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Are houses being dressed professionally?

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  • Lioness_Twinkletoes
    Lioness_Twinkletoes Posts: 1,573 Forumite
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    Callie22 wrote: »
    A friend moved into a house with that on the wall. For a short time, before he decorated, he decided to add an 's' in front of laughter to see if anyone noticed :) Surprisingly, very few people did.
    My daughter had a wooden box that hung on the wall, with four smaller wooden blocks inside that made the word LOVE. The blocks could be taken out so I changed it to VOLE. No one noticed
  • bopsybunny
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    A house we used to rent had this on the master bedroom wall when we viewed:
    "Love is not a matter of counting the years, it's a matter of making the years"
    The words "Love" and "Making" were in a huge font, with the rest in small letters. We were in hysterics! The landlord agreed to clean it off before we moved in. That and the huge floor-to-ceiling dinosaur scene in the 2nd bedroom.
    Current rented house had: "Live every moment, Laugh every day, Love beyond words" on the master bedroom wall. The stickers came off very easily (and quickly!!) when we moved in.
    Now we're looking for our first house purchase and we see this kind of thing everywhere! It always makes us laugh when we see it. You can buy some especially tacky ones in The Range.
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  • seven-day-weekend
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    hc25036 wrote: »
    ..and another thing - we are looking at 3 bed houses in Oxon/Wilts/Northamptonshire and about 80% of the properties have a guitar (or three) in the photos.

    I asked our agent whether it was a trend when they came to take our photos and he pointed out the 3 guitars in my son's bedroom!


    My husband has five guitars. Four are on display in the bedroom. The fifth is on display at our static caravan.:D
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  • Smodlet
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    Margot123 wrote: »
    In my experience, those with 'LIVE LAUGH LOVE' emblazoned all over the hop-pit, are the most miserable of people.
    Not once have I heard my cousin laugh, she loathes everything, and as for her sh*t life she's always going on about......she's got the stencils though so that must be helping!


    Yep, a house on RM/whatever with that on the wall is a sure sign they are selling due to divorce...
  • silverwhistle
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    NaughtiusMaximus wrote: »
    Yes, 'soak' above the bath, 'relax' above the sofa and 'eat' above the dining table. Makes you wonder what the people who buy these things hang above the loo.


    PM me, and I'll give you a few possibilities..'Read' is the politest one I can make public..
  • Pixie5740
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    silverwhistle wrote: »
    PM me, and I'll give you a few possibilities..'Read' is the politest one I can make public..

    Remain seated for the entire performance...?
  • silverwhistle
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    hc25036 wrote: »
    ..and another thing - we are looking at 3 bed houses in Oxon/Wilts/Northamptonshire and about 80% of the properties have a guitar (or three) in the photos.

    I asked our agent whether it was a trend when they came to take our photos and he pointed out the 3 guitars in my son's bedroom!


    I have a basket of tin whistles in my lounge (and a stack of three flute cases) plus books galore. Where do people put their books when they're taking these photos?


    Ah, have just seen the idea here of a mock bed of boxes with a bedspread - that'll do.
  • silverwhistle
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    Pixie5740 wrote: »
    Remain seated for the entire performance...?


    I normally perform wind downstairs: the bathroom is for standing in the shower and singing. I can't sing sat down..
  • Smodlet
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    silverwhistle wrote: »
    I normally perform wind downstairs: the bathroom is for standing in the shower and singing. I can't sing sat down..

    You have to work a little harder on your breathing technique... HTH. :D
  • kingstreet
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    I thought this was going to be about Scott Brothers stuff. Grey & yellow furniture/accents, dark wood floors and black granite counter tops.

    I understand they have a business which sells all this stuff. Thought it would be all the rage by now...
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