Decorating Advice and Paint Colors

When Vern Yip left Trading Spaces there was a lot talk about this new design show he was going to have. It didn’t happen for years. He eventually ended up as a judge on Design Star. We saw Ty Pennington also of Trading Spaces fame skyrocket to stardom with his own show Extreme Makeover Home Edition.

Last night Vern’s new show Deserving Design premiered. The show is about giving good design to people who… well, deserve it. Think of it as the poor man’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition. There are a few problems with Vern’s show.

• He’s not a host. He can try to be, but he just isn’t. He’s a great decorator. He can plan a space like no one’s business, but he’s just too low energy to be a host.
  
• The great part about Trading Spaces is that we got to see things we could replicate at home. This meant that Vern had to be creative & show us projects that were affordable. Deserving design lacks that.
  
• The show didn’t make me cry. I thought it would because it’s called Deserving Design, but it really didn’t touch my heart.
  
• Vern’s style seemed to be missing. The rooms weren’t classic “Vern”. They even seemed cluttered. Maybe he was just decorating to fit the couple’s tastes but overall it looked like walking into Pier 1.

I’ll give Deserving Design another chance, but only because I want to watch TV & cry. Don’t let me down this time.

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