 Winner home on afternoon express with three design contestants are turning three empty properties at Valdivia state in the Cape Wilins into dream homes using finishes provided by Caesar stone and Plaskon both for your favorite and you could win Today is the big day that we reveal the final products of our design contestant's kitchens But before we get to those let's take a closer look at a collaboration between me nendclé one design and grass to create his unique kitchen How kittens have changed over the years is that the kitchen used to just be a workspace Somewhere stuck in the corner of the house Whereas now it is an extension of the home itself families very rarely these days sit at a dining room table So lots of islands breakfast nooks eating areas are incorporated into the kitchen itself What people neglect most is actually what makes a kitchen move and that's the whole way There's a lot of focus on the outside look of a kitchen on the design on the colors Yet the hardware is the thing that they skimp on and that's where a lot of people make the mistake When you choose your hardware it needs to be a good brand the quality brand and that'll make your kitchen last longer And this home here what we've tried to do is take pieces of furniture freestanding and Amalgamate them with the built-in cupboards Which is a modern take and blends in with the rest of the lounge and dining area This technology has changed kitchen design your kitchen becomes more practical using optimal spaces You're using all your corners from that point of view That's how the the technology in our hardly has changed the look Feel and the design of the kitchen with the technology that we use in a kitchen like this It makes it extremely easy for anyone using the kitchen To operate nice opening and soft closing hinges and drawers runners makes it easy to use And then the integrated appliances that we use aren't just Something that's an afterthought it has to be considered in the functionality of the kitchen and the aesthetically pleasing value that it adds to the kitchen Other system incorporated is the corner solutions. We can store items not used regularly And then we also have the recycling bin systems the spice pullouts and then also your lot of pullouts There's many varieties of an exposed storage behind glass doors open floating shelves it all depends on the environment and There's an extension of the home. It can be modern floating shelves or you can have beveled glass cottage pain doors Or you can have hanging pots above the island something different just to bring in a little bit of copper or steel To break up the monotony of stone and timber without running systems You can go very wide you can go up to 1200 millimetres and that also then gives you a Option of going with a 60 kilogram version and that allows you to optimize the packing space in your drawers The contestants have incorporated international trends by using stone in specific ways so what Manantley has done is Demarcated in a breakfast nook eating area as well as an accent over the side of the island With stone then there's something different and adds a different touch What Rudolph has done is brought in a minimal look with an industrial look slightly rustic and then using lighting in specific areas under counter strip lighting and brought an overseas trend into something that I find is quite uniquely South African Well now it's time to find out if our design contestants took this to heart to create beautiful modern kitchens That are both functional and on trend. Let's head over to Valduvie The kitchen countdown is complete. Let's go see what creativity has been unleashed. Joanne is up first Joanne, how's it? Neighbor, I came to ask for a cup of sugar. Yes, I have these sticks for you Maybe not a cup but a stick of sugar will do this face looks absolutely amazing really really part of you Talk me through how you've managed to bring your ideas to life. So I went for a very clean Layout we have two panels here of cabinets and the island is very practical It's in the middle and it works very well, and then I went for something different and dramatic I went for the dark cabinets and to contrast that I put in the white Caesar stone And then I've also added white appliances just to finish it off And then the last element that I love is the black tap That matches with all the other plumbing fixtures in the house in the previous challenge The judges said that you've been quite minimalist in all your other rooms and I wanted to see some bravery come out of you What do you think arc is going to say about this space? I think I will like the sleekness of this design It's a bit different to the other understated spaces that I created the shiny copper Elements that are hidden here and the image you can still see them if you're sitting at the right angle Just to add to the glamorous Valduvie lifestyle And I think I will dislike the difference the dark the dark kitchen with the white contrasting Caesar stone Simon's going to want to know how you've added value to this property and increase its marketability How have you added value to the property? The elements I love in this kitchen is the feature behind me that is made of seasoned stone and it's Permanently fixed here, so you can't remove it. Also the snake appliances you can't go wrong with that in any space If there's one thing that I've learned from my discussions with Anne is that color and mood are Intrinsically linked you've gone for a very nice dark feel here And when I walked into this kitchen it just felt like I walked into a chocolate slab So when I was working with wood lab they suggested I go for it for the dark kitchen because it just adds that dramatic feel that you need in a in a living area and In my other space as I went for the very white colors and now in this space. I'm doing the opposite I'm going for dark with a bit of white. Well, even if I do say so myself. You've got a very sweet kitchen. Good luck Thanks. I'm still another one. Don't tell anyone Man what a beautiful kitchen and I hope you loved it too Minente is up next who's got a lot to prove after winning the previous challenge Minente, this is such a bold design. I really love it. It's almost like it's in Mint condition Tell you what was the inspiration and what is so mean and clear about this spot? What I chose to do is go for a U-shape Kitchen and have that one wing relate to the dining area and the lounge because the kitchen is becoming a space That's relative to the rest of the home. So things are now more open plan But at the same time I chose to keep my storage at the back so that the swing is very open in terms of design I've incorporated an Integrated dish Russia and I've lifted the drying air so that you have more space on the countertops Because I really wanted to create this open space where one can interact with the dining area and the lounge As the one of the previous challenge the judges are keeping a close eye on you What do you think each judge is great to say about this space? What I think someone will like is how I've included the overhead shelves which Maximize the storage and how I've integrated the appliances which adds value to the space What I would like about this space is the detailing I've gone for with regards to the flooring in terms of Defining the kitchen as a space, but at the same time having this Transition detail that links it to the rest of the spaces and taking that up with the paints on the wall Just to define the kitchen vertically what they'll also like is my bold use of color and the Materiality of the whole space with the timber and the Caesar stone tops which add a contrast of texture But at the same time they all come together with the The color of the paint well, I think it looks fantastic. It's all up to the judges now, but I really think you're on a roll Now that is some creative use of Caesar stone our final contestant is Rudolph Let's go see what he's got cooking in the kitchen This piece is amazing. Thank you. We were sitting you celebrating already. Yeah, I'll celebrate with you Well done. So talking through how this all came to life What were your ideas and how did it all come together when a brief bath in the beginning? I asked her to think about how we can incorporate more traditional Living but also have a space where people can be entertained and live around the kitchen And then we looked at the brief of incorporating very nice make appliances that gives a more traditional look to the space But also air contemporary lighting and contemporary fixtures that would actually go with it. So Beth with all those great ideas How did you interpret this brief and the challenge was we had a compact space in which we had to make more open and Create an illusion of more space and here what we did was we used kind of modular units for free standing open some Interesting open displays and we combined all of that to create like a fresh relaxed feel All right So Anna's going to want to ask you about your color scheme in here You've gone for sort of dark fixtures with a little bit of light Yes Well that contradiction between the dark and the light is something that's really excited interior space But I also have a popping color of blue What do you think arcs thoughts are going to be when they walk into the space and just explore? I feel really like how we looked at the inside of the cupboard space and contact living and how we can make it more Functional with the limited space that we have Simon's going to want to know how you've added value in this kitchen We've added Integrated appliances into the space but also some free standing units and we've also looked at the materials used like the Caesar stone that we Incorporated in full slabs and we also clad at the wall since Caesar stone. It's just great So Beth how is this kitchen going to stand out? Well, I think a lot of people tend to take kitchens and floor-to-ceiling of units and I hear we haven't done it We've kind of gone with a modular look. It is different It's not keeping in with the safe kind of designs that we all go towards and your personal favorite thing about the space For me, it's the island I think it's beautiful this beautiful elegant Caesar stone and with the open and you can sit around it We can actually move it if we wanted to for entertainment But it's a prep surface and an entertainment for everyone that kates us all well. I'm very impressed guys. Congratulations. You pulled it off Thank you And cheers to you if you want to win big on win a home in afternoon express Go to private property dot co dot z click on the winner home link and vote for your favorite kitchen That'll enter you into the grand prize competition to win a home right here at Val de Vee until Monday when you guys get judged It's time to see how well our design contestants stuck to budget team VC had a projected budget of 81,000 round without appliances her actual budget spent was 43,200 round so she spent a lot less than planned team real estate had a projected budget of 56,500 round in the end they spent 56,449 round which is the closest to budget anyone has stuck to so far team L decoration had a conservative budget of 32 5500 round and ended up spending only 26,262 Remember that you are also a judge on winner home You have the chance to change one of our design contestants lives forever So head over to private property dot co dot z a and vote for your favorite now vote for your favorite design contestants kitchen on private property dot co dot z a and Standard chance of winning a tulip dining chair by guideline to the value of 6,890 round you also automatically get entered into the draw to win one of the three finished apartments valued at over 3,000,000 round when a home is proudly brought to you by private property in association with netbank express