These people have way too much sh*t

[thewop]

Nice house, but the owners have waaayy too much crap. I bet whoever buys this house will feel like it's 50% bigger when the previous owners crap is gone.

www.hunzikerrealty.com/p/301/401170?posc=94&post=1398&chome=1&&cfq=chome%3D1%26limit%3D10%26state%3D19%26bath_thre%3D1%26pricemin%3D75000%26pricemax%3D150000%26property_category%3D1%26single%3D1%26searchtype%3D1%26restype%3D1%26searchtypesent%3D1%26bedmore%3D1%26vtycount%3D2%26SRSearchDate%3D1342024711%26SRRecordCount%3D1398%26SRPageCount%3D140%26SRPage%3D10

[Susie]

Want a home with PIZZAZZ? This twin home has it! Premium condition with artistic interior style.

Hmm. Those words. They do not mean what you think they mean.

[hesitantbride]

WHY is everything on an angle? MY EYES!

[emjacobs]

Why is all of their furniture arranged on an angle?

[thewop]

I know! Ack!

[mrs.jacinthe]

Holy cow. It's like HomeGoods threw up in there.

[jenjen]

I wonder if they really live(d) like this or if a stager came in and threw everything from TJ Maxx into their home. How many different patterns and rugs can they possibly have? There's just so much wrong with everything.

[moonlight]

I especially enjoyed the half brown, half green bedroom wall. It's like a 1/3 of an accent wall.

[tarheels]

So I know yall will think I'm crazy, but it's not that bad. Sure, the individual vignettes have way too many trinkets, but other than that, that really full, done, decorated style is really southern and something I see any time I go over to someone's house. Take a few knick knacks away from each vignette and you have the homes of ALL of our friends. That's just the style here.

IMO, btw, that screams Kirkland's to me, not TJ Maxx. Kirkland's will forever and ever equal the colors red, gold and brown, metal art, and overly ornate accessories to me.

What I want to know, is why she quit with the kids' room. It's totally lame by comparison

[minniebee]

If all their stuff wasn't so "in your face" with bold colors and crazy patterns, it probably wouldn't look so bad. It's still too cluttered considering they're trying to sell, but if everything were in more muted colors with fewer patterns going on, it would probably look better.

Why are their multiple rugs on top of carpet, in the same room? I don't understand rugs on top of carpet ever (unless you're trying to hide stained or really worn carpet), but especially not multiple rugs of different shapes and patterns in the same room!

[thewop]

Yeah, the style isn't terrible, it's the quantity of pieces in the home.

[aweilba]

Jul 11, 2012 12:04:57 GMT -5 Susie said:

Want a home with PIZZAZZ? This twin home has it! Premium condition with artistic interior style.

Hmm. Those words. They do not mean what you think they mean.

Artistic? Yup... I guess that's a nice word for whatever is going on there.

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Jul 11, 2012 13:14:19 GMT -5 tarheels said:

So I know yall will think I'm crazy, but it's not that bad. Sure, the individual vignettes have way too many trinkets, but other than that, that really full, done, decorated style is really southern and something I see any time I go over to someone's house. Take a few knick knacks away from each vignette and you have the homes of ALL of our friends. That's just the style here.


What I want to know, is why she quit with the kids' room. It's totally lame by comparison

You're not crazy. Tons of people decorate like that here too. For some people it really works. For others, like that house it's a big disaster. My Mom's house is actually a lot like that, but she's very good at pattern coordinating, mixing, matching etc. Her furniture isn't all angled and her stuff is hung on walls at a proper height as well. It's not for me, but my Mom pulls it off very well and I have to say her house is cute. I think part of it is my Mom's stuff is antiquey/collected more over time, not a random trip through Homegoods on a Tuesday. It's very cozy at her house for sure..once I get past the "How do you have time to dust all this shit!?"

[kaylie]

If Santa lived in Iowa...

[midwest07]

It appears this home was recently photographed and listed from the outside photos, but then there appears to be a Christmas tree (not decorated) in the basement.

I agree with tarheels that it looks like Kirkland's all over. ugh.

[sju]

Jul 11, 2012 15:26:08 GMT -5 midwest07 said:

I agree with tarheels that it looks like Kirkland's all over. ugh.

I thought the same thing. There is no way I could relax in that house.

[vanillahip]

::sigh:: I really think it wouldn't be so terrible if every.single.surface wasn't a) positively dripping with knick-knacks or b) wasn't covered with huge, jarring patterns or c) wasn't painted in an overly saturated, competing-with-everything-in-the-room color.

Except I would love to go through that house and throw away ALL of the twigs and lame metal art.

Or go through it with a can of muted paint and a roller.

One of those.

[adhdfashion]

The plaid patchwork shower curtain is so bad. :-| I need to bleach my eyes.

[prazenjc]

if it is the style common to the area, i guess it is okay. but the general rule of thumb for selling is to depersonalize and neutralize to appeal to more of the masses.....i guess in this case, the masses may like that??!

[tarheels]

I'm surprised on the shower curtain comments. It's madras! Totally classic for little boys. Via PBK:

[marynjoe]

I've never seen people decorate the front of their fireplace. With numbers.

[adhdfashion]

Jul 11, 2012 20:30:43 GMT -5 tarheels said:

I'm surprised on the shower curtain comments. It's madras! Totally classic for little boys. Via PBK:

Just because its PBK doesn't make it a good design. LOL I've have designed some crap myself back in the day. Looking back I'm all what was I smoking?

[slug*bug]

Jul 11, 2012 20:35:38 GMT -5 marynjoe said:

I've never seen people decorate the front of their fireplace. With numbers.

Ha! Out of everything I saw, that was the one that caught my eye!

Overall, it's not bad, necessarily...there's just too much everything: too many items, too many patterns, too many things set on an angle (beds! tables! rugs!) But at least you can see where the owner was going with it...they just should've stopped earlier.

But the numbers on the fireplace...I don't get.

[MrsAxilla]

Did you see that the house is only 1000 sq ft? Can that be right? How does all that stuff fit in 1000 sq ft??

[Blueper]

The upstairs is probably 1000 sq ft, a lot of times the basement isn't counted.

I really like their kitchen/dining room, it isn't anything that I would choose but I don't think that I have seen a basic kitchen with builder grade cabinets and black appliances that looks any better than that. It doesn't look like the same person decorated the rest of the house...

[perhapsprincess]

I loved the shower curtain! (as in -- really loved. Not a sarcastic comment)

[thatgirl2478]

It doesn't look like that MUCH stuff - but that the stuff is crazy busy patterns.

[Chirp]

That homeowner's checkbook register (or CC statement):

1/1 Homegoods $150.79
1/15 PotteryBarn $375.52
1/31 Kirklands $52.78
2/15 Kirklands $86.54
3/1 Rest. Hrdwre $235.21
3/15 Homegoods $79.43
etc...


The first thing I'd want to do if I was seriously considering that house is pull back the area rugs and take down the artwork to see what kinds of stains or holes they're trying to hide.

[princepissedalot]

It's not my style and a lot of it isn't that bad, but the most offensive part is the flash photography. I'm sure the space doesn't look nearly so awful if it were photographed well.

[sunny]

I bet you it was a stager. that kids' room is a giveaway IMO.