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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Which is exactly how she ended up with PP's "grew up in council estates but have money now so want to look like landed gentry" vibe.  :lol: [/quote]

Eh, lots of people who grew up with money have poor taste. If Allen had grown up poor or LMC, I’d actually expect her to have better taste because putting together her career without connections would require really good taste in how she presented herself to get by gatekeepers. This house makes me think she’s a dilettante— has money to spend on designers and objects, lacks the patience, research skills, attention to detail, etc. to actually do it well. This doesn’t scream “new money” to me, just bad taste. Those are different.[/quote]

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