Design Star Recap: Bringing the Outside Insane

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By CannedGinger | Saturday, June 23, 2012 | 12:39 am | 9 Comments
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Britany/Stanley choose the outdoor space and Hilari/Mikel happily to tackle the inside.  Britany is all up for getting rid of the traditional table and going lux with a big old cabana and using a bold graphic to enlarge that fence and make some great neighbors.  Stanley has some great design plans too — throw old wood planks on top of the cement steps.

Hilari isn’t just the queen of accessories; she’s the queen of space planning!  Hilari decides on a huge sectional with a few chairs and Mikel picks out a green wall color and coordinating rug.

Enough of those chumps, let’s get back to Team Drama!

Time to divvy up the work and Kris is chomping at the bit to do some outdoor toil with cacti and Rachel.  Miera is thrilled to avoid partnering with Kris again, but Danielle has no idea just how much pain she is in for now.  Kris and Rachel get planning, with something I haven’t seen from Kris before – a good attitude and team spirit!  Was it the talk with David last week (not likely), partnering with someone who has won 2 of the past 3 challenges (getting warmer), or talking to a collaborator who doesn’t treat him like a 5 year old (THAT’S IT!). 

Here’s my take on Kris:  he needs to feel that the person he’s collaborating with is really better than him.  Then egoKris takes over to pump up his prowess and taking constructive criticism is easier.  The situation last week with Miera and him was just awful but fun to watch because the younger Miera treated him, the younger Kris behaved.  Did you catch the ridiculous high-five blurb fit in the commercial break?  I can’t believe I forgot to mention it!


See, I can almost smile, too!

Kris begins planning for plants for color and cover.  Rachel starts planning a take-down of the old metal overhang and design of a pretty wooden one in its place.

Inside Miera has begun the process of transferring all her bitterness towards the ageist state of cable television to her partner Danielle.  The homeowners need storage, so Miera wants to create a huge build-in on the inner wall.  Great idea, but this challenge is only 3 days long.  You know that really means it’s only about 36 hours of real work time, and can you imagine building a quality built-in (including paint) in only 36 hours? Danielle tries to get this reality across to Miera, but it’s just not happening.


I have more experience than you darling.  We’re making this built-in, come hell or high water.


What the hell kind of nightmare am I in?

Miera explains in the talking head that she has an advantage over all these young whipper snappers due to her extensive experience in the world.  Of course, online you can see that she normally has 3 months to complete these projects.  Days, months, whatevs.


Even the carpenter isn’t buying this.

Miera gets more and more frustrated as Danielle and the carpenter try to get the project paired down to something achievable in 3 days.  Why can’t everyone see she’s just trying to get some TV Magic on this project?


If I was on Extreme Home Makeover the project would be done by now.  Where’s the remote?

Meanwhile Kris and Rachel have no static at all – they spend some time at a nursery picking out dozens of plants.


This is so much fun, why did Miera say you were such a bitch to work with?

Back to Team Earthy, where Stanley is getting a great tan but having a little problem positioning the Rubic’s cube together.


Maybe Stanley is more a random piece of metal welder than a specific piece of wood carpenter.

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CannedGinger

CannedGinger is a techie by day, and TV binge watcher by night.  She can't resist most crap Bravo throws at the audience, and prefers Conan to Leno.  If you are one of her customers calling for support, she'll be listening to WTF on the iPod in one ear -- but you might not be able to tell.  She prefers cats to people most days, because they're more honest.  Bring on the worst TV you can imagine, and she will just enjoy it more since she grew up on a steady diet of MST3K and cheese.  Umm...nice stilton!

9 Comments

  1. 1
    maryedith
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 10:50 am

    Great recap, and I totally agree that Miera had to go, but I guess I saw that fight about the wrongly measured cabinets differently. It seemed to me that Miera was trying to work something out with the carpenter when Danielle entered the scene and that Danielle just wanted everyone to say that Miera had screwed up. The measurements Miera had made were too big, which at least meant that the boards could be cut down instead of them needing new wood. I could see why Miera got flustered at that point and I was annoyed with Danielle for meddling in Miera’s situation. I also get annoyed when people dis their own projects to get involved in other peoples’ mistakes.

  2. 2
    maryedith
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 10:56 am

    I agree that Stanley will be on the chopping block next week, but I think Danielle will be there too. This is two times in a row she’s gotten too overwhelmed by one aspect of a project to get the big picture right.

  3. 3
    Pegalicious
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 12:29 pm

    Oh Miera, Miera, Miera. I was on your team. I was rooting for you. I sympathized with you last week… and then you went all Queen of Hearts on me this week. You will not be missed… And which was the aberration: Kris’ hissy fit last week or his cooperative demeanor this week? My money’s on the cooperative Kris.

  4. 4
    Flipit Flipit
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 1:44 pm

    great cappy!! i was on miera’s side last week and remember reading a comment here warning that she was a crazy old bitch and always would be. then sure enough, SHE WAS!! if she can make that idiot kris look reasonable, she sucks at life. booooo. i’m kinda rooting for the bling girl, just to see how many leopard rugs and fake gold chanel chains she can stuff into one season.

  5. 5
    Laura Gill Laura Gill
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 4:20 pm

    Miera might be going through the Change.

  6. 6
    CannedGinger CannedGinger
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 4:43 pm

    Miera’s Changing alright — just not sure if it’s into a Vampire, Shifter or Troll.

    Based on Miera’s attitude to Kris last week, I think she just transferred all her crazy to Danielle this week. I think that Miera realized she screwed the pooch when the furniture arrived but wouldn’t admit it on camera. The producers probably grabbed Danielle from her painting task to be in that scene with the carpenter as well, and it set Miera off more.

    Thanks for the Kudos all!

  7. 7
    lovesthehobbitses
    Posted June 23, 2012 at 10:45 pm

    hahah my favorite moment of this episode was when Danielle and Miera were called out for keeping the family’s original paint in the room–including the tasteless stripe “separating” the two rooms.

  8. 8
    chaosbutterfly
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 2:50 am

    Wow, Miera really is crazy. Shoutout to @Andyourlittledogtoo for catching that early lol.

    I hope Danielle gets it together for the next challenge. She was my favorite to win, so if she doesn’t, I’m gonna be mad.
    And Rachel’s idea was dumber than dumb. The garbage was one thing, but I hate that she screwed the toys to the wall, because when it rains, the parents can’t bring the toys in or move them onto the deck. If you’ve ever had a backyard full of kids toys, you know how miserable it can be to go out there afterwards and have to empty the toys of rain so you don’t get mosquitoes and such. It’s always better to just run out and bring them in. And I know California isn’t Florida, but still…when it rains, it realllyyy rains, so that’s gonna suck.

    Next to go…I think it might actually be Mikel. He’s a competent designer, but has been so middle of the road, that I’m just not sure about him. And he really isn’t much of a character, so if it does come down to it, the producers are not going to bat for him.

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    Andyourlittledogtoo
    Posted June 24, 2012 at 7:48 pm

    This is what I call ‘Being Locked In A Room With A Bear, Part Deux’. You see, last week, Kris was locked in a room with a bear, but he didn’t fully realize his danger and he accidentally poked it with a stick. And watched amazed as the bear woke up and became cranky and agitated. He backed up a step, tried to placate the bear, tried to get the bear to settle down and be calm again with promises he wouldn’t poke it any more but the bear would not calm down. So he finally moved to the other side of the room and kept his distance from the bear always keeping a wary eye out.

    THIS week, Danielle was locked in a room with a bear, but she knew it. So she didn’t poke the bear, she went into it knowing that she had to move carefully and keep a wary eye out. Unfortunately, it doesn’t take a lot to get this particular bear all worked up and agitated so Danielle was pretty miserable the entire time she was in the room and was trying to survive until she could get out of there. That was hard to watch.

    The thing that I thought was so interesting was that last week Danielle accidentally ruined something that made it difficult for Hillari to finish her part of the project and this week Miera did the same thing to Danielle. The difference was that Danielle admitted it immediately and Hillari was gracious and went into team problem solving mode and Miera was rigid and refused to admit she made a mistake and when Danielle tried to go into team problem solving mode Miera turned on her as though Danielle was the actual problem, not Miera. Miera created that whole cabinet building, mis-measured fiasco. But you’d never know it to watch Miera spin it and snap at Danielle. And the final snapping off the of the end of the top veneer to make it fit, that was priceless. Yes, the judges and homeowners will never notice that. Sigh.

    When she told Danielle that she needed an ‘attitude adjustment’ I just wanted to die. How dare Danielle talk to her as an equal! Doesn’t she know I’m her elder/better/more experienced/in charge!!!???

    And they all hugged her as she left, but I’ll bet you anything they were all breathing a sigh of relief that they would not be Locked in a Room With a Bear next challenge. The Bear is gone.

    Good bye Miera. Don’t let the door hit you on the way out.

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