Ms. Place wrote:

At least, dahling, the garage was in a real world setting. The designers finally got to renovate, design, and decorate in someone's home.

I absolutely DETEST those sterile pods they've been confined to (except for the Cabanas, which was also a fiasco, as the design challenge was totally unrealistic.)

This show has such potential. I love your blog. Please tell Bravo to place the challenges in the REAL world.

posted on March 7, 2007 at 11:39 PM

meliblu wrote:

This time I actually understood Ryan's attitude. Ho hum indeed. Very hard to make this challenge interesting because it just wasn't and also just wasn't what I expect from this program. Boring and hard to watch and just really hard to care who won or lost. Also, after just doing a garage sale challenge, too much on the same theme. At least Project Runway didn't do their recycling challenge right after the recyle the room project. Hope that if this program lasts, that it will drop the garage altogether. Boring boring boring.

posted on March 8, 2007 at 6:46 AM

Greta wrote:

Kelly, Kelly, Kelly. I say this lovingly because you are my favorite judge, and you have the most BEAUTIFUL face ... I'm serious, I'd LOVE to look just like you (I think my husband would like that too, HA!) but honey, that hair! Last episode's poodle look and this episode I kept expecting you to jump up and sing "Stand By Your Man." Please, pick a hairstyle that doesn't overwhelm your gorgeous face (or fire your hairstylist. See ya later, big-hair-maker!")

posted on March 8, 2007 at 7:55 AM

Dana wrote:

I didn't see this episode, but it sounds even worse than the cabana challenge. Regardless, I'm glad to hear that Ryan is gone. Something about his face (not sure if it was actually his face or his expression) looked like he was struggling with a bowel movement. Plus, I thought his room last week was a horror show.

I'll try to catch the rerun, just to see what your look was this week. :)

posted on March 8, 2007 at 8:08 AM

Abbandon wrote:

Kelly whats your favorite room to design and do you have a favorite theme to do(in any room)? Do you ever watch interior design shows on tv, and if so which ones?

posted on March 8, 2007 at 9:07 AM

Abbandon wrote:

Kelly whats your favorite room to design and do you have a favorite theme to do(in any room)? Do you ever watch interior design shows on tv, and if so which ones?

posted on March 8, 2007 at 9:08 AM

ffejman wrote:

I thought this challenge was totally cheesy and unrealistic. The shows producers came up with a lame challenge and the put ridiculous time constraints on design time for coming up with a model. what exactly were the judges judging? -- how the heck can you call garage organization a "top design"???? and the comment about needing to "compose" storage when sorting it in bins? puleeze, it's a garage, not the Louvre!

Guaranteed that those girtls will use the stage "like twice" & then no more. the whole family struck me a stuck up snobs (not unlike many of the designers & judges)-- at least that's how the producers spliced the show together.

this show is no where near the level of Project Runway, or even the first season of Top Chef.

posted on March 8, 2007 at 9:21 AM

Dana wrote:

PS: I'd like to see Carisa go next, simply because she is such a wear machine.

posted on March 8, 2007 at 9:57 AM

juni wrote:

Since this was a contest for design, it was silly of Ryan to scorn the assignment. He could have taken the challenge to create something amazing for a garage. Who says garages have to be drab or merely functional?

But the problem was that he was only thinking "garage," with his functional stripes on the floor, when he could have embellished the walls with graphics that would have made the space likeable and fun.

I do agree with him that the Bakers needed to toss all that junk. Seeing it reminds me of how useless and stupid it is to hang on to the clutter of the past. There is no room for growth when all the space is taken up with stuff that no one really wants any more. How far can a designer go in redesigning living habits?

posted on March 8, 2007 at 10:20 AM

Patt wrote:

Have your ever done a garage full of junk and turned it in to paradise in that short of a time period? Doubt it... I know your opinions matter because you have worked to get where you are now, but lose the constipated looks you usually have on your face and whoever is doing your hair and clothes needs to be fired. There are plenty of ways to give suggestions and opinions without the nasty stuff. I'll bet that all of you judges have had some bad stuff, seemed the family liked the garage but none of the designers knew that.

posted on March 8, 2007 at 12:34 PM

The White Goddess wrote:

Kelly, Oh thank the Hair Gods, you have come back to us without all that frizz! I love the chic swept look! I definitely won't be too egotistical in thinking my suggestion of firing the stylist who gave you that crimped doo was listened to, but maybe just a wee smidgeon ;)

Now for the real reason we're all here.....interior design! I was really hoping they would finally kick off Michael for his hideous "grape ape" monochromatic mind, but alas they picked Ryan. Sadly, I hate to say I suppose I can't blame them because with as much flair as he's shown with his killer color palette, and I mean killer in a good way, he really blew on this challenge with those prison looking stripes on the floor! I wish he had done something fun like his last room with the art on the walls. It's too bad he didn't use his outside-the-lines, bad boy fine artsiness to go all out on this graphic task. I really wanted to like him, being a fine art major myself, but I think ultimately his attitude sunk his battleship. :-(

Kepp on keepin' on!
Your fan in upstate NY,
-WG

posted on March 8, 2007 at 5:50 PM

JOKER wrote:

you are the chicest! and you are the most clever designer of all the judges. ryan should not have been jettisoned. he was right. when he told the richie riches to de-accesorize, he was speaking the truth. he actually had an editorial viewpoint. I thought his post-modern ideas about design were unique and thought provoking. I will miss him. why on earth michael and carissa are still there I'll never understand...

posted on March 8, 2007 at 10:22 PM

p wrote:

Like Ryan i am from the era that produced icons in rebellion like the dead kennedys.I love ryans work. i understand that he has taken a stong statement in who he is and what he is about.i see he wants to create art as enviorment.it may not be practical all the time. but it is a vison he seemed passionate about.
i was alarmed in the way most of the judges took comments personally and were out to get him at any cost.i feel this show is more a popularity contest then true talent.
when honesty is a huge question in the objectivity of the judges?

posted on March 8, 2007 at 10:31 PM

G Hoffman wrote:

I agree that Ryan should have shown more enthusiasm...he deserved to go because of that attitude alone.

But let me ask you this Kelly: don't you think that the design challenge of turning a garage into a car storage, playroom, dog house, and home office was ridiculous? It's inappropriate to be all those things, not to mention dangerous on some levels (grease, curtains, office supplies..kinda silly). Also, don't you think the time constraints of this episode were ridiculous? 2 hours to design and build a model, and then 6.5 hours to clean out and execute? (I could be wrong on that time, it was hard to follow). It just becomes a tedious exercise in time management--not design & execution. And it showed in the completely lackluster, chaotic, disjointed final product.

posted on March 9, 2007 at 6:09 PM

heather wrote:

Hi Kelly,

You are so awesome! I love the hair don'ts. You have great style and aren't afraid to take chances, that is why you are the absolute best designer on the show! I totally think that RYAN should not have been eliminated and I think you were probably fighting for him, but he did let us down with the graphic design on this one. He was in the right by telling the Bell's to get rid of some stuff...sometimes you have to be honest with people and not let them push you around just because they are the client. I feel that the challenges are unrealistic because you would never have 4 hours to do an entire installation. That is why the show suffers often, especially when todd comes in and calls a stop to it, that is a bit ridiculous. Also, can we do some challenges that are not so haphazzard and suprising, like something that would ACTUALLY happen in the real world? Looking forward to your next outfit and hair - keep it up LADY!

posted on March 11, 2007 at 11:57 AM

Michael wrote:

Kelly: Love you and keep rocking the hair and the great looks. Kudos to you for admitting you may not take this project on also - I think Ryan's statement was a breath of fresh honest air in the reality tv world. I loved watching, listening and giggling at Ryan - as I think you did as well. But it was his time to go. Sadly it may me my time to give up on TD also. The one thing that may hold my interest are your insights and your crimping iron. LOL.

posted on March 11, 2007 at 2:28 PM

SCOTT FERRELL wrote:

You are truly perfect! Thank goodness for your ingenuity, passion, truthfulness and respectful appreciation for all that is real! If you ever meet Trish McEvoy, tell her you know Scotty! I wish you the best always! xxxooo, Scotty

posted on March 11, 2007 at 3:22 PM

alison wrote:

This is my third year as a design student and regettably ive opted out of my last to head to culinary school [no motivation from bravo though - they, to me, seem like natural transitions] However, much like Ryan, i was more so an artist trying to design rather than a designer creating artworks. This challenge proved difficult for charaters like his because one never knows when to suggest without seeming like a runner for the spotlight. Yes, agreed, one must have input into any piece of work but I do find that [as you said with listening] a part of a good designer is executing a leaders design without feeling the need to alter it. In many a situation the opportunity to alter what a boss or client wants regardless of personal style does not arise. I do think design is a tricky business because after all what is design??

posted on March 15, 2007 at 6:52 AM

joe bussell wrote:

You are the only judge on TD that understands a designer must have a point of view. For that I thank you. But this show is a train wreck!

posted on March 23, 2007 at 10:49 AM

Architects India wrote:

I really do not understand ryan's decision...
but I very much agree with joe bussell at this point of time... :)

posted on September 17, 2007 at 4:47 AM

Cowhide wrote:

Hey Kelly, you are the one!!!

Mr Cowhide

posted on February 26, 2008 at 11:15 AM