Anybody get HGTV magazine?

[teeah22]

Can you link the blog? I'm curious now...

[teeah22]

I'm guessing she's going for the mismatched eclectic look? I understand mixing styles to some extent but this looks like they just used literally whatever they had laying around. There's no cohesive color scheme anywhere, unless you count the school bus yellow drapes that are everywhere.

[munkii]

From the one pic she posted of her living room furniture (from the magazine) on her blog, I don't think it's bad. The outward facing books are stupid, and the sputnik light fixture in the dining area is ridiculous IMO. In fact, I'm not crazy about the dining area at all, but, overall, I think her style is fine.

This is where all the arguments start. She calls herself an interior designer, and she can because NC does not have title or practice legislation regarding this profession. In reality, she really is just a decorator. There's nothing wrong with being a decorator; some decorators are very good. I only bring this up because 1) her calling herself something she's not just because she can irks me and 2) it gives people the wrong idea of what an ID actually does.

Sorry for the rant/hijack.

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There was a house in BHG too I thought that about. Weird IKAT, random shades of blue and pattern and clutter everywhere. I really love BHG for the most part, but they missed the mark on that one too.

[bunnymendelbaum]

Hides from munkii behind my Sputnik.

I think the house is fine. Nms and nothing terrific.

I'm with you munkii in the decorator/designer designation. Drives me crazy. I'm in NC (you are too right?) There should be a legal definition for designers just like there is for architects.

[munkii]

Not in NC, just plain old Indiana. At least we have title legislation, albeit weak, but it exists!

Do I think a house being featured in a mag should be better? In BHG, Elle, ID, etc? YES. In HGTV? No. The only reason I don't hold HGTV to the same standard is because they love DIY, and television DIY leads to homegrown "interior designers." Before anyone flogs me, know that I'm not grouping what we do on this board or DIY in general with this line of thinking.

[pitterwoo]

I was expecting worse based on the OP, but seriously the dining area is terrible. Totally looks like a flea market both set-up where they just put everything together in an arrangement.

So they did some tiling, switched out cabinet hardware and put in built-ins and they are Mr. and Mrs. DIY??? Really. Maybe the mag should have saved that title for a couple that actually did stuff. Just sayin.

Also, I wasn't aware about the legal title of decorator and designer- that sucks. I feel that way about anyone being able to call themselves a nutritionist, vs actually having any credentials and being a registered dietitian. But anyway, another eyeroll from me here.

[sailorgray]

I like it. I LOVE love love the outside.

I am drawn to magazines with houses that I could actually replicate. Like, I was give a subscription to Traditional Home a few years ago and thought it was so boring, because it was too "this was professionally designed," kwim?

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Jan 13, 2013 11:55:35 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

I like it. I LOVE love love the outside.

I am drawn to magazines with houses that I could actually replicate. Like, I was give a subscription to Traditional Home a few years ago and thought it was so boring, because it was too "this was professionally designed," kwim?

Okay. I looked. I agree with this. It's a bit much on the pattern mixing and I think a few too many trends, but all in all it's very real and I could replicate it. On a toned down scale it'd be great. No one's house is perfectly coordinating with all the bowls matching the rugs, matching the curtains matching the bedding. I think we've come to expect that from magazines and blogs but it's not real.

Those curtains are a bit too neon even for me, but I can appreciate she has moved beyond greige, beige, teinge and whatever else is out there.

The one in BHG is way worse IMO. Like the colors don't even go at all.

And as for the designer/decorator thing it sucks, but happens in every career field. I mean if one more backyard gardener with 2 chickens and a dog claims to be an expert in agriculture I might scream.

[kristilynnmy]

I'm glad someone brought this up because I've looked at/read the article several times and I don't think a lot of it goes over well in my eyes. I get offended by people calling themselves Interior Designers when they haven't gone to school or taken the NCIDQ test. You can't just wake up and say "oh! I think I'm going to decorate peoples homes and call myself an Interior Designer". If you don't know what you are doing there can be serious consequences. I have my bachelors in Interior Architecture and I'm now getting my masters and I've worked my ass off and I still don't consider myself an Interior Designer because I have zip experience in a professional setting yet. You ladies are correct...she is a decorator. I did like some of the nursery.

[kristilynnmy]

Also... she looks like she's trying to be high society "Lindsey Cheek, also known as Fifi Cheek, started out as a buyer for a well-known Southern boutique before she started planning well-known Southern weddings. With the arrival of her daughter, Tilley-Gray, Lindsey chose to listen to her true calling, interior design. She now co-owns Poplin & Queen, a boutique interior design firm, with her best friend, Shannon Darrough. When the two of them aren't getting lost in fabric samples and bamboo furniture, they are sipping cocktails on front porches with their dashing husbands, Gray and Will.


Fifi Cheek loves double names, deviled eggs, and considers Dolly Parton a role model. If you ask her for her favorite colors, she will tell you blush and bashful."

BARFFFFFF. Ok- I'm done being a b*tch.

[pinkeggs]

I snorted when I saw that they actually spray painted the IKEA YHL light fixture gold. Like it wasn't bad enough in its original state. (And right now Sherry is somewhere fuming, 'Why didn't I think of that!?!')

The rest of it is OK. The heavy drapes in the living room kind of ruined that room for me, but otherwise it seems pretty typical design stuff. *shrug*

[teeah22]

Jan 13, 2013 12:03:16 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Jan 13, 2013 11:55:35 GMT -5 sailorgray said:

I like it. I LOVE love love the outside.

I am drawn to magazines with houses that I could actually replicate. Like, I was give a subscription to Traditional Home a few years ago and thought it was so boring, because it was too "this was professionally designed," kwim?

Okay. I looked. I agree with this. It's a bit much on the pattern mixing and I think a few too many trends, but all in all it's very real and I could replicate it. On a toned down scale it'd be great. No one's house is perfectly coordinating with all the bowls matching the rugs, matching the curtains matching the bedding. I think we've come to expect that from magazines and blogs but it's not real.

Those curtains are a bit too neon even for me, but I can appreciate she has moved beyond greige, beige, teinge and whatever else is out there.

The one in BHG is way worse IMO. Like the colors don't even go at all.

And as for the designer/decorator thing it sucks, but happens in every career field. I mean if one more backyard gardener with 2 chickens and a dog claims to be an expert in agriculture I might scream.

I think there's a difference between everything being perfectly matching/coordinated and everything purposely not matching, KWIM? I think there's a point where mixing styles, colors, and patterns starts going overboard and starts looking like a total weird mish-mash. Eh, it's just not my thing.

[cosmowife]

Disclaimer, I am looking at the photos on my phone and need to look later on the computer. But I think it looks good! Reminds me of old school Domino (RIP). I like mis-matchy, though.

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Jan 13, 2013 12:53:41 GMT -5 teeah22 said:

Jan 13, 2013 12:03:16 GMT -5 @justdairy said:

Okay. I looked. I agree with this. It's a bit much on the pattern mixing and I think a few too many trends, but all in all it's very real and I could replicate it. On a toned down scale it'd be great. No one's house is perfectly coordinating with all the bowls matching the rugs, matching the curtains matching the bedding. I think we've come to expect that from magazines and blogs but it's not real.

Those curtains are a bit too neon even for me, but I can appreciate she has moved beyond greige, beige, teinge and whatever else is out there.

The one in BHG is way worse IMO. Like the colors don't even go at all.

And as for the designer/decorator thing it sucks, but happens in every career field. I mean if one more backyard gardener with 2 chickens and a dog claims to be an expert in agriculture I might scream.

I think there's a difference between everything being perfectly matching/coordinated and everything purposely not matching, KWIM? I think there's a point where mixing styles, colors, and patterns starts going overboard and starts looking like a total weird mish-mash. Eh, it's just not my thing.

You are totally right and I agree. Like I mentioned above I did think it was a bit of overkill. It's more of a matter of sometimes I just get tired of people hating on "different" and "patterns" because we're all so used to tan, gray and everything perfectly matchy-matchy, know what I mean? I guess I tend to like an eclectic/collected mix more than most on here but that's more of a product of "I can only afford so much, so we're working with what we have." It's like the opposite extreme of matchy matchy to prove a point. I think that's what the internet has come to extreme everything. I just wish there was normal out there for reference sometimes and this is more normal to me than all coordinated.