Ricky and Haydn's Living and Dining Room
Living and Dining Room Week is always huge, but for Ricky and Haydn it was... let's just say, ginormous.
"This week was the biggest week on The Block for us," Haydn said, while Ricky added: "This week was epic."
Epic is right, with the boys renovating a massive 64 square metre space into something they thought to be truly spectacular.
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While they're still in the red with their budget, they hope the move paid off.
"I reckon we're going to be up there for a win. We know the [Bonus Point] Penguin is in play, so we're going to have to nail a 10 or two," Ricky explained.
But did the judges think it was worthy of a perfect score?
Scroll through to see what judges Shaynna Blaze, Darren Palmer and Marty Fox thought of House 3's Living and Dining Room.
Crikey.
This photo alone sums up just how much space the boys had to play with this week, and they spent a whopping $49,479 to ensure it was the best it could be.
It's almost double the $25,000 Scotty recommended, but what can you do?
Supplier list for Ricky and Haydn's Week 8 Living and Dining Room.
When the judges took a few steps inside the lounge area, their jaws dropped.
"This is a football oval!" Shaynna said, while Darren added: "This is about five metres bigger than the previous houses!"
Shaynna was knocked out by the orientation of the dining table.
"Having the dining table this way really shows you how big this space is," she said.
Before long they walked over to the jaw-dropping artwork on display, which is valued at around $20,000 – the piece the boys won during a challenge!
The artwork is simply breathtaking.
It's Cungelella Art Collective's incredible piece 'Wet Season' which was the major prize Ricky and Haydn won at Clay and Co.
If you love it, you can buy a reproduction canvas print of this artwork exclusively on The Block Shop.
"Can we just celebrate that for a minute?" Shaynna said of the piece.
"That is absolutely stunning an perfect for this space."
Shaynna then looked at the walls, adding: "Having the James Hardie Oblique Panel there really sort of sets it off, and gives it the holiday beach vibe."
It's all looking good for the boys so far!
Shaynna said that lowering the ceiling over the lounge area made the area feel "very inviting".
"It makes you want to go into the lounge pit. It's just like this little sanctuary," she gushed.
But before they could get there, Marty stopped in his tracks and took another look at the furniture placement.
"There is a bit of an optical illusion happening," he said, describing the placement as, "a bit jarring".
"There's gravity here. It feels quite heavy?" Darren added of the furniture placement, pointing towards the lounge area.
Marty continued: "I feel like we're literally going on an angle.
"The running of the table this way, whilst when you walk in it's like, 'Oh, this makes sense' – if it was spun the correct way, which I do think it needs to be spun, you'd be able to walk on multiple paths of the room."
Shaynna said that the table should be "double the width" of what it is, because the room is so large.
"For me that dining table is key for the success of this room. I just feel like it needs to anchor this space, as it does feel a little bit tilted," Shaynna said.
She added that the table should be a different colour, more like the dark brown leather stools at the kitchen counter (which you can see in the next slide).
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