Oh, I love that show! It is absolutely hilarious! I think it would be so much fun to have a neighbor that I was friends with, and we both knew each other’s styles and tastes, and each redo a room in the other’s home.
I love the bold colors that people are afraid to use in their own house, but since it’s someone else’s, why the hell not? My very favorite was the dark blue bedroom for the teenage girl with the loft bed over a closet space, where the blue got gradually darker up the walls - it was fabulous, and best of all she really loved it.
Anyone see the episode some time ago about the couple where the lady had a ton of shoes, and they did the bedroom in blue and yellow and put shoes everywhere? The design looked like something out of a medieval fair. As the designer and neighbors were working on it, I kept thinking ‘what a disaster this is going to be’, but when it was done, it was really smashing.
I agree about the red and black bedroom, though; that really was awful from the get-go, and Llewellyn should have been run through the wringer for that. Especially when the couple had told their neighbors what colors they liked, and what they didn’t. Llewellyn was really a bully about getting his own way with the design, rather than thinking about the people that were going to (potentially) have to live with it.
The worst part, though, is when people get these gorgeous makeovers and hate them. Hating something garish and tacky is one thing, but to prefer the former tacky and clutter to the latter stylish and tasteful is just wrong! One episode, a couple had a living room with pink carpet, white walls, a creme stone fireplace, and just sort of hodge-podge furnishings and decorations. The neighbors tore out the carpeting, painted the floor, tore out the tacky fireplace and replaced it with a beautiful mantle, painted the walls a soothing color, put down natural colored rugs, and slipcovered the furniture. It was the most soothing, attractive living space once they were done, and the owners just hated it! They said something like, “It’s so different! (sob)” Well, what did they expect?
So I guess it’s risky, but it seems the chances are pretty good that the results would be smashing, at least on tv. How long it would last is anyone’s guess.