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Originally Posted by matthewb0051

I've owned a 1890's Victorian house in Watertown NY. Proper 12 foot(ish) ceilings and actual rooms that weren't all open. A wonderful thing.

Also lived in a plantation bungalow on Schofield Barracks Hawaii from the 1890s give or take. And a 100 year old house in El Paso.

Luckily none of the above had been remodeled to a fashion of open floor plan and the history was all there.

There are some HGTV shows where the hosts really screw up very old homes and modernize them for what they perceive as being for 'today's living'. IMHO it just ruins the old home. If you want to do that, do it to a newer home that has no history and character.

As for cars, I agree with the taste and money quote above. I love watching some of the shows on MT but some of them are cringe worthy. For example, Iron Resurrection: guys do incredible work then put modern day 20 inch or larger wheels that do not match the lines or character of a 1950s, 60s, or 70s vehicle. Most recently was a 50's pickup that came in with Cragars that looked decent and the end result wheel looks all wrong.

Yeah, I can see upgrading wheels on old vehicles to 15-16", maybe 17", just to be able to get decent rubber on them, but the folks putting giant wheels on are doing them a diservice on so many levels.

Originally Posted by matthewb0051

Oh yeah, the Hemmings article mentions Chip and Joanna Gaines from Waco. They became one trick ponies on their remodels when their first show was on air. Open everything up, make the kitchen twice the size of the living room and also put the kitchen in the living room. And at times, when you open the front door to one of their houses you would walk directly into the dining table which had been located to the entry way (I wouldn't call it a dining room because it was part of the living/kitchen/dining combo).

I'm not swooning either.

Ugh, horrible stuff. The problem is that, I think, the average public wants/loves that stuff. These are the same folks who have appliances for cars and don't care about anything other than getting from A to B in comfort. (which is not a bad thing)