Durangoan Tim McClellan’s campaign desk won him Carpenter of the Week on “Ellen’s Design Challenge” on HGTV. Repeats air over the weekend, with a new episode airing at 7 p.m. Monday.
Durangoan Tim McClellan’s campaign desk won him Carpenter of the Week on “Ellen’s Design Challenge” on HGTV. Repeats air over the weekend, with a new episode airing at 7 p.m. Monday.Courtesy of HGTV/Western Heritage Furniture

He told Arizona Central that his daughter, Riley, said, “It’s Ellen, Dad. You can’t say ‘No.’”

The six-episode competition pits six furniture designers against each other with furniture-making challenges. They have less than 48 hours, assisted by the show’s carpenters, to construct a piece that “wows the judges,” HGTV says. McClellan won Week 1 and was named Carpenter of the Week in a show that aired Jan. 26, with his campaign desk featuring a built-in stool, removable briefcase drawer and an oversized dovetail top.

While he didn’t win the next two challenges, he’s still in the running. The winner takes home $100,000.

HGTV will air repeats at 4 p.m. Saturday and 9 a.m. Sunday before the new episode airs at 7 p.m. Monday.

To learn more about the show, visit www.hgtv.com/shows/ellens-design-challenge. To learn more about McClellan and the business he founded, Western Heritage Furniture, visit http://westernheritagefurniture.com.

Herald Staff