I don’t know if you’ve seen Moving Up, but you have couple A, couple B, and couple C. Couple A buys couple B’s house, and couple B buys couple C’s house. Everybody plays ring around the houses, redecorates, then couple C comes back to see what it looks like now that couple B owns it, and couple B comes back to see what it looks like now that couple A owns it. Anyway.
There was just an episode on, and one couple bought a big Victorian–a real Victorian, not a pseudo-Victorian, and Victorian in every detail, exterior and interior. You know, flocked wallpaper, heavy curtains, stained glass windows. Victorian everywhere. Sure, it was a bit much for me–too damned many flowers everywhere, and too damned much foo-foo, but that’s Victorian. So the couple who bought it moved in, and turned it into a contemporary interior.
And I have to ask: Why buy a Victorian if you don’t like Victorian?
At least they left the big, stained glass front door.
