Designing Besties
The Designing Besties Podcast features Rhonda and Shari– BFFs who are obsessed with HGTV. They give us their unique and funny takes on reality and design with a side of snark as they cover their favorite shows like Rock the Block, Married to Real Estate, The Flip Off, Windy City Rehab, Down Home Fab, and Renovation, Inc. Listen in as they dish on your favorite HGTV interior designs, flips, trends, decor, disasters, and reality stars! You might even get to hear about their own design wins and flops!
Episodes
24 episodes
HGTV's Home Town: Contractor Chaos, Cast-Iron Comebacks, and Color Drenched Dreams
HGTV’s Home Town - Season 9, Episode 16 - “Everything’s Coming Up Roses” Erin and Ben Napier close out the season with a rescue reno for Rose Meyer, a retired English teacher who moved cross-country—only to be ghosted by her contract...
HGTV’s Renovation Aloha: Timelines, Traditions and Tropical Touches
HGTV’s Renovation Aloha – Season 2, Episode 7 – “Toughest Clients Ever” takes a heartfelt turn as Tristyn and Kamohai tackle their most personal project yet: renovating the Oahu home where Kamohai grew up… for his own parents.Wi...
HGTV’s My Lottery Dream Home: Million-Dollar Lakefront and the Gold Lady’s Grand Pick
HGTV's Lottery Dream Home – S16 E2 – Gold Lady of Lake Mendota takes us to Madison, Wisconsin, where Cathy—an accidental tech millionaire with an eight-figure biotech payday—teams up with her sister Peg and David Bromstad to h...
HGTV's Love It or List It: Page, Pools and Parenthood Panic
HGTV's Love It or List It, Season 20, Episode 1 - "A Place to Go or a Place to Grow"It’s the Season 20 premiere of Love It or List It and the Designing Besties are here to break it all down—shiny brass fireplace and all. Page Tu...
HGTV's Renovation Resort Showdown: Crown Confusion, Headboard Havoc, and Wallpaper Wins
HGTV's Renovation Resort Showdown Season 2, Episode 1 - "1... 2... 3... Go!"The resort renovations have begun—and chaos has already checked in. In this episode, we recap the Renovation Resort Showdown premiere, where host...
HGTV’s Celebrity IOU: The Property Bros + Lois Lane = One Marvelous Makeover
In the Season 10 premiere of Celebrity IOU, Rachel Brosnahan trades red carpets for renovation boots to surprise her best friend’s parents with the ultimate kitchen and dining room makeover. Shari and Rhonda break down all the emotiona...
Designing Besties: Rebranded, Refreshed, and Still Dragging Bad Design
Don’t panic, Besties! — we’ve just had a little makeover.We’re still your go-to podcast for spicy design opinions and HGTV recaps, but now we’re rocking a new name: Designing Besties 💅✨Same voices, same snar...
Magnolia’s Mini Reni: Joanna Gaines Reinvents the Makeover
Recapping Magnolia's Mini Reni - Season 1 - Episode 1 "Whimsical Indoor Garden."In this episode, Shari and Rhonda dive into Mini Reni, the Magnolia Network’s newest design gem starring Joanna Gaines—minus the demo, the drywall d...
HGTV’s Rehab Addict: Squatters, Skylights, and Shiplap Secrets
Nicole Curtis is back, Besties—and she’s not easing into Season 9 of Rehab Addict. In this double-episode recap of “Nicole Goes West” and “Attic Antics,” we’re talking attic bedrooms, squatter drama in Detroit, a hot water heater in th...
HGTV’s The Flip Off: Pleather, Pergolas and a Fabulous Finale
HGTV’s The Flip Off wrapped up with leather, landscaping, and low-key shade—just the way we like it. Christina’s curb appeal had us swooning, Tarek and Heather’s pergola made us question everything, and Jeff Lewis brought the perfect a...
HGTV's Castle Impossible Finale: Bed Fails, Boars, and a Bedroom Fit for a King
It’s the season finale of HGTV's Castle Impossible (Season 1, Episode 8), and Daphne and Ian go full Versailles to transform a second-floor bedroom into a royal retreat—complete with wall draping, lavish moldings, a centuries-old firep...
HGTV's Holmes Family Rescue Premiere: Laundry Nightmares and Permits Gone Wild
In this episode of Designing Bitches, Shari and Rhonda dive into the Season 3 premiere (and part of Episode 2) of Holmes Family Rescue—because we simply had to stick around for the reveal. From a ghosting con...
HGTV's Married to Real Estate: Wet Rooms, Budget Wins and Husband Design Crimes
It’s the HGTV Married to Real Estate Season 4 finale and Egypt Sherrod and Mike Jackson did not come to play—they came to deliver a full glow-up on a tight budget. We’re talking kitchen envy, generational living goals, and one husband ...
HGTV's Down Home Fab: Cowboy Contemporary Meets Car Crash Chaos
Chelsea and Cole DeBoer are back with a bang—literally—as Season 3 of HGTV's Down Home Fab kicks off with a plate-glass disaster, a sunroom demolition, and a heartfelt home makeover for a single mom of three. We’re recapping every wild...
HGTV's Rock the Block S6 Finale: Bubble Trouble, Curb Appeal, and the Hug That Never Happened
First it bubbled, then it buckled, and yes—then it came down. In the Rock the Block Season 6 Finale, Rhonda and Shari are dishing on upstairs bedrooms, bold balconies, and front-yard facades with big appraisal energy. The drama? Real. The dead ...
HGTV’s Married to Real Estate: 👑✨ In Egypt Sherrod We Trust ✨👑
This week on Designing Bitches, we’re recapping the Season 4 premiere of Married to Real Estate, where Egypt and Mike help a NYC family trade 800 square feet and subway sirens for 6,300 square feet and… fake ferns in Atlanta. ...
HGTV's Flipping El Moussas Finale: Leftover Chic, Pending Permits, and a Side of Pleather
Besties, grab your drink of choice—because we are flipping out (again)! This week, we’re closing the book on The Flipping El Moussas Season 2 finale, and spoiler alert: no one saves the tub.From a rock-paper-scissors house purch...
Pulling Design Outta Your Booty: Chaos, Conspiracy, and Cowboy Contemporary
Besties, buckle up! This week on Designing Bitches, we’re recapping Rock the Block Season 6, Episode 4 — aka the one where HGTV throws the rulebook out the window and the teams are forced to channel their inner Trading Spaces ...
Castle Chaos: Designing Bitches Break Down HGTV's Castle Impossible Premiere
Rhonda and Shari are back with piping-hot takes on HGTV’s brand new obsession-worthy series, Castle Impossible! In the premiere episode, fearless couple Daphne and Ian take on their first renovation inside a centuries-old French châtea...
Dishing on Rock the Block Season 6, Episode 3
🎙️ EPISODE 3 - Dishing on Rock the Block Season 6, Episode 3: That’s a Veteran MoveThis week, we’re diving deep into the main suite mayhem! From luxe bedrooms to spa-worthy bathrooms—and yes, even a balcony momen...
Dishing on Rock the Block Season 6 Episode 2
Rock the Block Season 6, Episode 2 Recap: "Don’t Call Us Rookies"This week on the podcast, we’re diving into Rock the Block Season 6, Episode 2, titled "Don’t Call Us Rookies" — and trust us, it’s one you don't wan...
Dishing on HGTV's Rock the Block Season 6 Premiere
On this episode called "New Block, New Drama", HGTV kicks things off with a bang. The four identical houses are located just outside of Salt Lake City, Utah, and the first challenge for the four teams is renovating the kitchen, dining room, and...
