Design Star Season 7 Finale
I'm down with the flu this week, falling asleep anytime I find myself on the couch longer than five minutes. Yesterday, I started to come to with the voice of David Bromstad in my ear. He was talking about Britany [...]
I'm down with the flu this week, falling asleep anytime I find myself on the couch longer than five minutes. Yesterday, I started to come to with the voice of David Bromstad in my ear. He was talking about Britany [...]
Last week we watched a very dull episode of Design Star that ran aground of its full potential. Charged with incorporating assigned colors in meaningful ways, the designers had full reign to lavish eye candy upon us...but none of the [...]
HGTV calls this week's episode of Design Star "The Ultimate Kitchen Challenge," but I beg to differ."Ultimate" implies a showcase experience with lavish details and luxurious, no-holds-barred features. The word "ultimate" immediately sets up the designers for failure. After all, [...]
Tuesday night's episode of Design Star features the seven remaining contestants designing square faux rooms. Wait a sec, didn't we do the White Room Challenge already? This time we're pretending to throw a party for Hollywood, to celebrate its 125th [...]
This week on Design Star: Danielle defers, Miera's delusional, Britany ODs on chevron sauce, Stanley is manly, Kris is (gasp!) pleasant, Rachel is homesick, Mikel and Hilari just git their sh*t DONE, and apparently Wonder Bra is now [...]
Things I never expect to write about on my blog: 1. The Effing Kardashians 2. Intentional Use of 1970's-Style Arched Windows 3. How Much I Loathe an Austin Designer This week's episode of Design Star revolves around creating new office [...]
The iconic White Room Challenge is the one episode Design Star fans all know is coming. Like Top Chef's Restaurant Wars, this is the ultimate challenge. Designtestants can practice for it, but they can never quite anticipate all of the [...]
First of all, my apologies for not completing my cast critiques for all of the HGTV Design Star Season 7 finalists before the premiere episode aired. I just couldn't cram it all in, especially in this "gap week" between the [...]
There's an aloof quality to Design Star Season 7 finalist Danielle Colding that makes her potential as a competitor difficult to nail down. Her Twitter feed is only days old and so far she's only tweeted impersonal announcements about the [...]