Tasteful Friends: Gasp and Gawk at This Packed Arlington Tract Home's Store-Bought Art

I’d rather die than live in that house if horrors.

It seems very low hanging fruit to provoke satisfying gawking and snarking.

They are happy with it so good for them. That area of the US isn't know for sophistication.

Truly awful. It's hard to see any potential without being distracted by the decor. So many questions, Like why is there a patio dining set in the entry hall? Why would the listing broker highlight the rusty old shed and half full dirty old above ground pool? Why wasn't the makeshift closet in one bedroom dismantled temporarily for the photo shoot?

Nothing says "praise Him" like having the Rolling Stones poster right next to a cross.

How tacky.

Grandma was a road whore groupie back in the day.

Only a DLer would have a room dedicated to I Love Lucy.

It’s hideous, but in a very normal way. It doesn’t seem special enough to be here.

I’m getting the vibe that adult children are still living at home and selling the house is the only way that the widowed mom can get them out.

Shows well.

Texans’ obsession with Texas and living in Texas is so strange to me. I was born in Illinois, raised in Ohio, and now live in New York and the thought of displaying any of those state flags on the wall of my home is not one I would ever have. The TX flag isn’t even pleasant to look at.

A coworker got married and his wedding cake had a big Texas flag on it. I just stared, he smirked. Weird.

r11 I lived in New Mexico and it's the only state flag I'd be happy to display

[qu0te]You know that tacky pop culture shit they sell at Cracker Barrel and Hobby Lobby?

Why, no, OP, I don't. Why would you accuse me of familiarity with those places?

I just put that same flooring in my kitchen. Now I'm obviously going to have to tear it out.

Sigh.

R12, agree. That’s a good one.

That swamp of a pool, coupled with the rusty shed, really gives the place personality.

Isn't this where the fictional setting of King of the Hill was based on?

It's Boomhauer's house.

That house is a teardown, along with with everything in it.

I have a singing turkey from Cracker Barrel.

They couldn't make up their mind on the privacy film for the windows so they bought one of each?

[quote]They are happy with it so good for them.

They're selling it, Miss Pollyanna. They're not that happy with it.

[quote]Miss Pollyanna

Marry me, r21

This is the same type of crap that was being sold at the Murdaugh Estate auction.

They're keeping out their share of Mexican Vampires.

Lots of personality!

R22

I never thought I'd say this, but at $279K it seems to be a bit ambitious in it's pricing

Love the ad hoc “patio”. Shouldn’t there be a still there?

The above-ground pool really ties it all together.

The under 7 foot ceilings lend a welcome cozy feeling.

Every last thing there was bought at Marshall's (or the cheaper version of Marshall's).

The ceilings are too low to hang yourself!

Ya gotta wonder about people who feel the need to display so many reminders to laugh and love.

R33 twisted like some deranged Baby Jane shit

Good rental property. It's no fun making fun of poors' home decor. What options do they have? Commission local artists? Art galleries? No. They are not trying to impress us that is for damn sure. It's much more fun to make fun of rich people who have so many options at their fingertips yet still fuck it up.

R35 you can be poor and have good taste

As awful as it is, R35 is right. These people probably worked hard for this place and probably thought it was great. They bought what they could afford. It is more fun mocking the Trumps and Kardashians of the world who have money but zero taste.

Shannan and Chris Watts had one of those LIVE LAUGH LOVE wall plaques…every time I see one of them I remember that.

R36 Only if you are creative. Don't take creativity for granted. Not everyone has it.

[quote]Isn't this where the fictional setting of King of the Hill was based on?

No, that’s Garland.

It could be that the resident hausfrau started with one Live, Laugh, Love sign. Then maybe found another. Then one of her kids saw one and said, "Hey, Mama would love this!" and got it for her for Christmas and it snowballed. It's how my Grandma ended up with a collection of like 30 teapots that she never used but displayed on top of the kitchen cabinets.

Shithole.

Are all the crosses/crucifixes hanging there to ward off vampires?

It screams Trump supporter.

Even the pillow has a slogan.

R42 It's a wash. The crosses will repel vampires, but all that "I Love Lucy" tat will attract elderly homosexuals with cheap wine and smokers' laughs.

I know which ghoulish gang I'd rather have hanging around MY house!

Lots of crosses, Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Live Laugh Love....

Nicholas Fairford could shimmy the whole thing up with some antimacassars.

can anyone imagine having sex in this house

Who lives here do you think? A gay man or couple? A single man or woman? Lesbians? A family?

R47 get your own thread!

One awful house per thread, please!

op, sorry

Why would I look at the inside of a house that looks like that on its outside?

The one cross done in an American flag motif screams Christian Nationalist. My partner and I joke about stenciling Live, Laugh, Love around the house because we’re both dedicated misanthropes.

Of course it has an above ground pool.

Her agent did her a terrible disservice but not insisting that 75% of that crap be removed before pictures.

Obviously some religious nut lives there. Anytime I see people use crosses as decorative art all over the fucking house I know I'm dealing with a mental case.

R40 is quite correct about King of the Hill:

Arlen=Garland.

R8 my guess about the Lucy room…that’s the 30-year-old overweight gay son/computer geek’s “Man cave.”

Needs more crosses

It seems quite hip for Texas. When the neighbors drop in they probably say "Bless your heart."

Anyway, it looks clean though not very cozy.

Those pressboard cabinet things in the dining room make me want to cry.

I lived with some asshole for a very short time, who is catholic, and started nailing crosses all over the walls, when I was at work.

Obviously, that relationship didn’t last long.

It should be staged.

It might sell if it was staged.

[quote]It might sell if it was staged.

Who's to say it wasn't? This is Texas after all.

In the MidWest, that garage is usually converted into a family room with large windows facing the depressing driveway. The floors are always cold and you’re expected to take your shoes off when entering.

My goodness. It looks just like the house in which I always imagined by decomposed corpse would be found buried in the basement.

Worst broker in the world. This poor old lady is losing a ton of money

Their love of Lucy is the only redeeming factor.

[quote] It should be burned down. The land might sell if it was burned down.

There, fixed that for ya.

This is about the same price as that little Tudor Revival house in Peoria. That's insane, this is just some boring 1960s-era brick tract house. With paneling!

[quote]Love the ad hoc “patio”. Shouldn’t there be a still there?

Not in plain sight of the revenuers!

The living room furniture is ghastly, its just a different kind of ghastly to the rest.

The house itself is pretty meh but not offensive, at least its clean and neat, I've seen much worse for far bigger money. All cleared out of the previous owners stuff and with actual nice stuff in it it could be livable - not beautiful but tolerable

The neighborhood's not too bad. But give it ten years, and it'll be awful.