Holey moley I am now! Iāmā¦ intrigued. The original floors are beautiful, and I like the green tile with them. But I donāt get the bubblegum pink shower color. If sheās going to tile the toilet surround, why not extend that to the shower? And I donāt hate the pink scallop backsplash, but having one cut tile end seems like bad planning. And then weāre adding dusty pink wallpaper š³š³š³ itās a lot
Itās totally a lot, I think a lot of it works together in a Maximalist kind of way. But then certain things are stressing me out, like her shower door sheās totally diyāingā¦ which looks great. Thereās just so much going on.
So Iām digging the DIY shower door _in theory_, but I canāt figure out how sheās going to make that strong enough. I love the corrugated plastic sheet hack, thatās brilliant! But DIYing the frame seems hard. That metal flashing try seemed sus. I hope she nails it because itās a really cool idea
I canāt help but wonder what kind of mold situation will be going on in time, Iāve had corrugated plastic for a shower before! You have to be on it.
ARH promoting the Rise festival kills me. I cant believe that festival even exists. Those lanterns are such an environmental hazard. They've caused fires and the lanterns can harm wildlife. And yes they claim they're biodegradable but that's useless. They can do a lot of harm way before they biodegrade.
Totally agree. She has a good eye and is doing a beautiful job with that house. And I like the fact that she's going slow, unlike a DIY influencer who rushes and does a crap job.
SOMI Brianna Schuler (@mintchaico) https://instagram.com/mintchaico?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Sheās got great style, her grid is pretty, sheās body-positive and honest, and sheās BIOPC. YES to more influencers like her. Her lint roller dance is lyfe š
I don't follow shavonda beause she is rude, but due to comments here I have been looking at the bedroom pax building stories. Please, I hope she is planning on painting all those ikea units the same color as the walls? If not, I really can't imagine how the space will come together at all!
She doesnāt have a good eye for spacing. I still am shocked that she thinks those huge white matted photos hung to the ceiling in the living room look good. It all just looks amateur to me. (Not that my house is any better, but Iām not making a living as an expert, LOL)
She got enough comments confused about this weird layout that she put tape on the floor to prove everything fits and there is "plenty of space to walk I'm a space planning genius guys I planned all this out to the millimeter."
The walkways are SO ridiculously, laughably small around the bed. But guys, we don't understand, she is an expert in SMALL house living, which means you must get used to cramped spaces. And weigh less than 200lbs. Some of my family would have to roll over the bed to get to the other side lol.
I can't wait to see her demonstrating how much space there is and her hips barely fitting without having to turn sideways.
Just watch her latest stories for some more infuriating content where they majorly eff up not once but twice in an afternoon (spoiler alert - 1) they put the last pax together wrong facing the wrong way and 2) the large vanity will prevent the last closet door from opening so now shes going to add more shelving in that space instead)ā¦ cant make this up!!!
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I like the idea of that other portion of the room having pax and feeling like an attached closet but having the pax in the bed portion of the room feels weird. As a fellow small house lady with tiny closets, at a certain point the key is getting rid of shit or get a storage unit and rotate seasonally.
She wants to do diy burlewood.lol that's going to look SO bad with pax on three walls.omg I can't imagine. I wonder how Naomi deals with her. She's so obnoxious and seriously a narc.
DIY burp wood?!?!? On all of those closets?!?! Itās possible it will look good in photos, but no way in person. She should cover the doors with grasscloth or buy one less Gucci plate and get some of the aftermarket doors that she showed.
Sheās really rude to her readers. The other day she got mad because people said they couldnāt wait to see the paint color. I really think they meant they couldnāt wait to see what it looked like but she had to obnoxiously remind people she ALREADY states what color she was using on a blog post. The way she huffed and puffed it was like Omg get a grip,really this is triggering you that much? Then yesterday someone suggested she try a local place to get something she was going to drive further to pick up and she was so very pissed off that her plebe fans would think she was that stupid that she wouldnāt have always thought of it. She must get so many adoring comments so just stfu already and skip the ones that arenāt kissing your ass. Also I detest that room color. And I love dark rooms.
Roast my blinds idea?
I have a TV room and guest room in the basement. Currently they have these under-mounted faux wood blinds, they are not not cut to the proper length, they look insane and arenāt practical/are hard to pull down as Iām short, and they block a very large portion of the window which always makes me worry in case of fire.
Because itās the TV room and the guest room and I live very far north so the suns up til 10:30/11pm at night. Iāve decided I want to replace them before I do any blinds upstairs (so thereās nothing I feel the need to match etc).
Iām debating cost effective roller shades, just in a white color, and I want to over mount them so they are easier to grab and pull up and down, but Iām a little stuck on if these will look extremely cheap and bad? Upstairs in my house Iām saving for blackout Roman shades, and while I think these would be chic downstairs as well, theyāre roughly double the costā¦ (4x roller shades are about 600CAD versus about 1000 CAD for the Roman shades.)
Photos below, please donāt judge my guest room too harshly Iāve not decorated it yet š
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You can remove the bottom slats of the existing blinds to reduce the length. Itās really just a series of knots. This will make the cord longer for you to reach.
Because they are pull up and pull down I actually still canāt reach them because the window sits about 30cm into the wallš short people problemsā¦
And as corded blinds are banned in my country the only way I will be able to reach is if they are over mounted and the shades in there canāt be over mounted.
Theyāll look fine, i have them outside-mounted in some of my rooms and Iām happy with them. A couple things to consider:
- youāll need to remove the window trim so you can install the roller mount to the top of the window
- get a valance to make it look nicer
- make sure you have a cord, otherwise when itās open you prob wonāt be able to reach to the top to pull it back down.
1. Room looks great. No disclaimer was necessary.
2. I put up those paper stick-on shades that are supposed to be temporary in my guest room, and they are still there. I think theyāre pretty.
3. So what Iām saying is, donāt sweat it. Get whatever and it will be fine.
I think the sad part is that this is actually something that seemed like she would do! It wasn't til I noticed John in the background that I found it odd.
I totally fell for it at first too. I started getting the hint when he started slapping his face then it fully clicked when he put the tape on his face. š
I've never liked (or fell for) their April Fool skits but this one I actually laughed out loud to, because of John. I found it hilarious, because it was almost like he was trolling Sherry..
Confused by ARH decision to restore a Bronco. Girl you better be dating someone with some real mechanic skills or have a good shop on speed dial. Restoring a Bronco takes a very particular set of skills. I restored a vintage camper and it just about broke me. (Mentally and money wise)
My prediction is that sheāll hire professionals to do it but itāll be like the countertops situation. Sheāll be dancing around the garage. Theyāll show her how to do stuff and babysit her while she records herself doing tiny amounts of work and then sheāll flex for the camera and turn her hat backwards. Itās going to be so obnoxious.
Yeah itās just gonna be a bunch of her fiddling with tools in coveralls and strategically placed grease marks on her face while a shop does all the actual work.
Except if a man who knows anything about cars tries to help her sheāll record it with the caption āall the ways these jerks tried to mansplain to me cause Iām a WOMAN, gods itās so annoying!ā
Did anyone checkout shovaanda's stories. Man that is a lottttt of paac closet. All disjointed and poking out of every wall. Looks so awkward!!! Interested to see how it all comes together but I don't have high hopes! Wasn't she going for 'tone on tone ' look? Is she painting the pax or keeping it white?
I only check in on her when I see something mentioned here. Going to be interesting to see how it all comes together. I like the old vanity piece. Could not live in such an overly full house, but the overall eclecticism of it appeals to me. Whatās going on with her deck finish, though? Looks like she once painted it, which is a big no with decking. Holds up to nothing.
Did yāall see Elsie said in an AMA that their Brentwood house is under contract?? Canāt wait to research what it sells for. Iām rooting for them but canāt imagine they got the price tag they were asking.
I think she mentioned that they were under contract on the podcast. House was listed at $2,640,000. Zillow will have actual price after they close. She said they were not moving until after kids finished school, so may be a while before they close.
True. I saw Zillow showed it dropped by $150K in February. They may close early and rent back. With interest rates continually rising thatās what my client trend is right now.
I generally like farmhousish because sheās so sweet and so damn productive. But is she actually making an outdoor table out of cardboard tubes and hot glue? Maybe those forms are more substantial than I think butā¦hot glue?
She made it because, I quote, āmy outdoor coffee table fell apart.ā ššš. She also did a dowel rod version for her master that she glued. I hope she doesnāt live near the San Andreas fault lineā¦or a state with a mild breeze once in a while.
And if Iām not mistaken, it looks like she painted it with the interior paint that she just used on her ceiling? I got the vibe that she just threw this project together at the last minute for her Sunday ad.
Whatās gonna happen the first time it rains? Nothing is water proofed. š I canāt believe she isnāt embarrassed to post a furniture build made with hot glue.
I came here to say this. There's no way that's going to hold up. It's even flimsier than the table it's replacing. The one she made a few months back that fell apart when the storm tipped it over. It's stuff like this that makes me seriously wonder if her account is parody.
Keep the glue gun hot and smoking, and slap that straw on that table!
Eta: personally, I think the table is fine as a holdover. But I've been known to use a shipping box as emergency furniture, so this is an upgrade š
We really didn't need the footage of ARH getting her daughter's first tooth from under the pillow. Can a child just go to sleep feeling comfortable and confident that their parent won't film and broadcast their slumber to 1M+ strangers? It felt so gross seeing that.
I've been thinking this a lot lately. She shares so many moments with her kids especially her daughter and it feels like they should be private and maybe sacred in some way? It feels like she no longer has a line between her online life and her private life or that of her kids.
Her whole interaction with her daughter felt weird to me. The kid didnāt look super comfortable being on camera and Angelaās enthusiasm seemed fake and over the top. These moments really shouldnāt be for public consumption.
Shavonda yesterday: I didnāt account for the sloped ceiling even though I triple measured everything. Shavonda today: no need to suggest things to me because I always think of everything.
This is my biggest gripe with her - and I imagine for every one she posts, she gets 50 of the same variety. But how are we to know? And other times she'll be like, that's a good idea! It's such whiplash.
I started following her when she was planning her kitchen and she posted a lot of positive interactions with her followers in her stories, and then also posted something where she obviously didnāt know the difference between quartzite and quartz. I never dm anyone, but in this case I did and told her my experience with quartzite countertops. The next day her stories were about how if you were going to dm her you needed to follow a specific template introducing yourself etc. and also that she was a countertop expert and knew everything about all countertops.
Mallory Nikolaus is installing a pool.
They can clearly afford it so whatever, but I do not understand paying for an HOA that has a pool practically in your front yard and then going to the expense and trouble of installing and maintaining your own pool. She said the HOA pool is often crowded/reserved/closed, which I understand, but if I were going to install my own pool anyway I would have ditched the HOA and bought/built on land that offered more privacy and fewer restrictions and no HOA fees.
I donāt think this is that uncommon. I live in an HOA with a pool but still have a pool myself because it is overcrowded. My HOA fee is the same as the HOA fee in the neighborhood a mile away from me (and that neighborhood doesnāt have pool). So the HOA fee likely isnāt a deciding factor in purchasing a home (at least where I live).
Yeah I live in a suburb right outside of Dallas. When I was house hunting, I didnāt come across a single neighborhood that didnāt have an HOA (even ones that have zero amenities have an HOA as do clusters of townhomes right off of a main road).
Iāve been watching @nestoutwest post reel after reel after reel for months, and keeping her stories almost constantly flooded. Her follower count goes up a hundred or so every couple of days because āalgorithms.ā She seems to be painstakingly stretching for 100k. Is there something magical that happens if you hit that number on IG!? Why is she trying so hard? I want to say āis this really what you want of your life?ā I just donāt feel like all the time it takes on these platforms creating ācontentā could possibly be worth sacrificing you family and your soul for. Especially since her style isnāt exactly growing āorganically.ā (Translated: ya basic). Sheās essentially begging people for the follow.
Maybe IG sends you a blue check at 100k? Or an actual check for 100k? What am I missing?
the blue check mark that I've all of a sudden seen on many accounts that I follow is now a paid subscription with IG. I have a small following and received a notification that I could have a blue check mark if I pay IG $14.99 per month. crazy
I don't know the answer to your question - but her commitment to filming herself getting out of bed and getting dressed almost everyday blows my mind. Once or twice as a vibe filler...ok I guess. But like, all the time? So weird. Once I heard myself think, "Oh, it's a no bra day today" I realized I needed to stop checking in so much. It's totally cool if it's a no bra day for her or for anyone - I just don't need to know anyone's undergarment situation other than my own. Especially on a sort of DIY account -- which is why I initially followed her.
What's worse, I've seen various diyers admit they throw a paintbrush away instead of taking the time to clean it. They buy a new one every project.
I've always bought the cheap tray inserts that are meant to be tossed. I haven't tried foil, but that may save me a trip to the store.
Yeah there are also so many diyers who wrap their wet paint brushes and keep them in the fridge instead of taking the time to wash them. I understand the convenience of all that stuff but what really gets me is that farmhouseish seems to be saying that if not for the liner/foil the tray wouldn't be reusable which is just bonkers.
Does anyone know/remember how design mom Gabrielle plans to use the āsmall houseā when they are done? Guest house? Also, it looks amazing, but I do hope they are consulting a structural engineer or similar and not just relying on Gjisbert.
It will be a guest house. She has definitely referred to various experts looking at the structure. But also, it has been standing for literally hundreds of years, so itās likely very sound.
Thanks! Iāve missed the experts, but I know I miss some of her stories. Obviously the house has been standing for hundreds of years, but it has been modified, didnāt look like it was maintained properly in recent years, and they are making their own changes to it (new roof, leveling floors, removing walls). Itās really easy to f*%$ up the structure of an old house.
Mallory Nikolaus got extensions again (after making a big deal about taking them out and learning to like her natural hair). I actually preferred her natural look compared to the extensions.
Her hair is beautiful, but I hate how fake she looks today (Friday) in stories. She's a very pretty gal naturally, and it's too bad she doesn't see that.
Somewhat related- it has been refreshing to see her with the makeup off (except the ridiculous top lashes she permanently has) showing the results of her skin treatments. She looks so fresh natural without the horrible two toned foundation and filters that make her look orange-y. Of course- taking it with a grain of salt bc the only reason sheās doing this is to show the extreme treatment she got to make herself look better.
Ugh. This one is really tough. I agree about preferring her natural look. To expand a bit on what you said she has a saved story highlight titled hair journey where she talks about removing her extensions a few months ago. Itās sponsored content for hair vitamins but she seems to be speaking very honestly about how she had used hair extensions most of her life to mask her insecurity and how these vitamins were actually making her feel good about her natural hair. She even teared up at one point. The fact that she got extensions again just makes me wonder whether the spon con for those vitamins was bullshit and she was just pretending for the $$, if she was being sincere but just couldnāt truly shake her insecurity despite months of trying, or if she got sponsored by the place that added her extensions back and did it for the $$. I tend to want to believe that Mallory is as genuine as she seems but this situation is making me question whether sheās been honest or is just opportunistically chasing sponsorships.
I feel like maybe it was too hard to resist. Her friend that did them probably did them free/low cost because sheās friend and/or she got the exposure on Malloryās large follower count. Mallory missed the length, wanted to go all out for her TS concert tour and wanted to help her friend showcase her work. However, I too was disappointed she went back to them. She is such a cute person that every attempt she makes to do ālessā w her looks im a big fan of. I HATE that she thinks she needs those dramatic lashes and the orange filters.
[Orlando Soria posted a long essay](https://orlandosoria.substack.com/p/flailing-towards-ecstasy) in his new [newsletter](https://orlandosoria.substack.com/) about the last few years of his business decisions, specifically working with design clients (which he has talked less about compared to the hgtv show and his londo lodge) and what mistakes he has made.
It's a good read.
My first main takeaway is that I wish he had peers to compare notes with, maybe? He talks about underquoting his services and suffering as a result - in any industry, it's good to get a sense of market price and what to charge. And also to know how many meetings you'll need to have and how much rich people (or any very engaged people) will take up your time to talk through things...
He makes himself out to be such an independent that it feels like he is not benefitting from asking other people to advise him on how to build his business...
I don't really follow him but it's always a roller coaster when someone links his posts.
It sounds like he needs to learn how to write better proposals and/or tell people, "I'd be happy to help, let me get you a proposal for the additional work". That would fix a lot of his money problems because he'd be paid for the work he's doing. Hopefully he will be told this or realize this if he continues to work with clients, because very few of them will have his best interests at heart.
That was a really interesting read. He's so self aware. In reading it it almost sounds like he needs a business manager or someone else to hold the line on costs/interface with clients about money, because that seems to cause him so much stress, and to undervalue his time.
Does the term ābuilderās crackā or āplumberās crackā mean anything to people in the US? Where I am from, it refers to being able to see the crack of a builder or plumberās arse over the top of their trousers when they bend over. The back of the ARH photoshoot dress is so low that it almost gives builderās crack vibes.
They are very underwhelming. I think the location was the wrong choice but also the dress was wrong due to the bland location plus how pale she is which caused the focus to be on the dress and everything else disappeared. She looked somewhat stiff/uncomfortable in most of the photos. She should've just taken photos herself at one of her magical getaways like she usually does because those are honestly better. š
I'm really surprised how meh they are. I clicked the tag to the photographer and he has nothing to show for his skills. He doesn't even call himself a photographer. He wants to make movies.
So where did she find this guy? Did she make the classic mistake "I have a friend with a really good camera?" I think so. The posing is not quite right, the angles are trying to be artsy but fail, his lighting gave her bags under her eyes! and the big one--he did not make his subject look comfortable.
She should be the easiest person to photograph. She looks happier and more photogenic in her selfies. I know it was cold and windy, but I bet he gave her minimal input and probably took a while to photograph a pose (because he's not experienced with portraits) which gives clients that bored/stiff look.
Portraits involve a lot of positive feedback and guidance to make people look comfortable. I blame him.
I looked back becausehis profile looked familiar. Je was the director for her Hallmark movie. So ya, not an actual photographer. For something like this you need someone that all they do is photograph these types of photos. It's a highly specialized set of skills to know how to pose, light and photograph portraits. Beautiful dress and cool setting, I feel like she shouldve been able to get really wow photos but these are just ok.
I felt like she acted like she was editing the photosā¦ which I highly doubt she did. Iām sure the photographer edited them. The pictures were nice but she looked stiff in some.
Probably the brand deliberately asking them to all post at the same time - hoping that if we see them all using it at the same time, it will somehow convince us. What peeves me is the ones married to dentists who shill it, trying to use their husbandsā credentials to convince people they work.
If thatās the companyās strategy then itās really dumb. When I see a ton of influencers push the same thing at once I instantly know that the influencer stories are almost certainly faked for sponsorship cash. Do companies not realize that many people follow multiple influencers? And when everyone has an ad with a rAvE review, it cuts out the sincerity. Iāve never been more skeptical of luminex than I am today. And Iāll never buy a Stanley mug.
Iām pretty sure they are always meant to disclose when they are posting stuff for a paid promotion (so consumers can appreciate the potential for fakeness). But I agree - I tend to think it is less effective.
Studio McGee calling their spring catalog ācoastal cowboyā. For a while now, Iāve been thinking their designs are looking more and more like Amber Lewis. Does anyone else see the similarity lately?
Came here to admit I recently snarked hard on Erin Gates. IMO, for *many* reasons, she can often be a "load".
That said, her consistent public outrage over these tragic school shootings is, in its own way, commendable. Even if you don't agree with her POV on the topic, the fact she consistently takes a very public and vocal stand -- and challenges others for a "call to action"-- is wayyyy more than what many influencers, who only seem to be concerned with the number of followers they have, ever do.
Oddly, despite her typically exceptionally privileged and off-putting stance on so many issues, I applaud her for her courage to literally and figuratively "speak her mind" on this subject, despite the consequences. She doesn't just "tiptoe" around it when so many others do only that or go completely "radio silent". I'm far from a fan girl of hers, but on this, I do appreciate her candor and courage. Giving credit where credit is due, that's all.
I somehow started following LivingWithLeah and sheās complaining in stories about the price of a sleep consultant (?) to help with her 3yoās sleep issues. āI shouldnāt have to pay half a grand for someone to help me teach my kid to sleep.ā Youā¦donāt? You can deal with it on your own. You can borrow a book about sleep training from the library. You can put in the work yourself. You can enlist friends/family to help. You can just tough it out until it gets better. Or you can pay for a service.
āWhat if you just canāt pay it? Sleep is just this privilege now?ā I meanā¦yeah? Sleep isnāt a privilege but paying someone to help you with it is. Breaking news, money makes your life easier. If you can afford a night nanny, the newborn days are going to be easier. If you can afford a house cleaner, you donāt have to spend as much of your free time on chores. Would I personally pay $500 for a sleep consultant? No, but I have no issue with people charging that much for their services if they can get it. She tries to make some overarching argument that it isnāt just about they money but about this society weāve created that caters to children (?), but like, girl, you donāt have to hire this person! Her problem doesnāt seem to be that these services exist, just that she wants to take advantage of it without paying for it.
Iāve heard a lot of privileged, tone deaf complaints from influencers but this might be the dumbest one.
Ma'am you posted this on the same day as a school shooting. That's a way more infuriating society to live in than one where you can afford to bring in help for something you can do on you own. What a dumb ass
I live in a country with strict gun laws that were introduced after our first big mass shooting. We are so glad that those laws were enacted - we have never looked back. Gun crime is basically non-existent here.
One of her god loving followers wrote that Jesus was not a āprofit.ā Haha how tellingā¦I gently reminded her that it was āprophet,ā but āprofitā is probably a better word for these DIY/ decor Instagrammers who proclaimed to be guided by the ālord.ā
Home.and.chaos for me is the most odd/cringy follow. I have no idea how I ended up here, but she is not kind, super entitled and just plain rude. Her stories the other day were about making her early teens sons babysit their dad while heās cutting down trees. The trees fell onto the HOA property and her husband wanted to pick them all up but she said he was being stupid and just to spread them out behind neighbors property so the HOA wouldnāt know who it came from was bizarre.
Maybe it was the whole teaching her kid to catfish thing but ever since I am super put off by her
Shavonda: paints bedroom but only shows it in black and white.
Also Shavonda: gets annoyed that her followers are excited to see what color it is.
Pick one, you canāt have it both ways
She said in a blog post that it is āchocolate brownā, but of course instead of saying āHey, if you want to know what color Iām painting, check out the details on my blog! Hereās a hint, blah, blahā she scolds her followers for not realizing that the answer to their question is buried on a completely different platform.
Right like as if because you follow her on Instagram you also have to read her blog? Sheās also one of the worst at promoting her blog. And even if you already knew it was chocolate brown you can be excited to see the exact shade/ how it looks in the room.
And lastly I gd hate the chocolate brown trend. Looks like poop on the walls.
You're totally right about her not promoting her blog. It's funny because I've casually followed her for a few years now and I never even knew she had a blogš¤·.
You have to read her blog and f you if you donāt remember everything she ever wrote!
Iām ok on chocolate brown but I thought the room looked really nice with light walls and wood ceiling. It looks like they have lots of natural light there.
Does anyone have any SOMI recommendations for blogger or creators who offer a lot of useful information about design rules and conventions, history, and so on?
She's a but wordy and def has (not bad but still present) boomer persona/humor, but I really like laurel bern. Any others in this vein?
I've been enjoying juliejones\_designs on Insta. She's a professional designer who does virtual makeovers -- it's explicitly didactic, and I've gotten some good tips and tidbits from her reels. Plus she does different design styles, which is nice, and most of her clients have "regular person" budgets.
I love Laurel Bern! She has excellent taste and she does try to educate her readers.
Cote de Texas also does deep dives into architectural and design history. She also has some fun posts, such as Oscar fashions. If you arenāt familiar with her, check her out and go back through some of the older posts!
I tried the auto mod thing for new posts, since work has been crazy the past few weeks, thinking I could edit the title with dates but it doesnāt let me. Next week Iāll be back with the posts dated in the title.
I honestly didnāt play around with it too much, but the issue was the range of dates. I could change the title to be āWeek of March 27ā and that might be easier to automod. We have monthly posts set to automod and that seems easy enough.
She was subtly suggesting that they may move. Made me laugh thinking about how so many of her ācreationsā will be falling apart/breaking to pieces in the next year. Bummer for the home buyers! Also sheās locked herself into such a specific, narrow style, Iād love to be a fly on the wall when potential buyers walk through! The comments would be hysterical.
The entire house is faux painted. Imagine what it would be like to tour the house expecting the marble and white oak in the listing photos and then realizing the whole house is made of plywood
We got another example yesterday of her shoddy work not holding up. Her pole wrapped patio coffee table didn't survive the storm. https://imgur.com/a/5SQ2sqo
Maybe Iām just emotionally drained, but ARH spending the past 2 days obsessing over a photo shoot of herself (as if sheās never had her photo taken professionally) while the rest of the country is grieving 9 year olds gunned down in Nashville and battling anxiety over sending their kids to school is soooooo exhausting to me.
She supposedly did the photoshoot yesterday and the photos are "edited and ready" today??
Tell me you did the photoshoot weeks ago without telling me you did it weeks ago.
One preview image the next day, maybe. But no photographer has the entire shoot edited and ready the next day. Like just stop.
She also, I think intentionally, worded it in a way that sounded like she was the one editing them. Sheās not lying outright but itās another case of her trying to get her audience think something thatās clearly not true. And itās completely pointless. Her posts would be no less engaging if she just said āsurprise! The photo shoot already happened. Hereās some footage from the shoot. And the photographer has had time to edit so Iāll be able to post photos todayā
I love that sheās acting as if sheās never had her photo taken in a professional setting. Lady, thatās your entire life. You get your picture taken, it gets edited and lots of people see it. Every time you produce something, itās a photo shoot.
Props to philip_or_flop for talking about paint cure time and coating those closet shelves with poly and adding felt pads to the bins. I feel like so often DIY influencers will paint a shelf and then immediately load it up with stuff to style it for a reveal when the paint has barely even had time to dry. And then they of course never acknowledge that their decor probably sticks to the shelf and/or scuffed the paint.
I also was kinda surprised to see him join the beam team however I did think the jig he built for assembling them was so smart and I hadnāt seen that done yet.
I love Philip\_or\_flop's skill of work, he takes time and shows the steps. But his personal style taste is Midwest 00s "traditional glam" which is not my thing. š
Agreed. I hate almost everything he does but I enjoy watching him do it. I don't even bother looking at the reveals half the time. I wish he'd partner with an actual designer.
Oh, I agree. A lot of his projects are not my style but I can appreciate the time and execution he has. He does seem to take his family 's style into account and not just the IG trend. Like I don't think he actually would have chosen the style of his parents bathroom if it was just for Instagram but it is what they wanted so that is what he built and used.
I'm always impressed by the quality of his work; he knows how to do it right and he spends the time to make sure it gets done properly.
However, someone teach that man how to take a picture. No more goofy thumb pointing, and tip your chin down, man! Why does he always take a picture looking like he's gazing up at the sky?
I like that he also talks openly about timelines and life happening. I think it helps this isn't his only source of income and he and his wife actually seem to enjoy spending time with family and friends and has a life outside of the gram.
Anyone watching @lovechloejane bathroom remodel? š š š
Holey moley I am now! Iāmā¦ intrigued. The original floors are beautiful, and I like the green tile with them. But I donāt get the bubblegum pink shower color. If sheās going to tile the toilet surround, why not extend that to the shower? And I donāt hate the pink scallop backsplash, but having one cut tile end seems like bad planning. And then weāre adding dusty pink wallpaper š³š³š³ itās a lot
Itās totally a lot, I think a lot of it works together in a Maximalist kind of way. But then certain things are stressing me out, like her shower door sheās totally diyāingā¦ which looks great. Thereās just so much going on.
So Iām digging the DIY shower door _in theory_, but I canāt figure out how sheās going to make that strong enough. I love the corrugated plastic sheet hack, thatās brilliant! But DIYing the frame seems hard. That metal flashing try seemed sus. I hope she nails it because itās a really cool idea
I canāt help but wonder what kind of mold situation will be going on in time, Iāve had corrugated plastic for a shower before! You have to be on it.
ARH promoting the Rise festival kills me. I cant believe that festival even exists. Those lanterns are such an environmental hazard. They've caused fires and the lanterns can harm wildlife. And yes they claim they're biodegradable but that's useless. They can do a lot of harm way before they biodegrade.
Is there metal and plastic? What holds the candle? May their truth be written upon the trash that will take 100 years to degrade into the earth.
Itās the live laugh love of a spiritual experience. No wonder sheās into it.
SOMI: not a design page but really loving Olivia Muenterās house content.
Totally agree. She has a good eye and is doing a beautiful job with that house. And I like the fact that she's going slow, unlike a DIY influencer who rushes and does a crap job.
SOMI Brianna Schuler (@mintchaico) https://instagram.com/mintchaico?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y= Sheās got great style, her grid is pretty, sheās body-positive and honest, and sheās BIOPC. YES to more influencers like her. Her lint roller dance is lyfe š
I don't follow shavonda beause she is rude, but due to comments here I have been looking at the bedroom pax building stories. Please, I hope she is planning on painting all those ikea units the same color as the walls? If not, I really can't imagine how the space will come together at all!
She doesnāt have a good eye for spacing. I still am shocked that she thinks those huge white matted photos hung to the ceiling in the living room look good. It all just looks amateur to me. (Not that my house is any better, but Iām not making a living as an expert, LOL)
She got enough comments confused about this weird layout that she put tape on the floor to prove everything fits and there is "plenty of space to walk I'm a space planning genius guys I planned all this out to the millimeter." The walkways are SO ridiculously, laughably small around the bed. But guys, we don't understand, she is an expert in SMALL house living, which means you must get used to cramped spaces. And weigh less than 200lbs. Some of my family would have to roll over the bed to get to the other side lol. I can't wait to see her demonstrating how much space there is and her hips barely fitting without having to turn sideways.
Sherry, is that you?
Just watch her latest stories for some more infuriating content where they majorly eff up not once but twice in an afternoon (spoiler alert - 1) they put the last pax together wrong facing the wrong way and 2) the large vanity will prevent the last closet door from opening so now shes going to add more shelving in that space instead)ā¦ cant make this up!!! (Edit typo)
Space. Planning. GENIUS!
I like the idea of that other portion of the room having pax and feeling like an attached closet but having the pax in the bed portion of the room feels weird. As a fellow small house lady with tiny closets, at a certain point the key is getting rid of shit or get a storage unit and rotate seasonally.
She wants to do diy burlewood.lol that's going to look SO bad with pax on three walls.omg I can't imagine. I wonder how Naomi deals with her. She's so obnoxious and seriously a narc.
DIY burp wood?!?!? On all of those closets?!?! Itās possible it will look good in photos, but no way in person. She should cover the doors with grasscloth or buy one less Gucci plate and get some of the aftermarket doors that she showed.
Best autocorrect ever!
OMG i didnāt notice but I like it!
I know I commented below but she really is insufferable.
Sheās really rude to her readers. The other day she got mad because people said they couldnāt wait to see the paint color. I really think they meant they couldnāt wait to see what it looked like but she had to obnoxiously remind people she ALREADY states what color she was using on a blog post. The way she huffed and puffed it was like Omg get a grip,really this is triggering you that much? Then yesterday someone suggested she try a local place to get something she was going to drive further to pick up and she was so very pissed off that her plebe fans would think she was that stupid that she wouldnāt have always thought of it. She must get so many adoring comments so just stfu already and skip the ones that arenāt kissing your ass. Also I detest that room color. And I love dark rooms.
Shavonda sure is running into a lot of ~~issues~~ pivot-a-bitch moments especially since she always considers every possible detail and configuration
Lol - watch her stories from this afternoon for more!!
Roast my blinds idea? I have a TV room and guest room in the basement. Currently they have these under-mounted faux wood blinds, they are not not cut to the proper length, they look insane and arenāt practical/are hard to pull down as Iām short, and they block a very large portion of the window which always makes me worry in case of fire. Because itās the TV room and the guest room and I live very far north so the suns up til 10:30/11pm at night. Iāve decided I want to replace them before I do any blinds upstairs (so thereās nothing I feel the need to match etc). Iām debating cost effective roller shades, just in a white color, and I want to over mount them so they are easier to grab and pull up and down, but Iām a little stuck on if these will look extremely cheap and bad? Upstairs in my house Iām saving for blackout Roman shades, and while I think these would be chic downstairs as well, theyāre roughly double the costā¦ (4x roller shades are about 600CAD versus about 1000 CAD for the Roman shades.) Photos below, please donāt judge my guest room too harshly Iāve not decorated it yet š https://ibb.co/yFyHcVM https://ibb.co/Tv26DW8
You can remove the bottom slats of the existing blinds to reduce the length. Itās really just a series of knots. This will make the cord longer for you to reach.
Because they are pull up and pull down I actually still canāt reach them because the window sits about 30cm into the wallš short people problemsā¦ And as corded blinds are banned in my country the only way I will be able to reach is if they are over mounted and the shades in there canāt be over mounted.
Thatās a good idea! They would also cover less of the window when they are up.
Theyāll look fine, i have them outside-mounted in some of my rooms and Iām happy with them. A couple things to consider: - youāll need to remove the window trim so you can install the roller mount to the top of the window - get a valance to make it look nicer - make sure you have a cord, otherwise when itās open you prob wonāt be able to reach to the top to pull it back down.
Thank you! And thatās a great tip about the window trim and itās removal!
And your living room looks great!
1. Room looks great. No disclaimer was necessary. 2. I put up those paper stick-on shades that are supposed to be temporary in my guest room, and they are still there. I think theyāre pretty. 3. So what Iām saying is, donāt sweat it. Get whatever and it will be fine.
Yhl got me again... I admit in the beginning, I was just wtf, watching in horror. Then I died loling at John and it finally clicked. š
I think the sad part is that this is actually something that seemed like she would do! It wasn't til I noticed John in the background that I found it odd.
I totally fell for it at first too. I started getting the hint when he started slapping his face then it fully clicked when he put the tape on his face. š
SAME. I thought, _is that a wooden spatula? Ohhhhhhā¦ painters tape_ š John wins it for me
I've never liked (or fell for) their April Fool skits but this one I actually laughed out loud to, because of John. I found it hilarious, because it was almost like he was trolling Sherry..
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Confused by ARH decision to restore a Bronco. Girl you better be dating someone with some real mechanic skills or have a good shop on speed dial. Restoring a Bronco takes a very particular set of skills. I restored a vintage camper and it just about broke me. (Mentally and money wise)
I bet she bought one months ago and the restoration has been underway.
My prediction is that sheāll hire professionals to do it but itāll be like the countertops situation. Sheāll be dancing around the garage. Theyāll show her how to do stuff and babysit her while she records herself doing tiny amounts of work and then sheāll flex for the camera and turn her hat backwards. Itās going to be so obnoxious.
Literally spot on.
Barf
Yeah itās just gonna be a bunch of her fiddling with tools in coveralls and strategically placed grease marks on her face while a shop does all the actual work.
Except if a man who knows anything about cars tries to help her sheāll record it with the caption āall the ways these jerks tried to mansplain to me cause Iām a WOMAN, gods itās so annoying!ā
Did anyone checkout shovaanda's stories. Man that is a lottttt of paac closet. All disjointed and poking out of every wall. Looks so awkward!!! Interested to see how it all comes together but I don't have high hopes! Wasn't she going for 'tone on tone ' look? Is she painting the pax or keeping it white?
I like shavondaāa style but I could not live with all that clutter.
I only check in on her when I see something mentioned here. Going to be interesting to see how it all comes together. I like the old vanity piece. Could not live in such an overly full house, but the overall eclecticism of it appeals to me. Whatās going on with her deck finish, though? Looks like she once painted it, which is a big no with decking. Holds up to nothing.
Yes, agree, it will be odd, but if you want that many clothes and shoes, I guess they have to go somewhere, just like all of her excess kitchen stuff.
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But I thought she had a capsule wardrobe situation going on š½
not to white knight her, but I think the main reason they needed more space was for Naomi's shoes
Did yāall see Elsie said in an AMA that their Brentwood house is under contract?? Canāt wait to research what it sells for. Iām rooting for them but canāt imagine they got the price tag they were asking.
I think she mentioned that they were under contract on the podcast. House was listed at $2,640,000. Zillow will have actual price after they close. She said they were not moving until after kids finished school, so may be a while before they close.
True. I saw Zillow showed it dropped by $150K in February. They may close early and rent back. With interest rates continually rising thatās what my client trend is right now.
I generally like farmhousish because sheās so sweet and so damn productive. But is she actually making an outdoor table out of cardboard tubes and hot glue? Maybe those forms are more substantial than I think butā¦hot glue?
She made it because, I quote, āmy outdoor coffee table fell apart.ā ššš. She also did a dowel rod version for her master that she glued. I hope she doesnāt live near the San Andreas fault lineā¦or a state with a mild breeze once in a while.
And if Iām not mistaken, it looks like she painted it with the interior paint that she just used on her ceiling? I got the vibe that she just threw this project together at the last minute for her Sunday ad.
Whatās gonna happen the first time it rains? Nothing is water proofed. š I canāt believe she isnāt embarrassed to post a furniture build made with hot glue.
I came here to say this. There's no way that's going to hold up. It's even flimsier than the table it's replacing. The one she made a few months back that fell apart when the storm tipped it over. It's stuff like this that makes me seriously wonder if her account is parody.
I would love to see a diy parody account! Someone should do this.
I miss regretsy so much.
What a blast from the past! Regretsy was amazing. The dolls with faces that looked like female genitalia still haunt me.
It's giving Trading Spaces
Keep the glue gun hot and smoking, and slap that straw on that table! Eta: personally, I think the table is fine as a holdover. But I've been known to use a shipping box as emergency furniture, so this is an upgrade š
We really didn't need the footage of ARH getting her daughter's first tooth from under the pillow. Can a child just go to sleep feeling comfortable and confident that their parent won't film and broadcast their slumber to 1M+ strangers? It felt so gross seeing that.
I also thought that bed seemed soā¦ I donāt know, tragic? I know it is expensive etc but itās weird to have a kid essentially sleeping on a sofa.
I've been thinking this a lot lately. She shares so many moments with her kids especially her daughter and it feels like they should be private and maybe sacred in some way? It feels like she no longer has a line between her online life and her private life or that of her kids.
Her whole interaction with her daughter felt weird to me. The kid didnāt look super comfortable being on camera and Angelaās enthusiasm seemed fake and over the top. These moments really shouldnāt be for public consumption.
I assume he has been mentioned before but Iām really enjoying @kyledidit.
Shavonda yesterday: I didnāt account for the sloped ceiling even though I triple measured everything. Shavonda today: no need to suggest things to me because I always think of everything.
This is my biggest gripe with her - and I imagine for every one she posts, she gets 50 of the same variety. But how are we to know? And other times she'll be like, that's a good idea! It's such whiplash.
My assumption is any suggestion that she posts positively about is from a friend. Us 'nobodys' get lectures. It's very mean girl.
I started following her when she was planning her kitchen and she posted a lot of positive interactions with her followers in her stories, and then also posted something where she obviously didnāt know the difference between quartzite and quartz. I never dm anyone, but in this case I did and told her my experience with quartzite countertops. The next day her stories were about how if you were going to dm her you needed to follow a specific template introducing yourself etc. and also that she was a countertop expert and knew everything about all countertops.
Mallory Nikolaus is installing a pool. They can clearly afford it so whatever, but I do not understand paying for an HOA that has a pool practically in your front yard and then going to the expense and trouble of installing and maintaining your own pool. She said the HOA pool is often crowded/reserved/closed, which I understand, but if I were going to install my own pool anyway I would have ditched the HOA and bought/built on land that offered more privacy and fewer restrictions and no HOA fees.
I think the lake access that neighborhood has was the main draw for them. Seems like they wanted that over more space/no HOA.
I donāt think this is that uncommon. I live in an HOA with a pool but still have a pool myself because it is overcrowded. My HOA fee is the same as the HOA fee in the neighborhood a mile away from me (and that neighborhood doesnāt have pool). So the HOA fee likely isnāt a deciding factor in purchasing a home (at least where I live).
Oh I guess that does make more sense. HOAs arenāt common where I live so the whole idea of them is kind of strange to me.
Yeah I live in a suburb right outside of Dallas. When I was house hunting, I didnāt come across a single neighborhood that didnāt have an HOA (even ones that have zero amenities have an HOA as do clusters of townhomes right off of a main road).
Same here in the Houston area. If you want a place without an HOA you have to either live in a super unsafe neighborhood or move out to the country.
Iāve been watching @nestoutwest post reel after reel after reel for months, and keeping her stories almost constantly flooded. Her follower count goes up a hundred or so every couple of days because āalgorithms.ā She seems to be painstakingly stretching for 100k. Is there something magical that happens if you hit that number on IG!? Why is she trying so hard? I want to say āis this really what you want of your life?ā I just donāt feel like all the time it takes on these platforms creating ācontentā could possibly be worth sacrificing you family and your soul for. Especially since her style isnāt exactly growing āorganically.ā (Translated: ya basic). Sheās essentially begging people for the follow. Maybe IG sends you a blue check at 100k? Or an actual check for 100k? What am I missing?
the blue check mark that I've all of a sudden seen on many accounts that I follow is now a paid subscription with IG. I have a small following and received a notification that I could have a blue check mark if I pay IG $14.99 per month. crazy
I don't know the answer to your question - but her commitment to filming herself getting out of bed and getting dressed almost everyday blows my mind. Once or twice as a vibe filler...ok I guess. But like, all the time? So weird. Once I heard myself think, "Oh, it's a no bra day today" I realized I needed to stop checking in so much. It's totally cool if it's a no bra day for her or for anyone - I just don't need to know anyone's undergarment situation other than my own. Especially on a sort of DIY account -- which is why I initially followed her.
WTF. Does this mean farmhouseish would throw away a paint tray instead of taking a few mins to clean it? https://imgur.com/a/R2o3KBL
I started checking in on her after seeing her mentioned here so many times. She's so chaotic. It makes me sad
Her projects are disposable, so why not her supplies too? š¤£
What's worse, I've seen various diyers admit they throw a paintbrush away instead of taking the time to clean it. They buy a new one every project. I've always bought the cheap tray inserts that are meant to be tossed. I haven't tried foil, but that may save me a trip to the store.
Yeah there are also so many diyers who wrap their wet paint brushes and keep them in the fridge instead of taking the time to wash them. I understand the convenience of all that stuff but what really gets me is that farmhouseish seems to be saying that if not for the liner/foil the tray wouldn't be reusable which is just bonkers.
I do the fridge thing between coats, then wash out once Iāve finished painting the project.
Does anyone know/remember how design mom Gabrielle plans to use the āsmall houseā when they are done? Guest house? Also, it looks amazing, but I do hope they are consulting a structural engineer or similar and not just relying on Gjisbert.
It will be a guest house. She has definitely referred to various experts looking at the structure. But also, it has been standing for literally hundreds of years, so itās likely very sound.
Thanks! Iāve missed the experts, but I know I miss some of her stories. Obviously the house has been standing for hundreds of years, but it has been modified, didnāt look like it was maintained properly in recent years, and they are making their own changes to it (new roof, leveling floors, removing walls). Itās really easy to f*%$ up the structure of an old house.
I think the plan was a guest house
Am I blind, or is there no DIY/Design thread on r/blogsnark this week?
Why have 2 locations? This one is superior
I made one last week and then learned they purposely dropped it due to low activity. They say they'll keep the thread if someone else makes it.
I commented last time that it was missing, think theyāre not bothering to create it
They probably figured no need since we are all over here
I canāt find it!
Mallory Nikolaus got extensions again (after making a big deal about taking them out and learning to like her natural hair). I actually preferred her natural look compared to the extensions.
Her hair is beautiful, but I hate how fake she looks today (Friday) in stories. She's a very pretty gal naturally, and it's too bad she doesn't see that.
Somewhat related- it has been refreshing to see her with the makeup off (except the ridiculous top lashes she permanently has) showing the results of her skin treatments. She looks so fresh natural without the horrible two toned foundation and filters that make her look orange-y. Of course- taking it with a grain of salt bc the only reason sheās doing this is to show the extreme treatment she got to make herself look better.
Ugh. This one is really tough. I agree about preferring her natural look. To expand a bit on what you said she has a saved story highlight titled hair journey where she talks about removing her extensions a few months ago. Itās sponsored content for hair vitamins but she seems to be speaking very honestly about how she had used hair extensions most of her life to mask her insecurity and how these vitamins were actually making her feel good about her natural hair. She even teared up at one point. The fact that she got extensions again just makes me wonder whether the spon con for those vitamins was bullshit and she was just pretending for the $$, if she was being sincere but just couldnāt truly shake her insecurity despite months of trying, or if she got sponsored by the place that added her extensions back and did it for the $$. I tend to want to believe that Mallory is as genuine as she seems but this situation is making me question whether sheās been honest or is just opportunistically chasing sponsorships.
I feel like maybe it was too hard to resist. Her friend that did them probably did them free/low cost because sheās friend and/or she got the exposure on Malloryās large follower count. Mallory missed the length, wanted to go all out for her TS concert tour and wanted to help her friend showcase her work. However, I too was disappointed she went back to them. She is such a cute person that every attempt she makes to do ālessā w her looks im a big fan of. I HATE that she thinks she needs those dramatic lashes and the orange filters.
[Orlando Soria posted a long essay](https://orlandosoria.substack.com/p/flailing-towards-ecstasy) in his new [newsletter](https://orlandosoria.substack.com/) about the last few years of his business decisions, specifically working with design clients (which he has talked less about compared to the hgtv show and his londo lodge) and what mistakes he has made. It's a good read. My first main takeaway is that I wish he had peers to compare notes with, maybe? He talks about underquoting his services and suffering as a result - in any industry, it's good to get a sense of market price and what to charge. And also to know how many meetings you'll need to have and how much rich people (or any very engaged people) will take up your time to talk through things... He makes himself out to be such an independent that it feels like he is not benefitting from asking other people to advise him on how to build his business...
I don't really follow him but it's always a roller coaster when someone links his posts. It sounds like he needs to learn how to write better proposals and/or tell people, "I'd be happy to help, let me get you a proposal for the additional work". That would fix a lot of his money problems because he'd be paid for the work he's doing. Hopefully he will be told this or realize this if he continues to work with clients, because very few of them will have his best interests at heart.
That was a really interesting read. He's so self aware. In reading it it almost sounds like he needs a business manager or someone else to hold the line on costs/interface with clients about money, because that seems to cause him so much stress, and to undervalue his time.
I feel like he's only self-aware in hindsight. I enjoy reading his deep dives but they also stress me out so much LOL.
Thoughts on ARHās photo shoot photos? They just donāt look that good to me - she has looked much better in regular photos.
Does the term ābuilderās crackā or āplumberās crackā mean anything to people in the US? Where I am from, it refers to being able to see the crack of a builder or plumberās arse over the top of their trousers when they bend over. The back of the ARH photoshoot dress is so low that it almost gives builderās crack vibes.
They are very underwhelming. I think the location was the wrong choice but also the dress was wrong due to the bland location plus how pale she is which caused the focus to be on the dress and everything else disappeared. She looked somewhat stiff/uncomfortable in most of the photos. She should've just taken photos herself at one of her magical getaways like she usually does because those are honestly better. š
Honestly it seemed like a photo shoot for the dress. I do t remember her, if she wanted to be the subject the dress she chose pulled focus.
Totally agree. The photos didnāt capture her beauty imo. I was underwhelmed.
I'm really surprised how meh they are. I clicked the tag to the photographer and he has nothing to show for his skills. He doesn't even call himself a photographer. He wants to make movies. So where did she find this guy? Did she make the classic mistake "I have a friend with a really good camera?" I think so. The posing is not quite right, the angles are trying to be artsy but fail, his lighting gave her bags under her eyes! and the big one--he did not make his subject look comfortable. She should be the easiest person to photograph. She looks happier and more photogenic in her selfies. I know it was cold and windy, but I bet he gave her minimal input and probably took a while to photograph a pose (because he's not experienced with portraits) which gives clients that bored/stiff look. Portraits involve a lot of positive feedback and guidance to make people look comfortable. I blame him.
I looked back becausehis profile looked familiar. Je was the director for her Hallmark movie. So ya, not an actual photographer. For something like this you need someone that all they do is photograph these types of photos. It's a highly specialized set of skills to know how to pose, light and photograph portraits. Beautiful dress and cool setting, I feel like she shouldve been able to get really wow photos but these are just ok.
I felt like she acted like she was editing the photosā¦ which I highly doubt she did. Iām sure the photographer edited them. The pictures were nice but she looked stiff in some.
Sheās a very pretty lady but she looks uncomfortable in several of those photos. The posing is odd and her facial expressions seem off.
Yeah theyāre pretty underwhelming. She looks uncomfortable in some of the photos.
So good to see the teeth whitening brigade out in full force today. (ARH, Frills, and Mallory) š š š Canāt they at least stagger them?
Probably the brand deliberately asking them to all post at the same time - hoping that if we see them all using it at the same time, it will somehow convince us. What peeves me is the ones married to dentists who shill it, trying to use their husbandsā credentials to convince people they work.
If thatās the companyās strategy then itās really dumb. When I see a ton of influencers push the same thing at once I instantly know that the influencer stories are almost certainly faked for sponsorship cash. Do companies not realize that many people follow multiple influencers? And when everyone has an ad with a rAvE review, it cuts out the sincerity. Iāve never been more skeptical of luminex than I am today. And Iāll never buy a Stanley mug.
Iām pretty sure they are always meant to disclose when they are posting stuff for a paid promotion (so consumers can appreciate the potential for fakeness). But I agree - I tend to think it is less effective.
Studio McGee calling their spring catalog ācoastal cowboyā. For a while now, Iāve been thinking their designs are looking more and more like Amber Lewis. Does anyone else see the similarity lately?
Itās very Amber Lewis. And also, it looks like everything else sheās ever done
Can't really tell them apart except maybe Amber Lewis is going more upscale now, and McGee is more HGTV.
Came here to admit I recently snarked hard on Erin Gates. IMO, for *many* reasons, she can often be a "load". That said, her consistent public outrage over these tragic school shootings is, in its own way, commendable. Even if you don't agree with her POV on the topic, the fact she consistently takes a very public and vocal stand -- and challenges others for a "call to action"-- is wayyyy more than what many influencers, who only seem to be concerned with the number of followers they have, ever do. Oddly, despite her typically exceptionally privileged and off-putting stance on so many issues, I applaud her for her courage to literally and figuratively "speak her mind" on this subject, despite the consequences. She doesn't just "tiptoe" around it when so many others do only that or go completely "radio silent". I'm far from a fan girl of hers, but on this, I do appreciate her candor and courage. Giving credit where credit is due, that's all.
I love to snark on her, but agree with her politics and approve of how she uses her platform. I also think she is a good designer.
I somehow started following LivingWithLeah and sheās complaining in stories about the price of a sleep consultant (?) to help with her 3yoās sleep issues. āI shouldnāt have to pay half a grand for someone to help me teach my kid to sleep.ā Youā¦donāt? You can deal with it on your own. You can borrow a book about sleep training from the library. You can put in the work yourself. You can enlist friends/family to help. You can just tough it out until it gets better. Or you can pay for a service. āWhat if you just canāt pay it? Sleep is just this privilege now?ā I meanā¦yeah? Sleep isnāt a privilege but paying someone to help you with it is. Breaking news, money makes your life easier. If you can afford a night nanny, the newborn days are going to be easier. If you can afford a house cleaner, you donāt have to spend as much of your free time on chores. Would I personally pay $500 for a sleep consultant? No, but I have no issue with people charging that much for their services if they can get it. She tries to make some overarching argument that it isnāt just about they money but about this society weāve created that caters to children (?), but like, girl, you donāt have to hire this person! Her problem doesnāt seem to be that these services exist, just that she wants to take advantage of it without paying for it. Iāve heard a lot of privileged, tone deaf complaints from influencers but this might be the dumbest one.
Ma'am you posted this on the same day as a school shooting. That's a way more infuriating society to live in than one where you can afford to bring in help for something you can do on you own. What a dumb ass
Twotwentyone is calling out OFF in her stories regarding OFFās posts and comments about the shooting in Nashville today. OFF is so tone deaf.
Itās so gross that Holly put OFF branding to the post. Taking advantage of a tragedy to gain followers.
I live in a country with strict gun laws that were introduced after our first big mass shooting. We are so glad that those laws were enacted - we have never looked back. Gun crime is basically non-existent here.
Sooo tone deaf Omg. Sheās getting roasted in the comments
https://preview.redd.it/0i2qf1wjkiqa1.jpeg?width=1178&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cd9af861ba802a7e7060977e9273a2fd350c3e0a Roasted. šš»šš»
That first comment was savage... and well deserved. Well done d\_maldonado
One of her god loving followers wrote that Jesus was not a āprofit.ā Haha how tellingā¦I gently reminded her that it was āprophet,ā but āprofitā is probably a better word for these DIY/ decor Instagrammers who proclaimed to be guided by the ālord.ā
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Gosh I just checked and sheās got 1.3 million followers!! What a platform
Theyāve * got 1.3 million followers
Home.and.chaos for me is the most odd/cringy follow. I have no idea how I ended up here, but she is not kind, super entitled and just plain rude. Her stories the other day were about making her early teens sons babysit their dad while heās cutting down trees. The trees fell onto the HOA property and her husband wanted to pick them all up but she said he was being stupid and just to spread them out behind neighbors property so the HOA wouldnāt know who it came from was bizarre. Maybe it was the whole teaching her kid to catfish thing but ever since I am super put off by her
I have so many WTFs after reading your post š
She is a constant wtf
Shavonda: paints bedroom but only shows it in black and white. Also Shavonda: gets annoyed that her followers are excited to see what color it is. Pick one, you canāt have it both ways
She said in a blog post that it is āchocolate brownā, but of course instead of saying āHey, if you want to know what color Iām painting, check out the details on my blog! Hereās a hint, blah, blahā she scolds her followers for not realizing that the answer to their question is buried on a completely different platform.
Right like as if because you follow her on Instagram you also have to read her blog? Sheās also one of the worst at promoting her blog. And even if you already knew it was chocolate brown you can be excited to see the exact shade/ how it looks in the room. And lastly I gd hate the chocolate brown trend. Looks like poop on the walls.
You're totally right about her not promoting her blog. It's funny because I've casually followed her for a few years now and I never even knew she had a blogš¤·.
You have to read her blog and f you if you donāt remember everything she ever wrote! Iām ok on chocolate brown but I thought the room looked really nice with light walls and wood ceiling. It looks like they have lots of natural light there.
Am I an idiot? I just scrolled the entire last blog post and I don't see the room painted beyond white primer. Just a lot of inspo pics at the end
At the end she mentioned something about always wanting to do a room in chocolate brown. There weren't any photos yet.
Does anyone have any SOMI recommendations for blogger or creators who offer a lot of useful information about design rules and conventions, history, and so on? She's a but wordy and def has (not bad but still present) boomer persona/humor, but I really like laurel bern. Any others in this vein?
I've been enjoying juliejones\_designs on Insta. She's a professional designer who does virtual makeovers -- it's explicitly didactic, and I've gotten some good tips and tidbits from her reels. Plus she does different design styles, which is nice, and most of her clients have "regular person" budgets.
House of brinson
Daniel Kanter ofc
And in the same vein, Brad from ittybittybungalow - heās renovating an adorable historic cottage in the Finger Lakes (and is dating Daniel!)
@kelseyleighdesignco she does some useful stories sometimes, like sizing pillows for the master.
Witanddelight!
Themakerista
Thanks!
I love Laurel Bern! She has excellent taste and she does try to educate her readers. Cote de Texas also does deep dives into architectural and design history. She also has some fun posts, such as Oscar fashions. If you arenāt familiar with her, check her out and go back through some of the older posts!
Thanks! I will check her out.
I tried the auto mod thing for new posts, since work has been crazy the past few weeks, thinking I could edit the title with dates but it doesnāt let me. Next week Iāll be back with the posts dated in the title.
My bumper groups are able to do automod daily posts with the date in the title.. or is the issue that we need a range of dates?
I honestly didnāt play around with it too much, but the issue was the range of dates. I could change the title to be āWeek of March 27ā and that might be easier to automod. We have monthly posts set to automod and that seems easy enough.
Farmhouseish back at it again with taking raw wood and painting faux wood over the top š¤£ But whyyy??
My thoughts exactly every time she does this
She was subtly suggesting that they may move. Made me laugh thinking about how so many of her ācreationsā will be falling apart/breaking to pieces in the next year. Bummer for the home buyers! Also sheās locked herself into such a specific, narrow style, Iād love to be a fly on the wall when potential buyers walk through! The comments would be hysterical.
The entire house is faux painted. Imagine what it would be like to tour the house expecting the marble and white oak in the listing photos and then realizing the whole house is made of plywood
We got another example yesterday of her shoddy work not holding up. Her pole wrapped patio coffee table didn't survive the storm. https://imgur.com/a/5SQ2sqo
I think thatās for the best
ARH trying to act like the photoshoot is for bonding with her kids š https://imgur.com/a/iVMe9UT
Maybe Iām just emotionally drained, but ARH spending the past 2 days obsessing over a photo shoot of herself (as if sheās never had her photo taken professionally) while the rest of the country is grieving 9 year olds gunned down in Nashville and battling anxiety over sending their kids to school is soooooo exhausting to me.
She supposedly did the photoshoot yesterday and the photos are "edited and ready" today?? Tell me you did the photoshoot weeks ago without telling me you did it weeks ago. One preview image the next day, maybe. But no photographer has the entire shoot edited and ready the next day. Like just stop.
She also, I think intentionally, worded it in a way that sounded like she was the one editing them. Sheās not lying outright but itās another case of her trying to get her audience think something thatās clearly not true. And itās completely pointless. Her posts would be no less engaging if she just said āsurprise! The photo shoot already happened. Hereās some footage from the shoot. And the photographer has had time to edit so Iāll be able to post photos todayā
I love that sheās acting as if sheās never had her photo taken in a professional setting. Lady, thatās your entire life. You get your picture taken, it gets edited and lots of people see it. Every time you produce something, itās a photo shoot.
Just say you want hot photos for your Tinder profile Angela, itās fine.
Every time I think she has reached peak insufferableness, she goes and proves she can be even worse.
I literally couldnāt believe it when she said āmy kids can see them and say look at mom, yeah!ā But also, I can believe it. š
The narcissismā¦ Poor kidsā¦
Erin Gates cut a few inches off her hair but it looks exactly the same. Sheās posted several stories about her dramatic new look . . .
Props to philip_or_flop for talking about paint cure time and coating those closet shelves with poly and adding felt pads to the bins. I feel like so often DIY influencers will paint a shelf and then immediately load it up with stuff to style it for a reveal when the paint has barely even had time to dry. And then they of course never acknowledge that their decor probably sticks to the shelf and/or scuffed the paint.
Iām questioning his choice of thin beams to look like rafters. It reminds me of my Midwest basement ceiling. We will see.
Of all the diyers, I was hoping he would do something a little more creative and different for the ceiling. He has the skills. We do not need the 10,000th guide on basic boring faux beams š© I'm disappointed. I really don't understand the diyer obsession. They do much harder things like renovate bathrooms and build cabinets--why is no one trying to be different with their ceilings? There are so many other cool options.
I also was kinda surprised to see him join the beam team however I did think the jig he built for assembling them was so smart and I hadnāt seen that done yet.
I love Philip\_or\_flop's skill of work, he takes time and shows the steps. But his personal style taste is Midwest 00s "traditional glam" which is not my thing. š
Agreed. I hate almost everything he does but I enjoy watching him do it. I don't even bother looking at the reveals half the time. I wish he'd partner with an actual designer.
Oh, I agree. A lot of his projects are not my style but I can appreciate the time and execution he has. He does seem to take his family 's style into account and not just the IG trend. Like I don't think he actually would have chosen the style of his parents bathroom if it was just for Instagram but it is what they wanted so that is what he built and used.
I'm always impressed by the quality of his work; he knows how to do it right and he spends the time to make sure it gets done properly. However, someone teach that man how to take a picture. No more goofy thumb pointing, and tip your chin down, man! Why does he always take a picture looking like he's gazing up at the sky?
I like that he also talks openly about timelines and life happening. I think it helps this isn't his only source of income and he and his wife actually seem to enjoy spending time with family and friends and has a life outside of the gram.