Design Star All-Stars
The All-Stars mini-season of Design Star premieres tonight, but you'd hardly know it. There's been a shocking lack of promotion for the show on HGTV, and it is smack-dab in the middle of the Olympics, so putting those [...]
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 [...]
Design Star 7: Something About Colors
Top 10 things I chose to do with my day yesterday, instead of writing a blog post about this week's Design Star: 1. Finished staging a $1.25-million color-happy house in Tarrytown (listing photos to come). 2. Ate seared tuna, Thai green [...]
Design Star 7: White Room Challenge, Take 2
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 [...]
David Bromstad Interview
I had a chance to chat with HGTV fave David Bromstad for Williams-Sonoma's Designer Marketplace--check out the in-depth interview on their site, and enjoy the following bonus Q&A with my complements! Since I’m from Texas, I’ve always been curious to [...]
Design Star 7: White Room Challenge
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 [...]
Design Star Season 7: Rachel Kate
HGTV Design Star Season 7 finalist Rachel Kate (Hunt, nee Pearson) started her portfolio out by wowing me with bright color combinations and modern design elements: Then we start taking a turn [...]
Design Star Season 7: Mikel Welch
I have a feeling that HGTV Design Star Season 7 finalist Mikel Welch will be both endearing as well as a pisser. Dude is a FIGHTER. And I mean that in the best way possible. Mikel's fierce determination has propelled [...]
Design Star Season 7: Miera Melba
Well, we know a few things about HGTV Design Star Season 7 finalist Miera Melba. Very few things. She doesn't have a website. Most of her portfolio pictures were yanked off HGTV's website after former employer Bob Martin of The [...]
Design Star Season 7: Luca Paganico
Ahh, the many personalities of HGTV Design Star Season 7 finalist Luca Paganico...don't let that boring-as-hell Mr. Rogers cast photo above fool you. He could be one of HGTV's Kitchen Cousins: Or a Zen prepster model turned anchorman: He [...]