{"id":2427,"date":"2010-06-24T09:27:20","date_gmt":"2010-06-24T13:27:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.zatista.com\/?p=2427"},"modified":"2017-05-05T15:22:28","modified_gmt":"2017-05-05T19:22:28","slug":"confessions-of-a-design-star-virgin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/blog\/2010\/06\/24\/confessions-of-a-design-star-virgin\/","title":{"rendered":"Confessions of a Design Star Virgin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Confession #1: I&#8217;m not a virgin anymore.<\/strong><br \/>\nI watched the Season 5 premier and I&#8217;m intrigued enough to continue watching. I&#8217;m not sure why it&#8217;s taken me until the 5th season to discover <em>Design Star<\/em> but I credit my mother, the HGTV junkie, for enlightening me.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2430\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\/judges-tips-the-white-box-challenge\/pictures\/page-15.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2430\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2430\" title=\"Courtland's room for Nina \u2013 this is good advice for framing art. Photo: https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Courtlands-room-for-Nina.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Courtlands-room-for-Nina.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Courtlands-room-for-Nina-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2430\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Courtland&#39;s room for Nina \u2013 Candice gives good advice for framing art. Photo: https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2441\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\/judges-tips-the-white-box-challenge\/pictures\/page-27.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2441\" title=\"Tom's room for Julie \u2013 Candice's advice applies to art as well. Mix scale and pattern so art stands out. https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Toms-room.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"301\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Toms-room.jpg 667w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Toms-room-400x295.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2441\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tom&#39;s room for Julie \u2013 Candice&#39;s advice applies to art as well. Mix pattern and scale so art stands out. https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Confession #2: I was not impressed by the production value of the show.<\/strong><br \/>\nThe editing didn&#8217;t flow, the Elimination Studio set was confusing \u2013 it took me the whole show to figure out what I was looking at,<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2429\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\/tour-the-design-star-elimination-studio\/pictures\/page-6.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2429\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2429\" title=\"Design Star Elimination Studio set \u2013 the blue sound booth and TV clash! Photo: https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Elimination-Studio-set.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Elimination-Studio-set.jpg 665w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Elimination-Studio-set-400x296.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2429\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Design Star Elimination Studio set \u2013 the blue sound booth and the TV clash! Photo: https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star<\/p><\/div>\n<p>and Vern Yip&#8217;s scripted dialog at the end of the show was so awkward (&#8220;Julie, we don&#8217;t think you&#8217;re ready for your own television show. I&#8217;m sorry, you have been eliminated. Please leave the competition.&#8221;) Am I crazy? I want to like it, I really do!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2437\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\/judges-tips-the-white-box-challenge\/pictures\/page-24.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2437\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2437\" title=\"Julie's losing room for Tom \u2013 those crazy walls! https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Julies-losing-room-for-Tom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Julies-losing-room-for-Tom.jpg 660w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Julies-losing-room-for-Tom-400x299.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2437\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie&#39;s losing room for Tom \u2013 those crazy walls! https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_2438\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/product\/details\/1823\/untitled\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2438\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2438\" title=\"Julie would have been better off with this: Nick LaVecchia &quot;Untitled&quot; zatista.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Nick-LaVecchia-Untitled-zatista.com_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"218\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2438\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Julie&#39;s room could have used a mellow paint job and art like this \u2013 Nick LaVecchia &quot;Untitled&quot; zatista.com<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Confession #3: I know one of the Designers.<\/strong><br \/>\nI&#8217;ve worked with Casey Noble on a few projects and she is great. Cast your Fan Vote for Casey! She&#8217;s one of the reasons I&#8217;ll keep watching this season.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2450\" style=\"width: 420px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\/judges-tips-the-white-box-challenge\/pictures\/page-5.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2450\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2450\" title=\"Casey's room for Alex \u2013 keep your eye on this designer! https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com\/art\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2010\/06\/Caseys-room-for-.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"410\" height=\"304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Caseys-room-for-.jpg 597w, https:\/\/www.zatista.com.au\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2010\/06\/Caseys-room-for--400x297.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 410px) 100vw, 410px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2450\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Casey&#39;s room for Alex. Photo: https:\/\/www.hgtv.com\/design-star<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If my first impressions of <em>Design Star<\/em> way off base then set me straight. If we&#8217;re on the same page, then tell me I&#8217;m not alone. What do you think of <em>Design Star<\/em>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confession #1: I&#8217;m not a virgin anymore. 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