Are any of you watching the new Bravo series, Million Dollar Decorator?? I have to admit i am pretty excited about this show because of some of the designers they snagged..I mean seriously, Mary McDonald!  Kathryn Ireland! (no sweet husband, not the model Kathy Ireland, the designer!;;)

So let’s dish!

First off, I just have to say I am not a fan of the men.  Except Nathan Turner, see more on him below.  Martyn Lawrence-Bullard.  I am not a fan.  Lot of people think he is amazing but his manner is justwell, really unattractive to me, I will just leave it at that.  Maybe some of it is editing and put on but just well yuck. And he designed the Girls Gone Wild scumbag’s $30 million mansion in Mexico.  And he must train his staff on how to care for it, and it may take a lot of “magharettas to get through this..HA HA HA”  

 

[That is “sexy Martyn” on the left, Ireland in the middle and Jeffrey Alan Marks on the end]

The other guy (Marks) is equally annoying (“some days my job seems more important than President of the United States) but i like his office exterior…and i find it interesting that they all seem to know one another and socialize and LIKE each other.  We will see how long that lasts, this is BRAVO after all.  Of course it seems the issues may be with the clients (Oh wow..that Factor woman is intense, will be interesting what happens with that situation and Kathryn Ireland) Speaking of which, Kathryn Ireland (pictured in the middle above) is just awesome.  I have admired her textiles and eclectic style for so long so i was shocked and pleased when i heard she would be on the show.

AND i LOVE JACQUELINE her housekeeper, I mean seriously is she for real or what…its just too fun to see inside Kathryn’s home with her crazy boys and this is housekeeper and her kitchen.

So i love love the color and textiles of Ireland ..like her fabric SAFI SUZANIE below, which i believe is the background on her twitter page, and her layered rooms.

 I love when Ireland says “no ones knows more about textiles than me” lol! love. it.

and maybe color too, Kathryn i adore you…and your birthday cake!

Nate did this for her party, see they are friends, this IS REALITY TV..ha, crazy I know, I know its work and scripted but so fun to watch. Speaking of Nate.

I love his shop.

He is so nice and cute and talented. Images below from his website, they are reallly fun and interesting.

 

Yep. I love his interiors.

I so hope Nate gets more airtime!

And Mary McDonald is so Mary McDonald, just what i expected…i love her. Her style is glossy and glam and not exactly what I love but its perfection AND she doesn’t take herself to seriously no matter how prissy. I love how she dresses and the chunky necklaces and tunics…She is just so darn clever and funny. I think BRAVO wants to edit her to seem reallly witchy but I think she will show her true self..i am sure you know people say Karen from Will&Grace is based on her?! 

But the office she did for the fashion designer last week…i did not like it in the end, i wanted to but just didn’t completely feel it…

 I think it was the black pin board (not shown it was totally blank too, maybe that was it), loved the floor and drapes and desk (which came from MECOXX?..Houston has a MECOXX!) but i would have done the pinboard in natural flax maybe or at least styled it out, probaly ran out time, but what do I know..SHE is Mary McDonald and i have a feeling that room wasn’t finished..its just reality TV but i love this show! I love when Mary says“people don’t know what they want, I know what they want;;” 

And I love that the show is called Million Dollar Decorators, not DESIGNERS…so un ASID, i love it;

So pretty much every week, Martyn name drops, and Mary ignores her clients budgets, and Kathryn mentions her “chest” and acts crazy (she must be more professional and on in person or she would not have built her empire) and cute Nate makes a short appearance in his adorable shop and its great fun!

Recently The Skirted Roundtable, which i adore, had a great discussion of the show here as well as an interview with the amazing Kathryn Ireland…go and listen..its fun and soo interesting! They make great comments! They make great comments like how twitter has been ablaze with well known design names saying the show make designers look bad and that they were rude to their clients, etc..and that it reinforces stereotypes that decorators are only for the super rich..etc.. 

So stay tuned, it should be interesting..have any of you watched?  Thoughts?