Having two huge lamps on the tiny desk was impractical - my desk is bigger that desk, and I still don’t have room for two huge table lamps. I actually think that her room was okay, although the white artwork she chose for the walls was a little dull. She’s obviously started to doubt herself and a good deal of the episode was devoted to her fretting about the bright blue wall paint she inherited from Eddie. While this was challenging for all the designers, Andrea especially didn’t fare well with the twist. And this is supposed to showcase their individual design aesthetic how? So each designer had to work with someone else’s color and fabric choices. The challenge also had a “twist ” halfway through the show, after everyone had met with their clients and bought their materials, the designers switched rooms. I know that some environmental consulting firms have really nice digs, so I wonder if those guys do a lot of nonprofit work or something. I had a strange sense of deja vu, because the firm’s offices had the makeshift, thrown together, “We got this desk at Goodwill,” look of every nonprofit I’ve ever worked for. They used green materials and reused as much as possible from the original offices. But for viewers, shopping at a remnant store doesn’t look all that different from shopping at a regular fabric store.įor the “Green” challenge, the designers had to do a “green” overhaul the offices of an environmental consulting firm. I’m sure it really changes the experience for the designers, forcing them to use different fabrics and materials than they would otherwise. I know this goes against the prevailing sentiment in TV-producer-land, but I don’t think that “green” design challenges are very interesting to viewers. Although I wasn’t that disappointed, because whatever hopes I had for this episode were dashed when I found out it was the “green” challenge. In my opinion, it’s either him or Nathan.Īnyway, on to the episode which, like most of the Top Design episodes so far, was pretty downright dull. I think the producers are also torn they clearly like to villainize Eddie because it makes for great TV, and yet he’s a shoe-in to win. He really has begun to remind me of Stephen Asprinio from Top Chef’s first season (who, to his credit, got much nicer during the last challenge). But I completely dislike his overly competitive, put-down, “I’m fabulous because you’re not” attitude on the show. I feel torn, because I actually liked the pictures of his home, and his blog has some really lovely stuff. Eddie’s blog has hit the blogosphere with a silver-plated bang, and his home was featured in The Washington Post yesterday. Eddie's room, complete with stolen rug-padding textured walls.Įddie Alert.

Stephen asperino