Michael Stribling

Show Canceled: Challenge 3

Age: 23

Home: College Station, Texas

Education: Interior design major from Wade College

Current Job: Interior Designer/Business Owner

Why I should win Design Star:
Who wouldn’t want to win? The main reason is to prove myself as a designer and share my talents with America.

Describe your design style in four words.
Clean, elegant, fun and soothing

Who is your design icon?
My grandma, who taught me how to sew when I was young.

What is your dream design project?
A cruise ship. My family loves to travel and cruise.

Where do you get your inspiration?
My head

When designing, what can't you live without?
Music playing

What are your most creative hours of the day?
All day

What do you think is the worst design trend?
Orange Formica

What's one thing about you that would surprise people?
I failed my high school interior design class, yet my teacher still says today that I could have taught the class.

Where's the farthest you've ever traveled from home?
I have traveled all around the world, but my favorite trip would be Italy because I was with my family.

What's your guilty pleasure?
Girls' night with my best friend, Jill

What's your most unusual talent?
I can sew with one eye closed!

What word/phrase do you say way too often?
"Is that classy with a 'K' or a 'C'?"

When I was a kid, I thought I would be:
A Broadway actor. I use to hang bed sheets on the back porch to make stage curtains and invite the neighbor kids to watch my show.

Who's your hero?
My brothers, because they have been there for me every time I needed them.

What's your fashion style?
Frat boy chic

His Favorites
Color: Green
Music: Cher
Food: Anything thrown on a BBQ pit
Magazine: Vogue
TV Show: Golden Girls
Room in your house: Living room
Room to design: Master bedroom
Thing in your home: My dog
Hobbies: Designing sets for the community theater
Vacation destination: Italy or Spain
HGTV show: Divine Design