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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…

Natalee and Tashica

Season 4 of Design Star has moved the contestants to Hollywood Hills for their design test and two of the contestants, Tashica and Natalee, failed miserably. Their challenge was to decorate and furnish several rooms in their new “home” and they got the master bedroom which the women decorated with a luxuriant Hollywood theme.

Their problem? Grandiose ideas and not enough time to execute them. The result? Taped on curtains, peeling floor paint, and unsewn hems on the comforters. The look was beautiful but their time management was unsuccessful. As long as the other teams didn’t totally screw up they were safe this week because Tashica and Natalee had already claimed the booby prize.

Cast House

This week also showed me which cast members will irritate me (the ones who tippy-toe around the manual labor) and which ones I think will do well (the ones who aren’t afraid to get their hands dirty).

Design Star can be seen on Sundays at 10

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