 Back, yes, it's time for Winner Home and Afternoon Express where we follow three talented young design contestants as they turn three empty apartments into dream homes at Valdivy and the Cape Winelands and you stand a chance to win one of the completed apartments valued at over three million rand. So today is a big day for our design contestants as they have completed their very first room and we get to see what they've put together for the very first time. Danilo is on the couch. Two weeks ago our design contestants were briefed on their very first challenge, the guest bedroom. Together with their mentors they set up to create the most beautiful space to wow any guest and the red line for their first room has arrived. We're joined now by our three design contestants, Joanne, Minenche and Rudolf to get their thoughts upon completing their first room. So last time we were on the couch speaking about this room, your bags were not underneath your eyes, you were nowhere, you had got paint on the wall but your floors were in and Joanne, our guest was very, Mark was very, very happy with the way that you had made your progress. If you want a quick little highlight of all of those good and not so good moments, take a look at this. At the moment I'm just very stressed because I'm so in like my lighting and I wish it had been Dan and Leon. So I chose Plascock in the mood because I love the... Oh, this is not bad at all, we can fix this, we can fix it. Because I had my headboard made myself, something went wrong. I gave them the dimensions of the overall size and then they added the foam to that size so they made the frame the size I gave them so we just need to remove one layer of foam so just doing a bit of re-upholstery. So this is like the main feature on my bedroom of which went wrong earlier. So the problem was the mirrors were too big for the doors. Luckily on the Friday we managed to find this guy with my amazing team, Jeff Skloss and Paul who did an absolutely great job for us and now my whole idea is coming together and viewers are going to get to see the room that I had imagined. This copper rod is a bit skew, maybe to this side a bit so we have to put it up on this side. I have to get them to go into the ceiling again. But I love the look of it. I love the copper so yay! Almost done, a couple of hours left, let's do this. Oh so even though things didn't always work out as planned, our design contestants definitely went all out on style and design. Time has come, are you complete? Are you happy? I'm happy with the outcome. I'm happy with how the theme of the colors came together because my theme was inspired by nature, by the surroundings of the air. So I went for very earthy colors which are very unusual and I'm happy with how the room gives the hints of how I'm going to be dealing with the rest of the house. Not only did the man finish his guest bedroom but he also designed a theme to go with that so I'm very very impressed that you managed to put it all together in the short space of time that you had left to get your apartment done. Well done dude. Thank you. Very, very proud of you. All of you were briefed to think outside of the box when it came to your headboard so let's talk about those. Let's start with you immediately. The viewers are going to see with the bed that I went for I couldn't really play around much with the headboard so it sort of came with the headboard but what I did with the wall behind the bed was use the color that stood out so the other walls are very large and the garden city color are used. You guys have a wait and see to see whether the judges think it was outside of the box enough. Rudolph yourself? Yeah I included a stitching so I hope the judges would see the stitching but then I also incorporated the caesar stone into the headboard just to add some extra storage so it just also makes the whole scale of the headboard a little bit bigger than you would expect it to be usually. Good stuff. Well Jeanette you also have more of a side flop board than it was a headboard. What happened there? So I didn't think it through but it worked out in the end. I didn't make it work. So what were you going for? What is it looking like? Are you happy with the final result? I love the final result it's very symmetrical and I love how it contributes to the space. It's stuck to the wall so you can't move it. We had some interesting guests that came to visit obviously as they went and a lot of people that have been in and out you guys have been working really really hard but you Rudolph I'm sure played a bit with wallpaper too. Yes I had a collaboration with Robert Sprung and we worked on some geographic lines that we included as an art piece on the wall so it looks great in the end and I'm happy with the final result. Okay so we need to talk a bit about your room that you've got. You've incorporated some mirrors to make it look slightly bigger. Are you happy with the final result in terms of making that room look bigger? Because they're not massive room sizes your task was to make them look bigger than they actually are. When I got there I realised how small the room was so part of the challenge was to sort of make the room seem bigger than it was so my idea was to use very light painting and obviously going with the mirrors which as you enter you don't really see them is sort of like the wow factor of the room. Nice good stuff well how have you all tried to incorporate making sure that your guests feel welcome what have you done particularly to have that space be so warm and friendly? So I didn't add a lot of unnecessary elements so the guests should fill the room with what they bring to the space so there's a lot of room for them and the colours are very light so it feels open and bigger. Yeah I think Simon said something very true he said it must be a Swiss knife design you know the guests only spend it half a day or a couple of days in your space so the room must also add value to the home it must be multifunctional in many ways. That's what he said what did you do to incorporate that? Yeah well I tried to include a desk space and yeah some storage areas. So you've made it multifunctional which I think in some ways the reseller that room will now add value to the property so you're thinking very wisely and smartly from a business model perspective and I'm very glad about that. So you've obviously incorporated mirrors so people can see themselves in them? Yeah above that like my bed is it's a bit bigger so it's a big size so it gives a personal touch to whoever is accommodating the room and I also added a chair element to give that personal touch so you don't just sleep in the room you can also sit and maybe read a book or something. Okay fantastic well so now I want to turn this question to you because considering the girl in the group you hopefully will be a lot more tactful than the Jens themselves but you've obviously now got a chance to see what the other two have produced. Who do you feel between the three of you is your biggest competition? Adolf. How come? Because he's got his timing and everything up to par. Like he knows exactly what's going on he has a lot of experience at the same so yes. I mean as you said do you think Rudolph or Joanne is your biggest competition? At this stage I think Rudolph. Considering his experience and because time management is very important and that's what I've realized in this competition. Interesting guys so obviously Voldemort's beautiful estate you guys have finished your first room on the estate do you feel like you've matched the theme of the venue do you feel like you've really incorporated what Voldemort is trying to do and what you guys are trying to do with your apartments? Rudolph. Yeah I think with this challenge it was really something that's going to set the tone for the rest of the apartment. So we really had to think carefully on how we're going to approach it and I think it worked out well in the end. I don't know what the other two have done but I'll see you soon. Our design contestants definitely went all out on style and design but did they go all out on budget? Let's find out. It's time now to reflect on the projected budgets our three design teams put together last week to see how well they stuck to it. Rudolph total projected budget was 63,000 rand. He actually ended up spending 75,057 rand. That's just over 12,000 rand more than he originally budgeted and the biggest portion of that went to furniture and equipment. Joanne total projected budget was 36,500 rand. She ended up spending 41,140 which isn't too far off the projected budget with only a difference of 4,640. Her biggest expense as predicted was the actual bed. Minentler had the smallest projected budget of 26,500. He ended up spending 42,926 rand. That's the biggest difference of all the design teams of 16,426 rand. That bed also rarely set him back. Remember that you have till Thursday the 16th of June to vote for your favourite guest bedroom on privateproperty.co.za and stand a chance to win paint from Plascon valued at 5,000 rand. You will also automatically be placed into the grand prize draw where you can win one of the three completed apartments valued at over 3,000,000 rand. Winner Home on Afternoon expresses where you'll see our three design contestants transform three properties at Veldivier State using finishes provided by Caesar Stone and Plascon. Judging their work of the team from Arc Interiors and Roselle from Plascon and Simon Bray from Private Puperty. Winner Home is proudly brought to you by Private Property and Association with Knitbank. After the break jazz drumming sensation Claude Cousins performs exclusively in our loft.