• apis ( apis@beehaw.org ) 
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    1 year ago

    Furnishings are all hired for the photos/viewings from one of those property dressing companies, because apparently many buyers can’t imagine furnished rooms. Typically you can opt to buy these as a job lot from the property dresser. The overall look is simultaneously tacky & bland but really not bad compared to most dressed places.

    Sheetrock in the fireplaces is likely because the refurbishment isn’t yet 100% completed per the text. The inserts are either still at the restorers or still being recreated to the original design.

    The restoration looks way too harsh in many areas, but if the house was in particularly bad shape before work began, it gets hard to fix damage and retain the softness of age whilst complying with building regs.

    Spotlights, however, are death. Whichever heritage officer they worked with should have forbade them that.

    • Monzcarro ( Monzcarro@feddit.uk ) 
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      2 years ago

      Spotlights have very limited domestic use, and beyond a few applications, look hideous as well as offering poor function.

      Also, is it the spots making the kitchen look AI generated?

      • apis ( apis@beehaw.org ) 
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        2 years ago

        Probably. Bright, wide-angle downlight dotted all over the damn ceiling create that uncanny valley look.

        Struggling to think of any domestic application where they would not be an unreasonable choice - maybe a particularly small shower room where all of the walls where one might mount a wall light have some problem which means they cannot be used. Even then, ugh.

  • Mothra ( Mothra@mander.xyz ) 
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    Okay beyond the taste in furniture upholstery and the fireplaces, this is a far cry from “terrible”. Place looks nice enough to me.

    As for the AI claims- i wouldn’t be so sure, real estate photos are often heavily photoshopped, shot with wide lens and with more lights than necessary so I don’t know. Looks legit to me

  • Onomatopoeia ( Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe ) 
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    Including the table.

    Ewww

    As for the sheetrock in the fireplace, why not at least just put in a gas burner for decoration?

    Or, block the chimney, and put in a decorative grate with some logs, maybe add some holly?