Alexis Moran, a furniture designer and business owner in Orinda, California, describes her design style as modern, but acknowledges that most modern furniture lacks personality. She says she strives to infuse bold character into her designs and loves to showcase special aspects of each piece of material, whether it’s natural or industrial. She finds a lot of beauty in natural materials and composition and typically works in wood and concrete. She also works in glass, metals, and plastics.

Alexis is paired up with HGTV and DIY Network carpenter Jeff Devlin. He'll help bring her designs from sketch to reality.

For the show's third challenge, the designers chose a china pattern and were asked to create a complementary dining table. After choosing a vacation-worthy pattern, she decides on a coastal-style table with a modern twist. 

To create an end-grain detail on the table's legs, Alexis and Jeff stack wooden blocks onto metal supports.