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oakandridge
Aug 22, 20239 min read
WEEK 2: STUDIOS OR STUPIDOS?
Welcome back for Week 2 of The Block. I think we can all agree that we’d like to ditch the drama and bring back the building.
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oakandridge
Aug 14, 20237 min read
WEEK 1: AHEAD OF THE CURVE OR BEHIND IT
We’re officially off and running on The Block 2023. Starting with a bang, our five couples have been tasked with a guest bathroom.
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oakandridge
Sep 26, 202213 min read
WEEK 7: LIVING AND DINING
Welcome to Living and Dining Week design friends. Before we get going, let’s just address the piano in the room...
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oakandridge
Sep 19, 202213 min read
WEEK 6: KITCHENS
You can all relax now, I am here as promised. Just because The Block has been pushed to Tuesday night this week doesn’t mean I was.
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oakandridge
Sep 12, 202213 min read
WEEK 5: DOUBLE DOUBLE THIS THIS, DOUBLE DOUBLE THAT THAT
Hey OAK + RIDGE fam, that’s what I’m going to start calling you - so you can’t back door it now.
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oakandridge
Sep 5, 202210 min read
WEEK 4: MASTER SUITE: BEDROOMS AND WALK-IN ROBES
Hey guys, we’ve officially finished week 4 and these room reveals; I’m calling them, ‘I’d rather nap in that bed than look at it’.
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oakandridge
Aug 29, 202212 min read
WEEK 3: MASTER ENSUITES AND MORE 'ENCAUSTIC LOOK' TILES
Welcome to Week 3 on The Block and if you believe the ads, the best bathroom reveals you have ever seen...
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oakandridge
Aug 15, 202210 min read
WEEK 1: MAIN BATHROOMS
It's Week 1: Main Bathrooms and I’m ready to kindly rip their terrible design choices to shreds – all in the name of education of course.
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oakandridge
Aug 9, 20228 min read
WEEK WHATEVER: HOUSE DECIDER CHALLENGE ROOM REVEALS
Howdy! Bear with me, we are going country after all… and welcome back to the OAK + RIDGE Block Blog for 2022.
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oakandridge
Oct 25, 202114 min read
Week 11: GARAGES, BASEMENTS & STAIRCASES
It’s the second last week of The Block 2021 and there are so many rooms, I don’t even know how I’m going to get through all of them...
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oakandridge
Oct 11, 202111 min read
WEEK 9: HELLWAYS, LAUNDRIES & POWDER ROOMS
It’s hallway and laundry week! More importantly, it’s the week of art and I’m so exited! Finally we get to see some ‘one of a kind’ pieces..
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oakandridge
Oct 5, 20217 min read
WEEK 8: LIVING, DINING & NIB WALL FIREPLACES
Now most people would assume living and dining rooms would be a relatively easy week. I mean it’s just furniture and a TV right? Wrong.
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oakandridge
Sep 27, 202114 min read
WEEK 7: KITCHEN WEEK
It’s kitchen week! Which is great because, well no more bedrooms and no more bathrooms…
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oakandridge
Sep 20, 202114 min read
WEEK 6: RE-DO OR RE-DON'T, THAT IS THE QUESTION
Congrats guys, we’ve officially hit the halfway mark and if you been with me from the beginning I’m grateful and shocked you’re all still he
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oakandridge
Sep 13, 202111 min read
WEEK 5: MASTER ENSUITE WEEK
It's Master Ensuite week, which is great because my computer doesn’t recognise ensuite as a word so from now on will have to hyphenate;
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oakandridge
Sep 6, 202110 min read
WEEK 4: TWO AND A HALF BASEMENTS
Welcome back! This week it’s all about dat base(ments) with a salty side of drama. Now this is a design blog, not a social commentary one...
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oakandridge
Aug 30, 202112 min read
WEEK 3: MASTER BEDROOMS, WALK-IN ROBES AND ONE VERY COMFORTABLE GARAGE
Here we go, House 4 and my favourite team I love to hate. Strap yourselves in, this is going to be good… or really, really bad,
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oakandridge
Aug 23, 20219 min read
WEEK 2: PICK A BATHROOM, ANY BATHROOM
Welcome to Week 2 on the block and let’s get ready to talk bathrooms. Let’s delve in house by house, couple by couple.
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oakandridge
Aug 16, 20219 min read
WEEK 1: GUEST BEDROOM REVEALS
Before we get to this week’s room reveals we should touch base on the week that was. Boring as it was…
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