Design Star finalist Jason Champion and hubby Jim DelRio have recently had a lot of public interest in their amazing mid-century house in Sarasota, Florida home--dubbed "Mayflower"--and have put it on the market. I've been drooling over pictures of it [...]
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 [...]
Seen recently on HGTV's Design Star "Behind the Scenes" blog: From Guest I’m an interior designer and a huge HGTV fan. I agree with other posts regarding giving the designers more time to complete designs - I think we would [...]
Well, well, well. What have we here? Turns out Design Star finalist Lonni Paul sometimes goes by "Lonnie" with an "e" and originally hailed from the Partridge Family as well. Well, not that Partridge Family, but a family named Partridge. [...]
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 [...]
The much-anticipated Season 6 of Project Runway premiered last week amidst a lot of hooplah generated by the oft-maligned Lifetime channel. I've oft-maligned it so much myself that I'd eliminated it from my channel guide and had to do a bit [...]
I know what you're thinking. FINALLY, she's writing about Design Star contestant Nathan Galui's upcoming furniture line and not just bragging about how she and Nate are "like this" or teasing you about showing you. Occasionally, I do put my [...]