[lelio]

Someone's complaining about a Genevieve design? I think she's one of the better one. Hildi, on the other hand, always looks like she's coming down off of something. Putting hay on the walls when they have a little kid? Big Top living room?

[smith288]

Anyone see Hildi's flowered up bathroom...horrednous. The guy was pleading her not to do it and when he failed to stop her, wanted no part in it.

[ptlurking]

Genevieve was very off the wall in those early days.
I believe it was Genevieve (Not Hildi) who did the grass wall episode.

Genevieve has calmed down her make-overs the last couple of years...
plus she's very HOT (in an artsy kind of way!)

[TontoKowalski]

My wife and I always seem to like Vern and Laurie's efforts the best. Laurie's most of all...except for the bizzare artwork that she seems to favor and take inspiration from.

If Doug or Hildy showed up at our house, we'd have to shoot them if the show wouldn't let us off the hook.

Gen has come up with some wild ideas, herself. Remember the jagged slate stone floors and moss on the wall for the bedroom?

I can take Frank or leave him. The new designer, I forget her name, but she's the black lady, is not as offensive as Doug or Hildy, but I never seem to like what she does.

[Chancellor Palpatine]

Hildy hasn't done anything that could be considered inspiring since I've been watching.

[SarahW]

I was once a big fan of this show, till it became apparent that Banyan was really trying to screw some folks. The producers arrange "sandbags" of homeowners, to occur on a regular basis.

Excluding issues of safety/workmanship/livability, Genevieve Gorder has never had a *design* success, as far as I am concerned...she has many interesting ideas but is not able to pull off a coherent result.

She's also had many frank disasters.

Vern Yip is a breed apart from all the other TS hacks.
His rooms aren't always brilliant, but is the most talented and dedicated to producing the optimal result possible with the time and money and help available. He's been particularly effective this season.
He also will not stand for the general standard of shoddiness the other designers accept as a limitation...he stays overnight sometimes to make sure the work is done and done right.

Doug likes to do over-the-top joke rooms. He's not really capable of anything else. There are no considerations for safety (TV on a swing, raw-edged metal screen as a child barrier on stairs, etc) or livability - he expects everything he does to be ripped down - so bonus, he builds it accordingly.

Paige Davis even said in a print story, she doesn't care about the results or how happy the homeowners are. Most of the cast is infected with the Banyan spirit.

[not-an-ostrich]

msn.com home page has an article on Ty "dissing" team. Actually not too bad. Just Doug, Hildi, and Kia. Well not really Kia...he said "I'm not even going to go there". Said Doug was probably left at a lot of gas stations as a kid. Said Hildi needed to be on medication.