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Bargain Mansions (2017)
Ruins Craftsman Home
I was reluctant to review Bargain Mansions because I think it is a so-so show, but not great. What set me to write this one was watching the April 28th, 2018 program where Tamera Day remodels a beautiful 1909 Craftsman. I love Craftsman homes and this one was no exception, until Tamera remodeled it. Everyone knows what makes Craftsman homes so beautiful and that is the wood. Rich textures of wood is essential for a Craftsman. She utterly painted almost all the wood white. Yes, cringe, all white.The outside she painted a strange blue color with white trim. It looked about as Craftsman as a Caribbean seaside beach house. It looked awful. To top it off, she put the most hideous modern gray wallpaper in it and in the laundry was what looked like an extremely ugly, huge flowery gray wallpaper, that looked like a throw back to the 1980s. She then added a super yellow paint color to the windows in the laundry. There was no beautiful wood to be seen - anywhere. No stained glass, not even in the front door. She used mostly modern light fixtures. The rooms didn't fair well either.
The kitchen wasn't anything like a Craftsman including an ugly black soap-stone. Ugh! I just had to cringe when she went pulling out and replacing modern by and large everywhere. I get it needed updating and no doubt it had been majorly neglected, but what looked like like a grand elegant Craftsman mansion now looked tiny and quite honestly like one of those fake Craftsman homes you will see in a new neighborhood made to look historic, but is anything but that.
I was so disappointed in the result, I don't think I could bring myself to ever watch any future shows. One star for her keeping the yard light and dining room wallpaper.
Masters of Flip (2015)
Sea Foam Awful
I signed up just to review the awful show "Masters of Flip" that grated on me so much, I had to write it. I tried to like it. I gave it many tries thinking it would get better. It never did.
First, co-host and wife, Kortney Wilson ruins the show. Her overbearing personality and selfish attitude drove me up a designer wall. Her ridiculous outfits were the main display in every episode. Sometimes I even wonder if she plotted the colors of the interior to compliment her outfit, i.e. lilac and then wear a purple ugly outfit. Her colors are mostly dated 1980s old lady pastels, like sea foam and lilac. Her smugness of letting her husband Dave Wilson know she is smarter than him is like listening to fingernails on a chalkboard. An example, "I will get you a copy of Vogue," she said to him about her thinking she knows it all and he is an idiot. She is such a diva. He is more practical and level-headed. She thinks she is smart and a grand designer, but she isn't. She may be a good Realtor and that is where she should stay. A designer she isn't.
Anything Kortney does, like colors and her touches is whacked out and she spends way too much. I can't hold Dave blameless either. He is a wimp and won't stand up to her excessive spending and demands. For instance, she will usually say in about every episode, "I want this to stay, I want that, don't take that one thing," etc. Instead of letting her husband, who is practical and tells her the reason they can't keep it, she refuses almost every time and he caves. When he can't keep her demands she pouts and reminds me of that little rich girl who didn't get her pony. Also she demands he stays on budget since she is worried about making a dollar, but it is OK when she wants to spend big. She gets mad at him if he asks her to budget.
The show could be salvageable if Kortney was removed and only had Dave and his workers. I would watch it. As is, with Princess Nasty Sea Foam, I am going to pass. Unless you like seeing an overbearing diva who mimics a nastier Kate Gosselin, in tacky outfits, pass up on this stinker.