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Battle on the Beach Season 4 Sam and Sean Team Taniya - 36 Hour Challenge

From a battle on an actual battleship, to a surprise new challenge – it was a CRAZY week! It was so much fun getting to visit the USS North Carolina and explore below deck in an intense challenge to win an extra two hours of working time for our 36-hour challenge room! We’re both superrr […]

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Battle on the Beach Guest Suite - Battle on the Beach Winning Guest Suite - Sam and Sean - Team Taniya

All of the tea on our WINNING guest suite! That gives us not one, but two wins so far, and we took the victory for both the main and guest suites! Starting out with the bedroom portion, it really wasn’t in too bad of shape. We knew the dated paneling and carpet had to go, […]

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Battle on the Beach Living Room Sam and Sean - Team Taniya

This week was one of our FAVORITE rooms in our whole beach house! We started a bit unsure of how to make this space a statement, especially with the tiny off-shoot bathroom that was connected to the living room. We already closed off access to the bedroom that used to be accessible through the living […]

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Battle-On-The-Beach-Main-Suite-Winners-Sam-and-Sean

The process behind our WINNING MAIN SUITE! It’s week two on the beach and the battle of the main suites was INTENSE! We thought the kitchen took a lot of planning to re-work, but this week was no different. Neither of the two bathrooms we started with were connected to a bedroom, so to make […]

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Battle On The Beach Season Four Sam and Sean Kitchen

The battle of the kitchen and dining rooms is in the books. That’s a wrap for week one! Our first week on the beach was definitely a whirlwind to say the least. I can’t say we exactly have this whole “quick decision thing down” yet – truthfully I don’t know that we ever will haha. […]

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Battle On The Beach Sam and Sean

When we found out we were headed to Oak Island, North Carolina for HGTV’s Battle on the Beach Season 4, we were a little in disbelief. If we didn’t have a 14 hour car ride to let it sink in, we might not have believed it at all. We’ve watched HGTV forever, and were even […]