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Love,love,love this series ! Cannot wait until season 2!
I may have a crush on the dad!

I do love a bit of house porn!

I'm having flashback to the time I stayed in a 15th-century apartment on the Seine right by Pont Neuf a couple of years ago. So stunning.
 
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I may have a crush on the dad!

I do love a bit of house porn!

I'm having flashback to the time I stayed in a 15th-century apartment on the Seine right by Pont Neuf a couple of years ago. So stunning.
I would love to stay on a houseboat on the Seine near the Eiffel Tower. That would be my dream holiday.
 
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Amazing to see just how amateur the renovation work is at Lalande ... having splashed out €4,000 on wallpaper for the "entry hall", she didn't even use a raking light to hang it correctly ...
It's like putting caviar atop boxed Kraft dinner.
 
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Anna of Balmain fame could do with learn how to pronounce her -ing suffixes.

Her nasally whine is bad enough when she pronounces stuff properly but this makes my skin crawl.

Also, is Phillip’s mother actually called Hildegaart or does Anna struggle with D’s as well?

Loving the kitchen design beg too. You want viewers to produce accurate drawings for you? Are you deluded?
 
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I don't mean to be indelicate or rude, but I can't work out if Jill from Christie's is pregnant or not. She looked fabulous in the pink dress in vlog but not pregnant. Any ideas? It's not like me to comment on bodies but I'm a bit fascinated with Jill.
She doesn't look pregnant in this pink dress, but I thought we saw her in something black and white some place and she looked very pregnant ... unless that was an older IG photo or something.
 
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She was probably doing some hair dressing work, so sent Dad away with the boys.
Or maybe since he was gone to London the prior weekend , Annalise got a girls day off.
I hope that is the case because I like those two together. Lovely family.
I asked if I could adopt him as my fourth son...but if he was, I would tell him to be more sweetly attentive to Annalise. Maybe he already is in their private life.
 
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God speed and we are here for you if you need support (I'm nominating Sir Snortsalot as your support squirrel).
Ok, I took one for the team and watched the “Rooftop” video! We’ve seen it before…nothing new. MPK had already covered the roof in one of his earliest videos. And more footage of the Starlink cables and router…again, nothing new. He opened a gift box sent by a fan…rabbit Spode. The best part of the entire video is when MPK said he’d “like a nice dong every hour, especially at midnight”!!! at approximately the 14:44 mark! 😆

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I would ask Michael for his evidence. A series of drawings based on a design which was originally Victorian and part of a brief, doesn't count as evidence that he was swindled out of rights and monies. If I draw a design as part of a contract, I don't own the end product.
In this day and age he really should get proper evidence that stands up in a court of law. He's a whiny little mummy's boy. She has to go on social media to continue bad mouthing the Strawbridges. Mammy wrote a post so it must be true...sob!
agree-Michael Petherick showing tracing paper with his scribbles was not persuasive that he created a damn thing-we have seen Angel’s design aesthetic (yes not everyone’s cup of tea) and clearly she had a great deal of input into those designs-MPK has yet to show us any original art work-just copies copies copies (see his Beatrix Potter series)-his mother does what mother’s do-defend their very weak young ones (especially when they have no clue about art and design)
 
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Ok, I took one for the team and watched the “Rooftop” video! We’ve seen it before…nothing new. MPK had already covered the roof in one of his earliest videos. And more footage of the Starlink cables and router…again, nothing new. He opened a gift box sent by a fan…rabbit Spode. The best part of the entire video is when MPK said he’d “like a nice dong every hour, especially at midnight”!!! at approximately the 14:44 mark! 😆
The front hall is a major drop zone! Needs a tidy again! MP was noticing all kinds of things that need done on the "castle" (seems they are using that word more often lately in their titles, why is that?) and mentioning them to Billy, who seems very aware of it all. Other than that and the "dong", not much there.
 
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I just watched SJ's Vignette #3 video- which should be titled "A Christie's Hot Mess." Where to even begin: I will start with the positive- the outfit SJ was wearing whilst filming back at the shitoo was nice- she looked more professional, and green is a flattering colour for her. SJ- we know you read the Tattle, so please ditch the yellows (just because it is your favorite colour doesn't mean it looks good on you), whites, beiges and blushes because they wash you out. I am also digging the palm tree wallpaper (you can judge me, Tattle-verse- I've got thick skin! I'm a T Rex!) Now onto the WTF- first, SJ was playing the role of "French Chatelaine"- so why the obsession with the obviously NOT French Royal Copenhagen Danica collection? And the Stonehenge owner's ice bucket? The absolute worst (IMHO) of all of the lot- pink candles?! (Where on earth did she even find these monstrosities?) Mismatched chairs. A garden lattice sage coloured wallpaper with a Ikat pattern hot pink tablecloth? (I had to do a double-take, as Jill's dress initially appeared to be of the same material.) There was too much going on- there was nothing refined nor elegant about this. I am assuming the dinnerware (which, with her cooing, fawning over, and "maybe, someday we can have this at LaLande" (wink wink, looking at you Cadeaux viewers) was the inspiration for her vignette, but their prominence was lost amidst a busy tablecloth (Frey or not, it had no place on the table), brothel candles, and too many other random things thrown in there. All that was missing was a taxidermied squirrel as the centerpiece.
 
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I didn’t write that first paragraph. I should have made that clearer, but it formatted that way when I quoted the other persons post for some reason. ia with your assessment of the MPs, strawbridge situation. 👍
i ❤ mr. strawbridge’s directness-I don’t have time for other people’s sh*t either
 
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i ❤ mr. strawbridge’s directness-I don’t have time for other people’s sh*t either
Agreed! I know Dick is considered prickly by most, but he calls it as he sees it.

Or maybe since he was gone to London the prior weekend , Annalise got a girls day off.
I hope that is the case because I like those two together. Lovely family.
I asked if I could adopt him as my fourth son...but if he was, I would tell him to be more sweetly attentive to Annalise. Maybe he already is in their private life.
They are, indeed, a lovely family. The boys are absolutely adorable, and so incredibly well-mannered! I don't think there is any trouble in paradise with Dan and Annalise, as they seem to be a great team.
 
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The front hall is a major drop zone! Needs a tidy again! MP was noticing all kinds of things that need done on the "castle" (seems they are using that word more often lately in their titles, why is that?) and mentioning them to Billy, who seems very aware of it all. Other than that and the "dong", not much there.
The music at the end of the “Rooftop” video made me think I was watching a Hollywood epic film…like “The Ten Commandments” or something! I think it was a bit too much for Begmania…can we say overkill?
 
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I just watched SJ's Vignette #3 video- .... I am also digging the palm tree wallpaper (you can judge me, Tattle-verse- I've got thick skin!

The absolute worst (IMHO) of all of the lot- pink candles?! (Where on earth did she even find these monstrosities?)

All that was missing was a taxidermied squirrel as the centerpiece.
Yes! I too like the palm tree wallpaper! And I think the patterns she has with it when she's filming herself here are really nice. I like PJs chair with it.

Those pink candles ... I hate them so much. They are so so dated, like from the 1980s or 90s! yuck

PJ should have brought along one of his Edd squirrels!! Can you imagine one of those in a Christie's vignette?!!!
 
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The music at the end of the “Rooftop” video made me think I was watching a Hollywood epic film…like “The Ten Commandments” or something! I think it was a bit too much for Begmania…can we say overkill?
It definitely was over the top. While I did enjoy the spires and other architectural detail, Teabag has an uncanny knack for making a video dull and unexciting. I should probably watch these prior to going to bed- it's probably more effective than Ambien. The bloke does actually have some talent (I have to give him credit for the painting he did at LaLande that made the walls look like panels in one of the guest rooms back in the day)- why can he not tap into this and just film himself doing something creative instead? It'd be far more interesting than him flying a drone, filming other people who are actually doing work, and making his passive aggressive remarks about what needs to be done. It's time this clown earned his keep.
 
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I just watched SJ's Vignette #3 video- which should be titled "A Christie's Hot Mess." Where to even begin: I will start with the positive- the outfit SJ was wearing whilst filming back at the shitoo was nice- she looked more professional, and green is a flattering colour for her. SJ- we know you read the Tattle, so please ditch the yellows (just because it is your favorite colour doesn't mean it looks good on you), whites, beiges and blushes because they wash you out. I am also digging the palm tree wallpaper (you can judge me, Tattle-verse- I've got thick skin! I'm a T Rex!) Now onto the WTF- first, SJ was playing the role of "French Chatelaine"- so why the obsession with the obviously NOT French Royal Copenhagen Danica collection? And the Stonehenge owner's ice bucket? The absolute worst (IMHO) of all of the lot- pink candles?! (Where on earth did she even find these monstrosities?) Mismatched chairs. A garden lattice sage coloured wallpaper with a Ikat pattern hot pink tablecloth? (I had to do a double-take, as Jill's dress initially appeared to be of the same material.) There was too much going on- there was nothing refined nor elegant about this. I am assuming the dinnerware (which, with her cooing, fawning over, and "maybe, someday we can have this at LaLande" (wink wink, looking at you Cadeaux viewers) was the inspiration for her vignette, but their prominence was lost amidst a busy tablecloth (Frey or not, it had no place on the table), brothel candles, and too many other random things thrown in there. All that was missing was a taxidermied squirrel as the centerpiece.
Busy is exactly right. I get having a love of beautiful things but that doesn’t mean they do well all in the same space together. I can’t even ‘see’ what she used because every piece is screaming over the other. Negative space and neutral or solid back drops go a long way. I used to do flower arranging for a landscaper and he would always take 1/3 of my flowers out because it was too crowded visually. That’s how I feel looking at the vignettes. I want to remove some of it.
 
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Yes! I too like the palm tree wallpaper! And I think the patterns she has with it when she's filming herself here are really nice. I like PJs chair with it.

Those pink candles ... I hate them so much. They are so so dated, like from the 1980s or 90s! yuck

PJ should have brought along one of his Edd squirrels!! Can you imagine one of those in a Christie's vignette?!!!
Those Edd squirrels were mangy AF! I think Anna was crying with relief (or laughter) to see them go! Thanks for making me chuckle at the thought of PJ showing up to Christie's with those in tow! "But, they are my PRECIOUS! I have been toting them around in my man-purse for a month!"

Busy is exactly right. I get having a love of beautiful things but that doesn’t mean they do well all in the same space together. I can’t even ‘see’ what she used because every piece is screaming over the other. Negative space and neutral or solid back drops go a long way. I used to do flower arranging for a landscaper and he would always take 1/3 of my flowers out because it was too crowded visually. That’s how I feel looking at the vignettes. I want to remove some of it.
While I am by no means an interior decorator, I like the minimalist approach to design. Showcase the beauty of grand possessions, and own it.
 
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Those pink candles ... I hate them so much. They are so so dated, like from the 1980s or 90s! yuck
I don’t think those candles were EVER in style…not even in the 80’s or 90’s! 😆 I guess I’m very traditional when it comes to candles on the dining room table…only white candles in the dining room for me.
 
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