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Hi, everyone.
My name is Lucy from Hunting for George and I make it my business to know
about all things home, design, and style.
So when Bunnings called me up and asked me to check out their recently renovated pad,
I said, "Hells yeah. Where are the keys at?"
I'm excited.
I hope you're excited because it's time for the full home tour.
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Oh, this home has that new home smell.
Very fresh.
Plus, I like how that color hits you as soon as you walk through here.
There's that beautiful, deep, moody green.
We're in the living room.
It's a smaller space but it feels quite open.
It looks outside.
And could they have a bigger couch in this space?
Probably not. And you know what?
That is what you've got to do if you've got a small space because if you put
larger scale pieces in, it just makes everything look bigger.
It's pretty comfy.
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I like that gallery wall.
We're in the kitchen.
This feels really good.
I like it. It's very fresh.
It's very large. Plus, it's got a really nice layout.
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I really like the style in here. It just feels good.
Plus, this is, like, the best-organized pantry
I think I've ever seen.
It could be slightly OCD. Oh, my God.
I kind of want someone to come over and do this at my place.
What have we got?
White chocolate, milk chocolate, [inaudible].
Milk.
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I like this.
I've seen this a little bit in houses, that kind of nice, rounded timber.
It looks like this is [inaudible] feature.
I've never seen it used this way though underneath a bench.
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Going outside.
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They left me some water, which was pretty nice.
I'm a little parched.
They created, like, a bench seat out of, what, cinder blocks and...
is this is decking or even a gate?
That's pretty clever.
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Okay, let's keep going.
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This is really sweet.
It's quite a small room and it probably used to be a bedroom but it's now been
very cleverly converted into, kind of, this sort of home office, calm study,
calm just chill-out zone.
I have never seen this. This is great.
They transformed what was once a walk-in robe into a desk area.
Very lovely styling.
Beautiful rust, kind of earthy tone. It's very kind of like Moroccan.
It's very just, like, chilled.
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I like it. Yeah. Cool, calm, and collected.
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Oh, my goodness.
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I love this room. This is so much fun.
I love the structure of the bed and that teepee.
Oh, my God.
This is obviously a little boy's room.
A lot of blue in here.
It's just fun. It's playful.
Oh, and I like the wall mural over here.
I like that.
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That's super clever, super easy, makes a big impact as well,
plus it matches the teepee.
Very cool.
Got laundry through there.
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Small space but they've made good use out of it.
Again with the organization.
Seriously, I'm feeling really bad about my messy cupboards at home.
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Okay, small bathroom but they've actually done a really nice job in here
because it feels very lush and I think the color helps it.
That color is really nice.
It's like a very royal blue, a lot of black, a lot of white.
A lot of contrast but nice, soft touches of greenery.
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Well, this is just straight-up dreamy.
It's really calm. It's peaceful.
I really like it. Oh, my God.
Would you look at that fan?
I kind of like this palm, kind of floral, troppo vibe going on.
It's got really nice texture along the wall, which we saw in the
bathroom as well.
And speaking of bathrooms, this has got the same vibe
to the other bathroom.
Again, it's a smaller space but I mean it's an en suite.
It's actually a really good-sized en suite.
Cool storage.
We've got the color theme—blue, black, and the timber is really nice.
I love that.
Very troppo kind of matches the fan and I guess it's kind of like a kitschy-cool.
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Ah, and that's cool. That's really clever.
I never print out my photos.
They're always on my phone so I like the fact they've created a picture there.
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I'll have a drink. I'd like to sit on the couch.
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Okay, so this is a recently renovated pad but it's not just any renovation.
Bunnings actually hand-picked 13 different creatives to come inside this home
and give it a complete transformation.
And I kind of have to say, "Is that a good idea?
I mean, are they going to be able to pull it off?
How are 13 different people with probably very different styles going to be able
to pull off a really cohesive home?" and I've got to say they've done it.
They've narrowed it.
They created a really lovely, fresh, modern, coastal vibe,
and it just works really well.
And in order for you to be able to understand, I guess,
the sheer extent of this transformation, I'm going to have to show you what it
looked like before.
Are you ready?
Before this home was renovated, it was just very dated.
It just hadn't had a lot of love.
The home is built around the '90s and it probably hadn't been given much
of an update since then.
There were lots of dodgy colors.
There were lots of dated tiles and flooring, poor choices of fixtures.
Basically, it was just a little bit sad and it was time for a revamp.
So, enter fresh, young, modern makeover, and here we are today in a brand new home
and without spending a fortune.
The problem that I thought I might see in this home is that it wouldn't be a
cohesive style internally.
However, I've got to say, with all these different people
designing rooms, it actually does feel like a really considered home.
And everything works.
And the styling is carried really well throughout.
The hallway into the living area is a really lovely way to enter this home.
It's just got a really fresh feeling, and you are hit with a lot of color
but there's also a lot of white as well.
And the timber paneled flooring has got, kind of, a really nice light,
white-washed effect so that actually helps to brighten it all up.
It has a bit of a coastal feel but it's not kind of a provincial coastal.
It's more of a modern coastal vibe.
It's very young. It's very fresh.
It's very contemporary.
It's got a lot of energy and I just like that energy.
It kind of makes you feel happy as soon as you walk through the door.
I spoke a little bit about this when I was walking through this space,
but this living area, it is a small living area but they've done
really well in terms of scale.
So, I say this all the time.
If you are dealing with a small space, you want to maximize the scale of the
pieces that you have in that room.
Go a big rug. Go as big as you can.
Go a big couch as big as you can.
And because every time you kind of choose larger feature pieces,
they just make everything else around you just feel inherently bigger and more
generous and then, therefore, makes your smaller space look big.
Leading into the kitchen, that's got a really good feel.
Again, I mean we're dealing with smaller spaces here, but every space
feels incredibly generous.
And in terms of saving money, what they've actually done is they haven't
changed the layout but they have just improved the look and the feel of what
was currently there.
I really like the neutral color palette.
There's a lot of gray going on, but again it's got lots of flushes
of white and timber, which is really important to kind of keep
it fresh, keep it light, and, you know, not get it too kind of weighed
down by too much dark.
The pantry, oh, my God, that pantry.
I need whoever did that pantry to come into my home and sort me out because that
pantry is like the best piece of organization I have ever seen.
It speaks to my OCD nature and I just, oh, my God, I love it.
That organization that we saw in the pantry also flows
into the laundry as well and also the bathroom
has good use of storage. And the bedrooms as well.
I mean, they're smaller bedrooms.
They have great robes but they really maximized every single
piece of space with their awesome storage solutions.
Speaking of bedrooms, that master bedroom, oh, my goodness, that was just a
very dreamy, lovely, wistful just place to be.
It just felt beautifully calm. I loved the gray on the wall.
I loved the texture on the wall with that paneling.
And that was quite, you know, a pretty good-sized en suite
I've got to say.
I mean it wasn't massive but relative to the other bathroom,
I mean, the en suite is actually a really great size, and the styling of that en
suite matches what's going on in the other bathroom, which I really liked
the bathroom styling.
I love the color. It was very regal.
I loved that blue. And it was just modern.
They managed to turn what was a very small room into a very fun and functional space.
The kid's room, oh, my God, the kid's room.
It was just so cute.
I mean it just made me want to be a kid again basically.
I loved it.
There was just so much imagination in there, you know, and I loved that.
I think that's what kids' rooms need to be.
I love the murals on the wall.
I love the teepee. I love the fairy lights.
I love the bed. I loved all of it,
and I just think I'm just kind of really jealous.
I didn't grow up in a bedroom like that.
Now, this is actually a three-bedroom home but the third bedroom,
which leads off from the kitchen area, has actually been sort of
transformed into, I guess, a multipurpose space, kind of home office,
calm lounge, calm just chill-out area, and I really liked the fact that
that room, I guess, now serves a different purpose.
You might want to kind of roll out your yoga mat and do some Down Dog,
or you might just want to take your book in there or a newspaper,
or you might just want to get some bills paid.
I don't know.
But it's just kind of a nice space that you can have to yourself and you could
shut the door and hideaway.
We've got to talk about that outdoor entertaining area which has a really good
functional feel to it.
I've got to say that was a complete transformation from what was there before.
I liked the raised decking.
I liked the fact that that created a zone for which, you know, you set up the table.
And, also, the table was cool because they had a couple of chairs but I liked that
sort of DIY outdoor bench situation which I think it's just made out of, like,
cinder blocks and a gate. I mean that's genius.
And also the front as well has been given a transformation and I must admit this
house does stick out from its neighbors a little bit because it has new landscape
gardens and there's also just a fresh coat of paint.
And [inaudible] paint, I love the fact that paint and color
can fix everything.
It just makes everything look better.
They've even painted the driveway. That has made a huge difference.
You might not even…like, a driveway is kind
of like an afterthought, but the fact that they've painted that,
it just lifts and elevates everything, and that bright pop of green as soon
as you walk through the door, it automatically sets the tone for what
you're going to find inside.
And not only have they been able to pull off this really good-looking interior
and exterior, but then they've also been able to do it on a budget.
There was a total budget set of $35,000.
That's it. The entire home and the garden is $35,000.
Did they hit it? Almost.
They only went over by $3,000, coming in at $38,000 and I'm
talking total here.
We're talking everything that you see in this home.
We're talking appliances, trays, you know, the things that you can't do yourself
like electrician and plumbing, plus all of the plants in the garden.
Everything in the home and garden for $38,000?
That's pretty damn good if you ask me.
Where they saved their money was definitely furniture.
They upcycled a lot of pieces. There was a lot of DIY happening here.
And also those big-ticket rooms—you know, the kitchen, the bathroom,
they saved money there by just changing out the fixtures and fittings but not
messing with the overall layout because, as soon as you start to kind of move
things around and you want to change the plumbing and knock things over,
start to retile services, that's where the cost can creep up.
So, instead of retiling, they just painted over old tiles.
Instead of getting, you know, a new beautiful concrete bench top,
they just painted over the existing one.
So, it's being smart, being clever, and thinking about ways to transform the
space that you already have to give it a modern makeover.
I'm super impressed with everyone involved in this home and what they have been able
to achieve on such a modest budget.
And, to be honest, now I just want to go to Bunnings this weekend to start
my own project.
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