The Real Reason David Bromstad Left His Job At Disney

While David Bromstad only got into interior design as a career when he entered “HGTV Design Star,” his time at Disney certainly played a role in his next gig. Speaking to Spectrum News 13 in 2018, he explained that after leaving his first position at the company, he was transferred to an art department where he was tasked with putting final touches on sculptures to be used in Disney’s theme parks. “Basically, I was the grunt and I was sanding all the sculptures to make them perfect,” he told the outlet. 

Eventually, he graduated from that and became an artist for both Disney World and Universal Studios — and, for anyone wanting to see some of his works, some of them are still standing today. Look out for the mural behind the Mayan windows at Disney’s Hollywood Studios, and the fruits and desserts at a patisserie at Universal Studios.

As for when he’d start thinking about pivoting into interior design, that came soon after. In his interview with The List, Bromstad explained that he went on to build props for children’s rooms in model houses. Though he stressed that he still wasn’t an interior designer at that point, it was during that time that he began to realize how much he enjoyed the processes that went into it. That, in turn, prompted his decision to enter “HGTV Design Star” — and the rest is history. Just like that, Bromstad’s transformation from aspiring animator to interior designer extraordinaire began.