BACKLASH: How complaining locals delayed The Block<\/a><\/p>\nEqually adept at laughing the face of crisis, Emma and Ben\u2019s relationship barely missed a beat when they discovered engineer Ben had mismeasured one of their bedrooms to the tune of an entire metre, meaning their wallpaper didn\u2019t fit.<\/p>\n
\u201cBabe, I\u2019m so annoyed at you,\u201d Emma raged mildly, before the pair dissolved in giggles.<\/p>\n
They solved the issue by putting temporary panelling on either side, but the judges noted that means the wardrobes didn\u2019t open properly.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat one detail has ruined how the room functions,\u201d Marty said.<\/p>\n
And given there\u2019s $175,000 worth of appliances up for grabs along with the usual $10,000 this week, that one detail was a costly one. <\/p>\n
\u201cDo you hate me now?\u201d Ben asked.<\/p>\n
Nope. Emma was still smiling.<\/p>\n
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Britt and Taz cleverly hid their mismeasured wallpaper with timber panelling, which then stopped the wardrobes from opening properly.<\/p>\n
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Ben and Emma\u2019s boys\u2019 room was a big hit with Shaynna and Darren.<\/p>\n
Sonny and Alicia weren\u2019t. After Sonny slapped paint on like he was in a fist fight, Alicia had it with him and unleashed a day long swear fest, as well as some epic stink eyes as the judges\u2019 criticism about their sloppy execution was read out.<\/p>\n
The judges loved her choice of wallpaper \u2013 blue tartan for their boys\u2019 room and pink for their girl\u2019s room. They also loved the gallery-style hang of equestrian artwork on the blue wallpaper, seemingly forgetting that an almost identical concept was presented by Sarah-Jane and Tom on The Block Sunbury three years ago.<\/p>\n
The judges did take issue with a boring facing wall with a small TV though.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere\u2019s nothing worse than a TV just stuck on a wall like you\u2019re in a bad motel,\u201d Shaynna noted.<\/p>\n
Their other beef was that the room was too grown up.<\/p>\n
Sonny and Alicia were unrepentant.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know the brief was a kids\u2019 room, but we want to sell our house. You can put a kid in any room,\u201d Sonny said.<\/p>\n
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The judges loved Sonny and Alicia\u2019s girl\u2019s room \u2013 if only it had been a room for a girl and not a grown up.<\/p>\n
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Sonny and Alicia\u2019s choice of artworks and wallpaper got ticks from the judges, but not the bare boring wall in front of it.<\/p>\n
Can and Han managed to finish this week, and the judges were impressed with their colour schemes (with Shaynna declaring it Wes Anderson-esque) and their dreamy bedheads, but as predicted, their choice of floorboards over concrete slab instead of carpet saw them lose points.<\/p>\n
Shaynna also thought they were trying to do too much in the room they created as a nursery, urging them to edit their choices back.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s overwhelming,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
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The judges thought Han and Can\u2019s nursery was trying to do too much.<\/p>\n
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Shaynna Blaze said she got Wes Anderson vibes from Han and Can\u2019s colour scheme and styling.<\/p>\n
In the end, it was Britt and Taz who took out the win, thanks to a 3D wall inspired by the rolling hills around Daylesford and their clever use of space in both rooms, which left plenty of space to access wardrobes.<\/p>\n
Shaynna lauded Britt\u2019s styling, comparing it to Steph and Gian\u2019s from two seasons ago.<\/p>\n
Then she ended with a backhanded compliment that saw both cops and the state of WA copping strays.<\/p>\n
\u201cThese guys have class. And they\u2019re two police officers from the dusty bowl of Western Australia!\u201d<\/p>\n
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Judges found it hard to fault Britt and Taz\u2019 boys\u2019 room.<\/p>\n
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A boldly coloured 3D bed head inspired by the rolling hills of Daylesford cinched Britt and Taz the win.<\/p>\n
FINAL SCORES<\/p>\n
Britt and Taz 28<\/p>\n
Ben and Emma 25.5<\/p>\n
Sonny and Alicia 24.5<\/p>\n
Can and Han 24<\/p>\n
Robby and Mat 20.5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018What have you done?!\u2019: Block team\u2019s embrassing fail. Has anyone in Block history every taken a pasting with…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[43,44,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-57832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}