Aug 17 2009
Design Star: Red, White, and Beige
25 year old Nathan Galui had his design bubble burst on HGTV Design Star this week. All the talent in the world won’t help if you are a slow carpenter and that was the reason for his demise. What he made was fine but it took him 22 hours to make it. Not good for this assembly line of design star makers.
I don’t see any losers left on this show but I do see some difficult personalities. 40 year old Antonio “Does Not Play Well With Others” Ballatore is a set designer with as much talent as ego not to mention temper. They love his work but think his anger issues won’t work when you have your own show. No Design Star Diva’s allowed apparently.
Both military families who had their living rooms redone were satisfied with their make-overs but the infighting among the teams threatened to backfire on their design efforts and IMHO there is nothing wrong with a caramel colored wall. I felt the gun metal grey and boring blue were depressing. These military families have too much of that built into their lives…
