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A little reality TV brings out the armchair architect in all of us, so this year, with the uniform floor plan of the homes of The Block proving too tempting to ignore, the Home Beautiful team are having a go at building our own Block House. Meet House 6, created by Team Home Beautiful.
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Inspired by (and virtually situated in) the historic rural Victorian town of Daylesford, we have created a vision for the kind of home we would design and build in this bucolic setting. Our team was kindly invited to visit before The Block 2025 went to air, and it got our creative juices flowing!
Granted, we’re not under the same time pressures and budget constraints as The Block contestants, but, like them, we are armed with buckets of enthusiasm and a team of experts from Freedom and Kinsman to learn from as we answer the question, “What would you do?”
Each week, we are putting our own moodboards and ideas into action – visualising how the Home Beautiful Block house would look. We are creating a colour scheme and moodboard for each room and decorating with our favourite furniture and homewares. We’ve then had a little fun with AI to prompt the creation of each room and watch our ideas come to life in 3D renders.
Follow along with us as we join the teams in their endeavour each week on The Block and create, room by room, Home Beautiful House 6 in Daylesford.
In case you missed it…
Week 4: Main bedroom & walk-in wardrobe
Week 5: Living and dining rooms
Week 9: Laundry, Mudroom, Butler’s pantry, Powder room, Garage
Week 10: Alfresco terrace, Stratco shed
House 6: When Home Beautiful joins The Block
Everything we know about The Block 2025
5 fun facts you didn’t know about The Block 2025 teams
The look and feel of the Home Beautiful House
A country setting calls for a quiet, neutral exterior to envelope an interior colour palette of soft colours inspired by the bush – think soft greens, warm whites and earthy clay tones. Metallic detailing and tapware finishes are in aged brass and bronze, while timber features throughout in whitewashed and smoked oak tones. We’re layering texture with flooring in herringbone patterns – timber, tile and terracotta bricks for added visual warmth. Generous mullioned steel windows welcome the surrounding countryside into our imagined home through large openings, flanked by sheer curtains that offer warmth and privacy without hindering scenic views.
In the bedrooms, we’re adding lush fabrics to windows and bedding in quality linens and timeless patterns – bespoke upholstery, heavy curtains and elegant accent cushions nestled into overstuffed armchairs. The luxury continues into the harder working rooms such as bathrooms with deep tubs, plush robes and warming tones and tapware. But wait until you see our kitchen! Read on to see House 6 unfold and tell us, what do you think?
Explore each room
Bathroom
As we’ve learnt from many an interior designer (as well as previous The Block winners Steph and Gian), having inspirational images helps create a cohesive space. This week, we looked no further than The Block alumni Carlene and Michael Duffy for our main bathroom vision and mood board. The use of timber, warm tones and rustic metallics is well-aligned with a home set in a country town like Daylesford. We took our cues from their Gold Coast home and are rather chuffed with the final result. Do you think it would pass muster with the judges?
Inspiration & moodboard
Room Reveal
Kids’ room
For our turn at the kids’ bedroom, the HB team took inspiration from the talented interior designer, Kate Walker and the beautiful kids’ bedroom she designed for this luxurious Mt Buller apartment. The warming sage green walls and fun, recessed bunk beds feel luxurious and a little magical, with the help of a sweet plaid carpet and an inviting upholstered window seat.
Inspiration & mood board
Room reveal
Main ensuite
While we can applaud the bravery of some of the teams, we didn’t include anything as daring as a party bath in our room. We’re going with a rustic-yet-refined Modern Farmhouse aesthetic and amber resin doesn’t quite align with the grand vision. For our ensuite, we took inspiration from a gorgeous country home in Byron Bay. The owners of this bathroom are interior sylist Ali Griffiths and Michael from Beukers Building, and we especially love their bathroom’s terracotta floor tiles. We admit, we might be playing it a tad safer than some of the teams, but at least it’s not giving “upmarket abattoir”… or is it?! Let us know what you think.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
Main bedroom
Since we’re opting for a cosy Modern Farmhouse aesthetic, we naturally took inspiration from this charming country bedroom designed by Halvorsen Interiors. From the romantic four-poster bed to the layered soft textures and French doors opening onto the countryside, the room perfectly balances rustic warmth with romantic elegance.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
Walk-in wardrobe
For our walk-in-wardrobe, we had a chat to Kinsman, who helped us come up with the following beautiful design. Our dream walk-in robe would feature one of Kinsman’s luxurious statement islands, with Kinsman Camden Coastal Oak Woodmatt Cabinetry, Camden Amaro Smooth Cabinetry, Bronze Bar and a Sensa Taj Mahal by Cosentino Benchtop as our materials of choice.
Living and dining room
Our Modern Farmhouse look calls for layered natural textures and earthy tones in our living and dining room, inspired by The Block’s country setting. We took inspiration from this dreamy Cape Cod-style home by Stritt Design, bringing in stone accents, touches of green and a laidback yet elevated aesthetic. The key to standing out on The Block is finding a strong design direction and sticking to it.
Inspiration
Our mood board gave us a fun starting point for the look we wanted. With herringbone flooring, a Freedom dining chair and coffee table, and the Hills of Green framed print, we leaned into warm timbers and natural tones. To balance it out, we added contrast with the Rachel Donath fire screen (a splurge, but hey, this is a pretend room), a Trudon candle and Kate Nixon pleated vase, bringing in a touch of black and sculptural shapes to tie it all together. While there is contrast, all the elements feel part of one family rather than a mish-mash of random styles put together.
Mood board
Room reveal
For our living room design, we carefully considered the fireplace in relation to the seating. The layout encourages conversation in groups while making it easy to enjoy the crackling flames – or a TV, cleverly disguised as artwork when it’s off. From any seat, you can also take in the view outside the windows.
Rumpus room
When imagining how we’d use an extra room, the idea of escaping technology in favour of a cosy nook for reading and enjoying the view felt suited to the Modern Farmhouse look we are going for. For this reason, we took inspiration from a beautiful library located within a country home not far from Daylesford. Scroll on to explore our mood board, shop the pieces we’d pick and see how our room design turned out.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
Kitchen
For Kitchen Week, we couldn’t resist drawing inspiration from the best of The Block and beyond. We borrowed the bold, reimagined layouts of Britt & Taz and Robby & Mat, then layered in a little magic from former Block superstars Alisa and Lysandra. It’s warm, it’s textured and it’s got plenty of creamy colours with bronze accents.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
The result? A Block Kinsman kitchen that’s both comfortable and commanding. Think exposed beams for architectural drama, natural stone benchtops that feel timeless yet tactile, and just the right amount of gold glimmer for polish. It’s a space designed to work hard but also to welcome.
Guest suite
Since we’re going for a modern country aesthetic, we drew inspiration from the place we would love to stay – the UK’s luxurious Babington House in the Somerset countryside. The country cousin of London’s exclusive Soho House is just as indulgent as you would expect, complete with sumptuous bedding and deep soaking claw-foot tubs.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
For our guest suite, we wanted the room to exude the same indulgent feel of Babington House with a slightly more pared-back design better suited to Australia’s laid-back country style. To do so, we envisioned a space anchored by elegant architectural details, including a fireplace, coffered ceiling and parquetry flooring. The warm pops of mustard come from two comfy lounge chairs and a quilt on the bed. We imagine our guests would love to end the day soaking in a freestanding mint green tub.
Laundry, mudroom, butler’s pantry
We focused on the laundry/mudroom space and stole inspiration from a stunning home in Byron Bay.
Inspiration
We’ll forever have this Byron Bay home on our vision board and are using it for our laundry/mudroom inspo this week, with its incredible terracotta brick floors, raw timber elements, white joinery and of course that incredible hinterland backdrop.
Mood board
Room reveal
Our interpretation? A laundry-meets-mudroom that’s a little bit rustic thanks to the tiling, softened by rattan inset detailing in the Kinsman cupboard joinery and Amaro Smooth cabinets on the left, for plenty of storage.
Butler’s pantry
Because it’s a modern farmhouse, we’ve also imagined a dedicated butler’s pantry for House 6, complete with a farmhouse sink, generous benchtops for food prep and more streamlined storage. Here, we’ve taken the terracotta flooring through from the mudroom and included wall-to-wall open shelving above rattan-front Kinsman cupboards. To echo our rumpus room library and, because there’s ample space, we added a wooden ladder for easy reach and to fulfil all of our dream home fantasies.
Room reveal
Alfresco terrace, Stratco shed
This week, we’ve put our spin on an alfresco terrace with inspiration from a majestic Mornington Peninsula home. Setting the tone with light timber decking, comfortable Freedom furniture, the warmth of a wood fireplace, a dining table and a nearby fireplace and barbecue for easy entertaining, we can’t decide whether the lush greenery or the game day-ready TV will ultimately steal the show.
Inspiration
Mood board
Room reveal
Our space combines comfortable lounges and a dining table with the warmth of a nearby fireplace, a barbecue for easy entertaining, lush greenery and a TV ready for game day.
Backyard and pool
For our backyard and pool design, we drew inspiration from the Mediteranean-inspired backyard of a Sunshine Coast home. In this backyard, a simple palette heroes the grand curves and clean lines of the elegant pool area and pool house, while the white and timber poolside furniture blends into the overall palette, creating a luxurious and cohesive look.
Inspiration
Mood board
Tucson 100 rust fire pit, $525 from Milkcan, Round firewood storage, $389 from Milkcan, Trentham planter, $149 from Freedom, Shellstone limestone brushed and tumbled pavers, $155.66 per sqm from Amber Tiles
Verde Spanish PVC dot mounted glass pool mosaic, $42 per sqm from Tile Factory Outlet, Laurens navy stripe bolster pillow, $129 from Business & Pleasure Imola bar trolley, $959 from Freedom
Room reveal
For our backyard and pool, we wanted to embrace the contemporary luxury vibe of the Sunshine Coast backyard with a little Daylesford touch. To do so, we added a cosy firepit with a built in bench seat for those colder winter evenings. We also added some native plantings, soft lawn and fun fairy lights for an extra magical touch.
Front Facade
For our exterior and front garden, we took inspiration from a beautiful property in the Southern Highlands. With its crisp white façade, covered verandah, side gables and natural cedar shingles, it’s the picture of modern country charm.
Inspiration
Our mood board
Room reveal
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