As promised, Matt Locke and I had a very rousing conversation via Skype last week, wherein we discussed the premiere episode of Design Star All Stars. However, the video and audio of my side of the convo is not in [...]
Art Institute student Candis Thompson joined Room Fu at the beginning of 2012 and is currently working toward a bachelor's degree in interior design. But Candis is no ordinary student of design. In addition to a full course load at [...]
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 [...]
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've come across the CUTEST little lighting and accessories lately, perfect for your desk if you're into mod office chic and high drama where color's concerned: [...]
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 [...]
Thanks to Claire for tipping me off to this fab lighting at Land of Nod. All of a sudden they have this amazing collection--and don't think for a minute that just because LoN is all about kiddie stuff that you [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]