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Classic case of a designer not listening to a clients wants and needs.
Design school 101.
That show never asked the clients what they wanted. It was pure reality tv. I think the idea was the designers could come up with the most outlandish designs possible (aka destroy someone's home) all for the good of the show. I was hooked on it at first because it was like watching a train wreck. lol.
Here is what the homeowners said after the crew left.
.For partners April Kilstrom and Leslie Hoover, that taped reaction is nothing compared with what they feel now - after discovering just how bad the actual makeover and experience really were. The same goes for their neighbors Rhea and Mike Wisherop who, despite the fact that they actually liked the work April and Leslie did on their kitchen, felt like they almost lost some friends over what was supposed to be a fun experience and a chance to be on TV.
"We were going to have a "Trading Spaces" party and 'reveal' our rooms to our friends," Rhea Wisherop said, laughing at the thought. "We're not doing that."
[]"The homeowners have no control," Rhea Wisherop said. [] I did not say,'I think my neighbor would like hay and straw on the wall.' "
"I was so disappointed," Kilstrom said about the experience. As for "the reveal," well: "I was stunned - I said a bad word." []A 13-foot section of Douglas fir that served as her fireplace mantel was sledgehammered and sawed out - replaced with pine, for some reason - and hidden under part of a renovation that included bookcases (that immediately pulled away from the wall).
"We didn't know they had taken out the mantel until (the show) was gone," Kilstrom said. An early estimate puts replacing the wood at $3,000. That's on top of the $500 the couple spent to put their kids, ages 15 months and 3 years, up in a hotel with Kilstrom's mother and to board four pets for the duration of the filming.
"Sorry, I'm a little bitter," she said. But it would be hard not to be upset at what happened. It took five adults 17 hours to get the glue off, Kilstrom said. Two of those adults were the Wisherops, who knew as it was happening that they'd have some cleaning up to do.
I think most of us would prefer original art - but some of us probably can't afford the kind of original art that we are attracted to so prints nicely framed are the next best thing. I always think it is so incredibly snobby to insist that everyone should have original art.
"Affordable" original art is often not that great. Beautifully painted art is almost always expensive.
Geebus. If you look at my original post, it was about pretty wealthy people to begin with.
And EVERYTHING ON HERE is snobby - we are trashing other people's taste!
My parents bring back little fabrics and woodwork from their travels and just frame it nicely. That looks fantastic, too.
I think that there's a pretty slim line between "mistake" and difference in taste. I think mistakes are things that people do without giving them much thought, not realizing that there's a better way or not realizing that it's very out of date, or when someone does something for a specific effect and it just doesn't work. Like hanging pictures way to high or low. That's probably a mistake that they don't realize they're doing. Or that too-small rug under the coffee table. If someone gives something particular thought and chooses carefully, then I don't consider it a mistake as much as a difference in taste.
For instance, I am the sole person here (I think) that actually likes vertical blinds in some cases. (Oh horrors!) But I've given it a lot of thought and I've considered the alternative and I still like them best in some cases. I don't consider it a mistake because I'm quite aware of what I'm doing. It's just that I have different taste in that case. Imagine if I let it slip that I abhor oak cabinets and that I think they're a mistake! I think for my own safety it's better to chalk that one up to a difference in taste!
I'm not sure how to classify tacky. Is it a mistake or a difference in taste? I guess it could be either or both.
Decorating mistakes are one thing - judging people's decorating based on how much money you think they have is quite another.
Oh please.
We could just as easily ask who YOU are to "judge people" on what YOU have deemed their decorating "mistakes". And I noticed you posted a hell of a longer list of "mistakes" than I did.
Your list is so long, that you could hardly avoid "judging" most houses you enter! And what if those people you are judging have decorating "mistakes" because they can't afford to replace anything?
You don't have a leg to stand on in trying to single me out.
You know nothing about my life or my friends. The houses I'm talking about belong to people I am close to and I have a lot of insight. I happen to know that buying from a gallery just does not occur to them.
I don't judge their worth as people. This is a thread that asked a question about decorating preferences and I gave my personal view.
And let's not forget why I even mentioned money in the first place. It was because YOU said that most good original art is pricey (not true) and that not everyone could afford it. I only said that my friends can afford it in answer to YOU.
I think that there's a pretty slim line between "mistake" and difference in taste. I think mistakes are things that people do without giving them much thought, not realizing that there's a better way or not realizing that it's very out of date, .
'Out of date' is a matter of taste, not a mistake. It references trends and people's opinions that you should keep up with trends and eschew the old.
And I think the word 'mistake' is used tongue in cheek in the op question. Unless you have installed your furniture on the ceiling, there really are no real decorating 'mistakes.'
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