Still on vacation, but have a few announcements regarding the folks associated with Design Star for you HGTV diehards out there: MATT LOCKE, Season 3 Finalist My buddy Matt Locke has spent the past few months creating a curated collection [...]
Making appearances last night at Design Star Emily Henderson's Hollywood viewing party: Matt Locke (Season 3 runner-up), Casey Noble (Season 5), Lonni Paul (Season 4), and Nathan Galui (Season 4), who just moved to LA to start a [...]
If Venetian plasterers are looking for a poster boy, they could scarcely do better than Design Star castoff Courtland Bascon. Known for faux finishes and V-neck shirts, he caused quite a stir during the seventh episode when he outed himself. [...]
It's finally official--I'll be interviewing Season 5 contestants of HGTV's Design Star after they're booted from the show each week! If you can't wait for the season to start, you can satisfy your Design Star jones by reading up on [...]
I cracked open a hole in my schedule to catch up with HGTV’s Design Star Season 4 winner Antonio Ballatore about his upcoming season of The Antonio Treatment. Viewers seem to either love or hate Antonio—there aren’t many people in [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]