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Design RENO ADDICT

Three Birds part of new boutique Brisbane reno show

Three Birds Renovations will present and exhibit at the event
Three Birds Renovations will present and exhibit at the event

Created by professional renovator and small business enthusiast Renee Watson, the inaugural Reno Home Show hits Brisbane this July and promises to offer a boutique yet approachable home renovation show experience. “When I was looking for an event to exhibit my renovation business I felt there was no real option for small local grass roots renovation businesses who are doing great work and looking to engage with renovation focused customers,” says Renee who set about filling the gap.

Renee Watson
Reno Home Show creative director Renee Watson at Brisbane Showgrounds. Photography: Mark Turner

Whether renovating your kitchen or bathroom, updating fixtures and fittings, undergoing a complete renovation or simply looking for reno inspo, there will be plenty to be found with more than 100 designers, architects, stylists, home builders, trades and product suppliers exhibiting at the Brisbane Showgrounds in July. “It’s all about creating a community atmosphere in a beautifully rustic space where stall holders can get to know one another and visitors can talk face-to-face with designers and trades to create the home of their dreams and improve their liveability,” says Renee.

Three Birds Renovations will present and exhibit at the event
Three Birds Renovations will present and exhibit at the event

And given 75 per cent of exhibitors have never exhibited in a home show before, it’s a great opportunity for Brisbane based renovators to access new suppliers. “We’re different to other home shows in that this is a celebration of service and product providers from grassroots, one-person businesses to advanced boutique brands,” says Renee.

Noteworthy exhibitors and presenters include Three Birds Renovations (it’s their first ever Brisbane event), acclaimed Brisbane architect Shaun Lockyer, mavenHome interior architect and designer Lee Talbot (she will hold a masterclass on how to create an interior mood board) and Undercover Architect founder Amelia Lee. The Block’s Michael and Carlene of Cedar and Suede will also exhibit alongside their vintage caravan Dolly and will be running exclusive private group workshops on how to renovate a vintage caravan.

Shaun Lockyer
Some of architect Shaun Lockyer’s work. Photography: Scott Burrows

The visitor experience will include interactive workshops, panel discussions, display spaces, homewares, real-life rooms, conversations with professional renovators, design workshops and a live styling stage. “The event is for people who love their homes and love renovating, decorating and home improvements. Whether they’ve done it before or they’re doing it for the first time, they can meet everyone they need to bring their vision to life under the one roof at the Reno Home Show,” says Renee.

Undercover Architect founder Amelia Lee
Undercover Architect founder Amelia Lee

Reno Home Show
Exhibition Hall
Brisbane Showgrounds
July 20-21, 2019

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Interiors Addict

Natalie Bassingthwaighte to host Changing Rooms revamp

A huge hit in the nineties, the DIY home renovation show Changing Rooms will return to Australian television screens next year with Natalie Bassingthwaighte performing the hosting duties. Broadcast by the TEN and WIN Network, the show’s concept will see keen and creative couples swap houses with their family, friends or neighbours. With help from leading designers, each couple will revamp key rooms in each other’s homes before revealing the results at the end of the season.

Natalie Bassingthwaighte
Natalie Bassingthwaighte

“When Network Ten called to ask if I would be interested in hosting a show called ‘Changing Rooms’ I said ‘You had me at Changing Rooms’. I absolutely love everything to do with design and I am forever quite literally changing every room in my house! It’s the perfect fit and I am incredibly excited,” says Natalie who is best known for her roles in Neighbours, The Wrong Girl, So You Think You Can Dance Australia and I’m a Celebrity…Get Me Out Of Here!

“Natalie is the perfect choice to host Changing Rooms. She is fun, authentic, and engaging, and that is what has made her so popular with Australian television audiences for many years. We are thrilled to see her bring a contemporary twist to the original and best home renovation show,” says Sarah Thornton, Network Ten executive producer for Changing Rooms which commences production this October.

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House Rules 2017: Meet the six teams vying for the 200k prize!

Renovation show House Rules returns to Channel Seven tomorrow, with six teams handing over their house keys and competing for a $200,000 cash prize. Each of the six teams will see their homes transformed by their competitors and while host Johanna Griggs returns with previous judge Wendy Moore, this year’s team boasts two new judges – English interior designer Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen and Australian architect and builder Drew Heath.

The six teams

Aaron & Daniella: Queensland
Hailing from the Gold Coast, carpenter Aaron, 31, and dancer Daniella, 38, will be leaving their two young children behind to pursue their House Rules dream. “Leaving both kids is difficult,” says Aaron who hopes to bring his carpentry experience to the competition. “As a carpenter, I’ve got a fair bit of experience. Not only house frames and fit outs, but I’ve been a supervisor and project manager. All that sort of stuff adds up,” says Aaron. “I like fashion and design. So, I guess we’ll complement each other,” says Daniella who has no renovation experience.

Aaron and Daniella

Kate & Harry: South Australia
This Adelaide couple bought the worst house on the best street leaving no money left to renovate. “Financially, we wouldn’t have been able to renovate so it’s amazing being on the show; we feel like we’ve won the lottery!” says Harry, 32 and a carpenter, of the chance to undertake a dream renovation with Kate, 28. “We want a big family so the house has to be grand and spacious.
I’ve got lofty ambitions for the location. We want to be there forever,” says Harry who explains that the couple would love another child (their son Xavier is one) but don’t have the space. House Rules will put an end to that!

Kate and Harry

Sean & Ella: Tasmania
24-year-old teenage sweethearts Sean and Ella have been together since they were 15 and share the same occupation too – they’re both paramedics. After buying their first home in Hobart last year (a 1960’s fixer-upper), the couple are keen to transform it. “We bought the house as a renovator. So to have it done for us is amazing!” says Sean. The couple have no renovation experience but feel their careers will stand them in good stead. “With our job, we get thrown into new and different situations every day that you’re not prepared for. We can’t prepare for most things and that will be an advantage in the competition as the whole renovation is going to be new to us,” says Sean.

Sean and Ella

Andrew & Jono: Western Australia
Twin brothers Andrew and Jono, 27, bought a house together in 2011 after their mum hinted it was time to leave the nest. “We’ve done a few minor renovations but we didn’t have the money to do it all,” says Andrew who is looking forward to seeing his home transformed.

Andrew studied architecture for eighteen months and has dabbled in basic renovation techniques such as painting and sanding floors while Jono’s has very little renovation experience at all. “We’re not going to be able to do much of the building so we might have to rely on tradies more than the other teams,” says Jono.

Andrew and Jono

Fiona & Nicole: Victoria
Best friends Fiona and Nicole, both 44, are House Rules’ first all-female team. Friends for thirty years, Fiona asked Nicole to help renovate her dilapidated Melbourne home. “I do believe it’s got amazing potential. I have grand plans for it and hopefully with HOUSE RULES it will become a reality,” says Fiona who grew up on building sites with her builder father. Nicole has extensive renovation experience too after completely overhauling an old Victorian home in 2005.

Fiona and Nicole

Troy & Bec: New South Wales
Divorced father of one Troy, 46, is hoping to transform his 1960’s western Sydney weatherboard home to accommodate his girlfriend Bec, 39, and her two children. “We use a camp barbecue which isn’t ideal and not to mention dangerous,” says Troy of his home that has a toilet that doesn’t flush. Understandably, the couple are super excited at the chance of renovating their home.

Bec brings no renovation skills to the competition while Troy is a self-confessed handy man. “I’m basically good at a lot of things and can pick up things pretty quick. I’m a handy man of sorts – a jack of all trades, master of none. Hanging doors, painting doors, decorating, gardening and gyprocking – that’s about the extent of my experience,” says Troy.

Troy and Bec

House Rules commences on Channel Seven tomorrow (April 30).

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Host Johanna Griggs tells us what to expect from this series of House Rules and why she’d never be a contestant!

Host Joh Griggs

The gaping hole that The Block left in my life has officially been filled, with last night seeing the premiere of the second series of House Rules.

house rules candy ryan
The house of NSW contestants Candy and Ryan

The episode got straight into the renovations, with the first house on the chopping block belonging to NSW couple Candy and Ryan.

“You can expect a lot of chaos in this first house,” host Johanna Griggs tells Interiors Addict. “It was funny but I found when shooting the contestants kept saying: ‘I can’t believe this is a week, we thought it was a TV week!’ They were really under the pump, even the ones with trade backgrounds; they just found it so overwhelming. It’s so far from their comfort zones.”

Straight up, there are a few differences in the show’s format compared to last year’s series, with Johanna saying they needed to throw a few curveballs, because all the teams had watched the first series: “They just arrived a bit savvier this year, so we had to mix it up a bit. I think the biggest change you’ll see will be at judging time, as this series we have the judges in the studio. We just found last year that because the contestants never saw them face-to-face, it was very easy for them to dismiss the judges’ comments. But this time round they’re standing two metres away and that adds a really interesting dimension.”

Host Joh Griggs
Host Joh Griggs

Johanna in her own right is quite the renovation expert, running a construction company with builder husband Todd Huggins, and of course hosting Better Homes and Gardens, but she still doesn’t fancy herself as a House Rules contestant. “I think it’s a brilliant concept and I love that no one goes home a loser but I could not do it,” she says. “My husband and I would kill each other on camera! We wouldn’t make the 7.30pm time slot, we wouldn’t be allowed, our language would deteriorate too quickly!”

Even though Johanna and her husband work well together in the real world, she is quick to say that the show is nothing like a traditional construction site: “It’s not a normal building site, it’s everything exaggerated a thousand fold. You’re condensing a three-to-six month renovation into one. You’ve got 50 tradies on site, five other teams, you’ve got cameras in your face and you have one week where you have to get all your supplies, all your furnishings, everything delivered and all your tradies organised.”

With the next episode on tonight at 8pm, I’m looking forward to seeing what happens next. I’ve already found a favourite in Adam. That man is just so smiley, but only time will tell if he and partner Lisa are a good prediction for winners.

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