uh, the green is a little yellowier than it needs to be but it looks cute to me...and anything is better than gawdamned white or cream or greige...ugh...didn't see any pix of a 'dog carcass' rug...

the biggest problem with these redecorating shows is they choose rich, arrogant assholes who don't need the help. why not choose someone who actually needs the help with furniture and moving and painting etc. this just makes aaron and his bitch look like self-righteous pricks. oh, yeah, it is seattle, so that fits. shouldn't be too difficult to track down the house and do some of our own makeovers in the night. eggs and spray paint anyone?

The house looks fine in the photos, and that dog looks very much alive.

The show should pay for the damages to the floor, but what a couple of drama queens...

The scratches on the floor part sucks. Very obvious from the pictures too. That is a pain to repair. The green is a little scary but I actually really like the bedding they put together.

I totally agree with Original Andrew and ky.

If you read books, you'll hate what they do - but if you're not from Seattle, it would probably be ok.

At least they didn't spraypaint your windows so it was even darker ... but they made all the rooms way too dark (not good around here) ... and what is up with curtains (the same as I have in my bedroom) OUTSIDE? White is nice, but seriously, OUTSIDE? It rains way too much here for that to work.

For someone who wants to put so little effort into moving and decorating, you can sure put a lot of effort into complaining! While it may not be your taste, nothing there is too permanent to change. They should repair your floors, but the rest of it you signed up for. They did their best, I actually think some things are pretty cute, and next time if you have such specific tastes, perhaps you should channel some of that energy into doing it the way you want...the first time.

I think the green works as an accent wall or small room. But painting the whole living area that color wasn't a good idea. I think everything else works pretty well. I might be a little too modern for hipter taste though.

EW. EW EW EW. I'm so sorry. Truly. It doesn't get much tackier than that. Maybe you can sell the stuff they gave you and use the money to redecorate... again.

It's kinda tacky, but really - nothing to bitch about, especially knowing what you were getting in to.

I'd kill to have a television show fix my condo up.

I'd kill to have a condo.

I think that it looks nice; that, however, is irrelevant. What's relevant is that there are about a dozen of these shows on the air, and the type of house makeover you are likely to get is completely obvious if you have ever watched one of them. This particular house is totally in keeping with the style and approach of these "makeover on the cheap" types of shows, so I have no sympathy for a group of people who have either a) not bothered to watch said shows, or b) decided that their house would somehow turn out differently than all others on television, and then complain when their house turns out just like all those other houses they make over on TV. This is especially lame given that they didn't actually WANT any remodeling, it seems; they just wanted someone to move their stuff for free. The floor scratching does suck though.

It's hard to tell what to say without knowing what pieces were theirs already. For instance, they complain that the table's too big for the dining room -- but it's THEIR TABLE, not the shows. It wouldn't have fit if they'd moved it in their friend's pickup either.

I think the colors are fine. Acid green is pretty pleasant, actually. If they want they can paint an accent wall or two, or put up my favorite, burlap. The lamps are unbelievably hideous, but again, whose were they?

And these are just kids, starting out; you want everything to be perfect? I spent twenty years living in shithole apartments with fifty coats of eggshell on the walls. Get a grip. Your floors are fine; trust me, only you will see the scratches, and even you won't after a month.

Within the extremely limited parameters of the show, I think they did a great job. The outdoor curtains are not too bright for Seattle, though. But I'm guessing you can take them down, huh? The bookcase doesn't make any sense, but you can easily FIX IT YOURSELF.

Sometimes the least real thing on these reality shows are the people on them. Get a clue. You got some free stuff and some attention.

If just one wall was painted that green colour then it might have worked. Painting the whole room, bad design idea. A scratched wood floor is definitly not a nice thing.

I like the patio area. It's cute for sunny days but usless during rainy ones.

Pics are "invitation only" now, apparently.

The green is too bright, and the bedroom curtains are hideous. And yeah, suckage on the scratched floors. Otherwise, though...they're overreacting. It's not my style, but it isn't some nightmare of tackiness. It just looks like every "modern" interior found in any chain-store catalog. This is what you get when you sell your soul for cheap labor.

Oh, and their dog is adorable.

Incidentally, the curtains in the living room are from IKEA. Real high-end there.

I cant see the pictures.

In Zagreb we would call this lady the ungrateful bitch.

And, we like the gypsy green and red/red in all decor.

Lady, get the standard cheap white paint, paint over and go to Goodwill for the big furniture buy.

Silly people. Too much color and dash in their little trash filled space.

Use the rug for what it is intended, good furry fuck ... put under his bare ass and lady get on top, in front of mirrors with video camera running.

Make copy video for old age and to show the grand kids.

Silly Americans, get on the clue bus.

anyone that willingly participates on any sort of reality television show has no room whatsoever to complain.

it's like hanging out in a portland bar and complaining about smokers, or going to wholefoods and bitching about your bag total.

you know what you're getting into.

Sam from Zagreb: please post more often.

IMHO most of the design choices made would be considered awful by 99% of the living world. Maybe some might like it (higher proportion in SLOG readership.. ;) What always makes me laugh is some clueless producer's idea of what "glam" or "alternative" should be....

But I don't have much sympathy for anyone trusts TV producers in any way. You have to know that it might turn out awful. Sucks to be them, but they should have known the risks.

I DO think calling them "rich, arrogant assholes" is harsh but completely not surprising in SLOG comments. There's a lot of self-righteous intolerance and bile among the "proggresives" around here. Classism cuts in every direction.

These shows are meant to be entertainment. If you want a well designed home, hire a designer - you're paying them to work within your tastes.

If you gamble with one of these shows, you're probably not going to get what you want. It was a deal with the devil anyhow. Suck it up. America needs to be entertained.

I mite be wrong, I haven't cable in a long time and maybe there's some really good designs shows out there now.

Wow. I've always wondered what the inside of a frog looks like.

They bought a house? In Seattle? In a non-shitty part of town?

I find it difficult to muster any sympathy for them.

First of all: Waaahhh! Freakin crybabies. They were expecting something subtle?

That being said, you gotta wonder about some of the choices. The outdoor curtains and wicker deck furniture won't survive even a single winter; it will all rot after a few months of rain. What the hell were they thinking? The bedroom looks like a whorehouse. And that green... Gah!

But really, 90% could be fixed in a weekend for less than $100. The whorehouse mirror and red curtains can be tossed, along with the dead-dog rug. $15 worth of paint in the color of their choice will fix the living room. Sell the too-big dining table and buy something smaller that fits (a dumb choice on the part of the designers, but easily remedied).

I can sorta see whining about the hardwood floors, but all hardwood floors get scratched up after a while. It would have looked like that by this summer anyway, especially with a dog.

I actually kinda like the (admittedly impractical) shelving unit. And I'd probably keep one or two accent walls in that green. Nothing more boring than painting everything white or beige.

All in all, however, they DID sign up for this. I have little sympathy.

Who are you people in here? You act as though it's some gift from God to be on a reality show and any complaining is sacrilegious. I think they realize that it's buyer beware, but that doesn't mean they were both enthusiastic (look at the episode description).

It looks like a dorm room. There are curtains outside in Seattle. It's obviously be done on the cheap, and they should be reimbursed if those scratches are the fault of the producers. It does look like someone mopped up paint with an SOS pad. It sucks, and I don't blame them for complaining.

I like it. Much nicer than my place, and they got the decorating for free.

1)it's not a bookshelf; it's for knik-knak type shit obviously

2)sam from zagreb can't possibly be real but....I LOVE HIM!!! Savage, fire Adrian Ryan and hire Sam....hurry up; Get on the Clue Bus!!

but how would a Croat know about Goodwill (stores)????!!!!???

sorry, but i have to call b*s on this. the lime green is a bit much, but it's not that bad. that house looks like it needed brightening up anyway.

BUT, the bedroom looks like satan lives there. i feel for you and having to sleep with that red shitty curtain..WTF?

the furniture doesn't looks so good with the design, did they really have a designer do this?

There's another photo on their blog that shows the front of the house with the curtains open at night with green indoor walls in the background. It actually looks pretty cool.

I don't know why she doesn't like the green walls. Her blog name is MintyFresh.

Sam, you are revolutionizing the English language from your outpost far away in the Balkans.

Before, we only had a clue train. Now, thanks to you, we have a clue bus.

I suspect this won’t be the first innovation our new Croat friend brings us—may it be the first of many!

Basenji!

How does a couple whose jobs consist of a band I've never heard of and producer at a public radio station afford a house in Ballard?! That's what the show should have been about.

Oh, I think it's ugly, but still better than how 92% of people "decorate" their houses.

You should only let somebody else decorate your house if you don't have any taste of your own and are willing to live with somebody else's, right?

(Unless it's that Thom guy from Queer Eye, who has better taste than you do. . .almost certainly).

The floor thing is not cool, though.

I used to work with a Croat. They don't all live over there, you know.

And I still think it's a bad choice for our climate.

I think the green walls and the knick knack shelf look very nice. I love the look of the curtains outside, although it's obviously not practical for Seattle winters. Summer it should be fine.

I agree with whoever was wondering what belonged to them beforehand. It definitely looks like it was done on the cheap, but it sounds like that might be part of the point of the show? The show should definitely pay to have the floors fixed, but everything else is just whining. Take the ugly stuff to value village, or better yet, sell it as a reality show castoff on eBay.

Where was the dead dog rug?

@36 : The band isn't his day job (Hint: Think large Redmond-based company).

"Silly Americans, get on the clue bus" = Quote of the Year

Sam from Zagreb is great, but am I the only one who thinks he's taking a page from Borat's book?

of course sam from zagreb is taking a page from Borat's book. get on the clue bus. it's the Boratification of American culture and all that. yes?

I would paint the entry way and dining area another color. Perhaps a cool shade of gray if you're conservative, or maybe a purple if you're more adventurous. Purple would match the curtains. Painting the entry/dining area would lessen the impact of the green, which isn't bad. It just needs a little balance. I'd also keep the shelving.

The couch could use an update and can the dog cage go somewhere that's out of the way?

The music posters would go better in the bedroom so that the living area doesn't seem so much like a frat house. Lose the K-Mart lamp for something classier.

Can the dresser also go into the bedroom? I can't tell whether there are space issues involved.

The huge mirror in the bedroom may have been much but it did make the room look bigger. Lose the red curtain and the lamps. The lamps are too big for such a small space.

The outside looks fine. I'm not much of a wicker person myself but they work.

Just my opinion.

As a fan of Trading Spaces in college, all I have to say is this: at least they didn't glue hay to the walls.

However, those walls still suck (bright walls look nice when you are watching on tv, but imagine living with that shit).

who the hell is calling these two "hipsters" is what I want to know? (second to that is why they're being such crybaby mcwhinerpants when all they wanted was free movers to begin with.)

A friend of mine actually had that show move her into her new house and decorate it too. And the designer was a tasteless, rude, bullying asshole in that case too. However, my friend is a woman with a spine and she backed him down and scared the living shit out of him and got him to fix the most egregiously unacceptable weirdnesses. (He'd taken some paintings done by a friend of hers, art prints, and tried to toss them into the trash - he said they were "tacky" - and he painted the walls of a TINY living room dark dark brown for no apparent reason. But he did have a clever idea with a door and wire drawer units from IKEA to create a kitchen table/storage unit.

Oh, and he tried to throw out all her books and bookcases. They just weren't color-coordinated enough for him, I guess. *rolling eyes*

The only decorator I've ever seen whose work consistently impresses me is Thom Felicia from Queer Eye. He actually LISTENS to his clients and works with what matters to them and with what they like to make it efficient and tasteful. Most decorators are just way too into frou-frou for my taste. I sort of like a whole "gentlemen's club reading room" atmosphere - very restrained comfort, lots of bookcases, good lamps, leather furniture, and no knickknacks and frills.

Yuck. The billowing fabric is overwhelming. Nothing really fits with anything else--it's a hodge podge of decorating trends. Hideous.

And I disagree that they should feel grateful for this makeover. It wasn't free, they provided a service for the show. It was a business transaction: this couple allowed the show to use their home, their images, and their lives in order to turn a profit. The couple was paid with a shitty makeover.

You didn't think the hipster couple knew that the show was there to turn a profit when they bent over the railing to get a free move. Give me a break.

CORRECTION TO THIS ARTICLE: Aaron and Jeannie were not chosen because they have "careers in entertainment" as quoted. They were chosen because they are a bright, enthusiastic, young couple who the executives, producers and designer liked very much. The couple was excited to have us move them, create style in their new place, and of course, be on TV. I've checked and no one who was involved on the production side of this episode has been interviewed for this article.

It's sort of uninspired, but could be SOOOO much worse. At least it's only paint and fabric--easily undone.

I remember watching one episode of Trading Spaces where the designers covered a room. with sheets of pounded tin. The couple that did the decorating must've secretly *hated* the other couple. It was like living in a pie pan.

That bookshelf is great looking, though it was never intended to hold books. Doesn't seem like a bad

I'm sure if there were "before" pictures, this redesign wouldn't be getting half the complaints it's getting on this board.

oh, dear Zorb. That's hideous. Really and truly hideous.

I have the overwhelming urge to curl up in the fetal position and whimper...I can't imagine living in a cross between a bordello and the Muppet workshop. And I love the Muppets.

wayyy less horrible than the description

wayyy less horrible than the description

You get what you paid for ! Don't bitch if you wanted free- I'm sure others would be happy to have someone else do their place.

yeah be happy w/what you got i have been trying for a makeover for a while now and i have son that has mayjor seizures and cant seem to get a new house or evan a response