she didn't like the answers she got so she flagged everything and had posts removed. smh.

Appears the OP after getting butthurt must have reported the posts and then checked out.............................

Oh well. Don't let the not-even-remotely-MCM-door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

Amazing so if it doesn't suit the OP, she hits the delete button. But it was ok originally for her to call me a nasty name.

Seems she was more like what she called me.

A S Actually there was name calling although of course I will not repeat it. I think the moderators decided to delete all reference to it to clean up the thread. I've seen them do it before where there was back and forth. Probably a good idea. I've seen them delete whole threads too, which may yet happen here since we're discussing it. IMO they do a good job keeping things civil, which I appreciate. Some internet spaces get pretty bad and I would hate for it to happen here.

I think her account is deleted also

@Partim yes I saw the name calling the OP did. I will be deleting my comment where I say I feel for OP as it now is totally out of context considering how sideways this all went.

My comment was deleted and it wasn't nasty. It did refer to her post where she said she changed the title of the thread, so I'm guessing she flagged it.

Can you guys tell me how to make this look like a Ferrari? (I'll flag any comments that criticize my question!)

suedonim75, thank you for the laugh! My comment was deleted as well, the OP didn’t like the advice she was getting so she started the ball rolling. I say bye bye Meghan.

A Chevette is a noble, hardworking car.

I think some people are used to unmoderated boards. This isn't one, thank goodness.

Fori, the chevette I had in college was a POS death trap. I remember going down an interstate one time in the winter having to hold the door shut with my hand because something froze and the latch wouldn't....latch. Ah, good times....

However YMMV. LOL. :)

I learned how to drive on one. Even before that, I learned how to push one so my mom could start it because the starter was always suiciding. It was in the family for years. Good thing it didn't get cold where we lived--there was a hole in the floor...

A S Actually there was name calling although of course I will not repeat it. I think the moderators decided to delete all reference to it to clean up the thread. I've seen them do it before where there was back and forth. Probably a good idea. I've seen them delete whole threads too, which may yet happen here since we're discussing it. IMO they do a good job keeping things civil, which I appreciate. Some internet spaces get pretty bad and I would hate for it to happen here

They also deleted my original comment about wanting to be model thin, tall and 20 years younger, which had no name calling at all. It was just a comment how you can't change some things.

Oh, popping the clutch!! I hadn't thought about that in maybe a decade...

It sure was a different world back then.

I hated that car, I was living on ramen noodles and rice a roni - and yet looking back I smile. It really was good times.

And quite honestly the fact she flagged all these comments after calling me a name and then deleted her account, speaks more about her than all the posters here.

I never responded to the thread but kept watching it, because I despised her attitude from the beginning, and knew that this wouldn't go well for her. And in a way, I feel sorry for her, because she didn't know how to ask for help or advice. My guess is that in person, she also doesn't know how to ask for help, or say please or thank you.

As in any thread, there can always be comments that seem a bit harsh, or are frankly mean. But, the OP doesn't have to automatically come out swinging, as the general forum will step up to give constructive comments, which any OP can ignore or embrace. She never explained the photo in the beginning, which led to advice that *she* took umbrage at, etc.

Sticks and stone may break my bones, but that house can not be made modern.

It wasn’t a horrible house. There were ways to give it an updated look. Just removing the lattice would have improved it 100%. And if she would have been willing to discuss it, she could have gotten good advice.

These kinds of threads are my biggest pet peeve. You have a limited budget, you’re not getting your dream house with that. You have to make compromises, and sometimes you need a reality check.

To stick with the car theme. They slapped a Cadillac emblem on the grill, but it was a still a Cavalier. You can fancy up the front, but it’s still a modular. And hey, Cavaliers and Modulars sold very well and they suit their purposes, but they’ll never be fancy or MCM.

that time the guy said he had a 'vette....

For a change I will hold the snark.

Eliminate vinyl siding on front, replace with vertical batt on board.

Brackets at posts

Simpler skirt, maybe stone, maybe a large planter filled or extend the steps full width and wrap corners

Reglaze without grids or with 2 over 2 black gridded windows

Change entry door, highlight color

Maybe planter boxes under windows

Make it look like somebody cares.

TIGHTER BUDGET

Keep vinyl

Paint it all off white

Black posts, shutters, entry door

Still new skirt

LIke Mrs. S, I've been watching but not participating until now. My, what a train wreck!

I think sometimes posts like these are really about expectations, and the ability to readjust them in light of reality. In this case, the OP wanted a house style that (in part because it is currently somewhat uncommon) can be rather expensive to build. Her wallet, OTOH, dictated using a modular/prefab kind of plan in which her options were quite limited. I get it. I've been there. Sometimes you have to close the laptop, sit at the table, turn out the lights, have a good cry - then pour a glass of wine and go try to adjust those expectations to fit what is currently possible.

In this case, MCM is probably not going to happen. Something more in line with what might be "Mid Century Modest" from the same time period (little pink houses?) that the OP could decorate with vintage treasures might have been a good direction to go in. (Nobody tell Mom I just ended a sentence with a preposition).

Many times in life we hit these sorts of limits, and it's time to practice gratitude, work on contentment with what is currently possible, and keep a little dream burning for what might yet come in the future.

Unfortunately, in our Instant Gratification world, this seems to be a concept too few people can wrap their heads around.

I got the impression that she thought she could make all these changes when ordering the house. Like it was a custom build. She even referred to it as “beginning stages of building a house”. When really I think all you can do is pick colors. She is ordering a house, not building one.

It was pretty obvious she hadn’t done any research on how the process worked and had unrealistic expectation.

I'm not sure you can turn your tiny cabin into, erm, a modern masterpiece.

Well, here I am coming in late. Looks like I miss all the good stuff.

Catch me up: Who's "calling people out" for being idiots?

shoot, I missed all the action...

@cpartist - my comment was removed as well - All I said was that her comment and name calling were rude and that her house would never be MCM. She must have a sad sad life.

I've been lurking, but obviously, I missed the best part of the fireworks. Dang!

bry911

8 hours ago

I really don't want to put the effort into thinking of something rude, but I do really want to get called out. Can you just insert some imagined offense here and call me out please?

I flagged this guy cuz he asked nicely. But I keep unflagging him to read to my husband... cut and paste...

Claire, did you really flag Bry? Why? Someone did, because one of the best comments is now gone. Honestly, the flagging around here has gotten ridiculous.

I get taking down posts swearing at people. But good Lord, if we can't handle a little humor, maybe the internet isn't the best place to spend time.

Everyone on earth seems to need a chill pill and a nice long nap in their crib. Keep that thin skin/ zero sense of humor thing going. .........pretty soon you shall get what you "wished for" . No help at all.

One more: Start from assumptions that the world is out to "get " you. That's helpful.....

Consider yourself called out. Honestly. Grow up : ) or just go back to bed.

The OP has left Houzz.

I was called out once after rounding third and sliding into home plate.

Dang! I missed all the fun! Ahhhh covid chaos.....

What the H@LL is wrong with me? I submit what I thought was a snarky enough response and it doesn't get pulled. I mean like really.

This thread looks like a GW party. Lots of names that I recognize. I'm sorry I missed the good replies. I bet there were some doozies.

Well bry911, speaking of 'calling' out, your user name is rude. 911 is to be used for emergencies only, and as the mother of a paramedic, whose name also starts with 'Br' (so you're not even that original), I resent that you use that name here every day, when it's apparent that no emergency exists--until someone needs to turn a prefab cottage into an MCM masterpiece ...Oh, OK ... I guess you can use it on this thread, but please don't let it happen again, because (I will call you out for being rude)

I always thought it was a reference to a Porsche 911. I would like to be called out for the next one...Porsche that is!

Who linked this thread with Nextdoor?

Like Mrs. S and Holly, I swung by the other day but ducked out when I had to weigh weeding, watering, and picking the vegetable garden vs. wading in.

But it does seem that updating the title of this thread and telling one poster "you can go now" was tempting fate. And then some.

My original idea was the same as livewireoak's, finding an older ranch to update. Budget friendly and generally better built than a new tract house.

I always thought it was a reference to a Porsche 911. I would like to be called out for the next one...Porsche that is!

I hate to disappoint everyone... My user name is from my two kids. One's initials and one's birthday. Yes my son was born on September 11th.

I had no idea there is a Porsche 911. I drive an F150.

It's all very sad, because that house pictured in the original post is actually darn appealing and could be made quite lovely once planted on a lot. Out of all the homes getting built these days (on Houzz as well as real life), this one is on the visually pleasing end of the scale.

2020 911, if you please...

Catch me up: Who's "calling people out" for being idiots?

I made the comment that I'd like to be model thin, model tall and 20 years younger but that ain't happening just like the OP wouldn't be able to turn the house into an MCM house.

Then apparently the OP got insulted I said that and decided to call me a derriere toilet tissue but not exactly in those words.

Oh my, cpartist! 😳

LMAO.

I made the comment that I'd like to be model thin, model tall and 20
years younger but that ain't happening just like the OP wouldn't be able
to turn the house into an MCM house.

If those were options, I think we'd all sign up for them.

But, yes, that's an apt analogy: things that are beyond us.

Then apparently the OP got insulted I said that and decided to call me a derriere toilet tissue but not exactly in those words.

Used tissue, I suppose?

Some people!

I had a friend in high school who considered swearing immoral but had no problem calling people "buttwipe". I never did understand...