Ugly House Photos

You can almost hear the tinkling of the fountain.

Autumn time in a 1983 Sun Lakes, Arizona home.

The entrance to a laundry room.

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Save money on paint: use less on the roller brush.  [Decatur, Illinois]

Cover up old wallpaper with stenciled leaves and flowers.  [Martinsburg, West Virginia]

Go bold!  [Texas]

Use your imagination.  [Somerset, Kentucky]

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These animal murals might not be perfect, but none were killed in real life.

Giraffe with a very short neck and horse-like legs in Monroe, Michigan.

The eagle has landed in Saginaw, Michigan.

Dancing hippo, lion, zebra, and penguins in Anthem, Arizona.

A squirrel in a tree in Phoenix.

Cat stuck to a wall in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

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Landscape murals take you to other worlds.  From a mountain stream…

…to the woods…  (from a 1975 Mesa, Arizona home)

…or to the tropics.

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Amateur sponge paint was popular in the 1990s.  But it’s still around today.

Brown smears in a bathroom are never appealing.

Showroom quality?

It matches the carpet?

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The fireplace looks like a face.

This one looks evil!  Grrrrrrowl.

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Don’t forget to feed the dogs.  Or de-clutter the place before selling.

Stack your pillows in the corner.

Save everything.  You might need it someday.

It leaves quite an impression.

A room for improvement.

Vegetables.

Unfolded towels.

Kool-Aid Man!!!

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Not all sponge paint is ugly or badly applied.  This Phoenix bedroom is appealing.

Another view.

Sponge paint done in a Portland, Oregon home.  There are some inconsistencies but the colors are pleasing.

Sponge painted background with stars stenciled on top, as seen in a different Phoenix home.

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Ugh.  This trend of tying curtains in knots still shows up in real estate listings.  Make it stop.

Believe it or not, the knotted curtains look better than the ugly sponge paint and plastic flowers.

Dumb.

Ugly from both angles.

Why?  [Thank you, Mahler, for noticing the baby on the couch.  She covered her face in embarrassment.]

“Why knot?,” they reply.  Same room; different angle.

It’s spread to Gilbert, Arizona.

And now it’s showing up in Ulysses, Kansas.

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2013 is here!  Time for a fresh start.  New resolutions.  New goals.  New outlook on life.

We’d like to share some thoughts with you from several home sellers.

Impossible Is Nothing!!  Above it, it reads, “For what doth it profit man, if he gain the whole world and suffer the loss of his own soul.”  (Matthew 16:26) Thank you, parents, for lowering your profits by allowing your child to scribble on the walls and ceiling and then leaving it for the buyers.  [click to enlarge photo]  [Glendale, Arizona]

“Home is where your story begins.”  [Another Glendale, Arizona home]

“The most memorable days usually end with the dirtiest clothes.”  The kids put that up so mom wouldn’t complain!  [Phoenix]

“Love grows best in little houses.”  [Another pithy Phoenix seller]

“You have a heritage, Honor it.  You will meet temptation, Withstand it.  You possess a testimony, Share it.  You know the truth, Live it.”  You buy paint, you repaint the room.  [Phoenix]

“It’s all good.”  [Phoenix]

“Love begins in a moment, grows over time, and lasts for an eternity.”  Is the cat dead?  [Woodward, Oklahoma]

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