OUR STORY
Primary school sweethearts, together for eighteen years and married since 2014, Kirsty and Jesse are a rock-solid couple.
Kirsty and Jesse have been involved in the music world for most of their lives. Kirsty is an international touring artist, who has won numerous awards over the course of her career, including the much-coveted Golden Guitar Award (2 in total) and Toyota Star Maker Competition (fellow winners include Keith Urban and Lee Kernaghan). Her last album has well over 1 million streams and was the highest charting of her career to date. Jesse has worked on the other side of the microphone, producing and directing over 150 music videos, as well as creating social media and promotional content for hundreds of different musicians and events, in Australia and overseas. Jesse has now stepped out from behind the camera into the spotlight and performs on stage as part of the trio RHINESTONED with Kirsty and Dan Ebbels.
With a love of interior design, in early 2021, after many years applying, Kirsty and Jesse were successful in securing a spot on the hugely popular Channel 9 reality show ‘The Block’ for the ‘Fans v Faves’ season. Having purchased and flipped several houses since the age of 18, the pair were extremely well suited to the series. The show became another massive ratings hit for the network and presented Kirsty and Jesse to an estimated 65% of the Aussie population through the 6 month broadcast period (According to Channel 9 reporting). The duo was portrayed as hard working, honest and respectful, winning the hearts of households across Australia.
When not performing, Kirsty and Jesse spend their time continuing to renovate houses, the latest being their own home in beautiful Lake Macquarie, you can follow along the process with their Lake House Build series they are currently filming. Due to the constant request of family and friends for help with styling and staging their homes for sale, Kirsty and Jesse have now launched their new business 'FEELS LIKE HOME' which sees them styling and staging homes in the Hunter Valley, Central Coast and Port Stephens areas (you can read more about on this site)
KITCHEN
We are still pinching ourselves that this dream kitchen is ours! We have had to be very budget conscious with our Lake House Build so we decided to save money on our cabinetry and used a flat pack option from Design 10 so we could splurge in other areas, and boy we are so glad we did as this kitchen looks high end and is amazing quality. See below for the details on this room.
Cabinetry- Design 10/Mitre 10
Architraves, Skirting and Ceiling Sheets- Intrim Mouldings
Lighting- Beacon Lighting
Benchtop- Zenstone
Flooring- Carpet Court (Expressive American Oak)
Sheer Curtains and Blinds- DIY Blinds
Tapware- Meir and Billi
Sink- Schots Home Emporium
Cabinetry Handles- Passio Interiors
Tiles- Tile Cloud
Power Points/Light Switches- Trader Electrical
Paint- Taubman "Cotton Sheets"
LIVING & DINING
When we created the layout for our Lake House Build with our building designer Blencowe Design we wanted this home to be all about open plan living and having a great space to entertain in, we can’t wait to show you the amazing deck this space leads out onto! The breeze that comes through our huge 6m wide doors is heaven. See below for all the details on this room...
Doors- Wideline Windows and Doors
Flooring- Carpet Court
Sheers/Blinds- DIY Blinds
Skirts/Architraves- Intrim Mouldings
Lighting- Beacon Lighting
Wallpaper- Grafico Walls
PowerPoints/switches- Trader Electrical
Door handles- Gainsborough Hardware
Dining table- Schots Home Emporium
TV cabinet Stone- Zenstone
Paint- Taubmans
GUEST BEDROOM
We are in love with everything about this guest bedroom. This will be the room our nieces and nephews sleep in when they stay over so it was important to keep it gender neutral. We love how the warm green's and rust colours pop against the white paneling. We also built this custom bunk bed to add extra sleeping space in an average sized room. See below for the details on this room.
Paint- Taubmans "Sage Craft" and "Cotton Sheets"
Paneling- Surround by Laminex
Architraves and Skirting- Intrim Mouldings
Lighting/Fan- Beacon Lighting
Window- Wideline Windows and Doors
Flooring- Carpet Court (Expanse Alder)
Sheer Curtains- DIY Blinds
Door Handle- Gainsborough Hardware
Wardrobe Handles- Passio Interiors
Power Points/Light Switches- Trader Electrical