'Design Star' Episode 5

Sorry I didn't post last week!!! I ran out of time as it was the last week of summer and I was determined to squeeze every last bit of it out.


Anyways, the review.

Cathy and Karl's "Contemporary" kitchen.

Just because your kitchen looks like it could have been built in the last five years doesn't mean that it is contemporary. This my friends, though it may seem obvious to you, is a lesson that Cathy and Karl failed at learning. I was very sad that Cathy got her video posted on HGTV's website, as her kitchen was the worst by far. Also, you couldn't even see the room with all of the "styling".

Meg and Tyler's amazing Global kitchen that was the best by far and didn't deserve to be criticized near as much as it was just for one stupid bench, much less have one of the people that worked on it go home.

Well, I think I made my point with the caption. This was easily my favorite kitchen of the night, and I don't know how in the world one bench got Tyler sent home over Cathy, Karl, or Kevin. I loved how nice it looked, yet still had a "collected" feel about it.

Kellie and Mark's pretty awesome Country kitchen.

As you probably know by now, Kellie and Mark are my favorite people in the competition. They are both great hosts, super nice, and pretty good designers. All in all, it wasn't my favorite since it wasn't my style, but it was probably the best of the night by a non-biased standpoint.

Last and very close to least, Meg and Karl's Industrial kitchen.

They had bright colors, they had high-end appliances, they had relatively contrasting granite and cabinets, so why didn't this work as "industrial"? Because it was a mess. The styling was so random that it looked like they just tossed random items up onto the counter, and the kids area was a disaster, like the judges said far too many times. The stools don't look industrial at all to me, and there is just that fridge will look good when it's all on it's own. I know that wasn't all there fault, but there could have been sacrifices made to keep it functional.


All in all, Karl should have gone home for trying to turn this into an episode of "The Real Housewives of HGTV" and Cathy should have been too ashamed to even show up next time. Sadly, we had to lose someone who has been consistent this entire time, and to me, still was this week.


My updated list of who should go home is to your right.