Photography: The Block/Channel 9
Sonny and Alicia’s Block journey has had its ups and downs. From their sweet children’s bedrooms to their disastrous living room arrangement to their final front yard win, the couple have experienced their share of compliments and critiques from the judges.
But the couple can finally leave the challenges of the competition behind, with their Block house 4 receiving a successful bid of $3,060,000 from Frank Valentic, Director of Advantage Property Consulting. This means the Queensland couple are taking home a profit of $120,000.
Now that they have completed their Block journey, it’s time to look back at every room from Sonny and Alicia’s Block house Four.
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Every room from Sonny and Alicia’s Block House
Bathroom
Sonny and Alicia took a bold approach with their bathroom, ditching the shower screen for a seamless wet area and opting for a timber vanity over traditional stone. “This is different,” said Marty, noting the space’s distinct mood. Darren was especially taken: “The colour of the tapware – bronze, bronze, bronze – I’m besotted with this bathroom.”
The natural palette and styling choices helped ground the design in its setting. “This is feeling a little bit more Daylesford,” said Marty. “Having that timber stool just adds that warmth and natural beauty.”
Shaynna loved the direction overall, despite a few missteps: “The colour palette is amazing… I feel really strongly about their direction.” But issues like misaligned tile cuts, vertical towel rails and a basin that was too high held the room back from perfection.
Kid’s bedrooms
Alicia and Sonny took inspiration from their own three children for their kids’ bedrooms, designing a room for a teenage girl and a room for two younger boys. For the boy’s bedroom, the couple took inspiration from the surrounding countryside and went with a luxurious equestrian theme and dark blue plaid wallpaper.
The couple’s teenage girl’s bedroom was praised for its thoughtful use of colour, with soft pink walls paired with a playful pink plaid wallpaper behind the bed. “That’s the application of colour I was hoping to see next door,” Darren said as he walked in.
While the judges loved the room, they didn’t think that it necessarily felt like a kid’s bedroom, deciding that “it’s a solid room but not on brief.”
Main bathroom
Alicia and Sonny’s main ensuite features a poured concrete Nood Co bath and matching basins in olive green, complemented by large slab tiles from Beaumont. Darren admired the look: “Ooh la la,” he said, while Shaynna called the bath “absolute heaven,” praising the visible ripples in the concrete and smooth interior. She added, “This is the best styling I’ve seen today.”
Main bedroom
Sonny and Alicia opted for a feature wall in their main bedroom, made up a wallpaper designed by Alicia herself. This design was complimented by timber walk-in wardrobes and chocolate brown curtains that ran along the wall to wall windows.
Living and dining
Sonny and Alicia’s living and dining room reveal left the Block judges disappointed. The biggest sticking point for the judges was the placement of the fireplace. Instead of making it a striking feature at the entry, Sonny and Alicia put it on the wall beside the future kitchen – a move that made little design sense.
Another major flaw was how the pair arranged the dining and lounge areas. By pushing the dining table too close to the living zone, they effectively boxed themselves in and made the entire room feel smaller than it really was.
Rumpus
Sonny and Alicia’s big squashy sofa, built-in-bookshelves and stash of boardgames gave their room the feeling of a classic family rumpus room – and we love that about it. The couple elevated the space by colour drenching the room in a warm red, which wrapped it in that extra layer of cosiness and made it feel like a completely seperate space. We can definitely imagine bunking down in there with a good book or boardgame on a cold Daylesford evening.
Kitchen
A couple with their own strong vision, Sonny and Alicia, went bold with a moody palette, layering Freedom’s new Baltic Blue cabinetry with deep tones and luxe finishes. Realtor judge Marty Fox wasn’t convinced, but we found ourselves smitten – and so did design maven Shaynna Blaze. “It’s gorgeous,” she declared.
Guest suite
Sonny and Alicia’s plum colour-drenched guest suite brought the drama. Sonny and Alicia also chose to skip a kitchenette in their space, instead opting for just a bar fridge and coffee-making station, which felt like the perfect option for the space. Since guests aren’t exactly going to be cooking up a storm, the larger kitchenettes felt a little excessive.
Laundry
Alicia and Sonny scored points for the clever inclusions in their combined butler’s pantry and laundry, with a drying cabinet and a well-placed fridge adding real practicality.
But the judges saved their biggest praise for the powder room. “That is stunning,” said Shaynna. “That is something you’d see in a high-end house or high-end hotel.” Marty agreed, calling it “unfaultable”.
Alfresco terrace
Alicia and Sonny claimed the runner-up spot with a relaxed lounge area, a sink, pizza oven and barbecue – enough for easy entertaining without tipping into extravagance. “I’m at rancho relaxo,” said Marty, settling into their cosy outdoor seating from Freedom.
Backyard and pool
Out of all the backyards, Sonny and Alicia’s was the most understated, and that’s exactly why it works so well. There’s plenty of lawn for the kids to run around on and an abundance of space for functions. While the pool fence stands out, once the plants grow in, it will virtually disappear. Compared to the other backyards, it feels more laid back and suited to country life.
Front facade
Sonny and Alicia came out on top for the simplicity of their front yard design. While they didn’t use a huge number of plantings, the couple were praised for choosing the right ones.
“I love the rawness of the fence, I love the rawness of the bricks,” Shaynna said, while Darren describing it as a “simple and sophisticated pallate,” and a “perfect Aussie backyard at a luxe level.”
All The Block room reveal images were originally published by Channel 9/9Now on nine.com.au.
For more details, see the real-estate listing for The Block House 4 by Sonny and Alicia.
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