Okay, I *know* this is judgmental of me, but don't you think

[Midlodemocrat]

if you had a home this expensive that you would be able to hire an interior decorator? Or at the very least take down the extremely dated Waverly Ivy wallpaper in the kitchen?

The house is nice, but the furnishings look vintage Levitz to me. Sorry, New Yorkers.

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[LeftyMom]

1. It looks like they spent all the $$$ on the house and had to get free furniture from craigslist.

The turquoise shag bathrugs are such a classy touch.

[Midlodemocrat]

2. How about the 70s stereo console.

My dad won almost the exact same thing in a sales contest in 1975.

:rofl:

[KitchenWitch]

3. egads

And that wallpaper border. :puke:

[terrya]

4. The "great room" has a pool table and a tacky looking bar.

For $3 million, one would expect something more than furnishings from Sears.

[Shell Beau]

5. The furniture definitely does NOT go with the house.

And did I see deer decoys in the house?

[bicentennial_baby]

6. You'll love it at Levitz!

:D

[madinmaryland]

9. Thanks for the earworm

x( :grr:

[bicentennial_baby]

13. My pleasure

:P

[XemaSab]

7. I have looked at a LOT of homes in Santa Barbara

and the "less expensive" homes are usually much more tastefully decorated. :shrug:

Dude, I saw a house for 1.5 with LIME GREEN paint throughout. x(

[flvegan]

8. Looks like it hasn't been updated in a couple decades.

Damn nice house, though. Glad I don't have to pay for the heat or a/c though.

I dunno, for $3.5 million, I'd rather have a $2 million house and a garage full of some nice toys.

[Deep13]

10. Um, it's not your house, is it? nt

[JVS]

11. Love the music at the site

[Shakespeare]

12. Blech.

Tres gauche.

[AlCzervik]

14. that is so not me, it's like half ass french awful. I'm sure the house itself is lovely

but there is just so much stuff and everything is so brass and gold leaf and garish. It looks like Donald Trump projectile vomited up a house.

[Midlodemocrat]

15. Okay, gets better. They bought the house in 1991 for $1.5Million.

So, seriously, what is with the 70s furniture?

[Blue Diadem]

16. yuck

Not my taste.

When I worked with interior decorators way back when(I sold floor covering), I often found those who had expensive homes did not update as often as one might think.

[grace0418]

17. That's nasty. Although absolutely nothing could beat the townhouse my husband and I toured

last year. I sooooooooo wish I had saved the pictures of this place, even though they didn't do it justice. The townhouse itself was pretty cool. It's in a very expensive suburb and, despite being built in the seventies, was fairly tastefully designed. We actually toured another unit and it was pretty nice. It was open and clean with vaulted ceilings in the front room and a nice wooden staircase leading up to the second floor. Picture the living room of the Brady Bunch house but much more light, no dark wood, and no tacky wall art. Flagstone, natural materials, etc.

Then the agent asked if we wanted to see a little larger unit in the complex and we figured "why not?"

Before she opened the door, the agent stopped and said "I have to warn you that this place is a little... er.. over the top. I worked with the owner to tone it down a lot though, and just remember it's all cosmetic changes. The bones are still the same."

When she opened the door both my husband and I gasped. We were speechless. If what we saw was the "toned down" version of this place, I can't imagine what a house of horrors it must've been before. Firstly, she laid thick pink carpet EVERYWHERE. She replaced the railings on the stairs and the second floor landing with the most god-awful brass crap you've ever seen. The living room looked like Al's House of Tacky had a clearance sale of all the stuff even they couldn't unload. She had glass shelves installed from floor to ceiling (at least 18' ceilings), all FULL of figurines, unicorns, teddy bears, crystal swans, fake flowers... you name it. If there was a surface that could hold something horribly ugly and tack, believe me it was filled.

She had every light fixture and tile replaced with something that made you want to throw up. Cosmetic changes my ass, this stuff (and the carpet and brass) would have to be replaced immediately and at considerable cost.

The kicker though, was on the second floor landing. The agent went up first, followed by my husband, then I was last. We got almost to the top when I saw my husband silently point to his right. I looked and nearly fell over backwards down the stairs. Sitting in a pink doll chair on the landing was the CREEPIEST, MOST HORRIFYING CLOWN DOLL you can ever imagine. Seriously, I would not have been surprised to see it out of the corner of my eye scurrying away holding a butcher knife.

That's when I started shaking with laughter. I couldn't hold it in any more. I can look past a lot of things but that place was asking too much.

[crispini]

18. That furniture has to be rented

That house totally looks un-lived in. I think the owners have already moved elsewhere with their stuff and all of this is just "set dressing" so to speak.....

[Sanity Claws]

20. That was my thought too

None of the bookcases had anything in them.
The place does not look lived in at all.

[mikeytherat]

19. I love the dusty rose carpet!

Viva 1985!

mike_the_rat

[DS1]

21. Would be a nice house after all the furniture and fittings stolen

TOO MUCH GOLD!

[Midlodemocrat]

22. It's a great location, too. Over looking the James.

I just can't get over how dated it looks for a house that was purchased in 1991. :wow:

[pitohui]

23. i think if i had a home this expensive i wouldn't even be able to buy groceries

i suspect that a lot of people in million dollar homes are in over their heads and they have to be concerned with maintaining the house in sound condition and the exterior -- ritzy furnishings should be the least of their worries until they improve income and/or cash flow

i realize there's a common attitude among some people, that if you're in debt for millions, what are a few million more, and those people probably WOULD hire the interior decorator and kitchen re-model -- they simply wouldn't PAY for those things, which is one of the reasons that self employed people and contractors who deal with rich people often end up in bankruptcy, you get shocked by how often the supposedly well-to-do don't pay their bills

[Tikki]

24. Actually, I'm not going to do that....

Industrial kitchen thing...

Maybe not the ivy vine wallpaper..but, we are doing our kitchen next, after
two bathroom updates,...and I just don't like the sterile stainless, glass tile,
granite counter, big range hood thing.


This is the accent tile I have chosen it will be teamed with light solid surface
counters and white appliances and oak hardwood floors.

Tikki
ps I live in SoCal so maybe Talavera tiles go over better here....

[Haole Girl]

25. I think anybody expecting to sell a house in the year 2008...

..should remove the wallpaper.

It's simple, and doesn't cost as much as not being able to sell a house. ;-)

[Midlodemocrat]

26. Especially THAT wallpaper.

Everyone had that wallpaper in the early 90s. That and the Waverly Cabbage Rose.

I once picked up my son at a friend's in a brand new development and she had papered the entire foyer, both floors (!!!) with Waverly cabbage rose wallpaper. It was freakin' hideous.

[Haole Girl]

27. Yeah, that is pretty hideous!

And, both floors?!

:eyes:

[LostinVA]

28. Our couch is from Levitz, b-word

We call it our "Mafia Wife Couch." We got a great deal right before they went out of business.

[Rabrrrrrr]

29. Sadly, having money does not equate with having taste, tack, or artistry.

It pains me every time I see someone with a house the size that I covet, a house that one could really do something with, and they decorate it like they're southern trash or midwestern hillbilly fuck.

I think these people wanted a big house simply to have a big house to impress their friends and family; but they have no idea what to do with it, nor how to entertain properly or make use of the space in an appropriate way.

And more than likely, neither one of them grew up in families with money, and the guy probably has some mid-level second-tier management job, or insurance business, or other profession that requires little if any education, nor the display of any kind of social graces with clients. I'd call them nouveau riche, but they don't have the class to be labeled in French, and they're rich only in the sense of having money.

And the saddest part is that I bet the kitchen, hideously tacky and ignorant as it is, is the only room that they actually feel comfortable in, and the only part of the house that actually feels homey to them, because it's the only room that's actually honestly them.

[Tektonik]

30. You know who Waverly's new spokesperson is, right?

Sandra Lee! :P

[malta blue]

31. Midlo! I AM SHOCKED at your insensitivity. You KNOW

I am trying really hard to sell my house!







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:rofl::rofl:

Wow, that is an outdated house!