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21 hours ago, bichonblitz said:
Who ever did the camera work for this last episode sucks. We barely saw the living room, they didn't scan it in it's entirety which made it look really small with too much going on. The kitchen was really nice but they rushed through what they did there. Same with the bedroom. I don't understand where they put the recliner. Was it in a little alcove? Was it in a separate space in the bedroom, Upstairs? Downstairs? Again we barely saw it.
It looked to me like the recliner was in the spare bedroom. I was disappointed in the "sectional" they put in the living room. It looked too bulky and oddly shaped for the room. With a smaller sofa there would have been plenty of space in the living room for the recliner. At least they reupholstered it instead of throwing it away.
I loved the flowers in the pot on the banister 🙂
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2 hours ago, QQQQ said:
I was thinking along the lines of international hand model.
Now, now... don't make fun. I did hand modeling for department store advertising and catalogs in my younger days when gloves were a popular accessory. My hands are very slender and fingers long and thin. I have naturally long fingernails and wear a size 3 ring. The pay wasn't great, but I got free manicures for photos that included bracelets and watches.
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1 hour ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
I love everything about the house, inside and outside. I love the big bookcase Clint built for the family books, and photos.
Really lovely family. I agree with everything you said. When they all sat around the beautiful table the late husband built I got teary. When the mom hugged Clint after seeing her room and the wedding photo on her desk and he teared up I surprised myself and actually cried a little.
I have only one tiny quibble... when the family sat on that nice comfy sectional and said they'd "nest" there to watch movies together I looked really close and didn't see a television.
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34 minutes ago, readheaded said:
My comment is relative to her home being for sale. Usually when people are selling their homes, they’re advised to remove most personal items that make it hard for prospective buyers to see themselves in the home. They’re also usually advised to clear clutter so the home looks more spacious.
I hope I didn't upset you. Of course you are right... I was being sarcastic. Like, she is after all Suzanne Sommers so she's special and everyone would be impressed seeing her stuff and how she's lived. LOL!
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28 minutes ago, readheaded said:
I was surprised at how much clutter and how many personal items were in Suzanne Somers’ house.
Well, she does live there and has for a long time. The same could be said about my house. 🤣
6 hours ago, Stan39 said:As to Tracy’s style, I think it’s mostly a mix of bad LA fashion trends and Tracy not willing to age gracefully. She could easily wear more conservative clothes and look great, but I think she wants to look “hot”.
Tracy doesn't wear her clothes. The clothes wear her. She is hot... a hot mess.
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23 minutes ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
Yes, it's the producer's home, and he was moving wife and family to Indianapolis for the wife's surgeries, recoveries, and so he could live at home during the filming instead of commuting to L.A. every weekend. Maybe he got another job, and left the show? Or maybe a multistory with high ceilings was a bad choice unless they put an elevator in?
Maybe his wife simply didn't like living in Indianapolis? I would hate it.
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I'm from Baton Rouge (no longer live there) and looked forward to this show. I hoped to see interesting houses with character in the city, but it seems the 'buyers' are being shown more properties on the other side of Lake Pontchartrain, such as McMansions in Mandeville, etc. Those are almost as boring as the staging segments. Very disappointing.
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27 minutes ago, SilverLake0315 said:
Love Flagg. He just delights me to no end.
Interesting meeting Flagg had with Suzanne Sommers. Her Palm Springs home is certainly one of a kind.
I met her in 2014 on a cruise ship when she hosted a fan group. As part of the media group I was invited to attend her one woman show and she was quite entertaining. As you can see from the photo my husband took of her, she looks quite different now than she did seven years ago.
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What Karen did with that vanity/dresser was just ugly. A decent carpenter could have restored the piece with replacement doors on one side and drawers on the other, but what she did was a horrific piece of crap. It turned out dumpster worthy.
Otherwise, the house was okay except for using marble tile on a bathroom floor. That is very slippery tile even when it's not wet. I don't understand Mina's love for marble tile. It isn't appropriate for every use.
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9 minutes ago, aquarian1 said:
And she's not talking a few pops, or even 10-20. It's on the cases where there are hundreds. She'll get 50 plus (or even more, I think). And yes, some of them are hard to pinch out.
Keep in mind that Dr. Lee is a small woman. I can totally understand how her fingers/hands would get sore and/or cramped doing so many pops. I am small boned, with a size 3 ring finger, and I have trouble twisting the lid off a water bottle.
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30 minutes ago, SunnyBeBe said:
Why is TLC giving Dr. Lee competition with Dr, Mercy?
It's probably not so much "competition" as having a show to fill in after a full season of Dr. Pimple Popper. Dr. Lee's fans won't give up on her show. 😍
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22 hours ago, rhofmovalley said:
When I first saw Naples Denise I thought (actually said aloud) WTH with that awful wig!?!? Then I thought, maybe she's being treated for cancer and I'm a horrible person. Nope, she just chose that wig along with the clothes obviously meant for a much younger woman and the awful cosmetic surgery and spackled on makeup. Husband apparently thinks she's hot, so good for them I guess?
I finally got around to watching the Naples house hunt. Denise needs an intervention. She would be a very attractive woman for her age without the cheap looking wig, the obviously false eyelashes, and inappropriate clothing. And Jim? Not only did he dress like a slob, he looked dirty with that greasy hair.
They really wanted to give the Country Club Rich People Vibe, but were driving a Chevy! I just laughed when I saw the vehicle they were getting out of. With her love of bling, I'd have expected at least a BMW or Mercedes.
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5 minutes ago, CountryGirl said:
Ditto. I was thinking that they might do a few episodes of "picking" houses and then have episodes renovating them, but nope, just looking at old houses.
And I love looking at houses, so you would think I would like the show more, but yet, I don't love it.
The screaming gives me a headache, but I do enjoy looking at the old houses so I've been watching it with the sound muted.
Hopefully this is a one season show and it will be replaced with something better. A show with people actually renovating those old houses would be far more interesting and entertaining.
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2 hours ago, annzeepark914 said:
They might've said the beltline. It circles Raleigh and has a bit of a snootiness to it. A lot of folks who live "inside the beltway" have no use for the people who live outside the beltway (many of whom transferred to NC with IBM and other companies when Research Triangle Park opened/expanded in the 60's & 70's). Most of LIOLI has been taped in Raleigh over the past few years, with a few in the Durham area.
My husband's son and snooty daughter-in-law bought a house in Chapel Hill. I think their area is Governor's Village (or something like that). Snooty D-I-L said a home in their 'hood was on LIOLI.
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6 hours ago, LoreliLee said:
I just ran across a new show on HGTV that stars Luke & Clint from Boise Boys! It starts Sept 18 and is titled “Outgrown”. I hope it’s as good as the original!
From the 'preview' I saw it looks like a very promising show. I really like Luke & Clint and think the work they do is quite good. Well, with the exception of some of the artsy stuff.
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4 hours ago, dbell1 said:
New hairy chest consultant can dance off into the sunset.
He thinks he's hot stuff, but he's just a hot mess. I'm surprised that the management allow him to show up looking like a bum.
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2 hours ago, CrazyInAlabama said:
My guess is that after the reveal, and the filming, that all of the outdoor stuff goes back to the supplier, or staging company.
While Debra was shopping for outdoor furniture she made it a point that a patio umbrella would be needed for shade. During the reveal there was no patio umbrella on the deck.
Someone also commented during the planning stage that the deck would be at ground level. However, the deck was three steps up from the ground--I counted. Isn't it usually code that a railing is needed for a raised deck? Mike Holmes would not have approved.
YMMV, but I thought the homeowners' original fire pit with the metal surround that had carvings in it was nicer than what they ended up with in the reveal. Apparently it didn't fit in with the "golf" theme. I hope Debra didn't throw it away, like she did with a previous homeowner's toilet seat.
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1 hour ago, buttersister said:
And maybe, just maybe, Show could spend more time on the remodel and less on the Scott and Debra olympics. Ugh.
Scott and Debra got more tiresome as the season went on. They aren't "cute" or even funny with all their "quips" and silliness.
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1 hour ago, readheaded said:
"Master" bedroom has sexist and racist roots.
YMMV, but I think that's as silly as Fredrik is insufferable.
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SYTTD at Kleinfeld's and in England have featured some Essence of Australia gowns recently that were unique and quite pretty, as well as not outrageously expensive.
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Interestingly, there is now a show on TV here in the US called "Renovation, Inc" about the Baeumlers building their lakefront vacation home. It was obviously filmed some years ago as they only have three children and one of them is a baby. They are using the same designer who appeared in their previous show about building their home. Sarah talks about how she needed the designer because she had didn't know anything about design herself and then goes on to meet with the architect, convinces him to change the drawings for the lake house to include another bedroom--adding hundreds of square feet, major work, and more time and expense to the build. Bless his heart, Bryan went along with her changes. Probably so he wouldn't have to listen to her whining.
Sarah says she learned so much from the designer that she decided to become one herself. I think her lack of experience really shows up in the way she worked on the resort by not communicating well with Bryan and being so pushy when he balked at some of the expenses she wanted to incur. A good example is her insistence on wallpaper when paint would be a less expensive and more practical option in a humid climate.
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1 hour ago, Cetacean said:
Am I the only one that finds whatsherface SO annoying?
And what was the deal with calling the toilet seat disgusting? It wasn't cracked or filthy or moldy, just a themed one. It wasn't my taste but I wouldn't get so overwrought about it. Just replace it without the drama of throwing it out.
The homeowner made of point of saying HE bought the toilet seat and it really annoyed me that Debra was so critical of it. She can be a real bitch and some of the choices she makes ARE disgusting. The toilet seat actually fit in with their "beach" theme so why not use it as a nod to the homeowner? It could always be changed out later, but that should be the homeowner's decision, not some Debra Downer Designer's decision.
Personally, I think she's a terrible designer.
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So, we're supposed to believe that Mina's nitwit wrecking crew relatives do good quality work when it comes to rebuilding those run-down houses? I have my doubts. Lately I record shows, watch the first part and then FF to the reveal. I can watch a one hour show in ten minutes. It's very efficient.
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I watched a few of the shows and thought, "What's the point?" The old house porn is interesting, but then nothing happens. Boring.
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Help! I Wrecked My House - General Discussion
in Help! I Wrecked My House
I was horrified at the appliance painting. Even though it was done by a professional, it will eventually chip. It seems that things like that are done simply to demonstrate that they can be done.
Wallpaper might be "in" again as it was in 1987 when my home was built. In only ten years I couldn't wait to get rid of it. I cringe every time an HGTV renovator puts up wallpaper. I only hope that the homeowner was aware of those costs and approved the appliance painting and wallpaper choice.