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After looking at all the photos, the 'Makeover Madness' of the fireplace seems pretty tame and normal by comparison. I mean it wasn't nearly as atrocious as the other stuff. (Seventh one down.)
"A before and after picture resulted in a classy stone fireplace being changed into a brown monstrosity."
Personally I think both the before and after fireplaces are ugly monstrosities. I certainly don't see the before one as being "classy". But still, not as bad as the other stuff here. Oh, the dolphin tiled shower isn't anything I would want or keep, but it's not as outrageous as the other stuff.
OP, thanks for the entertaining link. Now I have to forget I saw some of that. Haha!
What's up with the seashore theme in bathrooms? One house we looked at was overdone with decor and each bathroom had a sea creatures or seashell theme. I get that there's water in the bathroom. But it's not salt water. There's no fish. No sand. When I use the facilities I don't need to pretend Im snorkeling. If it's a kids but, sure, cute. Too many adults think this is a great idea for my comfort.
Our downstairs bathroom has a lighthouse/nautical theme. We didn't set out purposely to do that-it just that we ended up with a lot of lighthouse & nautical items (long story) and they just seemed to work in the bathroom.
And my sister also has a beach theme in her bathroom-but she lives fairly close to the beach (about a half hour away), so, she was able to get some of her decorating items for free.
Actually, taking a second look, I think I rather like the dolphin shower. Not that I would go out of my way to put one in my house, but if I bought a house that already had it in place I'd probably keep it. Same goes for the wine bottle fountain. They're both sort of fun.
But if I buy a house that is otherwise perfect but has that man toilet, THAT'S GOING OUT!!!!!
Then again, let me rethink this. If it's in the guest room, it might guarantee my guests don't stay more than 2 days. Could be a good thing.......
I don't have a seashore themed bathroom but I get why so many people do (and not saying I won't have one in the future either!). For starters, we have a huge coastline in the US, and in many other countries. The shore, the beach, ports, lighthouses, etc. all have had a lot of impact in many peoples' lives. Then throw in that many people (myself included) really love the beach and the ocean. And add that many people (also myself included) vacation in such areas so we have a lot of great memories over the years. And personally, I love beachcombing, so I have a lot of shells anyway. And one of my favorite things to do is tour lighthouses along the coasts.
Over the years, I've ended up with several paintings of a nautical or beach nature, from various trips. Not to mention a ton of shells. I just realized while I'm typing this that the smaller prints are all in one little toilet room off the master bath, so maybe if I put a bowl of shells in there on the back of the toilet, it will have a nautical theme! LOL
I should have added along with our lighthouse/nautical themed bathroom, we have a lot of paintings of ships going up our stairwell. My husband is a sailor and is a passion for him. In fact, some of the paintings he had done himself. (My passion is cats. lol)
I liked a few of them, or at least I appreciated the art. I must be weird.
The tub with the large African figures was kinda cool.
The wine bottle fountain would be nice near an outdoor kitchen/patio.
I liked the glass toilet...but wouldn't want to be responsible for keeping it clean.
What was labeled the "sleeping face" struck me as relaxing.
The neon bathroom looked like fun!
"Sperm" sink to me was just clean, modern lines.
After looking at all the photos, the 'Makeover Madness' of the fireplace seems pretty tame and normal by comparison. I mean it wasn't nearly as atrocious as the other stuff. (Seventh one down.)
"A before and after picture resulted in a classy stone fireplace being changed into a brown monstrosity."
Personally I think both the before and after fireplaces are ugly monstrosities. I certainly don't see the before one as being "classy". But still, not as bad as the other stuff here. Oh, the dolphin tiled shower isn't anything I would want or keep, but it's not as outrageous as the other stuff.
OP, thanks for the entertaining link. Now I have to forget I saw some of that. Haha!
Yeah, it looks like someone attempted to make it look like it originally did before it was painted white. I think it looks better in the after pic without MEDINA painted on it.
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