Ok - I did decide to editorialize about one thing today. I watched about 2 1/2 home improvement shows this morning (the ones where they update everything to sell). I love home improvement shows - usually. But today, I began to notice this focus on ripping up and tearing out perfectly good items simply because they're outdated.
"Right. That's the point, isn't it?" you're thinking.
Well, sorta', I suppose. But let me explain.
This woman was planning to sell her house. YES, it looked like it was furnished in 1983. YES, the stove and refrigerator were harvest gold but the dishwasher was white and clearly made in about 1998. YES, she had brass fixtures everywhere. And, apparently she was content. But her house wasn't selling (four months or so on the market).
Now - I completely get why they bought a new stove, a new refrigerator, and made her hide the microwave (because there really wasn't room for it). I do get it. And, frankly, it did look much more modern and pulled-together. BUT they pitched the working stove and the working refrigerator. BECAUSE. They. Were. Harvest. Gold.
Now, I love a well-decorated home. I enjoy sassy style and the 'wow' of a good paint job. I read Traditional Home (and a few others). So, I'm not knocking the re-do.
But, I am questioning the practice of pitching perfectly good stuff rather than working it into the design. Why not make 50s 60s 70s 80s stuff look modern-cool? NO - I do not mean I want the SAME shag carpet as was originally installed. That's just gross (and the dust mites and goo, well ewwwww...).
But, what I do mean is why not make it work? I happen to LIKE older kitchens (love 50s kitchen cabinets and stoves) or maybe make modern kitchens more adaptable (like when kitchens used to use furniture instead of attachable cabinets - I like that idea) or SOMETHING so we're not throwing out perfectly good kitchen-ware because it's harvest gold.
Just a thought.
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