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House Rules homeowners’ reveal: WA twins Andrew & Jono

By Amy Collins-Walker •

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Last Sunday saw the third house reveal for this season of House Rules, and this time it was the ‘retro geek chic’ home of WA twins Andrew and Jono that got the makeover treatment.

Hallway

Entry hallway
In typical style, judge Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen didn’t hold back and especially when giving his verdict on Fiona and Nicole’s entry hallway which was a riot of colour in the worst possible way. “I genuinely feel like I’m being sucked into some evil vortex of badly painted colour. The best way to view this space, is with your back to it and walking away from it,” said Laurence and the other judges agreed. Wendy couldn’t find any redeeming features and Drew described the paint colours as “so bright, so off and so badly painted.” Ouch.

Bathroom

Bathroom
Laurence felt entirely differently about the Sean and Ella’s steampunk inspired bathroom though and consequently heaped on the praise.  “I knew there was a really nice room lurking in this house. This is the best room I have seen in my extremely extensive career of judging amateur interior design competitions,” said Laurence. Wendy loved the layout and statement bath while Drew described the space as “fantastic.”

Bathroom

Dining room
All three judges loved the floral wall art but were divided as to whether Sean and Ella’s dining room hit the house rule, and Laurence thought the boys might struggle with it. “I think the gender thing is a problem, because it’s not just the fact that it is a very feminine pattern, it’s quite a feminine granny pattern. I wonder if Jono and Andrew are going to be able to open their hearts and minds to something that looks like a pair of granny’s knickers,” said Laurence.

Dining room

Lounge room
Aaron and Daniella’s lounge room divided the judges – Laurence didn’t like it but Wendy and Drew did. “I really like it. I instantly feel like they’ve got the house rule and managed to nail both retro and geek chic,” said Wendy.

Lounge room

Kitchen
Drew and Laurence loved the green cupboard fronts in Troy and Bec’s kitchen but Wendy wasn’t so sure. “I think this is the first time that we’ve really seen them step up to the plate, and show us something unusual exceptional,” said Laurence while Wendy felt the colour was too dominant.

Kitchen

Andrew’s bedroom
The judges were very enthusiastic about Kate and Harry’s design for Andrew’s bedroom, especially the exposed brick. “There’s so much to love. I love the celling, I love the bed, I love the frame, I love the terracotta coloured pendant lights. The rug is the only thing I don’t like,” said Wendy but Laurence disagreed, calling it “genius.”

Andrew’s bedroom

Laundry
While the judges loved the statement artwork in Kate and Harry’s laundry, they weren’t sold on the floor tiles. “We should not, in the 21st century, be putting orange and cerulean together,” said Laurence.

Laundry
The final results

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May 17, 2017

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Amy is our regular feature writer, an experienced journalist and interior stylist living in Perth, Western Australia. Find out more about her styling work at http://www.amycollinswalker.com/

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Comments

  1. Emma says

    May 17, 2017 at 9:01 am

    Does anyone know the name of the artist who did Kate and Harry’s statement piece??

    • Martini says

      May 20, 2017 at 11:55 am

      Yes, its Joe Coufreur from Mandurah in WA

      http://www.jos-coufreur.com/

  2. Regan Burness says

    May 17, 2017 at 1:51 pm

    I’m sorry, this years house reveals are dismal- glad they aren’t my home.
    Seriously what is the point of having an interior design mentor on the show, if the suggestions are totally ignored.
    The paint work & finishings are atrocious
    & don’t get me started on the bar room, they should have left it as it was, looks cheap & nasty!
    I know I shouldn’t comment if I don’t have anything nice to say, but seriously!

  3. Martini says

    May 20, 2017 at 11:56 am

    I love the photographic art used next to the flower wallpaper with the poolside monkey and lady.

    Does anyone know where I can find more like this?

    Thanks

    • Linda Morris says

      May 23, 2017 at 7:04 am

      Yes I like that aswell where can we get it

      • Linda Morris says

        May 23, 2017 at 7:05 am

        The poolside monkey an lady I ment lol

  4. Kim Lec says

    May 21, 2017 at 7:45 pm

    Totally agree, LLB ! Orange & Cerulean NEVER BELONG TOGETHER !

  5. Tiarna says

    May 25, 2017 at 9:47 pm

    Does anyone know where Jono and Andrew get their superhero tshirts from

  6. Kim Davies says

    May 29, 2017 at 10:49 pm

    Does anyone know where i can get the dining room wallpaper from ?

    • karen says

      July 3, 2017 at 10:34 pm

      I asked the same question! The paper in the Cancer Help House was amazing too!

  7. karen says

    July 3, 2017 at 8:55 pm

    Does anyone know where the wallpaper comes from? Is it self sticking?

  8. Lisa says

    May 15, 2019 at 7:58 am

    Does anyone know where we can get the R2D2 picture for our wall please ??
    Thanks heaps

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