British vs. American design - what are the differences?
Emmeline Westin
10 years ago
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Comments (23)I'vr been watching both £100K Houses and Ugly Houses. Quite like both but oh my word, how over budget do they end up! What would happen if the homeowners couldn't borrow the extra? Granted, the £10k budget on £100k Houses was way too low and if we're saying that as viewers why are the architects not telling the homeowners? This week's Ugly Houses was the same - £60k (they had a contigency amount of £15k) budget but ended at, I think, £85k. So again, £10k over. The architects do the work for free and I'd really like it if were told how much their time and work would have cost for the project. I know, I know, it all makes for better tv. There have to be disasters, budget problems, shoddy finishes, tears. If everything went smoothly would we watch? headers13 I would hope the BBC would pay to sort the rooms out if they were awful. Quite a few of them I really could not live with. Do the BBC pay for it all? Or the homeowners?...See MoreAmerican style fridge freezer vs integrated fridge freezer?
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Comments (31)Ohh the picture... yeah a traditionalist for one so young. Seems he like cosy and to be hugged. These days anything goes, mix and match so a modern trad. Re: cool lights you can get varying tonal ranges, so maybe dimmable LED lights, so he has the choice. You can mix, match and even from cool to warm and with warm to cool LEDs. Or placing cooler ones nearer the dark areas and warmer to the light areas. And panels are great, MDF, cut to size and glue them on. And a mantle/shelf below the TV's to get that look in the main living area and the bedrooms. Rail and Dado rails around the room, to cut costs only on the walls you can see. Then you can hang pictures from them. As the wardrobes are wood it will be fine. It all seems like alot but if you have a scap bank in your area you can get paints, wall paper and charity shops sell furniture not forgetting the auction websites. Some charities are on the auction sites too. And I just remembered, soldiers do get discounts in a lot of places, and as there is not a lot of things we get free these days... As the room is dark, Sonia's lighter greys, blue rather than the darker shades, it will appear to be darker anyway as the basement flat is dark, as the colour will change throughout the day. Please post a picture when you have completed. It is sounding so exciting....See MoreNicola Bearman
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