| Season Number: | 7 |
| Bgcolour: | turquoise |
| Num Episodes: | 9 |
| Network: | HGTV |
| Prev Season: | Season 6 |
| Next Season: | All Stars |
The seventh season of the American reality television competition series HGTV Design Star premiered on May 29, 2012. The host and mentor this season is David Bromstad. Danielle Colding is the winner of Season 7 of Design Star. Her show Shop This Room premieres on August 4.[1]
| Designer | Age1 | Hometown | Occupation | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yuki Northington | 43 | Bay Saint Louis, Mississippi | Artist/Boutique Owner | 12th | |
| Jordan Cappella | 40 | Venice, California | Interior/Furniture Designer | 11th | |
| Luca Paganico | 36 | Industrial Designer | 10th | ||
| Bex Hale | 37 | Abilene, Texas | Design Store Owner | 9th | |
| Miera Melba | 64 | Delray Beach, Florida | Interior Designer | 8th | |
| Kris Swift | 34 | Austin, Texas | Interior Designer | 7th | |
| Stanley Palmieri | 34 | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | Sculptor/Contractor | 6th | |
| Rachel Kate | 36 | Minneapolis, Minnesota | Interior/Fashion Designer | 5th | |
| Mikel Welch | 32 | New York City, New York | Set Designer Trading Spaces | 4th | |
| Hilari Younger | 31 | Dallas, Texas | Interior Stylist | 3rd | |
| Britany Simon (Fan Favorite) | 28 | Phoenix, Arizona | Designer/Photographer | 2nd | |
| Danielle Colding | 36 | Queens, New York | Design Firm Owner | 1st |
| Place | Contestant | Episodes | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||
| 1 | Danielle | HIGH | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | WINNER |
| 2 | Britany | IN | IN | HIGH | IN | HIGH | WIN | WIN | IN | RUNNER-UP |
| 3 | Hilari | HIGH | LOW | LOW | WIN | HIGH | LOW | IN | OUT | |
| 4 | Mikel | IN | IN | HIGH | HIGH | IN | LOW | OUT | ||
| 5 | Rachel | WIN | WIN | HIGH | LOW | LOW | OUT | |||
| 6 | Stanley | LOW | HIGH | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | |||
| 7 | Kris | LOW | IN | IN | IN | OUT | ||||
| 8 | Miera | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||
| 9 | Bex | LOW | IN | OUT | ||||||
| 10 | Luca | HIGH | LOW | OUT | ||||||
| 11 | Jordan | IN | OUT | |||||||
| 12 | Yuki | OUT | ||||||||
(WINNER) The designer won the competition.
(RUNNER-UP) The designer received second place.
(WIN) The designer was selected as the winner of the episode's elimination challenge.
(HIGH) The designer was selected as one of the top entries in the elimination challenge, but did not win.
(IN) The designer advanced to the next challenge, but was not selected as a top nor a bottom entry in the elimination challenge.
(LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the elimination challenge, but was not the final contestant to move on to the next round
(LOW) The designer was selected as one of the bottom entries in the elimination challenge and was the final contestant to move on to the next round.
(OUT) The designer was eliminated from the competition.
Designers get into six teams of two and three days to design a great room, three bedrooms, a den, and a design studio and lounge.
| Results of Challenge 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Project Location | |
| Winner | Rachel | Den | |
| Top 4 | Hilari | ||
| Danielle | Great Room | ||
| Luca | |||
| Safe | Britany | Bedroom | |
| Mikel | |||
| Jordan | Bedroom | ||
| Miera | |||
| Bottom 4 | Bex | Bedroom | |
| Kris | |||
| Bottom 2 | Stanley | Design Studio/ Lounge | |
| Eliminated | Yuki | ||
| Results of Challenge 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Theme of White Box |
| Winner | Rachel | Her roots as a fashion designer |
| Top 3 | Danielle | Tribute to her mother Bold, 1970s graphic |
| Stanley | Painting with Light | |
| Safe | Bex | |
| Britany | modern & graphic lines | |
| Kris | Room on Fire: Destruction with the Light of Hope | |
| Miera | ||
| Mikel | ||
| Bottom 3 | Hilari | Jewelry Box |
| Luca | ||
| Eliminated | Jordan | Zen Garden |
| Results of Challenge 3 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Project Location |
| Winner | Stanley | Kris Jenner's Office |
| Top 4 | Rachel | |
| Brittany | Conference Room | |
| Mikel | ||
| Safe | Miera | Reception |
| Kris | ||
| Bottom 4 | Hilari | Kitchen/Makeup Room/ Public Relations |
| Bottom 3 | Danielle | |
| Eliminated | Bex | Showroom |
| Luca | ||
| Results of Challenge 4 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Project Location |
| Winner | Hilari | Living Room (A) |
| Top 2 | Mikel | |
| Safe | Britany | Outdoor Area (A) |
| Stanley | ||
| Kris | Outdoor Area (B) | |
| Bottom 3 | Rachel | |
| Danielle | Living Room (B) | |
| Eliminated | Miera | |
The remaining seven designers must create small lounge areas for a party thrown by the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce. Each lounge must be inspired by a different time/design period seen in the history of Hollywood. For their Camera Challenge, the contestants must speak publicly to the event's guests about their space.
| Results of Challenge 5 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Lounge's Design/Time Period |
| Winner | Danielle | Art Deco (1920s/1930s) |
| Top 3 | Britany | Hollywood Regency (popular in 1930s) |
| Hilari | 1980s | |
| Safe | Mikel | Mid-Century Modern (1950s/1960s) |
| Stanley | Futuristic | |
| Bottom 2 | Rachel | Victorian (late 1800s/early 1900s) |
| Eliminated | Kris | 1970s |
| Results of Challenge 6 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Kitchen Theme |
| Winners | Britany | Eclectic and "Lived-In" (Stainless Steel Sink) |
| Danielle | ||
| Bottom 4 | Mikel | Traditional Country (Printed Country Sink) |
| Bottom 3 | Hilari | Bold and Modern (Black Apron Front Sink) |
| Eliminated | Rachel | see Mikel |
| Stanley | see Hilari | |
Designers randomly select different color hues and work on different condominiums and appear on National Daytime Show, The Talk.
| Results of Challenge 7 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Color Hue |
| Winner | Britany | Yellow |
| Safe | Danielle | Blue |
| Hilari | Red | |
| Eliminated | Mikel | Green |
In order to move on to the final challenge, the final three designers must create a fantasy bedroom suite in a yurt, a unique and challenging structure to design in. They each get to work with a celebrity carpenter who is a current member of a television show. The designers must also film two camera challenges: one to display interaction with their respective carpenter and explain a project he is working on, and a second, more general one about the space.
| Results of Challenge 8 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Designer | Theme of Yurt | Celebrity Carpenter |
| Advanced to the Finale | Britany | Modern Beach Bungalow | Joel West (HGTV's Design on a Dime) |
| Danielle | Global Contemporary | Chip Wade (HGTV's Elbow Room) | |
| Eliminated | Hilari | Bali Retreat | Jeff Devlin (DIY's I Hate My Bath) |
For the last challenge, the final two designers have to make pilots for their own show. Before they begin, the last four designers to be eliminated returned and split into two teams. One going with Brittany and the other going with Danielle alongside their carpenters. Mikel and Rachel joined Brittany and Hilari and Stanley joined Danielle. Each team had a real family to transform a dining and living room for.
| Results of Challenge 9 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Contestant | Name of Show | |
| Winner | Danielle | Shop This Room | |
| Runner-Up | Brittany | Picture Perfect Spaces | |
From May 1, 2012, until July 27, 2012, fans of the show could go to HGTV Design Star's website and vote ten times each day for their favorite designers to win an online show. On July 27, runner-up Britany Simon was announced as the winner of the fan favorite contest. Her online show will premiere soon.