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(Rolling up my sleeves...) I loved last week's run of "Todd Oldham's Handmade Modern"! The show was so well-executed--the very cool celebrity guests, the video "essay" that provided a historical context of each show's design theme, the relaxed breezy pacing, and TO's signature imagery and style cues for all of the on-set dressing and chyron-ed screen graphics. It really was a fully realized vision (TO's) that seemed undiluted by network input. More! Give us more programming like this, HGTV. I don't think a DIY show has ever been this fun. (5 episodes is not enough.)

Aside from "Handmade Modern", my hands-down favorite show on HGTV is "The City Gardener" with Matt James. Really informative, useful tips for creating entire environments in small urban outdoor spaces. This show breaks a lot of new ground in terms of contemporary urban residential landscaping. (I don't have Tivo. So like a geek, I make Saturday evening plans for after 9pm so I can catch each Sat eve episode at 8p.)

My final favorite show was a one-shot special that originally aired on Fine Living (which I don't have) but was run once on HGTV. "Sheila Bridges-Moroccan Style". This show completely rocked my world. And it aired at a time when I was fine-tuning the design of my exotic outdoor patio. The show was richly textured--exploring traditional and contemporary Moroccan architecture (all based on the basic Riad design concept), the lovely crafts in the local marketplaces, the ritual of afternoon mint tea, and a small glance on modern Moroccan lifestyle. Part travelog, part design show. Wholly successful.

ooh, I'd like to see the Morrocan Style show!

I like the Todd Oldham show--They've aired a week's worth of shows and they've already made it through most of his Handmade Modern book. I wonder what's coming up when they've gone through all of the book projects?

it's Divine Design. D-I-V-I-N-E. spell check people.

Because I live in a studio apartment I tend to take a great liking to shows about small spaces. Therefore, Small Space, Big Style is my favorite show at the moment

i love candace olsen and her crew. chico? paul? the skits?!

dont get me started on the theme music: "zwee bahhhh, baa baa baa dooo..."

and now its stuck in my head.

i had high hopes for todd oldham's show. sadly, it is utter crap: horrible projects, nasty production values. he is a much better designer than this show would indicate.

i'm currently liking "small spaces, big style" and "devine design". and i was loving the show on the style network featuring the drag queen doing mid-century mod style stuff: like martha stewart [pre-prison] combined with june cleaver.

“Devine?!”

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Room Service with Sarah Richardson. Her projects always look substantial and well thought out. Her design choices are based on organic forms and colors. She shows where she gets furnishings, accessories, and plants. And her how-tos are actually useful and not embarassing.

P.S. I like Divine Design but I get tired of the schtick.

I LOVE Todd Oldham's new show and hope it lasts a few more episodes...Not the biggest fan of his lazy boy line, but quite inpressed with the show. I actually ended up buying his book about 2 months ago and was excited to know the show was based on the book!

Speaking of books... Jonathan Adler, Kelly Wearstler, and Jamie Drake all have new books coming out. Maybe we will get lucky and one of these hot designers will have their own show as well!

David. Dude, seriously? You like Brini Maxwell's show and not Todd Oldham's? Handmade Modern is based on his DIY book of the same name. So, yeah, they aren't going to be making Cappellini-quality furniture. At least not with a glue gun and a tub of Mod Podge...

The show is interesting to me because it gives each project a historical context by relating them to their midcentury design inspirations--the Eameses, Noguchi, etc. Plus, the guests have all been fun to watch. Joan Jett, Amy Sedaris? Come on, now. You won't see them doing guest spots on "While You Were Out Trading Spaces on an Extreme Celebrity Makeover by Novice Design Students with a Budget of $30 and an 8-Hour Timeframe". This show is more about the process than "the final reveal" (which is fast becoming the design TV equivalent of the money shot).

If it weren't for shows like this, "The City Gardener" and "Small Spaces, Big Style" (shows that really push beyond the conventional design TV formula), I would totally give up on HGTV. With all due respect to Candice Olson, Debbie Travis, Kenneth Brown and their truly fantastic designs, their shows are boring and formulaic--but I will watch them because I do like their work.

But the "challenge" type shows like "Design on a Dime", "Design Remix", "Designed to Sell", "Curb Appeal"? No. Formula, formula, formula. With uninteresting presentation and production values. Shows like "I Want That"? Pure advertorial. Not entertainment, but pure design-porn advertorial. (I certainly hope that the producers are generating revenue for all the gratuitous product placement in each episode.)

Turquoise. Shows featuring Kelly Wearstler, Jonathan Adler, Jamie Drake, Thomas O'Brien would be a dream come true for me! Give us real designers, with real ideas, a distinctive stylistic point of view, and something interesting to say. Not boring suburbanites who need stage their tract home with "tasteful" and "safe" mass-market furnishings and color schemes for a high-priced real estate sale. Bleh!

I have to agree with David. I was SO looking forward to seeing the Handmade Modern series and was disappointed episode after episode. Every one I saw seemed more like hippie arts & crafts hour than anything having to do with Mid-Century modern design.

Enrique, I'm a big fan of "City Gardner" also. I wish he'd come out with a book. Unfortunately I have no garden or outdoor space at present. You're right about the formula on many of these shows.

jimkk. Matt James has 2 City Gardener books currently available in the US--The City Gardener and The City Gardener-Urban Oasis. A 3rd book (The City Garden Bible) is slated to be released in the US this December. Descriptions of all 3 books can be found on Amazon. Regardless of whether you have a garden or outdoor space right now, I think it's great how easily he can explain and implement his design principles.

I guess that's why I like this and the other programs I've referenced above--all of them actually focus on teaching and informing. They highlight the process, as opposed to just setting you up for the final reveal "money shot". But maybe I'm just embracing my inner hippie. [That's what happens when you live in the Socialist Republic of Berkeley for 8 years of your life.] ;)

My lineup:
Small Space, Big Style
The City Gardner
Sheila Bridges anything
Dwell
I would love to like Debbie Travis but she always seem impatient with people in a way that makes Martha Stewart seem warm and fuzzy. Divine Design has too many "antics" for me to stomach, but great makeovers. Todd Oldman's show reminds me too much of Zoom.

As in "... Boston, MASS. Oh-two-one. Three-four. Send it to Zoom"? Hahaha. Dani, you nailed it. That's exactly why I like TO's show.

What? No love for Matt and Sheri on Room by Room? They are masters of the over-the-top theme room. I watch them in the way you slow down to look at a car crash.

But in real life, I like Todd Oldham for practical stuff and Candace Olsen because the woman can design lighting like nobody's business and she seems to do a great job with space usage.

Seriously, Candace Olson annoys the hell out of me and I don't consider her a good designer. Way too much frou. I once saw an episode where the clients asked for a room that would "grow" with their little girl and instead of going for something classy or minimalist that would allow the girl to add things to as she aged/had different preferences, she went all out on a princess theme. Yuck.

I love small spaces, mission:organization, and the TLC organizational show that I forget the name of.

I watch HGTV when I can (we don't have cable), for the ideas and to see things change, but I find the schtick on all the shows annoying--the host schtick as well as the homeowner schtick. Those poor homeowners must find it difficult to get the frozen smiles off their faces for weeks aftewards. (Frozen smile on a schtick.)

Devine got noticed, but nobody noticed the "pension" instead of "penchant" which what Candace has for boas. She has no retirement plan for them, that I'm away of. I shall now shut my nit-picky little ten-fingers-as-mouth and go back and read the sub-postlets.

I was a bit dissapointed by the Oldham show even though I had high expectations for it and I have the book. It just felt like he was running out of time or something. And the stuff he put together felt really too hippyish to me, even though i like lot of his ideas.

Getting tired of these competition formula. Fine Living just started one. I wanted to see little more of Room Service. But it comes at odd time for me I guess and not sure Fine Living is going to show any of it anymore.

Just cant get into Small Spaces, Big Style.. sorry..Feels too much like talking heads to me.

Last Sunday (or Sat) night's City Gardner had a wicked cool design - the one with a hanging seat or something.

I do not like Candice's personality, but I generally like her work. But it will get tiring soon I think.

I guess dont have any favorites right now..seem to like this and that episodes from most of the shows..

Too many repeats..

Dwell
Small Space, Big Style

I once also loved Mission Org, but no more - it's become formulaic, predictable, dull, and suburban.

Im into Handmade modern. I like the ideas and educational bits. I kind of hate devine design. Im a total geek for almost any kind of house/garden show, but her style just comes off as creepy old woman boudoir woman imo.

Brini Maxwell is HYSTERICAL. But ODDLY similar to Todd Oldham's show (which was better than I thought it would be, but nothing I'll be TiVoing anytime soon). Actually, Brini is oddly similar to TODD. Hmmmm...

Candace is beyond reproach in my books, even when she swagged a couple's bedroom in lavender satin when one of her proclaimed goals was to keep it more masculine-friendly for the hubby. Okay, so EVERYBODY has an off day. BTW, I saw that girl's bedroom episode, and minimalist modernist chiclet or not, the little princess was in hog heaven at the reveal. Candace gets light and layers right every time, and she has the MOST amazing sense of fabric and pattern...

And I echo the Facelift-yes, Painted House not-so-much... even though Painted House gets points for doing a firehouse. ;) Great techniques and tips on Painted House, though. I just never love the end result.

Also on my list are the high-camp-counselors Chris and Steven of Designer Guys and Design Rivals, although it is fairly clear their staff does pretty much all the real work on that show. And every now and then I have to turn off the banter and just look at the pictures...

And Home to Go with the loveable but oddly tilted-headed Peter Fallico still gets TiVo'd in reruns.

I also used to like Homes Across America (but it's too trophy-home/Frontgate catalog now) and the even older Chris Casson Madden show Homes by Design.

And Joan Steffend is still the sweetest, most genuine host around. And for the money they DON'T spend on that show, they get closer to "right" more often than not...

I disagree with you Amy about Candance Olson. I've seen any number of episodes with designs she's done for very clean, modern, elegant rooms without an excess of "frou". I think she's exhibited quite a range and depending on the client sometimes she goes with more busyiness (is that a word?). I have yet to see any designer on any show do a kid's room I liked. I would agree with some other comments on the "skits" getting a bit tedious at times but in general I enjoy her personality and wackiness.

Enrique, thanks for the tip on Matt James' books. I guess I was searching in the wrong place.

Facelift and Divine Design are part of my regular TV viewing...but my newest favorite is Room Service with Sarah Richardson.

I'm going to look for "City Gardener", sounds like my kind of thing.

I get a kick out of "Trailer Fabulous" . . . is that so wrong?

"Room to Go" is still on on Sundays at 2 pm, at least in my area of CT. (Northern Fairfield County) And that continues to be my fabvorite show, followed quickly by "Small Space, Big Style." Although the commentary sometimes seems superfluous. (And why does it seem that the commentators are wearing the same clothes show after show?) "Design on a Dime" can be good, and "You've Got Color" is getting better and better. (Or maybe it's the hunky carpoenter.)

LOL, guido, Trailer Fabulous make trailer living almost chic. I was all" Look what you can do with a doublewide!" Enrique, you made me fall over when I read the opening lines to Zoom. But I do love Todd's show. I can watch it for weekend projects. Can't go wrong with me when you bring Susan Sarandon (sp?)on. She's fab.

I can't get too excited over Handmade Modern because I bought the book before the show came out so nothing seems all that new now. I miss when Home to Go was putting out episodes (but still like finding a rerun now and then). I used to watch the BBC home shows when my cable system offered it. I started to like Design Remix because of the theory behind it, but the quality of the rooms seems to be going downhill fast. BBC had a similar show where the decorator came in and did three rooms wiht a teeny amount of money and the resident's leftover stuff - can't remember the name but it was fun.

I'm loving Small Space, Big Style. Great concept. Living in small space myself, it's insightful to see how others do it.

I also enjoy Debbie Travis. Although Painted House involved too much plaid. I think I remember one show where she used "Pappy's plaid pants" as an inspiration. Yikes! Facelift is much better. I love how when it's getting late, she points out how much work there is to do and then leaves! "Traffic's bad, gotta go!" Meanwhile her team is slaving away all night.

I like Todd Oldham and the snippets of design history his program offers, I'm just not crazy about the projects so far. He features things I wouldn't make, and if I did, I'd probably toss them in my garage sale pile within the year.

Libby--
House Invaders. Sometimes Anna Ryder-Richardson hosted/designed, sometimes Linda Barker. And the two Phils, the carpenters. Although I was always partial to the third carpenter, JJ, I think.

Enrique--
There used to be an AMAZING landscaping show on BBC America, with this very talented Irish guy (Diarmud?). It was like City Gardener on STEROIDS, with incredible results of huge glass cubes and crazy pavilions, but in a really modernist/tasteful/Calvin Klein-at-the-Chelsea Flower Show kind of way. He was sort of a diva (homeowners DARE not disagree), but likeable, and a real visionary.

Laura--
Don't dish the SS,BS talking heads TOO much... one of them is our very own host Maxwell-Gillingham Ryan!

Enrique--
I would have pegged you for someone who really enjoys a good money shot. ;)

p(too)--You got me there. Who doesn't love a good money shot? Just not during design TV programs... I don't recall ever seeing that landscaping show on BBC America (just Ground Force, which I loathed). And speaking of House Invaders, can we talk about the 2 Phils...? Okay, I redact my previous comment on the inappropriateness of money shots on design TV. (Perhaps I was being to rash.)

On the topic of Debbie Travis. She scares the crap out of me, too.

Hey AT overlords... How about a Hot or Not feature focusing on the various design TV personalities--hosts, designers, carpenters, crew, talking heads, etc. Hottie or Not Hottie? Or maybe a multiple personality smackdown. (Wait, um... you know what I mean.)

I'm surprised that Canadian produced show's like Debbie Travis', Candice's, and 'Home To Go', get aired in the US. I had no idea that Todd Oldham even had a show.

For all the people watching 'Home To Go', I don't know why they aren't producing new episodes, although I'd rather not hear his voice again. I live in an apartment and can't afford the over-priced crap I like, so it's nice to see something done within a normal persons means. The before mentioned 'Small Spaces' show doesn't air on HGTV here. Candice's show is too campy for my taste. We Canucks also get 'Space for Living', which is a show produced by Ikea, but it's a slick show and features design in Canada and Europe.

I love Debbie Travis' Facelift for the projects and the sentimental reveals at the closing of the show. It's so 'feel-good' I almost want to finish painting my hallway. Almost.

What's the one on TLC hosted by Doug From Trading Spaces? The one where there are 3 couples buying new homes, and then six months after purchase, each couple goes back to their former home to survey the horrific decorating of the new owner?

Yeah, that's my favorite one. Very trainwreck.

I used to be a faithful watcher of Clean Sweep, with occasional forays into Mission:Organisation and neat. I just like to gloat over the suburbanites with too much crap.

patrick 2, why did I *know* that we'd have the same taste in programs?

Home to Go is among my favourites. Peter Fallico is also on another Canadian show called This Small Space. And now he's doing one called Home to Stay. Fallico has always said he gets a lot of his ideas from the young staff the show employs.

I don't mind Candace Olsen's personality, though I guess I can see where people would have issues with her. I really do love most of her designs, and I especially love what she does with lighting.

I work in a non-profit and I keep begging the board to write to Debbie Travis and ask for a Facelift for our Centre, to surprise me, the long-suffering staff person. But they just laugh as if I'm not serious. *sigh*

I've never seen Todd Oldham's show - maybe we don't get it on Canadian HGTV? Nor do we get Small Space, Big Style.

Love Designer Guys/Design Rivals...though I see they've got two new guys doing Designer Guys now, so I'll reserve judgement till I see how they do.

Another Canadian show I like is House and Home, from the magazine Canadian House and Home, though I get totally annoyed by Lynda Reeves flat voice.

There's a show out of Vancouver that amuses me greatly - it's called Love it or Lose it. They have a slate of designers that do a room according to a specific style (modern, retro, Asian, Indian, gothic, or country), but the homeowners don't know which style until it's done. They have to decide whether to keep it or "lose it." It's not really about serious design, but I love watching people's reactions when they get something they never thought they'd like.

Hmm. All the shows I like are Canadian. *waves little flag*

I really hate those UNdesigning-for-selling type shows. I really don't get what's wrong with people that they can't see past a "wrong colour" of paint when they are buying a home. It's just paint, people - worry about the wiring and the plumbing and leaky condo syndrome. Gah.

Cripes, I'm long-winded. Meh.

If you can regularly see past the bad decisions of other people's homes, you need to get into real estate, missy. :)

Sara Richardson's Room Service is ony mentioned once? This, along with Dwell and Sheila Bridges' show and City Gardner (haven't seen Big Space Small Style) are the only shows I can really sit thru. Perhaps because they are design rather than decoration based? But Room Service deserves lots more credit in my view.

ps: I WISH we got House & Home. It's my favorite mag. And, funny... I expected that kind of voice from her from her magazine pics!

1,001 american pot lites, starring candace olsen (hi ptoo).
oh, that cheeky debbie travis...giving her lavendar satine gay bachelor bedroom guy ("doubted it...but now it looks like a boutique hotel!) with the red georgian living room, what did she give him after leaving the house telling her "just no black!" but ghastly black + orangered cabinets with raised fruit reliefs, but we forgive u debbie cuz of yr droll sytle + low key mary poppins meets sly cat persona...
i miss chris + steve designer guys.
viva joan steffend! + her adequate appreciation for cy Winship...respect to todd oldham, but Cy (one of the decorating cents) is still + forever my hero.
i thought the "merge" show was great (funny watching rinna surprised to enjoy a bobby trendy creation).
"sensible chic": how delicious when a grateful couple remarks that the copy looks as fine as the original, on a fraction of the budget, how even more so when it looks better (in my opnion)!
i love it when the orginal designer contributes good naturedly...gets to gloat a bit if some of the pieces are sad or just wrong!
ahhhh! kelly wearstler....house of kwid, soooo glamorous!!

Small Spaces Big Style is a great show! Its my favorite currently, followed by Handmade Modern. *off topic* What ever happened to Dude Room? I always got a smile from that show although the designs were just horrific.

patrick, real estate? You must've missed the part where I said I work in a non-profit. Heh. :)

We get so many American mags up here, but it's a bit odd to think of you reading ours. I don't know why - maybe it's 'cause we all think you don't know where Canada is!

Room Service seems to be only on in the mornings here. That's probably why I don't watch it, but now I'm intrigued, Mary.

I like Joan Steffand's voice and manner - kind of the anti-Candace (although Candace can be fun to watch, esp when she was pregnant; but sometimes she looks kind of anorexic and really ill, or maybe they taped her when she had the flu--anyone else notice that?). But, that's more about personality entertainment, not so much the products of the show itself. When personalities and the design come together - that's magic.

My hands down favorite is Dwell. I can't even tear myself away from the reruns.

Ok, but why are most of these shows produced in Canada? Design rivals, Debbie Travis, Candace Olson, Sara richardson, Small Space...

BTW: big fan of Sheila Bridges.

and, are the "Designer Guys" a couple?

"Small Spaces, Big Style"!
I love this show, it is full of inspiration and good attitudes.
Even when I am not crazy about the homes, I love the people featured, and the whole small-space lifesyle.
This show makes me happy!

I'm fine with Peter Fallico replacing that hostess with the sourpuss expression who looked like she resented having a show called This Small Space.

Dorianne-
I don't hear or see too many others here fighting me for my copy of Canadian House & Home, but it is by far my favorite title, so much so that I subscribe, exchange rates and all!

I can't believe no one has mentioned Kenneth Brown's reDesign. I make sure to watch it, but I think it is hit or miss. He has a great, unique color sense, but, in general, his homeowners come across as spoiled and whiny. That's another thing I love about Candace... the homeowners usually seem to be nice people.

And while Candace may go overboard with interior lights, Kenneth goes under, so to speak. Perhaps because shorter Canadian days/longer winters make the need for interior lighting different than in sunny SoCal.

I think there is either history or an unrequited love back-story on Design Rivals, if you ask me. :)

(hey orangered!... i owe you an email, i know!!!)

I still like the old Changing Rooms episodes... so old that I don't know if they show 'em anymore. There was something expansive, arty, and European about a lot of the rooms they did, something that Trading Spaces (the show's American clone that seemed to have half the inspiration at twice the length) never captured.

As far as the "undesign to sell" shows... man, we sold a terribly cluttered and dusty house in A WEEK. Undesigning your house is not going to make it desirable if it's poky or ugly to begin with.

alec, my bad! blame my lack of coffee and 2 straight days of jackhammers outside my window!

trini maxwell! yes, love her. i'd forgotten about falco's show, which i did like though it moved a bit slow. the designer guys just put my teeth on edge.

I caught a couple episodes of Room Service but I can't handle the host. I find myself wanted to drag the words out of her to speed things up. And she just seems a little too sedate (sedated?). I guess I just have a short attention span but I want to speed up the show.

As for Dwell - I haven't seen that on my local cable line-up. Is it HGTV or ....? I feel like I'm missing out.

Dwell is on Fine Living Network.

You know, the government in Canada gives out special grant money to produce movies and tv shows across the border. That's probably why there are so many Candian HGTV shows on American HGTV.

My favorite design show?

Putting the GrooveTube on the TV screen, and propping up copies of Readymade and Metropolis underneath it. ...Really. I just spent many weeks at home sick under TV's thrall, and it's largely not so hot in DIY-land. Dwell is pretty spookily uber-consumer propaganda... it's aiming to be Ty Pennington for a higher tax bracket. ("Like Lucky for your house" indeed!)

...Beyond that, I just like the professional organizer shows. I like listening to someone remind me of the virtues of throwing out all of one's crap and (in the better shows, anyway) not buying more junk. I hate the "go out and buy stuff" mentality of it all.

Design on a Dime.

Just kidding! We actually refer to it as Design for the Blind.

Patrick (too),
The whiney clients on reDesign are Americans. The nice ones on Divine Design are from Canada.

Design for the Blind. Wasn't that an ABC Afterschool Special? Or a "very special episode" of The Facts of Life?

Oh, those boring, nice Canadians. ;)

*whistles "Blame Canada" in the thread*

You know, it's true we have dark winters, but also, we NEED so many design shows, 'cause we have to spend so much more of our lives indoors. Why, all of Montreal simply goes underground for the winter. In downtown Calgary, big, enclosed tubes of glass and steel connect all the buildings high above the streets. So the gov't funds Canadian design shows for the sake of our national mental health. :)

After watching them all, it got clear to me that Candace's rooms, week in, week out, are by far the most successful. She hides behind that daffy schtick, but when she tells you why she is doing what she does, she is all business and makes great sense. Her rooms are gorgeous. One reason I think that is the case is that her clients leave the design details and decisions to her, and we don't have to put up with the clients' nervous-nellie stuff during the process. In a bevy of other programs I have grown totally weary of the overly timid clients, going into meltdown about painting over the white walls. That's one of the main things I dislike about Debby Travis' Makeover program - I don't want to hear the clients whine and express their pedestrian design ideas. A program that I have real respect for is Design Remix, and Karen McAloon is brilliant. She is able to turn total dumps into something attractive and functional on just pennies. I believe there are many more people like those in Design Remix than those who can afford the $60,000 kitchen re-dos of Designer's Challenge who gut out perfectly functional kitchens for the latest and greatest. My hat is off to Karen and her show. I think also that Decorating Cents gets a lot out of their budget - impressive. Sensible Chic is misleading because they use designers and craftsmen to create the budget version. The typical homeowner would have to hire these things out and the bottom line would be more than the Sensible Chic total.

How do I get a copy of all of Candice Olson's designs. She does such classy designs.

I also think that Candace is an awesome designer. I like the staff that she works with as well.(hunky paul, chico, gerry, steve)
She has given me lots of ideas for my home. I would love to have her look at our living room. We don't know how to set up the furniture. We have 4 windows, 2 doorways and a fireplace. We don't have enough wall space to set up the furniture. Well thank you Candace for having a fun and intersting show to watch devin design is the best show on HGTV.

I absolutely love Candace Olson! I have never seen anything she and her crew have done that I didn't like. She is amazing. I wish I could have her come re-do my kitchen. I do not like Debbie Travis. Very seldom do I like anything she does and he personality leaves me on edge. Todd Oldham I have only watched a few times, but he is a hit and miss kinda thing, but I like his furniture for the most part.

I love room service, its de bets decorating tv show. Thank you Sara for so good ideas.

I love the designs of Sarah Richardson's "Room Service"

I love Sara Richardson's new show design Inc.

I Love Candice Olsen of Devine Design. I think she's very creative, orignal and just the cream of the crop. I am never disappointed in anything that she does. When it comes to bathrooms and kitchens I believe that she is at the top of the charts. I am always watching her for idea's and creativity.