When your house is just too too tasteful

[Ginmonkeyagain]

What the hell is going on here? This is an absolute horror show of beige and bland tastefulness.

https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/143960609#/?channel=RES_LET

Exactlly what I thought!

It's utterly staged for the sale and honestly, I think it's a work of art. It's not for living in but looking at and soaking up the atmosphere of. There is a lot of attention to detail and the sepia tones are lovely. The light is amazing.

The walls look designed to hide black mould/damp to me. But perhaps I’m just being cynical.

It looks like a wannabe Airbnb to me, not a normal rental. Perhaps nobody wanted an Airbnb in Newick? (I know Newick well, and while it’s pretty nice, it isn’t a tourist destination)

It's like one of a thousand Instagram houses.
There will be a woman somewhere who has spent years curating every single scratty little scamp of cloth and felt shoe. She will have spent hours just arranging the bed throws to look freshly scattered.

I feel a bit creeped out by this - where have the owners gone? Has there been a money drama or are they hiding from something?

Netflix true crime vibes 😱

I love it! Very French farm house.

Atmosphere? Like fog and misty rain?

The only atmosphere I can see is a depressive episode.

It’s basically a fancy brown hotel.

I like it. But I live in an old Victorian terrace that has too much mahogany furniture, turkish rugs and clutter so this seems the gentle restful opposite.

It’s a bit too institutional to be restful. The yellow-y cream is v psychiatric Hospt

It’s a developer job that has just been dressed though. They might want to rethink the brief next time but I don’t think it will put people off.

it’s just contrived & insta styled

It would be like living in a sepia photo.

Someone's been on a sponge texture your walls course. The grey sponging in the hallway looks like grubby soot marks. It's been interior designed to within an inch of its life, and has therefore zero personality.

What light? It’s dull as a wet weekend in Blackburn

Should have turned the lighter on, shadows make the walls look dirty

I actually love the house, but hell it needs some colour and contrast. The Victorian workhouse made me laugh!

Well the world would be boring if we all liked the same thing. Some people like calming neutrals, some like bright colours.

That front door is an abomination.

I’ve just checked AirBNB, and yes it’s currently run as a posh bed and breakfast.

Run by these people. Hence the aesthetic.

The log pile is spider heaven. I'd love to stick a giant box of Daz on the kitchen side.

@candgen625 stop being so reasonable, we're here for a good Sunday morning judging session. 😂

The walls look damp and too dark. White walls would actually look warmer. Are we sure it isn't AI?

Interesting! I’ve saved loads of interiors post on instagram which look like this, very neutral, lots of line wash paint, sparse interiors…. but when you see it together in a whole house in context, it turns out I don’t like the overall vibe. Maybe more so because unlike instagram, it’s not a fantasy life somewhere but just a suburban road near a station in the rainy UK.

the wood under the stairs like that I’ve seen in instagram loads and I always think SPIDERS! Although maybe all the spiders would just stay there and you’d never get surprised by one in your bedroom or on the dressing gown hanging on your bathroom door so maybe it’s a good idea!

I think this look would look ok in one or two rooms or an area of the house but it’s awful everywhere.

Im all for contemporary interiors in older houses, but this might work in a chalet in the alps- not a commuter town in the south east.

In also hate the way all the clothes and shoes look part of the decor…how can someone live like this? It gives me the creeps!

Workhouse Chic -the new trend in interior design.

It just needs a few bare footed, malnourished looking children running around.

😂
And a few sequinned cushions scattered about the place. I must admit it's just crying out for some strategic colour bombing. My inner child would go nuts in this place.

Coloured fairy lights anyone? Singing Santa?