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- Dec 31, 2022
While you're right on all of that (except the countertops - tile and granite), I can't blame anyone for not keeping up with trendy interior design though it does look like they repainted a bit, the kitchen is now shit brown instead of that weird 90s teal.Standard trim, low-grade cabinetry (the doors are neither inset nor flush), cheap hardware, that shiny light oak, basic beige carpeting, tons of wasted space, no muntins on a house that could be passably Tahoe-ish from the outside with them...and do not get me started on the etched glass front door with the etched glass sidelights. And are those laminate countertops (I didn't really look)? The wall colors are 30 years out of date [even in the midwest] (and (((floral wallpaper borders)))), and alllll the woodwork is skimpy (though I will add back half a point if the doors are solid). I just know there's a "live, laugh, love" wall art somewhere, probably hiding behind some plastic ivy and grapevine wreaths, above those tragic and inefficient cabinets. No millionaire I know has lived with these features in decades. Not even the ones in Bumfuck Midwest, U.S.A. Even folks who cotton to that style have upgraded/modified over time.
Needs a full gut. And guaranteed needs thicker drywall everywhere. (Perhaps the sex dungeon has adequately solid walls, but [X] on the rest.)
***I could understand this in a basic mid-level house, or young folks, old folks, or any folks without the means to plunk down a strong six-figure chunk for a redo, but Nick not only has no mortgage payment, but also supposedly has made a mint in his own right (nevermind that he has a trust and has/will come into inherited money on a scale few will ever know). Not even the burden of private school tuition for the brood. Conclusion: they just have no taste (which we been knew, based on the car, the vacation spot, the art, the belt, etc.).
That said, look at this fuckin bathroom:

Ugly paint, wooden framed mirror, mismatched metal towel and toilet paper holders, gold-tone knobs, the world's shittiest wallpaper border, and my personal favorite an antler light fixture. It's a monument to overpaid midwestern tastelessness and I hope he changed nothing.
Edit: actually there is some laminate countertop. Crumb magnet tile in the primary kitchen, granite in the wetbar/mini kitchen downstairs, laminate in the sitting room with the wood ceiling. Love me some consistency.
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