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Frank Bielec, Designer
Frank's signature style is down-home country clutter
with an emphasis on crafts and personal expression.
He's likely to include folksy murals, banged up furniture,
and even clothespins in his designs.
With a fondness for glue sticks, paint and chickens,
we notice that Frank's making a turn towards more
contemporary room designs of late.
For Frank, Trading Spaces is much more about the
people and less about the design. He's very intuitive
with his homeowners' wants and enjoys their input.
"I cannot believe I"m still
on the show. Let's face it - what chance does a fat,
balding, sweaty, middle-age man have on a TV show?"
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Calls himself a "work in progress"
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Has degrees in art
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Previous jobs include elementary
school teacher and florist
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Runs Mosey
'N Me (an art and needlecraft company) with
his wife, Judy)
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Hosted Your Home Studio for TNN
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Lives in Texas
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Highest art form: Children's drawings
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Cooking style: Zen
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Pet peeve: Contemporary ideals of
physical beauty
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Marital status: Married
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Fave food: Meatloaf
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Fave movie: All About Eve
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Fave book: Jack and Jill (children's
book)
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Fave CD: Soundtrack from The 13th
Warrior
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Fave saying: "Cool" and
"Even Betty Ford can't cure me of this."
Q: If you could decorate a room in the home of any
famous person living or dead, who would you most like
to work with?
A: I would love to do a room for Mae West. My team
would be Mohandas Gandhi and Leonardo da Vinci. That
way we would have one team member who could keep calm,
and one team member who could paint.
Q: Frank, if you could have another designer from the
show redecorate a room in your house, who would you choose
and why?
A: I would choose Ty. He knows design, and he could
also build what he has in mind.
Q: On one show, I thought I heard you say that you had
worked as a florist. What other occupations, if any, did
you have before becoming a designer?
Teresa
A: I have worked as a florist, schoolteacher, commercial
artist and exercise instructor — yes, Teresa, I
used to be a hottie like Ty, but then growth and age
took over. It's a sad story!
Q: Do you have any kids? You just seem like the kind of
guy that would relate to his kids and have fun with them.
A: My wife and I have a son named Matthew. I love to
be around children and young people because they make
you realize that life is there — use it —
love it — and never close yourself in and become
judgmental. All things change, sometimes for the good,
sometimes not. Children and the young adapt to this
and live the moment. Nice idea.
Q: How do you respond to negative reactions to your designs
on Trading Spaces?
A: If the individual is justified, I try to learn from
their opinion. If not, I pout!
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Trading
Spaces: Frank Bielec
