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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Wow, someone grew up envying the grand country homes and then wanted to recreate.  Did she grow up on a council estate?  Looks like a desperate need to recreate a childhood vision, which is totally misplaced and absurd in a Brooklyn townhome.[/quote]

I think she just hired a bad decorator or was arrogant during the process and kept injecting her own ideas but they didn't work in the long run. Some people assume if they have decent taste, they can put together a house like that. It's actually very challenging and takes a specific kind of eye. These photos read as "kept arguing with designer until designer gave up and let her have her way" to me.

I looked at the photos from Harbour's apartment when he was single and it's not like revolutionary or anything but it's much, much better. He probably just had a better designer and gave them more control over the overall aesthetic. A really good designer can take your general preferences, as well as some specific ideas, and then turn out something gorgeous. But you have to let them. I'm betting Allen didn't want to give up creative control but lacked the skill to do it herself. Thus the weird incongruities in the design. It has this feel of being ambitious but missing the mark, which is a classic "I designed this myself" mistake. Big ideas but lack of experience and follow through.[/quote]

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