Sweet Fellowship: Duggars and Friends (aka the Bates Family and Other Featured Families Thread)

[farmgal4]

3 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Jill called it a little nook.

Screenshot from a video, this is what’s back there:

Obviously Jill never, ever gets rid of anything.  She just keeps buying more tacky-looking shit and crams it all in, no matter how awful it looks.  One might say that she has a slight hoarding problem.

1 hour ago, iwantcookies said:

I must say Jill’s tacky cluttered new upstairs attic didn’t disappoint. It’s as bad as I thought it would be. 

It’s actually worse than I thought it would be.

[Tdoc72]

16 hours ago, ginger90 said:

The walls will be 3 different colors. Around the bay window is going to be painted turquoise.

Wouldn’t it have been easier to paint before putting it up?  

6 hours ago, BetyBee said:

No heat. No bathroom, but "decorated" within an inch of its life. I bet Nurie & Nathan will come as seldom as possible once they've spent a miserable night or two at Jill's Barndo addition.

I’d stay up in that room if it kept me away from Jill.  
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I like the quilt. Most of the clutter needs to go. There’s barely any space to set anything down, like toiletries or baby things. 

[Ijustwantsomechips]

9 hours ago, crazy8s said:

maybe she was referring to the set of encyclopedias from 1960

When I look at that butt ugly room, I definitely think Funk & Wagnalls

[crazycatlady58]

Honestly, I don't think that it that bad she just needs to take out 3/4s of the decorations  and it would be sort of cute but I tend to like old things.

[Heathen]

Jill's guest room makes me want and need to deep clean, immediately. I also need to get rid of any and all clutter in my home and in my neighbors' homes. I'm about to make Marie Kondo look like a borderline hoarder. To the dumpster I go! 

Seriously, 1976 called. It wants its guest room decor back. 

[MargeGunderson]

Jill’s guest room looks like my mom’s. That’s not a compliment.

[laurakaye]

I get twitchy and claustrophobic just thinking about the number of people she is going to pack into her house for Thanksgiving, the germs all over that poor baby, and the itchy dusty plethora of tacky decorations that her guests are going to have to avoid bumping into as they shimmy to their seats around Jill's crap-covered table.

[Fosca]

14 hours ago, farmgal4 said:

The “crib” is a Pack-N-Play, which tells me that 3-year-old Janessa is still sleeping in the actual crib; otherwise, Jill would’ve squeezed the crib into the “guest quarters”.  

I don't think Jill will ever give up the crib as long as she thinks there's a chance that she herself might need it again.  And she will ALWAYS think there's a chance for more babies.

[ozziemom]

I can only imagine what this guest room is going to look like after JillR’s Christmas haul. It was funny to see that she even decorated the storage closet with knickknacks etc. It’s like she can’t stop herself. The reveal of the downstairs will be unbelievable. She reminds me of my MIL who had to fill up every available space and wall!

[GeeGolly]

It kind kills me to watch this room develop for multiple reasons. First doing shit like that is kind of my jam, so I'm a bit jealous, Secondly, the hot mess of it has me rubber necking as well as wanting to charge in and make it nice. And lastly, where the fuck is the money coming from?

We've spent the last two summers working on our yard. Our two big projects were installing a patio and building a pergola. As we all know every project comes with unexpected costs and I was just saying to my husband that I can't wait until the spring to be able to add groovy touches to our new area and giving it personality. But he's recently retired and I reduced my hours so we're spreading the costs out over time.

Which brings me back to where's the money coming from? I think I've really underestimated JillR's grifting abilities.

Edited November 24, 2021 by GeeGolly

[Heathen]

4 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

It kind kills me to watch this room develop for multiple reasons. First doing shit like that is kind of my jam, so I'm a bit jealous, Secondly, the hot mess of it has me rubber necking as well as wanted to charge in and make it nice. And lastly, where the fuck is the money coming from?

We've spent the last two summers working on our yard. Our two big projects were installing a patio and building a pergola. As we all know every project comes with unexpected costs and I was just saying to my husband that I can't wait until the spring to be able to add groovy touches to our new area and giving it personality. But he's recently retired and I reduced my hours so we're spreading the costs out over time.

Which brings me back to where's the money coming from? I think I've really underestimated JillR's grifting abilities.

I'm guessing it's the child tax credits. 

[GeeGolly]

1 minute ago, Heathen said:

I'm guessing it's the child tax credits. 

I considered that, but they have had a busy, busy year and a half. If for every time someone mentioned they used the tax credits was true, those monies would have been spent ten times over.

[BradandJanet]

Jill "went for an antique look" and came back with a nightmare. 

Honestly, just looking at pictures of that room gives me the creeps. 

[Rootbeer]

18 hours ago, ginger90 said:

Nothing says 'cozy and inviting' like a poorly installed fluorescent light in a bedroom.  Who does that?  Who would deliberately install a shop light in their home in the first place?  There were fluorescent lights left over from the 70's in my kitchen when I moved in and they were the first thing to go.  Also, why is the top of the dresser covered in crap?  Why not clear the surface and maybe add a pad or some towels so it can be used to change baby Nemo?.  God forbid the baby cries in the middle of the night and Nurie has to get out of bed to go to him.  She is going to bump into half a dozen obstacles in the dark before she gets there.  Maybe she and Jill will end up in matching knee braces for the holiday.

[Heathen]

7 minutes ago, GeeGolly said:

I considered that, but they have had a busy, busy year and a half. If for every time someone mentioned they used the tax credits was true, those monies would have been spent ten times over.

Combination of child tax credits, stimulus funds, and grifting, then. Half that decor crap looks like it came from the dustiest shelf at the Salvation Army or dollar store. 

[lookeyloo]

@crazycatlady58i am so sorry - what could be worse. Nothing. 

[Rootbeer]

18 minutes ago, Heathen said:

I'm guessing it's the child tax credits. 

I think we underestimate Jill's griftiness.  As PT Barnum said, 'There's a sucker born every minute'.  Jill lives by those words.

[BradandJanet]

Even the Salvation Army has clearance sales. Jill knows where the "load up your car for five dollars" sales are. 

So Jill got a handmade quilt from a neighbor. That means there's still someone in the area she hasn't managed to annoy or offend yet. 

[sheshark]

“The Amish” do make lovely quilts, and sell them for quite a bit.  They are worth it.  All I can think of is Jill’s mad grift skills to score one.

[GeeGolly]

Personally I love upcycling wooden furniture and have no problem with items from Goodwill or Salvation Army. What's the saying - one man's trash is another man's treasure? I've never met an old piece of furniture that I didn't look at and want to give it life.

My problem with JillR's tchotchkes isn't where she bought them/got them, its what she actually decides to put in her house. Like the nice quilt made it in, but what else didn't?

[BradandJanet]

1 hour ago, laurakaye said:

I get twitchy and claustrophobic just thinking about the number of people she is going to pack into her house for Thanksgiving, the germs all over that poor baby, and the itchy dusty plethora of tacky decorations that her guests are going to have to avoid bumping into as they shimmy to their seats around Jill's crap-covered table.

But think of the tiny burnt ham, the foil pans of baked beige glop, and the oddly sliced half a pineapple that await them. 

4 minutes ago, sheshark said:

“The Amish” do make lovely quilts, and sell them for quite a bit.  They are worth it.  All I can think of is Jill’s mad grift skills to score one.

Wouldn't Jill have bragged if she had managed to get a real Amish quilt? The quilt on the bed is pretty but  simple. I don't see any quilting stitches, but the photo isn't clear. 

[GeeGolly]

This just in 📣-  

A couple of downstairs videos are up on FB. So far the room is a few steps above awful, but its still almost empty. Even the shrine to Joanna Gaines is not bad. They opened up the room so it looks bigger now. It runs parallel to the kitchen.

[crazycatlady58]

4 minutes ago, BradandJanet said:

But think of the tiny burnt ham, the foil pans of baked beige glop, and the oddly sliced half a pineapple that await them. 

Wouldn't Jill have bragged if she had managed to get a real Amish quilt? The quilt on the bed is pretty but  simple. I don't see any quilting stitches, but the photo isn't clear. 

I thought Amish quilts were simple? No patterned fabric ect. I don't think it is Amish made but honestly it looks like something they would make for home use.

[ginger90]

They are shown sawing in the video. Jill doesn’t seem to care, and has decorated all of the window sills.

She decided on the darker wall on the  wall with the infamous stairs, because hands will touch it and she doesn’t want it to get dirty. The logic escapes me. Dirty is dirty no matter the color. 🤷🏼‍♀️
 

She used different colors on the walls so it wouldn’t be “monotonous to the eye”.

A bit blurry, they’re screenshots from videos:

[Boston]

18 hours ago, YupItsMe said:

How ironic is the “live simply” sign? 😁

The whole dump looks like a consignment shop

[BitterApple]

2 minutes ago, Boston said:

The whole dump looks like a consignment shop

It really does, and not even a good consignment shop. It's like ten great-grannies died and Jill raided their attics.

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, BradandJanet said:

Jill "went for an antique look" and came back with a nightmare. 

Honestly, just looking at pictures of that room gives me the creeps. 

It looks to me like she went for a “last day of the yard sale” look.  By that I mean, she’s decorated with all the crap that no one else wants and that is usually thrown away when the yard sale ends.  It’s seriously one of the ugliest rooms I’ve ever seen.  And like someone else mentioned, I still can’t believe that the FB leghumpers are telling her how great it looks.  I thought lying was a sin? 

[farmgal4]

16 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

They are shown sawing in the video. Jill doesn’t seem to care, and has decorated all of the window sills.

She decided on the darker wall on the  wall with the infamous stairs, because hands will touch it and she doesn’t want it to get dirty. The logic escapes me. Dirty is dirty no matter the color. 🤷🏼‍♀️
 

She used different colors on the walls so it wouldn’t be “monotonous to the eye”.

A bit blurry, they’re screenshots from videos:

I was torn as to what kind of emoji I needed to use.  I think I’ll just use this one:  🤦🏼‍♀️

[Rootbeer]

1 hour ago, GeeGolly said:

Personally I love upcycling wooden furniture and have no problem with items from Goodwill or Salvation Army. What's the saying - one man's trash is another man's treasure? I've never met an old piece of furniture that I didn't look at and want to give it life.

My problem with JillR's tchotchkes isn't where she bought them/got them, its what she actually decides to put in her house. Like the nice quilt made it in, but what else didn't?

The problem with Jill is that she cannot edit.  I think the dresser in the guest room looks like a beautiful piece of furniture, but, it needs room to breathe.  Take all that junk off of the top and move the other extraneous pieces like the fake fireplace and the tree away from it and it would be so much nicer.  I don't care that the furniture is old or repurposed, I just think there's too darned much of it to be functional, let alone pleasing to the eye.

Edited November 24, 2021 by Rootbeer

[Rootbeer]

52 minutes ago, crazycatlady58 said:

I thought Amish quilts were simple? No patterned fabric ect. I don't think it is Amish made but honestly it looks like something they would make for home use.

I've got an Amish made quilt in my spare bedroom.  My aunt won it in a raffle and gave it to me and it is way too nice for my dogs to lie on so it is in the guest room.  It is pink and green with floral prints.  The Amish do make quilts with patterned fabrics to sell to the tourists.  However, you're right, for their own use, the fabrics are usually recycled from their old clothing and are solid colors, often dark.

[Rootbeer]

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She used different colors on the walls so it wouldn’t be “monotonous to the eye”.

"Monotonous to the eye?"  WTF?  As if covering every square inch of flat surface with crap from the dime store and plastering the walls with random pictures, shelves and other junk wasn't enough; she needs to paint the walls different colors?  There is not a square inch of clear space to rest the eyes in the entire room.

And, if they are still sawing and sanding, why in the heck is she putting junk on the window sills?  Not that the window sills need stuff on them in the first place, but, does she think it will look even better if the crap has a coating of sawdust on it?

Edited November 24, 2021 by Rootbeer

[ginger90]

3 minutes ago, Rootbeer said:

And, if they are still sawing and sanding, why in the heck is she putting junk on the window sills?  Not that the window sills need stuff on them in the first place, but, does she think it will look even better if the crap has a coating of sawdust on it?

Exactly!

They also opened up the wall between the new living room and their kitchen. Dust for days.

 

Screenshot from a video:

Edited November 24, 2021 by ginger90

[CouchTater]

Oh my Lord Daniel, those panels running every which-a-way, as I remember my southern family saying when I was a tyke.  

I wish they had made the bay window area deeper and added a built-in bench with storage.  That would have been nice.

I think Jill had some decent ideas, but the execution and decoration are faulty as heck.

And I know this was mentioned before, but do we really think they will be using portable heaters in the addition?  Is that up to code for livable square footage, since Jill assures us it's all properly inspected/passed?

Edited November 24, 2021 by CouchTater

[libgirl2]

1 hour ago, BradandJanet said:

But think of the tiny burnt ham, the foil pans of baked beige glop, and the oddly sliced half a pineapple that await them. 

Wouldn't Jill have bragged if she had managed to get a real Amish quilt? The quilt on the bed is pretty but  simple. I don't see any quilting stitches, but the photo isn't clear. 

I got a quilt at Walmart for $20 years ago. From far away it looks impressive, from close up you an see it isn't handmade. 

24 minutes ago, CouchTater said:

Oh my Lord Daniel, those panels running every which-a-way, as I remember my southern family saying when I was a tyke.  

I wish they had made the bay window area deeper and added a built-in bench with storage.  That would have been nice.

I think Jill had some decent ideas, but the execution and decoration are faulty as heck.

And I know this was mentioned before, but do we really think they will be using portable heaters in the addition?  Is that up to code for livable square footage, since Jill assures us it's all properly inspected/passed?

She would have filled the bench up with so much crap that there would be no room to sit! 

[Madtown]

So is this as big as the room is? Why would they not put a that desk elsewhere? They could've put the pack n play along that wall. Or I don't know, anywhere else besides under that light with the wiring up the wall!

Also, my husband and I would kill each other in that bed..lol

[galaxygirl76]

Going back to the whole heating thing. They are seriously heating that attic room with a space heater? In Ohio?

[farmgal4]

6 minutes ago, galaxygirl76 said:

Going back to the whole heating thing. They are seriously heating that attic room with a space heater? In Ohio?

How else would they heat it?  I don’t see any heat/air vents anywhere.

Edited November 24, 2021 by farmgal4
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[Dimi1]

3 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

It kind kills me to watch this room develop for multiple reasons. First doing shit like that is kind of my jam, so I'm a bit jealous, Secondly, the hot mess of it has me rubber necking as well as wanting to charge in and make it nice. And lastly, where the fuck is the money coming from?

We've spent the last two summers working on our yard. Our two big projects were installing a patio and building a pergola. As we all know every project comes with unexpected costs and I was just saying to my husband that I can't wait until the spring to be able to add groovy touches to our new area and giving it personality. But he's recently retired and I reduced my hours so we're spreading the costs out over time.

Which brings me back to where's the money coming from? I think I've really underestimated JillR's grifting abilities.

I was wondering about money too..inflation is crazy right now...like within the past month all things doubled...and to top it off...my DH was hit head on in a car crash (he is fine, walked away with a second degree burn on his hand)...but we looked at a toyota cross and went back 4 days later and due to "market value" increase it was 5k more..and now a week later it is even higher...nuts nuts nuts...if I was Jill I would be holding on to every last dollar...

[iwantcookies]

8 minutes ago, farmgal4 said:

How else would they heat it??

HUNKS farts?

[graybrown bird]

I can't tell from the posted pictures -- Are we sure that little "stove" in the attic is fake (i.e., decorative only)?  God forbid it's a real wood-burner, for heat up there.

[libgirl2]

3 minutes ago, graybrown bird said:

I can't tell from the posted pictures -- Are we sure that little "stove" in the attic is fake (i.e., decorative only)?  God forbid it's a real wood-burner, for heat up there.

I hope not, but I wouldn't put it past Jill. 

[ginger90]

47 minutes ago, Madtown said:

Why would they not put a that desk elsewhere?

That’s Jill’s sewing nook. The baby just happens to sleep there. With the slanted ceiling someone is going to hit their head.

 

This is what it looked like prior to decorating:

Edited November 24, 2021 by ginger90

[GeeGolly]

1 minute ago, ginger90 said:

That’s Jill’s sewing nook. The baby just happens to sleep there. With the slanted ceiling someone is going to hit their head.

And by the time the kid is standing and bouncing around, the kid will too. I guess its a step up from the RV baby cage.

[farmgal4]

53 minutes ago, graybrown bird said:

I can't tell from the posted pictures -- Are we sure that little "stove" in the attic is fake (i.e., decorative only)?  God forbid it's a real wood-burner, for heat up there.

I think it’s an actual heater that is powered by electricity.  I know someone who has one.

[farmgal4]

1 hour ago, Dimi1 said:

I was wondering about money too..inflation is crazy right now...like within the past month all things doubled...and to top it off...my DH was hit head on in a car crash (he is fine, walked away with a second degree burn on his hand)...but we looked at a toyota cross and went back 4 days later and due to "market value" increase it was 5k more..and now a week later it is even higher...nuts nuts nuts...if I was Jill I would be holding on to every last dollar...

I doubt if the Rods have any type of savings account or emergency funds.  They believe that God will provide for all of their needs.  I actually heard a preacher say that saving money is sinful because it means that you don’t have enough faith that God will provide.

[Cinnabon]

4 hours ago, GeeGolly said:

I considered that, but they have had a busy, busy year and a half. If for every time someone mentioned they used the tax credits was true, those monies would have been spent ten times over.

Well, they do have a lot of kids. She’s going to be in for a big shock when they end in January. 

[Madtown]

50 minutes ago, ginger90 said:

That’s Jill’s sewing nook. The baby just happens to sleep there. With the slanted ceiling someone is going to hit their head.

 

This is what it looked like prior to decorating:

Our half bath is bigger than this...

[Spazamanaz]

In one of her Instagram videos of the room she mentioned that some local women made the quilt for her. I hate it when people put small rugs on top of carpeting. Nurie better be careful walking around with baby Nemo, she's going to trip over the rugs and/or bash her head on the ceilings. 

[ginger90]

5 minutes ago, Spazamanaz said:

In one of her Instagram videos of the room she mentioned that some local women made the quilt for her. I hate it when people put small rugs on top of carpeting. Nurie better be careful walking around with baby Nemo, she's going to trip over the rugs and/or bash her head on the ceilings. 

That whole room is a tripping hazard.

[sagittarius sue]

1 minute ago, ginger90 said:

That whole room is a tripping hazard.

If someone has to pee during the night that someone has to brave the staircase that severely injured Jill's knee.  Or perhaps they'll have a chamber pot in the "privacy area" as someone mentioned previously.