The Block

S08:É17 - S08:E17 - Episode 17

Tonight the teams are trying to progress with their second bedrooms, but for Josh its more of a struggle because of a brick wall that hasn’t been completed in his apartment. Jess goes to Sydney and meets Neale Whitaker for a shopping trip, to help out with her styling for this week’s bedroom. Dea is also flying solo with Darren still in hospital. So her builder Andy has taken the reigns and is forging ahead with battening out the flooring in the bedroom. Tim and Anastasia’s new builder is also working hard, their walls are taking shape and Tim is standing by, impressed by their efforts. Jess enjoys some good advice from Neale. He advises pattern and colour is small doses, and also bringing in just one main or “hero” item in each room. Jess likes some pendants that Neale shows her and decides they’ll be the hero in her room this week. She asks Neale about floor coverings and Neale advises on a big good quality, neutral coloured rug. He also advises that Jess chooses art pieces that she loves. He also tells Jess to hang the artwork at eye level. Anastasia is going for a dark and moody look this week with seagrass wallpaper. Charlotte goes shopping for a rug that will stand out in their bedroom. She and Josh feel a little intimidated by the other couples who have all renovated before. The young couple have decided to make their master suite much bigger. He’s going to move the ensuite and study, with the approval from Julian the architect. As usual, in the middle of a week of renovating, the contestants receive a text telling them to head to Bendigo. The teams arrive at Jimmy Possum headquarters in Bendigo where they meet Scotty. The challenge is set. Dea is alone as Darren is still in hospital. The teams will have to design and build a bed and bed head using bright fabrics from the Jimmy Possum studio. It needs to be used in one of their bedrooms. Anastasia has already ordered her bed for the next bedroom so she’s not too happy! Dea learns that she’s getting some help from fore boy Dan! He’ll be her partner for the day’s challenge. They will all have five hours to build their beds and bed heads. The judges will be the entire Possum family, the winners will take home $5000 and a bespoke arm chair covered in the fabric of their choice. So the teams get moving on their designs, Dea takes a long time to choose her fabrics. Jess and Ayden take just a few minutes to choose their fabrics and stain colour, so do Charlotte and Josh. Dea ends up with leopard print fabric for her bed head. In the last fifteen minutes Josh and Charlotte realise their bed has been put together incorrectly. They fix it just in time. The Possum family is impressed with all the efforts and love the use of colour in some of the bed heads. They give the win to Dea and Dan - the leopard print was the winning move!