Chip & Joanna Gaines are auctioning off their ‘Fixer Upper’ castle.. and I actually like it 

I agree, we act like designers can’t change their style just like us. The fact is that she made a huge influence with the modern farm house style….try doing that? Not easy

The whole reason that style caught on so much was because it felt fresh yet classic, and because it was very functional. Obviously like anything that becomes immensely popular it becomes played out eventually and people get sick of it. Joanna was always a talented interior designer imo.

Right? She hasn’t been doing that for a long time. Also they have always been into restoration…hence ‘shiplap’.

"Babe", I see what you did there. 😂

Idk if I wanna live by a car lot & be a tourist attraction but to each their own.

ẞ😊​@@jenmelroyp0kaRl 9:03 was h8a

Her testing of “babe” in the beginning ended me

@@jenmelroy I don't like the fact of people showing up at your property unannounced.

they haven’t improved Waco. They raised our taxes and took opportunities away from WACO people creating Airbnbs. They literally suck and everyone hates them

She was prob sick of shiplap!

They have to do what the customer wants

Agreed! And she only really liked shiplap when it was exposing the original walls, which a lot of old homes in TX had. You can tell she gets annoyed later on being pigeonholed as the shiplap queen lol

This right here 👆 I always got the feeling she wanted to branch out, but why quit a good job you like to follow a dream you don’t know will succeed, you know?

Modern European farmhouse is the new trend, I believe

Exactly. They are following the trends and the money. 💰

But their own home is farmhouse...

If you read her latest book she talks about this. She said each house has a style, like her house is very much farmhouse but she dislikes that the show fixer upper has deemed her as farmhouse style. That she loves all styles and sometimes its hard to have people put her in this box. When it comes to her line at target it really all comes down to trends and money. Shes also not the only one making these decisions. There is a bigger picture to marketing and selling and unfortunately she isn't the only one with a say in what goes. There books are really good to be honest, it has made me like them as real people so much more. Chip talks a lot about fixer upper and how they controlled a lot of what they did and it was hard for them. They got to a point where they had to set boundaries and eventually that lead to their own network where they can control the rules.

@@1TigerJo: For now. 😆

​@@hereforit2347what trends are they following? The one they invented? I think they realized that the whole world was copy them and now it's time to do something different because modern farmhouse is yesterday news. Joanna is very talented and they are definitely going to switch to something new.

Stop using the Lords name in vain.

@@marydumois4242❄️

It was a bummer 😢

They get to do what they want with their property. Also do you get to see behind the scenes where that wall had issues where the tile couldn't be saved? Sometimes you don't get to see every reason behind every decision.

@@marydumois4242I don’t think anyone w deez nuts in their username cares what u think about them saying Jesus Christ 😂

And that are real castles 😜 I have never heard about a castle built in the 1920s...

​@@feministcrowntalksyeah, I found that funny too, I was like "historic caste? I didn't know there was historic castles in America, that's so strange...oh, 1920...historic...guess its historic for her"

YES! they resorted instead of flipped which is all I ever want

what does it mean to flip it?

​@user-qi3hf8ko3q the HGTV house flip craze in the 2010s just usually means gutting the house to of any character, making it grey and as general as possible to max out profitability indtead of focusing on actual design that would suit the house and the environment. It's all the same cookie cutter grey box house with the same cheap fixtures over and over again after a while.

​@@dawnguintosince plenty hate her style I wouldn't think what she does has ever been flipping.

Ever wonder if ghosts are just virtual.

Gaaaahhh!!! I wanna know!

Paige, I feel like you could do a whole video on those insane properties on that website...

It’ll be interesting to see what they get. Apparently Chip & Joanna bought this house for $425k, possibly less, restored, and then flipped it. While the neighborhood is considered exclusive, I also read that most residents have moderate incomes. That, coupled with the odd location (though it seems price includes the commercial lot behind house) makes me think they won’t get ultra top dollar. Maybe 1.6? I could be wrong, but a very similar castle by me, with 10br & baths, sold for $200k. If there’s not enough happening with the local economy, it might not command a really high price. But I’m really curious what they got! There’s money flying around throughout the US. Would love to see your lighting choices. I bought a vintage light for my foyer and it was pretty expensive. I’ve seen stuff in the tens of thousands, which is cray.

On the Magnolia Realty website (and also on Zillow) it looks like the highest bid was 1.05 million

@@lemolee interesting, thank you!

Agree. Extremely well done!

I do agree that the light fixtures, were not of the right time

Agree! Very good quality but very fair prices. Bought a very cheap knife of Victorinox years ago and use it daily. Never will use something else again. The cheapest version costs less then some Ikea knives! Which are so dull in comparison.

1000%…I actually watched the full sponsor pitch….and I just may buy one!

I have three of the little knives and I have had them for years. They are so handy for everything that I keep one at my desk, one on my coffee table, and the other in my purse. I need to get a couple more.

I was impressed too, first time I've watched a whole sponsored segment 😅 I love my Victorinox Swiss army knives and wouldn't be without one

or turn it into a Bed & Breakfast

I love Johanna’s style.

In case you haven’t picked up on it, Paige’s whole thing is not being an overly positive saccharine RU-vidr. She’s critical and biting about it. I love it, I find her super funny, but if that’s not for you you should probably follow another channel 🤷‍♀️

I find this girl Paige's hubris a hoot, and that's not a compliment. Her vocabulary is really limited too; she used about 40 words interchangeably for the whole video, "meer" 🪞 On a side note, she shouldn't talk about glitches like #babe, okay #hairbehindherear♾️ #nailbiter

@@tonyascancook relax

Yup, like shabby chic before farmhouse. 15 years ago I couldn't buy a white table, so I painted, sanded and my cousin was asking me if I'm going to replace that table 😅. Now she has that style, unfortunately from Hobby Lobby. I move from it a few years ago. I always hated trends.

I totally agree with you on all of those light fixtures. When I buy a home and I know I won the auction, the very first thing I do before moving in is go with my contractor to a Restoration salvage business and look for the lights that I like. I don't like anything modern, I like excellent quality but rustic in that If I get something in copper, I age it to the beautiful Patina if cooper green. I like the way Ralph Lauren does things too. Very classic. I also collect old cooper weathervanes that use to sit upon the copula of the old barns. Rooster, Horses, Geese, old lightning rods and whales!

No it's too yellowy which is dying as a trend, so in a year it'll be obnoxious. Darker, understated would've been better.

you dont need to live in a empty home, waiting for the perfect table. you can always pick and choose placeholders...

I was surprised too that she didn't know what radiators were, especially for someone who espouses vintage style.

I swear I did know! Hahahha I’m just bad on the spot and try to have minimal edits

thanks for sharing those details!

many of the new light fixtures were horrible. why cut corners there. at least she broke away from farmhouse. hopefully someone will be able to keep it up so it doesn’t fall to ruin again.

The first wallpaper looked almost like Morris & Co.’s Strawberry Thief? Either way, totally arts & crafts and totally appropriate for the space!

Jealous much

@@ZMS777: Of what? 😂

Just found mine the other day….nice surprise find.

Chateau DIY !!! Love it. Though they do have some awful, rich Brits buying 19th century chateau and turning it to plastic medieval Disneyland. Most others are quite good.

yes yes but it felt like Target replicas

@@wasselpa OK, fair. They could have gone a little more out of the box...

Yeah, there are some native Waco people who hate Chip and Jo, but I'm so glad that when I moved to Waco people were like "Oh, like Chip and Jo!" and not like "Isn't that where the cult was massacred?" Also, people have been moving into the city so I've met a lot of cool people who aren't "from Waco" and I think it makes it easier to find friends.

@@aina3387what kind of people out there hate chip and jo?

@@jacquelineyoung734 Mostly redditors, lol.

I think the home owners were upset, that their real estate taxes went sky high, because of the overdone houses, that the Gaines renovated

She does shoots for the covers of their magazine so they probably staged it for that. That juxtaposition is a pretty common photoshoot model.

I understand your point, but I don’t believe they were going for “truly European“. This place is in Waco, Texas, for goodness sake!

There were no bold colors in the old Spencer estate that I housesat in England.

Yes I would build a nice forest in the back and a tall fence around it.

Yes she could insert pictures of what looks she prefers so we know WHY she doesn't like a look.