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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 7:13 am 
Roxip, I agree with you about Trading Spaces. I can't even get any good ideas from them.
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 7:39 am
$300 for those pressboard bookcases? I wouldn't have paid $20 for them. Why didn't he go to a thrift store and get something better than that?
And Guinievere hates the word "crafty". 
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Lakecat
Member
10-01-2006
| Saturday, May 04, 2019 - 12:15 pm
I did not like the winner’s male client.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Monday, May 06, 2019 - 9:31 pm
Everytime I see these "accordian" doors that open onto the patio / balconies all I can think of is how problematic they would be because there is no screen to keep out the bugs!
I don't know why it bothers me so much but I can't imagine having one of those doors with some sort of screening system.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Monday, May 06, 2019 - 10:42 pm
Well, if you are in a high rise, bugs only get so high. and I guess there are some areas in the desert where you don't get flies,but you could get scorpions.
Honestly I don't know,that is why I liked the screen that comes down for the porch to the back yard in the HGTV house. If you want to be outside on a porch, fine. there are times of the year when I sit on the porch or eat in my backyard. but there was the horror of the bugs that bit every inch of me last year (tiger mosquitoes? out in the daytime)
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 6:22 am
I've heard a rumor that there are places where there aren't mosquitoes - but here in Texas that is just a nasty little rumor!
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 7:37 am
Hahahaha, everywhere I have seen them on the HGTV shows they are on houses on the ground, and most of the cities are not ones that I would think are "bugfree".
That's why I think it is so odd that they never consider the bugs. Most recently I saw one on Nate/Jeremiah by Design and that was down in LA, there are plenty of bugs down there.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 10:34 am
there are some shows where they are talking about apartments, and I saw one woman yelling about flies in a penthouse apartment,she did not want to have flies, well on the 21st floor. Butte door to the patio all opened up. Honestly I do have an occasional ant problem, but it used to be day time, there were a random fly, not an abundance unless something died near by, but now the mosquitoes are out in the day time. it really never was a problem before. But dusk through the night you wanted a screen. Now I want to screen in my deck. Most of the days at the beach, during the day you did not need a screen, except the few weeks of the green head flies.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 4:37 pm
Sadiesmom, I made it a point to checkout the HGTV house since you mentioned that screen. That was very cool.... I couldn't help thinking I hope there is another way into the house so the kids wouldn't keep running up to the screen saying let me in, LOL.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Tuesday, May 07, 2019 - 5:04 pm
I think there is a door. But I hate the lights all dust collectors and the flowers on the outside on the second story,who exactly is going to water it, hate that kind of design. not so smart house.
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Vsmart
Member
02-10-2003
| Wednesday, May 08, 2019 - 7:04 am
When I asked my neighbor why she bought windows without screens, she replied that there was no problem with flies. A year later screens were installed. LOL
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, May 08, 2019 - 10:37 am
Hahahaha, too funny.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Wednesday, July 29, 2020 - 6:59 pm
HGTV, ok a Physical Therapist and Mom of 10 children in Las Vegas and they put in practically a soccer field in the backyard, all grass and a $5000 irrigation system.
Did they even think about how much it will cost to water? They should have used irrigation like they do in Arizona when they flood the yard.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 12:55 pm
You are talking about Property Brothers Forever Home? I agree - I thought for sure they would go with fake grass but apparently it was a priority for the parents.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Thursday, July 30, 2020 - 1:40 pm
Roxip, I don't think it was Forever Home, they had sold their house and were trying to find a new one. The backyard was huge and was all dirt when they got the house, can't remember if it was a new home or not.
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Roxip
Member
01-29-2004
| Friday, July 31, 2020 - 1:20 pm
I saw the show but I have no clue - those "Property Brothers" shows all kind of blend in together. They took the ledge off the stairs (which made sense) and couldn't get a permit to extend the dining area, right?
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Friday, July 31, 2020 - 1:23 pm
Yes, LOL, that was it. They had to get a builders permit to do the change on the front of the house, and those take a lot longer than a normal work permit.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-18-2003
| Saturday, September 19, 2020 - 5:22 pm
Just read a story on msn from the Daily Mail that Christina and Ant Anstead have separated and are planning to divorce. This just as her first ex, Tarek has been shown in previews getting ready to propose to his new girlfriend, who looks so much like Christina it's freaky.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/tv/celebrity/christina-and-ant-anstead-s-friends-are-shocked-at-their-separation/ar-BB19dl3P?li=BBnb2gh&ocid=msedgntp
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Rvon
Member
12-11-2003
| Sunday, September 20, 2020 - 7:12 am
Wow! Gotta say I did not expect this at all.
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Sunday, September 20, 2020 - 12:45 pm
I know, I was quite surprised. I mean didn't they just finish redoing their house! And having a kid.
Hmmmm, was she pregnant before they got married and maybe they rushed the marriage because of it? Just wondering, don't care if she was but thought it might be a reason for the short marriage.
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Snoopsmom
Member
02-18-2003
| Sunday, September 20, 2020 - 1:16 pm
I don't think she was pregnant when they got married, but got pregnant shortly after.
I was quite surprised when I read the story. They seemed like a good match and I enjoyed when Ant would appear on Christina's show. Then again, the public didn't know how bad things were between her and Tarek either.
It said in the article, and I remember hearing Ant say at one point he was having a hard time with the pandemic because his older kids were with their mother and he hadn't been allowed to fly overseas. Maybe once he was able to see them, it made him realize he wanted to move back to his home land. Very hard with a blended family, he has 2 kids, she has 2 kids and together they have 1. Nobody wins here.
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Sadiesmom
Member
03-13-2002
| Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 8:15 pm
OH I want to talk about the HGTV Urban oasis.
really is someone supposed to live in that mess, the guy who designed has he ever lived in a house or only in a tent in the desert?
No garage, in Maine coast where is snows over 60 inches a year. where it rains or snows almost half the years so not a lot of hanging out in the back yard.
they designed it without a garage, because you love digging out your car, but wait, no cellar or even a shed for the snow blower and not a lot of spare room in the house, no we have to fill it with over sized furniture and stairs and hanging lights to bump your head on if you move the furniture.
Also that mud room, not one inch above the ground, perfect to flood when it rains.
Inside you get to go into the entry/stairway with bright red and white horizontal steps guaranteed to drive you mad, even the steps are painted red and white, so you can get dizzy while climbing,
In the living room with the over sized furniture, so you can't reach a window to open it. there is a gigantic 400 pound lamp you will have to hire someone to move or better yet, throw out. It takes up a lot of room.
the kitchen has a giant wooden table and artfully mismatched chairs because the designer thought it was cute. that table keeps you from comfortably moving around the kitchen.
go upstairs and the guest room has no closets. there is also a master bedroom and a studio with closets??? The bedroom also has hanging dust collecting flags. I think they think it is Maine-ish and nautical. And ceilings so high you need scaffolding to clean. there is vintage furniture here , they think vintage furniture is beat up, I have my own vintage furniture (50 years old) that I have taken care of, looks much better.
they used to have nice livable houses, but I guess they feel they have to make them never seen before now. so depressing. would like a nice easy to live in house where you can clean the lights
they put garages in most of all their houses, just not the ones where it snows a lot, like the house in the mid west a few years ago where they turned the garage to a second art studio because the basement was also a studio.
sorry just had to rant where someone might also see that house, most of my friends do not know it
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Dipo
Member
04-23-2002
| Saturday, October 10, 2020 - 8:35 pm
WOW, I didn't realize it didn't have a garage, that is just stupid.
I did think that red/white stripe combo was the worst, why in the world he thought that was representative of the area just because lobster pots are red was beyond me!
I didn't pay that much attention after the red/white debacle, next time it is on I will look for that awful lamp!
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Grooch
Member
06-16-2006
| Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 12:34 am
Sadie, you got me curious and I want to watch this episode. But I just checked On Demand and it doesn't list this show. Dang.
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Altocat
Member
09-06-2020
| Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 4:03 am
My kids and I have been watching four new houses being built outside our subdivision. It seemed strange because they are really close to each other and are all exactly alike. I jokingly commented that maybe HGTV was coming to our town and GUESS WHAT? I was right. It has been confirmed. They are getting ready to film Rock the Block 2 within walking distance from my home!
https://www.hgtv.com/shows/rock-the-block/articles/rock-the-block-season-2
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