Yes, it's back on our screens again, and I HAVE watched it simply because my ex-neighbour, Michelle, is the Interior Design professional. Here she is (below, sitting with Alan Carr) with all the hopeful contestants behind them.
I'm not really interested in Interior Design (I'm too keen on clutter), but it is interesting (to a degree) to see what a bunch of amateurs can do with the interior of an old Beach Hut, or a homeless people's refuge.
The answer, sadly, is 'not much'. As with so many amateurs, they seem to think that garish colours mixed with miss-matched loud wallpapers, and odd shapes, is 'modern'. Well, it's not. Interior design is much more complicated than that. I have yet to see one of their rooms that I would be happy to live in. Often they would have been wiser to have left their rooms entirely untouched, rather than end-up with the disasters they created.
I do understand that it's not in the interest of the programme to be too critical, but just occasionally I think Michelle should be less flattering towards the ghastly 'makeovers' produced by the contestants.
Haven't seen that one yet. But I do remember the original 'Changing Rooms' with Carol 'Smiley' Smillie and Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen.
ReplyDeleteIt was Bowen who forced his over the top interior designs on couples, or victims, should I say. And I remember one couple were so upset with his outrageous makeover, they had it all stripped away and put it back as it was.
LLB has a strange idea of Interior Design. More of a slap in the face than relaxation and calm. Personally I prefer the calm.
DeleteI'd hate anyone doing the decorating in my house. Doesn't sound as they have any choice in the result
ReplyDeleteI expect the owners/users do a few changes after they've gone. Some of what they do is AWFUL.
DeleteI have been watching this the last 2 weeks, but like you I haven't seen anything to admire yet. They just seem to throw everything they can at the spaces, and end up with a bit of a mess! Quite entertaining though if there is nothing else worth watching.....which most of the time lately there isn't!
ReplyDeleteI shall probably watch it again, simply because it never fails to amaze and amuse.
DeleteI don't even let P choose a paint colour here. He would just go for whatever is the cheapest option.
ReplyDeleteIf that cheap option is the right colour, it's the best outcome. Don't let him watch IDM, it might give him ideas.
DeleteNot my kind of programme I'm afraid. There is already too much interest in the appearance of things rather than the substance under the surface. I wonder if they have interior design programmes on the TV in Malawi - Africa's poorest country.
ReplyDeleteA friend of mine was the Attorney General in Malawi; I could have asked him, but sadly he's no longer with us.
DeleteI make all the choices here, hubby is unable to imagine how things would look, we do chat together to ensure we both will like the end results. As for the stuff they create, no thank you.
ReplyDeleteThe amazing thing is that someone will 'win' the programme. They're all useless.
DeleteNot my type of TV.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about garish colours, clashing wall paper and highly patterned fitted carpet. Not sure I could relax in a room like that. my surroundings are important to me. Why people put themselves forward for such programmes I have no idea. I guess they want their 10 minutes of fame and “being on the tele”.
They think they have 'talent'; 99% of them don't.
DeleteYup, that is the problem with many people who think they are creative and crafty, they, unfortunately, have very little talent.
DeleteDuring the 50s everything became chrome and plastic. I once asked my mother why folks threw out beautiful antiques and gutted the soul out of their homes. She said, "After the Depression, everyone wanted new." I wonder if generations from now our children will talk about the Great Deception the way we refer to the Great Depression.
ReplyDeleteIn France they change beautiful old houses into modern ones. They throw away the antique furniture, and fill their homes with cheap TAT. I'm amazed that it's allowed.
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