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Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 9:02 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
Tashica and Jany

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 9:12 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Oh, thanks Twinkie, I am not suprised by Tashica, will pay attention to see why Jany went. It is good Tashica left, it is hard to keep someone that noone wants to work with, she gave to many people a bad feeling so was not going to get far.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, August 09, 2009 - 9:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Two people - Tashika (before they even announced winner/loser of room, although it was obvious from judges' comments which room would win), and then Jany on the basis of their room (too textbook - not enough "big" idea/original design).

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 3:28 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
O.M.G. I couldn't believe they let Tashika go before they even started deliberating over the rooms.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 5:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
For shame for shame not getting a garage door for the family. Big Mistake. I thought both room again were average at best and probably any random person off the street given the same amount of money could have done the same job even if they had to hire people. Of course the time frame is the tricky part.

I have not seen anything remotely interesting out of these people except for the first room with the wall and floor mural.

Tishala
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08-01-2000

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:15 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tishala a private message Print Post    
That "Hamptons" room did not look very Hamptons to me. Why the muddy green? Hamptons stuff is sky blue and ivory/white, pale Martha Stewart-y greens, etc. The way they did it looked oppressive instead of airy. I kept thinking, mirrors! use mirrors! Candace will love it cuz god knows she loves her reflective surfaces. And then add sea grass or something. But no.

And why the other one had a platform is beyond me. You could see the guy ducking when he stepped onto the platform.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:43 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I like Torie and Dan. I saw the earlier show where they did the white room, but I missed the garage show. I'll have to catch it.

Antonio is so unique! I would hate to see him leave.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 6:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
What were they thinking...or not thinking...by not replacing that horrible garage door? I understand about the platform because they were working on levelling the garage floor...but that garage door was broken and needed to be replaced.

I think the 2 eliminations were justified and won't miss either of the contestants.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Tisha - that moss green was weird. I always thought the Hamptons colors were sky blue with white theme. I was scratching my head at the moss-green.

They could have done white paint halfway up the walls (the wainscoating) and sky blue for the top half of the walls.


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 7:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I had no problem with the colors used. I DID have a problem with the team that did not replace the garage door, especially when the client specifically asked for a new garage door.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 9:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Yeah, the one thing I don't get on this show is why they can't get their timing down. They should had that garage door replaced first, then fixed the floor, then paint and decorate. I don't get why they need to actually build anything from scratch, just buy and assemble. Couldn't they have done floor leveling concrete and then painted it.

I wish they would give them enough time to do a good job instead of a half-assed job.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 11:12 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I think they had plenty of time, they just mis-managed it. Which is part of the premise of timed challenges.

They SHOULD have replaced that garage door first.

As far as some of the building they are doing, I think they sometimes want to prove they can execute what they design. Which is sometimes also a waste of time! :-)

Twinkie
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09-24-2002

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 11:52 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twinkie a private message Print Post    
I think the problem with floor leveling concrete is the time it takes to dry. Time they wouldn't be able to walk in there at all.

Sammi
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03-31-2008

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 12:09 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Sammi a private message Print Post    
Why didn't they just put thick carpet on the floor instead of what they both did. Carpet with padding would have looked nice and taken care of the leveling problem. That's me two cents worth!!!

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, August 10, 2009 - 5:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
That was just way too suspicious. How Lonni escaped after two weeks of bad performances is beyond me. She convinces her team that they'd be better off not spending $1000 on a "stupid garage door" even though the client pointed out that theirs doesn't lock or even close all the way. Then she gets patted on the back for picking out great furnishings, presumably with the help of that extra garage door money.

Of course Tashica must go. Never mind how she busted her butt working in there, and that guys like Antonio often devote their time to labor and let others make design decisions without it counting against them. Heck, they even get credit for it. Never mind that she was complimented for her design in the first challenge, despite the sloppy execution. Nevermind that in the white room challenge she landed in the middle of the pack while those beneath her included Lonni. Somehow they still hadn't seen Tashica's design skills, and her dismissal couldn't wait one more second. Whatever.

Couldn't possibly let go of Lonni, who was responsible for the one thing the clients complained about and who doesn't have the camera presence to host a show anyway.

Very, very fishy. I wonder who the contestants will blame their future failures on.

Willsfan
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09-04-2000

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I think Jason will be the next scapegoat.

HGTV should have replaced that 40 year old garage door like they do when they send carpenters in to finish work that hasn't been completed on kitchens after a challenge.

Okay, I cannot believe how low the ceilings were on those two homes. I thought it was weird when the guy had to stoop down just to get in his garage after the design team had built that platform. Or maybe the platform was built so that when the door was raised it made the ceiling too low.



Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 12:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Interesting that one team managed to buy a new garage door AND a tv AND an elliptical.. the other team must have blown a bunch on that furniture and the stupid platform..

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 5:17 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Actually, we don't know whether HGTV went back in and replaced the garage door. I'd bet they did, but it wasn't necessary to show it.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 5:42 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I thought Tashika had been pretty ineffective throughout the whole competition, so I wasn't surprised to see her go. Part of being a Design Star is having a big personality and although she talked a lot she really never said anything.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

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Plus her voice was just obnoxious. I don't know if I could've ever sat thru an entire half hour of her talking! :-)

Marameko
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07-15-2002

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I hope that being on HGTV Design Star and the way in which she left does not negatively affect Tashika's career.How in the world did she make it onto the show while < 1 of 2 blonde's > another person needed to be voted in.

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 - 11:45 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
What bothered me about Tashica in that episode was that her confessionals and comments were all about catching the other designers in a mistake, or blaming other designers.. like when the two started ot without the money, she was almost gleeful.. seemed that instead of improving her OWN work she was looking for someone she could spotlight as the cause of their problems, yet she DID seem to require, as usual, more supervision than others.

And she should have gone home sooner, too.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, August 16, 2009 - 8:36 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Wow - interesting and rather tense show tonight. I think they sent the right person home, but I'm not sure anyone on that team is very effective. The winning team deserves props - they disagreed, they obviously weren't happy working together, but yet they still managed to get a workable space that the client loved. If she hadn't liked the blues, it could have been a completely different story - but they lucked out there.

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 5:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Lexi, I agree about Hampton beach colors! I think of bleached wood, and the colors of the sand and sea..

The military houses were ok. The house that lost wasn't cohesive. It seemed like nothing tied in together.
The one that won wasn't a color blue that I would pick for my home. However, it did have flow and it all seemed to work.
I'm still rooting for Torie and Dan. I agree that Lonnie doesn't have screen presence. She's constantly looking like she's going to cry.
Dan is cute EYE candy! He's consistent with his work, too. IMO

Jason is cool and fun. I think he'd be a terrific host for a show. He's got a lot of charm. I'm not sure he's the best designer, though.

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Monday, August 17, 2009 - 7:49 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
Twiggy, I agree about Jason. His looks remind me of Will Ferrel a little bit (just a little). And, you're right about him not being the greatest designer.

I ended up really liking the Dan/Antonio/Torie room. I wasn't sure when I saw the wall color that Antonio insisted upon. But it all came together in a beautiful way. And, Torie pushed forward and found so many things to warm it up, that it really gave it what it needed.