Room Reveal: Chantel and Wyatt’s Outdoor Terrace and Pool
The couple wanted to create a space that felt luxurious, but the judges were put off by a few small details - including that bright pink flamingo floating in the pool.
Chantel and Wyatt’s Outdoor Terrace and Pool was a huge undertaking - literally. They extended the deck to create a huge pool area and though another team’s tiles accidentally ended up on their pool, they were just glad it got done.
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The first thing judged Darren Palmer, Shaynna Blaze and Marty Fox noticed was the textural stone work on the covered dining area, which Shaynna called “beautiful”.
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Darren loved that the couple added the kitchenette that was missing from their rumpus room. “Every single one of the houses had this amenity inside, they just put this amenity outside,” he said.
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That’s when Shaynna noticed something MAJOR was missing: a barbecue. “The fact there isn’t a barbecue of some description, I think, is a big mistake,” she said.
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“If you can’t turn a snag overlooking the pool, we have a big problem. Especially in this location,” Marty said. Wyatt suggested wheeling the upstairs barbecue into the lift and moving it downstairs, but Scotty Cam wasn’t on board.
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All three judges did like that the dining area had a clear view of the pool and massive entertaining area around it. Darren said that despite the “finite” budget, it still looked very luxurious.
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Marty said the area was campaign ready. Unfortunately, Shaynna disagreed - mainly because of the plants. She pointed out that the pool area had palms on one side, an olive tree on the other, and...
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... a vase full of roses on the kitchenette bench. Shaynna felt Chantel and Wyatt just hadn’t put enough thought into telling a cohesive story with their styling.
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“There’s so many little tweaks they have to do,” she said, before taking aim at their “mean, stingy bench seat”. To her, it felt like it would be more at home at a public pool than a multi-million dollar home.
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She also criticised the bath towels displayed on the daybeds, saying she would have preferred to see actual pool towels by the pool.
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