
there's a brush for application
and then there's also a
brush to mix everything.
- Blended.
- Yes basically blending, yeah.
- Okay James, now we're going
to start creating
our ink faded effect.
- The most important
thing is to wet
that section of wall first
with your piece of cloth.
The paint dries really
fast so you need dampness
to make the effect look blotchy.
And you apply it left to right.
- And we are so
excited getting advice
from Claire with how to go
about with our technique
and it's going quite well.
- Okay here we are, we finished
our first layer, alright?
Now we move quickly
onto the second color.
You just drag it a bit and
then you get a lovely effect
so you get that light and dark.
- So you can just see I
move the brush in and out
and you just gently blend
it like this with your brush
and then your
technique is finished.
- I'm worried that since
you have to do our feature
or you get it right or
not, it freaks me out.
- Yes.
- We have decided to call one
of our favorite designers.
I'm very inspired by
him, Leonardo Designs.
I absolutely love your
dodecahedron piece.
- Thank you.
- But we're thinking
of editing it slightly
just to fit in our room.
- What did you have in mind?
- So we were thinking
of something like this
which has more of a
tapered shape to it.
- What we can do is look at
creating more vertical facets
to the table which I think
would look very, very nice.
- So I was thinking
that we should go
with a gold rich pearl
finish so that we get
that more inspired gold
shape, diamond mixed
with a little bit of gold there.
- A great color to work with
so the next step we're going
to go to the cutting phase
and then thereafter we'll go
to welding and then you'll
see the finished product.
So you're looking at
about three weeks.
- Three weeks?
- It should take
about three weeks
but I can see Lesego is
very concerned about it,
so we'll try and push it
and get it out in a week.
- We are walking the dogs
trying to meet a deadline.
- Yeah and stick to the
budget, you know, we had
to visit the guys who are
making our collaboration.
Oh, yes, yes, yes.
Guys no this is unbelievable.
Wow, you've taken
a zebralicious,
if we don't win the challenge
I swear am gonna object
to the panel and my
objection your honor.
- Thank you.
Wow, wow, wow.
In the time that
you had I'm actually
so surprised you
could have done it.
- How long did it take you?
- It takes me like a one week
working day night to come
with like this piece I was
working with my brother
And I thank the guys I
work with for their support
to come with this
like marvelous piece.
- I would start with saying
thank you for like working
with us and making
something so amazing.
Like it's something so
new and it's like, wow.
Brad I think you should
try sit down so we can see
the effect I mean
a whole baby girl.
- Hello.
- Wow it's like,
welcome to the jungle.
Well please hold your
flowers, you are the queen.
[upbeat music]
- So now we're at Oriental
plaza, we are shopping
for our curtains and
Radha is showing us
the different fabrics they
have and what we can do
with so many options
to pick from.
- Radha do you have organza?
- Yes we have organza but
why you want to use organza?
- Not really my
grandmaster uses that.
- You know youngsters
should be looking
at something like
this here with linen
that's in fashion now.
- And you know that Radha
actually took you serious
when you're talking
about organza.
- I was serious.
- I was thinking to myself.
Oh, this is lovely.
- That is beautiful.
- So this is going to be
like the main curtain so.
- That's your main
curtain and you want
to put a sheer
curtain behind this?
- Oh yes, definitely.
- Because these are all
the sheer curtains here.
- The style we're looking for
is actually adding
eyelets to curtains.
- The main curtain.
- Yes, only because I've
actually looked into that style
for a long time but and it's
still classic I must say.
- Now I'm serious getting
into like shopping mode,
he's turning me to a bridal
joke like finale what the hell?
- I'm trying to get
you ready for marriage.
- Team VISI is back
at Leonardo Design
to see their
collaboration complete.
- It's so beautiful .
- And I'm also excited that
Frank can actually pull this
with such a noticed period.
- Your ideas come out
so beautifully with
the straight facet
coming down, yeah, it's
really worked out well.
And the color the gold
has worked out perfectly.
- Perfectly.
- We finally have our
beautiful golden diamond.
- And someone thinks that is
going to be on her fingers
which is not a wedding ring,
this is a table by the way so.
- Okay.
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- We're shopping
for artificial grass
and it's not for the outside.
- It's always been
on the inside.
[Abiah and Brad laughing]
How is you, I look okay.
[dog barking]
- We are trying to
negotiate a discount.
- You know and voice
is wa-wa-wa-wa.
Whats up, but you know
patches are gonna shame,
can hit on both.
- How can I help you guys?
- Well, we are looking
to find flooring
for our guest bedroom.
- Yeah.
- We walked in here and
we thought this is it,
like this is it.
- This is it, okay well this
is actually our putting green
so you know if you put this
in the bedroom just make sure
that you buy a putter
as well so you can.
- Absolutely and that's a
multi-functional bedroom.
- Yes.
- Where they can patch
and then get into bed.
- And all sorts
of other patches.
- Okay guys this is
be the golf green
that you saw in the showroom
and then you were asking
about the longer grass.
- Longer grass.
- Here you can see
the longer grass.
- Yeah.
- Okay.
- That looks like real grass.
- Like the real thing.
- Sure.
- And here on the wall
behind you you can see
there's some samples
that you can find
with you and then
you can go and play.
- And actually see.
- How it will fit into
your dicho scheme.
So you're welcome to use some.
- Okay, I'm gonna, that one.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, there's a huge,
massive variety of grass, yeah.
- Ginormous, but I swear the one
that we got is the
holden one, it's the.
- Winner
- It is.
- It is.
- Grass on the
guest bedroom floor,
it seems our design duos are
certainly not holding back.
And so I hope the grass
is indeed always greener.
It's so exciting to see progress
so after the break I pop in
to see how the designs
are coming along.
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Welcome back to My Design Rules.
The halfway mark in the
competition should be the point
where our design duos are
halfway through the challenge.
But is this a case of
the glass being half
full or half empty?
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- It's a halfway mark and it
feels like we just started.
- Oh my, it really does, it
feels like we've just started.
- Yeah.
- My love.
- There's a lot of
challenges going on.
- Everything is happening
at the same time.
- So we are a bit worried
about the time frame.
- Yeah.
- Are we gonna finish on time?
Are we gonna have everything
done nicely and correctly?
That's the biggest
fear that we have now.
- Most of our stuff
have already arrived
and it's looking
promising that we're going
to be done on time.
We're quite
confident about that.
- Yes, and it's so exciting
to see everything just like.
- Come together.
- Come together yeah,
it's really exciting.
- But you know what?
That mural it's still
giving me heart attacks.
- And he's just on
my back through heart
and not giving me
rest to actually work
on the mural, you
ruined my confidence.
- I'm sorry.
[upbeat music]
- This is our room do you know?
- It looks quite cool
I like the colors
but I mean halfway
done and you guys are,
just got basically
paint on the wall.
- Yeah, so basically everything
was, we were quite stressing
about the paint we first
selected the wrong paint
and now we have the
correct one which I think.
- But.
- It turned out to be.
- What's the but.
- It's beautiful but it's
taking forever to go on.
- Yeah.
- So we still need another
final coat of paint.
We still need to
paint our ceiling
and corners off and order and.
- And we also need to
put wallpaper today.
- Exactly.
- Okay, you guys have got
you halfway got a week
to finish all of the
stuff and a lot seems
like it still needs to be
done at every point along
the way you've had delays.
So are you guys going
to be finished in time?
- Yeah we are going to
be finished on time.
Look at this it comes with
a lifetime of achievement
and experience if you place
your projects according
to time and spec
everything will be done
and you're looking forward
to the final product.
- Well guys I want to be
honest with you it seems
like you're very reliant
on your suppliers I suggest
you roll up your
sleeves and start doing
some of the painting
yourselves otherwise you guys
aren't going to be done
all right, so good luck.
- It's about time we
started doing that Lesego.
- Let's do this.
- Yep.
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- Let's see what they've got.
It's a Banele.
How's it going?
- Good, how are you?
- I'm very good, it's
nice to see you guys.
- Nice to see you too.
- So what's in the boot here?
- We've got a job paint
chair that we just collected.
- Oh wow.
- I'm very excited for it.
- It looks awesome but listen
what I'm very surprised
about is there seems
to be a third member
of your team, so
what's going on here?
- This is Nicole,
she drives us around.
- So why do you
guys need a driver?
- Because none of us can drive.
- At all.
- Well listen, you guys
have been warned about this
from the beginning
from one of the judges.
How has this
impacted the project?
- Financially it's been a strike
because we actually hadn't
planned to have someone extra
to actually help us with the
driving but we really needed
that because we couldn't
get around with that.
- Ever since she came on
board it's making life
so simple because we can go
to like more than one place
at the same time whereas
with public transport
you can't do that, it's
such a bad ass, yes.
- And they're paying you, right?
- Yeah.
- Right, let's turn our
attention to what's going on
in there I mean,
what's happening?
How are you guys doing,
how are you feeling?
- Like honestly I'm a bit
stressed about the wall art
that we still have to do,
the few layers that we did,
it's not looking
as I hoped it will.
- Only because he doesn't
trust the process,
he's hoping that instantly
the artwork is done.
But now it's like
layers and layers
and layers before it is done.
- I think that's the problem.
I'm imagining the end
before we even get there.
- And he also doesn't
trust the artist.
- I do trust the artist,
please come down.
- Has he been a
nightmare to work with
or everything you could have
expected from a partner?
- No, I think we work
very well like in regards
to we understand what needs
to be done, we're able
to delegate tasks to each other.
I deal with a lot of admin and.
- I deal a lot with the
creative side of the project.
- Well I'm glad you
guys are giggling now
but you guys need to
get a lot done still
so I'll help you carry your
box you don't have to pay me.
- Thank you I appreciate it.
- Lets roll.
- I'd like to take
a photo of you two.
Man shouldn't you be working I
come and check up on you once
and you guys are standing
outside looking like she models.
- Sure I know it looks
like we just chin chilling
but it's none of that.
We're waiting for
the contractors.
- Our dream team.
- Well, looks like your
dream team has arrived.
- Yay.
[dog barking]
- Dream team girls.
- Hi.
[upbeat music]
- So Brad you've
brought in your nieces
to be your specialist
contractors
to finish off your chandeliers
but what still needs
to be done, what has been done,
where's the drama in
this guest bedroom?
- Sure the drama is
wall-to-wall I mean ceiling
to the every way there's
drama because we started out
with banging out the wall
which is quite dramatic
to create an en suite
taste bedroom experience.
Yeah so we're still waiting
for painting to be done, door
to be finished, carpets
to be be put in,
so halfway mark we
are a bit stressed.
- It seems like a lot
still needs to get done.
- Sure and the more you say
that the more I get
there's not enough time.
Yeah our furniture is arriving
so hopefully we'll be able
to pull it off together
and should be jungle fever
like jungle fever water walls,
chandeliers, grass, zebras.
- Well the million
dollar question
is will you guys
be done in time?
- All I can say is for
my nerves I hope so.
[upbeat music]
The paint effects is
quite hard actually only
because I'm working
with tones of green
so it's getting it
consistently like dark green
and fading it so
that's quite hard.
What do you think Tshepo?
- I'm stressed, I love my friend
but I wish we had a specialist.
[upbeat music]
- We have very little time
left and we've been trying
to push the wallpaper to get in
and now our corners is not dry.
So if the wallpaper and the
wet corners touch it's going
to make ugliness on
top of our wallpaper
Pretty defeated,
pretty defeated.
- Wow, so our design
viewers have 99 problems
but time management
seems to be the big one
with the deadline looming
for this challenge,
the outcome is anybody's guess.
- Will it be triumph or tragedy
when the judges make
their house score.
To see how that unfolds tune
in for more on My Design Rules.
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