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Friday
Aug052011

Interior Design's Guilty Pleasure: Flipping Out

It's been great fun for the past four seasons of Bravo TV's Flipping Out to see star designer Jeff Lewis morph his business with the present economy. He was all about flipping houses ("flipping out" refers both to Jeff's real estate transactions ... and his paranoid and OCD mood swings), but that changed as the reality series progressed into a more full-fledged design business. According to his former assistant and now COO, Jenni Pulos, new season five of the show will see Jeff's business expand beyond residential to take in another restaurant and perhaps a hotel. Watch our featured video below, an interview with Jenni, and see the decorating trends she's noticing from the front lines of interior design. Okay, this is one of my big TV guilty pleasures, along with much of the HGTV lineup. I love Flipping Out for the hysterical Zoila Chavez, Jeff's live-in maid. Do you love watching them, too?

 

As lead curriculum developer for Sheffield School, I love watching decorating shows on television. If you'd like to know more about interior design, I encourage you to explore the Sheffield SchoolNew York, NY. Sheffield began as an Interior Design school in 1985, and then expanded our course offerings to train people in other design-related fields, including Feng ShuiWedding and Event Planningand Jewelry DesignWith thousands of active students and more than 50,000 graduates, Sheffield has trained more design professionals than any school in the world.

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Reader Comments (31)

This is a great article and should be tweeted about
August 11, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJoan of Arc
This well written article about flipping out..nice job
August 12, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAtkin Harrell
This is really nice post and flipping out seems to be a nice bussiness
August 13, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterKatrina Kaif
I love flipping out, and this article is one of the best I have read online about flipping out. hopefully you continue writing about this series. Thanks, greetings:) good job
August 13, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterHéctor | Minijuegos
nice job .I really like your blog
August 15, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterdịch vụ seo
I love this blog, has a very nice design and a very clean interface, but what interests me most is the content generated in the blog, thank you and move on
August 16, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterYoussef
flipping sound interesting... i will try this and then i will tell that its a good article or not....
August 17, 2011 | Unregistered Commenteramrapali heart beat city
Yes some materials are timeless like Calcutta marble, its beautiful. Thanks for the post and video
August 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterNew Kitchens
I love the show as well. Jeff's interactions with his clients are true to life and remind me of what I too have to go through on a daily basis when doing interior design work. It does get hilarious now and then. Nice post! Thanks

JP
/www.mkhomedesign.com/design_services.php "Decorating Living Rooms with a Passion!"

My favorite Jeff Lewis quote: "Do you go to church and pray for the sins you committed the night before?"
August 19, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterJP
Its all about flipping now, flipping houses , flipping websites take something cheap add something new to add value sell it high
August 24, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterWebsite Design Doncaster
Never knew about flipping out before but will definitely check it out :)
August 28, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterbertrand
I had such a great time reading your article. I enjoy each & every bit of it. It was really very nice Sheffield Interior Design school. I feel strongly about it and got knowledge more on this subject.
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August 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAustin Movers
Nice Design, great collections. Thanks for sheared
August 30, 2011 | Unregistered Commentertool box
Awesome ,Thanks for taking time to discuss on Interior Design & school .
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This article was really motivating. Last week I heard about on that issue.
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August 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterAt Parker Service Company
I like Flipping Out Video.
Short and sweet.
August 30, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterVosco Moving Denver
I love the series flipping out.Cant afford to miss an episode.Am glad am not alone.Thanks
September 9, 2011 | Unregistered Commentermickybrown
Some interesting comments and a wonderful article, thank you

September 14, 2011 | Unregistered Commenterjoe brown
Look around, the interior design is so beautiful. It looks luxury. Therefore I love to see flipping out also. Thank you for sharing.
September 22, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRhino_Guy
Looking forward to your next posts, top notch info here. Thanks.
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Really like the Flipping Out video

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October 18, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterEd Davis
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I like flipping . I think it is really a growing business .
Nice to talk on this different subject.
November 21, 2011 | Unregistered CommenterRen Gillbert

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