Comments on: Top Design: The Weekly Dish

By: becky from hatch

becky from hatch — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 23:31:32 +0000

Someone asked “where are they now?” regarding last season’s finalists. Over at Blogging Top Design, they have links to many of the contestants. Here is Carissa:

http://www.myspace.com/curioussofa

and the winner, Matt Lorenz:

http://www.mldesignstudio.com/

Cliff, you almost made me fall off the couch laughing!

I am so happy to have met some people who aren’t falling all over Eddie!

Becky

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By: Hana

Hana — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:08:46 +0000

Hi Courtney,
Why you can’t find the source of the inlaid dining chairs..? OK, I google for you, well…. ‘Domino+inlay+chair’…
http://www.grahamandgreen.co.uk/category.aspx/inlay+furniture/furniture/furniture_boneinlayfurniture?nopaging=true
no importing? then,
http://www.apollohomecraft.com/products.php?catcode=3&scode=15
……or, the Potterybarn or wisteria.com. Maybe you can find soon.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:11:10 +0000

I think Nathan was the clear winner. I'm glad he won. Yay Nathan! Jamies last blog post: Come to the Potluck!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 02:48:52 +0000

I think Ondine has grown quite a bit, and her evolved style is more along my taste lines, but Nathan is a bit fearless, and I love that. Totally unpredictable. Can’t say I love the paper plate chandelier, but it’s definitely an unexpected touch, and a conversation piece.

Can anyone source the inlaid dining chairs? I’ve been searching for a pair forever.

By: Cliff O'Neill

Cliff O'Neill — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 11:29:57 +0000

Well, let’s see … What I thought of the designs? … Odd, I’m always so focused on the “reality TV” aspects, that part is always secondary to me.

So … I was in the end really rooting for Ondine. I adored her home. The pink couches room and the living room and the bedroom were just amazing. (I, not knowing jack about design, had no idea the bed was a rip-off of something else; I just loved it.)

Nathan’s has personality and I didn’t mind him winning. I just couldn’t get over the paper plate pi?ata. It just screamed Frank Bielec to me. And the only thing Nathan has in common with Frank Bielec is his hair. (Well, and a certain girly flair.)

Preston’s design was so sterile it annoyed the crap out of me. It reminded me of stepping into the home of every perfectly-buff, anal retentive A-Gay I have known where at first I swoon, next I feel horribly inadequate, followed by a sneaking suspicion no one actually lives in the space and finally I get scared I won’t be allowed to sit on the furniture.

But maybe I’m projecting.

Lastly … sarcophagus.

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By: CK

CK — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:58:11 +0000

i thought the right person won for sure. i love nathan's style as zany as it may be. i was drooling over that painting he did! preston's was nice but, i agree, snoresville. i loved how jonathan adler kept asking him where his pop of color was. my favorite room of ondine's was the little kid's room. i want a cubby bed like that! eddie is RIDICULOUS. i loved your weekly rants about him because i so agree. he's intolerable especially when he does that over the top laugh (puke). although i do have to point out that he wasn't a total angel in the finale episode. remember when he left the phone on the steps while preston was still talking to him?! oh no he DIDN'T! that was so mean! or do you think that was some fancy editing? and a samantha fox reference? how can it possibly get better? oh wait, kelly's absence of lederhosen to go with that 'do and giant cracker jack ring might top it. thanks, miss becky, i've enjoyed your weekly dishes! CKs last blog post: FIVE FAVES.

By: Kristin

Kristin — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:21:27 +0000

Well I feel like I've just been nominated for an award or something - Thanks for the mention! I just loved the word "Auffed" that I've seen used in other blogs (for Project Runway) and I use it on a regular basis now. I assumed Preston would win, but I wanted Nathan to win - however that was before the final episode aired. I thought Nathan's house was lacking somehow. It just didn't seem finished. I enjoyed Ondine's house and I thought Preston's was nice was really generic. It didn't have a real wow factor for me. It just looked like a nicely designed space with no soul. I loved this second season but the finale was sort of a let down. Kristins last blog post: Cats on a Treadmill

By: becky from hatch

becky from hatch — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 21:46:10 +0000

Andi-A, it was a great distraction to get all involved in reality TV during such a stressful time!

Condo Blues, you should totally apply next season!

It would have been nice to know what became of Matt (?) and dark haired complaining girl (can’t remember her name) from last season. I’d like to know what they are doing now. I thought Matt was really talented, and the one who lost seemed really young and like she had a lot of potential.

Hana, I think Holly poked fun at Buddha heads in bathrooms as a trend awhile back. I can’t remember if it was here or on another site. They’ve become this trendy object here that are not respected or given any meaning, but rather just used as tchotckes.

All of your comments are making me think it would be really fun to create a visual glossary of terms we like to throw around like “too Trading Spaces.” I’m always noting trends and phrases and turning them into drinking games too, like drink whenever you see a “Like Forever” poster.

Hopefully Eddie’s 15 minutes are over, because I really can’t take any more from someone who gives judges the finger and says “sit and spin.” Buh Bye Eddie!

Thanks for all of your kind comments. I’m going to miss these discussions!

becky

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By: Kelli

Kelli — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 15:13:29 +0000

I think Nathan was the best choice to win. He always leaves me wanting more. The collage of photos in his office was sooo perfect. I also loved that he hung the painting he did on the horizontal. Little touches like that just add SOO much personality to a room. He has a quirky, fun approach to design. It’s not just shopping and putting it in a room. I didn’t like everything he did but I think he was the most interesting by far:)

Although I think Ondine has grown so much throughout the process, I think, she still has yet to feel confident with her own style direction and go all out.

Preston’s room always look fabulous and polished but as you said, he didn’t add the personal touches the judges were looking for. Plus, I would personally like to find quirky interesting pieces in a room which are just not the type of designing he does. Still, he’s fabulous!

By: Bethany

Bethany — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 14:50:44 +0000

I have loved Nathan from the start, but I was rather disappointed that he won. I truly thought that Preston completed the final challenge the best–pulling the whole house together in a way that someone could walk right into and start living without feeling like they’re living in someone else’s house. Maybe Jeff Lewis should have helped to judge this final episode as well–I love his funny asides. And while I generally go white, white, shades of white myself, I felt kind of soothed by his calming dark palette and I was thinking about how I might use it. I think I remember Eddie saying something about how he was just here to help, not to help him win, was awful, because if you do agree to help don’t you want the person you’re helping to be the best. Maybe something bad about Preston was totally edited out early on, but to me he never acted in a way that would justify all the snarky things people said about him. I think we all have met people who are quiet and thoughtful and focused and not always the first into the hot tub.