Take a look over the grand final renovations of House Rules 2018 with this gallery of before and after photos.
Included are Mel and Dave’s Queensland family home, and series winners Toad and Mandy’s Candelo farmhouse, with the front yards of each given a makeover by the opposing team.
Mel & Dave’s front yard (renovated by Toad & Mandy)
In scoring Drew said: “Some great decisions, that outdoor deck was fantastic… but some other areas let you down. Part farmhouse and part Hamptons… you sort of messed around with that and didn’t quite solve it.”
LLB said: “I see an incredibly commercial piece of design, I see that and that proves to me you two can go to the outside and create very, very successful design alongside the dairy farming… perhaps not as innovative, not as creative and not as sexy as we have seen from you in the past… but it absolutely answered the brief and I think it was the perfect evocation of their style of Hamptons.”
Wendy said: “It was elegant... I think it answered the house rules... it was very soft and very welcoming. There were a few spots that needed a bit more love, but in general you lifted this home to a new level.”
SCORES Drew: 7 LLB: 8 Wendy: 9
Toad & Mandy’s front yard (renovated by Mel & Dave)
In scoring Drew said: “You embraced the farmhouse in a fantastic way… setting your work in the landscape. I thought you did a great job.”
LLB said: “In a way we could have done with a little bit more editing… there were a lot of ideas all coming together… it certainly made a statement but I kind of missed a little bit of your old-fashioned rigour.”
Wendy said: “I think you did create a really beautiful, elegant home. You did justice to the house… and that front section finished it off beautifully. You did have a lot of ideas but I liked most of them.”
LLB said: “It wasn’t classic team Melve… I think the whole situation rather overwhelmed you.”
SCORES Drew: 8 LLB: 7 Wendy: 8
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