Timeless Glass Block

 I've presented several examples of glass block as 80s throwback. Well, I found a room where the block glass seems to work well: a mocha-walled home office where the glass block adds an almost beneficial industrial touch.

95% Fug

Ad says "95% new". 95% new, eh? "New to you" new, or "recently bought in a store and installed" new? And what kind of time frame does "new" represent? Within this lifetime? According to the ad, the house was built just a few years ago (although it looks like a much older home with its classic design, and is quite attractive on the outside). So there's a designer or contractor someplace that put this together in the 21st century, on the same planet that you and I live on?

The basement is bad. A wooden wall being crowded out by a stone wall? It's like a busted lodge.

The bathroom is horrid. Who puts what looks like shiny aluminum tile over a block glass window in a diamond formation - and even worse, cuts the diamond formation into the tile? It's not like the entire design was set up in a diamond formation. Someone is responsible for this.

I hope these homeowners are regaining their investment, because the fug tax can be high indeed.

Unclear on the Concept

Are these shots part of a photography class assignment, or are we trying to sell a house here? Because I can't get any sense of the room sizes, condition of the home, or even whether it actually has any bedrooms from this portfolio here. Maybe that's the point.The descriptive text doesn't help much either: "Very nice.....pleasure to show...." yadda yadda yadda. The text even mentions the laundry room. The laundry room: every home buyer's highest-focus feature.

Wait! Finally, a photo of something of substance in the house, the double vanity in the bathroom! The sinks are nice, the floor looks cheap though.

Television Fireplace

 Srsly, did these people just fill in their fireplace with a flat-screen television set?

They did! They did fill in (or at least cover up) their fireplace with a flat-screen television set!

Makes me wonder what's in that fireplace that they don't want people to see. Fireplaces usually stay with the house, TVs don't, so why would you take away from the included asset with a not-included one?

There's something about this fireplace the sellers don't want you to know.

Wow House: Mod Fab

To prove I don't hate all contemporary and modern design (although it doesn't always age well), I present: House designed by B. Goldberg. It's on the market for just over half a mil.

Clean lines, every element is essential, not too much and not too little. It good, I say.

 

 

That's......Different

Here are a few rooms whose decor I find "interesting," not necessarily fug, not necessarily anything I'd want in my place of residence, but...well...OK....they're inspirational, I guess. I could be inspired to outfit a Lhasa Apso with a raven's nest disguised as a party hat. Certainly these rooms are different, but so is a Lhasa Apso wearing a raven's nest as a party hat. Don't tell the ravens about this.

Oh, and another thing: they're all taken from expensive homes ($750K and up). Ah, those good pals, Creativity and Money. They breed interesting babies together.

There's a lot going on here: Tiled walls, compass on the floor, statuette, cawlum (is it mahwbul?), yellow circular staircase. Lots and lots of friggin' color. For some reason, it works for the space it's in. It's kitschy, it's crazy, but what the hell. Throw it in!

Love? Hate? Let's see: 60s house, terra cotta looking tile floors in a ginormous kitchen, wooden beams on the ceilings, giant fridge. All OK so far. Six different colors, fridge and cabinetry are green while the rest of the colors are reds, yellows and oranges signal a visit from the WTF Monster. I want to give this room a passing grade, but...but....but....

NOT fug: This is a very tastefully decorated dining room from a different house, and it demonstrates how to incorporate a bunch of colors and do it correctly. Take that, green kitchen from the WTF Monster!

Fug of Fright

In honor of Halloween, we present some scary-looking places for you to rest your bones.

 Welcome to your doom, where every night is a dark, sad 60's night.

Settle in and write out your last will and testament at the desk beneath this room's sole window and the bare lightbulb hanging from the ceiling; resist the tempation to do the same.

It was a dark and scary night....as every night will be if you make this your bedroom. I guess a light sleeper would appreciate this coffin, but I'd rather sleep in the bathroom at Jewel-Osco than sleep here.

Fireplace of Fright! I don't know why, but this fireplace looks like an awkward afterthought and the two candles at each side appear ready for holding seances...for your dead investments.

The dark paneling and moldy-looking carpeting make for a room only a contractor could love. What's scary is that this carpet continues into the bedroom.

 Finally: "The Chimney Has Eyes!" Or A Window, At Least. I've never seen someone build a chimney around a window before. My guess is that the fireplace attached to this chimney is another "slapped on later" addition like the chocolate firefright above.

Can't get enough of that Halloweeny vibe?
Haunted Houses at The Real Estate Bloggers