The Million Dollar Decorators Cast
Megan was out of town this week, so Linda and I invited Artie Vanderpool from Color Outside the Lines blog HERE to join us while we wrapped up the first season of Bravo's Million Dollar Decorators.
Best Moments: Kathryn Ireland's fights with Shannon Factor. Look at that face!
Artie actually wrote a weekly recap on his blog for each episode so he was very knowledgeable about some behind the scenes info that we hadn't heard about.
Best Moments: Ross and Jam in the bathtub. What more can we say????
All three of us adored the show, but felt that eight short weeks wasn't nearly enough. But, it did make for an exciting summer watching the antics of Kathryn and Martyn, Mary and Nathan, and Jeffrey and Ross. So much fun!
Best Moments: Jacqueline - Kathryn Ireland's wine drinking French maid. OMG - she was the breakout star of the season!
Be sure to listen as we discuss what we liked about the show, what we hated about the show (not much!) and what we thought about Shannon Factor!
Best Momemts: Martyn Lawrence Bullard works while Kathryn Ireland hangs out by the pool in Palm Springs.
Is Million Dollar Decorators coming back next year? Who knows? We discuss who we would like to come on next time - or do we want the same cast??????
Best Moments: Nathan Turner and Mary McDonald travel to market in North Carolina and think they landed in the South.
As always, thank you for all your support and comments you leave! We hope you enjoy this session with the Skirted Roundtable and Artie!
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Finally, congratulations to R@Rebecca's Roundup, you are the winner of James Swan's "101 Things I Hate About Your Home"!
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Finally, congratulations to R@Rebecca's Roundup, you are the winner of James Swan's "101 Things I Hate About Your Home"!
Comments
xoxo,
A
Also, I was surprised so many of you did not like Jeffrey Alan Marks on the show. He was a bit snobby and unorganized (like a lot of decorators) but I really loved his design style--especially his beach house. There is a great tour of it on the Bravo website. He's the one I would hire if I had to choose.
I hope Bravo decides to do the show again.
I saw excerpts from this show and I was alarmed and ashamed and horrified!
this has been my business for 40 years! I saw decorators insulting their clients to their faces; getting drunk and passing out......and behaving in ways there is no way they would ever be hired. I did not think any of it was funny. Nor did I think any of it was real. Or if it was; they will all need to find other jobs......(not in the decorating world)......maybe they can find one in a "reality show"! Kardashian?
I felt it was a horrible and disgraceful and totally unrealistic depiction of a career I have treasured for forty years. I found it heartbreaking. Not funny at all.
I wanted to cry. It was so sad and pathetic.
the absolute nadir was Kathryn Ireland......(the huge talent that she is!!) passed out drunk. It was so sad to me. Since when is that funny? Revolting.
they should all be ashamed of themselves. No decorator would have a job if they treated clients that way. How shameful that they "sold out" to do a series like that. EWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!! I am astonished that you girls liked it!
I am fascinated that you guys loved it. Why? And what does Dianne Dorrans Saeks think? I wonder!!!
Wondering why the Nathen interview wasn't on SRT??
Hope Bravo brings the show back too!
joan
Artie was a great add to this podcast--nice to get a boy's POV. I hope Bravo picks up another season, but it doesn't sound good at present. Ratings data (you can google MDD on the web for cable shows and then select the week) indicated that MDD was always last or next to last on shows being tracked. Does that matter? Not sure. I'm also amazed at how few people had heard of the show--not much marketing, even on the Bravo network.
Were some of the designers portrayed poorly for the benefit of the series (manufactured drama?)
I'm positive that's true, esp JAM and KMI. What were their reasons for allowing those clips to be aired--maybe they had no choice? (but you know they all have agents and contracts)
IMHO, the most talented designer showcased was JAM. His work is beautiful/airy and timeless. (Guess there's a reason Tavern received so much acclaim in LA.) He'd be the one I'd hire, as well.
Thanks for the podcast! Very good one.
I think a new cast in NY would be great! Thinking Ms. Factor a difficult client well...? it might be fun to see what they find in the finacial capital of the US...can't we have a series ie those wacky housewives of New Jersey, Atlanta etc... there are fab designers all over could you imagine Paris LOL!
Joni
Just wanted to let you guys know that I adore the show & listen to every episode, I just don't have the time to sit at the computer & listen. So, I have just a teeny suggestion. It would be so helpful for those of us who listen on the go, if you could give us a download link right on the site, so we don't have to wander through podbean to find it. (The html code for direct download is under the mp3 player code in podbean.) Just a thought. Thanks for the great show.
It was an interesting discussion, as always!
Jennifer
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