 Search for a home on any device, any time, anywhere. Private Property, a home for everyone. Good afternoon and welcome to Afternoon Express. I'm Danilo Acquisto. So this ride over here is for you, alright? For two reasons. One, because it's the weekend and we're very excited, but two, to say thank you. The show has been trending the past two weeks in a row. Today is another exciting edition of Winner Home. It's a premier interior design reality competition brought to you by Private Property, right here on Afternoon Express. It's the show where we follow three design duos as they decorate three cluster homes at Eye of Africa Estate in Joberg, one room at a time. And while they compete for awards, the real winner here could be you, because at the end of the competition, one lucky viewer will win their choice of one of three transformed homes. First, let's take a look back at what happened last week and where we are in the competition. Last time on Winner Home, the design duos got the brief for their next space. It's time to design and decorate the spare room. However, there is one rule. It may not be a bedroom. With complete creative freedom, the duos had very different ideas, from a walk-in closet to a study and a library. Team Habitat chose to upcycle some vintage furniture and hunted for inspiration in the urban jungle. Team VC called on a friend for a creative collaboration in photography, but the bubble quickly burst when they discovered Team House and Leisure working with the very same photographer. And what is this? I'm also doing a collaboration with the employee. Are you guys away? When you're realising, you're collaborating with him as well. It's exciting to work with both of you guys. With a said collaboration adding spice to the challenge, who will bring their A-game to the spare room design? Time management has been the toughest lesson our design duos have had to learn thus far. With all three design duos showing confidence in their schedule, this time round, things should be shaping up for a comfortable and relaxed finish. Or are they? It's our final day and we have a few hours to go. Acid stone is not yet here. The blinds are not yet here and we're still waiting for the lady to call us to come and get the blinds. So I'm panicking on the inside. We're rushing around, trying to pull everything together. But it's going crazy. The cupboards need to come. I mean, we've only just got paint. The chandelier's still being built. I mean, literally they're building the chandelier and it's like, guys, we don't have time because the foreign guys need to come in, then the cupboard guys need to come in. I think half the chandelier ended up on the beer's head. Yeah, well... It's the final day and we have quite a bit to do. Yep, it makes me more to be like, ah, we need to kill this. Like, it's... Did you get my point? Like, if something is not done and I know that it's going to be done, it makes me push them more and I'm actually glad that we are where we are right now. So what do we still have left to do? We have the paintings to hang, the blinds to put. We have to clean this room and style it. So I think it's going to work. So I think we have about an hour left and Danilo will be on his way. So we need to work magic in this room, won't you? Yep, I think so too. Hold this for me. Yeah, boy. Well, at least we have this going for us. So, let's see how it's going to work. Ooh, it's dirty, hey? I love it. What do you think? I love it too. Perfect. Let's need to clean it. That's it. Just clean it. Yeah. So let's hang the pictures and then we'll take it from there. Cool beans. Yep. I was not too heavy for you, Zepa. I'm not even worried about if they're heavy. I'm just glad they're here on time. I know, right? I've done so long. If they don't fit, you might as well just book me into Versco. Please go. And I'm also glad this is already now. So we're tying a knot, right? Yeah, we need to make that knot so that they don't hang too low. I'm so happy everything is coming together. But I'm just worried about the table if it's going to be here on time. I think it will be. We should just trust, yeah. The power punting thingy. Yes. It works. We used a double velvet snow green for our walls and we're actually worried that it wouldn't pick up as a green bud. When you walk into the space, it looks very nice inside. And what I love about the green that we selected for the wall is that it's very light and like it's name, Wispy, the whispers. Yes. Like a real whispery green. Over at Team Habitat's house, it's all hands on deck to get the room done. So, B.O. has spent all our cash on that chandelier. On an oversized chandelier. It's to die for, I'm not sorry, for even a second. Now it's time. When the cash is run out, when the cash is dry, it's time to DIY. Do it yourself. Mmm. I don't think anything ever comes together as planned until it is put into the planned position that you had planned it to be in. But it's coming together. Once the chandelier for me went up, I knew the room was... It had life. Absolutely. And then it was just placing ornaments, moving around, construction workers because they're still busy, we trying to clean. Trying not to over clutter a space that's already very busy with a lot of lavishness. We've just hung our pictures and we're really excited. They look beautiful against our beautiful paint technique. Everything just works. I think the pictures complement the paint technique more, honestly speaking. Definitely, definitely. And it shows the grime. Like it shows the busyness of Jobeck behind with the paint technique and the silence of the city when you are alone. So we went with our mentor to select the palm tree and we decided to go with the bigger one because we didn't find the smaller one. So we put it into the room now and it's actually big. And there's nothing we can do without it being that big. I think it works. Yeah, it works. It actually complemented the room but it was huge over the top. It's like, bam! Like a beer and bread. Our scissor stone is here. They're busy installing it and it's looking beautiful. I'm loving the outcome. We have a vanilla nose scissor stone table and as part of our unit, we try to incorporate scissor stone as a feature that showcases the versatility of the product. That is more than just a countertop or a vanity top. You can do more than that with it. And it basically extended the floating shelf so it looks like a floating shelf but a practical one we can actually work from. A wet top at the same time. Our carpenter was trying to install the blinds and he drilled a hole to hook the blinds onto and a little bit of our plaster just... And I was like, hello! But then, yeah, it can be fixed. It's not like a train smash. You just need to go in a little bit more. There are a lot of people in our room and we're worried about our carpet. Right, yes. It's dirty. Because it's not even a solid plastic that's on the floor. Every time somebody moves this way, it moves with them so... And you'll find someone resting comfortably on the floor. On top of the carpet. It's just like, why? It's always a chase to make it to the finish line in time and get that award, that crown, meeting that time. So we are running around like headless chickens. We are trying to put it in the box into the bookshelves. The last day is always crazy. So is that bad, Jot? I mean, it's gone. Time is money, they say. And it looks like some of our design dios don't have enough of either. After the break, it's lastminute.com for our design dios as they try to rush to finish their rooms. Good reason. Because if it doesn't improve people's lives, it isn't Plaskon. Plaskon. Designed for life. Welcome back to Winner Home on Afternoon Express. I'm loving reading all your comments on social media using that hashtag Win A Home. Now before the break, our design dios had plenty of work to get done in order to complete their innovative spare rooms on time. They have a strict deadline to meet and minutes evaporate quickly in the final rush to the finish. Team House and Leisure. Very confident in the halfway mark and I'm seeing installation is still gone. You guys have got 30 minutes left. Get this done, please. Is it going to be finished? Yes. It should be finished. How are the nerves? Well, I'm fine now. OK, good. Whatever happens, guys, just please get this thing finished. You've got 30 minutes. Go, go, go. Thanks, Daniel. Daniel just walked in and he's actually impressed with how things are looking so far. And I think we're almost done. Like, we just need an hour more ideally. But it's still a mess because we still need to get out the plastics and vacuum the carpet and start styling, basically. Yes. But I think we're going to get it. Get it right on time. Team VC, you guys have got 30 minutes to get completed. What is that? We were installing the blinds. We drilled a little hole into the wall and it literally just... It became a big hole in the wall. Oh, heavens. All right. You're going to get that sorted, though. 30 minutes. Yeah, our contractor's going to come in and help us. Like how? Hopefully. All right, get all this furniture installed. I see there's a little bit of paint to the wall. They get that all sorted. You guys have got 30 minutes to complete. Go, go, go. Go, Team VC. Going, going. It's like 30 minutes. I'm like, ah, Daniel, don't come here with your damn damn momentum. We're stressing. We're stressing. But we're going to get everything done. We have to. Mm-hmm. Over at Team Habitat's house, it's all hands on deck to get the room done. Wow. A lot more's been done since halfway by. Absolutely. This is a courtesy call. 30 minutes before all of this must be complete. Everything installed, everything cleaned. The judges are going to be on their way. 30 minutes. Oh, my. Think you'll get it done? Well, if we could do what we've done since the last time you saw us, imagine what we can do with 30 minutes. Honey, more things are coming in. This mirror will be up. You guys put Murray back in Miracle. Good luck. Hallelujah. I think you need to know. In the final 30 minutes, all three duos work at a sprint pace to bring in the last few pieces of decor, clean up and style their rooms. It gives me great pleasure, once again, to do the countdown for the second challenge. Contestants, three, two, one, tools down. Time is up. Got to get out of the house. Yeah. And I'm happy because we finished this time. So then you just shut the tools down. Our space is done, and we're happy with how everything is clean. We've done, the carpet is clean, everything is clean as we had imagined it would. Leave it into the hands of the judges. Leave it in the hands of the judges. Yeah. It was either that or getting into a panic and trying to work that off and then tie up a storm. Yeah, and you end up ruining it instead of making it better. As exciting as it is to see these spaces come to life, what's more exciting is imagining one of these homes as your very own. The winner home, Grand Prize, is your choice of one of three homes at the Eye of Africa Estate, as decorated by our design duos, complete with colourful paint finishes by Plaskon and luxury court services by Caesarstone, as well as premier home appliances by Grundig. The total prize value is worth more than three million rand. And the best is, if you win, you get to choose which of the three completed houses you will call home. To enter, it's very simple. Go to privateproperty.co.za, click on that winner home logo and then enter our bi-weekly competition for Plaskon paint to the value of 5,000 rand. Answer a very simple question and then vote for your favourite design duo. It's literally as easy as that. One entry and you automatically stand in line to not only win the Plaskon paint, but also the furnished home worth more than three million rand. Right, it's time now to have a look at the completed spare rooms and the first space to be revealed is that of Team House & Leisure. For their spare room, Team House & Leisure wanted to create a multi-purpose space that would serve as both a chic home office as well as a walk-in closet. Sure, now this is a touch of luxury. Well done you two, it's looking really good. House & Leisure or should I say Team Walk-In Closet Slash Study? It's in HLS. Tell me about the vision of this room. So what we did with this space was since we removed our units in the main bedroom was to turn this room into like a walk-in closet slash office space. The reason for adding a little informal office space was to make it more multifunctional and not just like a walk-in dresser. And to make it more worth sitting in the space we decided to add a lot of mirror doors to hide off all the clothing and like the mirrors, they sort of like reflect the space and make the space appear bigger as we did with our first room. And Banela, what are your favourite elements in the space that you created here? I think first of all is the aura. Like what we tried to keep from the previous room is the warmth. So very selective of the colours. Like we used a very light green that actually brings in and compliments the sunlight that comes into the space. And also we used carpet from Val de Tex and it's very exciting because it keeps the warmth in the space. And then we did awesome collaborations starting with Empor Mohadi with the photograph that he took in Barcelona. We'd actually seen it on Instagram and we just were like this has to be in our space. And then we also collaborated with Scissor Stone by adding a floating table and with the floating table it's actually it keeps the consistency of the floating shelves. As a winning team from the last challenge the judges had one critique, your curtains. How have you incorporated their advice into the space? We actually had to search for a better solution to our catering only because it really was our downfall the last time. So we incorporated Venetian blinds with shade darkened to our walls and I think that adds to the space that it's actually well conceded other than just placed there. A space as beautiful as this requires a lot of hard work I mean it was quite a process getting the Scissor Stone in. It was, it was, but then the guys were quite good with it so they managed to put it in quite nicely without squashing the covers. Brilliantly curated space is what the judges said of your last challenge. What do you think will be some of the criticisms for this challenge? That is too perfect. Yeah probably it's too perfect. I don't know what we made up there which was intentional, that's how it's supposed to be then I think that it was their last minute thought. Or maybe we didn't order enough. Enough, yeah. Aside from their design, you guys also have to consider who's going to live in this space. Who did you have in your mind as your muse for this room? So actually we imagined a couple and it worked out with the both of us because we actually opposites and we meet each other halfway everywhere. I mean if it was with me I'd have so many flowers in here but I have to accommodate him and say okay stop it turning down. Well the judges are on their way. I hope you guys are ready. Good luck. Thank you so much. Thank you so much Daniel. We can't wait for the feedback. What a beautiful space indeed and you can also share your thoughts on the competed rooms by following Winner Home on social media and using the hashtag Win A Home. After the break we step into the beautiful designs of team VC and team Habitat. Stay right where you are. It's different. This is Winner Home on Afternoon Express. Now our design duos could let their imaginations run wild as they decorated the spare room. The only rule that they got was that it cannot be a bedroom. As we reveal the completed spaces it's time to step into the world of team Habitat. Team Habitat maintained their opulent and bold feel for their home by creating what they call a Leopard's Library. A glamorous space for relaxation with whimsical touches of leopard print. Do you think someone would love to live in our room? Is that even a question? Exactly. I mean it's to die for. I mean if you don't even read books honey you can turn it into a study if you want to sit by the bay window and lounge. If you just want to admire the beauty you can. It's a room that pulls you in and you don't want to go out of. That's right. Hello Team Habitat. I guess it's welcome to the jungle once again. Welcome to the Leopard's Library. I mean you can see first of all we got a light that says hello hello hello so it's the centerpiece. We wanted to create a luxurious glamorous library slash study. Absolutely. And if you by chance just slip your head underneath there it still works. So basically we just wanted to create something versatile that a homeowner would just die to have. So the space is nice and versatile a secret library, it's a chill zone for the owners of the home but what about that feedback from the last challenge? Did you take some of that judges advice on? We still went bold. We won't lose that. I mean you can see we're standing under a rainfall of crystals. You can even take a seat on the bay window and just take out a book and lift up the status and it works. With that bay window floating like that I mean would it be able to even hold weight is that really practical? That's the thing it's floating. So that you still have leg room when you walk past you can pick your book because you wouldn't want to walk in. Ow! Catch your saliva. You know what I mean. On that edge. And even if you want to go up to the top you just climb the ladder and you and make sure it's sturdy and you can move it around to whichever section so it really just works. I feel for the people who own this space I'll be jealous of them. Not only are the judges looking at great design as you know they're looking at practicality too and I'm seeing the chandelier being quite an interesting asset to have. Well it's like I don't know what walking under a waterfall it's not a vast unless you've got a swimming cap so that's why we've put a center table which you have to walk around it and when you walk around it you kind of miss the chandelier. Okay so you've thought about all the different elements. Absolutely. What didn't go according to plan? The budget got a bit tight so we started upcycling a lot of furniture like our mirror which is also from the hospice also a lot of our ornaments were purchased from the hospice and we also upcycled sprayed them. And for me I believe even if you are a homeowner you don't always have to have a lot of money to have beautiful little things. And live the luxurious lifestyle. Apparently the chandelier is quite a controversial piece in the sense that one of you wanted it the other was like budget budget budget. You know when I walk into a showroom I pick the biggest boulders piece and I go yes! It was about nerve wrecking spending that type of amount. Absolutely. So we managed to pull it together even without furniture we managed to get high in pieces and we managed to save money without upcycling and being creative with creating the workshop. Absolutely. Using young carpenters who actually bought this custom and they made it quite a floating it's like as you can see it's floating. So you can see the plastic on colours it's like the sun and the triangle. Because we don't want to take away from actually the walls you know that are beautiful painters. Okay the judges are shortly going to be coming to visit your spaces and what are you hoping that they'll see and what do you think their negative comments are going to be? This round I honestly say if they'd have something negative to say them as backtrack and shut the front door because it's a winner. I honestly believe we've reeled ourselves into a point where we try to still be bold and daring and something special. Create a beautiful space I think that is glamorous and luxurious. And the room feels bigger than when I walked and I thought oh my word! Now I feel like oh yes! Well you two well done. The judges are on their way to come themselves. I think it's looking amazing a beautiful jungle in the middle of your home. Hey a jungle with a rainforest of Christians. For their spare room Team VC once again took reference from their fictional client and created a multifunctional space that could be described as an urban oasis. The room is more of a prayer room slash a study and you can be yourself for a moment. Just pause around of everything that's going on around you. And just be yourself. Like be in a different space but in the same house. Wow! Wow! Wow! Wow! Alright Team VC let's talk about your vision for your spare room. So in this space we wanted to really just create a space for our client to come and power up or wind down. I don't know what to call it. It's not like about an old meditating room like an unknown type of room where it can also be turned into a space like it makes you think honestly speaking when you think here. It makes you come. What about some of those highlights that are your personal favourites? Well our favourite pieces are definitely this chain that we found. We love the feeling of it. It's actually very comfortable as well if you'd like to try it. Another piece that we love is this bookshelf over here. So this is custom made. We designed it in order to fit the space. Definitely. The thing that brings our room together is definitely our plants. Our plants. Yeah. All the different ones. And the colour technique that we have used. So in that background where you see it's an art collection of pictures which is called Silent City but then at the background as you can see the painting technique there is kind of like busy. So it's more of a busy movement and then the pictures say that it's quite silent. At the studio of Jobe when you first come here everything is quite busy and stuff but no one knows what's going on in this area. That's why it's called Silent City. With all these great ideas you've also got to focus on the detail. Something I noticed was your draw lines over here have not been removed. I see also in your new drawing areas over here that stuff hasn't been done. Are you guys comfortable with the judges walking in and seeing those details? Very comfortable. We did our best in the time that we had. Unfortunately there might be a few details that are lacking but we have done our best in this room. Clearly you guys love specific elements in this room and I'm looking forward to what are you hoping the judges however will love when they walk into the space. The colour. Definitely the colour. This beautiful plaster colour definitely evokes emotion in you. As you walk in the oceanos really makes you it's bright in a blue way. The feedback from the judges from the first challenge was that your room felt imbalanced. Have you guys tried to correct that imbalance in this space? I think we've made an effort and in terms of the function of this room compared to our last room I think this one it's going to be more cohesive. Yeah. Design wise it's thought about. Like you can stand and watch the paintings. It feels like you're in an art gallery. You can sit down, read a book. It feels like you're in a library. You can turn down and sit down here and also turn it into a kind of like an office space type of a thing. While when you close the door you are in another room. Like you're in a different country honestly speaking. One of the details that really caught my eyes I walked into the space was your use of the concept behind what you've got there. So we sat down with Melissa and we sketched the whole planter box floating shelf that we needed it to be more creative in such a way. So we thought about a bonsai tree. It's very creative, very luxurious and we needed to create a piece that would make it work and noticeable and we are very pleased with the end results. I think the judges are going to like it. What makes you two so unique is that you've chosen to create a virtual character that will live in your home. I'm going to pretend to be that virtual character for a bit and just to feel at home. Who is the person that will be in this space and how have you tried to make this room suit there? So our client is a photographer. So we definitely have made room for his beautiful art piece on that wall over there. He's also quite an outgoing guy who likes to see people and do things. Exactly. But he also likes his alone time when he has it because it's so few and far between. So this is basically our aim in this room. We want him to come here and relax, chill and not think about anything else. Come. Yeah. So we have all his favourite things in this room. The aim was to make our client very comfortable like you are not. I am indeed very comfortable but it's not about what I think. It's about what the judges think and what you think at home. Hashtag afternoon express. And hashtag win a home. The Design pros have delivered rooms that are definitely the stuff dreams are made of. Now if you're dreaming of a beautiful estate lifestyle then stay with us because after the break we look at the pros and cons of a state living and later the judges arrive to critique the spaces. Don't go anywhere. Because if it doesn't improve people's lives it isn't plus gone. Plus gone. Designed for life. Search for a home on any device anytime, anywhere. Private property. A home for everyone. A warm welcome back. I hope you're enjoying your Friday afternoon with us. With Winnow Home being in full swing at the moment on afternoon express we're making ourselves experts on estate living and over the course of the series we'll explore various aspects related to buying and living on estates. Today we discuss the different types of estates available in South Africa and how to choose the right type of estate for you. Welcome to our loft. It's good to have you. What are the pros and cons of living estates? Because I think everyone's very excited about estates. Why is it such a drive to living on estates in the country? I think fundamentally the drive has come from the need for security. Security is a buyer's number one priority when they're looking now in South Africa. And so the demand of getting onto gated estates has increased dramatically and they're all looking for security and then the lifestyle that the estate can give. Yeah. So let's talk about some of the other pros. What are the other pros of choosing estate living over sort of plots? Let me start with security again because I just want to stress how important it is. And I mean these estates a lot of them are spending a lot of money. They're spending millions and millions of rent on securing the estate. You know that's the perimeter fencing. It's the entry in and out of the estate and it's the gods that go around. So when you drive into the estate you literally feel like you can just breathe a huge sigh of relief. You've arrived home into this secure lifestyle. It gives you peace of mind for you and your family. Kids playing in the streets, walking to their neighbour's houses without so much concern as you would have, you know, outside of my estate. So you can't stress enough how important that sense of security and the need for that is. Yeah. Without trying to sound contrived I guess what we're also trying to do is explain all aspects to what estate living is. I mean you always feel like you're being sold something. People like you must go live on estates, must go live on estates while they're a big trend but are there any cons that we should be aware of? Should we really consider the loss of absolute freedom? You know, when you're moving into an environment you're kind of moving into a community and a community is a group of people with the same sets of values and beliefs etc. But when you move into a suburb or an estate you've got to abide by the laws. You're putting a thousand homes into one area and they've all got to abide by the same rules and guidelines. People have to understand that you're buying into a set of rules as well as the lifestyle. And you can't say once you transgress the land on the land that you didn't know. You know, when you're signing these documents when you're buying the property you sometimes forget what you're signing into. I'm so predictive of our viewers because I mean one of them is going to get a chance to win a home on an estate and I think they're all looking to figure out and understand, like me too, understand why I should go and invest in those spaces. Even if I don't want a home, why should I start investing in property in estates because I think it is such an exciting and growing space. What final words do you want to know? I mean, how do you go about doing this process? Well, remember most buyers buy an emotion. They buy an emotion, they fall in love with their property or an estate and then they justify it with fact and logic go afterwards. So I think it's just very, very important then before you make that final decision when you're going to be spending millions and millions of rands when choosing an estate, choose the estate that's right for you. Choose the estate that's going to give you the lifestyle you're looking for with all that you want to because once you buy in, you've agreed to accept all the rules that the estate has in place. Being in my position, I've had a huge privilege of being able to travel around to some of the estates and see what they've got on offer and it really is exciting to see that they are not all exactly the same. Some of them offer a lot of lifestyle, some of them offer a lot of security and they're all trying to find their own sort of niche. So in terms of finding the right estate for ourselves, I mean, are there any options that you want to live? For example, if you're living in Durban, you only got a handful of estates that you can find without traveling too far. Nobody really wants to commute too far to and from work. So in terms of the type of lifestyle you're looking for, absolutely you can get Gulf estates, Retirement estates, Eco estates, there's a range. You know, for some people it's just an estate where you can go and live in an area where you have space to walk off to work and there's walking and walking. So that's what you're looking for. Peak my interest here. Help me understand why estates are such a big thing in South Africa at the moment. Why are they booming at the moment? Well, I think A is security. So you know that South Africa, unfortunately we live in an environment where crime is out there. It's something that we have to live with. But what typically happens is when you have an estate that is fixed on supply, so you can only fit so many homes into an estate. Once the estate is fixed, your investment when you buy your house in that estate, over the long term you're going to get good returns. Lovely. Okay, so it is really worth us looking into estates. I mean, consider always the documentation. Make sure you know what the lifestyle is about, what you're allowed to do, not allowed to do with your homes as you go in the process. And potentially some of those people might be very different to who you are as an individual. So choose an estate that really suits you as a person. And you're allowed to enter an estate. All you have to do is log on to privateproperty.co.za and answer an easy question. We'll be right back after this. Come back to Winner Home on Afternoon Express on SABC3. Now as with any competition, our design viewers also must have their work judged to determine the winner of each design challenge. For this space, our regular judges welcome one of Joberg's most sought after interior designers to the panel. Time to let your designs shine. The judges have arrived. We are waiting for the judges and I am so anxious. This challenge I have no idea where it's going. I don't know what the judges are going to say. If we don't nail this one, I'm about to put some nails up in some judges because no way from just entering that room, it's like yes. Yes. From Plaskon, the ever so colorful Katlecho Condlo. Winner of Winner Home Season 1, Donald Numalo. And your guest judge for this challenge, mentor of Winner Home Season 1 and Josie's queen of interior design, it's Ntabi Taokobong. Our guest judge. The Joberg Queen. Yes, Joberg Queen of interior design, Ntabi Taokobong. Such an amazing soul. Yes, we admire her definitely. She's that African touch in South African interior. So she's the person that says are you from Soweto, are you from Social Google like me, you can make it. The guest judge is Ntabi Taokobong which is quite exciting because I've got to see a lot of her work but I never got to see her in person and I hope she loves everything that we did in the space and that little knot of ours didn't think it's the last minute thought. It wasn't. It was planned. It was intentional, it was meant to be there. I think we like literally planned every hair in the room. Judges, the stage is yours. The three discerning judges make their first stop in Team VC's inspired relaxation room. But what will they think? I think the judges would love our desk. It's specifically designed for that room, custom made and I would love it if they consider it a feature. It's quite functional as well because there's ample space, there's drawers as well, so it's a lovely working space. There's everything in that working space. There's an LP player like Estimula Records. I love the room. It came out nicer than our first room and our competitors. It's really cool. It literally is very cool. I love it. It's quite versatile. You could meditate in here. It's lovely. The only thing though is that it doesn't get a lot of sun. So I wouldn't have gone with the blue colour because it makes it even colder. It's beautiful. It's got that tropical sea, fresh, crisp vibe happening. But it's so clean and sparse and well spaced out. I'm really enjoying the blue. I like the blue. It's very unexpected. It works. It works. The challenge I have with it is because the palm tree is so big it almost needs the scale of the furniture also to be relevant to the plant. It becomes overwhelming in this space. I like it. It's quite a cool room. I think there's lots of space. I like that there's a side table. I think it's a very cool shelf. All in all, I think it's a job well done. Team Beauty's room is just beautiful. It's so crisp. It's so fresh. Love the combination of colours. The dark blue with the green plants. It just feels so tropical but it's so elegantly open. Team Beauty's room is lovely. I love the wall unit. The fact that it's the same colour as the wall that Oceano colour. I also love the paint effect that they've done. It gives texture to the wall. But what is key for me is the versatility of the room. I love that you can do yoga in the room. You can go there and chill. You can become a study room. Team Beauty's room makes me feel so cool. I walk in there and I'm immediately transported to another world. I just love the fact that they've incorporated the theme of music into the space and that adds some character to it. I love the fact that you can sit there and just be transported into this world of music. I would have loved to see some soft furnishings being brought into the space. Perhaps the chair could have been a small couch that you can sit and literally lie on for hours and listen to the music. I think the intention of the room would have been better executed. A bit of advice in terms of the room layout. It is exclusively done. Again, just have to be careful with the scale and proportion of elements. Plants can't overtake furniture. The Shea's lounge could have been a little bit deeper just to give you that plus relaxed laid back look. In terms of the rug, in proportion with the Shea's lounge and the small little ottoman's stool, they could have gone bigger in that space because of the gain of the overwhelming plant. It seems to shrink into a small little minuscule corner. After a great start, the next stop for the judges is Team House and Leisure's dual-purpose walk-in closet and home office. Will the judges love it? What I think the judges would love about our room is our attention to detail because Violet and I really pay crazy attention to detail to like the smallest thing, the fibre of the carpet, if it's crazy. I think it's called OCD. But then I'm just a perfectionist by nature. How beautiful! Look at this life! This is so stunning. What a beautiful room. It feels so serene, so sophisticated and just so creative. I'm impressed. It's elegant, it's excellent in design, I feel. It's just so well executed. The proportions, the feel, the flow, the tranquil colours mixed with that hot little teal green in the middle is just stunning. I died. I died, I woke up and this is just absolute heaven. The only negative is that it's not mine. Negative, speechless. Team House and Leisure just dreamy. It's indulgent, I mean that rug is luxurious, it's plush. The touches of the pops of colour, honestly it was faultless. The attention to details, meticulous, the mirrors that they use in that space creating a sense of room. I love the fact that they noted the light so that adds attention to detail as well. Just a piece that draws your eye. Every single touch had meaning in that space. This room is just beautiful. The caesars don't, it's done so well with this floating. And it's actually such a nice effect with heavy floating and I think that's an interesting talking point in the room. You walk in, you feel transported into an ethereal paradise. The colour tones, the mirror, the use of flowers, the artwork, the positioning is exquisite. I love that it's such a small room but so much has been achieved in this space. The desk, the walking closet, the details on the closet, the little spaces for the shoes, the caesars don't vanity unit is outstanding. The scale and proportion is a big thing for me in design or just well executed in this room. Last but certainly not least, the judges visit Team Avatar's Leopard's Library with its striking chandelier and bold design elements. Will it outshine the others? Oh my word. I think the judges need to love every single bit of our room. You know, I think it's just so fabulously gorgeous over the top but yet with the use of mirrors in space, it still allows you to breathe and appreciate the room. Wow, I just love how these guys have improved. I mean, this room is just so well put together. So punchy, so funky and their personalities are coming through. I really like how they've taken such a small room and they've created a sense of height with the covers and the shelving and a lot of depth as well with the mirror. So it makes, it gives it a sense of height and space as well. A negative would be that structurally the bench behind me wouldn't work. It needs to be done safer. Again, a problem for me is the plants. I wish they would have just gone with natural, alive plants. I think it just lifts the room down. Team Habitat, yes, yes and yes. I just love the fact that these guys exploring their personalities in decor. There's a lot of things and almost like the accessories are all summarized. And I think that's actually it's such a beautiful moment to look around the room and see all these beautiful objects such a fashionable room but also so rooted in practicality. Fabulous. It's fabulousity to the nth degree. It's quite international. It's chic and it's quite bold. The color combinations worked well. Very soothing and restful in such a bold space. Rich. It's so busy. It's so team too much. I love the details. I think it's just interesting to see how they've developed the room into so many uses. As in you can get a desk, you've got a lounge area, you've got a banquet seating. It's very exciting. I don't think interiors always need to be necessarily sterile and balanced. I think this room in its over-the-top crystal chandeliers, velvety chairs, it works. If anything, from a style point of view or from a design point of view, is a bay window backhand seating that's built in there. We just need to pay a little bit more attention to the detailing of it and its structure. I think what's attempted as a bay window is eventually going to collapse because the support is resting on the skirting. So we just need to be careful that when we do design, we look out for some of those practical and really technical considerations. The typical advice would be to say, tone it down. But I don't think that's what I love. I love the too muchness. Wow! It looks like a very close call on who will win this challenge with so much positive feedback from those judges. It was Team House & Leisure who won the first challenge, but Team Habitat and Team VC used that as motivation to push themselves. Now, everyone wants to know if their efforts have paid off and they're hoping to win a very useful reward. Contestants, welcome back. Challenge two is done and dusted. I'm sure you're very anxious to hear about individual rooms and to find out who our winner is going to be. Sitting here waiting for Danilo to tell us what's up who won the prize this time around. I was feeling like hello. I'm wearing the lighting that's in the room. I better win. I really hope it's us. Crossing fingers? Yes. I'm nervous. My heart is Guah. Guah. Guah like crazy. But then I'm just hoping that it all goes well. Right, let's begin with the judges' feedback and I'm going to start with Team Habitat. The reason why I start with you two is because the judges thought that you were the most improved from the last challenge. Improvement. That's what we like to hear. Go in higher and higher. Because each round we're going to get better, stronger, faster and we're going for that big prize. They loved what you did with such a small space. Their only criticism, however, for you guys was your bay window and perhaps those fake plants. I must say no. Fake plants, I mean with the water crisis we have in. Sure, if you're not using plastic flowers, shut the front door and stop pruning on your sprinklers. So for me the judges need to get on board. Plastic is the new way in terms of show houses. Eco. I mean save water. If you want the garden go to the golf course. Team VC. The judges said that they felt like they were being transported into a whole new world just like you hoped they would. They also used words like cool. They loved your paint technique but did feel, however, that your choice of colour, given that not much light comes into the room, made the room feel slightly cold. We understand the judges critique that the room felt cold. A little bit cold. Especially because it was lacking in sunlight. Yeah. We understand where they're coming from with this and we definitely will consider it going forward. Team House and Leisure. The judges felt that your room was very versatile given the little space that you had and felt that they were in a boutique. Danila just mentioned that our space looked like a boutique and that could either go south because maybe people don't want to feel like they're in a boutique in a home. But I felt quite good and I felt like it was positive feedback because we wanted to give off a luxurious feel. They can, however, only be one winner and that winner walking away with 3,000 rand added to their budget is Team House and Leisure once more. I really liked that. It was quite exciting because it was anybody's game. We all did well and everybody's spaces looked amazing. And for the judges to actually pay attention to the fact that we did so well with the detail I think it gives us an extra strength. All I'm thinking is, someone needs to give me my money back for that lighting because I saw their lighting and it was nowhere near as strong as ours. We needed that 3,000 rand to cover our growing of a budget. How dare they win again? Okay, so kubegari. No, it's not okay. No, kubegari, they must just kubega and buy the charges. That's fine, we'll be fine with it. We'll live with it. The aim is 100,000. Congratulations. No, congratulations. Kubegari. Oh, it's so great to see that sportsmanship between the design duos but let's be honest winning is even greater. So make sure that you visit privateproperty.co.za and get a weekly giveaway of Plaskon Paint to the value of 5,000 rand. Remember that by doing so you'll also automatically be entered into our grand prize competition and you could win your choice of one of three homes as furnished by our design duos. So vote for your favorite design duos today and every day and you could also win big. Next week the design duos discover which space will be transformed next or will it maybe even be two spaces? All I can tell you is that the next will be the most difficult yet and we'll have our design duos working double time. Tune in next Friday at 4pm to find out. From me, Danilo Acquisto, thanks so much for joining us. Keep using that hashtag WinnerHome and we'll see you next week Friday on Afternoon Express for WinnerHome. Good night and have a great weekend. Thank you for watching.