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Prisonerno6
Member
08-31-2002
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 6:55 am
I thought for sure one of the dining room girls would go. I though that room was terrible. The bedroom was bland, but fixable. That dining room was something out of a Tim Burton movie.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 7:21 am
Lol that's exactly how it looked Prisoner lolol.
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Lilfair
Member
07-09-2003
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 7:31 am
The dining room belonged in a cabin nestled in the woods that families use for a retreat. I would have axed one or both of them just for painting the table. I'm guessing last nights cancellation was due to who they thought would be better on camera and not about the design. Both designs were bad but as Prisonero6 said the bedroom was fixable and not.....ummmm as miserable and off putting as that dinning room. Michael annoys me to no end...especially after he ran out of the room on the first episode because he couldn't articulate his design POV. It strikes me a bit funny that he couldn't put 2 words together in that first interview we saw but then he couldn't keep his mouth shut in last nights episode all the time really not saying anything. I thought the bedroom quad was a fantastic idea for the space and the privacy was pretty good considering the square footage. I'm thinking this will be a good season.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 7:50 am
I loved the downstairs bedroom! I thought it was a fantastic use of space and yet still provided privacy for the residents of that room. I hated (HATED!) what they did to the sunroom. For pete's sake, it's a SUN ROOM! It needed to be bright and light and airy. Where you invite the outdoors in. It didn't need to be all wicker, but that brown was plain dreary. (I also wasn't a fan of the pool table and considering the small amount of seating in the living room, I'd imagine most people would hang in the sun room. More seating, more taking advantage of the view (didn't that room look out towards the lake or river or whatever that body of water was?). I absolutely do not like Michael and don't understand why he was given a second chance during the interviews and why he was picked to be on the show. I would never EVER watch a show with him hosting it. He is another example of someone who acts over confident and doesn't have the chops to back it up. He's also not much of a team player. Totally distasteful to me to watch. At least the viewers get to vote on the winner, so I'm thinking there's not much of a chance in heck with his personality... <wink> I'm surprised one of the two dining room gals didn't go. While I hated the upstairs bedroom (it looked unfinished even though it was), at least he DID finish it. The girls, however, didn't complete their task. As Vern said, it was a failure because they didn't complete it, yet they didn't get penalized for it.
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 7:55 am
Stephanie's blubbering was so over the top! Why didn't Vern or one of the other judges tell her that if she was that devastated by the criticism that she might as well pack her bags now? It isn't like they even slammed her or anything! I can't stand <100> , gawd, get a grip woman!
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:00 am
I'm now revising my opinion of Tracee too. And I liked her during the interview process but now... I didn't like Michael in the beginning and still really don't but I did like his Mommie Dearest comment lol.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:26 am
I was mortified that they painted the dining room table white and painted white fireplace brown. What were they thinking? Worst.Sunroom.Ever. I just know someone is going to put a pool stick or jump a billiard ball through one of those windows.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:30 am
LOL Lex. That. Sunroom. Ugh. It looked like it belonged in a basement game room. Certainly not a SUN room. More like a dirt room with the colors. 
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 8:32 am
Oh, yeah. What's her face, blubbering all over. Good gawd girl, if you can't hold it together and they haven't even told you anything negative yet, what the heck are you gonna do when they really criticize you? Stephanie. She seems like such an OC cliche (major boobage and all). I don't think a cliche is good hosting material. But then what do I know. I'm probably a cliche, too! <wink>
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 9:29 am
Oh but Costa daaaahhhhlliiinnggg... you are a flawless and fabulous cliché!!!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 9:30 am
I really enjoyed the show, so sorry Jerome is gone, wish it had been Tracee. Altho, those women who did the dining room should be shot for painting that beautiful piece of wood. Like the judges said, if it is the star of the room, let it be. I think the massive-ness of that kind of wood would have been very impressive. And it was pretty stupid paint the White fireplace brown and the brown (wood) table white, it almost feels like they did it to be controversial.
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:01 am
Exactly Dipo... that table was absolutely beautiful. Both of them should be strung up by their thumbs for desecrating such a beautiful piece of wood.
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Costacat
Member
07-15-2000
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:24 am
Lex, that table was almost as AF&F as you are! I couldn't believe it when I saw 'em painting it. If you want a piece of beautiful wood to be the focal point, do two things: 1. Paint the room so that the walls don't overpower it. 2. Don't cover the table with gewgaws that hide it. I wonder which of those two had the idea to paint the table and the fireplace?
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 11:52 am
Was I the only one that was mortified when they said they were painting the dining room walls black? The more I stew about this, one of those two women should have definitely gone home last night. Obviously, the sun room and the dining room were the two easiest rooms to decorate. And when you have a table like that (which is the focal point), you don't really need to do that much with the rest of the room (except pick the RIGHT color to paint the walls), etc.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 12:03 pm
But didn't they end up NOT painting the walls black...they seemed more grey to me. Who knows why they pick this early in the process. I liked the guy they sent home last night. I thought Tracee was a little over the top but in my opinion she was right...she kept suggesting things and the other two (Trish and Michael) kept running over her...now she should have been more forceful but those two have very strong personalities.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 12:59 pm
I thought they used a tinted primer and decided they like the color and were going to return the black paint.
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Sugar
Member
08-15-2000
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:07 pm
Count me in with those who think the dining room designers should have had their shows cancelled. It was gawdawful. The sunroom was pathetic as well. As for the upstairs bedroom, I didn't care for it either but it was completed. Too bad for Jerome, I really don't think he was the one who deserved to go home. Based on the 1st challenge, the only person I would hire to work on my home is Matt.
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:24 pm
I am confused, can anyone help? I missed the first minute or 2 of the show last night. Did I miss an episode? I thought at the end of the show last week they were given $$ and a week to build their house. Was this house they were decorating the house that they built? Thanks!
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Hukdonreality
Member
09-29-2003
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:30 pm
Marebear, they were just pulling the designer's legs. They got onto Clive's little boat thing and were taken to this giant house where they'll live. They then found out that there were some rooms that needed to be decorated, and that was their first task.
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:32 pm
Nevermind - I saw it online. It was just a joke - very, very lame.
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Marebear
Member
09-27-2002
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:33 pm
Thanks Hukd!
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Lexie_girl
Member
07-30-2004
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 1:33 pm
You are right Bombay that they were going to return the black paint. But they still should have had their shows canceled for even thinking about painting the dining room black.
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Bombaycat
Member
07-21-2007
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 2:14 pm
Agree Lex - Not sure if a black dining room would make me eat more or less.
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Mocha
Member
08-12-2001
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 2:16 pm
Actually I can see doing a dining room with black walls. If done correctly. There was a very nice black room done on Changing Rooms and it had this really cool bar. I think there were white and silver accents to the black walls. I think there was another black room done on that show, a bedroom maybe??
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Tntitanfan
Member
08-03-2001
| Monday, June 16, 2008 - 3:09 pm
I did think the dark dining room walls made the art work pop beautifully! I disliked the brown walls in the sunroom more than the dark gray in the dining room. But that is just me -
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