Change out the carpet, fine, but why that God awful laminate?Update the cushions, great. Paint the beams and fireplace, short term thinking to destroy something that will now forever need work and updating. I hope you drywalled over the wall panels and didn’t just slap paint on them. It is a current “look”. Will be out of date/trend in a couple years - far shorter than the other look that took 30 years to be dated and now would be retro.
That grey laminate flooring pisses me off like nothing else in cheap home remodeling. It’s embossed with wood grain but what fucking real wood is grey like that? It’s the 2020s equivalent of 1970s faux wood paneling.
Love they left the structural fireplace CRT TV. god I’m tired of AI rage slop
It’s load bearing.
I love how everyone thinks they hate modernism too when they see something like this, but it started out as mid century modern
You never built a crt into your fireplace? It’s super effective. I stacked my vcr and dvd player on top into the chimney.
They painted the beams… they. Painted. The beams.
It looks like a prison.
My uncle used to design and build houses. Normally he didn’t work for anyone - he’d take out a loan, buy a piece of land, design a house custom fit to the contours of the land, subcontract some parts, but he did the carpentry with some hired help, and when it was all done, he’d sell it (he was a realtor too) and as far as I know always made a profit, though some did better than others…
One year I went to work for him. But he was doing it differently that time, some wealthy developer had hired him to build his own house. I remember him talking about what a big mistake that was turning out to be, the guy kept changing his mind about what he wanted when we were halfway done with something - for example when he saw the rough openings for the windows, he decided they weren’t big enough and he wanted bigger. Problem was, my uncle had already ordered the windows (custom sized of course) and they were already built, just not delivered yet… But the guy had money to burn, so he paid for both sets… Anywho, my uncle had designed the roof to be held up by some hefty beams, and had intended them to be unpainted, so had sourced the high quality (expensive) ones. After we set the beams- most by crane, but one short one was in such an odd position we had to do it by hand- heaviest thing I’ve ever lifted and I only had one end… a motorcycle engine was light in comparison… anywho, he brought his wife to look at the progress, she took one look at the beams and said “… and we’ll paint those lavender…” I could just about hear the steam coming from my uncle’s ears.
Beams? Mf, they painted the rocks!
I’m never hiring a home designer.
I thought left was a picture of the Miller House in Columbus IN.
Whoever decided to put a rectangular table in a curved space is completely unqualified to make design decisions.
That table is going to demand so many legs in sacrifice…
And if there are toddlers around, maybe an eye or two…
Just looking at it makes my shins hurt
Bullshit. Someone just used an ai filter on a picture for internet points.
The AI even kept the CRT TV in the “after” pic lmao
Holy shit indeed… The reflection on it is identical too…
Nothing says Modern Decor like a CRT TV
What do you guys use for a TV stand?
CRTs are peak for retro gaming
But I can’t imagine the kind of person who would love retro gaming would destroy such a beautiful room like this
I will never understand people that paint hardwoods or natural stone with white paint.
That whole phase where everyone was painting their kitchens white killed me. That ruined so many gorgeous cabinets.
I can at least understand the kitchens. It’s nice to know a surface is actually clean. Drives me insane the amount of kitchens I’ve seen with countertops that constantly look spattered with food.
The pic on the left looks lived in, just needed an update on the carpet and cushions. Pic on the right looks like the inside of a lich’s phylactery.
Anyone read that in Hank Hill’s voice? It even feels in character with how into that whole neighborhood parade of homes competition thing he was.
Dale, if it gets one shade more gray in here, I’m gonna kick your ass!
How very dystopian.
This looks like an AI edit rather than an actual renovation.
The shelf thing on the left has exactly the same items on it. Why would they keep the hole with the CRT TV in it? Also I’d hope that nobody would actually put a square table in a round space.
100% an AI edit
You can use the cross-eye trick like everyone does to cheat on spot the difference puzzles. The two images have perfectly identical perspectives that you could only achieve if you mounted a camera perfectly and never touched it throughout the entire construction process.
Also notice that the handrail in the original photo has turned into a divider in the makeover. It’s a subtle perspective change but one that wouldn’t make sense in reality. AI wouldn’t be able to discern that properly.
Definitely. But unfortunately, flippers (and people with awful taste) do this all the time. So at least LLMs and they have something in common — soullessness.
Good catch. Some items are positioned exactly as per the previous picture.
Why would they keep the hole with the CRT TV in it?
RETRO CRT nook (GAMING (RARE!)) ofc
Who puts a fucking square Table into a circular seating arrangement!? Fecking lunatics who are apparently also scared of color.
Unless someone has more information on this, I’m going to chalk this up to AI-generated rage bait.
The kitchen area still has the same items on that shelf, there’s an ugly hole where the old CRT TV is (despite the room being “finished” looking), the reflection on the TV is still the same, and the patio turned into an office meeting room. I’m not going to spend time on perspective calculations, but something about the beams on the roof and the placement of the railing look off.
It was the legs on the table in the pit that stuck out to me first
It was the corners on the square table that stuck out to me.
Bangs knee - dammit!
That’s a chandelier, not a shelf.
and they replaced the pretty hand rail with whatever they found at home depot that was black
*and they fucked up the dimensions of the seating
**fuck
Who puts a fucking square Table into a circular seating arrangement!?
This person: “Let’s play a game…”
'Muricans
The closest thing they have to culture is the stuff growing between their toes
Say that to any restaurant in Chicago watch them invent a whole new cuisine with what’s left of your body lol
One of the most pathetic things about Americans is them claiming to be a part of other cultures
I remember when I was running a bar in Scotland, and a stupid Yank said “oh, I’m Scottish”
I asked him a few questions, and it transpired that his great grandfather was Scottish
Not him.
This was the same for Yanks claiming to be French, Irish, and all sorts
The closest any got was German.
America had culture for thousands of years, then some white shit heads did their best to kill it, and they still know deep down that they are stupid barbarians, so they pretend
It’s pathetic.
You’re viewing US culture from another country, where you’re only getting the corporate monoculture that dominates our popular culture. But visit the more urban parts of any city in the US and you’ll be confronted with the reality of a more complex local culture
I spend a lot of time in the US
I’d rather not, but that’s just a part of my life at the moment
It’s a truly warped place.
Again, the US isn’t one single place. Where are you visiting?
I was running a bar in Scotland
it transpired that his great grandfather was Scottish
Not him.
America had culture for thousands of years, then some white shit heads did their best to kill it
Aren’t the “white shit heads” in this case from your culture though?
Look, I get it, the US sucks and we are terrible people. But it gets really tiring being shit on by the same people who sent over all the “white shit heads” in the first place.
I’m not from the UK.
Scottish people aren’t white? You’re not Scottish? I was talking about the irony that you’re referring to the American in question as a “white shit head” when he’s literally descended from your culture.
But whatever bro, honestly I’m just blocking you and moving on. I just don’t have the patience to play 20 Questions with you.
If you’re from Western Europe I guarantee your ancestors’ countrymen and women were all up in here, too. Eastern Europe probably also, just a little later.
Ight that’s it, you’ve lost your jazz, blues (inc. blues derivatives), and hip-hop privileges
I think too many people are just being cintrariannbecause this style is popular now. I think it looks good.
I’m fine with the 2010s era minimalist decor.
But painting over stone and high quality wood panels is crazy. If you want the minimalist look, then this wasn’t the house you start with. Fucking Beetlejuice ass joists.
Fucking Beetlejuice ass joists.
LOL i knew the room reminded me of something!
