What say you?
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 House Beautiful selected Jeff Lewis to design its 2010 Kitchen of the Year, which was recently unveiled in Rockefeller Center. Here he is giving a tour to the pervy (am I the only one who thinks that?) Al Roker, and no, that is not me screaming at the beginning of the clip:
(If you're unable to view the video, photos are here.)
The kitchen was loved by readers of Habitually Chic but mercilessly trashed on If the Lampshade Fits. What do you think? Beautiful and clean or boring and outdated?
On a related note, in the video Jeff is explaining that he doesn't have food in his own kitchen. "I just have alcohol," he jokes. Well, I thought he said "I just had alcohol." So my heart started racing and I was all "OMG HE IS DRUNK IN THE MORNING! ON NATIONAL TV! I LOVE HIM!!!!" Then I went to his website and wrote an email to him to that effect. So I would just like make public apology to Jeff since he has probaby marked all of my email as spam. Jeff Lewis, I am so sorry. Obviously I was the one who was drunk in the morning (though thank God not on national tv).
I hope you caught his appearance with RHONJ's Danielle on Watch What Happens Live. He might have been a little buzzed then, but I can't be sure. It's probably best for me to stop speculating about his sobriety. Anyhow, he was sparkling and funny and Danielle was humorless and bony, which made for a magical show indeed. If you missed it, here is a clip from the aftershow.
Reader Comments (26)
Welcome back darling.
First let me say that Jeff was the Bees Knees on WWHL. He was so spot on about the strip mall plastic surgeon and so seemingly condescending to Dirty D, it was brilliant. And he referred to Andy Cohen as a pedo, so kudos for that too.
As far as the kitchen goes, boring? Yes, yes it is. Is it something I would like to have in my home? Sure, especially considering the fact that I live in a rented duplex with the world's most awful kitchen. So that's that.
I'm with La Lampshade on this one.
Thanks for the shout-out, SGM!
I think there is very little overlap in the Venn diagram of my readers and Habitually Chic's readers. ;)
I don't like Jeff's and I didn't like Ina's.
In closing, I would like to announce that I will soon be opening my own blog, "I'm Chic and You're Not."
Eh. But I love me some Jeff. Cannot wait until the new season.
He is a bit of "one trick pony" at this stage of the game. Same aesthetic rehashed again and again. He's funny though so whatev. I don't watch him for his unique and interesting interiors. I like the meltdowns.
I cant get enough of JL and I thought the kitchen was fab but pretty much and clean kitchen turns me on at this stage in the game!
Love him and loved him on WWHL. He just said all the right things to Danielle. The kitchen? It's ok. It doesn't make my heart race with emotion, but I'd cook in it.
Yeah, totally lame kitchen - wtf Jeff Lewis? It's SO OBVIOUS when a non-cook designs a kitchen.
And what's up with the $15 Restoration Hardware cushions on the outdoor furniture? I think he either ran out of time, or ran out of budget on this - it is REALLY BAD. Huge bummer.
and ps. habitually chic only posts happy nice comments, she doesn't publish anything that is negative or snarky. or honest (in this case).
Best line ever was the mentioning the strip mall with burnt out lightbulbs. Daniella's face fell, or rather what wasn't botoxed to the hilt did.
The theme of one of those blogs is "I got invited to an opening and got to meet a famous person!" So I don't think you're going to get an objective appraisal there.
boring, boring, boring
I would have liked to have seen more granite, onyx and marble.
Who gives a shit what it looks like?!? it's him that we all enjoy. I could be a pig trough and a toilet for a sink and I'd still watch!
Im with Raina. It definitely felt stale.
Loved him on WWHL. I was so excited when he mentioned the burnt out light bulbs!
Danielle is no fun at all - the girl can't take a joke. And who goes to an interview and gives one word answers? I don't like seeing Andy C uncomfortable and boy, was he!
Mmmm as an interior designer myself, I think his work is pretty average (pretty but average). There are a lot of designers out there who are minimalist, but inventive with layout, materials, etc. So all in all, zero for the design redeemed with a 10 for his being drunk hehe
Oh & I also agree with Kelly, Habitually Chic never says anything negative b/c by gushing about other designers/vendors allows her to befriend them & affords her invites to all the design events as they all know she'll give them good, free publicity. She's pretty smart about it, albeit a little boring these days, we all need some snark (or honesty in this case)!
I'm sure the trips to L.A., etc., are all paid for by vendors in exchange for good PR on her blog. That I think is a given. She isn't getting jobs or clients out there.
In fairness, though, Heather is at a very, very early stage in her career, and I get the impression everything still looks good to her. Everything is still "wow!"
Back to Jeff: I think he'd be fine at managing a straightforward, relatively uncreative job: adding on a room or two, say. But no, he has no real talent at interior design. He just copies stuff out of old Metropolitan Homes. You don't go to Jeff Lewis for original ideas.
Anon........."I'm chic and your not"..........What do you wanna bet you would rack up followers at a good clip! Just a few words in SGM's comment section and I think your fucking hilarious, which means.....I would read with abandon.
Okay, what the hell is wrong with Danielle? She is really pissing me off with her attempt at dodging questions and acting like she is above answering. Does she really think she can fool anyone with her attempt at being coy and sexy? That streched out v'jay-jay (come on......we all know she could fit NJ in there and she probably has) is permanent. It ain't gonna magically return to normal. No matter how hard she tries to come off as desirable she is still a used up rag. Andy should of bitch slapped her crazy eyebrows off.
SGM....I missed you. Oh yah........JL can do no wrong. Sorry, neither blogger made my mind up. That face trumps everyones opinion. Really, it's all background noise.
Thanks lemons!
Not only does HC only post positive comments, her followers are not the most discerning. Recently she posted Gwyenth's heavily, heavily airbrushed Vogue layout, and one commenter gushed, "her skin is flawless, I'd love to know her skin care regimen." I can tell you her skin care regimen. It's called botox and photoshop.
NYC anon, I censored you. I have a unannounced policy that personal attacks (deserved or not) should be directed only at reality douchebags and me.
Lady Blah Blah,
You forgot embalming fluid.
(PS: UPDATE YOUR BLOG.)