Imagine spending 15,000 dollars to not have a dishwasher. That kitchen is trash even if you don't account for the color scheme. I don't even see a way to plug in appliances.
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's perspective or the picture was taken with a weird lens but I'm pretty sure the cabinets are practically touching the counter.
Perhaps. I'm honestly not sure how this kitchen could have cost anywhere near 15 grand. The cabinets are all just repainted and the stove doesn't look particularly extravagant.
Yeah, at this point in time I basically just assume everything is fake until proven real.
And I've been around some of these house flippers, they love to brag in public about how much money and effort they're spending to renovate these houses but in private they always brag about how much money they're saving by cutting various corners and getting everything done on the cheap.
I found one local house for $70K that had a huge number of problems, like cracks and rust showing through the stucco exterior, broken fascia boards, upstairs that was only 6' high, stairway that came up into the upstairs bathroom etc. etc. (the house dated from around 1850 or so). I passed on it, but I was surprised to see that it sold just a few days later, and even more surprised when it was re-listed less than two months later for $195K. I went to see it again and it was a classic lipstick-on-a-pig flip: just grey paint and those nasty grey fake wood vinyl floor planks everywhere. I've never been so flat out offended by a flip before - and the thing sold almost immediately for the asking price. I feel sorry for the schmucks who bought that thing, although they probably turned around and sold it for $300K.
Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure that's the floor. If it was a countertop, it would only work to create the illusion of a floor from one specific angle, and I kinda doubt a house flipper would go to the length of building a countertop for that particular purpose. Yeah, a picture from that angle might help attract potential buyers, but it would be immediately visible when you come in for an inspection. I'm pretty sure there's more effective and less obvious ways to screw your buyers.
I don't think you can get purple marble? If you could, I can't imagine youd use it in a floor for a kitchen like this. It'd be for a counter used as an accent piece for a millionaire's mansion's 2nd kitchen.
Ah, I understood immediately how ugly it was. It’s my kind of ugly and I’d never tire of it, but I understand. Purple is a lot, especially such a bold purple.
For marketability, it's horrendous. While I'm open to dramatic, unique, and off the wall stuff it's still not my taste.
BUT! I would absolutely take advantage of the discount I'd get on the property after it's spent over a year on the market. I also wouldn't be in a rush to remodel, but would look for ways to highlight it till the novelty wore off.
Yeah, everyone has an ugly that speaks to us, purple veined marble is apparently one of mine. And that’s part of the beauty of people. Seeing this makes me more sympathetic to the people who love neon animal prints because I too have terrible taste in my own way.
My living room walls are purple but less intense than this and offset with blues and off-white. You have to be careful with purple. It gets overwhelming quick.
Pastel might have been too washed out with the purple in the (marble/quartz) rock but anything would be an improvement from this. It looks like the color you'd find at a McDonald's indoor slide.
I kind of like it too. When I was 12 my parents asked what colour I wanted my bedroom painted. "Purple." They painted it off-white. I'm over 70 now and still have never had a purple room. My kitchen is pale grey ffs.
Bro you’re 70, paint that shit whatever you want and when you die in that house it’s the next owners problem not yours. It’s not an investment at your stage like it is people in their 30s painting everything white or grey so they don’t offend future buyers.
I helped a lady your age pick out a color for a room in her house, and she ended up going for a very bright peach. She loved it so much she put it in every room in her house where she didn't have a color picked out.
If you aren't planning to sell in a year or two, I say pick something that makes you happy when you see it. Realtors might have a different favorite color in 5 years.
Honestly if the color would be less vibrant and more washed out, it'd look great. I love to the floor has purple accents as well that match the furniture
It's a definite no from me. The color scheme and that floor, just no. The stove sticking out, also a definite no.
All the cupboards also seem abnormally shallow to me, as if large plates would not be able to fit in the hanging cupboards. But maybe my perspective is confused because of a larger stove than I'm used to.
For me, that entire kitchen would have to be replaced after buying. We don't know what corners this house flipper cut though, I would not trust this place to be done well.
I would argue that there is many ways to preserve wider appeal w.o. it having to be boring.
Heck even in this kitchen if all that was wrong was the paint job, you can fix that in a weekend.
But it is the floor and working top, the shape of the cabinets, the poor tiling and walls, the mismatch of the cabinets and stove, the lack of appliance space, the lack of windows...
Well, if you have a house to sell in a prime area, there's no need to put in an outrageous kitchen like that in order to attract buyers. The only reason you'd need to do that is if your house ISN'T.
I love purple or other weird colors/ features in houses. It means I can get the property with less competition as most buyers are afraid of basic renovations.
My house had shitty purple walls and weird space age looking chrome light fixtures everywhere. Took me a while two days after closing to paint and replace it all. I was the only person who had put an offer in.
If you're gonna go for the unusual, you have to fully commit to it. Don't stop halfway, because it's gonna be cringe. But if you go all the way, they will call it art, and they'll pay you multiple times over what you paid for it.
With art, there is an inverse relationship between the number of people who will buy it and how much they'll pay for it.
Art everyone wants is cheap, niche art is expensive.
If you go full send, you can charge more if the stars align and you can find a buyer.
Well, to bring it back to the OP, the problem here is they clearly didn't go full send. It's definitely tacky, but not tacky enough. How about some gold fixtures and doorknobs? What's up with that hideous tiling behind the stove? Why is there a regular old ceiling light and not a friggin' Svarovski chandelier? Spend another 15 grand on those and you might find someone who's willing (and high enough) to pay you 20% over ask.
What I'm saying is that it's a tradeoff. The fuller the send, the harder it is to find a buyer, but the more they'll pay.
Conversely, the emptier(???) the send, the more buyers will be interested, but the less you can charge.
I think going tackier would let them charge more if they found a buyer, but it would make it even less likely to find a buyer. This is already a full enough send the they're struggling to find anyone interested, send it any harder and there would be no chance.
Yes, but that sorta implies that it's a linear relationship, which it likely isn't.
I'm thinking it's probably more like the uncanny valley, with a trough in the middle where your send is neither full enough nor standard enough to find ANY buyers at all. Then again, there were quite a few commenters here who said they love it so perhaps I'm wrong about that.
We're both just speculating here. I'd be interested if anyone has done any studies on this, I doubt it. Not really something useful for society.
I was basing my speculation off of the very little I've learned about the sale of art (paintings, etc) where art with a broad appeal doesn't go for much, but niche art will sell for much more if you can find a buyer. But I'm sure there are depths to that of which I'm completely unaware, and I'm sure it can't just be applied to home renos just like that. I just get a gut feeling that there are some parallels.
Well, yes. The Wikipedia article I linked does indeed say that this is a hypothesis, which means it hasn't been conclusively proven yet. But it does also list a number of reasons that lead to this hypothesis being proposed, and there's a long-ish paragraph on the research that has been done on it. But yes, as long as it's a hypothesis, it's still in the realm of speculation.
It seems however that your experience does somewhat back that up, judging by the "if you can find a buyer". Basically, what I'm saying is, that if depends on or determines whether an artwork falls into the uncanny valley. If you can find one, it was on the other side of it. If you can't, then it was in it.
Basically, picture the graph from that article, but instead of "human likeness", we label the x-axis "artistic appeal", and the y-axis "amount sold for". Get rid of the dotted line, and on the solid line we replace "stuffed animal" with "broad appeal" and "corpse" with "niche appeal that doesn't sell", and the far end of it we label "niche appeal that DOES sell" and place it much higher up, to where "healthy person" is. Hope that makes sense.
There's no such thing as bad or good taste, when it's limited to one's choices.
When you are calling your own taste good, or some other person's taste good just because, and make it something social - that'll always be bad taste.
Yeah, and market doesn't have anything to do with taste.
About the photo - if not for that horrible floor, I'd like it. Should have made it solid dark gray.
EDIT: LOL, I see a few people strongly disagree with the fact that it's really badtaste to pretend that taste is not subjective.
That's actually the only thing determining "bad" and "good" taste - when the thing's appearance clearly shows that the author thought their taste is "good" by association alone, like Disney Star Wars or maybe by imitating a style which is "good".
There are, of course, things like laws of composition and colors chosen etc, but these are still not objective and differ for various kinds of art.
112 Comments
Twattymctwatterson@lemmy.world · 120 pts · 2y
This is why you need a good friend who is not afraid to tell you you have bad taste lol.
smackjack@lemmy.world · 90 pts · 2y
Imagine spending 15,000 dollars to not have a dishwasher. That kitchen is trash even if you don't account for the color scheme. I don't even see a way to plug in appliances.
Demdaru@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 2y
There's a single double-socket outlet a little to the left of the sink! Good luck :3
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Probably not even GFCI lol
Anamnesis@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
Am I wrong or are the cabinets way too low? How would you even fit a dish rack with dishes on the counter?
lagomorphlecture@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 2y
I was wondering the same thing. Maybe it's perspective or the picture was taken with a weird lens but I'm pretty sure the cabinets are practically touching the counter.
charles@lemmy.world · 86 pts · 2y
Pretty sure the text in the image is satire
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 33 pts · 2y
Perhaps. I'm honestly not sure how this kitchen could have cost anywhere near 15 grand. The cabinets are all just repainted and the stove doesn't look particularly extravagant.
Maybe if the floor is real marble/granite?
DoYouNot@lemmy.world · 30 pts · 2y
Pretty sure it's poured resin or the like...
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 24 pts · 2y
Yeah, at this point in time I basically just assume everything is fake until proven real.
And I've been around some of these house flippers, they love to brag in public about how much money and effort they're spending to renovate these houses but in private they always brag about how much money they're saving by cutting various corners and getting everything done on the cheap.
someguy3@lemmy.ca · 12 pts · 2y
Fuck flippers.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
I found one local house for $70K that had a huge number of problems, like cracks and rust showing through the stucco exterior, broken fascia boards, upstairs that was only 6' high, stairway that came up into the upstairs bathroom etc. etc. (the house dated from around 1850 or so). I passed on it, but I was surprised to see that it sold just a few days later, and even more surprised when it was re-listed less than two months later for $195K. I went to see it again and it was a classic lipstick-on-a-pig flip: just grey paint and those nasty grey fake wood vinyl floor planks everywhere. I've never been so flat out offended by a flip before - and the thing sold almost immediately for the asking price. I feel sorry for the schmucks who bought that thing, although they probably turned around and sold it for $300K.
StraySojourner@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Lmfao oh fuck, I thought the floor was a countertop, like they were taking a pic from behind an island
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 3 pts · 2y
Yeah, no, I'm pretty sure that's the floor. If it was a countertop, it would only work to create the illusion of a floor from one specific angle, and I kinda doubt a house flipper would go to the length of building a countertop for that particular purpose. Yeah, a picture from that angle might help attract potential buyers, but it would be immediately visible when you come in for an inspection. I'm pretty sure there's more effective and less obvious ways to screw your buyers.
StraySojourner@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
No now that you've mentioned it it's definitely the floor I was just super confused at first.
jaybone@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
But it looks like the counters match the floor.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
I don't think you can get purple marble? If you could, I can't imagine youd use it in a floor for a kitchen like this. It'd be for a counter used as an accent piece for a millionaire's mansion's 2nd kitchen.
Dave@lemmy.nz · 4 pts · 2y
Yeah no house would stay on the market for over a year with the reason being something a buyer could fix with a few grand.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 53 pts · 2y
Ok but it’s hideous and I love it. I’m the one they’re trying to sell to apparently.
Scubus@sh.itjust.works · 10 pts · 2y
Fr, was super confused/surprised to see all the comments agreeing that it sucked. I saw it and immediately wanted it.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
Ah, I understood immediately how ugly it was. It’s my kind of ugly and I’d never tire of it, but I understand. Purple is a lot, especially such a bold purple.
Duranie@literature.cafe · 8 pts · 2y
For marketability, it's horrendous. While I'm open to dramatic, unique, and off the wall stuff it's still not my taste.
BUT! I would absolutely take advantage of the discount I'd get on the property after it's spent over a year on the market. I also wouldn't be in a rush to remodel, but would look for ways to highlight it till the novelty wore off.
captainlezbian@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
Yeah, everyone has an ugly that speaks to us, purple veined marble is apparently one of mine. And that’s part of the beauty of people. Seeing this makes me more sympathetic to the people who love neon animal prints because I too have terrible taste in my own way.
sleepmode@lemmy.world · 43 pts · 2y
Someone was really into Saints Row 2.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 2y
HerbalGamer@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
That's entirely the wrong kind of purple for that
SomethingBurger@jlai.lu · 4 pts · 2y
Milka purple would look 10x better.
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 2y
Rip idol ninja
ApathyTree@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 39 pts · 2y
I love purple but I would hate this kitchen.
My living room walls are purple but less intense than this and offset with blues and off-white. You have to be careful with purple. It gets overwhelming quick.
lol what a waste of money.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
Like it's kid's bubblegum grapetastic flavor purple. It's "look what it's done to the camera's white balance" purple.
Naja_Kaouthia@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 2y
Well they can always take solace in the fact that kitchen would be an interesting place to do mushrooms.
THE_MASTERMIND@feddit.ch · 4 pts · 2y
They were probably on some when they made the decision and maybe just coping now
RealFknNito@lemmy.world · 31 pts · 2y
Could have worked if the purple was SO MUCH DARKER but they went with probably the worst shade imaginable.
pearsaltchocolatebar@discuss.online · 15 pts · 2y
A pastel purple would have worked well too.
RealFknNito@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 2y
Pastel might have been too washed out with the purple in the (marble/quartz) rock but anything would be an improvement from this. It looks like the color you'd find at a McDonald's indoor slide.
Astronautical@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 2y
I was thinking a more toned down lavender would be good
tourist@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
fucken barney the dinosaur purple
weirdbeardgame@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
That or Baja Blast color. Hell coulda gone for the 90's taco bell color scheme and it'd be fine
winterayars@sh.itjust.works · 31 pts · 2y
Okay this is sick as fuck, though. I wouldn't pay for it but it's sweet.
cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works · 20 pts · 2y
Thcdenton@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 2y
On a tricked out countertop with purple accent stone
That’s not gonna sell your home
lowleveldata@programming.dev · 19 pts · 2y
I like it tho. Purple is a rare color.
MrsDoyle@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
I kind of like it too. When I was 12 my parents asked what colour I wanted my bedroom painted. "Purple." They painted it off-white. I'm over 70 now and still have never had a purple room. My kitchen is pale grey ffs.
Off to look at paint charts ....
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 11 pts · 2y
Do it. Do it now.
JJROKCZ@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Bro you’re 70, paint that shit whatever you want and when you die in that house it’s the next owners problem not yours. It’s not an investment at your stage like it is people in their 30s painting everything white or grey so they don’t offend future buyers.
MrsDoyle@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
The thing is though, I might want to sell before I die. I've got a good 20 years in me!
Natanael@slrpnk.net · 4 pts · 2y
We need pictures when it's done
celeste@kbin.social · 1 pts · 2y
I helped a lady your age pick out a color for a room in her house, and she ended up going for a very bright peach. She loved it so much she put it in every room in her house where she didn't have a color picked out.
If you aren't planning to sell in a year or two, I say pick something that makes you happy when you see it. Realtors might have a different favorite color in 5 years.
denast@lemm.ee · 19 pts · 2y
Honestly if the color would be less vibrant and more washed out, it'd look great. I love to the floor has purple accents as well that match the furniture
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world · 21 pts · 2y
Color corrected to the best of my abilities by eyeball with my phone. It still looks out of place but the original picture taken certainly didn't help
meliaesc@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I like it. Fill it with plants and it could be really cozy.
UsernameIsTooLon@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
You know what, you've changed my mind. I could totally see this being a bit more rustic and homey. Just depends on the color combo.
EvolvedTurtle@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
For me the biggest problem is the floor Like replace it with something more traditional and it might be alright
RagingRobot@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 2y
I like the purple but that's some cheap ass tile on the backsplash
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 13 pts · 2y
Yeah, like I said here, the problem isn't that they went too far, it's that they didn't go far enough.
If you're gonna go extravagant, don't stop halfway.
shinratdr@lemmy.ca · 9 pts · 2y
“I say your purple kitchen goes too far!”
“And I say your purple kitchen doesn’t go too far enough!”
AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml · 14 pts · 2y
Not sure about others but I like this color scheme
RunawayFixer@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 2y
It's a definite no from me. The color scheme and that floor, just no. The stove sticking out, also a definite no.
All the cupboards also seem abnormally shallow to me, as if large plates would not be able to fit in the hanging cupboards. But maybe my perspective is confused because of a larger stove than I'm used to.
For me, that entire kitchen would have to be replaced after buying. We don't know what corners this house flipper cut though, I would not trust this place to be done well.
Goodie@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
I could... survive this layout.
But when selling a house, you want to appeal to as many as possible. And this kitchen does not have wide appeal.
callouscomic@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 2y
And that need for wide appeal makes every house boring.
tryptaminev@feddit.de · 5 pts · 2y
I would argue that there is many ways to preserve wider appeal w.o. it having to be boring.
Heck even in this kitchen if all that was wrong was the paint job, you can fix that in a weekend.
But it is the floor and working top, the shape of the cabinets, the poor tiling and walls, the mismatch of the cabinets and stove, the lack of appliance space, the lack of windows...
Goodie@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
You can, but it requires more skill and more effort.
Skill and effort are often in high demand and low supply.
stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 2y
Pyr_Pressure@lemmy.ca · 14 pts · 2y
Lol I could probably get that kitchen for like $8000. Who the fuck did they hire?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 33 pts · 2y
A clowntractor
AstralPath@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y
Maybe $15k dollarydoos?
AnAngryAlpaca@feddit.de · 3 pts · 2y
Well clearly someone who is colorblind...
rusticus@lemm.ee · 13 pts · 2y
It was the highlight of the flip. Just not for the reasons you thought.
ChickenLadyLovesLife@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
I think OP meant to say "highlight marker".
samus12345@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y
I'm always curious whether or not these posts are true and it looks like the purple kitchen is real, but the content of the text is not.
RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 2y
Aubergine... the perfect color for a kitchen. Who doesn't like eggplants?
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
Yo dawg, I heard you like eggplants...
WaylandHater26@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 2y
The house from the cat in the hat movie
Psiczar@aussie.zone · 8 pts · 2y
Someone call 911, Grimace has been murdered!
Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 2y
One more for team purple!
mwproductions@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
There are dozens of us!
AVincentInSpace@pawb.social · 7 pts · 2y
I initially saw this post while wearing blue blocking glasses and it looked completely normal
As a survival strategy I therefore propose
StoneyDcrew@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
Dude is trying to sell a kitchen that only the protagonist from saints row would buy
reddthat_209@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 2y
I LOVE IT! -The Joker
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 6 pts · 2y
Sold!
MystikIncarnate@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 2y
It's hideous.
My SO would love it.
FrostKing@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 2y
Honestly I love that kitchen.
BulbasaurBabu@lemmings.world · 3 pts · 2y
Silence is violets
altima_neo@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 2y
Thanos Kitchen
Che_Donkey@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 2y
Like Thanos and Grimmace had a three way with Barney
blindbunny@lemmy.ml · 6 pts · 2y
I honestly like it
zurohki@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 2y
Plot twist: the dude is colourblind and thinks that's brown.
GreenPlasticSushiGrass@kbin.social · 6 pts · 2y
Mojo Dojo Casa House.
bramblepatchmystery@slrpnk.net · 5 pts · 2y
I love it... unfortunately I can't buy a house.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Cool AF for a place to visit.
Would not want to live there permanently. Is OP a wizard or something? Lol
ininewcrow@lemmy.ca · 5 pts · 2y
Honestly, the interior decor of a house probably seldom matters.
It always depends on geography.
If you have a outrageously painted kitchen inside a house in a prime area, no one is going to care about the colors of the cupboards.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 2y
Well, if you have a house to sell in a prime area, there's no need to put in an outrageous kitchen like that in order to attract buyers. The only reason you'd need to do that is if your house ISN'T.
TimeSquirrel@kbin.social · 5 pts · 2y
I like it.
Dead_or_Alive@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
I love purple or other weird colors/ features in houses. It means I can get the property with less competition as most buyers are afraid of basic renovations.
My house had shitty purple walls and weird space age looking chrome light fixtures everywhere. Took me a while two days after closing to paint and replace it all. I was the only person who had put an offer in.
Sanctus@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I guess I have bad taste sign me up
sentient_loom@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y
My eyes hurt. But suddenly I want cherry swirl ice cream.
banneryear1868@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
Would probably change the cabinets to a lighter color but I love it.
8000gnat@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 2y
im sure this is fake but, would
HawlSera@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
If I were rich, yeah I'd want purple on this level
wise_pancake@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
It's probably just that the oven doesn't match
motor_spirit@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
frightful_hobgoblin@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 2y
I wish I could do original things with my gaff but you gotta be conservative because housing is a commodity.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
If you're gonna go for the unusual, you have to fully commit to it. Don't stop halfway, because it's gonna be cringe. But if you go all the way, they will call it art, and they'll pay you multiple times over what you paid for it.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
With art, there is an inverse relationship between the number of people who will buy it and how much they'll pay for it. Art everyone wants is cheap, niche art is expensive.
If you go full send, you can charge more if the stars align and you can find a buyer.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 7 pts · 2y
Well, to bring it back to the OP, the problem here is they clearly didn't go full send. It's definitely tacky, but not tacky enough. How about some gold fixtures and doorknobs? What's up with that hideous tiling behind the stove? Why is there a regular old ceiling light and not a friggin' Svarovski chandelier? Spend another 15 grand on those and you might find someone who's willing (and high enough) to pay you 20% over ask.
It's gonna be drug money, but they'll pay.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
What I'm saying is that it's a tradeoff. The fuller the send, the harder it is to find a buyer, but the more they'll pay.
Conversely, the emptier(???) the send, the more buyers will be interested, but the less you can charge.
I think going tackier would let them charge more if they found a buyer, but it would make it even less likely to find a buyer. This is already a full enough send the they're struggling to find anyone interested, send it any harder and there would be no chance.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 2 pts · 2y
Yes, but that sorta implies that it's a linear relationship, which it likely isn't.
I'm thinking it's probably more like the uncanny valley, with a trough in the middle where your send is neither full enough nor standard enough to find ANY buyers at all. Then again, there were quite a few commenters here who said they love it so perhaps I'm wrong about that.
PeriodicallyPedantic@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
We're both just speculating here. I'd be interested if anyone has done any studies on this, I doubt it. Not really something useful for society.
I was basing my speculation off of the very little I've learned about the sale of art (paintings, etc) where art with a broad appeal doesn't go for much, but niche art will sell for much more if you can find a buyer. But I'm sure there are depths to that of which I'm completely unaware, and I'm sure it can't just be applied to home renos just like that. I just get a gut feeling that there are some parallels.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
Well, yes. The Wikipedia article I linked does indeed say that this is a hypothesis, which means it hasn't been conclusively proven yet. But it does also list a number of reasons that lead to this hypothesis being proposed, and there's a long-ish paragraph on the research that has been done on it. But yes, as long as it's a hypothesis, it's still in the realm of speculation.
It seems however that your experience does somewhat back that up, judging by the "if you can find a buyer". Basically, what I'm saying is, that if depends on or determines whether an artwork falls into the uncanny valley. If you can find one, it was on the other side of it. If you can't, then it was in it.
Basically, picture the graph from that article, but instead of "human likeness", we label the x-axis "artistic appeal", and the y-axis "amount sold for". Get rid of the dotted line, and on the solid line we replace "stuffed animal" with "broad appeal" and "corpse" with "niche appeal that doesn't sell", and the far end of it we label "niche appeal that DOES sell" and place it much higher up, to where "healthy person" is. Hope that makes sense.
hefty4871@lemmy.ca · 2 pts · 2y
Send the listing to Marie Schrader.
driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br · 2 pts · 2y
POV: you're on your kitchen while your husband keep looking at his rocks.
MacNCheezus@lemmy.today · 1 pts · 2y
The rocks
FlorianSimon@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 2y
rottingleaf@lemmy.zip · -6 pts · 2y
There's no such thing as bad or good taste, when it's limited to one's choices.
When you are calling your own taste good, or some other person's taste good just because, and make it something social - that'll always be bad taste.
Yeah, and market doesn't have anything to do with taste.
About the photo - if not for that horrible floor, I'd like it. Should have made it solid dark gray.
EDIT: LOL, I see a few people strongly disagree with the fact that it's really bad taste to pretend that taste is not subjective.
That's actually the only thing determining "bad" and "good" taste - when the thing's appearance clearly shows that the author thought their taste is "good" by association alone, like Disney Star Wars or maybe by imitating a style which is "good".
There are, of course, things like laws of composition and colors chosen etc, but these are still not objective and differ for various kinds of art.