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Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 10:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
By the way, I do think that Jamie Drurie does beautiful (although impractical in my life) work...and his designs get pulled off...but I find him rather high-handed with the others on the show.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 11:27 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
I loved the concept of this challenge and now I am officially obsessed with Lilly Pulitzer dresses. I remember being in the store ages ago and hating everything. It has changed quite a lot! I looked up that dress and it's 398.00. yikes!

I thought the chair girl should have gone. If it's a "team" challenge, then you needed to work as a team in addition to the actual challenge of interpreting your fashion piece into the challenge. To isolate yourself and work on one single furniture item the entire challenge while everyone else had more than 1 piece representing theirs just did not cut it for me. What if Nina did a pillow, the other girl a lamp and the other one a rug. What would be left of the "room"? who would do it?Would it have been fair if everyone else shrugged their shoulders and said that's all they were doing because it's what they thought represented their outfit?

I agree that there is no clear standout this season not yet. I also agree about the "host" or "hosts" It's like Vern and Genevieve (is that her name?) are fighting for control.

I hope it gets better.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Wednesday, June 23, 2010 - 11:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
The guys were a much better team than the gals were. Once Nina opened her mouth in the van trying to take control and giving everyone jobs to do I knew there was no way they were going to do well. I think chair girl was right in making her aspect of the room just right...she kept to herself and avoided the bossy Nina. Nina nix'ed chair girl saying the basket on the floor with throws crawling out was a bad idea she also mentioned that her Nina wall painting probably wasn;t enough for the dress.

Kappy
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06-28-2002

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 7:18 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kappy a private message Print Post    
Boy, they just don't want us to like these women at all, do they, LOL! Even when they win, I don't care for any of them.

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 9:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Totally agree- and Nina drives me to distraction. Honestly, I'm not thrilled with any of them - men OR women. At this point, it's on the bottom of the tivo season pass - if anything else is on, this one won't be recorded.

Kellsma
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08-27-2002

Sunday, June 27, 2010 - 11:07 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
I hated Nina's painted on lines. It looked so "homemade". I thought it ruined the look and hte judges loved it. Oh well, guess I am not a designer. I agree no one is standing out for me at all. Courtland seems very familiar to me, like I have seen him on TV before.

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:54 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
What a mess tonight's show was. Both balcony's clashed with the different view points. I wouldn't want either of them. NY balcony's are not like Miami balconies. How many items would have needed to be drug into the apartment and then brought back out .......day after day, after day, after day? That wasn't even voiced as a consideration.

Give us more individual challenges that are useful.

Mummy35332
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09-09-2005

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mummy35332 a private message Print Post    
Kells, I also do not like Nina's 'artwork".
This week or before. Are they interior designers or artists?

Just show me as a Mom how to decorate. That is all I ask. No kindergarten swirls that are considered art. I have those and can frame them if need be.

Whoami
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08-03-2001

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 2:49 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Whoami a private message Print Post    
I thought Nina's "artwork" looked like a toddler had gotten into the crayons and scribbled on the wall. I guess I just don't know design.

I hope that one guy got called out (at least behind the scenes) for continuously calling the conga drums "congo." Ignorance isn't bliss if you're being relied upon to be an expert.

And although those musical notes were kinda clever, they were facing the wrong way. Maybe that's okay if you're just doing it as an abstract idea. But if that were my balcony, I'd end up getting OCD about that and would have to make the designer turn them around to face the right way. LOL.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 4:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I haven't watched this yet, but didn't Nina "draw" on the wall last week, too? So she has a single note... drawing on walls. Ugh.

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 4:47 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
WTHeck are the judges thinking??? Those squiggly white lines that Nina drew looked horrible. The fix must be on. I liked Vern when he was on Trading Spaces but I question his taste these days. I am not liking Vern at all this season he brings nothing to the show not even taste.

Smokey
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07-08-2003

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 5:35 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Smokey a private message Print Post    
There sure aren't very many likable designers on this season. I don't feel pulled to any of them, at this point.

Nina is just too egotistical for me!

Design is supposed to be appealing to people who would use the space. Just reading in here, they didn't even come close.

I'm no designer but I am an artist. But, it's all subjective. What one of us likes, another will hate. When I first saw Nina doing those squiggly lines on the wall, I was appalled because it looked horrible to me. But then when the space was complete, I thought it took on a different appearance and wasn't so bad. I still didn't like it a whole lot, but it didn't look as horrible to me as before.

I definitely don't think she deserved the win for that wall. But, who the heck did deserve the win? Slim pickings for sure.

I agree about Vern! I used to love him. Now, I am not liking him much at all.

I was just looking at the banner and think if I had to pick one, just on likability factor, it would be Dan. The rest I do not like at all.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 5:58 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
I hate these girls vs guys challenges. As in past seasons, it's no secret that several of the male designers have both carpentry and construction skills. Unless they are going to have carpenters available to both teams, it will be tilted in the guys favor. The teams should be made up of both guys and girls and should be changed up each challenge.

I agree about the dislike of Vern this season. I'm disappointed in the format, contestants and the general feel of this season. I'm finding more people to dislike than like. There is no star quality showing up for anyone yet.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 6:05 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I think the single best thing in either room was the daybed that Tom and Alex built.

Kellsma
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08-27-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 7:40 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Kellsma a private message Print Post    
I am pretty sure this is the first year that Mark Burnett has produced the show. It is beginning to feel a lot like The Apprentice, especially the ending when they walk outside the building with their suitcase. Maybe he is trying to make it too much like The Apprentice, sure starting to feel like that to me. I finally figured out how Courtland reminds me of, one of the Team ChaCha guys from The Amazing Race.

Bombaycat
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07-21-2007

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:00 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Bombaycat a private message Print Post    
Kellsma I think you are onto something. It is beginning to look a lot like The Apprentice with the girls vs guys and leaving with their suitcase. I hope they are not keeping designers just for the drama factor.

Also, disliking that once again they promoted of Zarin Fabrics.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:14 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
Lil, I though Nina's drawings on the wall looked like a 3-year old had used a piece of chalk. I honestly don't know how the judges could have thought it was "brilliant."

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:36 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
Costacat, I was just going to say that Nina's design was almost the same from the prior week. Wasn't the wall purple last week as well? I cringed when they commended her on it and said they could see her in the room immediately, but then maybe that is a bad thing and she will go soon for doing the same thing over and over.

I hope we get back to individual work soon, the team stuff doesn't work for the design format. We need to see each of their abilities and taste.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 8:44 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
Purple or dark navy.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:18 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I'm almost done watching this show, but one thing I noticed... right before the guys went in to elimination, Courtland is talking to Trent. Trent is trying to say that he felt railroaded a bit and... Courtland totally kept talking over him. Railroaded? You betcha!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 11:59 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
OK what is up with Vern this season? He seems to be constantly smelling something nasty. And his comments are pretty nasty overall, too. Has he gotten too big for his britches?

Lilfair
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07-09-2003

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:21 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lilfair a private message Print Post    
Costacat, I noticed that little hallway talk too. Coutland is a seaky guy I'm not trusting him. I usually don't trust people that don't have listening skills. I kinda figured Trent was leaving. Most reality shows don't have the quiet and thoughtful ones as winners.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:26 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I thought Courtland got a raw deal with Nina the first episode. But lately I've been thinking he deserved that raw deal. While the guys were waiting for the verdict, he got all whiny about people not taking control. Um, yeah, when you railroad people, how the heck are they s'posed to take control?

Seamonkey
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09-07-2000

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 12:42 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Seamonkey a private message Print Post    
Actually I have thought before that Vern was leaving behind his likeability but this season he has crossed the line. And Genevieve.. she is physically unrecognizable to me since the TS days.. even her voice. And I dont like the change so much.

And I keep wondering what they are smoking.

Didn't like the Trump connection and maybe that is Mark Burnett. Boo.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, June 28, 2010 - 1:46 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I think Courtland and Michael could easily team up and try to sabotage all of the other designers...they seem to be cut from the same cloth, snarkiness-wise.