Photography: The Block/Channel 9/9 Now
This week was main bedroom week on The Block, and according to judge and realtor, Marty Fox, it’s one of the most important spaces to get right. As the place you rest after a long day, the main bedroom should be both soothing and stylish.
So, how did The Block teams go? From bright blue feature walls and tiny rugs to luxurious dressing rooms and cosy fireplaces, these are all of the best and worst design choices from The Block’s main bedroom reveals.
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The best main bedroom design choices
Cosy fireplaces
There’s something particularly luxurious about having a fireplace in the bedroom – especially in a country town like Daylesford, where it gets extra chilly. This week, we loved to see four out of the five Block teams opt for a fireplace in their main bedrooms.
No, they might not have been the authentic wood burners of our dreams but they still brought that extra sense of cosiness into the space – and electric offers the added benefit of not having any ash to clean up afterwards.
Luxurious dressing rooms
This week, the teams were given a generous space to work with – but it was up to them to figure out how much space to dedicate to the bedroom and to the adjoining walk-in-robe. The teams who nailed the rooms were those who gave a little extra love to the wardrobe space, transforming it from a simple walk-in into a full dressing room experience.
Both Emma and Ben, and Britt and Taz, incorporated Freedom Wardrobes islands into their walk-in robes, with the judges describing Emma and Ben’s as a “really luxurious size.”
Beautifully blending in with the matching Freedom wardrobes cabinetry, these luxurious additions not only delivered valuable storage but also elevated the spaces with a sense of grandeur and indulgence.
Beds facing the windows
When it came to layouts, those that made the choice to position their beds to face the window instead of the wall earned ticks from both us and the judges.
Britt and Taz’s layout was especially well considered. Being able to wake up, open the blinds, and immediately connect with the outdoors feels perfectly in tune with Daylesford’s countryside setting. Robby and Mat made a similar choice, though their room lost some impact due to their bed being off centre.
The worst main bedroom design choices
Feature walls
A number of the teams chose to do feature walls in their main bedrooms. While some, like Alicia and Sonny, and Robbie and Mat opted for wallpaper, others opted for a bold shade of paint. The boldest choice came from Han and Can, who painted their built-in bed nook a bright blue. Unfortunately, this didn’t pay off, with Darren describing the colour as “abrasive.”
“It’s so intense and it’s actually throwing off everything else that we see in here,” Darren said.
While feature walls can work in some spaces with thoughtful planning, they can also dominate a room in an overwhelming way and distract from the rest of the design. In a bedroom, the most successful designs bring a sense of calm and tranquillity to the space.
The wrong sized rugs
The main bedroom reveals proved that the wrong choice of rug can throw off an entire room. Almost every team, with the exception of Brit and Taz, selected a rug that was the wrong size or shade for their bedroom.
Robby and Mat’s undersized rug looked particularly awkward against the scale of their generous four-poster bed, while Brit and Taz’s larger rug anchored the space, adding warmth and cohesion to the design. “It’s the right rug on the right carpet,” Marty Fox confirmed.
All The Block room reveal images were originally published by Channel 9/9Now on nine.com.au.
What Home Beautiful would do differently….
This year, Team Home Beautiful is playing along – and we’re unveiling our very own House 6. 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
Our mood board
Shop the products
Main bedroom
- Emilio floor rug, $2,999, Freedom
- Turkan fabric ottoman, $678 (usually $969), Freedom
- Boori Lunar bed, $2,149, Freedom
- Retreat fabric armchair, $2,299, Freedom
- Haveli rosewood cushion, $152, Walter G
- Ankara rosewood cushion, $175, Walter G
- Friuli khaki linen cushion, $189, Kate Nixon
- Ulla tample lamp, $349, Freedom
- Sunday throw in Mocha, $399, Waverley Mills
- Marceau Taupe rug, $999, Weave
- Into The Wild framed canvas, $500, Freedom
Room reveal
Main bedroom
Walk-in-wardrobe
For our walk-in-wardrobe, we had a chat to Kinsman, who came up with the following design. Our dream walk in robe would feature one of Kinsman’s luxurious statement island’s, 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.
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