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Design Tips From Vern: Season One

See how to be a Design Star in your own home using these ideas from Vern Yip.

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A little red goes a long way and painting an accent wall red while keeping the rest of the wall neutral showcases this color perfectly.
Challenge 5: Designing With Color
Color is one of design's most powerful tools and the challenge for our remaining contestants is to demonstrate their understanding of color and how to employ it most effectively in four, almost identical studio apartments. Although one's initial reaction may be to use the assigned color choice all over to boldly communicate the designated hue, sometimes color is most powerful when its used sparingly.
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Designing for dual functions allows a folding dining table to be moved for dancing in the middle of this living room.
Challenge 6: Create a Dream Room
Finally! We are down to our last three designers and all of them have tremendous design talent. For this challenge, each designer is given the task of helping people who are deserving of great room makeovers and transforming their lives by transforming their spaces.
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This is a great example of blending elements from different eras and styles to create something amazing.
Challenge 7: Glass Houses

This final challenge, located in Manhattan's beautiful Bryant Park, was designed to showcase the abilities of our two remaining designers to literally and figuratively "think outside the box." Given identical 12' x 16' glass rooms, replete with pitched glass ceilings, David and Alice were allowed complete freedom to let their imaginations roam in order to showcase their best efforts and demonstrate to America why they should be HGTV's new Design Star

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