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Tacky With a Capital T – Tacky is The New Ugly

by Blake Zoolender

Dayton, Ohio.  The pictures tell the story.  Good grief.

tacky ugly décor wallpaper lamps poor home staging Dayton Ohio house photo

Dining in style.

tacky ugly décor wallpaper dining room poor home staging Dayton Ohio house photo

Speechless.

tacky ugly dresser décor bedroom stuffed animals poor home staging Dayton Ohio house

The Jungle House In Swarthmore, Pennsylvania

This Swarthmore, Pennsylvania home is so over the top that it’s at the bottom again.  Look at all the stuff piled up around the fireplace?

ugly tacky overdone home decorations décor fireplace Swarthmore Pennsylvania house

There’s a banana tree painted on the wall.  In fact, the entire wall is painted to look like a block wall with arches.  Plastic covered sofa!

ugly tacky overdone home decorations décor banana tree Swarthmore Pennsylvania house

Monkey see, monkey do in the master bedroom.

chimp monkey jungle design ugly tacky décor wall mural Swarthmore Pennsylvania house

The dining room?

blue paint dining room ugly tacky décor Swarthmore Pennsylvania house

Busy looking kitchen.  How will buyers react to this house?  They’ll leave with headaches.

cluttered kitchen ugly tacky décor Swarthmore Pennsylvania house home real estate

Wisconsin Cheese

Milwaukee, Wisconsin home filled with cheesy décor, taxidermy deer head, ugly flooring, & a clash of patterns.

tacky cheesy ugly décor bedroom taxidermy deer head Milwaukee Wisconsin home house

Those curtains!  That bedspread!  That floor!

tacky ugly décor bedroom curtains drapes bedspread floor Milwaukee Wisconsin home house

Overly Grand In Casa Grande, Arizona

More over-the-top home décor in a Casa Grande, Arizona home.  Tea-stained walls.  French country chic with requisite rooster.  Yuk.

over-the-top décor French country chic poor home staging Casa Grande Arizona house

Words like brocade, tromp l’oeil, fleur de lis, olde world charm, etc. get used a lot to fluff up room descriptions.

over-the-top décor French country chic poor home staging Casa Grande Arizona house

Just shoot me.

over-the-top décor French country chic poor home staging Casa Grande Arizona house

They might bolster this room’s appeal to more buyers by toning down the French whore house look.

over-the-top décor French country chic poor home staging Casa Grande Arizona house

[Disclaimer:  Opinions are like belly buttons; everyone’s got one.  Except for Kyle XY.]

World’s Largest Louis Vuitton Purse

Where are the purse straps?!!  A home reportedly in Mexicali, Mexico.  It’s highly doubtful the Louis Vuitton design is authentic.

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Southwest Décor Overload

Someone got bit by a rabid howling coyote while eating rotten red chili peppers and then infected this 1996 Phoenix home with Southwest décor.  This wasn’t even the style in 1996.  They must have brought it with them when they moved in.  And specially ordered the aqua blue carpet.

Southwest décor interior design decorations aqua blue carpet tacky outdated Phoenix home

Same room, different angle.  They put the table up on styrofoam blocks to protect the precious blue carpet.

Southwest décor interior design decorations aqua blue carpet tacky outdated Phoenix home

Blue carpet is all over the house.

Southwest décor interior design decorations aqua blue carpet tacky outdated Phoenix home

Even the master bedroom is infected with blue carpet.

Southwest décor interior design decorations aqua blue carpet tacky outdated Phoenix home

Chunky blue tile counters in the kitchen is very 1980s, not 1996.

Southwest décor interior design decorations blue tile counters tacky outdated Phoenix home

Giddyup, Cowboy!

Southwest décor bathroom sponge paint tacky outdated Phoenix home house

Who Dey!

I’m not sure the meaning behind the phrase “Who Dey!” but it must have something to do with the perennially awful Cincinnati Bengals football team.  As in ”who are they? have they ever had a winning season?”  This is the main photo for a Queen Creek, Arizona home.  Honestly, it was the best photo they had of the home.  It kinda got first position by default.

Cincinnati Bengal football fan cluttered family room Queen Creek Arizona home house

The living room features kid’s toys, bright yellow walls, and a used Kleenex.

cluttered living room poor home staging kid's toys Queen Creek Arizona home house

The master bedroom with an Asian theme.

bright red Asian theme master bedroom ugly Queen Creek Arizona home house

The owner is walking up the stairs to the loft.  He’s holding a list of items he wants to buy on eBay.  He collects sci-fi dolls, it seems.  NIB!!  NIB!!

cluttered loft sci-fi toys dolls collection drum set Queen Creek Arizona home house

Liberace’s Home In Palm Springs?

Ultra-tacky, over-the-top, gaudy, wacky, bizarre home in Palm Springs, California.  Built-in 1965 and owned by someone with questionable taste.  You won’t believe your eyes.  [disclaimer:  this blog is not responsible for nightmares, flashbacks, or other mental trauma resulting from viewing these photos.]

Let’s first hang out at the wet bar/lounge.  It looks like an old casino.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Family room with ugly couches and a full wall of mirrors.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Original and now outdated kitchen.  Check out the velvet & wood window blinds!

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

One of several bedrooms with padded headboards.  Chartreuse is such a pretty color.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

The red room.  How many lines of coke were sniffed from that coffee table?

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Very unique candelabras flanking the fireplace.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Everything’s red or orange.  It’s like a vampire hang-out.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Gaudy bathroom with sunken Roman tub, pink carpet, pink velour wallpaper, & orange drapes.  Look how high the back is on the make-up chair!

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

The formal dining room.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

A game room for playing poker?  Pink velour swivel chairs!  A scale on the table for weighing out pills and cocaine?

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

A very pink vanity area for putting on make-up and perfume.  Chanel No. 5, anyone?

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

And finally, another delightful bedroom.  Sweet dreams.

tacky wacky over-the-top ugly bizarre crazy psychedelic bad décor Palm Springs home house

Tacky Las Vegas Casino Décor In Phoenix

Oh good grief.  What the heck were these people thinking?!!  Tacky Las Vegas casino carpet.  People can actually buy that carpet??!!  Acid bright paint colors and ugly wallpaper border.  The bedroom’s radioactive.

tacky ugly Las Vegas casino carpet bright wall paint colors bad MLS photos Phoenix

The very orange family room with more ugly Vegas carpet.

tacky ugly Las Vegas casino carpet bright wall paint colors bad MLS photos Phoenix

More ugly orange paint and ugly floor tile in the kitchen.  Orange you glad you didn’t buy this house?

tacky ugly floor tile kitchen bright wall paint colors bad MLS photos Phoenix home house

Too Much Frou-Frou In New York

When is too much too much?  When it looks like this home in central New York state.  Enough with the flowery wallpaper!

flowery wallpaper kitchen ugly tacky décor shabby chic New York home house

How many pillows does someone need?  One head = one pillow.

nine pillows flowery bedspread wallpaper bedroom ugly tacky décor New York home house

Ugly flowery couches.  Flowery wallpaper border.  At least the lace curtains don’t have flowers on them.

ugly flowery couch sofa wallpaper border lace curtains tacky décor New York home house

More flowery couches in the sunroom.  And flowery curtains.

ugly flowery couch sofa curtains sunroom tacky décor New York home house

Let’s put a big TV in front of the window to block the view of the yard.

ugly flowery curtains sunroom big widescreen TV tacky décor New York home house

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