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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]