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Curmudgeons' Corner -blame it on the PITAs

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    edited February 2019
    I had a makeover of my old dining room in a magazine once... but it was only the before! The after was a complete fake stage set done somewhere else. Thank goodness - they did a very twee seaside theme and I got to keep my dining room and do it as I wanted.
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    Lyn said:
    I wouldn’t let any of them do a makeover in my garden or house. 
    Cry, flappy hands, jaw drop, wow! would not come into it. 
    well not in that order, anyway. I might flap my hands in their face and make their jaw drop and they might cry? Probably skip the wow bit
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • KT53KT53 Posts: 9,016
    AnniD said:
    When the couple whose home had been made over were trying hard to be polite, and you could see them wondering how quickly they could get to B&Q to get the paint to get rid of it......
    The best/worst one of those I saw was when the woman burst into tears when she saw the result.  I think Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen thought she was overcome with joy until she said it was hideous and she wouldn't move back in until it had been repainted.  To me it serves her right for letting them lose on her home in the first place.  She wanted her 15 minutes of fame, and she certainly got it.
  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Yes, l remember that one. I wonder how many friendships ended on that programme? I think they were either friends or neighbours who competed against each other?
  • GWRSGWRS Posts: 8,478
    Yes I remember that make over programmes , some where tuely hideous 

    Got a moan , went to Asda today to buy  some Bark chippings , 3 bags for £10 , bought some last year , price the same but when loading them into trolley 🛒 , they had gone from 100 litres to 60 litres !
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    Changing Rooms
    Devon.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Do you remember the one where ll-b got an old rug out of the garage, turned it upside down and spray painted it?
    Mr Bean had the right idea.
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T9MAmWnOznI

    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I had a job to buy a new tea tray today - they are apparently not very popular these days, I was so surprised. My OH dropped and broke my favourite one last week and as we have breakfast in bed every day, we needed another. Found one eventually, four shops later but what a palaver!
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I wish I could be grumpy about not having a suitable tray to eat my daily breakfast in bed off. :D
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't understand the appeal of breakfast in bed. You've got to sit up so you might as well get up.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
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