Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Secrets from a Stylist + Design Star

My hands down favorite show on HGTV is Secrets from a Stylist (followed by Selling New York).   Hosted by Emily Henderson, after winning last season of Design Star (I rooted for her all season), her presence on HGTV is a breath of fresh air.  For those of you who are unfamiliar with the show, I love her style diagnostics where Emily sums up your style after you pick a few choice objects: the objects are always different whether it is a set of tiles, flowers, or wallpaper.  Saturday night, she summed up a couple's style after having them choose their favorite towel and chair from a set of miniature dollhouse chairs complete with Eames recreations.  I often pause the TV and have my husband pick out his object to see if our tastes match.  My husband is such a good sport to be subjected to most of my TV whims :)

Then, she diagnosis your style based on these items and sets out to design a room first by incorporating only one style and then layering in the second style to create two complete looks.  Emily Henderson also documents a lot of her sources on her blog, Style by Emily Henderson, after the show airs.  The second season of Secrets from a Stylist just debuted on Saturday night, and I think Emily Henderson hit it out of the park with the first renovation of a Master Bedroom.  Here are some of her past designs:




Images via HGTV
 Last night, the new season of Design Star started, did you watch?  Who is your early pick for this season's winner?

8 comments:

  1. ive never watched the show, but would LOVE to be able to get it here in norway. i love this styling too...so simplistic yet classy!

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  2. Love the style but haven't seen the show..great another show I need to watch, watching these reality shows could become a full time career! There are so many good ones. Beautiful eclectic mix of styles above but somehow still very soothing and elegant!

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  3. I want/need Emily to come to my house! I still have Design star on my tivo for tonight...

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  4. Bummer! I miss out on all the good shows here in the UK. By the pictures above, I am missing out :(

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  5. I love her style ! She is great. I didnt know a new season started...I will have to set my dvr to record it !! Ha :)

    xxLily
    goldandgray.com

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  6. oooh you had me at the first shot! I now added Secrets from a Stylist to my Sidereel profile, I'll start watching season 1 tomorrow. Something tells me it'll be a marathon ;-)

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  7. Oooh, it is too bad we don´t have the show in Norway :(
    Have a wonderful day :)
    xx Marie

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  8. So what does it mean if my favorite flower combo is pastels of peonies and roses?! (no greenery, just the bunches of color and clean stems)

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