memo

[fox]

to: people trying to sell their homes
from: Fox (among, I suspect, others)
re: pictures

Dudes. Why do so many of you take such bad pictures? I mean I know it's because your cameras are confused by the light coming in through your windows and that makes the rooms look improbably dark. But why aren't you compensating for that?

A related question: why do so many of you have such awful taste in decor?

judgmentally,
Fox

Comments

[thefourthvine]

Here's the crazy part: those pictures are generally taken by the REALTORS. Who you would think would have decent cameras and photo-taking skills, given that this is a PART OF THEIR JOBS. But you would be wrong. Very, very wrong.

The decor thing is simply mystifying. The first time we looked for a house, BB and I saw every bad decor choice in the world. (Including our favorite, the house that had - you know those upholstered leather armchairs with the buttons? The house had that upholstery on the floor, walls, doors, and ceilings in every room. We're pretty sure, based on other features, that it was either a brothel or a porn set.) The house we live in now - the previous owners had decorated the entire thing with their wedding photos. As in, there were 14 wedding photos (some different-sized copies of what appeared to be the same shot) in the living room alone. They were selling the house because they were getting a divorce. (This house also had a plasma screen TV in EVERY ROOM except the bathrooms, and no books anywhere. But no one ever has books when they're selling a house.)

[fox]

I've seen a lot of bad decor just in the past couple of IDLY LOOKING-AT-STUFF days, including kitchens with busy print on the curtains, walls, floors, chair pads, table runners, and placemats; it is quite shocking. QUITE shocking. But on the plus side, I've seen places that brag about their library-dens and their built-in bookcases and show the Walls O Books. So that's all right.

[dorothy1901]

why do so many of you have such awful taste in decor?

You know what they say: if it wasn't for bad taste, some people would have no taste at all.