In with the Old

The first episode was a real missed opportunity in what they shared about the adobe bricks. That is a technique created by indigenous people and the expert they had teaching them about it made it seem like it only came from the pioneers. I'd have loved to see some history there and not just a white-washed version. There is a whole lot of rich history in the US and I'd love to see more than just a narrow perspective of wealthy white influencers, we already get so much of that perspective all of the time. No shade to the designer, just thought this was a missed opportunity and wanted to voice this somewhere.

I have watched much of the series and enjoyed it, but when I hit the Maine episode, I was appalled by the relentlessly self-congratulatory city couple. "Look at me! Look at my stuff! I'm a genius! This laundry room paint makes me look luminous!" Please.

The space was lovely, but so over-filled with matching posey pots and "merchandising,"...These are sort of people who move to the "country" and collectively drive up real estate prices and demand urban services and goods.

I embrace the preservation and renovation of old buildings, unfortunately it sometimes falls to moneyed jerks. Perhaps choose renovators with a good deal more personal appeal.

I love restoration stories, especially of beautiful buildings which have been abandoned. But I couldn't take more than 15 minutes of this show. Loads of "look how cute my family is" footage. Loads of "look how pretty the landscape around here is" footage. Not a lot on the design and construction of this project. And to top it all off, the narrator is vapid and annoying. So disappointed. Love the concept but hate the show.

I just found this show and see that's it's not even on demand. I hope the powers that be aren't going from the single review before mine to base their decision on whether or not to renew this show. I watch a LOT of these home improvement shows, and honestly this is the second one only that has a couple where I enjoy both of their personalities! I also love the show Home Town. It's difficult to watch shows where people are yelling at each other or are so hard-core that you can't follow how to do a project on your own. I really enjoyed that they explored the history and spoke to the people of the town about the house they were working on. And I really liked their easy-going personalities and they are obvious joy for what they choose to do for a living. Now that this is Magnolia Network, they are probably testing new shows right and left. But this is a keeper!

And BTW, PLEASE bring back at least one landscape show. There are zero on the air!

It's a shame to watch something that's outlined as being sensitive to old houses and their history, yet the show is filled with trendy, wanna be influencers who destroy so many perfectly good original features of all of these places. Original beadboard, tile, plumbing fixtures, windows and more is all destined for the landfill so these hipsters can get the latest Chinese made trend they've seen on Instagram and purchased at HHome Depot. Painful to watch as you realize that most of these girls are eyeing a potential hosting gig with Magnilia Network who produced the show. You see them creating look and learn projects for no other reason than to play TV host. No husbands, partners, or other experts/consultants seem to be willing yo say anything to slow these girls down from their own, personal old house destruction. This is original fabric that cannot be returned. The hippest, greenest way to restore a house is to KEEP as many original fixtures, finishes, etc as possible.