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Escape to the Country (2002)
A Joy to View
I live in the beautiful Finger Lakes Region of Central New York State....semi retired after 35 years in DC. We live on one of the cleanest lakes in the world, Skaneateles. I enjoy Escape to the Country so much! We love Jules and Nikki. The many thousands of available country homes is amazing....they are so charming. Love the architecture, gardens, history and small towns. BUT, having represented many English furniture lines in DC, I am astounded by the lack of traditional furniture ; lack of even tasteful modern interior design. I see horrid, over-scaled upholstery and dreadful window treatments. Does anyone hire a professional designer? I gasp when i see the dreadful wallpaper. There are so many fabulous wallpaper patterns today. If the sellers want to actually sell, they need to work on the interior design . Most buyers have no imagination. The few tasteful interiors shown seem to intimidate the buyers. The prospective buyers are painfully dull for the most part. No comments that deviate from the usual, trite statements...."it ticks the boxes"; "large kitchen diner"; "bright and airy"; "not what i expected"; "room for veggie patch ". I didn't know Brits could be so dull! When presented with a stunning house, there is virtually no enthusiasm....just a few "OK"s and "uhuh"s. Why do most of them need a huge kitchen? You'd need roller skates to move from one end to the other.