Hooked on Houses

By JULIA @ HOOKEDONHOUSES.NET

Believe it or not, last night I finally had a chance to watch “Top Design” for the first time in several weeks. Their challenge was to design a room around a Swarovski chandelier. These aren’t your typical chandeliers, however, so it forced the designers to get a little creative.
Take a look at [...]

October 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Bravo TV, entertainment, Kenley, project runway, reality TV, television, Top Design | Category: On TV | Comments (32)

Oh, boy, you guys. We’ve been through a lot together these past 8 weeks, haven’t we?
Let’s see. We witnessed fake-out challenges (”Build a house by the lake”–just kidding!), fake hair, and fake travel (”Pack your bags and come to the airport”–then design a room inside the hangar to look like Mexico!). There were missing sofas, [...]

July 28th, 2008 | Tags: Clive Pearse, Cynthia Rowley, Decorating, Design Star, entertainment, HGTV, home improvement television, On TV, reality TV, television | Category: On TV | Comments (26)

I guess by now you’re onto me and have figured out I’m not one of those intellectual “I only watch educational programs on PBS” types. I love me some good TV. If there are fabulous sets involved with the show, all the better, which is why “Mad Men” is one of my favorites. Season 2 [...]

July 27th, 2008 | Tags: 1960s decorating, 1960s fashions, AMC, Decorating, entertainment, Jon Hamm, Mad Men, Retro Rooms, television | Category: On TV, Retro Rooms | Comments (11)

I realize that this has nothing to do with real estate, houses, or decorating, but I just have to mention that one of my favorite TV addictions, Project Runway, starts a new season tomorrow night on Bravo (Wednesday, July 16). This is a photo of the new cast. Have you missed Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn [...]

July 15th, 2008 | Tags: Design Star, entertainment, fashion, Heidi Klum, project runway, reality TV, television | Category: On TV | Comments (13)

Well, now that I have your attention with this screen shot of Mikey V, let’s start this week’s recap. In episode 6, our Designtestants must face The Dreaded Kitchen Challenge.
If you watched the first two seasons of Design Star, then you know that no team has ever completed a kitchen challenge in the time allotted. [...]

July 14th, 2008 | Tags: Clive Pearse, Cynthia Rowley, Decorating, Design Star, entertainment, HGTV, home improvement television, reality TV, television | Category: On TV | Comments (39)

Another week has flown right by, which means it’s time for another Design Star recap! Are you ready? Grab a bowl of popcorn and settle in.
Tonight’s episode starts with Clive making his entrance through a regular set of doors inside the house, which is kind of disappointing after seeing him arrive on boats and planes [...]

July 7th, 2008 | Tags: Clive Pearse, Design Star, entertainment, HGTV, home improvement television, reality TV, recap, television | Category: On TV | Comments (41)

Well, you guys, I was totally going to skip this week’s recap because I’ve been working all day on this week’s Fantasy Open House series (coming up next!), and I was just too tired to write another post tonight.
But then I watched the episode and couldn’t stand NOT to talk about it. It was all [...]

June 23rd, 2008 | Tags: Design Star, entertainment, HGTV, home improvement television, reality TV, recaps, television | Category: On TV | Comments (24)