My Design Rules (2020): Season 2, Episode 9 - Master Bedroom Winner - full transcript

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[cheerful, electronic music]

- Last time on My Design Rules

The design duos had to
wipe the slate clean

for a new challenge.

You'll be decorating and
designing the master bedroom.

As for the design process,

there were some concerns
at the halfway mark.

- We're not sure if we're
gonna keep it or take it out.

I'm a bit worried about the
paint being done on time

'cause usually, at this point,

we're way past the
painting phase.



- Will these master bedrooms

be the stuff of sweet dreams
or a nightmare to finish?

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Welcome to My Design Rules,

the interior design
reality series

where we follow the journey
of three competing design duos

as they decorate
three cluster homes

at a golf estate development
in Johannesburg, South Africa.

They are competing for
the judge's approval

and to win a 100,000 rand prize

as the ruling designers.

Plus, if they get the most
votes from South African viewers

as the fan favorite,

they could win an
additional 20,000 rand.



If they get both the judge's
vote and that of the viewers,

they walk away with
a full 120,000 rand.

There's a lot at stake
for our design duos

and let's hope the stress
doesn't get to them

on the final day of the
master bedroom challenge.

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- It's the final day
and our carpet is in.

Our bed has been delivered.

We have to assemble it.

We were quite worried about it.

- The bed had to be
assembled in the bedroom.

It's quite a heavy bed.

You can't assemble
it in another room

and carry it into the bedroom.

- [Danilo] Team Visi
still has paint work

being done in their
master bedroom.

- We've got most of
our things together,

but we still have a few details

that we really wanna get right.

- I'm still not sure
about the wallpaper.

- I think we should keep it.

We are using Caesar
stone in our bedroom

as a service, slash console.

[men speaking a
foreign language]

- It's quite heavy

and I'm proud that the
guys put it in quite well.

[sighs] It nearly gave
me a heart attack.

[Mpho laughs]

- Our curtains have been made--

- Custom-made.

- Custom-made--

- By one of our girls.

- We bought a rail as well.

- [Brad] Yes.

- [Abiah] The rail's too
long for the curtains so--

- [Brad] Or the
curtains became shorter

in projection than the rail

'cause we bought the rail to
get the actual measurement

of how long it's supposed to be.

- Something's short,
something's long

and we need to make them fit.

- So either we un-peg those
goblets and make 'em long.

Yes, but if you un-peg
those goblets, it will work.

- So you're going to
un-peg the curtain.

- If I have to or you're
gonna chop up this pole.

- With my butter knife.

[men laughing]

- You're full of drugs,
but at the wrong time!

- There's a fine line between
perfection and clumsy and--

- And where was I?

I was walking on that tight rope

between clumsy and fine line.

- Well we've used
the mothmus color

which is a beautiful
French khaki sort of color.

- [Lesego] It blends in
with the vanilla though.

If you look at the grains,

it picks it up a
little bit in there.

So we've used it in our bathroom

and will continue it
in our master bedroom.

- And we're putting it
absolutely everywhere,

ceilings, corners, walls-

- Except the furniture
like the first challenge.

- We should have
though. [laughs]

- Yeah.

No. [laughs]

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- [Men] Yes, yes!

- It's going in! [laughs]

Fabulous, we feel amazing.

We didn't think a king-size
would fit into the doorway,

but it's a big
relief, absolutely.

- Got it in. [laughs]

- Now we can lay
the bed, thank you.

Thank you, thank you. [laughs]

- We chose the stone,
self-help side table

because it's water and dust
resistant and it's perfect

that you now don't need
place mats on your table.

It's a real tongue twister
because you have to say

"self-help side table"
and remember all--

- [Tshepo] There's so many S's,

I think that's why our
tongues get so tied--

- [Together]
Self-help side table.

- Self-help, eh. [laughs]

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- With that all-important
5:00 P.M. deadline

fast approaching for
the master bedroom,

I'm expecting some
exquisite design.

Except this time, I'm
not even allowed inside.

- That's right,
stay out! [laughs]

- Fine, but you guys
can take a sneak peak.

Come take a look.

- Well now you can
see why we told Danilo

to shut the front door
and stay on the outside.

- We haven't got
much more to go--

- Yeah, the guys are magicians.

They're gonna be done in
like two, tic-tac-toe,

they'll be done and
then we need to be done

in tic-tac-toe to make that bed.

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- No, no we're not done.

You can't come in, our white
carpet is in. [laughing]

- The reason why we're not
letting him come in here

is because we just
cleaned our carpet--

- And also drilling--

- The mirrors and accessories
and the sides as well,

but then otherwise,
everything is looking good.

We're quite happy.

- And over starred.

- Yeah.

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[door rattles]

- [sighs] And they've
locked me out.

- Danilo is not
allowed into our house.

We don't wanna hear
anything of anything.

- [Lesego] Yeah,
no ticking bomb.

- We need to work so Danilo
must just wait five minutes.

- The final few minutes are
for the finishing touches

where the duos make
sure the space is styled

and ready to wow the judges.

Shortly before the design
contestants were due

to complete their
master bedrooms,

they didn't even wanna
let me inside their homes.

So it gives me great
pleasure to announce

that it's 5:00 and they should
be done right about now.

[horn blows]

- We have run out of time

and we're running out
of our units. [laughs]

- And we are happy
that we finished.

Everything is spot-on.

So yeah, we are not quite
worried about anything now.

We're just looking
forward to share that--

- The results.

- You get the extra money.

- Because I couldn't really
see what the design duos did

while they worked
their last-minute magic

and as excited as you are
to see the grand reveals,

which happens after the break,

but this time, they
have to let me in.

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Welcome back.

I'm sure our design
duos must have had

many sleepless nights
on this challenge,

but now that they've
literally made their bed,

they must lie in it.

First up to reveal their
creation are Tshepo and Banele.

Soft, restful and
peaceful retreat

were the words that inspired

team House and
Leisure's master bedroom

which is a continuation of their
modern-minimalist approach.

Whoa!

You can just feel the luxury
as you walk into the space,

so much so that I have
to take my shoes off

just to feel it beneath my feet.

If you walk down, this feels
like I'm in a marshmallow.

- Thank you so much Danilo.

We are happy that's
what you think because

that's exactly what we
are trying to achieve.

- Seeing as I feel like
I'm sitting on a cloud,

I'm wondering what
the dreams were

that you had for this room

and the things that
you love the most.

- Started with the finishes,

we tried to bring
in the same cupboard

we had in our spare room
into the main bedroom

which is very luxurious
underfoot and soft

and then we have curtains
to match the wall color.

We tried to improve from what
we had in our first bedroom.

- [Banele] Which we were
heavily criticized on

'cause they didn't
like the quality--

- [Tshepo] And the
length as well.

- As well, yes.

So this time around,
we've got it right,

but it just drapes,
but not too much.

- What I have on my
side, it is a side table

that we bought off the shelf

and a lamp that
were like separate

and then we tried to fuse,
like make them one thing

just to compliment what
Banele has on his side.

- Our initial plan for the space

was actually to break the wall

so that you could greet
the whole room as one,

but also, I think it's
a contemporary way

of looking at spaces
and how people interact.

- [Tshepo] And another reason
why we left out the screen

is that we wanted the
judge to have a second look

at the space with
the two together

and then if they
still don't like it,

we'll re-look into like
solving that privacy problem.

- Designing for a
fictional client

who is young and creative,

team Visi endeavored to
create a master bedroom

that is sheik and sophisticated

with a high-contrast
color palette.

Wow, wow, wow guys,

this is a master
bedroom I can call home.

Amazing, good job.

- Thank you.

[team thanks Danilo]

- So in this space, we
tried, as much as we can,

to do it not a European style,

but a little bit of African soul

so that we can create our
own African design star.

- So being the team that
hasn't yet won a challenge,

the judges are gonna
really want to know

how much effort you've put into

the advice they've given you
from the previous challenges

and that advice had to do with
the balance of your space.

How have you managed
to balance this room?

- What we had, which we
used to our advantage,

was this beautiful,
big, round mirror.

We also tried to balance it
out with smaller elements.

- [Lesego] Like those
round, small mirrors,

if you look at the pendant
and also the bedside lamp,

they look the same, but
they're not from the same shop.

They have the same volume.

That's how we balanced
it quite well.

And the four poster bed,

it doesn't look too
big in the room.

It's actually nice accommodated.

- Each judge has a
different personality.

So what do you think

that they're gonna
love about this space?

- Well, Katlego, being a female,

I would say she'd love our bed.

I know, as a female,

that I love to melt into a
big, beautiful, luxurious bed

and just melt away
into a cloud of sleep.

I also think that Donald would
like our collaboration pieces

because it has an African,
yet contemporary feel

and it's not
necessarily his style,

but I do think
he'll appreciate it.

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- [Danilo] Team Habitat set
out to design a master bedroom

that would roar with an
eclectic mix of textures,

patterns and materials and
be fit for African royalty.

So this is the lion's den.

You guys have created
something amazing.

It feels luxurious.

There's lots of elements to it.

Talk us through them.

- Sure, well I'll start
with the lighting.

We've got three chandeliers

to just bring in
some real lighting

and we wanted quite a
presidential feel, high-end,

you know, with the pillows
on the side of the bed,

the wall paper.

- Then we're going
for Days of Our Lives,

in terms of that silky,
it's like Brook's bedroom.

It's very silky and
sexy and it's like,

if you've got a man in there,
he ain't never gonna leave!

[men laughing]

- Right, so the judges
often give you guys

feedback about, sort of,

how extravagant you tended
to go with your rooms.

I mean, and this one
looks quite busy still.

- [Brad] Well for us, we
feel like it's quite demure.

- [Abiah] Yes, we've reeled
ourselves in quite a lot

and left out a lot of page out

and more statement
pieces with a lux feel.

The chair that you're sitting
on is a second-hand chair.

So we've up-cycled those, got
them resprayed, reupholstered.

The bedding which we
had made with ladies

from city of Joburg,
the curtains as well.

- Let's have a quick
moment for your painting

that you've got on the wall.

It's quite different to
the rest of the room.

- [Abiah] Yeah, we did come up
with the patterns ourselves.

We used different shades.

So the one has a sheen,
the other has a matte.

We tried to play
with that textures.

It's got an African element--

- Absolutely.

When we started, we
wanted to go into Belle,

but I know as soon as the
judges hear Belle from us,

they would think wall to wall.

So it was quite a demure
take on an African print.

- [Abiah] And it
worked out quite well

because kind of
looking like sunshine

that's coming from
behind the trees

which I think worked quite well.

- Each bedroom a master
stroke, if you asked me,

but what about the budgets?

Each team is allocated a
300,000 rand cash budget

on top of their many sponsored
items for the entire house

which they choose how to
allocate at their will.

Team Habitat had already
spent a sizable 161,000 rand

of their 300,000 rand
cash budget so far,

the most of the three
teams and therefore,

allocated a very modest 25,000
rand for the master bedroom.

With their bathroom win,

they ended up with
28,000 rand to spend

and did pretty
much exactly that.

The cost conscious
allocation means

that they still have
114,000 rand left

for the kitchen,
garden and living room.

Team Visi had spent 148,000 rand

before tackling
the master bedroom

and therefore decided
to apportion 50,000
rand to this room.

In the end, they spent
48,000 rand on the room,

saving two, so the amount
left in their overall budget

is 104,000 rand.

Team House and Leisure

had been the most modest
with their budget allocations

of the first three
room challenges

and winning the two
consecutive challenges

provided them with
a cash injection.

So they splashed out by
budgeting 57,000 rand

on their master suite.

However, a miscalculation
with the hefty contractable

for the big bathroom remodel
that surprised the duo,

plus also going over their
master bedroom budget

by an extra eight and
a half thousand rand

means they are left
with only 85,000 rand

for the kitchen,
garden and living room.

Goodness, Tshepo and Banele,

how did you guys get
into this position?

With three more rooms
still to decorate,

including the costly kitchen,

our design duos are
gonna have to be

extra careful with their
money, one team in particular.

But, after the break,

the judges arrive to
survey their designs

with their bedroom eyes.

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Welcome back to My Design Rules.

Winning the master
bedroom challenge

will give one duo a budget boost

so I can pretty much
guarantee that they won't rest

until the judges
give their critique.

Contestants, your
forth room challenge

required a mastery
of your design flare.

The judges are here
and they'll decide

which team will
sleep easy tonight

and which will have nightmares.

They are Katlego
Kondlo from Plascon,

Donald Nxumalo,

and David Muirhead,
the renowned designer.

- My name is David Muirhead.

I'm an interior designer
in Johannesburg.

I enjoy an eclectic
mix of design.

The key to my design, really,

is capturing the essence
of the individual.

It's not always about
interpreting your own style.

It's more about listening,

capturing the
essence of the client

and the needs of the
client in expressing that.

- [Danilo] The first master
bedroom visited by the judges

belongs to team Visi.

Can they impress these
discerning design connoisseurs

with their modern African style?

- The most thing that I think
the judges are gonna love

about our room is
the use of color.

David is gonna love our
closet and the server.

Katlego must love our mirror--

- [Mpho] And the bed.

- And Donald is gonna
love the curtains

and also the rug and
the four-poster bed.

- I love the fact that
they've taken the color

all the way down from
the actual skirting

all the way up to the ceiling

which brings it all in together.

- [David] The wall
paper's beautiful,

but possibly a little
bit contrasting

to the accenting detail
of the pedestals.

However, the whole room
has got a wonderful essence

of Africa and a beautiful
contrasting texture.

- You know what I love?

I love that this bed is so
big and it's so present,

but it doesn't feel domineering

and also the color,

I just think that
it looks so natural

and adds a sense of
nature into the space.

- And Donald, that mirror,
recipe for babies. [laughs]

- My first impression
is brilliant.

There is functionality,
there's practicality.

- There are elements of design

that I would not
have thought of,

but what I'm appreciating
more about it now

is how it links to that
gorgeous bathroom that they did.

- My favorite
aspect of this room

is really the sense
of proportions.

The bed is quite
present and beautiful

and so are the
pedestals on each side.

I love that the
vanilla print comes out

in such an unconventional way.

- I'm really disappointed

with the execution
with the curtains.

I feel it just
lets the room down.

The top of the curtains,
it just wasn't sitting

properly at the top there.

- Just how it's hung is
really quite a letdown for me.

- Team House and Leisure
knows all about curtains

spoiling a room
so they're hoping

the judges appreciate
the touches of luxury

in their master bedroom.

- I think the judges are liking
the full carpet in the room

because I think we're the
only team that used carpet

and the lights from the top

which look like
candles during the day.

I think that adds a bit
of mood to the room.

- I think they've redeemed
themselves from last week.

Don't you think?

- There's a wonderful mood here.

It's a wonderful mood.

There's an ambiance.

- I absolutely love how
soothing this space is.

It feels like it hugs you

and it just gives you a sense
of just calmness and peace.

I'm still not sure about the
toilet being so exposed though.

- If we had maybe made
the plants a little higher

and possibly put the
W.C. in an enclosure,

it'd probably be a
little more private.

- I just love that
there's a desk here

and that you can also
look at yourself,

but I just, the only
think I wouldn't do

is have a colored mirror because

although it's a
beautiful effect,

it's not very practical when
you're putting on your makeup

or looking at yourself.

- [Katlego] So you look darker.

- [Donald] You look darker.

- Mm.

- Well fine for some
people I'm sure.

[group laughs]

- Walking into this room,
team House and Leisure

we're immediately being
transported to a place

of just happiness.

I think it's an exquisite room.

- There's something very
special about the mood,

the coloration plays a huge role

and that is the
first impression.

So I would give that 100%.

- My favorite aspect is
the indulgent flooring,

that indulgent
carpet, you walk in,

it feels like it just
swallows you whole.

- [Donald] The wall
color is exquisite,

the curtains are beautiful,

the bed just feels
like one big cloud

that you just want to
jump in and go to sleep.

- [Danilo] And with that,

the judges head to team
Habitat's master bedroom

complete with chandeliers
and touches of gold.

- We just hope that
they fall in love

with the energy
the room gives you.

- And the daringness
of each element.

- Yeah, demure, but striking.

- With a dazzle and a razzle.

- We're actually
on the dance floor.

Gosh it really is
a room of courage.

What I love about it is,

we live in a world
of such neutrality,

so color-by-number and
this really brings courage

to the essence of the room.

There's certainly wonderful
elements coming through here

of an international exposure.

- I agree with you.

They're unapologetic
about who they are

and the execution says that all.

However, I do feel that
the finishing touches

let them down, the quality.

For example, the
fabric on the curtains

and the scatter cushions,

I feel they could have paid
more attention to that.

- Main bedrooms should
feel regal and special

and should be the most
important room in the home

and I think this
room feels like that.

I think the only person that
would be happy in this room

is Liberace and he's dead.

- Whoa and Versace.

- And he's dead too. [laughs]

- Oh wow. [laughs]

Donald.

Team Habitat, I'm proud to see

that there is an
element of editing.

I mean, if I have a
look at where we started

with the spare bedroom
and where we are now

with the master bedroom,
I'm quite inspired by them.

- [Donald] What I
don't like in this room

is that the size of the
bed is just so majestic

and the pedestals are so small.

I think that doesn't
work and I think

we need to really improve.

We need storage at
the side of a bed.

- I enjoy the essence and
the strength and courage

of that room and
I feel in a world

where everything is so neutral
and people are so fearful

to be courageous, I
admire the courage

and I think there's a great
future for that design team.

- Trust our judges
to give such honest

and interesting feedback.

With an equal amount
of positive praise

and constructive critique,

it's anyone's guess who will
be declared the winners.

Design contestants,
welcome back.

Who will be the master
of the master bedroom?

The challenge is tight.

Let's start with you,
team House and Leisure.

The judges felt like they
had walked into a dream

and just wanted to melt
away in that bed of yours,

but the more time they
spent inside the room,

the more they became
uncomfortable with the space

and once again, the
privacy issue came up.

Team Visi, the judges loved
your creative use of color.

They loved the
practicality of the space

and they loved the flow
from the master bathroom

all the way into
the master bedroom.

However the execution of
your curtains let you down.

Team Habitat,

my favorite line was
that the judges thought

that you would have
made Versace proud.

They loved the
international feel

and the courageous
design that you used.

However with all of your
extravagant designs,

your detail and execution
is what let you down.

There can only be
one winner, however,

and I want to tell
you that the judges

had a very tough decision
to make this time round.

It was almost a tie.

There can, however,
only be one winner

and the winner of the
master bedroom challenge is

team Visi, congratulations.

[applauding]

- Yay!

- I'm just cool with it.

I've been waiting for the
win from challenge one.

- Um.

[Lesego laughs]

Okay.

- Very excited for them.

- Very excited, instead, at
the same time, we didn't win.

- Don't look so
excited. [laughs]

- I am excited, I just
don't get excited.

[men laugh]

- And then you're right,
maybe now we've all

had a chance to
take the crown home,

but it must be known,

it must be known
from the get-go that

their crown belongs
here with team Habitat.

- It's nice to
give them a taste.

- Yes, just a taste,

but they mustn't get too
attached to their crown.

- I think it'll be a
bit heavy for them.

[men laugh]

- There are
interesting times ahead

as the playing fields
are now leveled

among the design duos.

Next time they'll
have to cook up

some amazing ideas
to insure they design

a space that has all
the right flavors

to impress the judges.

So do tune in again
to get a taste

of the upcoming challenge
on My Design Rules.

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