Design Star Fan Favorite: Dan Vickery!
Congratulations to Dan Vickery, who won the Design Star viewer vote and will be awarded his own online show, soon to come on hgtv.com!
HGTV's Design Star, Season 4: Antonio Ballatore Interview!
As I’ve been transcribing yesterday’s interview with Design Star Season 4 winner Antonio Ballatore, I’m having the hardest time not spelling out his dialogue phonetically. Between his New Yawk accent and my Texas Twang, this is one crazy audio file. [...]
Design Star Fans: Matt Locke Chat/Appearance
While I'm transcribing and editing my interview with Design Star Season 4 winner Antonio Ballatore, you could be thinking up some interesting questions for a real-time online chat with Matt Locke, Season 3 Runner-Up! Matt will be fielding questions about [...]
HGTV's Design Star: Dan Vickery Interview!
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 [...]
Update: Design Star Season 3 Winner, Jennifer Bertrand
I hope you faithful readers will indulge me slipping in a little plea in between my recap of the Design Star Season 4 finale and my interviews with Dan Vickery and Antonio Ballatore. Many fans of Design Star have been [...]
HGTV's Design Star, Season 4: OMG, the Finale!
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 [...]
HGTV's Design Star: Lonni Paul Interview!
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 [...]
Heads-up, Sarasota: Mid-Century Gem on the Market!
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 [...]
HGTV's Design Star: Season 4, Episode 8: Celebrities' Homes
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 [...]
A Few Words for Design Star's Spin Dr.
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 [...]