My apologies to everyone who has been waiting oh so patiently for me to post my interviews with Dan and Antonio today. The truth is, I'm not ready for this little weekly phone soiree to be over, so I think [...]
Here it is, the final episode of Design Star and it’s Antonio Ballatore vs. Dan Vickery for the title. The challenge? Making over a whole house, which, for the purposes of this episode, "whole house" = kitchen + living room [...]
If I've learned anything by conducting these interviews with Design Star finalists and judges, it's that a whole other side of their personalities are revealed when you have the privilege of speaking with the actual person and not viewing an [...]
FINALLY. The episode I’ve been waiting for—a three-way tie in my head when it comes down to the end. This is what I live for when it comes to a design competition show. I want to feel torn! I want [...]
I had a chance to catch up with Torie Halbert, the latest designer to be eliminated from HGTV’s Design Star. Torie was embarrassed of her Texas accent until she heard my twang. Then she didn’t feel so bad. [...]
Last night on Landscaper’s Challenge…er, I mean, Design Star… I was already over this episode before it even started. As a general rule, interior designers just don’t know enough about plants to put a cohesive landscaping plan together, and I [...]
“Hey, girl, hey!” So begins every conversation with Jason Champion, the latest designer to get the boot from HGTV’s Design Star. I have eagerly awaited this interview, because I got the distinct impression that he was the type of guy [...]
This week’s episode of Design Star finds the designers going head-to-head in individual challenges making over kids’ bedrooms (in this case, “kids” are defined as seventeen and under), and this is also the first time we're able to see them [...]
In this hump-season episode of HGTV's Design Star, the six remaining designers are challenged with making over living spaces for two of our nation's military families living in drab Navy housing. There's a little piece of my heart in this [...]
My dread meter was a tad on the high side today, in anticipation of talking to eliminated Design Star contestant Tashica Morgan. While it might appear that I'm a confrontational person, I was not looking forward to the possibility of [...]