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Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 6:06 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
I don't think the problem was getting the sofa TO the room but INTO the room!

I wondered how long it was going to take Stephanie to own up to the fact that the sofa was HER mistake - Jennifer and Matt was determined to leave the admission up to her!

I loved both the bedrooms more than either of the living rooms, but I agree that Team J's lacked color in there.

Tracee did a good job on the art work. She does not have the world's most pleasing personality, but she does have designing chops -

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 6:39 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
I really liked the suite that won. The other was nice, but it just fell short. Although, I did like the other bedroom better.

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 7:11 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
OH THANK YOU LEXIE! I was wondering the same thing. A hotel of that size HAS to have a freight elevator.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
You are quite welcome Rox. If I remember, they had to take the legs off the sofa and haul it up the stairs because they couldn't get it in the elevator.


Roxip
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01-29-2004

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 12:06 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
The perfect bedroom would have been a combination of both rooms...the columns and mirror from Matt's creation and the color and accessories from the other team. Those columns would have complimented the old door headboards very well.

Tntitanfan
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08-03-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 2:59 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Tntitanfan a private message Print Post    
A small word of gripe here! Would it have killed them to show a smidgen of the Opryland Hotel's wonderful conservatories?

The Christmas decorations at this site have over 5 MILLION lights and are still growing and counting! Yes, I know it isn't Christmas, but the indoor plantings are still stupendous!

Teachmichigan
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07-22-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 7:05 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Teachmichigan a private message Print Post    
Am I the only one who did not like the stenciling behind the bar? I agree that team did more throughout the room, and I liked the bedroom of the losing team better overall, but I did NOT like the stenciling or the color of that wall. Maybe I'm too boring for "true" design. :-)

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 8:13 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
I'm not crazy about stenciling, but I'm not crazy about "shabby chiq" either. It's just a matter of personal preferences. All that mattered was that Sara Evans loved it, since it was supposed to reflect her personal taste. She looked like a kid at Christmas in that room.

Dipo
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04-23-2002

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 8:16 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Dipo a private message Print Post    
I have always hated shabby chic, it always looks to me like the furniture needs to be refinished to look better. Same way I think most of the womens hairstyles on TV look like they need a to get a hairbrush, LOL.

Shabby chic, just looks shabby to me.

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 8:29 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
<-- not a shabby chic fan, either ...

Curlyq
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07-10-2002

Monday, July 07, 2008 - 10:43 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Curlyq a private message Print Post    
Yeah, I've certainly had my share of shabby, but it was never chic in my case. I do like the effect it creates, though. It was like an elegant look that feels casual at the same time. Upscale, yet you'd feel comfortable curling up on the sofa and staying a while.

I just don't get into that distressed wood with the cracked, peeling paint. I just spent I don't know how many weeks trying to figure out the best way to scrape cracked paint off my bedroom walls. I didn't think it looked too chic at the time. I prefer Brand Spankin' New.

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 6:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
I'm not a fan of shabby chic either. I like the color palatte but I don't like that distressed look to it. The stenciling wasn't a fave of mine either. I also hated that both teams painted that bar. I thought it looked perfect as it was.

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 6:22 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I actually liked the stenciling. I thought it made that wall behind the bar just pop. I'd take a suite with the winners living space and the losers bedroom, please! The loser bedroom looked much more luxurious... I could've easily climbed into one of those beds and hung out for hours!

There's a difference between shabby chic furniture (and it usually has a distressed look but isn't dripping paint chips) and paint peeling off of walls. It's not shabby chic there. More like shabby, which is why you're liking brand new! :-)

Not surprised Stephanie went home. I didn't think she'd last too long (wasn't she the one voted on by the public?). I thought she had some tiny flashes of inspiration but overall she couldn't hold it together. I don't think she could've done a whole house all by herself. Although I did like what she did with that flamingo in the garage sale challenge!

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 6:29 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
I like shabby chic to a certain extent. I think on a beach house or a mountain cottage it is really appropriate...it always reminds me of vacation. Not sure I would want to live in it all the time though.

I thought the stenciling was risky but it obviously paid off. It elevated the design to a more sophisticated level but, as you say, Sarah Evans obviously loved it.

Texannie
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07-16-2001

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 7:48 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Texannie a private message Print Post    
what i like about shabby chic is the room looks 'lived in'. i hate matchy matchy furniture and rooms and things so done you are afraid to sit.

Vacanick
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07-12-2004

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 8:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Vacanick a private message Print Post    
I agree Texannie .. I love a 'lived in' home. Comfy and lived in. Homey.

I've always thought of shabby chic as country, is it??

Mocha
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08-12-2001

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 9:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Mocha a private message Print Post    
Lol one of the things I hated bout the first teams dining room was the missmatched chairs lol.

Lexie_girl
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07-30-2004

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 9:24 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Lexie_girl a private message Print Post    
I must be the minority, but I loved the stenciling on the wall.

While I like the colors of shabby chic, I'm not so crazy about the furniture which looks like it needs to be sanded down and refinished. Personally, I thought that turquoise stand in the bedroom was hideous, but I don't like "blue" furniture either.


Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 10:20 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
LOL Lex. I hated the color of that nightstand, also. I think it might've worked in a room with different colors on the walls, but not against that rusty brownish orange color.

Shabby chic isn't just "country." I'm not a country girl and I've done shabby chic. And heard of it way before I ever could identify a single country artist.

Danzdol
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04-21-2001

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 10:56 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Danzdol a private message Print Post    
lol costa, I don't consider Shabby Chic country at all!!! it's just that they associated it this time with a country star who happens to like shabby chic. A design with country influence would NOT have looked like that at all.

I liked the 2nd room and disliked the 1st.
The stenciling was ok, I think in the big picture- it's ok. When she first did it I cringed but found it liveable once I saw the entire room

Ladytex
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09-27-2001

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 11:08 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Ladytex a private message Print Post    
I don't think everything needs to match, but I'm not a big fan of mixing florals, stripes, plaids and anything else with similar color schemes, either. And I really disliked that nightstand, that color didn't go with anything ... at least to me ... and I'm not fond of the distressed look either, I'd rather have a fresh paint job.

Yesitsme
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08-24-2004

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 4:52 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Yesitsme a private message Print Post    
I like bits of shabby chic, but there comes a point where it gets to be too much. I had several friends that got a bit carried away with it. I do like the colors usually associated with it and the fabrics. Sometimes I can handle the mismatched chairs and such...other times it just looked like my Goodwill rooms.

I don't usually like stenciling and hated it when she was doing it on the show, but I must admit I thought it looked pretty good when it was all said and done and panned by the camera. I don't want it in my house, however. Though maybe my reality is worse. I think I am letting my 3 youngest nieces make decisions for one of my guest rooms (since they are my most frequent guests) and my 13-year old niece has chosen one brown wall with pink polka dots and the other three walls pink with brown polka dots. The scary thing is that I have the brown wall painted and the pink walls started. I think I will be voted off the show....and deservingly so!

Costacat
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07-15-2000

Tuesday, July 08, 2008 - 7:00 pm   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Costacat a private message Print Post    
I like shabby chic as long as it's not cluttered shabby chic. When it gets too cluttered, it starts to smack of Victoriana to me, and that's just a wee bit too cutesy.

Brown and pink are great colors together. Although I think my eyes would fall outta my head looking at one set of polka dots and then the reverse color on the other walls! :-)

Roxip
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01-29-2004

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 6:19 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Roxip a private message Print Post    
My last house had one of the bedrooms decorated with 101 Dalmations motif...white walls with black pawprints. I am not lying...it took SEVEN coats of primer to cover up those black spots on the wall. I finally got this primer that was literally like plaster...you had to almost put it on with a trowel!

I will never, NEVER, NEVER!!! paint spots on a wall...I don't care how much I love someone!

Good luck on those brown and pink walls...I advise you to move before you decide to paint again!

Twiggyish
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08-14-2000

Wednesday, July 09, 2008 - 8:10 am   Edit Post Move Post Delete Post View Post Send Twiggyish a private message Print Post    
Tn, I agree. That hotel has the most gorgeous HUGE atrium. We've been there a few times while visiting family in Nashville.