Anybody watching 'The Established Home' on HBO max?

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I had never heard of Jean Stoffer before. She is a home designer based in Grand Rapids, MI. The show has 2 seasons of about 6 episodes. Her home is TDF and her style is traditional modern with an English bent(if that makes sense). Her daughter works with her and her son is a general contractor. In the last show of the 1st season, she completes the reno of the mud room/garden room of her home. Drop dead gorgeous. Makes me almost want to move to MI.

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@cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA) I didn't like that tile either. The two choices shown when they were discussing finishes were better. I'm not sure what led to that final tile choice.

@Allison0704 Don't you feel like all designers tend to have a style which they repeat on many projects? That is why people hire them... because they like their style.

I definitely didn't like everything she did. For instance.. she painted a small butler's pantry entirely in a dark high gloss color. Dramatic, yes. For me, a big no. She tends to like high gloss finishes and I'm definitely more of a matte finish kind of girl.

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Jilly
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I haven’t seen the show, but have followed her on IG for a while. Love most of her designs.

I see a lot of up and coming designers clearly influenced by her work.

Looking forward to watching!
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Tina Marie
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Im in the same boat as Jilly. i follow her on instagram but knew nothing of a show.
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Sarah Richardson’s series is now on Hulu.

Check out Sarah's Mountain Escape on Hulu! https://www.hulu.com/series/d7e26b98-443e-4b38-96c0-bafbd4adb5e5?play=false&utm_source=shared_link
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I follow her on FB but she doesnt post often.
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I started watching Sarah Richardson's Haus Heidi project yesterday. She also seems have one formula for decorating.

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cyn427 (z. 7, N. VA)
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Well, I watched the first episode. Not sure I will watch too much more. The woman and her daughter annoyed me when they were talking about the parents' bathroom and that the daughter-in-law wanted a green tile which they thought was too trendy. So what did they do instead? Gray. There is nothing more trendy than gray these days. Jeepers. Let the woman have her color. Plus, that tile they chose looked just awful. I don't think they showed her reaction to it. I have had a green kitchen (Saybrook Sage walls and cabinets) for 20 years. Now it is trendy apparently, but for me it is just one I love.

I just don't think there is a lot of originality or personality in most of her rooms that they showed. Pretty, but bland.
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Tina Marie
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I checked this morning and The Established Home is available through Amazon Prime Video. It did also air on the Magnolia Network.
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Allison0704
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@czarinalex Yes and no. I guess what bugs me about my two examples is the majority of their work all ends up looking the same to me. Yet, I can watch For the Love of Kitchens and love everything they do, but someone else might say all of their kitchens look alike.

Me too, with the high gloss vs matte finish.
arcy_gw
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I looked up Jean on Youtube. The kitchen that's featured had a $100K budget. The first thing she should have told her clients: Given the house and the neighborhood--that is WAAAY over the top of sensible.
Kswl
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I’ve now watched four episodes and I find it disingenuous that they are ripping out perfectly durable finishes that were au courant for their time and pretending their replacements are ”timeless.” NOTHING is timeless! That’s why kitchens are updated, redecorated or demolished every twelve years or so. Their timeless designs will be similarly replaced in a similar time frame and they will probably do some of the remodels of their own work.

I also do not like their embarrassing devotion to anything they perceive as English or British and they invoke both words far too often, sounding like schoolgirls drooling over the Beatles. They openly say they are just trying to make everything look as British as they can, and when admiring their own work ask each other for reassurance…..”It really does look British, doesn’t it, Mom?”

That said I do like elements of their style, but on the whole I like Lauren Liess better for the whole natural materials and neutral palettes thing because her interiors always incorporate unexpected elements. The Stoffers have nailed the expected, not exciting work but they’ve got their style down.
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Me too....just started watching The Haus Heidi project with Sarah Richardson. She paid 4.2 million for the house....then spent 16 months on the reno! She took out a loan to buy the house, then went back for a 2nd loan when she ran out of money. WOW! It rents for $3k a night. Just incredible!

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