{"id":114183,"date":"2015-03-04T01:29:19","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T08:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ousted-furniture-designer-takes-twist-in-stride\/"},"modified":"2015-03-04T01:29:19","modified_gmt":"2015-03-04T08:29:19","slug":"ousted-furniture-designer-takes-twist-in-stride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/ousted-furniture-designer-takes-twist-in-stride\/","title":{"rendered":"Ousted furniture designer takes twist in stride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Ellen\u2019s
Ellen\u2019s Design Challenge finalists Katie Stout, left, and Tim McClellan, center, speak to Ellen DeGeneres before the last round of competition on HGTV\u2019s popular furniture design series Monday night. McClellan, a Durango resident, was disqualified.<\/span>Courtesy of HGTV<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Tim McClellan, the Durango resident and furniture designer who competed on HGTV\u2019s \u201cEllen\u2019s Design Challenge,\u201d seemed to be taking his dismissal from the show in stride.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s always next year,\u201d McClellan said in a Facebook post where he was pictured drinking from a can on the show\u2019s set.<\/p>\n

McClellan made it to the final round and won for his furniture designs, but was later disqualified because his piece resembled another designer\u2019s work too closely. The twist came in the show\u2019s season finale.<\/p>\n

Chip Wade, an HGTV host, took to Twitter to express his support for McClellan. \u201cAn amazing stand-up guy with great original designs \u2013 a pleasure to work with,\u201d Wade said.<\/p>\n

Viewer comments rolled in Tuesday, with fans of the show debating whether McClellan plagiarized the piece.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe real question is: Did he know that a similar piece existed?\u201d Mindy Cohen, of Houston, commented on The Durango Herald\u2019s website via Facebook.<\/p>\n

McClellan tweeted Monday that the show was \u201cA most blessed and wonderful experience!\u201d<\/p>\n

McClellan owns Western Heritage Furniture in Jerome, Ariz., near Flagstaff. He did not respond to messages left on his cellphone Tuesday.<\/p>\n

An HGTV spokeswoman also did not return a phone call and email message seeking comment.<\/p>\n

In an HGTV promo, Ellen DeGeneres told viewers: \u201cAll I can say is the ending is very dramatic.\u201d<\/p>\n

McClellan had a big role in the show\u2019s third episode, in which he had to build a table to complement a modern, swooping white chair. He came up with a wooden table divided into two large slabs separated by steel slab.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven though I\u2019ve got a tough chair to work with, I\u2019m feeling good,\u201d he said in the episode.<\/p>\n

cslothower@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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