en-us https://www.intensedebate.com/users/628536 Comments by tasteful http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80481692 Totally agree. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:06:45 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80481692 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80481252 Antonio earned the title, Nina lied her way thru the first episode. Otherwise, I agree completely. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 21:02:46 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80481252 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80480797 Nina is a witch to be watched (out for). She mislead Courtland, apparently intentionally when they were talking about who she was and what kind of room she'd like. When she called herself a "Big City Girl", though she may hail from NY, the only truth to that statement is the word "BIG". Then, she throws him under the bus, had a fetish for parasols in the room she designed for him and ends the episode by telling us all that she's been validated???? Validated by more than one lie????? Maybe she should forget design and go into politics...............I truly thought that Candice, Genevieve and Vern had to have been bi-polar, all at once, to have named her the best of the week and put Tom in the bottom 6 for doing the same kind of thing with his fabric that Nina did with the parasols. Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:59:20 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/14/judges-recap-episode-1-nina-courtland/#IDComment80480797 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/09/caption-this-episode-1/#IDComment79755251 Caption: Now where the hecky did I put that darn key???? And what am I doing in here??? Am I looking for something??? Comment: Yo -- I'm in total agreement with Bonnie -- I'd like to know what happened to Antonio, too. Some of the accessories he chooses are not to my taste, either, but his overall designs ROCK. I'd love to see more of his re-con and the crew -- they're all off-beat , but they're GOOD, and I've watched all of the re-runs of his, what, 5 episodes.......which just makes me want more. I know you all have posted makeovers by him on your "be on HGTV" app, but WHY didn't you already have stuff lined up for him like you did for David?? Love Bromstad, too, but diversification should be the name of your game. And how many people within your geographical limits for Antonio do you really expect to respond??? Seems to me that if Design Star can be taped in NYC, Bromstad can go to Miami, Designed to Sell is in the DC, LA, and Atlanta areas, along with Curb Appeal, the Block, Antonio could have the opportunity to do something any of those places with production crews already there??? And Genevieve Gorder was all over the place with Battle on the Block.Only wished I lived in ANY of those areas, I'd apply in a NY heartbeat!!!! Sat, 12 Jun 2010 17:17:27 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2010/06/09/caption-this-episode-1/#IDComment79755251 http://blog.diynetwork.com/blogcabin/2010/02/19/floor-plans-folks/#IDComment60778154 I'd love to be able to ask the architect this, but I can't find a way to do it...........the floor plans show no guest bathroom on that end of the house. This, to me is inappropriate, in that the guest(s) would have to walk the length of the kitchen and great rooms, just to go "potty" in the middle of the night, not only showering, etc., when they wanted to. It seems to me that there is room in the laundry for at least a commode and sink, or a whole bath could be added to the guest quarters in several differnt ways. One would be to cantilever the front of the cabin out and insulate to create the room for a guest bath, one would be to take part of the garage space along the front to create the room, and one would be to simply "steal" some space from the interior to create the guest bath. If the third option were used, a closet or built-in on the part of the living room that wasn't used for the bath would be of use to the aesthetics, as well as the utility in that area. Has this even been considered??? Tue, 9 Mar 2010 18:56:05 +0000 http://blog.diynetwork.com/blogcabin/2010/02/19/floor-plans-folks/#IDComment60778154 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/10/caption-this-the-last-one/#IDComment34045079 Antonio: Geez, if I wore this, maybe they'd let my tats alone! Dan: Please, no, Clive! I'm tryin' to duck my show being cancelled Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:41:43 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/09/10/caption-this-the-last-one/#IDComment34045079 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33877190 Seems to me that you (as well of the rest of Antonio's "enemies") simply have a problem with a straight guy that does design. And it's good design, with the skill-set to go with it. Is THAT the problem?? He says what he means and he means what he says???? Other than Bromstad, I can't think of ONE designer on the network that already KNOWS what's possible, and doesn't have to ask his team. He's just a red-blooded single, straight guy who doesn't put on airs. And that's OK by me. If he seems "rough", maybe you ought to think back to Tony Soprano. That show was REALLY successful, and since its cancellation, most of the cast have gone on to other things........just like the Saturday Night Live casts of the past, Frazier, and now Seinfeld. What the hecky is wrong with sombody and something DIFFERENT??????? Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:15:53 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33877190 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33871897 Can't say that I don't feel old, too, hun. But no matter what the age, we have to accept that there are other demograhics that Scripps could reach, if there's interest in a new "Design Star" winner. And the new look and attitude is Antonio's - not Lonni's or Dan's. Lonni, (though her designs for he most part were good) is the typical "California Girl", and there are about 10 shows on the network that feature that type. Dan's a lot of the same, when it comes to his looks and personality, so once again, no new "type", though HIS designs are for the most part great. AND he's nervous and stiff. The "rough one" , though I don't agree with that typification, I think he's just different (and a gentleman in his own way - remember him helping Lonni, anybody?), is the only one that could pull from a new demographic. Why does anyone think that the ratings were so high??? It's Antonio, and he DOES work well with his teams, when they know what they're doing. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:06:59 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33871897 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33789438 Sorry, guest -- YOU seem to be the blustery bully who doesn't have much design sense. Did you listen and WATCH the shows or are you just one of those folks who love to complain? Wed, 9 Sep 2009 21:49:13 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33789438 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33786972 OK all you Antonio nay-sayers.......did any of you ever stop to think that Scripps is looking for something NEW?? David Bromsted has tatoos, is always taking his shirt off and shows them when he does, I love him and so do most of you, so what's the problem with Antonio's choice of personal style? In my humble opinion, there's always a place for everyone, and if the judges cancelled Lonni's show, after they warned her more than once about being a one-shot pony AND she didn't finish her room, I feel the decision was more than fair. As far as originality of design, how many designers out there would even think of fabricating the major pieces in that room out of coated STEEL and combine it with the cutting-edge color palette?? Not many, I think. As far as Antonio being "rough around the edges", that's OK, too. SOME of us do like watching someone a little different now and again. (Remember "the Sopranos"?) And that's where Scripps comes in. Every network on the planet is always searching for a new segment of the population to appeal to, and HGTV is no different. Wed, 9 Sep 2009 21:37:11 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/HGTVersus/2009/09/06/challenge-8-celebrity-homes/#IDComment33786972 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/27/caption-this-off-to-work-we-go/#IDComment32780712 Hi ho, Hi ho, We need Antonio, For without his vision. And without precision, The "longest yard" will never glow. Should be the caption for the pic, but where's the ZEN???? And Torrie should have never taken over as team leader, she's so meek and mild and as it turned out DAN blew the budget, Torrie got ripped off, but then again, she asked for it and DAN sqeaked by AGAIN. Tue, 1 Sep 2009 14:14:32 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/design-star/2009/08/27/caption-this-off-to-work-we-go/#IDComment32780712 http://blog.hgtv.com/250k-challenge/2009/04/19/challenge-ideas/#IDComment32248787 With 250K, I would make a contribution to CASA, give some to my invalid Mom for her care and buy a home for myself and my 5 ShihTzus. The home would be preferably a mid-century modern or Arts & Crafts fixer. Then I would use the balance to work my "magic" on the home and turn it into a modest, but very modern and somewhat surprising oasis, with just enough room for myself & my daughter and her family to stay in when they came to visit from North Carolina. I'm a self-taught designer/decorator with a fertile mind for self-contracting, including landscaping, electrical, plumbing and carpentry and the abilities to do same. The results would be life changing for the better, not only for myself, but for any and all of my CASA cases and my personal friends. I've been a respected and successful "flipper" - please, no 'lipstick jobs" and feel that I could stretch that quarter- mil to the max. I would do the whole thing as eco-friendly as possible, even to re-purposing fixtures......What a God-send!! Thu, 27 Aug 2009 20:26:59 +0000 http://blog.hgtv.com/250k-challenge/2009/04/19/challenge-ideas/#IDComment32248787