Did anyone else follow the Design Star series? It wound up last night and Antonio won. I was disappointed as I thought Dan should have won. For some reason the designer judges liked Antonio's "in your face" attitude better. They were always criticizing Dan for giggling. I found Antonio to be brusque, unresponsive to what the people actually wanted, just did what HE wanted, bossy (until last night when he suddenly treated his carpenter crew with respect and friendship), and basically an egotistical butt. So, how did I really feel? LOL!
I thought Dan did such a great job of really listening to what his clients wanted. They did not even highlight that he made the mirrored wall for the daughter who practiced dance in the house or that he enlarged a snapshot of mom and daughter as a baby, to be a focal point of their strength together starting out after a divorce. He was so inventive with the rooms and they were beautiful and super-functional! Antonio's designs this week were ugly. Who wants a kelly green bedroom or those orange chairs? He did not make any decisions based on what the clients wanted. Even at the end when the judges asked him what the clients wanted him to do, all he said was they wanted splashes of color and then he started in on what he wanted to do with their space. And that horrible wardrobe that he cut up to put on the fireplace! Yech!
I think the judges had already decided to pick Antonio because they liked that he was so unlike anyone else on HGTV. Makes sense, I guess...but I won't watch his show. He just rubs me the wrong way and I think it was a travesty that Dan did not win for his absolutely beautiful and creative home makeover. If I was hiring a designer, there is no question -- I would pick Dan. I know he would listen to what I wanted and needed, and then use his creative designing skills to produce something beautiful not just -- memorable.
I need a life! Really got wrapped up in this series. This is the first time I followed the show, but I really liked it. I started watching it because my favorite HGTV guy,
David Bromstadt, talks about being a previous Design Star winner. I would love to see that series of the show! I think David would have beaten everyone in this series too. He is very talented, so personable, and I don't hate it that he usually takes his shirt off somewhere along the way during each show.
What a dirty old lady I am!