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South Barrington, IL - Certified McMansion™
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I sort of love it. It's like a baby bird, ugly in a naked pink funny way while making completely terrible decisions, and you can't help but find it pitifully endearing.
The people who made this had no taste or design skills, the whole place looks like it's having an identity crisis. And no amount of the most expensive fittings and materials in the catalogue is going to conceal that cheap construction.
I am hypnotised by the paint effect walls and completely clashing furniture, fittings and lights. Just really bizarre choices all around, you think you've got their themes figured out and then suddenly there's a green marble fireplace or partially brass bathroom partitions or suddenly the cornice just stops.
The living room even has that typical American arched doorway
And yet the one right next to it... doesn't. There is just nothing that matches anything else, it's impressive in its own way.