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Post by Brookie on Feb 18, 2020 15:47:59 GMT -4
Also like hate-watching Christina remove any spec of actual charm the house may have with her crappy blinged out designs. "I was thinking this back splash (insert photo of super-busy design with some shade of blue), and this countertop (pic of white marble with glitter in it) and then we finish it off with this statement chandelier," all said with that horrific vocal-fry she's got going. "Buyers will be obsessed." I ALSO CANNOT STAND ALISON VICTORIA ("Windy City Rehab"). She grates on me bigly. |
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Post by 180deg on Feb 18, 2020 22:36:00 GMT -4
Re. Windy City Rehab, something like 11 of their 13 renovations have repair orders on them from the city, they've been sued for leaks and shoddy construction, and the contractor lost his licence (hers was suspended). It's an amazing train wreck.
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Post by mojogirl on Feb 19, 2020 14:38:39 GMT -4
Re. Windy City Rehab, something like 11 of their 13 renovations have repair orders on them from the city, they've been sued for leaks and shoddy construction, and the contractor lost his licence (hers was suspended). It's an amazing train wreck. After I read a news article about the controversy, I watched the first episode and the woman was so unpleasant I don't understand what the "hook" of the show was, or why there were as many episodes as there were! (Says the person who above just admitted to willingly watching Christina Meursinge Haack El Moussa Anstead.) (I went to wikipedia to look up what her current married name is, and had to put in her full name since her maiden name was Haack! Hahahahaha!) |
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Post by ElleCee on Feb 19, 2020 20:10:36 GMT -4
I ALSO CANNOT STAND ALISON VICTORIA ("Windy City Rehab"). She grates on me bigly. Yes. Add me to the hating crew. She was on Rock the Block with 3 other designers and I couldn't watch it after the first episode because she was a horrible person. |
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Post by Mugsy on Feb 19, 2020 23:35:02 GMT -4
Maybe American HGTV is different, but I am tired of the all white houses. I get wanting a muted tone, or a neutral pallette, but all white? White walls, white cabinets, white flooring, white furniture? How can people possibly live in that?
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Post by chonies on Feb 20, 2020 10:21:37 GMT -4
White on white on white as a trend probably has a limited shelf-life. I remember first reading about it a few years ago, and I thought it might have peaked by now, but there are still new pieces coming out about it. It's wildly impractical for people like me (always have a cup of coffee or tea in hand, housepets, pens lose their caps, plants tipped by cats) but then I remember the episode of Monk where there was a sanitation workers' strike and Adrian went into a sensory chamber to calm down. Maybe that's the appeal.
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Post by petitesuite on Feb 20, 2020 11:26:59 GMT -4
I think a huge part of the white-on-white appeal is that it instagrams VERY well--the lack of visual complication + lots of light makes it really appealing on a small screen (and fits in generally with instagram trends). I also think there's something appealing about a design trend that seems to require very little artistic ability or having an eye for interior design--you just make everything white! Problem solved! (Personally I love some color but live in an apartment so my love is meaningless.)
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Post by scarlet on Feb 20, 2020 12:41:22 GMT -4
The white-on-white-on-white kitchens really had a life, but that seems to be somewhat waning in favor of things like...blue cabinetry--which I don't really care for. I actually favor cherry wood cabinets if a kitchen is large enough. My kitchen is small, so I do have a white theme going, but, oh, the dream...
Least favorite phrase I hear on HGTV has got to be "this is a total gut job." No, not liking a color of tile doesn't equate to a gut job, you primadonnas, that's called not being your preference.
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Post by Mugsy on Feb 20, 2020 14:48:35 GMT -4
I redid my kitchen 3 years ago (total gut job, heh, but it was old) and put in blue cabinets. I was ahead of the trend! They're a deep slate blue; my alternative would have been black. I get lots of compliments.
My daughter recently put in kitchen cabinets that are lawn green with gold handles. Looks great, although I'm not a fan of the resurgence of gold and brass. Still seems too '80s to me.
I'm irritated by Love It or List It or House Hunters houses that are now gut-jobbing kitchens that are barely 10 years old. And they act so repulsed by them. Plus, it's so wasteful.
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Post by chonies on Feb 20, 2020 15:37:54 GMT -4
Has there ever been a show on HGTV where it's just kitchens? I feel like there has been, but I can't recall. The waste is a big thing that's holding me back from planning our kitchen remodel. Realistically, we have a 60 year old kitchen that's mostly fine, but needs new floors because of cracked tiles and some poor repair jobs. The cabinets are actually solid wood (knotty pine) but some of them are worn or unusable, and we would like to change the layout a bit. And add a better vent over the stove. It's more than cosmetic, but less than A ToTaL gUt JoB.
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