Can we talk HH Renovations?

[ssmjlm]

I've seen a couple of episodes previously but sat through 2 more this past weekend.  All of the ones I've seen are filmed in LA, so I try to keep that in mind when I'm watching.

One the couple apparently really liked wall paper.  They put it in the DR, the living room and their vanity area of their bathroom.  Also at one point the "designer" they were working with had them build a faux wall between the front door and DR to close off the space and did a set of hanging doors from the kitchen to the DR to close that off too.  It was so weird b/c the house was so small and they were closing off the rooms.

Oh and DH had a heart attack when he saw they spent $150 on a gallon of paint and then just painted the one tiny faux wall with it.  It was a nice glossy purple and HGTV made sure to show all the angles were you could see how splotchy the paint job was, lol.

The second one was a couple who did some sort of wood focal wall.  DH and I stopped paying attention b/c it was just too all over the place for us design wise.

The third episode (OMG how did we sit through 3 of these) was a couple who did a big bathroom remodel, but they lost me at the retro teal and black tiles.  I like the white and black, but then they threw in these teal triangle tiles and it was too much for me.

[sailorgray]

I think I saw the first one you mentioned. Was that the one where they hung a chair from the ceiling in the corner? I thought the style was cute...for a 14 year old girl's bedroom. I don't know any guy who would want to live there. Definitely not my style.

I saw another one, but don't remember the details. I know that I haven't really liked anything they've done.

[ssmjlm]

Yes, the one with the chair in the corner.

It's like they find the oddest designers for this show.

[TBM]

I actually liked elements of all of the houses, but I get what you mean.


The designer that seems to come with the show (in LA)is ridiculous. She seems to be trying to impress people with high end designs in small houses, and never finds cost cutting versions of the lamps and things. She doesn't know how to design without spending money...her lack of low cost design skills showed with the hanging chair.

I actually liked the purple wall (not the splotches), and I liked that she closed it off and added the door to the kitchen. If the house had been designed to be open it would have been one thing, but it was obvious that a previous reno had opened it up a bit too much. I liked the sliding doors over the TV or shelves thing. The wallpaper was a bit much in that house, but part of it was that the owner seemed to have no concept of budget, and her taste was a bit over the top. The paper in the bathroom did turn out pretty cool, if not a bit much for that particular house.

I liked the stuff that you hated though. I thought they really fit the people well.

[niknik]

The problem when they closed off that space to make a more "formal" dining room, they couldn't fit chairs on the end so they lost the two seats on the ends of the dining room table....ummm so much for entertaining. I liked the idea in theory but it didn't really work. I liked the wallpaper treatment to the shelves though.

The one with the black and teal tile, I didn't like when I first saw it but I saw it a second time and it had grown on me. I can't wonder if you would tire of it after awhile but teal does that to me.

[TBM]

Feb 4, 2013 19:36:49 GMT -5 niknik said:

The problem when they closed off that space to make a more "formal" dining room, they couldn't fit chairs on the end so they lost the two seats on the ends of the dining room table....ummm so much for entertaining. I liked the idea in theory but it didn't really work. I liked the wallpaper treatment to the shelves though.

The one with the black and teal tile, I didn't like when I first saw it but I saw it a second time and it had grown on me. I can't wonder if you would tire of it after awhile but teal does that to me.

I had forgotten about the chairs not fitting.    I do remember thinking that the glass table was pretty, but what good is a table that you can't make bigger (or smaller) as needed for entertaining?  I mean, I have seen amazing table that I would consider owning, that didn't have that option, but they were big enough for more than 6 people.   I was just surprised that the room didn't fit the furniture or the furniture didn't fit the room.  Bad designer.