Episode 8 Recap: Yurt Last Chance
Get it…yurt last chance? Har, har. I couldn’t help but carry on all the yurt-related puns used in tonight’s show. Tonight, the final three designers took on a brand new challenge for Design Star: turn a yurt into a dream bedroom suite. (Find out more about yurts here.)
Entertainment Tonight host Mark Steines joined the panel to see which one of the designers shares his hosting skills. Like always, some of the hosting moments (and yurt suites) were dreamier than others — here’s what went down on this week’s episode.
Britany’s yurt was my favorite of the week. She worked with Design on a Dime carpenter Joel West to create a modern beach bungalow look in her yurt. She set out to do something different from her usual glam style, and she delivered — it was still bold and graphic, but in a new way. Her camera challenges had a few awkward moments, but she’s getting better there, too.
Her room’s main feature was a rotating bed with hidden storage along the back. I loved where her head was at, but think it might be kind of hard to get to said storage if you were really (okay, theoretically) living in this yurt. My favorite part of the room: The draped teal fabric, all gathered around an ethereal, white pendant.
Britany’s a designer-slash-photographer, and, though she’s referenced her skills a lot this season, this was the first week we’ve seen her prints in a room. Vern wasn’t impressed, though — he said he “wanted them to be a little more abstract.” Ouch! As Emily Henderson would say, Britany, you’ve been Yipped.
Moving to the neighbor yurt, Danielle was paired up with Elbow Room host Chip Wade, and they created a “global contemporary” bedroom suite.
Danielle’s room seemed the most finished, with lots of artistic touches and cozy accessories, like these layered rugs:
Chip and Danielle collaborated on this contemporary bed with a reclaimed wood headboard. It sounded like a great concept, but the combination of the gray hue and super-wide bed posts just didn’t work with the rest of the room.
Oh, Hilari. You personality makes me smile…and so did your crazy times (all related to the antique bed) with carpenter Jeff Devlin of DIY’s I Hate My Bath. The problem? Your camera challenges have so much personality, but they don’t have much substance.
Once the crazy interlocking panels were in place, this bed was the perfect centerpiece to Hilari’s Bali-themed yurt: The judges called it “a fantasy bed.”
What they didn’t like: The blank spaces on either side of the bed.
The gold-leaf bookcase (which is amazing!) looked great, but didn’t create real storage space. In the end, no one had a bad challenge, but Hilari’s tips were more style than substance, and the panel decided to send her home.
Now it’s down to two! Only one more week until we crown the newest HGTV Design Star…can’t wait!
Check back tomorrow for Meg and David’s reactions to tonight’s episode.
What did you think of tonight’s episode? Did the right designer go home? Tell me your thoughts in the comments below.
no lo creo ella debia de estar en las 2 finalistas soy latina y creo que la unica que no debia estar era la blanca!
Creo sinseramente que no salio por ser demasiado negra. She is gorgeous maybe she is to black !
I simply cannot believe that Hilari got booted. Her room was so good. And she is so good on the camera. So funny! I wanted her to have her own show!!!
I agree! Hilari is the only competitor I would want to watch and I love her designs! I'm very disappointed.
I agree with you. I was sooooooo ready to watch Hilari show!
I agree girl!! They commented her all around and then gave her the boot! That sucks!!
They are trying to find a STAR. Hilary is the only one of the final three that could be that. Big mistake booting her. You can teach someone to add more content, but you can't teach someone to be likable.
Unfortunately, they're not trying to find a star. This is a reality show, and the producers are trying to create drama to keep people watching this show. They don't care whether the best designer wins. Apparently, neither do the judges. The result is that the best designer usually doesn't win. None of the winners has become a "star" except for the Season One winner, David Bromstad. In that season, the viewers chose the winner, not the judges. Then they changed the rules so THAT would never happen again.
I completely agree! I thought for sure Danielle was going home. I honestly didn't care for her room. Hilari was easily the best designer, and the most likable of the bunch.
I LOOOOOVE BRITNEYS ROOM!!!!!!!! I DONT LIKE DANIELLS AT ALL;( I AM SO SAD HILARY WENT HOME I LIKED HER ROOM BETTER THEN DANIELLS .
I know, Britneys room is always the best. I don't like Danielle's room that much. Hilary got out
I thought Danielle's room was not good. I did not like all of the rugs lapping over each other. And it looked kind of empty to me. Britany's room of course was nice. I just wanted a funny person, something different on hgtv. Hilari hit the spot
Right on.
What a mistake! Hillary has been much more consistent in her level of design and camera work. Daniell is awful on camera. None of the camera challenges gave information. I think I have lost interest in the final
I agree, I think it's time to get more judges.
I am with you… I was so ready to watch the Hilari show no interest in the other people.. She has a fun and fresh outlook to design.
Amen! Biiiig mistake! What were they thinking? Or maybe they werent!
I just can't help but think that the judges use their own personal taste as a criteria to who they think is successful. Vern was all over Danielle's "concept" which wasn't really a concept. It was her panicing and throwing together something at the last minute. Hilari's room was beautiful and our house was looking forward to seeing her get a show. HGTV really stinks these days with all this faux drama and trashy faux celebrities. At this point I don't really care who wins.
C'mon people. You all should know by now they picked the winner way before this episode. LOL. This is 10 seasons of DS. I think we should all stop being in denial about it and face up to that fact. So, then you all can watch the show in peace or not. But at least you won't be disappointed.
Hilari was Hi-Larious to watch! Too bad they booted her.
Danielle is a little all over the place.
Brittany has hints of interesting design but she struggles to pull it all together. I really enjoyed her idea of the rotating bed but then it fell a bit short. Left me wondering why I would want a rotating bed in a yurt. And she's not good on camera, sorry. TV personality? I think not.
But I don't see Antonio or Emily on anymore so I guess that's just how it rolls.
Maybe the idea of DS is not to find permanent stars on HGTV as much as it is to keep us all entertained long enough for the next rotation of DS winners. And if one happens to stick then I guess that's just a fluke! (ie DavidB)
Anyway, that's just my thought. No offense to any fans of these 3 out there.
You nailed it! We've also seen HGTV bring back some of the Design Star 'losers'…like the tall, atletic carpenter/designer/ surfer/ rollerboard fellow….who redid houses in very interesting ways….for a brief season. I think they are experimenting all the time…
Hard to tell who will really 'take' …in the real TV world. And designers like Antonio are really limited in their shock appeal. Not too many people probably related to his extreme bachelor crash pads….even though they might be interesting for a time.
Then there has to be a lot of experimenting….as to what kind of show will fit a designer. As I remember, Emily had basically two different kinds of shows. I liked her first format,….when she did one room in various styles, and the owner picked one style,….but that must have been way too complicated to keep up.
Meg went from design detective to….makeovers…
Hillari may well pop up on a show after all……after some time has passed for the featured Design Star to 'star.'
Hilary was superb throughout. She was robbed. Looks like they were preparing the ground for Britany to win. Ah, the ratings game!
I disagreed completely with sending Hilari home. I thought her room was the best. YIKES!
Huge mistake tonight! Hilari would have been fantastic on HGTV, Danielle and Britney are hard to listen to, very fake and boring! BOOO I am done watching this season buh-bye.
I know… She is such a people person… I would watch her show over and over again….
Really sad to see Hilari go. I can't believe she got booted. She is so likable and beautiful. She makes people feel at ease. I mean you could feel that through the TV! Her personality shines, she makes any room beautiful. I love her sense of color, graphic designs and texture. I don't know what the panel was thinking or looking for. Last year it was Meg. I'm still trying to figure that one out.
I know I have watched Meg show once.. HGTV says they want the star to be likeable but she was very rude to the client on the show to me. Will not watch her again.
i couldnt stop looking at genevives green shoes..loved them. Where can i get them?