@mrphoenixgrey The place looked like a bad trip on heavy psychedelics. Everything melting and running onto the cabinets and the floor. Don't go into that kitchen after you've had too much to drink either.
I LOVE that he takes cleaning something into consideration, as a cleaner there are times where it becomes, " how the hell are you supposed to clean this?!! "
I used to love black kitchens until my brother did one for himself with a black shiny countertop. I loved it! ...until a couple of weeks later when I went there and there were ants everywhere! We just couldn't clean it properly because we couldn't SEE ANYTHING! it was a nightmare. I now think about the cleaning everytime I see a trend I like
TERRIFYING!!!!😱 I wouldn’t be able to drink at home or have any of my kid’s friends over …hell not even my kid! The home insurance would be more then the mortgage payment…oooh I’d definitely invite my ex thou! 😈
I really hope stone wall girl is on a slab. 1600 extra pounds of weight is no joke to put on a structure that might not be engineered to hold all that extra weight pulling on a single wall.
And not to spend 10 seconds to see how coursed rubble walling is meant to be put together; coursed in rows, with no more than two vertical joins over a horizontal. As for the pointing…“over schmear” indeed. I know people like it; lots of terrible things can be popular *coughPontiacAztec* *coughNissanJukecoughcough* *l
If you notice while the woman was walking down the stairs she was running her hand down the wall. The wall is going to get filthy when that happens a dozen times a day. Gross.
I saw that also, she is using the wall to steady herself, which means yes the wall is going to be dirty, but also that she is inevitably going to take a fall. Stupid.
Reminded me when I was a kid and we had a staircase that had a white wall in the middle and as kids we always touched that and later it had grey spots (it took a lot to clean it).
"Like Big Bird was murdered in this kitchen and just exploded everywhere and they tried to make it look good" hahahhahhaa. I laughed so hard my belly hurts now.
They are! I have a floor to ceiling rock fireplace on an outside wall. You would not believe the reinforcement in my basement to keep the integrity of my home. Please people, DO NOT ADD A LARGE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT TO YOUR WALLS without consulting a contractor or probably better yet a structural engineer!
@@whiterabbit75 YES. Plastic shell. Stickers. Stencils with textured paint. Almost ANYTHING but gluing half a ton of paving stone onto the freaking wall!
This DIY is not only going to ruin the structural integrity of the house, it's so big and attention-grabbing that any person with at least one functioning eye can spot how bad it is from a mile away. And they had the (lack of) brains to document their shoddy work! No one smart is ever going to buy that house.
That hideous black monolith house ...I feel so bad for the neighbour who has lost all privacy in their backyard and have that ugly house looming over theirs.
Im surprised it’s taken 4 years to build. Must be a lot of change orders or things going wrong. My parents purchased a new construction which only took 5 months to build, a decent sized single family home. Albeit smaller, a home his size shouldn’t be more than 2 years max i think.
From personal experience, I can tell you that there are definitely too many people who couldn't care less how their hideous structures create offending views for their neighbors. That house is a jagged affront to the gentle aesthetics of the entire neighborhood.
That’s why in some countries in Europe there is a law that neighbors have to give their permission for you to build a house in a style you want. But I guess for Americans this would be considered violation of their freedom or something lol
That first kitchen looks like my area after a baboon raid involving a mustard bottle. PS. The wall sconce underneath the stairs provides ambient lighting for the dust bunnies.
I lived in a townhouse as a kid, it had a basement entertaining room. My parents built a bar, and covered a large wall with textured wallpaper that looked like brick. No 1600 lbs of stone, just paper
We have a fireplace in our house and the chemney sorounded by drywall goes trough my room. I put brick wallpaper on it. No real bricks and DIY, just wallpaper, still looks good.
Yeah when I was young I used to love that NYC brownstone, exposed brick wall vibe. I did a ton of research on how to do one that feels real. I never actually ended up doing it, but they sell super thin brick fronts on a piece of mesh that you can put up on your wall using mortar and grout. It’s supposed to be meant for drywall and super lightweight but I’d imagine it would still end up being heavy.
Fellow Aussue here. Those black roofs have been shown to raise the temperature of the home and thus more expensive to cool. dark roofs made roof cavity temperatures increase by as much as 10C. A sea of black roofs in a suburb raises the temp of the area by as much as 5c!
The stone wall is a massive safety issue. If they have little kids that could fall on them and kill or severely injure one. It happened in a city i lived in. So sad. 😮
The neighbors in the house next to that big black house must be pulling their hair out. Not only have they been subjected to protracted construction, but the thing is looming over them like Darth Vader.
Black houses are gorgeous if the home designs fits it and you use the right accent colors and features. No need to dog someone's design choice. Especially since it doesn't involve you. I'm sure that crunchy fake blonde hair of yours bothers people but that's your choice and it's no one's business what you do with something that's yours. I'm sure you'll snowflake my comment and report it but I couldn't care less. You chose to criticize on a public forum so you should expect some public attention.
Seriously. Nothing screams "tacky" to me like a house that looks so modern that it's completely out of place in an older neighborhood. It also tells me that they have a bad, "I don't care" relationship with their neighbors. If the owner wants a black monstrous house so much, they should have gone to a neighborhood that would celebrate it, instead of making themselves an absolute annoyance to everyone around them.
Yep. I found my people. I am beyond shook at the insane things people have done to great homes. There is no accountability for taste whatsoever. I am from 81’ and I’m so sick of the things that people are posting then surprised when others comment with disgust.
That pocket shower door would be a nightmare for upkeep. Any actual built in air dryer that would actually dry it despite a humid bathroom would sound like a jet engine. And it doesnt solve the problem of actually properly cleaning the door of soap or hard water
When i was around 13 years old I was trying to open a mustard bottle. One of the old glass jars and it slipped caught the side of the table and shattered. It threw mustard everywhere in my moms kitchen. We were finding little globs of mustard weeks later. Thats what that first kitchen reminded me of,
That makes me so happy how many people were wondering where I went on Sunday 🤍🤍 thanks for watching, we’ll be back on schedule this week. And I hope this performs well I loved filming this
Problem with falling stone was not dry wall or plywood. Problem is how high they put it. You put just cca 4 rows, let it dry, than continue. Gravity is real...
When we moved into our current home 32 years ago, we had 10 people living here (us, our six kids and two students). Instead of making a huge laundry room, we plumbed an area in the basement for a second laundry area. The older kids who lived in the bedrooms (all had egress windows) down there did their own laundry. When they all moved out, we gave away the washer and dryer. We "decommissioned" the extra plumbing. We may, one day, turn that area into an apartment, in which case, the plumbing will come in handy.
I absolutely love this! Please make this into a series! I'm about to do some major renovations in my house, so these examples are great to help me steer into the right direction.
@mrphoenixgrey // BUT do you know what an 8 track cassette tape machine is? I thought I was the sh** riding around in my (Smoky and the Bandit) Pontiac TramsAm listening to Michael Jackson..haha.
At 19:05, maybe that woman wanted a laundry/craft area/sewing space. I have 7 kids and at times we had racks³ with drying shirts. We don’t put our shirts in the dryer. And I did a lot of ironing. I told my husband that if we’re going to have a lot of kids, I needed a big laundry room.
"Super Small bathroom"...I really do adore just how much what you're used to shapes your perception. I would, as a European, call that a fairly large bathroom, where there is more than enough room to get around. Not saying you're wrong at all, but it's just lovely to see different perspectives.
That yellow-grey epoxy kitchen!!!! It looks like someone vomited eggs Everywhere! I like the fluted panel barn door! Great idea to add artwork! Unfortunately, that stone wall is giving Jesus's tomb vibes. I would love to re-do my bathroom and get rid of the tub, BUT, I think of the re-sale value: Parents wanting to bathe kids, coloring my hair, washing my hair when I don't want to shower, soaking clothes, whatever, I'm sure there are more uses for a tub..... Do YOU think removing a tub would affect re-sale?
Yes removing a bath can devalue your home, but it also depends on the home. We have quite a small home and space is precious so a family with children would probably not be interested in our property. We took the bath out as we did not use enough to warrant the use of the space and have a walk in shower instead. I want to enjoy the house I live in which is more important in my opinion.
The wall sconce under the stairs is so funny it's like when you want a light somewhere on The Sims but you can only afford the granny wall sconce. Like you can put a light under there but just not that one
It makes me ANGRIER that it looks like it's actually visually appealing and very well-done. It's just...not done in the right place. At all. Which ruins it. Argh.
I was thinking, are they going to store all their clothes in there too? How many kids they have? Clearly, a dining room isn't needed because they insist on turning a key room into something that seems horribly out of place and impractical for most.
That black house: exactly!! I live in Finland (similar conditions to those in Canada) and the dirt splotches I see on a nearby black designer house every time I pass by... so depressing
When I snorted out my iced tea because of the Big Bird murder comment, I immediately subscribed. Thank you for being the funniest arbiter of good taste (the occasional snark is just the cherry on top).
I don't like them that much either but they are perfect for a hot climate in a place with no AC running all the time. Too much humidity coming from the floors up can damage anything wood.
Heated floors are a deal breaker for me. I HATE having hot feet. My lower legs and feet swell up like balloons, and it makes my whole body overheat. YUCK. AND, they are hard to decommission. If my toes are chilly, I wear slippers!
The black extension : neighbors did a similar project, an all black wood exterior, build at the property limits (it basicly runs the entirety of our backyard), we barely have any sunlight because of it), way to big and way to high. It doesn't even goes along with the original house, a 1980's bungalow. And like you predicted, we live in Montreal, it's covered in dust, the windows upstair are impossible to clean (too close to powerlines). We call it the burned barn, because it looks like a big and ugly barn that's gone throught fire.
Good heavens, that first kitchen. She totally ruined what could have been a great space. But, Big Bird did not get murdered there because Big Bird wouldn't be caught dead there; just sayin 😜Question on the no tub thing. The main bathroom in our next house has a ridiculous tub, 14 high by about 20 wide. None of us can fit in there comfortably, so converting it to a shower would make sense. However, i've read that not having a bathtub hurts the resale value. We're not planning on selling the house (it's currently my mother's house and she wants to keep it in the family forever), but you never know. It would make a great tub for babies and little tots, but not for anyone much older than that -- and the vanity is also 30 inches high, which is another project. OY! Anyway, great video as always, DD 🙂
Omg that last one! I saw that on social media too. That was kinda dumb. I mean it looks fantastic, but not even hotels have laundry rooms that big. Even if she passes on her home to her children, and children’s children…How many damn people live in your house at once? And if your family is SO large that it warrants an over-sized laundry room, then where y’all eating? Where do you all eat when all your family comes over? I just have so many questions, OK.
I have seen some vids of celebrities with large houses that have huge laundry rooms and the common theme isn't just a ton of kids, but people with pets. The people with pets loved them because it essentially became a pet cleaning room. So, yeah, unless you had several dogs, which is rather specific, I don't see the point.
Like Design Daddy mentions, it's also taking away value from your home, not adding it. I understand people having no use for a formal dining room (maybe they don't entertain that way, or they prefer outdoor entertaining, etc), but to turn it into a laundry room!?!? It would make so much more sense to turn it into a home office, or even another bedroom. Those would add value to your home. But putting in a giant laundry room, that guests are likely to see when they come over.... You're literally displaying all your dirty laundry for people to see!
The floating stairs...... I sure hope she has a bathroom downstairs for visitors because if I was a guest I would never climb those stairs. Yes, please make a series. This was great fun to watch. Thank you.
Feel so sorry for the neighbors next to that hideous black house, think of all the never ending construction noise!!! Their home looks so pretty and cute. ☹️
I missed you too DD. I thought you were going to dis the slatted barndoor on the playroom. I like it a lot, but as you pointed out, it is a focal point on that wall and probably within the room. It is there but not quite, adding big artwork on the door will define it as a definite focal point. DD, is so astute. (still curious how the hardware doesn't show. Hope they didn't photoshop it out of the pic) YES, some of these "brilliant ideas", lead so many people into complete disasters. Just goes to show you how many people don't question what they see and hear. They do not even consider or think it through to wonder if it even makes sense. Highly entertaining post DD.
Yes! Please make this into a series. I've learned a lot from your vids - on what to do & what not to do. 😅 I also like your fun & sassy vibe. I also like that you take into account the cleaning/ maintenance aspect of designs - not everyone can hire maids or cleaners. Cheers!
i love home by me, i used it so much starting around 2 years ago for a family home and a condo unit. it's like sims for adults, minus the living part. i love that apart from being free, you can be veeeery specific with the measurements of the layout and many things
This is the first time I have watched your videos as an interior architecture student. I loved that video because you are talking about more technical things than most of the interior designers I've seen talking on yt. You know what you are talking about and clearly have education on it.
Yes make it a series ❤ and I love that you didn't just make it into a reel of fails, but actually a mix. I think it really helps ppl to see what's possible and what they should think about if they want to do that diy
That bathroom. How does one go through the process of deciding to renovate their bathroom, create a moodboard (I assume), learn all the tricks of the trade etc, and yet be so ignorant of basic design terminology as to call this style mid-century modern?? It's bizarre. Like people are using the terms MCM and minimalist interchangeably. This makes my blood boil.
I’m so glad I found your channel 😂 These videos are hilarious. My husband and I bought a house 6 years ago from a man who lived there for 40 years. We are serious when we say it should be illegal for him to go to a Home Depot or anywhere he can buy something to ruin another home. We’ve been fixing his garbage DIY projects for years.
It MAY be a disassembled MALM desk (they have a desk that pulls out to make a L shape). But I suspect given the size that it's a different type of MALM over-bed-desk (which they don't make anymore), with one edge removed. Technically it was called a MALM occasional table.
Stumbled across you in the shorts... you had me at the READ on that stone wall. Had to come look up your other content. Not disappointed in the content and your personal aesthetic and vibe are TOP tier
"It looks like Big Bird was murdered in this kitchen." How true.🤣😅😆 For me, the craziest one is turning a beautiful formal dining room - a rare feature these days - into a laundry room! Unless she's opening a commercial cleaning service, this is utterly insane.
I really enjoyed this one and totally agreed with you on most of these; loved that you didn’t just trash everything and were very thoughtful about what you saw. ❤. Need more “…Big Bird got murdered here…” - totally agree LOL!!!
It really is crazy how that floating vanity really does create more room, but only in our minds. I am going to do that in my bathroom, it isn't that small, but it could always look bigger. Have you seen the floor to ceiling shelves in bathrooms where two perpendicular walls meet? They are no more than 18" wide but with a canceled led strip, that does the same thing as the floating vanity, It negates that inside corner, and makes it look like there is much more space. Backlight mirrors do about the same thing, adding more dimension to that flat plain.
I was clenching my teeth about that first barn door style because I really liked it when I saw the thumbnail. and then you agreed and took the words right out of my head I was also thinking it was missing something and you said add an art piece. personally I would turn it into a plant wall like those cute succulents. and I love love love pocket doors. the Japanese style with modern touch is what I would design for my own home.
People who want huge laundry rooms are like me…. Happy to wash the clothes but HATE putting them away. If we could just all get dressed in the laundry room from the pile on the floor that would be great haha but honestly that room is way too big lol
OMG this comment I could have written myself! I will wash dry fold all day but that's as far as I get. Why? Why do I have such an aversion to putting the shit away!! I don't know and can't figure out why I can't combat that one simple little mundane chore??? Ughhhhh
I just found your channel and am binge watching. Stone girl should know there is a product called air stone. Air stone is like those laminate wood slabs for your floor, except they look like stone and are for your wall. I’ve never used them, but I have seen them. When done right, they do work for fireplaces and accent walls.
That yellow and grey kitchen looks like they combined what was left in a mop bucket with the contents of a plane full of sick bags. Some people have lots of taste but it's all in the palate! 🤢😵💫😨😱😝
I put exterior stones inside my house, but hear me out… around my outside entry I placed lightly coloured stacked stone. Inside the entry foyer I placed the same stacked stone on the inside wall, to give the illusion of an actual stone wall (for anyone who stopped to notice). It’s the nicest part of my house and has zero maintenance.
Let me just add one little thing... It's way worse when they apply these types of designs in old houses and nothing matches to the old architectural design of the home.
Please make into a series. That yellow epoxy was hilarious.
Like criminal in my opinion 🤣🤣
@mrphoenixgrey
The place looked like a bad trip on heavy psychedelics. Everything melting and running onto the cabinets and the floor. Don't go into that kitchen after you've had too much to drink either.
Yes I’d love more of this. I’m not on TikTok so I only see the stupid things people do on TH-cam lol
Imagine this house was on the market, you go for a viewing and meet that kitchen! I think I’d be in danger of throwing up. 🤮
@GradKat
Definitely going to need to medicate for motion sickness.
I LOVE that he takes cleaning something into consideration, as a cleaner there are times where it becomes, " how the hell are you supposed to clean this?!! "
Agreed. Most of those TV renovation shows totally ignore the ordinary maintenance impact of their designs.
YES
I used to love black kitchens until my brother did one for himself with a black shiny countertop. I loved it! ...until a couple of weeks later when I went there and there were ants everywhere! We just couldn't clean it properly because we couldn't SEE ANYTHING! it was a nightmare. I now think about the cleaning everytime I see a trend I like
Those stairs gave me such anxiety. ⚰️
Right? I could never, imagine I need to go downstairs in the middle of the night for a glass of water? I guess it’s a shortcut 😵☠️
I fell just looking at them!😱
the way she clinged to the wall even at the very bottom of the stairs says it all.
Look up the stairs that are in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe NM. Before railings were installed. The story on its construction is amazing.
TERRIFYING!!!!😱 I wouldn’t be able to drink at home or have any of my kid’s friends over …hell not even my kid! The home insurance would be more then the mortgage payment…oooh I’d definitely invite my ex thou! 😈
I really hope stone wall girl is on a slab. 1600 extra pounds of weight is no joke to put on a structure that might not be engineered to hold all that extra weight pulling on a single wall.
I’m horrified by this!! The could just put a sticker of a stone wall both quicker and easier to install and remove
It looks like it’s in the basement. I hope so.
That was a nightmare. Woe unto whoever buys their house next
And not to spend 10 seconds to see how coursed rubble walling is meant to be put together; coursed in rows, with no more than two vertical joins over a horizontal.
As for the pointing…“over schmear” indeed.
I know people like it; lots of terrible things can be popular *coughPontiacAztec* *coughNissanJukecoughcough* *l
and lets disregard the structural integrity of it all, the color of stone she used is the coldest white ever😭 what warmth is she seeing😭😭
If you notice while the woman was walking down the stairs she was running her hand down the wall. The wall is going to get filthy when that happens a dozen times a day. Gross.
I saw that also, she is using the wall to steady herself, which means yes the wall is going to be dirty, but also that she is inevitably going to take a fall. Stupid.
Reminded me when I was a kid and we had a staircase that had a white wall in the middle and as kids we always touched that and later it had grey spots (it took a lot to clean it).
If it was my house, I'm sure I'd be cleaning blood of the wall and floor as well. Not to mention emergency room visits. 😂
"Like Big Bird was murdered in this kitchen and just exploded everywhere and they tried to make it look good" hahahhahhaa. I laughed so hard my belly hurts now.
I'm embarrassed that used to be my high-school bedroom color scheme only they did it so much fucking worse. Her dream is a nightmare
I thought the epoxy surfaces job was well done, but the color choices were terrible.
The stones feel dangerous to the structural integrity of the house.
They are! I have a floor to ceiling rock fireplace on an outside wall. You would not believe the reinforcement in my basement to keep the integrity of my home. Please people, DO NOT ADD A LARGE AMOUNT OF WEIGHT TO YOUR WALLS without consulting a contractor or probably better yet a structural engineer!
@@profosborne4501 Especially since they could have gone with a faux stone surface that weighs less than a tenth of the actual stone wall.
@@whiterabbit75 YES. Plastic shell. Stickers. Stencils with textured paint. Almost ANYTHING but gluing half a ton of paving stone onto the freaking wall!
This DIY is not only going to ruin the structural integrity of the house, it's so big and attention-grabbing that any person with at least one functioning eye can spot how bad it is from a mile away. And they had the (lack of) brains to document their shoddy work! No one smart is ever going to buy that house.
That nasty staircase with no handrails is going to have big nasty oily handprint streaks up and down the walls. Lots of scrubbing.
How she gunna get laundry up n down without dying??
@@estellegetty1995Forget laundry, what about the early morning groggy feeling when you wake up and have no idea where you are?
Not to code.
@@rosesweetcharlotte FR. You fall down that staircase, you wake up in the morgue. So dangerous!
@@rosesweetcharlottehear me out. Some people have laundry facilities on the second floor of their home 😲😦
That hideous black monolith house ...I feel so bad for the neighbour who has lost all privacy in their backyard and have that ugly house looming over theirs.
Im surprised it’s taken 4 years to build. Must be a lot of change orders or things going wrong. My parents purchased a new construction which only took 5 months to build, a decent sized single family home. Albeit smaller, a home his size shouldn’t be more than 2 years max i think.
The way he is bragging about that absolute monstrosity, he's got no clue how much his neighbours hate him
From personal experience, I can tell you that there are definitely too many people who couldn't care less how their hideous structures create offending views for their neighbors. That house is a jagged affront to the gentle aesthetics of the entire neighborhood.
Spot the supervillain of the neighborhood
That’s why in some countries in Europe there is a law that neighbors have to give their permission for you to build a house in a style you want. But I guess for Americans this would be considered violation of their freedom or something lol
That first kitchen looks like my area after a baboon raid involving a mustard bottle. PS. The wall sconce underneath the stairs provides ambient lighting for the dust bunnies.
Gotta make sure the dust bunnies feel at home 😉
Great idea. They can make a tiny bench a b put a couple of stuffed bunnies down there. Lol
Or visual on a run away pet poo
I lived in a townhouse as a kid, it had a basement entertaining room. My parents built a bar, and covered a large wall with textured wallpaper that looked like brick. No 1600 lbs of stone, just paper
Yup. If you want to have a dungeon in your house, make it very easy to change back 😅
We have a fireplace in our house and the chemney sorounded by drywall goes trough my room. I put brick wallpaper on it. No real bricks and DIY, just wallpaper, still looks good.
Yeah when I was young I used to love that NYC brownstone, exposed brick wall vibe. I did a ton of research on how to do one that feels real. I never actually ended up doing it, but they sell super thin brick fronts on a piece of mesh that you can put up on your wall using mortar and grout. It’s supposed to be meant for drywall and super lightweight but I’d imagine it would still end up being heavy.
I’m in Australia and it surprises me that folks still want a black roof. Summer is hot enough ugh 😩
Exactly. I’m Canadian and I can’t imagine summers in that house. I would be cooked to a nugget.
It is like living inside a cauldron. Black and hot.
Fellow Aussue here. Those black roofs have been shown to raise the temperature of the home and thus more expensive to cool.
dark roofs made roof cavity temperatures increase by as much as 10C.
A sea of black roofs in a suburb raises the temp of the area by as much as 5c!
This was my first thought, ain't no way unless you live in a cold place where you need that extra heat absorption.
In Florida you get a rebate when you install a light color roof.
Holy crap, I’d have to crawl up and down those steps without railings 😮
Butt scoot is the only way I’d feel safe going down those stairs 😅
Before beginning any new improvement in my house, the first thing I usually ask myself is, "How easy is this going to be to clean?"
Thank you!!! This is what I always ask myself because things have to be cleaned up everyday.
I have bad balance and those stairs is my worst nightmare.
Or what if you injure your foot and need crutches for a while. Also not appropriate for children and the elderly
@@chgr4674Or pets
Bad after that 2nd glass of wine too!
Now imagine like 5000 birds reunite together on top of this roof and go " ready, aim fire" on that roof and all over the house( priceless)😂😂😂😂😂😂
The stone wall is a massive safety issue. If they have little kids that could fall on them and kill or severely injure one. It happened in a city i lived in. So sad. 😮
That staircase would have made the "staircase murder" a lot harder to solve. Oh my.
I'm flabbergasted that I just saw a barn door that I actually love. I hate those things, but that one was beautiful. what a great idea!
The black siding makes that expensive home look like an upscale warehouse.
Addam’s family warehouse
@@timmytwister6397nah the Addams have taste.
Yeah, especially with the WHITE bird poop that you can see already in the video.
😂😂😂😂
Imagine the cost of fixing the broken air drying system on that shower pocket door because you know it’s going to break.
Right? Not worth it at all
The slidey barn door would help cover up that expansive laundry setup
The neighbors in the house next to that big black house must be pulling their hair out. Not only have they been subjected to protracted construction, but the thing is looming over them like Darth Vader.
The neighbors need to start feeding birds like it's going out of style... Bird poop for the win! ✌🏻
Like Gru’s house in Despicable Me
Then they have to look at the bird crap right after pulling their hair out 😭
Black houses are gorgeous if the home designs fits it and you use the right accent colors and features. No need to dog someone's design choice. Especially since it doesn't involve you. I'm sure that crunchy fake blonde hair of yours bothers people but that's your choice and it's no one's business what you do with something that's yours. I'm sure you'll snowflake my comment and report it but I couldn't care less. You chose to criticize on a public forum so you should expect some public attention.
Seriously. Nothing screams "tacky" to me like a house that looks so modern that it's completely out of place in an older neighborhood. It also tells me that they have a bad, "I don't care" relationship with their neighbors. If the owner wants a black monstrous house so much, they should have gone to a neighborhood that would celebrate it, instead of making themselves an absolute annoyance to everyone around them.
Yep. I found my people. I am beyond shook at the insane things people have done to great homes. There is no accountability for taste whatsoever. I am from 81’ and I’m so sick of the things that people are posting then surprised when others comment with disgust.
That pocket shower door would be a nightmare for upkeep. Any actual built in air dryer that would actually dry it despite a humid bathroom would sound like a jet engine. And it doesnt solve the problem of actually properly cleaning the door of soap or hard water
The mold!
Looks like the Black House guy overspent for the neighborhood. With no yard left, he'll never get his investment back.
When i was around 13 years old I was trying to open a mustard bottle. One of the old glass jars and it slipped caught the side of the table and shattered. It threw mustard everywhere in my moms kitchen. We were finding little globs of mustard weeks later. Thats what that first kitchen reminded me of,
Yeeessss! You have to make this a series. I laughed out loud! I missed you this week. Good to see you back! ❤
That makes me so happy how many people were wondering where I went on Sunday 🤍🤍 thanks for watching, we’ll be back on schedule this week. And I hope this performs well I loved filming this
@@mrphoenixgrey ❤️
Problem with falling stone was not dry wall or plywood. Problem is how high they put it. You put just cca 4 rows, let it dry, than continue. Gravity is real...
Yeah, when that thing decides to fall down, it won't be pretty.
The person with the $350,000 black roof sounds exactly like the person with the leopard skin kitchen from your previous episode!
When we moved into our current home 32 years ago, we had 10 people living here (us, our six kids and two students). Instead of making a huge laundry room, we plumbed an area in the basement for a second laundry area. The older kids who lived in the bedrooms (all had egress windows) down there did their own laundry. When they all moved out, we gave away the washer and dryer. We "decommissioned" the extra plumbing. We may, one day, turn that area into an apartment, in which case, the plumbing will come in handy.
Whoa. The yellow kitchen.... the death stairs (how are they legal... they'd be illegal in Europe too).... just awful
Australia too. Needs a railing.
As someone who has dealt with mushrooms growing out of walls due to a poorly sealed bath, those sinks give me terrible anxiety 😆😬
finally someone who makes sense in this age of aesthetic homes
That stone wall is gonna make that wall fall into the ground!
I absolutely love this! Please make this into a series! I'm about to do some major renovations in my house, so these examples are great to help me steer into the right direction.
Thanks so much for watching! Cross your fingers the video does well and I can keep making them 💪🏼🤍
Okay, I gotta say it: Design Daddy's outfit is so cool. If he designs homes as well as he dresses, he must get a lot of business.
"If you don't know what a VCR is, you're too young for me." Well, well, Daddy. Good thing I know what a VCR is, then... 😏😂
Hahaha! We’re on the same page then 😉
Very cool renos
@mrphoenixgrey // BUT do you know what an 8 track cassette tape machine is? I thought I was the sh** riding around in my (Smoky and the Bandit) Pontiac TramsAm listening to Michael Jackson..haha.
As someone who falls down her stairs at least 2-3 times a year, those stairs are nightmare fuel.
1:39 I can already see someone slipping after doing dishes or something on that floor. It looks like it will be slick if gets wet!
RIP Big Bird 😂
Pocket shower door sounds like mold heaven.
He explained why mold wouldn't be an issue though.
And hard water scale would quickly fill that tight track & make it impossible to close.
I totally get that "Bring back shame" feeling.
That first kitchen was just, "But why, though?" personified.
As someone with a matte black house, it is an understatement to say how hard it is to keep clean!
Those stairs would be illegal where I live.
Never. Would I use a textured tile in a shower or kitchen. That’s just hard work cleaning.
So glad that black house is in Canada. If it were here in Mexico, he'd bake unless it is extremely insulated. Hot climates need light exteriors.
I guess you don’t know how hot it gets in Toronto in the summer. The black exterior is just a bad idea all round.
At 19:05, maybe that woman wanted a laundry/craft area/sewing space. I have 7 kids and at times we had racks³ with drying shirts. We don’t put our shirts in the dryer. And I did a lot of ironing. I told my husband that if we’re going to have a lot of kids, I needed a big laundry room.
Love that idea to have basically a secret (barn) door.
"Super Small bathroom"...I really do adore just how much what you're used to shapes your perception. I would, as a European, call that a fairly large bathroom, where there is more than enough room to get around. Not saying you're wrong at all, but it's just lovely to see different perspectives.
“Big Bird was murdered” - hilarious!
That yellow-grey epoxy kitchen!!!! It looks like someone vomited eggs Everywhere! I like the fluted panel barn door! Great idea to add artwork! Unfortunately, that stone wall is giving Jesus's tomb vibes. I would love to re-do my bathroom and get rid of the tub, BUT, I think of the re-sale value: Parents wanting to bathe kids, coloring my hair, washing my hair when I don't want to shower, soaking clothes, whatever, I'm sure there are more uses for a tub..... Do YOU think removing a tub would affect re-sale?
If it is the only tub in the house, yes, you have just drastically reduced the buyer pool.
Yes removing a bath can devalue your home, but it also depends on the home. We have quite a small home and space is precious so a family with children would probably not be interested in our property. We took the bath out as we did not use enough to warrant the use of the space and have a walk in shower instead. I want to enjoy the house I live in which is more important in my opinion.
In Europe baths are not common. It depends where you live.
The wall sconce under the stairs is so funny it's like when you want a light somewhere on The Sims but you can only afford the granny wall sconce. Like you can put a light under there but just not that one
I live where it hails multiple times each year, looking at that metal siding I can’t stop imagining it looking like my swiss cheese after one storm.
That laundry room is infuriating... God, that is SO MUCH WASTED SPACE!!!
It makes me ANGRIER that it looks like it's actually visually appealing and very well-done. It's just...not done in the right place. At all. Which ruins it. Argh.
At this rate, those machines are lonely and lost, may as well get a few more machines and call yourself a Laundromat 😅
I was thinking, are they going to store all their clothes in there too? How many kids they have? Clearly, a dining room isn't needed because they insist on turning a key room into something that seems horribly out of place and impractical for most.
That black house: exactly!! I live in Finland (similar conditions to those in Canada) and the dirt splotches I see on a nearby black designer house every time I pass by... so depressing
The bird shit already on that black house had me cracking up. That thing is going to look like a Jackson Pollack in no time. 😂😂
When I snorted out my iced tea because of the Big Bird murder comment, I immediately subscribed. Thank you for being the funniest arbiter of good taste (the occasional snark is just the cherry on top).
Unpopular opinion: I hate floating vanities. Looking at them gives me stress.
Here in Norway, it's all we use. I have'nt seen a bathroom without it in years. That and heated bathroom tiles is the standard here
@@LinaGenX anyone who can't get behind heated floors, esp in the bathroom, needs therapy :7
I don't like them that much either but they are perfect for a hot climate in a place with no AC running all the time. Too much humidity coming from the floors up can damage anything wood.
Heated floors are a deal breaker for me. I HATE having hot feet. My lower legs and feet swell up like balloons, and it makes my whole body overheat. YUCK. AND, they are hard to decommission. If my toes are chilly, I wear slippers!
The black extension : neighbors did a similar project, an all black wood exterior, build at the property limits (it basicly runs the entirety of our backyard), we barely have any sunlight because of it), way to big and way to high. It doesn't even goes along with the original house, a 1980's bungalow. And like you predicted, we live in Montreal, it's covered in dust, the windows upstair are impossible to clean (too close to powerlines). We call it the burned barn, because it looks like a big and ugly barn that's gone throught fire.
Yassssssss ❤❤❤ Just what I needed! The snark! The joy! The hilarity! Yes yes yes! 😂
The lady on the stairs… she definitely is challenging gravity 😂
"GIRL, IT IS HOMEMADE!" 😆😂🤣💀. Design Daddy said hell naw 👎🏾 😂.
Just looking at those stairs made me anxious. You can get convincing wall mural wallpaper to have a wall effect
I love a well dressed and manicured man. I love the slacks match the shirt....PERFECTION❤❤
Please do more of these. This is sooo good.
I love that you had some positive examples in there, too. ❤🎉
In that first one I thought someone had vandalized the kitchen with yellow spray paint.
Good heavens, that first kitchen. She totally ruined what could have been a great space. But, Big Bird did not get murdered there because Big Bird wouldn't be caught dead there; just sayin 😜Question on the no tub thing. The main bathroom in our next house has a ridiculous tub, 14 high by about 20 wide. None of us can fit in there comfortably, so converting it to a shower would make sense. However, i've read that not having a bathtub hurts the resale value. We're not planning on selling the house (it's currently my mother's house and she wants to keep it in the family forever), but you never know. It would make a great tub for babies and little tots, but not for anyone much older than that -- and the vanity is also 30 inches high, which is another project. OY! Anyway, great video as always, DD 🙂
Omg that last one! I saw that on social media too.
That was kinda dumb. I mean it looks fantastic, but not even hotels have laundry rooms that big. Even if she passes on her home to her children, and children’s children…How many damn people live in your house at once?
And if your family is SO large that it warrants an over-sized laundry room, then where y’all eating? Where do you all eat when all your family comes over? I just have so many questions, OK.
I have seen some vids of celebrities with large houses that have huge laundry rooms and the common theme isn't just a ton of kids, but people with pets. The people with pets loved them because it essentially became a pet cleaning room.
So, yeah, unless you had several dogs, which is rather specific, I don't see the point.
Like Design Daddy mentions, it's also taking away value from your home, not adding it. I understand people having no use for a formal dining room (maybe they don't entertain that way, or they prefer outdoor entertaining, etc), but to turn it into a laundry room!?!? It would make so much more sense to turn it into a home office, or even another bedroom. Those would add value to your home. But putting in a giant laundry room, that guests are likely to see when they come over.... You're literally displaying all your dirty laundry for people to see!
The floating stairs...... I sure hope she has a bathroom downstairs for visitors because if I was a guest I would never climb those stairs.
Yes, please make a series. This was great fun to watch. Thank you.
How do you close the shower pocket door? It had no handle, just a half circle hole which slid into the pocket.
The black house looks stunning.
Hammer to the face stunning.
Feel so sorry for the neighbors next to that hideous black house, think of all the never ending construction noise!!! Their home looks so pretty and cute. ☹️
I missed you too DD.
I thought you were going to dis the slatted barndoor on the playroom. I like it a lot, but as you pointed out, it is a focal point on that wall and probably within the room. It is there but not quite, adding big artwork on the door will define it as a definite focal point. DD, is so astute.
(still curious how the hardware doesn't show. Hope they didn't photoshop it out of the pic)
YES, some of these "brilliant ideas", lead so many people into complete disasters. Just goes to show you how many people don't question what they see and hear. They do not even consider or think it through to wonder if it even makes sense.
Highly entertaining post DD.
Yes! Please make this into a series. I've learned a lot from your vids - on what to do & what not to do. 😅 I also like your fun & sassy vibe. I also like that you take into account the cleaning/ maintenance aspect of designs - not everyone can hire maids or cleaners. Cheers!
That’s why it’s “her” dream kitchen, not “the” dream kitchen 1:20
i love home by me, i used it so much starting around 2 years ago for a family home and a condo unit. it's like sims for adults, minus the living part. i love that apart from being free, you can be veeeery specific with the measurements of the layout and many things
We used a barn door for the same reason and it really does look nice. I like that it's functional
The only reason he liked it was because the slider didn't present itself as a barn door.
This is the first time I have watched your videos as an interior architecture student. I loved that video because you are talking about more technical things than most of the interior designers I've seen talking on yt. You know what you are talking about and clearly have education on it.
That means a lot! Thank you so much 😊
Yes make it a series ❤ and I love that you didn't just make it into a reel of fails, but actually a mix. I think it really helps ppl to see what's possible and what they should think about if they want to do that diy
That bathroom. How does one go through the process of deciding to renovate their bathroom, create a moodboard (I assume), learn all the tricks of the trade etc, and yet be so ignorant of basic design terminology as to call this style mid-century modern?? It's bizarre. Like people are using the terms MCM and minimalist interchangeably. This makes my blood boil.
I know, right? Like what is it that makes it MCM to you, again?
@@vaderladyl "I mean MCM means like Many Cool Malarkeys, right?"
I’m so glad I found your channel 😂 These videos are hilarious. My husband and I bought a house 6 years ago from a man who lived there for 40 years. We are serious when we say it should be illegal for him to go to a Home Depot or anywhere he can buy something to ruin another home. We’ve been fixing his garbage DIY projects for years.
Any idea where the dresser/desk island came from? I’ve pored over IKEA’s website, but have found nothing resembling it.
It’s called a rotating dresser and desk. Available on bed bath and beyond, Amazon, wayfair…
It MAY be a disassembled MALM desk (they have a desk that pulls out to make a L shape).
But I suspect given the size that it's a different type of MALM over-bed-desk (which they don't make anymore), with one edge removed. Technically it was called a MALM occasional table.
Stumbled across you in the shorts... you had me at the READ on that stone wall. Had to come look up your other content. Not disappointed in the content and your personal aesthetic and vibe are TOP tier
Glad to see you back! I was worried when you didn't show up on Sunday.
Awe thank you! 🤍 we had a bit of a mix up with the schedules for posting. So happy to see people wait for my Sunday posts
"It looks like Big Bird was murdered in this kitchen." How true.🤣😅😆 For me, the craziest one is turning a beautiful formal dining room - a rare feature these days - into a laundry room! Unless she's opening a commercial cleaning service, this is utterly insane.
Stairs: childrens deathplunge 💀. Laundry arena: does she have a home-based laundromat business?! 🧺
I really enjoyed this one and totally agreed with you on most of these; loved that you didn’t just trash everything and were very thoughtful about what you saw. ❤. Need more “…Big Bird got murdered here…” - totally agree LOL!!!
Yes, very much like this. Please do a series. It was so informative and fascinating.
It really is crazy how that floating vanity really does create more room, but only in our minds. I am going to do that in my bathroom, it isn't that small, but it could always look bigger. Have you seen the floor to ceiling shelves in bathrooms where two perpendicular walls meet? They are no more than 18" wide but with a canceled led strip, that does the same thing as the floating vanity, It negates that inside corner, and makes it look like there is much more space.
Backlight mirrors do about the same thing, adding more dimension to that flat plain.
I was clenching my teeth about that first barn door style because I really liked it when I saw the thumbnail. and then you agreed and took the words right out of my head I was also thinking it was missing something and you said add an art piece. personally I would turn it into a plant wall like those cute succulents. and I love love love pocket doors. the Japanese style with modern touch is what I would design for my own home.
People who want huge laundry rooms are like me…. Happy to wash the clothes but HATE putting them away. If we could just all get dressed in the laundry room from the pile on the floor that would be great haha but honestly that room is way too big lol
OMG this comment I could have written myself! I will wash dry fold all day but that's as far as I get. Why? Why do I have such an aversion to putting the shit away!! I don't know and can't figure out why I can't combat that one simple little mundane chore??? Ughhhhh
I love the OPEN stairs pictures and videos- because DRUNK FLYING becomes a reality! 😂😂😂
Please make this into a series
I just found your channel and am binge watching. Stone girl should know there is a product called air stone. Air stone is like those laminate wood slabs for your floor, except they look like stone and are for your wall. I’ve never used them, but I have seen them. When done right, they do work for fireplaces and accent walls.
Loved that you talked about the good and the bad.
That yellow and grey kitchen looks like they combined what was left in a mop bucket with the contents of a plane full of sick bags. Some people have lots of taste but it's all in the palate! 🤢😵💫😨😱😝
I put exterior stones inside my house, but hear me out… around my outside entry I placed lightly coloured stacked stone. Inside the entry foyer I placed the same stacked stone on the inside wall, to give the illusion of an actual stone wall (for anyone who stopped to notice).
It’s the nicest part of my house and has zero maintenance.
Let me just add one little thing...
It's way worse when they apply these types of designs in old houses and nothing matches to the old architectural design of the home.
YES! Please roast the people. And their designs 😂