Down Home Fab

I like watching the show, because it shows me what NOT to do. Every house they renovate gets black and white design. Not every house looks good with that. In addition, there are some very wild designs incorporated in some of the houses. So far, I don't like anything they have done. One of the houses they did, they put light colored wooden shutters and "pergolas" above the garage doors. These don't go well with the colors (black and white, of course) they painted the house. I know the homeowners come in and look very happy with the renovations, but is that really true, or are they just doing that for the show.

Chelsea & Cole are fresh and fun. Cole is sweet, agreeable, talented, dedicated, and demonstrates a desire to learn and grow. Chelsea is empathetic, creative, stylish, inquisitive, sensitive, proud, excited, and demonstrates compassion and care for her clients. They are both learning as they leap and honestly, it's refreshing. So often, we say we want to do "x thing" if only we had the time or knowledge. And then there are people like Chelsea and Cole who said the same thing and took action.

Yes, Chelsea loves black... so do I. Sure, I'm a bit biased because I love the color. That's neither here nor there. Every designer, has an aesthetic and their "go-to" preferences. That's the point!

The show is fun, showing bits and pieces of family life in between their work. I love that they incorporate their parents and the community. I also enjoy the partnerships they are building with local businesses. It's a reality of growing a business that often goes unknown because it's less glam.

Give it chance to grow and develop.

I started watching this after my dad was telling me how much he enjoyed it. I absolutely love it! I don't understand all the negative reviews!

Chelsea and Cole are good hosts and I feel this is a different take on an HGTV show.

It is a younger generation of designers, builders and sometimes clients. As a younger designer myself I find it refreshing and relatable. Her styles may not be everyone's cup of tea but that's okay! The only thing that matters is that the client likes it.

Yes she may not be a studied designer but you don't have to be. It doesn't make her any less good at what she does.

The formatting of the show is very interesting in that it doesn't spend 10 minutes on demo like most shows on tv right now (which if you like to watch all the demo, this may not be your show). It follows a social media format which is different and honestly what it's like working as a new designer now a days (in my experience).

I'm glad this was renewed for a second season. Also the negative comments about her being from Teen Mom are ridiculous. That doesn't make her any less talented or worthy of having this opportunity.

Overall I enjoy the show and think it has room to grow but I hope it doesn't change its overall formatting and that they continue to stay true to themselves as designers and people!

They are redoing a craftsman house and took out the classic dining room dividers. And they put LVP in the house neither are great design choices. Between this show and Christina in the Country I am sad about the direction of HGTV.

Everything they do they say is cool and awesome but no real information about why things are designed and chosen.

The show is just not what you expect when you want to watch how and why items are chosen.

Nate and Jeramiah are an excellent example of good design tv.

They seem like a nice couple. The show follows reruns of Fixer Upper but are certainly not the same as the Gaines.

Chelsea has never met a color she liked. Her black and white obsession wears thin very quickly. Design trends are finally moving away from grey and white to feature some color and this unqualified woman is sticking with the only design trend she knows.

Unfortunately HGTV feels constantly compelled to create shows with couples, most of whom have little to no chemistry and not much more in the way of qualifications. Chelsea has a middling personality, while her husband must be one of the dullest creatures ever to be put on TV.

Joanna Gaines is rather one-note, but compared to Chelsea, Joanna is a real 57 varieties. But that gives Joanna too much credit. She's also used every idea she'll ever have.

The producers should hire some designers to take control of this show, but then Chelsea and whats-his-name would just be hosts and they don't have the appeal to host a elementary school awards show.

Initial reaction to this show looks pretty uniform...the show sucks. So why didn't HGTV preview the first episodes and shipcan this series before it ever saw the light if day.