Unsellables | FULL Episode | Mary Lou and Frank

With three properties between them, Mary Lou and Frank are desperate to sell their picturesque two-bedroom, Arts and Crafts home…But after three months on the market, they’ve had only four visits and not a single offer. Sofie says the property has great potential and lots of original features…But the high price, dog-scratched cupboards, and over-the-top paint colors are turning buyers away.
In order to appeal to couples and young families, Sofie comes up with a $4,600 plan to revamp the property and relaunch the listing. Mary Lou and Frank are on board from the word go. And as Anthony and the team create a built-in office space and neutralize the paint colors, Sofie gives the couple some much-needed pointers in real estate 101.
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Unsellables - Mary Lou and Frank - Season 1 - Episode 26
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  • @ShastaAnn
    @ShastaAnn3 жыл бұрын

    What IS IT that people see in red and yellow walls?? The two colors used side by side or in close proximity to each other ALWAYS reminds me of mustard and ketchup, which then reminds me of a hotdog!!

  • @jayvondah8373
    @jayvondah83733 жыл бұрын

    I lost it when Frank said Mary Lou is great with colours. Are they both colour blind?

  • @shirleypena4133
    @shirleypena41336 жыл бұрын

    It's a crime to put such a HIDEOUS painting right above such a gorgeous, Tudor-style fireplace!

  • @rebeccagable9629

    @rebeccagable9629

    6 жыл бұрын

    Amen!

  • @andreagossmann1898

    @andreagossmann1898

    3 жыл бұрын

    I COMPLETELY agree!!! Hideous!

  • @getlauriekor

    @getlauriekor

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@andreagossmann1898 it’s blurred out. It’s not hideous. Lol

  • @ankiking

    @ankiking

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@getlauriekor Nah, still hideous. You see it in a sideview.

  • @law81669

    @law81669

    Ай бұрын

    But Mary Lou is good with her colors......😂

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof25 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprised they didn't lighten up the hallway color. It's a nice little house.

  • @femmiestarks8946
    @femmiestarks89466 жыл бұрын

    I think Sofie does a great job. Telling homeowners exactly and honestly what is wrong with their house is key to a quick sale.

  • @karmad4491

    @karmad4491

    3 жыл бұрын

    But not always in a nice way.

  • @teddy9770
    @teddy97706 жыл бұрын

    I'm stunned by how quickly houses are selling over there, so much so that people are freaking out if they don't get an offer within a week. Here in Germany it's completely normal for houses to stay on the market for many months and even years. If houses sell within days that means that people are apparently taking very little time considering their decision. I can't imagine that with us. I think it's due to the fact that we still have that mentality of buying a house being a once-in-a-lifetime decision. It's a bit like getting married. When we buy a house we're planning on dying in it. Of course sometimes it absolutely doesn't work out and you have to move again, but generally buying and selling a home are quite hard on us. We do want to buy a house at some point in our lives, but we take our sweet time with it. We also would not be put off by a house that needs a bit or even quite a lot of work done to it. Home owners around here wouldn't dream of renovating or redecorating a house to make it sellable. People are aware that every object will need some kind of work. Noone expects a house to be ready for moving in immediately.

  • @shirleypena4133

    @shirleypena4133

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Teddy 97 A few years ago I watched a BBC documentary about family life in Germany called 'Make Me a German' and it stated that the vast majority of Germans don't buy homes; instead they rent. I own my home and everything you have said echos how I feel about buying/selling a home.

  • @blawlor100

    @blawlor100

    6 жыл бұрын

    Teddy, right now in the Spring of 2018, the American Real Estate market is exploding. I am seeing homes being sold in less than 2 weeks. Must be all kinds of pent up demand. They say remodeling will be ”off the charts” this year, too. Every Kitchen Remodeling company is looking for experienced Kitchen Designers!

  • @francescadantonio1173

    @francescadantonio1173

    6 жыл бұрын

    I live in Italy....I perfectly understand it!! But I guess different mentality and different culture it explains why they really do get frustrated if they don't sell within a month!!

  • @Irene-gq4jr

    @Irene-gq4jr

    5 жыл бұрын

    Here in the UK it seems everyone, particularly younger, first-time buyers, expect everything to be perfect and for them a starter home must have two or three bedrooms. The main reason those of us who have these homes have them at all without a crippling 35-year mortgage is because we started with a one-bedroom flat and worked our way up, prepared to put the work in to improve the property.

  • @tonygroves5526

    @tonygroves5526

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@missprimproper1022 The reason that many of these buyers want to move so quickly is mentioned at the beginning. They are carrying two or in this case, three mortgages. When the market moves so quickly, if you don't buy the home you want, it will be gone! My husband and I just bought our first home. It took us 3.5 years to find it, BUT we don't live in the big city. As well, we didn't have a home to sell first. The longest mortgage possible is 25 years here, and our government has brought in measures to make it far more difficult to buy a home, in an effort to slow the market. As for our restaurants, for the most part, we are trying to get food on our lunch hour, or while on our way someplace, so we expect quick service. Our travel times are very long because we are a very big country. My brother's commute to work is over a one hour drive one way. No, we don't have public transit any where but our largest cities. I'm speaking about Canada in this case.

  • @iowagreen8932
    @iowagreen89323 жыл бұрын

    I love color but that yellow is literally nauseating. The house itself is fantastic.

  • @marywood8794

    @marywood8794

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes...yellow can be good, but it should be a pale yellow! One of our bedrooms was a pale yellow for a while. The pale yellow is much more calming even though it's not a cool color like blue.

  • @myboyz9391

    @myboyz9391

    3 жыл бұрын

    But Mary Lou is very good with colors! 😂

  • @JamieM470

    @JamieM470

    3 жыл бұрын

    I've never seen anyone use acid yellow paint in their home....much less all over the place. Too much time in that house has burned their retinas. That's probably why it doesn't bother them anymore.

  • @janonthemtn

    @janonthemtn

    3 жыл бұрын

    My husband loves that yellow. Paint color at our house is always stomach grinding affair...

  • @mocowan6642

    @mocowan6642

    3 жыл бұрын

    As a nurse friend of mine would say “That’s breast-fed baby poop yellow!”

  • @SlavaZone
    @SlavaZone3 жыл бұрын

    Tudor, Craftsman, and Queen Anne style homes are my jam. So beautiful!!!

  • @StephanieBacks
    @StephanieBacks3 жыл бұрын

    when you watch a few of these, they really contradict themselves. whats 'beautiful oak cabinets' in one house, the same exact cabinets are 'dated and dingy' in another house.

  • @inesolujic2534

    @inesolujic2534

    3 жыл бұрын

    Absolutely saw one yesterday where she complained about the green paint in the living room and she said it reminded her of cabbage that had been cooked for too long. Guess what? It was almost the exact green that she puts into 99% of these renos, and she painted a bedroom like one shade off that green 🙄🤣

  • @dominiqueritchey6795

    @dominiqueritchey6795

    3 жыл бұрын

    There are a lot of factors. Maybe she's "showing" and needs something to say. Or, perhaps the furniture styles, or quality of material was a factor. It's seriously hard to see in a video how it is in real life. The differences in house style, and market segment make a difference as well. The year as well.. You have to know what people want at the moment.

  • @agatanakonieczny2213

    @agatanakonieczny2213

    3 жыл бұрын

    The are not exactly the same cabinets. I am sure she can see clearly the quality/look of them and then decide which ones need to be painted and which can stay.

  • @Greylan

    @Greylan

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think it depends on the "style" of house, Like for the craftsman or country type house you might expect oak cabinetry, but in a more modern home it might feel abit too out of place. It also may be tied into the particular market's or location each individual house falls in.

  • @ltobva

    @ltobva

    2 жыл бұрын

    In one show she says plates don't belong on the wall, in another she adds plates to a wall

  • @thornbird6768
    @thornbird67683 жыл бұрын

    The pool would have sold it to me , again as with other programmes I’m surprised buyers couldn’t see past the garish wall colours ? This is a beautiful house 👍🏻

  • @jillp1840

    @jillp1840

    3 жыл бұрын

    Ah now, that pool would not get me through the front door no matter how nice the house is. Far too big, with not enough garden around it. Plus the upkeep. Nope, sorry. Pass.

  • @tomlangley6236
    @tomlangley62363 жыл бұрын

    Dude sure likes to use the Hell out of that Cheap MDF.

  • @lucygray6162

    @lucygray6162

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah, really appropriate in an Arts and Crafts house. Yuck!

  • @queencrusader5401
    @queencrusader54017 жыл бұрын

    Very good with colors! Yikes!

  • @GrannyLaLa1960

    @GrannyLaLa1960

    7 жыл бұрын

    You know he had to say that so his wife wouldn't put him out in the tool shed for a few months. LMAO!!!!!

  • @phyllisarringtion5354

    @phyllisarringtion5354

    6 жыл бұрын

    bahahaha

  • @georgebush6002

    @georgebush6002

    3 жыл бұрын

    I think she is good with colors in the sense that all the colors suited the rooms. The probem lies elsewhere. By going with so many different colors almost everyone is going to find something they don't like and since she went so bold they are going to really dislike it. I think if she was instructed to restrain the color palate and perhaps provide some relief from boldness she would have delivered. Assumming she could restrain herself.

  • @adeladevere2013

    @adeladevere2013

    3 жыл бұрын

    That's exactly what I thought!

  • @glendabowman8713
    @glendabowman87133 жыл бұрын

    I'm surprise they left the upstairs all those crazy colors. Who paints a hall way bright red?

  • @midgie1166

    @midgie1166

    2 күн бұрын

    Horrible

  • @delilahharvey6022
    @delilahharvey60222 жыл бұрын

    Anthony needs his own show.

  • @tinad8561
    @tinad85613 жыл бұрын

    Chartreuse isn’t an Arts & Crafts yellow, ochre is...not that I’d want to live with either. Sage would have been a nice near-neutral in keeping with both the age of the house & the woodwork.

  • @pattifriend6676

    @pattifriend6676

    3 жыл бұрын

    If it's a real Arts & Craft, which it is, there's specific colors identified with it, Sage and ochre would be more in sync with the home than what's done. these colors just don't 'go' either -- even if they're toned down, The show was tone-deaf/uninformed of should have been painted. Most paint companies have A&C colors to choose from. These colors are sort of muddy and muted, so they are hard to get a good one. Also that board for a counter space has no good support, a few boards for a desk doesn't fit a $500M+ house.

  • @tinad8561

    @tinad8561

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pattifriend6676 The show was certainly tone deaf, but so were the original owners. That said, I can’t help but wonder, if this show had been filmed in the UK with its grade II listed whatnot, if the push still would have been to make everything look like a Crate & Barrel catalog...

  • @pattifriend6676

    @pattifriend6676

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@tinad8561 I watched a couple of UK 'young designer's' shows a few months back. What those folks did to some historical houses was hopefully fixable when the owners had to get it all redone. They sure got their houses 'tarted up"! I did enjoy the owner of this A&C home. Her colors obviously made her happy. He was so content and supportive, even if he had to clamp one hand over his eyes when he turned on the lights One trend I watch happening is people slapping paint on brown furniture. Most of that is okay, but sometimes.....

  • @tinad8561

    @tinad8561

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@pattifriend6676 The chalk paint revolution? I think I know what you mean. Reasonably attractive brown furniture is still reasonably attractive if you paint it, and paint can help unite things if you’ve got “all the shades of wood” going on in your room. (I would argue that’s more about light, though-antique stores look fine with all kinds of wood, as do Victorian rooms, but neither is typically “light and bright.”) Hideous furniture, however-looking at you, 1973-is still hideous whatever you do with it. I do think there’s going to be a boom in furniture stripping businesses in another 10 years or so. People have already discovered that keeping chalk paint waxed in the approved Annie Sloan manner is a complete pain in the tuchas.

  • @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars
    @weatherwitchandfelinefamiliars3 жыл бұрын

    I loved the upstairs windows with their new white clean crisp bright look 😍 But I usually hate to see beautiful wood painted over, but this created an incredible room 😍😍

  • @michaeltutty1540

    @michaeltutty1540

    3 жыл бұрын

    Stripping the rest of the woodwork would have been as effective, but a good deal of work.

  • @sidrasiddiqui1852
    @sidrasiddiqui18526 жыл бұрын

    Loved the desk they created.

  • @shirleypena4133
    @shirleypena41336 жыл бұрын

    It cracks me up every time they call this an Arts & Crafts house when plainly it's a TUDOR house. Hell, the host is English, she should know a Tudor house when she sees one, lol!

  • @BritGirlJay

    @BritGirlJay

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well, it's not really. Tudor houses were built in Tudor times and this clearly wasn't. They are also small inside, with wonky walls, beams aplenty, low ceilings, and lime wash or wattle and daub; at best this is mock tudor (but it really isn't that either)

  • @getlauriekor

    @getlauriekor

    3 жыл бұрын

    It’s not Tudor at all

  • @happydays1336

    @happydays1336

    3 жыл бұрын

    It's called "Neo-Tudor" which was a reimagination of the style. The house was probably in about the 1920s (or thereabouts).

  • @happydays1336

    @happydays1336

    3 жыл бұрын

    Here's a link. There are others if you Google Neo-Tudor www.encyclopedia.com/education/dictionaries-thesauruses-pictures-and-press-releases/neo-tudor

  • @happydays1336

    @happydays1336

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sorry for another reply. Neo Tudor was an Arts and Crafts style.

  • @BUDSBEAU
    @BUDSBEAU3 жыл бұрын

    of all the painting you all did , WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU NOT GET RID OF THAT SCREAMING RED ??????????????

  • @jessa.4529
    @jessa.45296 жыл бұрын

    That's punch-you-in-the-face yellow!

  • @yootoob4516

    @yootoob4516

    6 жыл бұрын

    I live in a neighborhood with many elder neighbors and some young families. Those whose eyesight is growing dim tend to paint their homes in loud colors, because it looks muted to them -- same with their clothing.

  • @georgebush6002

    @georgebush6002

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@yootoob4516 Maybe thats it, but I suspect anyone who paints a room chartreuse probably know what she is getting into. It also looks like she offset the boldness of the paint with more subdued coloring on the fabrics and carpets.

  • @baskervillebee6097

    @baskervillebee6097

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sick on citrus is the name of that color, right?

  • @sharong8511

    @sharong8511

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@baskervillebee6097 Chartreuse aka Charpuke 🤮

  • @abbyz6614
    @abbyz66143 жыл бұрын

    I absolutely cannot wrap my head around the price of this house! I know markets are different everywhere but holy cow. I've owned a 2500 sq ft house on an acre in an estate neighborhood that we bout for $285,000 & sold for $316,000. We moved to a 1400 square ft home on 5 acres with a 3000 square ft barn, professionally fenced in pastures, wood shed/equipment shed & chicken coop with a stunning view for $260,000. Both in rural PA.

  • @mariegilbert8766

    @mariegilbert8766

    3 жыл бұрын

    Then you probably don't want to know that the current price for this house is probably anywhere up to $1 million (CDN). Real estate is very expensive in Toronto and Vancouver.

  • @Canary217

    @Canary217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Just stick a 1 in front of that and you'd get the current market price pretty much. The lot's pretty big, so maybe as much as 1.7 million.

  • @novelist99
    @novelist996 жыл бұрын

    The red paint in the hallway needed to go.

  • @poodlegirl55

    @poodlegirl55

    3 жыл бұрын

    I wonder why they left it?

  • @michaeltutty1540

    @michaeltutty1540

    3 жыл бұрын

    Red paint is TERRIBLE. There is really only one right way to paint over it. First a couple of good coats of shellac to seal the pigment, then 2 coats of primer, then finally 2 coats of top quality paint, preferably alkyd. It is a LOT of work

  • @flufferpupper7726

    @flufferpupper7726

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@michaeltutty1540 that's probably why cause it would take too long

  • @beckysimeone4882
    @beckysimeone48823 жыл бұрын

    $4,600.00 to spruce up a house does not strike me as "..a little bit of money."

  • @cynthia4680
    @cynthia46803 жыл бұрын

    I love her windows. Wow. Curb appeal is fabulous. The home is beautiful. Every wall needs paint. Lol

  • @SeaTurtle515
    @SeaTurtle5153 жыл бұрын

    Hate to see them painting the wood. I think the natural wood and painted wood, would have survived together quite nicely.

  • @yootoob4516
    @yootoob45166 жыл бұрын

    A mirror above the fireplace would have functioned better than that garish painting. The office in the sunroom looks great and can be used as an eating bar. At the top of the show when he says "Mary Lou is good with colors," apparently NOT.

  • @rebeccagable9629

    @rebeccagable9629

    6 жыл бұрын

    The garish red-orange in the painting over the fireplace clashed terribly--the whole painting looked just awful in that room.

  • @happydays1336
    @happydays13363 жыл бұрын

    When it comes to "neutral" the medium grey paint Sofia uses in every house isn't really neutral. It'd be difficult to coordinate this dark of a grey with a buyer's upholstered furniture. A very pale grey would be better.

  • @sherunswithscissors

    @sherunswithscissors

    3 жыл бұрын

    Do you have a TV show?

  • @happydays1336

    @happydays1336

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@sherunswithscissors No, I don't. I do have a professional art degree (BFA in Painting) and have had classes on color theory which come in handy for things like paint and fabric color. You can find some KZread videos about color theory such as this one: kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4erpNqneL3ee6Q.html I hope this helps a tiny bit.

  • @bernadette573

    @bernadette573

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@happydays1336 I think these shows are from 2008-2009 when gray was the rage. I had the unenviable job of repainting my parent's new home after they purchased one with gray in every room, even gray carpetting. For them, it felt inhospitable, cold, cementy, dirtyish when too dark and too everywhere. Great link.

  • @nancyomalley9959
    @nancyomalley99593 жыл бұрын

    Frank reminds me of Alan Rickman

  • @jackiemontrose9552
    @jackiemontrose95523 жыл бұрын

    Hideous supports under the breakfast bar and left the gaudy orange kitchen floor!

  • @vaderladyl

    @vaderladyl

    3 жыл бұрын

    The floor is not orange. It is amber honey .Looks orange because of the camera and lighting but in person is much prettier and subtle. Besides, not part of the budget to redo it.

  • @anncawthon9183
    @anncawthon91833 жыл бұрын

    Adding a pool vacuum so debris doesn't collect in the bottom of the pool which assure a potential buyer that pool care needn't be burdensome.

  • @zandra7966
    @zandra79667 жыл бұрын

    What about the bright pink red hall and stairs!

  • @phyllisarringtion5354

    @phyllisarringtion5354

    6 жыл бұрын

    pretty garish isn't it?

  • @monasteelsmith2798

    @monasteelsmith2798

    4 жыл бұрын

    That was so bad, should have painted the stairwell.

  • @bethsharma4766

    @bethsharma4766

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree! Awful color and it stood out even more with all the other rooms toned down. I also hated the orange floor in the kitchen. I'm surprised she didn't at least add a throw rug.

  • @caseyflorida

    @caseyflorida

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@bethsharma4766 Exactly! I don't know why they didn't paint that hideous red hallway!

  • @sherunswithscissors

    @sherunswithscissors

    3 жыл бұрын

    They only do 3 rooms.

  • @loribull6408
    @loribull64083 жыл бұрын

    Loved the finished except the picture over the fireplace. Didnt go with decor! Job well done!

  • @Sweetearth1958
    @Sweetearth19586 жыл бұрын

    I would no sooner paint over that wood trim as I would cut off my own hand.

  • @mariannedooley9877

    @mariannedooley9877

    5 жыл бұрын

    Agree but they want to sell and the new buyers today want white and not dark wood trims, Time will probably change this trait but for now if you want to sell you do what you have to.

  • @jmgirard7
    @jmgirard73 жыл бұрын

    Honestly the old appliances are a huge turnoff too

  • @rabbiemair3688
    @rabbiemair36885 жыл бұрын

    How does not having a kitchen table appeal to families? And once again, a beautiful craftsman house ruined by painting the wood. That wood is key to a craftsman style! Every time she does this, I think, "Well, ther's another place the homeowners are going to have to strip." I really do like this show, but whenever I see wood trim or panels, I cringe.

  • @triciajumonville7741

    @triciajumonville7741

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. I cringed when they painted the wood. Sacrilege and ruined the value of the house to a certain degree.

  • @kathyklein5255

    @kathyklein5255

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree about painting the wood but maybe that's what buyers want. Especially young people... they probably don't know what a travesty that is nor do they care.

  • @mablechan3314

    @mablechan3314

    3 жыл бұрын

    Instead of painting, they should've stained the wood. Painting is so tacky and cheap looking when done over natural wood.

  • @wendya989

    @wendya989

    3 жыл бұрын

    I hate wood look trim. White always looks so clean. If you have to strip it later it is actually easier to get off with a few layers of paint.

  • @jaycole2109

    @jaycole2109

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@triciajumonville7741 i think they only painted it because the doors and frames had already been painted white. They were trying to unify the rooms.

  • @ccmarcum
    @ccmarcum6 ай бұрын

    The color reminded me of being in a jar of French's mustard. This is the first pool I remember seeing and I'd think is most unusual for Canada. But it should really be a selling point for the right person, even if they couldn't use it in cold weather. Glad to see Anthony.

  • @janicescott7338
    @janicescott73383 жыл бұрын

    Oh wow, so beautiful. Great work.

  • @sherunswithscissors
    @sherunswithscissors3 жыл бұрын

    Use 2 duvets for lush looking beds.

  • @territ1231
    @territ12313 жыл бұрын

    The first thing people think is all the time they need to repaint

  • @meridianx9020

    @meridianx9020

    3 жыл бұрын

    In this case, they did! Holy Hannah, that yellow...

  • @smalltowngirl4766

    @smalltowngirl4766

    3 жыл бұрын

    And if you are hiring a painting crew to come in, you have to figure how much that is going to cost. I had an estimate for my bedroom ceiling to be painting- just the ceiling they told me 750.00 plus the price of paint. It's not even a big enough size room for a queen size bed! So I painted it myself in one afternoon. Of course, prices are different depending on where you live.

  • @patriciakelly2714
    @patriciakelly27145 жыл бұрын

    Loved it. Would paint the kitchen units to lighten it. X

  • @fullofhope6978
    @fullofhope69785 жыл бұрын

    Loved the ' rainforest' on the kitchen - It drew the eye upwards

  • @CrankyGrandma
    @CrankyGrandma6 жыл бұрын

    I hate seeing paint over natural wood😭

  • @shirleypena4133

    @shirleypena4133

    6 жыл бұрын

    +Cranky Grandma I feel exactly the same way!

  • @tonibauer2949

    @tonibauer2949

    5 жыл бұрын

    Sorry, I am old but really disagree. Wood can look warm and appealing in the right house, with the right amount, but those windows were vastly improved and the room brightened by painting their wood. Neither wood nor brick are sacred. And, most younger buyers are not into a lot of dark wood. I have always preferred painted kitchen cabinets, no matter what the changing styles brought.

  • @wandaherring7526

    @wandaherring7526

    3 жыл бұрын

    But the wood needs to be cohesive in the room. The door casings were painted so the window trim needed to match.

  • @anniehovsepian6173

    @anniehovsepian6173

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@wandaherring7526 It would have been better to strip the door frame of the paint and stain. That beautiful wood painted 😢😭💔😏

  • @triciajumonville7741

    @triciajumonville7741

    3 жыл бұрын

    I agree. The natural wood is crucial to this style of house. Trying to make it over into same old same old ruins it for people who truly want craftsman.

  • @ladyfirst2797
    @ladyfirst27973 жыл бұрын

    New paint in the whole property including the kitchen and cabinets plus updated appliances will bring the buyers

  • @littledotti6808
    @littledotti68084 жыл бұрын

    I love this house. I love the makeover. Perfect.

  • @donnaaranda5970
    @donnaaranda59703 жыл бұрын

    Painting over great wood again

  • @rebeccagable9629
    @rebeccagable96296 жыл бұрын

    Mary Lou's "slime green" walls--horrible : (

  • @susanapol382

    @susanapol382

    3 жыл бұрын

    "Chartreuse" 😂😂😂😂

  • @lindacowles756

    @lindacowles756

    7 ай бұрын

    I call it "Grinch green".@@susanapol382

  • @kebert2thumbsup
    @kebert2thumbsup3 жыл бұрын

    The way she said chartreuse, she is clearly proud of that colour.....

  • @djawnsjhilson218

    @djawnsjhilson218

    3 жыл бұрын

    It made me think of the Mandela effect regarding chartreuse and I laughed while one of them was screaming, chartreuse?!

  • @IMAspiringToGrace
    @IMAspiringToGrace6 жыл бұрын

    It's a Tudor, not an Arts and Crafts.

  • @georgebush6002

    @georgebush6002

    3 жыл бұрын

    The Tudor revival is one of the styles associated with the Arts & Crafts movement. I don't know if all Tudors are considered Arts and Crafts but the trim design makes me think this one is.

  • @raew5263
    @raew52633 жыл бұрын

    House looks so much better. Why leave that red staircase? That pool is great! Pretty house. Did it sell?

  • @thesun-N-moon8885
    @thesun-N-moon88853 жыл бұрын

    Even I want this home,now! ❤️

  • @momof2momof2
    @momof2momof23 жыл бұрын

    All I see in the before is work to be done. The painting to be done is over whelming and expensive. It makes me so sad when I see people ruining what should be a classic , lovely home. The desk area was very smart. I would have painted the kitchen cupboards white, changed the tiles to a smooth painted surface, and added different hardware. The pool area is wonderful.

  • @boobtoob777
    @boobtoob7773 жыл бұрын

    The fatal flaw of this show is that the audience never finds out if the house ever sold. It’s a waste of time to see “potential” fixes to a problem home if there’s no conclusion. Bogus!

  • @Canary217

    @Canary217

    3 жыл бұрын

    I lived near this house. It sold pretty quick after this, (mom's hobby is going to open houses) but the real problem was the pool. They cost a lot and you *may* get 3 or 4 months where you can use it. This was right after a by-law change as well, buyers would've had to put a new fence around the pool.

  • @cathyblock6197
    @cathyblock61973 жыл бұрын

    Yes all those bold colors needed to go. That red stairway needed to be repainted, as the bedrooms too.

  • @ginacrusco234
    @ginacrusco2343 жыл бұрын

    I like the periwinkle blue in the second bedroom, but I'm surprised that apparently the red stairwell and upstairs landing were retained.

  • @Ajent.99
    @Ajent.993 жыл бұрын

    Looks like living in a mustard jar.😱

  • @joiathegreat
    @joiathegreat3 жыл бұрын

    This is one of my favorite houses.

  • @donnaallgaier-lamberti3933
    @donnaallgaier-lamberti39333 жыл бұрын

    I had trouble selling a house with a pool and the new buyers ended up tearing it out....NOT an asset in Michigan - just an expense. NICE BONES...but IF this home was a soft green with gray it would show better.

  • @Jane5720

    @Jane5720

    3 жыл бұрын

    I would never be interested in buying the house with a pool

  • @happydays1336

    @happydays1336

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Jane5720 Me, neither. It really increases your homeowners insurance premiums. They're a liability because children can drown in them. Plus, they're very expensive to maintain.

  • @wendygillard2133
    @wendygillard21333 жыл бұрын

    They did a fabulous job but I noticed a ghastly bright red staircase that wasn’t touched.

  • @mlouwagie
    @mlouwagie4 жыл бұрын

    21:26 i am sorry but they could have sanded there is no excuse for that paintjob

  • @therealJamieJoy

    @therealJamieJoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    The walls are all plaster and about 100 years old. That's how hand-made walls look.

  • @rockiemorton1670
    @rockiemorton16706 жыл бұрын

    I love your shows - when are you going to have NEW episodes?

  • @jessa.4529

    @jessa.4529

    6 жыл бұрын

    rockie morton it was cancelled

  • @kellyjeffries8953

    @kellyjeffries8953

    4 жыл бұрын

    @@jessa.4529 so sad , was a great show

  • @sysop224
    @sysop2245 жыл бұрын

    No swimming pool fencing laws in the USA?

  • @sherunswithscissors

    @sherunswithscissors

    3 жыл бұрын

    In Canada, but definitely have these laws so I don’t know?

  • @Canary217

    @Canary217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Fencing law went into effect right around when this was filmed. Any buyer would have had to put in a new fence,

  • @lynettepettitt655
    @lynettepettitt6553 жыл бұрын

    The house is so lovely... but the paint colours are very personal. It's surprising no one was interested & couldn't see past the paint. I suspect the price for 2 bedroom wasn't competitive with a larger properties.

  • @esmereldahipswitch

    @esmereldahipswitch

    3 жыл бұрын

    550,000 smackaroos! Ummm yeah

  • @melissareid640
    @melissareid6403 жыл бұрын

    I really like the craftsman style of the home, the color change was God sent. And the hard is perfection. As for the cabinets I have the same kind in my 1950's home I don't love them.. They look better in this home.

  • @alisonshanahan9529
    @alisonshanahan95294 жыл бұрын

    Fun couple.

  • @ltobva
    @ltobva3 жыл бұрын

    I wish they would somehow update us on the sale of the house-- especially all those where they paint original wood trim.

  • @olyvoyl9382
    @olyvoyl93826 жыл бұрын

    The curtains in the master bedroom are totally cheap shit. Why?

  • @deborahgate965
    @deborahgate9653 жыл бұрын

    It's a beautiful house but why didn't they paint the red hallway?

  • @spamskanal
    @spamskanal6 жыл бұрын

    Leave it as it is I take it!!!!

  • @lincydorazyledon1442
    @lincydorazyledon14425 жыл бұрын

    4:00 🤔 the look on their face

  • @kellyjeffries8953

    @kellyjeffries8953

    4 жыл бұрын

    that was funny!! had to go back & look. it really was pretend! possibly pretentious too!

  • @marionpeebles3836
    @marionpeebles38363 жыл бұрын

    I am curious how much use you get from a pool in Canada? I’ve known people with pools in their backyard in Arkansas and Missouri who couldn’t sell their houses because they had a pool. My father always told me it was an attractive nuisance.

  • @Canary217

    @Canary217

    3 жыл бұрын

    Three months of use, four if September is warm. Five if May's warm too. Most people fill in their pools if trying to sell around here. Anything more than a birdbath really isn't worth it.

  • @marionpeebles3836

    @marionpeebles3836

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@Canary217 shoot even my brother in Fort Worth filled his in after his kids grew up and moved. I used to want one so much but now I think I would prefer just knowing someone with a pool

  • @peggypeggy4137

    @peggypeggy4137

    2 жыл бұрын

    It would be worth it (maybe) if you have a huge yard. I live in Toronto. Most of the yards are fairly small, even in the suburbs. It would be expensive to heat and maintain for a relatively short season. If I lived in a warm around the year state like Florida or Texas it would be worth it.

  • @larsedik

    @larsedik

    Жыл бұрын

    @@peggypeggy4137 I have a pool at my house in Palm Springs (not Florida or Texas), and so do most other people who live here. It gets lots of use, but heating it in the winter (when it is 75°F ouside) is expensive, and so we only use it April through November, and only part of November. To heat it in the winter used to cost about $40 a day, but gas prices have gone up.

  • @wandaherring7526
    @wandaherring75263 жыл бұрын

    Nice.

  • @marionpeebles3836
    @marionpeebles38363 жыл бұрын

    Is that foil under the burners behind Anthony’s head when he is staining the cabinets?

  • @lynnedelacy2841
    @lynnedelacy28416 ай бұрын

    Confused as to why the artwork was blurred out

  • @ltobva
    @ltobva3 жыл бұрын

    Sophie has never seen a natural wood that she hasn't wanted to put a coat of paint on. I'm with Frank -- loathe to mess with it.

  • @ccmarcum

    @ccmarcum

    6 ай бұрын

    In an old, historic semi-detached in London, they hadapiano in the ''music room,'' and I was terrified they were going to slap a coat of white paint on it.

  • @cymoncyrado2879
    @cymoncyrado28797 жыл бұрын

    They transform all the houses into the Martha Stewart look.

  • @momof2momof2

    @momof2momof2

    5 жыл бұрын

    which is why they sell :)

  • @jjjackson5183
    @jjjackson51833 жыл бұрын

    The show spans several years. Wh a t is loved and "in" one year is "out" after 3 or 4 years. Also, she has to please the homeowners. I am pretty sure the homeowner would not agree to painting those oak kitchen.cabinets.

  • @Lynne2106
    @Lynne21066 ай бұрын

    Wish you told us how many days it took to sell and what it sold for.

  • @032319581
    @0323195813 жыл бұрын

    That hallway needed to lose the red!

  • @jokk130994
    @jokk1309943 жыл бұрын

    Every single video is “people don’t have imagination and they don’t want to do any work to their house”

  • @mademsoisellerhapsody
    @mademsoisellerhapsody2 жыл бұрын

    Chartreuse belongs on dance belts only

  • @shirleyscott8879
    @shirleyscott88793 жыл бұрын

    Very nice. Just get rid of the red.

  • @Cathy-re2eo
    @Cathy-re2eo2 жыл бұрын

    Make sure you check nothing is missing in wallet! Probably not!

  • @dawittywats1934
    @dawittywats19343 жыл бұрын

    She is very good with colors? Love is truly blind

  • @032319581
    @0323195813 жыл бұрын

    The colors are blinding

  • @faithnelson2013
    @faithnelson20136 жыл бұрын

    they had some authentic asian rugs, that they replaced with rather drab, fake asian rugs? other than that a pretty good makeover

  • @vaderladyl

    @vaderladyl

    3 жыл бұрын

    I love those rugs but I guess they can have the ugly out and pack the good one to use at the new house.

  • @yvonneredgrove4435
    @yvonneredgrove44353 жыл бұрын

    It does not look much like a Arts and Crafts house to me. Being English I know what a A & c house really looks like.

  • @peachesdixon7567
    @peachesdixon75677 ай бұрын

    The colors give bad vibes as soon as the door opens.

  • @anncawthon9183
    @anncawthon91833 жыл бұрын

    What kind of closets/ storage does the house have? Where is the laundry area/room?

  • @dude988

    @dude988

    6 ай бұрын

    You are supposed to bring your own closets, no walk-ins in Europe. And for the laundry, the washing machine is most likely in the bathroom in this house, in smaller houses it's usually in the kitchen. No laundry room, no mud room, no pantry, one bathroom for the whole family and a loo downstairs are most likely the major differences between US and European houses.

  • @lancevivianmarsh4274
    @lancevivianmarsh42743 жыл бұрын

    In general, why are the paintings often pixilated ?

  • @vaderladyl

    @vaderladyl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Cannot show copyrighted art material on camera without permission from artist.

  • @lindacowles756

    @lindacowles756

    7 ай бұрын

    @@vaderladylG'day! Does the public domain rule apply in cases of art or only music?

  • @marablack1233
    @marablack12333 жыл бұрын

    Looks great with what we can see you’ve done, but, I can’t help but see that RED paint🤦🏼‍♀️ in the stairwell😳,.. I need to see the rest of the house/colours before I can truly say this house has transformed fully, sorry🤷🏼‍♀️

  • @suzette1044
    @suzette10445 жыл бұрын

    Why are you showing us another house, a “comparable” towards the end? You are confusing the viewer. Stay focused on the house you are working on, the house that is the subject of the show.

  • @vaderladyl

    @vaderladyl

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yeah I don't see the point of showing two either. Very confusing indeed.

  • @rinohorizonte
    @rinohorizonte2 жыл бұрын

    Much of these people want to stay before the upgrade.

  • @Prieze868
    @Prieze8687 күн бұрын

    Kitchen cabinets would look good Sage not honey!. minimal improvement effort

  • @susanholl5994
    @susanholl59946 жыл бұрын

    I really hate when high quality wood gets painted over - it really makes good wood look cheap and devalues the house. Would very much put me off buying the house. I HATE painting and hate refinishing wood much more. I can see why the series got canceled. Host knows the value of neutral colors and decluttering but has no appreciation for keeping the integrity of American period architecture. She seriously needs an architecture course.

  • @kokonuttsarefun6472

    @kokonuttsarefun6472

    5 жыл бұрын

    Well your wrong. I like it much better.

  • @susanmurphy958

    @susanmurphy958

    5 жыл бұрын

    I hate the hostess. She's an arrogant snob.

  • @cathyblackhall3448

    @cathyblackhall3448

    4 жыл бұрын

    Susan Holl given her father is a Lord and was the chairman of Christie’s auction house I suspect that she’s rather more familiar with elegant period houses than most people .

  • @sherunswithscissors

    @sherunswithscissors

    3 жыл бұрын

    That would be Canadian I think.

  • @larsedik

    @larsedik

    Жыл бұрын

    @@cathyblackhall3448 What matters is what people like. "Elegant" period houses can be depressingly dark, and if someone wants to preserve them, then they need to put up the money and buy the property themselves. Whoever buys the house gets to decide whether the wood gets painted or not. Better to be painted (paint can be stripped) than torn down. It is absolutely wrong to tell someone what to do with the interior of their own house.

  • @dylswife8048
    @dylswife80483 жыл бұрын

    Yellow is my favorite color, but this....ugh....too much!! Btw, what is an "arts and craft" house? Never heard that term to describe a house.

  • @therealJamieJoy

    @therealJamieJoy

    3 жыл бұрын

    Arts and Crafts is an early 20th century style movement. Frank Lloyd Wright was the American leader in architecture of the time. I believe this is shot in Canada. England had an A&C movement but was a bit different. This home is a Neo-Tudor Arts & Crafts style home made about 1920.

  • @dylswife8048

    @dylswife8048

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@therealJamieJoy thank you for explaining! Cheers!

  • @Orphen42O
    @Orphen42O3 жыл бұрын

    With $569,000 , a person could buy a McMansion in my area. Where is this house located?

  • @lesleyhubble2976
    @lesleyhubble29763 жыл бұрын

    I’m sure they get the house lookers off the street, like a police line up

  • @Starsk25
    @Starsk253 жыл бұрын

    It looks like a completely different house.

  • @molliemae6855
    @molliemae68552 жыл бұрын

    Mary Lou is really good with colors, ay??!! 🤢

  • @sharon-said-it4928
    @sharon-said-it49283 жыл бұрын

    White knobs on the kitchen cabinet! They could have painted the cabinets instead.😥

  • @bluedahlia9552

    @bluedahlia9552

    3 жыл бұрын

    Agreed. That was such a tacky cheap look on the oak cupboard doors.