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Design and Architecture

A Local Designer Meets Cut-Throat Reality TV

Leslie Shapiro Joyal is an LA native who has spent two decades making high quality, locally sourced, minimalist furniture. Then she decided to participate in Ellen’s Design Challenge, a new HGTV reality show produced by Ellen DeGeneres. Was it worth it?

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By Frances Anderton • Mar 10, 2015 • 1 min read

Leslie Shapiro Joyal is an LA native who has spent two decades making high quality, locally sourced, minimalist furniture. Then she decided to participate in Ellen’s Design Challenge, a new HGTV reality show produced by Ellen DeGeneres. Was it worth it?

Shapiro Joyal describes what it was like to be subjected to the “surreal” world of reality TV -- where everything you say or do can be misrepresented.

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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    Frances Anderton

    architecture critic and author

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