Episode Seven: Frankensofas, No-Tell Motels, and Purple Lemonade

“This is Los Angeles where money and style are everything.” So sayeth interior designer Mary McDonald in the opening of Bravo’s newest reality series, Million Dollar Decorators . The show follows the professional and personal lives of five of L.A.'s top-tier interior designers, whose clients don't have budgets and who say things like “Sometimes I think my job is more important than the President of the United States.” Raina Cox of If the Lamp Shade Fits is here to take us through. Except that it’s not. Expecting a Black Amex-worthy wind-up to next week's finale, we are instead delivered vanilla hotel shenanigans and a couple of budget shopping trips...let's get to it, shall we?

Kathryn Ireland is checking on developments at the Factors’ Malibu house. Shannon Factor’s soft pink lipstick lulls Kathryn into believing The Dragon Lady is happy with the progress. The two make a date to go shopping for “beach-y” furniture. Wanting to reassert control, Shannon arrives with lip color matched to her burgundy patent-leather riding boots. Both she and Kathryn flip for a Pottery Barn coffee table the store owners have relabeled as their own. Things are going much too swimmingly—Kathryn should be on high alert.

Arriving in his pick-up truck to a leather factory, Nathan Turner reviews his new introductions for High Point—“the biggest market for the furniture industry.” He helpfully explains, “It’s basically like Bryant Park for fashion but a lot geekier.” His Elite Leather line is carried by Bloomingdale’s, which, while not a cutting-edge retailer, has very deep pockets. Nathan spies a less-than-fab sofa with clunky, chunky “Frankenstein” bolsters (↓). He frets whether the design can be improved in time for market:

Deep in the black-walled Lair of the Underlings, Mary McDonald is tasked with naming her new lamp line for Robert Abbey— again, not the highest-end of companies but a manufacturer with broad reach. A style Mary has deemed “Forties” looks like a black widow spider to the woefully underused Lavin. (After a season opener debut with a gaggle of pugs and splendid display of sartorial sass during an installation, Lavin is the one cast member we’ve been most cheated of.

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Episode Seven: Frankensofas, No-Tell Motels, and Purple Lemonade
Episode Seven: Frankensofas, No-Tell Motels, and Purple Lemonade

Raina Cox of If the Lamp Shade Fits is here to take us through. It's the penultimate episode of Million Dollar Decorators, full of sturm und drang! Except that it's not. Expecting a Black Amex-worthy wind-up to next week's finale, we are instead



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Right at Home: summery décor that brings the best of the beach indoors

At Beach Grass Cottage, they've gathered up lots of the stuff, and their artisans have made lampshade and mirror trims, as well as wreaths that can be custom ordered in shades of milky white, pastel pink, aqua and even a few brighter blues.



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Creating A 'Harvest Glow'

She also makes custom lamp shades and leather and silk garments. Conner's work has won several awards across Colorado, and she is an award-winning stained glass artist. Conner's work is in the Artists' Gallery, Michael's on Main, the Third Street



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