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Anyone had their house in a magazine?

63 replies

Pinkmarshmallow · 04/02/2010 20:50

Had a potentially mad notion today that I'd like to send photos of our house to a home magazine. We have recently finished decorating our house and I love love love the way it has turned out. I'm addicted to house magazines and still get them monthly, even though we're not changing anything else for now. Anyone had their home featured in a magazine? How did you go about it? Do they pay you to feature your house in their magazine? Am I mad to even consider this?

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Bumperlicious · 05/02/2010 15:57

Fuck me Pagwatch is that your mansion house? That is my dream house. Though we do actually live in a house that looks a bit like that though we live on half a floor of it! But I live in a town full of Georgian mansions and fanatstise about squatting living in a whole one of my own.

pagwatch · 05/02/2010 16:12

it would be quite funny if it wasn't mine, or would it just be weird?
I had a cleaner who used to answer the door and tell people it was hers. She used to be arsey with people who parked nearby too. When she stopped working for me people used to ask if I was the new owner and sometimes I would say 'no, I'm the cleaner. The owner is a snotty cow' .

shockers · 05/02/2010 16:24

Our next door neighbours furnished their home with stuff from skips and it was featured in a magazine! It was actally really nice as are quite arty.

shockers · 05/02/2010 16:25

...actually really nice as they are quite arty....

flippin keyboard!

teasle · 05/02/2010 16:25

My sister-in-law hadher hous ina mag and one of r houses on'through the keyhole'. e and DPwere watchingit one lazyafternoon, and he said 'tha looks like sis' ouse..and it was'

teasle · 05/02/2010 16:27

Srry keyboardu

teasle · 05/02/2010 16:28

keyboard broke I meant

chegirlsgotheartburn · 05/02/2010 16:33

I did the chav version of being in House Beautiful

60 minute makeover

Francagoestohollywood · 05/02/2010 16:36

chegirl.

I now want to know if anyone's been on Changing Rooms, I was addicted to that program and evil Linda Barker...

noddyholder · 05/02/2010 16:37

I have had a couple of ones I have worked on but not my own.have had a fashios shoot in my london flat NIGHTMARE!Got paid but they made so much mess I spent all the money getting it cleaned up!

noddyholder · 05/02/2010 16:39

Pag your house is beautiful but not as beautiful as your daughter She is gorgeous

ninedragons · 06/02/2010 12:30

I am intrigued by 60 minute makeover.

Is it really 60 minutes? Is the tea break three days long?

That programme is my guilty secret pleasure. I would sooner admit to masturbating at work than watching it.

pagwatch · 06/02/2010 13:54
chegirlsgotheartburn · 06/02/2010 19:52

They do the actual painting, furniture, dressing and wall paper stuff in 60mins. They have to - they are monitored and everything.

The prep takes all bleedin day though

Did you mean masturbating while at work or telling them at work that you masturbate?

ninedragons · 06/02/2010 20:23

Well, someone in the same industry has been all over the global news this week committing an email indiscretion on camera....

I wonder if I've seen you? They've only started showing it recently here.

walkthedinosaur · 06/02/2010 20:34

My house was featured on Place in the Sun the week we bought it. We were running round hysterically ringing anyone we knew, we've bought it, we've bought it.

It still pops up every now and then on that channel that repeats those sort of programmes.

noddyholder · 06/02/2010 20:44

I hate that show so misleading You cannopt get a decent finish on anything in an hour!The finished product is always the same jazzy baff wallpaper over accessorised rooms and vintage over sized furniture next to flat screens in small rooms.Nothing seems to suit the house

chegirlsgotheartburn · 06/02/2010 20:55

They repeat it all the time. I have only watched it once.

They chose us because we are tragic

They were all very sweet and told me how lovely my house was already.

They did go on a bit too much about the 'shabby chic' thing though. They kept emphasising the shabby

They gave us sooooo much furniture though. OH has MS and I have small children so everyone kept falling over the numerous occassional tables

They gutted DS1's room which was vile and filthy. They made it all fresh and clean and he made vile and filthy again in about two months.

My neighbours terrified the camera crew - it was hilarious.

ninedragons · 06/02/2010 20:57

I love the designer who does all those hideous things like blow glitter on wet paint.

Sometimes it's a real car crash.

NotAnOtter · 06/02/2010 21:00

i have had mine in the yorkshire post and then some magazine editor asked to come for 25 beautiful homes

i mulled it over i admit but then thoought 'bollocks to that' it is a full day shoot and half day before that chat...

nothing in it for me but stress really

chegirlsgotheartburn · 06/02/2010 21:34

I LOVE glitter in paint .

But I add mine to pva and apply as a glaze

psychomum5 · 06/02/2010 21:35

pag, you house is making me ....I sooo want a house like that!

and your daughter is gorgeous. you boys are too of course tho

I love these mags. Have been reading them vorociasly(sp...sorry, brian still shuddery) while doing our extension and decorating.....I really must do pics of ours. I would love to be shown all floaty and gorgeous......of course, right now all my meds are making me feel floaty anyway, so I am halfway there.

chegirl, what was the painting like at the end of your 60mins?? and how do they manage it, what with drying time is more than 60mins between coats anyway......
oh, and how many actually are doing the decor?? I always figured it would have to be at least 5 per room, and then how would they fit anyway!!

did you have to finish stuff off afterwards???

chegirlsgotheartburn · 06/02/2010 21:44

They only do one coat floaty Psycho.

They leave you the paint to put another one on (its very expensive paint too!).

I really cant complain about the finish. It was very neat and everything was well fixed to the walls (curtain rails etc).

The wall paper was put up beautifully and the carpets v expensive (well compared to what I am used to) and very well laid with proper underlay.

The furniture is good quality.

Really is.

It took me months and months and months to get straight aftewards though. There isnt much thought given as to what to do with your stuff.

I had a wall of storage for my clothes and they took it out and gave me one (very very nice) wardrobe. They also put up nets on wires in my windows and lost the fittings for my wooden blinds so I had to buy all new ones! NETS ON WIRES in MY windows - dont fink so!

I dont understand people complaining about what they do though. You have to know what you are letting yourself in for when you apply for these things. You have to take what you are given and make the best of it.

We have had to move things around a fair bit but I wouldnt sell it all off the moment they leave (like someone I heard about) or go to the papers whinging they didnt do it as you wanted.

I think changing rooms was a bit different because they caused damage with some of their makeovers.

NotAnOtter · 06/02/2010 21:50

we 'know' one of the cameramen chegirl ! charlie!

only very distantly he is one of our occasional nurses boyfriend - they live miles away

psychomum5 · 06/02/2010 21:57

oh, they sound fab then. I do watch the programme, and hoped they were as good as you have just said, but you never know unless you hear from someone who has had it (ie, you), and I admit to visions of it being like changing rooms.

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