Bring Back the Charm and Character of Older Homes!

Look, I am just as guilty as every single one of you in this regard. We just keep bringing back… embracing the charming character of homes. Time and again, just as guilty.

Why did we start having such high expectations? Especially in an area where there’s a plethora of…

That’s the way that you decorate. But you don’t have to do these major, major remodels.

The listings is what we’re talking about, using ChatGPT to show pictures of a room in different styles. So you’ve got a style of house. Maybe your style is farmhouse, maybe it’s shabby chic, maybe it’s traditional, maybe it’s more masculine. What is it?

Maybe some paint, some curtains. Just how can you change the originality and character of the home, but how you decorated it?

Why, why, why have we gotten ourselves in this place to where we walk in a house and we’re like, “Oh my gosh, it’s going to cost us $70,000 to get it the way that we want it”?

Why can’t we just accept the house as it is and decorate the hell out of it?

I’m not talking about maintenance. I’m talking about cosmetic things.

Throw a rug down over that flooring you don’t like. You don’t like the color of the flooring? Well, maybe it is reasonable because you have dogs, and if you have something else, then they will tear it all up. You don’t like the color of it, you know, right now…just throw a rug down!