Emma and Ben's Rumpus
After weeks of coming second, Emma and Ben hoped to have their moment of victory with the rumpus room.
It was a "challenging" week for the pair. They were lacking in confidence after making some serious layout mistakes in their living room.
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To make things even harder, their bank account was running a little low so they had to do it all on a really tight budget.
Would Emma and Ben be able to secure their first win?
Scroll through to see what judges Shaynna Blaze, Darren Palmer and Marty Fox thought about their rumpus room...
Emma and Ben set themselves the task of delivering a rumpus room on a budget of just $10,000.
"We need to stick within our Block bucks, sponsors and go really tight on our trades," Emma devised a savvy plan.
As far as the design of the space was concerned, Emma and Ben were ready to break the mould and stop playing things safe.
Despite the tight budget Emma still wanted there to be "character and soul" in the room and had finally learned just how to do that….
"I've learned that I need to find a hero piece and then build off that," Emma said.
Emma selected a local artwork that felt "bougie and grand" and styled the rumpus room around that.
Emma and Ben were confident with the rumpus room they'd delivered.
"This is a stronger room than last week and we've take on the feedback from the judges.
"Don't play it safe. Go bold!"
The judges walked in with a huge smile on their face.
Immediately Darren blurted out: "Where was this last week!?"
Shaynna agreed, saying: "This is everything that we would have hoped for last week, absolutely. Look at the green ceiling. This is phenomenal. I love it.
"Emma and Ben, you've just got our hearts. You feel like you're being hugged in this room in a really beautiful way, and it's all to do with colour."
Marty thought the space was extremely "marketable" but he had just one wish.
"I wish that this was applied throughout the rest of the house because this look is incredible."
While the feedback was all glowing up until this point, Darren was unsure about one decision.
He noticed the rumpus room was situated in a wing of the house in between two kids' bedrooms.
"I would've thought this space would've been a bit more kid friendly," he said.
While Darren thought it was a misstep to not have more kid-friendly inclusions, Marty couldn't have disagreed more.
"The question is, what's going to give the contestants the best bang for buck?" Marty asked.
He thought Emma and Ben had made the right move by creating a second living space for their house.
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