Was anyone on the old D&R way back in the day?

[pickle123]

I was a regular after we got married....maybe 2005? There was this one girl who had a great house, threw perfect parties, was pregnant with a girl but wouldn't share her name. Shit went down when someone posted the babies name before she was able too, this troll found out her address and posted it online. I remember the baby's name was Charlotte. Anywho, I just remembered it, weird. Can't remember that chick's screenname though...anyone?

[sju]

Hautemama?

I missed all the drama but we were pregnant around the same time and she posted in the pg board I frequented (can't remember which one-I have lurked in too many boards) I remember wanting to see her completed nursery but I guess I missed that too. The crib she posted was a dream.

[sailorgray]

Didn't she come back as PAGAS?

[pickle123]

Hautemama! Yeah!

[pickle123]

And MrsKEW or something like that. Ahh it's all coming back to me.

ETA: We also established the DNC -- Drunk Nesting Club. Wow.

[Deleted]

I was there back in the day but I think I missed all that drama, holy smokes.

[finally]

Hautemama was the one who had the baby. MrsKEW came back as PAGAS but never (or rarely b/c I never saw her) posted on D&R again. They both had awesome homes.

[mmp]

I was there for the drama, as well as the Ballard Design scandal.

[lemondrop]

Nov 10, 2012 7:50:00 GMT -5 mmp said:

I was there for the drama, as well as the Ballard Design scandal.

I don't think I've ever heard this story before. Care to share?

[mmp]

Ballard Design had a coupon code for $25 off a purchase. However, there was a glitch in the system and you were able to reuse it for multiple purchases. A ton of people bought $25 items and only had to pay shipping. Over and over. There was *discussion* whether it was stealing or not. More of a war.

[sailorgray]

Nov 10, 2012 7:45:15 GMT -5 finally said:

Hautemama was the one who had the baby. MrsKEW came back as PAGAS but never (or rarely b/c I never saw her) posted on D&R again. They both had awesome homes.

Yes! I was getting the nice houses confused.

I missed the Ballard drama. Was it as bad as the ceiling tile drama? Lol.

[pickle123]

Don't forget the PBSVH.

[mmp]

I still have the yellow tone on tone stripes in my guestroom that I copied off KEW"S bio.

I bet if you do a search you can find some of those old threads. I"m not going to dare or I will be here all day reading them.

PBSVH. Lol.

[Deleted]

Nov 10, 2012 7:50:00 GMT -5 mmp said:

I was there for the drama, as well as the Ballard Design scandal.

Lol I remember the Ballard Design scandal but not the other drama.

I remember MrsKew and her house well, but not the drama about her.

[mmp]

It was sad, really. I liked her. Claims she was "uppity", in a nutshell. Someone found and posted a bunch of her personal info, address etc., if I remember correctly.

[emoflamingo]

They used the paint color of one of HauteMama's rooms for their SN and posted the baby's name before she could. I think they linked her sister's fb or MySpace or something.

[aimeedyan]

I've been around WAY too long... and I still have my Ballard shelves that I got in BallardGate

Ballard was way better than the ceiling tiles (I had those, too, but tossed them when I realized how darn cheap they looked!)

[TBM]

I remember all of that. I was more of a lurker than a poster, but I have been around forever, and remember when the board started...wasn't it Your Home or Your New Home?

[peach]

Your New home, yup.
I remember simple human garbage cans being a huge deal for a while too... around the same time as the PBSVH..I seem to remember Costco had a knockoff that everyone went nuts over.
And the bio awards with all the categories to nominate yourself in....that was so fun!

[mmp]

Remember, before there was TN, the Knot girls started a Your New Home on an MSN forum or something? You had to be invited in, or request to be invited or something. Then TK got smart and created TN.

[TBM]

Nov 10, 2012 14:13:46 GMT -5 mmp said:

Remember, before there was TN, the Knot girls started a Your New Home on an MSN forum or something? You had to be invited in, or request to be invited or something. Then TK got smart and created TN.

Remember how when TN first started, people freaked out when they were redirected to the nest automatically (after their wedding date)? Everyone was so attached to their chosen boards on the knot that they didn't want to go to TN.

[sailorgray]

Anyone up for reminiscing about The KNOT? Haha...I got married in 2007 and started on TK in 2006. There were some people I sometimes think about from back then - ChadandJared (or something like that) who always gave out the etiquette advice, the girl who worked for a caterer and thought she knew it all (I think she had a Hawaiian themed wedding, if that helps anyone remember her), the girl with the pretty blond hair that everyone wanted (she had pics of herself putting on her ballet slippers)...

[emoflamingo]

I didn't venture to the national boards on TK. I know my local did a mass exodus for some reason or another to their own board.

[puglady]

Is either of them the poster who threw majorly themed parties (Marie antoinette style) and hired a professional photographer for one or two of them? Really cool house but different from the "norm"? I always think about her because I loved her eccentric style.

[Deleted]

I was around (even before a few years) for all that drama. I did take a break a little while after & came back to many regulars being gone...Natalie something, mrsbryant or something, mandybeth, etc. They all blog now.

[aimeedyan]

Before The Nest were the newlywed boards on The Knot. Married Life was on there... Your New Home... Pets... I can't remember all of them. There were maybe 6 or 8?

Anyways, I started posting on those in 2001. When The Nest was born, it had just 1 board for awhile. I remember the first posters thought it was be awesome to use something other than DH for dear husband... maybe AH? Amazing husband? Anyone remember? It was dumb, of course, since all of internet land use DH not just The Knot but it was funny to watch.

* maybe WH - wonderful husband?

Eventually, The Nest added all the usual boards and the ones on The Knot disappeared.

And, through the years, there are always girls that come along that are The Popular Girl on the home board for awhile. People fawn over them, they have amazing style, yada yada and somehing privacy related comes up and they bolt - thus opening the door for another girl to step in.

I need a life.

[ssmjlm]

I think the only oldie I miss is kermie. She left just after they bought a sfh.

One of the reasons I went to MM was bc of the cliqueyness here. There was one reg who came back bc her house wasn't selling. Well one look at a few pictures of wine, hunter green and other dark walls spoke volumes yet she said she wouldn't repaint, smh.

[jhawks482]

Nov 10, 2012 16:52:46 GMT -5 aimeedyan said:

And, through the years, there are always girls that come along that are The Popular Girl on the home board for awhile. People fawn over them, they have amazing style, yada yada and somehing privacy related comes up and they bolt - thus opening the door for another girl to step in.

I remember it being Bryn for a long time. I know her and her H rented a gorgeous home in Orange County from her in laws- so everyone loved seeing what she did with her house. She has nice style.

[thewop]

Nov 10, 2012 18:34:07 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

Nov 10, 2012 15:21:55 GMT -5 puglady said:

Is either of them the poster who threw majorly themed parties (Marie antoinette style) and hired a professional photographer for one or two of them? Really cool house but different from the "norm"? I always think about her because I loved her eccentric style.

That was Laurentian. Her house was pretty girly. I always wondered how her H felt in it. She freaked out over some criticism one day, deleted as many of her posts as she could and disappeared.

I remember her. She was...different.

[TBM]

Nov 10, 2012 20:12:26 GMT -5 thewop said:

Nov 10, 2012 18:34:07 GMT -5 FormerlyRR said:

That was Laurentian. Her house was pretty girly. I always wondered how her H felt in it. She freaked out over some criticism one day, deleted as many of her posts as she could and disappeared.

I remember her. She was...different.

LOL @ wop.


She was interesting....I was just thinking about her a couple of weeks ago. She was the one with a lot of pink, right? I remember that she freaked out and deleted stuff, but I don't remember why.