You know when they show the before and after photos and you're like, before was better. Makeover house, style, hair, just makeovers in general. Sometimes they just mess stuff up.
How many agree with this? Do most people just accept that after is better?
I don't. I have seen some pretty hideous interior designs on HGTV in the past.
shareUsually a room is already look better after makeover just because it's neater and has a new coat of paint. I would like to see a room makeover program that changes nothing at all except tidying it up (and removing lots of stuffs) and refreshen the paint.
shareOh god, yes! Many "afters" I've seen on that show were unspeakably bad.
There used to be a gardens makeover show on HGTV, and the "afters" were uniformly terrible. Tacky, god-awful, modern-version-of-garden-gnomes bad.
I watch too much HGTV and compared to most houses in the UK they usually design good interiors. I think the US is far ahead of every other country when it comes to housing and interiors.
shareHaving had my cable disconnected about six years ago, I haven't seen much of the HGTV shows in such a long time.
Being from the US and seeing many of the international House Hunter shows, I can certainly see the difference in interior design when it comes to other countries. I can see the difference in the size of rooms as well. I am not so sure about us being far ahead of every other country, but I do have to say that our kitchens are much bigger and very efficient. Just don't believe everything you see there though. Not everyone in the US has to have granite counter tops! LOL!
We also can live quite nicely without closets that are the size of the master bedrooms! [smiley face]
I've been without cable for eight years now, but watched House Hunters for a while back when. I enjoyed the international version over the US ones. I'm quite curious about how everyday people live in other parts of the world.
In the US version, it always amazed me how often buyers turn up their noses if there are no granite countertops and stainless steel appliances in the "chef's" kitchen they say they need. Chef's kitchen? I suspect that many of them microwave their meals or get take-out. The other part of House Hunters that I liked was getting to see the new home a short while after they moved in.
Another show I liked was Property Virgins because she tried to teach buyers what was realistic on their "gotta have list" based on their budget. Haven't seen that one in years, but I have caught a few episodes of House Hunters lately.
I think the wish lists were just ridiculous on House Hunters and Property Virgins.... I had forgotten about that last show.
I always enjoyed the international House Hunters much more than the U S ones too. It really is interesting to see the sort of homes and square space people live in.
I'd also like it if people around the world could know that not everyone in the US lives in a Mc Mansion!
I will never forget a poor woman being so heartbroken about her makeover in Trading Spaces. They did the opposite of what she asked. It was so bad she started crying.
shareI remember one in particular where the couple was insistent that they not touch the fireplace. Do whatever you want, but don't touch the fireplace.
They touched the fireplace. Completely covered a brick fireplace and hearth with some kind of laminate. I don't recall if she cried on camera but she had to leave the room to compose herself.
the old show Trading Spaces
a lot of those 'afters' were HIDDYus.
some of the haircuts on 'what not to wear'.
Couldn't agree more about the really bad haircuts on What Not to Wear. Some of the clothing as well was like they removed any and all personality from the person's style of dressing.
shareI think there were some where they really tailored it to the person's lifestyle and personality instead of making them a generic early 2000's kitten-heel-clone of Stacey.
do you remember the young Asian art student they gave pink hair and black artsy clothes? But she was gorgeous and skinny and already looked like a model, so she was easy to dress. Everything looked great on her.
I just hate how they made the word 'comfortable' into a 4 letter word. Nothing wrong with wanting to be comfortable. Men get to wear t-shirts and sneakers in their free time and they expected women to wear pencil skirts and heels even in their off-work time. Fuck that noise!
It always annoyed me that they would put their hands on the woman's upper rib cage and say ' emphasize the narrowest part of your body". Unless you are pregnant, the narrowest part is your WAIST, not your rib cage.
I don't remember the young Asian student, but then I wasn't a regular viewer.
It was ridiculous how they made comfortable an automatic crime against nature. People want to feel comfortable, that's a normal and natural thing. It'd be bizarre if they didn't. Admittedly some focused on comfort to the exclusion of everything else, and they looked awful.
LOL! That used to bother me a lot. Did neither of them *really* not know what a waist was, and that it's the narrowest part of the body?
Both of them were annoying, with Stacey being by far the worst.
There are so many ways to look neat and presentable and still be comfortable. If the person was sloppy and wore trashed baggy clothes, then just get them some new clean comfy clothes that fit them well. The whole current decade of fashion has been about athleisure and comfort and textile innovation to keep you cool or wick moisture away, and stuff like that. You can't even find a pair of jeans now that doesn't have stretch. Betabrand has made millions on crowdsourced garments that everyone wants, like pants that look like dress pants but feel like yoga pants. There's a whole company that just makes mens shirts designed to be worn untucked.
This is the future and I am here for it. Once you have tasted comfort there is no going back.
That's why their absurd "horror" of clothing that's comfortable was so annoying. As well as disrespecting what the person they were making over clearly stated she or he wanted.
shareI thought the best way to make over some of the people on What Not to Wear would have been if they just put them in the proper size. Loose-fitting is fine, baggy looks sloppy and "I just don't care."
shareJust about all the fashion make over shows. They are usually marketing vehicles for clothing apparel companies. I won't be around in 50 years but it will be interesting to see what people will be wearing for those who will be around. In current times it is like you never left high school even though graduation was 20 years ago.
shareHell! You only need to look back 30 years ago to know that shoulder pads made us women look like football players.....
Of course, Joan Crawford made them work for her in the 40's.......
Everything old is new again. The Short Shorts of the 50's became the Hot Pants of the early 70's.....