Interior design masters s5 part 2 ‘Rise of the Bonk Ets’

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Right choice but I feel sad all the same, I like Ben!

Matt's would have been lovely with different sofas and some much nicer cushions. The little dressing area was great. I want Roisin's to be my actual living room.

Caught up now, Roisins space was amazing!! Matt’s was a little bland and Ben’s so impractical. Right choice for the final two.

As it’s holiday lodges I think Matt for the win if he takes the feedback, as he considers the user well.

Looking forward to the final!!

@evilharpy I like Ben too, I think this is the first series where I’ve not taken a dislike to more than one contestant! (Wasn’t keen on Francesca)

I didn’t like either of the winning rooms. Matts was harsh and uninviting and Roisin’s was too feminine. You are going to have people who all have very different tastes in a dressing room , so it’s very difficult to find something that is likely to appeal across the board. Matts was on the right lines imo but it needed more texture, softness . It reminded me of the loos in our local Showcase cinema. But he did at least really think about function and practicality . Banjo Beale from the previous series, is like the perfect mix of creativity and function which he adds his signature style. He doesn’t impose his own style on all clients, whether they like it or not. Ben just does what he likes, no matter who the client is or what the space is going to be used for.

As it’s holiday lodges I think Matt for the win if he takes the feedback, as he considers the user well

I agree. If I close my eyes I can see Roisins room already because it will look just like the ones she’s done in every episode - green paint and bold, floral wallpaper and accessories.

I was thinking, surely the big stars aren't using these dressing rooms are they? I'm imagining there'd be some special fancy ones like posh hotel rooms 🤷‍♀️

Reminder that next week we are over here

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Just watched on catch up as I was out.

totally unsurprised that Ben's completely white room saw him leave. I called it as soon as his design was described. Madness! His bathroom looked like a public toilet.

I liked the other rooms but thought maybe they needed a bit of each other in - Roisin's was a bit too much and Matt's was too stark.

Roisin was great this week. Her wallpaper was gorgeous, maybe a few too many colours elsewhere, and I hated the orange.

Matt had the nicest bathroom but the rest was so dull and corporate looking.

Ben's looked great for a photo shoot but it didn't seem very practical, and his bathroom was awful.

Oh, and although Matt's was dull, it was very professionally finished.

Ben's partner seemed lovely. I imagine he's quite long suffering :)

I liked Roisín's room.
Ben's was a fantasy but too theatrical and impractical but I was so disappointed with Matt's.
Ben's bathroom was awful as someone commented upthread shades of "assisted living".
I wasn't keen on Roisín's orange bathroom.
Blenheim is spectacular.
Thank you for the new thread.

I still Mainain matt is an interror designer and roisin is a room dresser. He considers the space, the lighting, function and so on. She just picks colours that work together. She has a good eye for bold and bright colours, but i suspect she would struggle to really change a room, other than with floral paper. He talks about proportions, the end user, thinks about the practicalities and so on. His dressing room just needed dressing, then I think it would have blown hers out of the water. To me, he's the only winner as he's the only interior designer. But, if, as someone as said the prize is to design some crockery, roisin will win.

I agree with pretty much everything you have written.

Matt is a designer. Roisin is an interior stylist.

If I ever wanted to hire an interior designer (wishful thinking), I would hire Matt because he would make the best use of the space, the lighting and overall the the practical side of living in the space. Roisin could come in after him and style it up if necessary.

I don't really know what Ben was doing in the final to be honest. He was fun to watch but theatrical grew old very quickly. He'd be better decorating doll's houses or stages.

I just watched it on catch up and I agree that Ben's dressing room was amazing but far too theatrical and impractical. Then you get to his bathroom, which was stark and not very nice at all. I had rather he'd painted it all black. The piano and fridge were thoughtful touches.

Matt, as usual, very professional and well designed, but absolutely no soul. His dressing room was bland and hotel like. It didn't appeal to me at all.

Either one of Ben and Matt could have been the ones to go home this week, in my view.

Roisin did a beautiful job. I guess some people would find the colours too much, but they made an uninspiring box something special. Her use of space was good, too, setting apart different functions. I even liked the orange bathroom.

Matt's gave me a Premier Inn vibe with the brown and the desk shelves but it was practical & inoffensive. Its a shame he lacks sewing/upholstery skills to knock up some seat cushion covers for his sofas as I doubt he could afford to replace them, but sure could've bought some throws and cushions for texture cheaply. It's was a big space to give a luxury feel for the budget
I loved Roisin's this week and it felt the most complete design but sure some stars would hate that busy wallpaper and prefer Matt's.

Ben's was a disappointment as it seemed a great project for him to let loose and yet he went with a totally impractical colour scheme and looked bland. I didn't think it would be possible to make the bathroom look worse than it did before. Anthony was unlucky last week.
I feel Roisin & Matt have more scope as interior designers as they try to consider the clients needs on what seems fairly basic information given. I'd like Matt to win as think his talent will grow with more experience and has been much more consistent throughout the weeks but if he & Roisin could team up I reckon it could make a perfect balance with colour & style. The prize seems crap this year

@Icehockeyflowers thanks. Every year I'm a bit disappointed by the lack of actual interior designers. Most are stylists, which is a very different skill. I also feel they should mentor then a bit more. Maybe some stylists could become designer's them.
I hope matt gets to design for a living, he's clearly talented, even if he doesn't win.

I wonder whether Matt perhaps misunderstood the brief. His room was designed to appeal to anyone who performed there or at least be totally inoffensive. Basically, it was a more stylish version of what was there before.

I think in real life Matts would have been most suited to the brief, practical and stand up to wear , non offensive , but it was a bit soulless. Roisin was lucky that really they were looking for something beyond the brief and the judge was SEB. Many people will hate her style and it could look worn very quickly. She was lucky Ben did his usual bonkers thing. I didn't like any of the bathrooms.

Right choices this week. I think Ben is just hoping for his own mini series off the back of this but I don't see him as an interior designer more a set designer. He doesn't consider the client and does his own thing.

I think in real life Matts would have been most suited to the brief, practical and stand up to wear , non offensive , but it was a bit soulless

Absolutely. He designed the "real life" version. I don't think that's necessarily what the competition brief was looking for.

I thought the same.

Im confused why SEB was a judge. Is she an interior stylist/designer? And for the semi final too. How can they have Kelly Hopkins as a judge and then someone like SEB? Her viewpoint isn’t any more important than an actual designer surely?

I don't think it's particularly odd that someone who would use such a space should judge it. Someone who's just a designer wouldn't have a clue.

The same two people would have been in the final regardless of who judged it (male performer or female) I think. That's what really matters in the end.

I don't think it's particularly odd that someone who would use such a space should judge it. Someone who's just a designer wouldn't have a clue.

I see what you mean. But designers design for all sorts of spaces they don’t personally use from crèches to palaces. If the judge was someone who designed stadiums, it would have made more sense. Mary Portas, for example, is better equipped to judge shops than me although we are both people who shop.

I do know what you mean though. I think I just felt they had SEB on because she’s a ‘celebrity’.

I think, sadly, that Ben went right back to the 'hospitality box at the races'. Very (overly) themed. Showed he hadn't got that lesson really, even though in between he had some really great moments and should have built on why they were successful.

I don't thin Roisin was just about styling. She had a great idea to create 2 different zones, which was one of the main things SEB liked. I did think Matt's looked like a newer style Premier Inn, as a PP said. Which is OK, but not stand-out and at this stage they needed to stand out.

Overall I was a bit disappointed. I hire they put it out of the bag next week.

Ben's was ridiculously impractical and dull. It looked like a room set in IKEA.

I have been rooting for Matt the whole way but I was really disappointed with his effort yesterday. It was so dull and basic.

Roisin's was by far the best, but I didn't like that welsh dresser thing she painted orange. I thought that looked completely out of place.

I'm hoping Matt pulls himself together next week because I do think he's more talented than Roisin.

Also. Roisin really needs to lay off the blusher. Especially the daft dollop she puts on the end of her nose.