Anyone follow local designer Lauren Liess?

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Anonymous wrote:OMG! I looked at this house last summer when it was on the market!! I thought it was a great deal (my husband wouldn't touch it because of the retaining wall and the fact that it is on a pipe stem). But I'm really surprised by how much more they are selling it for this summer... that's an enormous jump. It actually has a very awkward pipe stem location, it's sort of located sideways on the street and looks a little crammed in, if anyone else has seen it in person. The funny thing is that it was in pretty good shape before she bought it - not a mess at all. It will be interesting to see what she gets for it!

Agent here and I showed it to people last year who couldn't figure out how to live in it with the long narrow rooms and death trap stairs to the basement. This is the "Restoration Hardware" effect. People will buy junk if it is new and clean and shiney. I bet someone from Georgetown or Capitol Hill and pregnant with their first child will buy it and then regret it deeply.

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Anonymous wrote:OMG! I looked at this house last summer when it was on the market!! I thought it was a great deal (my husband wouldn't touch it because of the retaining wall and the fact that it is on a pipe stem). But I'm really surprised by how much more they are selling it for this summer... that's an enormous jump. It actually has a very awkward pipe stem location, it's sort of located sideways on the street and looks a little crammed in, if anyone else has seen it in person. The funny thing is that it was in pretty good shape before she bought it - not a mess at all. It will be interesting to see what she gets for it!

Agent here and I showed it to people last year who couldn't figure out how to live in it with the long narrow rooms and death trap stairs to the basement. This is the "Restoration Hardware" effect. People will buy junk if it is new and clean and shiney. I bet someone from Georgetown or Capitol Hill and pregnant with their first child will buy it and then regret it deeply.

Are the rooms really that long and narrow? It's hard to gauge from pictures, they seemed decent sized to me.

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....I don't see anything particularly revolutionary about her interior design work. It looks like every other suburban home?

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I follow Lauren's blog and love her style. She's done a great job on the house, however there are a few things that I don't care for: Exterior- it's too white now, I kind of liked it better before. Kitchen- not a lot of counter space and don't care for the rows of lights. Floors- I can't imagine trying to keep them clean. All in, it's a lovely house and perfect for a family and it will sell. I can't wait to see her new house. I was wondering how they could deal with the small yard given the love of their last yard/space.

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Anonymous wrote:....I don't see anything particularly revolutionary about her interior design work. It looks like every other suburban home?

Certainly not mine, lol

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Anonymous wrote:I follow Lauren's blog and love her style. She's done a great job on the house, however there are a few things that I don't care for: Exterior- it's too white now, I kind of liked it better before. Kitchen- not a lot of counter space and don't care for the rows of lights. Floors- I can't imagine trying to keep them clean. All in, it's a lovely house and perfect for a family and it will sell. I can't wait to see her new house. I was wondering how they could deal with the small yard given the love of their last yard/space.

I remain confused why she ever sold! She loved that house and the land and clearly never loved this one and is not out <1 year later because she found something with more outdoor space like the other house. She definitely seems to know what she likes so it's sort of boggling she ever bothered with this house to begin with. Maybe just bored of a "finished" house and needed a new project?

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Anonymous wrote:The five billion flushmount fixtures in the kitchen & family room: WHYYYY?

This! I really think they're hideous.

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Anonymous wrote:The five billion flushmount fixtures in the kitchen & family room: WHYYYY?

+1
Yuck.

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Lots of decorating with white and brown, skulls and skeletons.

It seems like a nice house, but not really practical or functional.

The backyard slopes toward the house...recipe for disastrous water intrusion problems.

Great schools though.

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I typically like her stuff but I do not love this house. The floors are a bad design choice - I would want to immediately change those. The flow also does not really work for me. I really liked her old house.

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Definitely not a cook's kitchen, and the lot is weird.

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How would you change the floors if they are painted?

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stupid design and decoration. weird taste to put it in a nice way.

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Anonymous wrote:....I don't see anything particularly revolutionary about her interior design work. It looks like every other suburban home?

I also find it meh, the kitchen is too much white, looks antiseptic, too many white walls throughout. And the subway tiles in the bathroom, so sick of that look.

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Anonymous wrote:Yeah, that kitchen doesn't exactly have a work triangle.

I love the way it's decorated, especially the art. I'm 50/50 on the flushmounts as recessed lighting.

Can't believe they still have popcorn ceilings in the family room (the room with the kids tent). I laugh because I know mine still does but it's funny when everything else has been renovated.

Ok I also don't get that asking price and popcorn ceilings. Why wouldn't you renovate that out?