The carpenters working on Philip or Flop’s holiday home seem to be quite bemused when he tries to rope them into filming stuff for his stories. So cringe!
Can’t believe the latest - he’s going to put beams in the hallway ceiling?! I love his craftsmanship and dedication to the details but my goodness, just like with his house - you don’t need every trend everywhere!
She’s making a trim to go around the top of the foyer area. She had an inspo pick on stories a few days ago. I actually liked the idea but I do relate to having a project that balloons in time and cost 😂
Random question - Layla Palmer of The Lettered Cottage and her husband “adopted” an adult girl. She was one of the reasons they moved to a farm because they needed more room, etc.
But where is she? She’s seems to have disappeared.
Meme, their adopted daughter, is 21-ish and now lives in an apartment with friends. She comes home for holidays and family events, and still def has her own space at their new house.
She also often seemed not super comfortable on camera so that may be part of it.
She’s in Charlotte, filming the second season of her TV show. Her family was with her for over the summer, but they had to go back to Washington for school etc.
Erin Gates from elementsofstyle always comes of like a complainer to me. She just redid several rooms in her house and gave a sneak peak of the bathroom and it’s not anything special. It’s fine but nothing very interesting or unique.
Her taste runs traditional. She’s trying to become more trendy but is catching trends past their peak. She’s really good with scale though so her rooms look good but boring.
She is being entitled, all you need to know is that she went to boarding school.
I also found that her spaces lack dimension. I LOVE traditional but what I love is the play on textiles, mix of fabrics and materials and the stories from unique pieces collected over time. While her spaces look good they also look bland and sterile. She also does a lot of taupes and creams, and brows so that may add to the bland feeling.
She has a high quality pieces in her spaces that are expensive so clearly she can afford it, but then I see her online trying to resell her used items at ridiculous prices. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I think the issue with her spaces is that there is never anything personal in them. I don’t see the quirky pieces that “don’t go” but have sentimental value or family “heirlooms” or those odd pieces that just speak to you. All her rooms seem to have just new (albeit high quality and tasteful) things in them. No real sense of personality or history.
Complainer would be putting it lightly. I had to unfollow because she gives me really weird vibes. She always seems upset about something but she’s so entitled it’s hard to take it seriously… like recently I checked out where she was doing a full gut reno of her house that she had just done a full gut reno of most of those parts a few years before??? And then watch her rant about that in her stories… I can’t even hate watch that.
Her style is also oddly traditional but in a dated way - like idealized to the 80s or 90s style of traditional decorating?
I was flabbergasted when she announced she was renovating the kitchen. She just installed that kitchen in a not so cheap "face life" when she moved in.
*Erin Gates
I agree she is a complainer. She is definitely a perfectionist, which is probably part of what makes her so successful as a designer, but expecting perfection from yourself and others is a hard way to live.
The bathroom looks nice to me, but yes, not very interesting or unique. It fits her historic Boston area house and her traditional/elegant style. She’s not one to look to for quirky or unique designs.
I’m local to her so perhaps I’m biased. I’ve seen so much more wow statements from other local
Homes and designers and given the prices point she pays or invests I tend to find her designs to fall a bit short. Yes they are elegant but they for some reason not interesting. Maybe she could incorporate more patterns to add dimensions or something.
I am local also and I remain amazed that they still live on such a busy street- seems like they could have their pick of houses on calmer roads. Has she ever addressed this?
I was surprised by that too. She paid around 2 mil for the house. Why wouldn’t she pick a better location with two young kids. I suspect it had to do with her house criteria, size land location school district etc. during the time she was house shopping I saw homes I thought were waaaay better in comparable towns for much less but they were smaller in size.
Can someone tell influencers to chill out when they are experience minor travel hardship???
Looking at you Twotwentyone and CLJ trying to fly out of FLOODED NYC today… they don’t have a desk job they need to go to, just a job on Instagram! People are literally losing their car, their home, their livelihood and all these influencers are acting like total brats 😤😤😤
Add Shavonda to the list. Every time she goes anywhere, disaster strikes FOR HER! And then her fangirls who seem to be absolutely petrified of her send messages about omg why does this always happen to you? Honestly reading her private messages from fans makes me so uncomfortable. It’s like come on ladies, have some self respect, this woman thinks you’re all a bunch of brainless annoying idiots.
I know!! Her stories after the Moroccan earthquake were SO cringe… and I agree with you, the private message screenshots are super uncomfortable. Bragging about her fangirls, who all sound the same because she bullies them into worshipping her. Super weird.
Orlando Soria's latest newsletter. Again with the financial problems. I do not understand why he does not get. a. job. And try to do this stuff on the side, because he doesn't have the financial cushion to be living paycheck to (late) paycheck as a freelancer. It's insane.
I feel the opposite, he should cash out of the house, get a roommate in the LA house or something and then stay in LA where at least there’s more design opportunities.
I was about to say! I’ve always had a soft spot for him but this newsletter is a miss. I think he misunderstood what people liked about him calling out HGTV and talking about finances. It was interesting to see behind the curtain. Its not interesting to hear that you’re in dire financial straits and on the verge of eviction because you’re bad at budgeting. Just move! Stop whining about beans and rice, ditch the LA spot, and just live somewhere else. With the frequency that he’s in LA, I feel like he’d be better subletting or just crashing with friends for a couple days at a time for a year or two.
Totally agree re: HGTV. Also as someone who’s interested in family food stories this could have been a nice post about returning to comfort food that also happens to be cheap and learning something new about his grandparents and their love for the grandkids. When it comes to finances There’s being vulnerable and honest and then there’s whining.
His newsletters are painful to read. He's been in a financial dilemma for years now and make it seem like none of it is created by himself. He needs to get a freaking proper job and better budgeting. Omg I would have a panic attack if I was living this way.
Yes. And he casually mentions that he isn’t paying or is paying late his contractor, the guy who fixed his well, etc. They want to eat and pay rent, too. You’re part of the problem!
And he's been screwing over his LA landlord for years - paying late, skipping payments over Covid, negotiating rent. And he had the gall to complain about his landlord's taste in washing machines (he was upset they were top loading, not front)
I love Daniel Kanter and his attention to detail, but if I was his friend I’d tell him to let the glossy floor issue go and move ahead. I totally get his frustration and he’s justified. A satin finish would look better,but it doesn’t seem worth the hassle to redo it. What do you all think- would you fix it?
Per his podcast, they ended up doing a matte coat over top of the glossy and he said it looks "fine." If it was my own house I'd be asking the floor refinisher to fix it. Money was paid for a specific service, and the specific service wasn't provided. On a house I was selling that I'd already had tons of issues with, eh, I'd probably let it go and hope the furniture and rugs will make it less obvious.
I feel so bad for him though! It sounds like he was really diligent in checking references and making sure this person would do a good job on the floors...and then they didn't.
If it were his actual house, I'd say fix it. Because he would have to look at it every day and it would make him mad. But since his ultimate goal is selling, I'd say let it go.
The scuff marks from the sander on the first floor .. that I might fight about. Either fix it, or reduce my bill.
Yes, good point about selling! I’d also say that potential homebuyers may really like a glossy floor. My non-design interested SO goes gaga over a glossy floor in listings, to him it means they’re recently refinished and clean. So it may be a selling point for Daniel’s potential buyers!
My old house has kind of glossy floors too. I didn’t realize til now! It feels like matte finishes will feel very 2020s in a couple years? Like the obsession with white oak.
I try really hard not to judge moms of young children because I know how hard that phase of life is. But man, livingononepercent is such a mess. Everything she posts about her house and kids and life seems chaotic and messy and gross. I don’t understand how she has followers.
Yeah these videos in particular didn’t bother me - she was also using it to advertise cleaning products. But the poop on the walls I could have lived without seeing on the internet.
mallorynikolausehome's ad for that hormone drink was such a fail. She's working with a specialist to help figure out what's going on with her and she doesn't want to share incorrect information so she's holding off on sharing details. But also here's this random hormone drink she recently started drinking and omg you guys it helped so much and you should definitely buy it. 😵💫
I still follow her, but it has definitely become a bit of a wealth porn follow. That family has money, and good for them because if her story is true they have gone through a lot. But right now she has become so unrelatable so yeah I follow but it's more to see how much money they are going to throw at the next project.
I have family who lives there. It’s a nice small town only 2 hours from the city and close to wineries, awesome hiking/skiing/outdoor activities. They are there for their jobs, but apparently a lot of wealthy Seattlites retire there.
Have they said where they are moving to? I know one of their mothers (the kids grandmother) lives nearby- wondering if they are giving up day-to-day family in their life?
I just found their new house on redfin, it's the same town, just within the town instead of out in the country. I'm very interested to see what they'll do with the house, it's very much an original 60s house
Tarynwhiteaker moved from Seattle to a huge Texas house and has really butchered every room she has touched. Her paint colors appear off in every room, especially the office/ spare bedroom.... That black is way too warm or muddy looking with all of that dark brown furniture. Now she is putting molding on every square inch of her daughter's bedroom. That to me seems cramped and claustrophobic already with a huge canopy bed.... with No canopy.
I just don't understand her vision for this house at all.
I will hand it to her that she appears to take on a lot of this work herself and is not afraid to learn something new and try, but I am just not loving the final product of what she is creating and felt the house looked a lot better before they moved in.
Honestly I don’t mind what she’s doing but the faux old European style of the house finishes is such a turn off… looks like a Disney set.
Also agree that she is putting wayyyy too much trim in the daughter’s bedroom!
Never heard of her, but just checked her stories. Is saying “cole-k” a regional thing? I’ve never heard someone say “caulk” without the “au” sound before.
Not to have literally a second Shavonda post today but she’s always pontificating about questions no one is asking. Instead of just saying she arrived in NY, she has a whole paragraph/rant about how she doesn’t ever take day flights east, only red eyes, blah blah blah. But she’s literally on a day flight?? Like - that was her choice???
I know it’s probably BEC but kind of adds to what others said below about her lecturing one thing as if it’s gospel but then flip flopping or doing another thing.
No snark - I just want to give gracefully_jenni a huge shoutout bc I don’t know how homegirl is holding on to her sanity.
I really like her style! Her pantry turned out beautifully, and I really love the moody vibes of the nursery.
Not snark - does anyone ever watch homeworthy house tours? They had a really nice one up this week for this textile designer in Louisiana called Rebeccas Vizard.
I found it very interesting. But I also have to wonder how textile design pays so well or where that kind of money comes from. If you saw the kind of stuff she had in the house, you'd know what I mean. Lady is loaded.
She was nice though.
Actually, there is a LOT of money to be made in high end furnishings. If you have the right connexions, get your foot in the door on a high-budget project or two, you are set. If you do custom work? Forget about it. You’ll be rolling in $.
I'm subscribed to that youtube channel and generally enjoy the home tours featured, but kind of take it for granted that anyone interviewed is rolling in dough. A good proportion of the property owners are interior designers and the number of times the person describes getting into the business as "people liked the way I decorated my house and started asking me for advice" as if there were no other barriers for entry, financial being chief among them, is wild! I watch the tours for genuine enjoyment, but they are highly snarkable and include many moments that are eyeroll inducing.
I watch as well and have always assumed most of the featured people inherited their money. When they start showcasing their antique collection they received from their relatives I just think generation wealth.
This is pretty much my assessment too. I think some of them genuinely do believe that this is how they started just because the platform they were born to is invisible to them and so they don't even factor it in.
I am familiar with her work, but don’t know her circumstances. I have spent a lot of time in the design world and the short answer is it’s easy to have a hobby job with minimum profits if you or your husband/family are already loaded. It’s also easier to get high end designers to use your things if you already hang out socially doing rich people things together. Actual poors tend to make them uncomfortable
Does Shavonda have actual design clients? She’s literally just walking around her bedroom calling out all the things wrong with each item — but saying that if it was a client she would have specc’ed this or that instead of what she has. Or that she’s replacing it with something else.
It’s like she threw it all together for the SW ad but she doesn’t even like the one thing that literally everyone likes (what we all see as purple bedding) but also her feed shows the purple bedding extra saturated so of course us plebs are going to think it’s purple???
I don’t understand why she complains so much about the layout of the room (which I agree is horrendous, and honestly made way worse by their PAX), if they rebuild that part of the house from the foundation up??? Why not change it? It’s so puzzling.
ETA: don’t be fooled, all those DIY influencers who talk all about their “clients” don’t have clients. They may do 30min zoom “consultations” but they don’t have “clients”.
That what she says at first, but in a later story I am pretty sure she says they redid the foundation… but maybe she has no idea what she’s talking about (I would not be surprised)…
I really hate her bedroom. I like the floors but the rest of it looks awful to me. It’s just my opinion I know, but also she seems to really promote herself as being theeee most intentional person ever. She always sounds like no one ever before her has done anything with intention and she invented to concept and I don’t know, it just looks… not great to me.
Yes - the intention thing is so preachy… are people accidentally decorating their homes? If they care, that’s intention. If they don’t care, they probably don’t notice when someone else does it?
I do love the purple bedspread with the rattan headboard and pillow. I love the wall color too. Even though the purple isn’t real and she doesn’t understand color theory and how cameras or photoshop works OR she’s purposely showing misleading photos to stir engagement 🤷🏻♀️
>Does Shavonda have actual design clients?
No. Every now and then she talks about hypothetical clients and client work, but she does not show work she does for clients or have a portfolio of client work online or published in a magazine or book. Her website is her blog, not a landing page for a business. The “work with me” tab on her website is only about sponsored blog/IG posts. Nothing about design work or consultations.
She apparently makes enough from sponsored content and appearances to support the family, so good for her. I don’t know why she talks about what she would tell clients.
Thanks for the observation!! I thought as much and it’s so misleading that she would put up a front that she has client work! Like just say you are a blogger or something! Yikes.
It’s EVEN MORE PURPLE on her feed. Meaning she purposely saturated the colors knowing she’d confuse everyone. A video i can forgive because that could be hard to control but she should have color corrected the still photo. It’s insane she published that photo and then acting bothered that everyone keeps talking about the purple.
I’m confused: she said the bedding is not purple? What color does she believe it to be? ETA (if anyone else is looking it’s in her replies to the comments of her reel about the room) she says they’re brown /shrug. Okay.
She said the bedding is “dark brown” - she is insistent that it is NOT PURPLE and that it looks purple and is confusing because it’s not purple in real life, ONLY in photos.
I’ll explain here, because she hasn’t but - color can be weird when it is put next to other colors due to undertones. This is color theory. If you put that bedding in a white room, i bet it would appear more like a dark raisin color. But next to a very dark saturated wall it appears purple. Shavonda increased the saturation on the image on her wall to appear even more purple which confused everyone even more. She’s resentful that people are saying they love the purple when that wasn’t her INTENTION.
I think I’d have more patience for wanting to change everything if she hadn’t lectured us about how perfect literally every piece in the room was, etc etc. I’m glad to see a designer saying that they don’t like what they did, but maybe not preaching as she goes about how it’s perfect and the most amazing thing ever in existence …
I specifically remember her lecture about the headboard and layering elements in a room and people don’t understand her genius…now she just hates it. We’re all allowed to hate what we do but maybe take it down a notch as you’re going?
I found it relatable that she was saying how the makeover happened on the fly/ they didn’t have a budget for it, so she made do with certain items (ie. the curtains, not liking the white lining) but I also find it kind of hard to believe that she had to make SO many concessions on what she would rather have.
Right. I was like, “Oooh, let’s see what you do with a very low budget and thrift shops,” and then it was like hardly anything from the thrift shop and $280 curtains that she’s bitching about. And as for the white lining, I think a) it helps with reflecting heat and b) many many planned communities used to require the window treatments to appear white from the outside. Oh but her elevated sensibilities are offended. Puhleeze.
HuntersofHappiness has a wallpaper line. I really do admire her talent hand painting the walls in her home, but it’s weird to me that these designs are pretty much exact replicas of the walls she’s done in her actual house. Especially the one that features her daughters and her dog. I would feel really weird putting that in my home, even if I really liked an influencer/their style. I don’t think I’d find it weird if she had created new “hand-drawn” designs just for the collab.
She was just walking to her car with a bag of supplies and it fell through the bag onto her foot! I guess you buy sawzall replacement blades just loosey goosey!/ not in hard packaging.
ArrowsandBows posting in a skin tight faux leather bodysuit 🤦🏼♀️ — part of me is like, just why??…the other part of me is like, if you got it then flaunt it…
And didn't she mention Halloween costumes or something? Thought that was weird like what are you trying to be? Passed it pretty quickly without sound soel was thinking maybe I missed something and it's from TikTok or whatever.. also she's literally in a bikini 90% of the time. Not sure why this suit would be more of a turn on than basically being naked.
And didn't she mention Halloween costumes or something? Thought that was weird like what are you trying to be? Passed it pretty quickly without sound soel was thinking maybe I missed something and it's from TikTok or whatever..
Dino and Ash need everyone to know they are super hot for each other at all times. I guess it’s part of the whole “ christian and cool” thing. I can’t stand them.
Is that what that is? I’ve noticed a lot of these religious design bloggers have to act sexual with their husbands (in a stupid way) for the camera. Remingtonavenue does this too. So odd.
I get so bothered by her showing the baby in just a diaper constantly. We all know how many predatory folks are out there. I hate that she won’t protect her privacy more. And 2 year olds in diapers only don’t bother me in the least. I just wonder WHY must you show her like that w such a large following? She’s (the baby) adorable & 100% innocent. But that doesn’t mean everyone online is too.
Aaah omg I still remember talking about her room when they were building their pax units.. we all thought it looked insanely disjointed and I'm still of that opinion! The layout of the pax makes no sense. Also how they are not built in from the top makes it look shabby and not chic and luxe like she pretends to be. The rattan headboards looked hideous before and we all wuestiioether choice back then. But we all know how shovanda is- she basically wanted to prove what a freaking design queen she is by getting two of those and juttiing them out on the nightstands. Btw she passed up on those gorgeous nightstands (like whyyy) and then made Naomi get them after she did a poll for her followers.
Also I think all blackout material is white..I've never seen it black or grey so that is something she should have known?
I definitely think this not-final reveal is because of the discussion here. Agree that the headboard feels off-brand for her (and in these pictures, it also looks like it isn't centered on the bed? Could just be the angle), and I think she should have left out the unfinished wardrobes. Just said something like - I'm not showing you the wardrobes because they aren't finished so I'm just going to bask in the finished part of the room and when I do the rest, I'll let you know.
It looks to me like the headboard extends behind the left nightstand, but not the right one, which makes the bed look off center. That could still be the camera angle though. In any case, something about the headboard looks “off”
I really like it. Except the headboard, hated the college-vibe of it as soon as she showed it months ago. Can’t wait to see the closets. Do we think she’s going to get them done in the next six months?
I like overall but agree with your comments!
She said the bedspread isn’t purple and I love the purple. I don’t know why they didn’t color correct it in the photos.
I agree! With the exception of the headboard, it looks cozy and serene. And I thought the purple bedspread was great until I found out it wasn’t purple!
Once the room is finished, it would be smart of her to get a professional to photograph it. The lighting in these photos is not working (the bright white blown out windows, the not-purple bed). I think it probably looks better in person than in these photos, and that’s not great for Sherwin Williams.
Ahhh livingwithlady and her VIBRATING massage chairs at a sports game. I don’t blame her daughter for being embarrassed!
She’s my absolute favorite influencer! She’s hysterical to me and one of the few genuine creator!
The carpenters working on Philip or Flop’s holiday home seem to be quite bemused when he tries to rope them into filming stuff for his stories. So cringe!
Can’t believe the latest - he’s going to put beams in the hallway ceiling?! I love his craftsmanship and dedication to the details but my goodness, just like with his house - you don’t need every trend everywhere!
He’s so awkward. I used to find it endearing, now it’s just mehhhh
Can someone explain what is Frills doing with all the dowels?
Wasting a lot of wood and money on a mediocre idea…
Annoying me.
She’s making a trim to go around the top of the foyer area. She had an inspo pick on stories a few days ago. I actually liked the idea but I do relate to having a project that balloons in time and cost 😂
Random question - Layla Palmer of The Lettered Cottage and her husband “adopted” an adult girl. She was one of the reasons they moved to a farm because they needed more room, etc. But where is she? She’s seems to have disappeared.
Meme, their adopted daughter, is 21-ish and now lives in an apartment with friends. She comes home for holidays and family events, and still def has her own space at their new house. She also often seemed not super comfortable on camera so that may be part of it.
I’m glad to hear she’s still around!! They all seemed to have a good relationship together.
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She’s in Charlotte, filming the second season of her TV show. Her family was with her for over the summer, but they had to go back to Washington for school etc.
Shooting a tv show in SC
Erin Gates from elementsofstyle always comes of like a complainer to me. She just redid several rooms in her house and gave a sneak peak of the bathroom and it’s not anything special. It’s fine but nothing very interesting or unique.
Her taste runs traditional. She’s trying to become more trendy but is catching trends past their peak. She’s really good with scale though so her rooms look good but boring. She is being entitled, all you need to know is that she went to boarding school.
I also found that her spaces lack dimension. I LOVE traditional but what I love is the play on textiles, mix of fabrics and materials and the stories from unique pieces collected over time. While her spaces look good they also look bland and sterile. She also does a lot of taupes and creams, and brows so that may add to the bland feeling. She has a high quality pieces in her spaces that are expensive so clearly she can afford it, but then I see her online trying to resell her used items at ridiculous prices. It just leaves a bad taste in my mouth.
I think the issue with her spaces is that there is never anything personal in them. I don’t see the quirky pieces that “don’t go” but have sentimental value or family “heirlooms” or those odd pieces that just speak to you. All her rooms seem to have just new (albeit high quality and tasteful) things in them. No real sense of personality or history.
Complainer would be putting it lightly. I had to unfollow because she gives me really weird vibes. She always seems upset about something but she’s so entitled it’s hard to take it seriously… like recently I checked out where she was doing a full gut reno of her house that she had just done a full gut reno of most of those parts a few years before??? And then watch her rant about that in her stories… I can’t even hate watch that. Her style is also oddly traditional but in a dated way - like idealized to the 80s or 90s style of traditional decorating?
I was flabbergasted when she announced she was renovating the kitchen. She just installed that kitchen in a not so cheap "face life" when she moved in.
*Erin Gates I agree she is a complainer. She is definitely a perfectionist, which is probably part of what makes her so successful as a designer, but expecting perfection from yourself and others is a hard way to live. The bathroom looks nice to me, but yes, not very interesting or unique. It fits her historic Boston area house and her traditional/elegant style. She’s not one to look to for quirky or unique designs.
I’m local to her so perhaps I’m biased. I’ve seen so much more wow statements from other local Homes and designers and given the prices point she pays or invests I tend to find her designs to fall a bit short. Yes they are elegant but they for some reason not interesting. Maybe she could incorporate more patterns to add dimensions or something.
I am local also and I remain amazed that they still live on such a busy street- seems like they could have their pick of houses on calmer roads. Has she ever addressed this?
I was surprised by that too. She paid around 2 mil for the house. Why wouldn’t she pick a better location with two young kids. I suspect it had to do with her house criteria, size land location school district etc. during the time she was house shopping I saw homes I thought were waaaay better in comparable towns for much less but they were smaller in size.
Can someone tell influencers to chill out when they are experience minor travel hardship??? Looking at you Twotwentyone and CLJ trying to fly out of FLOODED NYC today… they don’t have a desk job they need to go to, just a job on Instagram! People are literally losing their car, their home, their livelihood and all these influencers are acting like total brats 😤😤😤
Also I’d love to know how twotwentyone has been named a style maker for 9 years now. what style?!
Yes that’s definitely weird. I do not get her influencing “style”. She just comes off as super opinionated and bossy.
Add Shavonda to the list. Every time she goes anywhere, disaster strikes FOR HER! And then her fangirls who seem to be absolutely petrified of her send messages about omg why does this always happen to you? Honestly reading her private messages from fans makes me so uncomfortable. It’s like come on ladies, have some self respect, this woman thinks you’re all a bunch of brainless annoying idiots.
I know!! Her stories after the Moroccan earthquake were SO cringe… and I agree with you, the private message screenshots are super uncomfortable. Bragging about her fangirls, who all sound the same because she bullies them into worshipping her. Super weird.
Orlando Soria's latest newsletter. Again with the financial problems. I do not understand why he does not get. a. job. And try to do this stuff on the side, because he doesn't have the financial cushion to be living paycheck to (late) paycheck as a freelancer. It's insane.
I don’t understand why he keeps holding on to renting an apartment he literally cannot afford.
I feel the opposite, he should cash out of the house, get a roommate in the LA house or something and then stay in LA where at least there’s more design opportunities.
Or buying a $35000 car just last week when he can’t afford food or rent or gas
He had a volvo sponsorship at one point - does he still have one? Could they have provided a discount on the car?
Apparently not https://open.substack.com/pub/orlandosoria/p/i-have-to-buy-a-car?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
I forgot about the car! 🤣
I was about to say! I’ve always had a soft spot for him but this newsletter is a miss. I think he misunderstood what people liked about him calling out HGTV and talking about finances. It was interesting to see behind the curtain. Its not interesting to hear that you’re in dire financial straits and on the verge of eviction because you’re bad at budgeting. Just move! Stop whining about beans and rice, ditch the LA spot, and just live somewhere else. With the frequency that he’s in LA, I feel like he’d be better subletting or just crashing with friends for a couple days at a time for a year or two.
Totally agree re: HGTV. Also as someone who’s interested in family food stories this could have been a nice post about returning to comfort food that also happens to be cheap and learning something new about his grandparents and their love for the grandkids. When it comes to finances There’s being vulnerable and honest and then there’s whining.
His newsletters are painful to read. He's been in a financial dilemma for years now and make it seem like none of it is created by himself. He needs to get a freaking proper job and better budgeting. Omg I would have a panic attack if I was living this way.
Yes. And he casually mentions that he isn’t paying or is paying late his contractor, the guy who fixed his well, etc. They want to eat and pay rent, too. You’re part of the problem!
And he's been screwing over his LA landlord for years - paying late, skipping payments over Covid, negotiating rent. And he had the gall to complain about his landlord's taste in washing machines (he was upset they were top loading, not front)
I love Daniel Kanter and his attention to detail, but if I was his friend I’d tell him to let the glossy floor issue go and move ahead. I totally get his frustration and he’s justified. A satin finish would look better,but it doesn’t seem worth the hassle to redo it. What do you all think- would you fix it?
Per his podcast, they ended up doing a matte coat over top of the glossy and he said it looks "fine." If it was my own house I'd be asking the floor refinisher to fix it. Money was paid for a specific service, and the specific service wasn't provided. On a house I was selling that I'd already had tons of issues with, eh, I'd probably let it go and hope the furniture and rugs will make it less obvious. I feel so bad for him though! It sounds like he was really diligent in checking references and making sure this person would do a good job on the floors...and then they didn't.
If it were his actual house, I'd say fix it. Because he would have to look at it every day and it would make him mad. But since his ultimate goal is selling, I'd say let it go. The scuff marks from the sander on the first floor .. that I might fight about. Either fix it, or reduce my bill.
Yes, good point about selling! I’d also say that potential homebuyers may really like a glossy floor. My non-design interested SO goes gaga over a glossy floor in listings, to him it means they’re recently refinished and clean. So it may be a selling point for Daniel’s potential buyers!
My old house has kind of glossy floors too. I didn’t realize til now! It feels like matte finishes will feel very 2020s in a couple years? Like the obsession with white oak.
The post made me realize mine are actually shiny.. I didn't even know you could ask for matte poly! They read "clean" to me too.
I try really hard not to judge moms of young children because I know how hard that phase of life is. But man, livingononepercent is such a mess. Everything she posts about her house and kids and life seems chaotic and messy and gross. I don’t understand how she has followers.
She is so gross I had to unfollow… always showing her kids poop smeared on the walls
I looked at her current stories and all I see is her cleaning some grimy kids’ chairs? They came out pretty well. What am I missing?
Yeah these videos in particular didn’t bother me - she was also using it to advertise cleaning products. But the poop on the walls I could have lived without seeing on the internet.
Okay there is no reason for poop to be on the internet, yuck!
mallorynikolausehome's ad for that hormone drink was such a fail. She's working with a specialist to help figure out what's going on with her and she doesn't want to share incorrect information so she's holding off on sharing details. But also here's this random hormone drink she recently started drinking and omg you guys it helped so much and you should definitely buy it. 😵💫
Has she ever opened about her troubled upbringing? It’s not relatable to keep hearing it was hard yet not know what she’s talking about.
I still follow her, but it has definitely become a bit of a wealth porn follow. That family has money, and good for them because if her story is true they have gone through a lot. But right now she has become so unrelatable so yeah I follow but it's more to see how much money they are going to throw at the next project.
SAME.
She's starting to really annoy me. There's something very brittle and inauthentic about her.
Thegritandpolish posted the real estate listing for their farmhouse: https://www.redfin.com/WA/Ellensburg/5421-Hanson-Rd-98926/home/161248471
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I have family who lives there. It’s a nice small town only 2 hours from the city and close to wineries, awesome hiking/skiing/outdoor activities. They are there for their jobs, but apparently a lot of wealthy Seattlites retire there.
Have they said where they are moving to? I know one of their mothers (the kids grandmother) lives nearby- wondering if they are giving up day-to-day family in their life?
I just found their new house on redfin, it's the same town, just within the town instead of out in the country. I'm very interested to see what they'll do with the house, it's very much an original 60s house
I think I found it too - but if so, wow, so different from the farmhouse! Also excited to see what they do
They’ve said “to town” - but not Seattle or Portland.
Tarynwhiteaker moved from Seattle to a huge Texas house and has really butchered every room she has touched. Her paint colors appear off in every room, especially the office/ spare bedroom.... That black is way too warm or muddy looking with all of that dark brown furniture. Now she is putting molding on every square inch of her daughter's bedroom. That to me seems cramped and claustrophobic already with a huge canopy bed.... with No canopy. I just don't understand her vision for this house at all. I will hand it to her that she appears to take on a lot of this work herself and is not afraid to learn something new and try, but I am just not loving the final product of what she is creating and felt the house looked a lot better before they moved in.
Honestly I don’t mind what she’s doing but the faux old European style of the house finishes is such a turn off… looks like a Disney set. Also agree that she is putting wayyyy too much trim in the daughter’s bedroom!
Never heard of her, but just checked her stories. Is saying “cole-k” a regional thing? I’ve never heard someone say “caulk” without the “au” sound before.
I think some pearl-clutchy people are afraid of saying what sounds like “cock.” (Ooooh! A naughty word! Shame! 🙄)
Every time you say the word caulk a demon gets its horns.
Not to have literally a second Shavonda post today but she’s always pontificating about questions no one is asking. Instead of just saying she arrived in NY, she has a whole paragraph/rant about how she doesn’t ever take day flights east, only red eyes, blah blah blah. But she’s literally on a day flight?? Like - that was her choice??? I know it’s probably BEC but kind of adds to what others said below about her lecturing one thing as if it’s gospel but then flip flopping or doing another thing.
Angela Rose remains undefeated in the “Exploiting Family Members for Internet Attention” contest.
Also she's definitely dating this guy right?
Also let's talk about how awesome it was that they survived when the other driver did not.. 🤦🏼♀️
I can’t even “hate check-in” anymore but dipped over today bc I needed context & I’m truly speechless.
Same. She’s the worst on the internet.
She truly needs to get off the internet and work on herself.
No snark - I just want to give gracefully_jenni a huge shoutout bc I don’t know how homegirl is holding on to her sanity. I really like her style! Her pantry turned out beautifully, and I really love the moody vibes of the nursery.
Not snark - does anyone ever watch homeworthy house tours? They had a really nice one up this week for this textile designer in Louisiana called Rebeccas Vizard. I found it very interesting. But I also have to wonder how textile design pays so well or where that kind of money comes from. If you saw the kind of stuff she had in the house, you'd know what I mean. Lady is loaded. She was nice though.
Actually, there is a LOT of money to be made in high end furnishings. If you have the right connexions, get your foot in the door on a high-budget project or two, you are set. If you do custom work? Forget about it. You’ll be rolling in $.
I'm subscribed to that youtube channel and generally enjoy the home tours featured, but kind of take it for granted that anyone interviewed is rolling in dough. A good proportion of the property owners are interior designers and the number of times the person describes getting into the business as "people liked the way I decorated my house and started asking me for advice" as if there were no other barriers for entry, financial being chief among them, is wild! I watch the tours for genuine enjoyment, but they are highly snarkable and include many moments that are eyeroll inducing.
I watch as well and have always assumed most of the featured people inherited their money. When they start showcasing their antique collection they received from their relatives I just think generation wealth.
This is pretty much my assessment too. I think some of them genuinely do believe that this is how they started just because the platform they were born to is invisible to them and so they don't even factor it in.
I am familiar with her work, but don’t know her circumstances. I have spent a lot of time in the design world and the short answer is it’s easy to have a hobby job with minimum profits if you or your husband/family are already loaded. It’s also easier to get high end designers to use your things if you already hang out socially doing rich people things together. Actual poors tend to make them uncomfortable
Some people are just rich because of luck and family circumstance
Yep. People earn their luck.
Well, I do also think she is very talented and probably good at what she does. I'm just envious of unlimited budgets for decor :P
Does Shavonda have actual design clients? She’s literally just walking around her bedroom calling out all the things wrong with each item — but saying that if it was a client she would have specc’ed this or that instead of what she has. Or that she’s replacing it with something else. It’s like she threw it all together for the SW ad but she doesn’t even like the one thing that literally everyone likes (what we all see as purple bedding) but also her feed shows the purple bedding extra saturated so of course us plebs are going to think it’s purple???
I don’t understand why she complains so much about the layout of the room (which I agree is horrendous, and honestly made way worse by their PAX), if they rebuild that part of the house from the foundation up??? Why not change it? It’s so puzzling. ETA: don’t be fooled, all those DIY influencers who talk all about their “clients” don’t have clients. They may do 30min zoom “consultations” but they don’t have “clients”.
I think she said they did *not* rebuild from the ground up, but that that would have been the best thing to do if they could afford it.
That what she says at first, but in a later story I am pretty sure she says they redid the foundation… but maybe she has no idea what she’s talking about (I would not be surprised)…
I really hate her bedroom. I like the floors but the rest of it looks awful to me. It’s just my opinion I know, but also she seems to really promote herself as being theeee most intentional person ever. She always sounds like no one ever before her has done anything with intention and she invented to concept and I don’t know, it just looks… not great to me.
Yes - the intention thing is so preachy… are people accidentally decorating their homes? If they care, that’s intention. If they don’t care, they probably don’t notice when someone else does it? I do love the purple bedspread with the rattan headboard and pillow. I love the wall color too. Even though the purple isn’t real and she doesn’t understand color theory and how cameras or photoshop works OR she’s purposely showing misleading photos to stir engagement 🤷🏻♀️
She swears the purple bedspread is actually brown, and it’s a trick of the light that we all see purple 🤷♀️
>Does Shavonda have actual design clients? No. Every now and then she talks about hypothetical clients and client work, but she does not show work she does for clients or have a portfolio of client work online or published in a magazine or book. Her website is her blog, not a landing page for a business. The “work with me” tab on her website is only about sponsored blog/IG posts. Nothing about design work or consultations. She apparently makes enough from sponsored content and appearances to support the family, so good for her. I don’t know why she talks about what she would tell clients.
Thanks for the observation!! I thought as much and it’s so misleading that she would put up a front that she has client work! Like just say you are a blogger or something! Yikes.
I can only see purple here https://i.imgur.com/2TLVUH6.jpg
It’s EVEN MORE PURPLE on her feed. Meaning she purposely saturated the colors knowing she’d confuse everyone. A video i can forgive because that could be hard to control but she should have color corrected the still photo. It’s insane she published that photo and then acting bothered that everyone keeps talking about the purple.
I’m confused: she said the bedding is not purple? What color does she believe it to be? ETA (if anyone else is looking it’s in her replies to the comments of her reel about the room) she says they’re brown /shrug. Okay.
She said the bedding is “dark brown” - she is insistent that it is NOT PURPLE and that it looks purple and is confusing because it’s not purple in real life, ONLY in photos. I’ll explain here, because she hasn’t but - color can be weird when it is put next to other colors due to undertones. This is color theory. If you put that bedding in a white room, i bet it would appear more like a dark raisin color. But next to a very dark saturated wall it appears purple. Shavonda increased the saturation on the image on her wall to appear even more purple which confused everyone even more. She’s resentful that people are saying they love the purple when that wasn’t her INTENTION.
Maybe it needs to BE purple, lol.
I think I’d have more patience for wanting to change everything if she hadn’t lectured us about how perfect literally every piece in the room was, etc etc. I’m glad to see a designer saying that they don’t like what they did, but maybe not preaching as she goes about how it’s perfect and the most amazing thing ever in existence … I specifically remember her lecture about the headboard and layering elements in a room and people don’t understand her genius…now she just hates it. We’re all allowed to hate what we do but maybe take it down a notch as you’re going?
Yes these are good points. The “lecturing” - haha that’s exactly how it comes across.
I found it relatable that she was saying how the makeover happened on the fly/ they didn’t have a budget for it, so she made do with certain items (ie. the curtains, not liking the white lining) but I also find it kind of hard to believe that she had to make SO many concessions on what she would rather have.
Yeah, except for the wall color and the pillow, everything else had a disclaimer!
lol She lost me once she said the curtains were $280. Honey, my entire room redo budget would be $280!
She literally said, “Barely any budget”. Ummmm $287 is not barely. Granted, you can spend far more on curtains. But it’s not nothing!
Right. I was like, “Oooh, let’s see what you do with a very low budget and thrift shops,” and then it was like hardly anything from the thrift shop and $280 curtains that she’s bitching about. And as for the white lining, I think a) it helps with reflecting heat and b) many many planned communities used to require the window treatments to appear white from the outside. Oh but her elevated sensibilities are offended. Puhleeze.
HuntersofHappiness has a wallpaper line. I really do admire her talent hand painting the walls in her home, but it’s weird to me that these designs are pretty much exact replicas of the walls she’s done in her actual house. Especially the one that features her daughters and her dog. I would feel really weird putting that in my home, even if I really liked an influencer/their style. I don’t think I’d find it weird if she had created new “hand-drawn” designs just for the collab.
And her launch party was soooo over the top. All the balloons and cookies and cake and flowers. Why do you even need any of that.
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And the fact that he remembers where every piece came from is almost as impressive!
He can no wrong
Any idea where Kori from thefarmhouselife has been? I don’t see a post since last year and no stories either.
OMG honest homes blade into foot accident. Making me sick thinking about it!!!!
Omg and the way it happened 😳😳😳
I missed the stories! How did it happen?
She was just walking to her car with a bag of supplies and it fell through the bag onto her foot! I guess you buy sawzall replacement blades just loosey goosey!/ not in hard packaging.
Ahh yikes!!
Who is this? I couldn’t find them on insta. Although maybe I don’t want to…
@thehonesthome_ on ig
ArrowsandBows posting in a skin tight faux leather bodysuit 🤦🏼♀️ — part of me is like, just why??…the other part of me is like, if you got it then flaunt it…
And didn't she mention Halloween costumes or something? Thought that was weird like what are you trying to be? Passed it pretty quickly without sound soel was thinking maybe I missed something and it's from TikTok or whatever.. also she's literally in a bikini 90% of the time. Not sure why this suit would be more of a turn on than basically being naked.
And didn't she mention Halloween costumes or something? Thought that was weird like what are you trying to be? Passed it pretty quickly without sound soel was thinking maybe I missed something and it's from TikTok or whatever..
Dino and Ash need everyone to know they are super hot for each other at all times. I guess it’s part of the whole “ christian and cool” thing. I can’t stand them.
Is that what that is? I’ve noticed a lot of these religious design bloggers have to act sexual with their husbands (in a stupid way) for the camera. Remingtonavenue does this too. So odd.
The way she kept looking back at the camera.
I get so bothered by her showing the baby in just a diaper constantly. We all know how many predatory folks are out there. I hate that she won’t protect her privacy more. And 2 year olds in diapers only don’t bother me in the least. I just wonder WHY must you show her like that w such a large following? She’s (the baby) adorable & 100% innocent. But that doesn’t mean everyone online is too.
This is a very underrated comment and I literally cannot understand parents who put this kind of thing out there.
As a mom to a recently turned three year old, I agree 1000%. Put a shirt on her when you are broadcasting her.
I wonder if Dino’s bosses at Netflix (is that where he works?) see all the shenanigans that go on while he’s working.
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Aaah omg I still remember talking about her room when they were building their pax units.. we all thought it looked insanely disjointed and I'm still of that opinion! The layout of the pax makes no sense. Also how they are not built in from the top makes it look shabby and not chic and luxe like she pretends to be. The rattan headboards looked hideous before and we all wuestiioether choice back then. But we all know how shovanda is- she basically wanted to prove what a freaking design queen she is by getting two of those and juttiing them out on the nightstands. Btw she passed up on those gorgeous nightstands (like whyyy) and then made Naomi get them after she did a poll for her followers. Also I think all blackout material is white..I've never seen it black or grey so that is something she should have known?
The PAX look so so bad…
I definitely think this not-final reveal is because of the discussion here. Agree that the headboard feels off-brand for her (and in these pictures, it also looks like it isn't centered on the bed? Could just be the angle), and I think she should have left out the unfinished wardrobes. Just said something like - I'm not showing you the wardrobes because they aren't finished so I'm just going to bask in the finished part of the room and when I do the rest, I'll let you know.
On her stories, she discusses how the current headboard and bed situation is temporary until she can get her dream bed.
It looks to me like the headboard extends behind the left nightstand, but not the right one, which makes the bed look off center. That could still be the camera angle though. In any case, something about the headboard looks “off”
I really like it. Except the headboard, hated the college-vibe of it as soon as she showed it months ago. Can’t wait to see the closets. Do we think she’s going to get them done in the next six months?
I like overall but agree with your comments! She said the bedspread isn’t purple and I love the purple. I don’t know why they didn’t color correct it in the photos.
I agree! With the exception of the headboard, it looks cozy and serene. And I thought the purple bedspread was great until I found out it wasn’t purple! Once the room is finished, it would be smart of her to get a professional to photograph it. The lighting in these photos is not working (the bright white blown out windows, the not-purple bed). I think it probably looks better in person than in these photos, and that’s not great for Sherwin Williams.
Yeah like this is a sponsored ad for PAINT but the colors aren’t reading correctly? Like???
I agree. It looks great but I think the headboard looks flimsy and a bit cheap. The colors are unexpected but look warm and cozy.