Exactly. I mean, if you work with a designer or stylist or personal chef or whatever, they consider your actual desires and lifestyle.
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Exactly. I live in the Upper Midwest, and our ceiling fans are key during the spring and fall months when it’s not humid and they’re cheaper to use than the A/C or heat to keep the rooms comfy.
I think no one is mentioning him because his rooms were always completely lovely. He did that one room with an accent of wall wood veneer wallpaper that was just so gorgeous.
OMFG I missed that one.
The fucked up thing was when he wasn’t trolling, some of his designs were actually really nice. But he spent so much time trolling, you tended to forget that.
Totally. I noted elsewhere on here I was always convinced that if you noted a feature of the room you didn’t want changed, Doug would come in and insist upon that feature being removed or crazy-transformed as the centerpiece. I mean really - who puts a wood facade over an existing fireplace?
One of her better ones, for certain. I just can’t remember the family’s reaction to it. I know the Hildi reactions were usually pretty much people trying to hold back anger or tears or both. ;)
Hildi. If it was a train wreck, it was generally Hildi.
As noted in a different reply - it’s not necessarily bad, but before you mangle someone’s walls with that many nails (or glue, she was a fan of glue), you really should ask permission of the homeowner. If they didn’t like it, they were looking at really expensive wall repair work.
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But men aren’t at all emotional.
It’s not necessarily bad - I mean, compared to the hay room, it’s pretty cool. But doing something that major to the walls without client pre-approval is pretty harsh. If they didn’t like it, the walls were going to be pretty messed up. (I can’t remember if this was nails or glue - nails would have been better, but…
I know it was on a different network, but when Queer Eye for the Straight Guy came out and they used Thom Filicia for the interior designer, it was such a lovely antidote to Trading Spaces.
I was absolutely convinced that Doug would pick the one item that people asked them not to change and immediately focused on that as the wildly transformed centerpiece to the room.
Then there was that room where she nailed albums to the wall. All I could think was “Oh god - they are going to have to resurface that ENTIRE WALL.”
That. Is. Awesome. I’m still giggling.
I speak/say “y’all.” I write “you guys.” Because y’all just rolls off the tongue. A sign of a Yankee raised in The South.
Usually it’s in the context of offering someone something to drink. “We’ve got water soda/pop/coke, beer, wine, etc.” Or asking what type of sodas a restaurant has when your server asks what you’d like to drink. But otherwise, yeah, doesn’t come up much in conversation.
The next time your co-worker does that, I say you should shake up a soda and open it up in his direction. Then discuss how “pop” is short for “soda-pop.” As in the soda that just popped all over them. That’s just me, though.
It is in the depths of “pop” country. They do look at me funny for a second, and if I say “y’all,” that’s even worse.