RevGals Friday Five

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HGTV Edition

Greetings all!

As some of you may know I am in the midst of my first home purchase. It is a new-build and so some of the fun was picking out upgrades and major decor items to my taste rather than walking into a previously owned home that needed to be upgraded room by room (pink and teal tiles in the bathroom, anyone?). As much as decorating is not my thing, I did try to embrace the moment because just how many times do you get to have a do-over on kitchen cabinets/floors/countertops?

And so, my questions to you this fine Friday involve your home past, present or future...

1) If you could, what room in the place you are currently living would you redo first?

The only rooms we haven't done are the bathrooms, so that's next. I know what I want, it's just getting it done.

2) What is the most hideous feature/color/decor item you have ever seen in a home?

We looked at a house that had pepto-pink walls throughout and closets that were LITERALLY stuff to bulging. It was horrendous. Also, nudes of family members, no matter how artistically done, no matter how beautiful they are, are generally a bad idea when showing your house for sale. And so many more weird things...maybe the blood we found...but that's another story.

3) What feature do you most covet? Do you have it? If not, is it within reach?

I want a hot tub. It's ridiculous, but there ya go.

4) Your kitchen - love it or hate it? Why?

My kitchen rocks the western world!!

5) Here is $10,000 and you HAVE to spend it on the place you are living now. What do you do?

Hot tub and landscaping, in that order.

BONUS: Why do you think there was such a surplus of ugly bathroom tile colors showcased in all homes built from the 1950's right through the early 80's?

Tastes change. We had pink and chocolate brown plastic tile in our bathroom when I was growing up--bathroom installed in the 40s. I think white on white is the only safe decor for bathrooms, but it's pretty sterile and cold. The other thing is that bathrooms are (usually) pretty small, so any big decorating is overwhelming fairly quickly. We had a duck wallpaper border in the powder room in our last house that made. me. want. to. kill. people. within a year of moving in. No tile, just that border. ;-) (I like ducks, but...not those)