This is what I want to know also! Please let us know what happens does this all just go back to the store, or do the homeowners have a choice of purchasing all these decorative items and this furniture

Rhiannon Heale agree. Don’t know if any of them have kids. It sounds like they don’t with that many white light coloured breakable things

I watched it last night and when I woke up I was still trying to sort out problems. Laundry in a powder room with no space to do laundry, keep it, fold, it, and no privacy from indoors or out, white furniture for a house full of kids, all the living room furniture pressed to the walls with a tiny round table floating in the middle, supposedly formal living room more like a bunch of comfy places to lie down. Formality comes from symmetry, clean lines, a sense of balance and stability but the choices here, cool as they are, are poofy, asymmetrical, off balance, out of scale, more for a beach house vibe, nothing formal. It’s beautiful but I don’t see how it functions. I do like opening the controversial fifth bedroom because of a sense of space but what is it? It could have been a cozy snug, tv room, a guest bedroom, an office, anything, but it’s kind of nothing. Video does things to proportion and scale and really, I love this show most of the time but this episode bugged me. As others have commented, I don’t like the way it appears as though all three weigh in on design, but it really comes down to whatever Bonnie wants and sometimes she appears to be passive aggressive about it, sneaking things in. She is brilliant and the ways she thinks outside the box are fun and stunning, but when there is a practical need, she doesn’t seem to take that info on board and respond to it from her brilliance. It’s a little uncomfortable to watch and is becoming more so. If that’s just a story choice and not reality, it is not working for me.

@@MediaTribeUSAAus Tbh in Europe we usually don't have such things as a laundry room and a huge washing machine like that looks sufficient for a family of 6. I will never understand why people in Australia would need a dryer for their laundry, though...

Hi Lara, rest assured, we knew that the owners were happy to lose the shower as they have another two upstairs. You'll see what they gained by combining the laundry and powder room in Episode 6... and see how much they love it! 😉

@Olivia I know, but there are design factors that lend themselves to formal and except for the two chairs and white, in my opinion, those formal elements were missing from this room. It is a beautiful room, but not formal.

Exactly it’s a beautiful house but I’m not sure if it’s such a family home

Jackie Grant just watch fixer upper on nine life and all other USA renovations, barn doors are not new!

i agree somewhat. i feel like there’s so much white in every design they do. it would be nice if they added accent walls or statement pieces that brings more quirkiness. in bonnies house, they had a cottage with a beautiful forest green accent wall & it’s exactly something i’d like to see incorporated into some of their designs. i think they have an affinity for finding 100,000 ways to style plain white walls differently.

And it looks gorgeous

I agree. A little navy and a few other pastels maybe?

Coming from a person who has experience with having a stacked washer/dryer in a tiny bathroom, i can tell you it works perfectly fine. Its very much so practical. ❤️

@@lillee7439 I hope the owners find it practical as well!! I just couldn't see myself cramped in there having to carry laundry baskets in and out and trying to sort and fold clothes. I'd rather have the space to leave the baskets in there and be able to sort, fold and hang, so that it's all contained in one space and not all over if that makes any sense. I even do the ironing in my laundry room. But I guess you can make it work and it's more of a personal preference type of thing.

@@maitei7 But you shouldn't try to sort/fold clothes in that space. When your "laundry room" is that small, you only use it for the actual washing/drying, and carry the clean laundry elsewhere for the sorting and folding.

@@jlammetje that's exactly what I said. They used to have the room for it, but because it got combined with the powder room now they don't. So they will have to be with the back and forth of carrying baskets in and out and doing that elsewhere. For me, I see it as more of a hassle if they already had a designated space for it. But it's just a personal preference thing if they don't mind it. I just rather have all the clothes clutter in one space and have plenty of storage for cleaning supplies ironing and everything in the same spot without having to worry about it being in the way of guests either. That's why I didn't think it was a practical choice, not saying it doesn't work. Just thought that part was better before IMO.

Hi Maite, don't worry, all the children have their own bedrooms upstairs so they'll only need to use this room as a guest room on the occasion that they have people to stay. We thought it would be much more useful 90% of the time to have it open, light and usable, rather than a dark, hidden space 😊

The reno has become about them and not the owners unfortunately, ego out of control

I'm hoping the sofa is a pullout bed.

They can just have a bed and the doors closed if that's what they want. I like it because the room can grow and change with the family's needs

Some homes have a formal mode living more like reception area and anther one kinda messy for family it’s mainly depends on the lift style of the owners i think

@@TheTraveler2222 I'm pretty sure the home owners had to agree to every single decision. In the end the results you see here is what they agreed on.

To be fair, when I google "hamptons style", I get pictures of white houses with blue accents :-P

@@jlammetje Yes but the homeowners requested colour to be incorporated.

I watched another episode from this series, and you can see that the colour in 'colour me Hamptons' also refers to pattern, and there is lots of pattern. I get what you mean though!

sunflower stiles 3rd lounge room. They also have one next to the kitchen!

We promise they won't go without a TV! We added sockets in all the living rooms so that the owners can choose where to hang their TV. Each of the children has their own bedroom upstairs, so the 5th bedroom wasn't a necessity, just a nice to have for when guests come to stay. The beauty of the multi purpose room is that when it's not being used for guests (most of the time!) it's another useful space for the family 😃

oh perfect! sorry i didn’t realise there was all those bedrooms upstairs I thought two kids were sharing hence the request for the addition bedroom from the owners. Thank you for replying so nicely even when i wasn’t very nice to begin with :))))

Hi Coca, thanks for taking the time to watch and comment! This was a renovation with a difference - the owners happily and willingly handed over full creative control to us, so they knew there would be plenty of surprises along the way... and they love them! Wait 'til you see their reactions in Episode 6 😉x

Denali K me too

Olivia 😁 There is a stool in there.

as soon as I saw it and they said, "who doesn't love a barn door" I literally said out loud by myself, "not on a bathroom!"

Agreed. I'd rather suffer stomach cramps and wait to poop at home, then poop with a barn door. How awkward!

@@emmawalker3626 Ahahahahahahaha! Me too!

I'm still trying to understand if you could actually lock the barn door?... It seems like you wouldn't be able to lock it either which throws any desire for privacy right out the window 🤔

Siobhan M there is way to much white in my opinion

just use a white tinted light bulb

Same

agreed. With a large family, the laundry is never caught up so that's a room you want to close off and not have others see so the worst thing you can do is make the laundry the guest bath!!! No thank you!

Holy moly. What do you do to your toilet? 😅 Everyone I know has their washing machine in the kitchen or bathroom. But to each their own

@@nadjak3410 I guess it depends where you live. I understand that in Europe a lot of people have their laundry is in the kitchen. Where I live that never happens and even laundry in the bathroom doesn't happen. I have my own room just for laundry. I hang most of my clothes to dry so I wouldn't want that to be the room my guests use. I would consider it as a second bathroom in the basement where just family go, but to have that as my main guest room bath no I wouldn't like it.

Hey Kelly, We always say that renovating is about compromise and while we would have loved a bigger laundry we prioritised other spaces ahead of it (which we reveal in Ep 6 - stay tuned!). There’s storage for brooms, ironing boards etc outside the this room xx

there's another bathroom upstairs ...

Denise Throndsen I personally used shutters like these ten years ago to close off my husbands office space, it’s not unusual to do this.

The have a desk in there so I think its covered

I agree, definitely too many couches

mochaleaves, my home office requires quite a bit more than that itty bitty desk. It offers zero storage for files and documents, or a desktop computer. I suppose it might be sufficient if someone uses a laptop or tablet and goes completely paperless, but then you would need space for a shredder. Not enough “desk” and not enough “office” in my humble opinion. 😇

Hi Lynn, we've been loving hearing what our viewers would use this room for! This family doesn't require a home office but the beauty of a multipurpose room is that they can use it for whatever suits them, and can change the use over time 😊

i agree but also its not staged some people are going to live there so they probably did not want a big blown out office

A big hello to NYC from Sydney! 😘👋🏼

I'm in NYC too and have already tried getting them here by emailing them! 😜 It's tough with all their families she said...I forgot it takes many months. Oops! So, since they can't be here, I'm doing the next best thing and am currently taking their Reno School course !

Aw, thank you! Isn't that coffee table gorgeous! 🥰

@@Threebirdsrenovations Truthfully It made my heart skip a beat. I love clean lines, whites, neutrals and touches of blue but with a modern French country feel. I have saved many of your photos for reference for when I purchase my first home next year. Thank you xXx

Kat Stella oh wow that is awesome to hear!!! So glad you’re finding the inspiration your heart desires 😍

Rose Lewis I think the home is in Queensland where it won’t get terribly cold even in winter - look up Brisbane average temps over the year, it’s lovely! Plus those are reverse cycle air-conditioners and so provide heating if necessary.

It can get quite cold in Queensland in winter, actually, so I imagine they have central heating.

Fireplaces in those kinds of houses are usually just extra heat sources, not main heat sources

I was wondering about that too. They said nothing and just got rid of it/ moved the wall!?!

@@sunshowers186 Its not in Qld, it's in Sydney, suburbia which can get can very cold so I'm surprised they took away the fireplace and the aircon.

Hi Sofi, the owners wanted a room that could be used when guests stay over or to use as a study/additional TV room, which is why we went with the multipurpose room x

Three Birds Renovations Yes! I totally imagined that. I just wrote that because if I was the family I would’ve wanted it like that. Thank you for responding! This makes your business more admirable because not many people are this invested in their businesses.

Aw, you're too kind Nicole! You don't need Bonnie, we can teach you how to do it yourself! Have a look at our online course therenoschool.com xx

Her whole outfit was divine! Would love to know where her shirt and earrings are from too?

Hi Lauren, don't worry, we've put TV sockets in each of the living rooms so that the owners can choose where to hang their TV - they won't go without! 😉

Thanks Hara! You can find all the details of the products we use on our website: www.threebirdsrenovations.com/getthelookhouse11