This year, The Block is heading to sunny Mt Eliza on Melbourne’s Mornington Peninsula, where five teams are taking on brand-new builds with incredible views across Port Phillip Bay. Starting with a blank canvas, each team had the chance to create their home from the ground up, making every design decision their own. Follow along as we explore the lighting choices, ideas and standout looks from The Block 2026.
Week 8 - Rumpus and Laundry
Laundry and rumpus rooms are complete, and while there was plenty to see across both spaces, the rumpus rooms showed just how much the right lighting can add to a room made for switching off. Adam and Jolene used the Brooklyn bar spotlight to put their incredible artwork in the spotlight, while the Made by Mayfair Rhodes table lamp in cherry marble added a beautiful layer of ambient light. Rick and Tayla looked up for their statement piece, choosing the Apostle fan in almond with a natural travertine centre plate. A great fit for their light, relaxed rumpus room.
As Seen On The Block This Week
From The Block to your home
Teams competed for the chance to opportunity to create their own custom pendant with Beacon.
Working alongside Beacon’s in-house pendant designer David Kruse, the House 4 winners Courtney and Sev took our popular Repeat pendant as their starting point and began exploring how they could make it their own. Together, they developed a new combination of brushed nickel and latte marble, adding custom details while retaining the long, clean profile that defines Repeat.
Simplicity was an important part of the design. With plenty already happening in the House 4 kitchen, the pendant needed to complement the space rather than compete with it. The final design stretched an impressive three metres across the kitchen island, creating one continuous line of light.
The collaboration has become a special-edition Repeat pendant you can now bring home, with a 1.5-metre pendant and coordinating latte marble joiner available to create a continuous three-metre configuration.
Meet the Couples
Jolene and Adam
Rosco & Lisa
Tayla & Rick
Chantel & Wyatt
Courtney & Sevilay
Want the same designer look for your space?
Consult with our expert lighting designers to create a customised lighting plan for you. With their experience from providing inspiration to the teams on The Block, they’ll be able to help you achieve the same winning looks.