"Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo" (thetomselleck) 05/16/2019 at 15:54 • Filed to: Chandelier

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Plus bonus material two houses down:

CB > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 15:57

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“How many different light fixture styles can we put in a house? A study”

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 15:57

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That one light is kinda reminiscent of a swastika? or maybe that is just me.

fintail > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 15:59

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So much money (don’t ask where much of it comes from) , so much bland derivative boredom.

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 15:59

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Does anybody do anything with color inside of these houses, or is that just a thing for the plebs who aren’t worthy of monotone ?

AestheticsInMotion > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:00

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I want an entire room’s ceiling done up like this, with the warmest Edison bulbs on the market. Make it happen!

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/16/2019 at 16:02

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It made me feel uncomfortable too. 

BrianGriffin thinks “reliable” is just a state of mind > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:03

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I have strong feels for that staircase 

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/16/2019 at 16:03

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Bland = broadest appeal = faster sale

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:06

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I guess I just can’t fathom spending what I’m guessing is all the money to have a house that looks about as interesting as a hotel lobby inside, but with less color.

punkgoose17 > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:10

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Kill it with fire.

benjrblant > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/16/2019 at 16:14

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Also, white is easy to cover. It’s harder to paint over dark walls with a lighter color, and white tends to make a room feel more spacious which aids in selling a space.

benjrblant > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:14

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this is good kinja

boredalways > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:14

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RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:20

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heel hortler

lone_liberal > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:22

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I like most of those. This one is a little too retro for me, though. Maybe it would work in a midcentury modern in Palm Springs, but otherwise I’ll pass.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:22

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Props to that one fixture from the bonus material for looking more like a sea urchin by far than any manmade object I’ve ever seen.

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > boredalways 05/16/2019 at 16:23

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But also yes

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > benjrblant 05/16/2019 at 16:28

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if i had a dollar for every time you said this i’d be rich as fuck

benjrblant > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 05/16/2019 at 16:28

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this is bad kinja

HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > benjrblant 05/16/2019 at 16:30

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ur face

benjrblant > HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute 05/16/2019 at 16:31

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HondoyotaE38: A Japanese and German Collab...wait a minute > benjrblant 05/16/2019 at 16:32

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no u

TorqueToYield > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 16:34

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Edison bulbs are going to go out of style fast.

Also I hate them.

BaconSandwich is tasty. > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 17:55

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I don’t mind the top one and I don’t mind the square LED one.

RPM esq. > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/16/2019 at 18:03

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Lots of people do. Just not when they’re for sale. I just sold my house, which had colored accent walls in several rooms, and our realtor had us paint all of them white except one that was gray. You don’t want to risk someone who might otherwise buy your house not make an offer because they don’t like green or whatever.

smobgirl > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 18:26

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I want to be rich so I can afford ugly light fixtures and bland cars.

smobgirl > RPM esq. 05/16/2019 at 18:29

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Hah. My house has a Japanese m ountain scene mural and a dragon on the spare bedroom door because it was their toddler’s bedroom. They hadn’t painted yet during the showing and were very insistent that it would be gone at closing. I  asked them to leave it if I got the bid and I still haven’t covered it ten years later.

Tristan > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 18:31

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Hooray for Kinja letting me attach and image to my comment on the fourth try!

I don’t hate this one...

Tristan > CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever 05/16/2019 at 18:34

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I hope you’re not talking about the one I just said I liked... :(

CarsofFortLangley - Oppo Forever > Tristan 05/16/2019 at 18:47

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Hey, you live in a free country. If you want to decorate your home with quasi-nazi lighting solutions, I support you!

/s

Manwich - now Keto-Friendly > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 18:55

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I think you should change the lightbulbs to this:

And instead of the spiky light fixture, this instead:

ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com > RPM esq. 05/16/2019 at 19:11

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Sure, you’re not going too bold on a house for sale, but if it looks like corporate boardroom or a sterile hotel lobby that makes anyone with a pulse yawn... You can easily stick to neutrals and still end up with something warm, inviting, non-offensive and not completely uninteresting.

T his must be some kind of a regional style . I don’t know who you could sell a house like that to in the Southwest, and certainly any house at the top of the market can’t look like the printer ran out of color ink. I mean, even my office in a government building down here   has a significantly colored accent wall and trim. They didn’t even put any color in the staging furniture.

Our realtor on the house we sold last year had us add some color and accents in the house for listing. It was pointed out to us as being important that anyone who wasn’t white (and the population down here is 75% not white people) didn’t yawn looking at the listing or fall asleep walking through it at the open house. W e hadn’t painted it at all from the builder’s best of 2010 beige walls, in part because we knew fairly quickly that we weren’t going to stay in that house forever.

ranwhenparked > TorqueToYield 05/16/2019 at 19:46

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Counterpoint: in period-correct installations, they look great. They just clash with anything modern. 

ranwhenparked > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 19:46

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That’s a lot of Sputniks. 

gmporschenut also a fan of hondas > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 21:09

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My grandparents had nearly the exact same lamp

This only works, if you go really 60s modern

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > RPM esq. 05/16/2019 at 21:12

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Yep, especially when the market is becoming more  and more saturated. Very easy to turn people off who can afford a good home in a cooling market.

imadick > Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo 05/16/2019 at 21:27

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Tell me these aren’t all in the same house? TELL ME!!!

Dr. Zoidberg - RIP Oppo > imadick 05/16/2019 at 21:28

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All except the last three

RPM esq. > ITA97, now with more Jag @ opposite-lock.com 05/17/2019 at 02:33

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The staging was attractive, the house was architecturally interesting, and the outside was a relatively interesting color (blue). I also forgot to mention that the kitchen retained a red accent wall, as did one bathroom . His advice may have been different if it was a more boring house otherwise. It focused attention on the architecture, it looked good and sold fast, and  I don’t think he was wrong.