Home'scool Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Some of the pictures literally make my eyes hurt. http://www.realtor.com/realestateandhomes-detail/4923-Kessler-Boulevard-East-Dr_Indianapolis_IN_46220_M30524-17992#photo8 Edited August 25, 2017 by Home'scool 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 The compass rose on the floor. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawyer&Mom Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wow. So many different kinds of wrong all at once. How does mid century ski lodge and baroque fairytale exist in the same house? 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Oh, it can't be that bad, let's see...*clicks link*........MY EYES! MY EYES! 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QueenCat Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertstrawberry5 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Know when to say when. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Ok, I see the theme: Downstairs: Bag End circa 1980 Upstairs: Minas Tirith Kitchen: Edoras I love it. I want that house. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 It was owned by a former pimp who decided to get into construction after he left "the business". I'm not kidding! 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JIN MOUSA Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I have so many questions ... 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertstrawberry5 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It was owned by a former pimp who decided to get into construction after he left "the business". I'm not kidding! Klassy. More money than taste, yo. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrichor Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I stopped going through them around pic number 30. Then I read the comments here. Then I saw pic #33. I don't understand how that room goes in the same house as, say, pic #9. :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melbotoast Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 What on earth?! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Hey! You have some nerve posting pictures of my house! :glare: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: Wow, that's beyond hideous. And it wasn't even cheap hideous or the kind of hideous you can paint over. Yikes. :eek: 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb_ Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It takes a lot of money to realize that much bad taste :lol: 23 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wabi Sabi Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Ha. I knew what house it was going to be before I even clicked on the link. I grew up in Indianapolis and have driven by this place many times. It really is awful! Goes to show how money can't buy good taste... Edited August 25, 2017 by Wabi Sabi 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted August 25, 2017 Author Share Posted August 25, 2017 I just keep picturing a snowy, blustery day and trying to be in that house and be warm and cozy. I don't think you could. Its so COLD! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monica_in_Switzerland Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 As hideous as it is, I'll bet the architects and interior designers had SO MUCH FUN doing that house. I can imagine the dinner time conversations every night, "Honey, you won't believe what he wants now. Lion's heads!" 21 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 In pictures 34-36, is the ceiling... Stone...? Like, weird, protruding, white pebbles? "This house needs some stone. No, some more. NO, MORE!!!" 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonesinIndiana Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It was owned by a former pimp who decided to get into construction after he left "the business". I'm not kidding! Ok, that explains the "gentlemen's club" decor. 😳 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) I love the realtor's description. "Impossible to replicate" is right. Oh, my. ETA: Really hoping the house doesn't belong to someone on this board! Edited August 25, 2017 by Reluctant Homeschooler 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bibiche Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I'm trypophobic, so I couldn't get past a few pictures. The few I saw literally sickened me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ailaena Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 "Not the same types of stone, you fools! Different types! In every room!" 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It takes a lot of money to realize that much bad taste :lol: Yes, and now there is probably no marble left in Indiana for any of the other houses. They used it all up on this one place. ;) It must have cost an absolute fortune to build that house. It's scary to think someone probably thought it was the epitome of elegance and class. :eek: 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I am fascinated! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I love the realtor's description. "Impossible to replicate" is right. Oh, my. ETA: Really hoping the house doesn't belong to someone on this board! I'll bet it took the realtor quite a while to figure out how to phrase that description! All I know is that if they ever have an open house there, I want to go! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK_Mom4 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 ..... I liked the decor. I found the strange angles and surfaces oddly soothing and the colors were pretty. I like lions and rocks. Fortunately for the rest of the world, my DH has more conventional tastes than I do. :leaving: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It's like a bazaar showroom. "Here are ALL the different kinds of windows. Here are ALL the different kinds of rocks. Want a weird ceiling? These are ALL the choices. Need pillars? Here's how you can put them in EVERY room. Now, come outside and view our statue selections." 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valley Girl Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I'll bet it took the realtor quite a while to figure out how to phrase that description! All I know is that if they ever have an open house there, I want to go! Road trip! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It takes a lot of money to realize that much bad taste :lol: I know right? He made all his whack dreams come true. I'm usually a fan of people customizing their residence, but it's not even to code! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hopskipjump Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Oh myyyyyyyyy. :eek: My eyes are fatigued from that experience. Why is there random office furniture in the "living room" spaces? Why (what looks to be) outdoor wicker furniture in bedrooms? Why so many beds in all the rooms? (although, reading the previous owner's former career... maybe that 'splains it?) What happened to the third lion in photo 23? Who got angry and took him out? So many questions. I don't think the photographer did them any favors. The photoshop is heavy with the sharpening tools. If there ever was a house that needed a softer focus --- this is it. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 As hideous as it is, I'll bet the architects and interior designers had SO MUCH FUN doing that house. I can imagine the dinner time conversations every night, "Honey, you won't believe what he wants now. Lion's heads!" My dh is an architects. They call that "Owner Driven Design" 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 It's like a bazaar showroom. "Here are ALL the different kinds of windows. Here are ALL the different kinds of rocks. Want a weird ceiling? These are ALL the choices. Need pillars? Here's how you can put them in EVERY room. Now, come outside and view our statue selections." :lol: :lol: :lol: Yes!!! Maybe they could turn it into a museum. Architecture and design students could travel there from all over the world to see what never to do when they design a house. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gardenmom5 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Was it a brothel? 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arctic Bunny Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I just couldn't sleep in that first bedroom. Just looking at it makes me feel like the ceiling would collapse on me. If ever a house needed 18' ceilings to pull off the architecture, this is it. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 My dh is an architects. They call that "Owner Driven Design" "I swear, the owner made me do it!" That's such a nice, polite way to say, "Don't blame me; it wasn't my fault!" ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emba Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 From the outside, it is odd, though I kind of like that ewok village thing going on in the back. But the kitchen...there are no words for those cabinets. I wouldn't be able too cook there. And all the bedrooms seem to be tile. What do they have against warm feet in the morning. Its sadistic. And the ceilings, like some kind of cave. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 ..... I liked the decor. I found the strange angles and surfaces oddly soothing and the colors were pretty. I like lions and rocks. Fortunately for the rest of the world, my DH has more conventional tastes than I do. :leaving: I LOVE that you own this. We need more people like you so that we don't all have identical granite/stainless/boring kitchens and hardwood floors everywhere. 16 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 The fireplace area near the beginning reminds me of one of those "cat condos". It would be horrific to clean. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KungFuPanda Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 From the outside, it is odd, though I kind of like that ewok village thing going on in the back. But the kitchen...there are no words for those cabinets. I wouldn't be able too cook there. And all the bedrooms seem to be tile. What do they have against warm feet in the morning. Its sadistic. And the ceilings, like some kind of cave. She said "Ewok Village!" I'm dying. I was thinking New Money Hobbit. 25 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MercyA Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) Wowza. I was guessing maybe Mafia or drug connections, but former pimp also makes sense. :) "Personality plus" is right! To each his own. The pool is pretty. Edited August 25, 2017 by MercyA 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mellifera33 Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I was thinking New Money Hobbit. A combination of words I never expected to see. But so fitting. I have to say, I love the fountain that's either singing dolphins or happy badgers emerging from their burrows. It's hard to tell. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I love the realtor's description. "Impossible to replicate" is right. Oh, my. "Personality plus" 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andromeda Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 (edited) At first glance it looked like something out of a cartoon or a fantasy movie or something. Then “Curiouser and curiouser!†Cried Alice (she was so much surprised, that for the moment she quite forgot how to speak good English).†― Lewis Carroll, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass Aren't staircases required to have railings by some code or something? And why does one bedroom have two giant beds facing each other? Wait, no, I don't want to know. And the room with mirrored walls? Edited August 25, 2017 by RosemaryAndThyme 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luuknam Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 And all the bedrooms seem to be tile. What do they have against warm feet in the morning. Its sadistic. I don't know if this house has it, but you can get heated tile floors. So, they still *look* cold, but they can actually be nice and warm. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
historically accurate Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Are all the random circles on the ceiling pot lights? If so, that thing will glow like runway lights at night... Is there a window halfway behind the fireplace in picture 9? And bedrooms with 10+ windows - apparently, the owner was not into sleeping in (four have partial shutters and one(!) has a sheer curtain though)? And finally, I could totally see my children perched on the columns overlooking the death trap of a foyer staircase. Of course, there is some little black round things on those (uplights??) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Jim Carey, playing the Joker:"Was that over the top? I never can tell." 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HS Mom in NC Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 I figured it out! The overall theme is...villain lairs. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catwoman Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Oh gosh! Maybe there's a pimp among the WTM boardies... alright, out yourself. Who is it? Who's the pimp?!? 😱🤣🤣🤣 I'm thinking no one here will own up to being a pimp. Does anyone on the forum refer to herself as some sort of "intimacy facilitator?" ;) 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GailV Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Well, that was all really extra. Dd was fascinated by the lack of doors, while I was stuck on all the hard surfaces. Doesn't it look like it would be a LOUD place to live, with nothing to block the sound? I kept thinking about dog toenails clicking all the way through the house. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechWife Posted August 25, 2017 Share Posted August 25, 2017 Some of those ceilings look like fungus. I couldn't really look at the rooms because I kept staring at the ceilings. Dare I try to take another look? 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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