My problem with D.I.Y.s is that now-a-days they're rarely done in forever homes. Whenever I see them done, it's alway from someone that plans to resell when they find/have the funds for their forever home or by flippers. If you D.I.Y. stuff in the home you plan to grow old in, cool! Good for you! Happy you made stuff and saved some cash! But if this is a home you know you won't be growing old in, then kick rocks... Whatever D.I.Y. that barely holds on is going to be seen a feature for the potential buyers , then they'll eventually find themselves fixing the result of your weekend of creativity. It's only "quirky" and "adds character" if it's the home you grow old in. Otherwise it becomes "shabby workmanship".
I dunno. I’m in my not-forever-home because I can’t afford my forever home yet. Probably in 10-15 years we’ll build it. But I’m covering my home in DIYs. I don’t think it matters in a few instances, and mine is one. I live in a cheap double wide manufactured home. All the finishings, basically everything, is super cheaply and poorly done. My husband and I replaced the floors and tiled the bathrooms, now we’re going to start working on the backsplash in the kitchen. I’ve painted every single wall in this house. We built and put up cabinets in the laundry room, and I made custom wallpaper for it. We tore out the bath tub in the master bath and built a wall to put in a second closet. I painted a mural on three walls and built a paper mache tree in one. I’ve repainted two pieces of furniture, one for the master bath and one for a nursery. I made specialty shelves for the master bath, and I’m going to build some extra cabinetry for the kitchen, and we’ll probably replace the countertops ourselves eventually. My home had little value to start with, so I don’t think it matters. Besides, why should I live in a place I find drab and ugly for 10-15 years just because I can’t afford my forever home yet?
@@ApostlicNinjaGirlI think it’s great to DIY in a home you plan on living in for an extended period of time even if it’s not your forever home. I think the problem of DIY comes when it’s just a house flipper trying to dress up their crappy/cheap workmanship by calling it DIY and then reselling the home for more because of their “improvements”.
When I think good DIY, I often think of furniture or decorative pieces that are easy to take with you or throw out if they break. Finding a damaged old coffee table and giving it new life. Taking some scrap from another project and making wall art. Turning a bottle into a unique lamp. When it comes to permanent installation, I'd really want to get a professional of some kind to help, especially if it is a home I plan to spend decades in, because I want my stuff to be high quality and last
Repeat, my friends, "I don't have to keep my bad DIYs. I don't have to keep my bad DIYs." Good DIYs are built on failures, but we don't have to immortalize those failures.
Yeah, and don't forget that mantra's partner: "I don't have to *share* all my DIYs"... Seriously people, losing your cred is a *much* more permanent way to lose subscribers than posting some tat just to make your own arbitrary deadline.
Plywood is available in different grades, the table at the end appears to use a less expensive grade that's intended to be used as floor underlayment or wall sheathing. For a few dollars more, he could have purchased a piece with a smoother finish, appropriate for constructing furniture.
A lot of good quality furniture is made of plywood (not particle board as daddy called it). The raw edge could splinter and look bad, but they make iron one veneer for that.
I work as a carer in a private family home. got a massive pay out when i nearly broke my neck slipping on their epoxy kitchen floor. their lounge was 6 inches higher than their kitchen so you had to step down into it. they tried to blame me for wearing socks . . . .
That was my first thought when I saw that floor, that it would be slippery as hell. My second thought was that it looked like the floor in a car dealer showroom.
When i had the popcorn removed on my vaulted living room ceiling the contactor called me hysterical, sounding like he was crying on the phone. He found that the original ceiling had been done in paper, not drywall, and textured over. We had to redo the entire ceiling. Always expect surprises!
We thought our ceiling was fine, so we planned to paint it only. Turns out the builder put newspapers under part of the plaster, and when they got wet, the ceiling bubbled. The contractor doing our renovation was speechless. I asked neighbours, and they told me they also found newspapers stuffed in the ceiling/wall corners years ago and still stumble upon the odd newspaper in the most unimaginable places ever, including around hot water pipes. 😂
My parents were having popcorn ceiling removed in prep to sell the home. I don't know the specifics, but it took them over a month (to remove from one room!). When the job was finally done the contractor swore off ever working on lived-in homes again. New construction only!
Yeah. Ugly. Welcome to your basic office building. Flush walls à la art gallery don’t have baseboard. They are simply flush with a small space between the floors and the walls. Not this cheap stuff
I tried caviar once, it was like "The Emperor's Clothes" . THere is nothing there. If you like that salty flavor try a snack of Reggiano or Romano cheese, or Castelvetrano olives, or a real pesto . Much more flavorful and satisfying. Eating caviar is like driving a Range Rover, all for show.
As an architect who buys and rehabs houses, I absolutely refuse to purchase any home that has a significant amount of DIY. It becomes a disaster when trying to fix everything they did, and there's typically so much more crap work that you didn't even notice until getting into the rehab process. Stay away from other people's projects who have no idea how to do the work.
There's so much garbage being promoted as "must have" or "just makes sense" and DIYers and homebuyers have no idea about future maintenance issues, or the fact that their DIY is compromising some other aspect of the home's performance. People for some reason feel more accomplished when they do a project with zero knowledge of what they should be doing and seem to think educating themselves beforehand loses them internet street cred.
@@jazdragen if the work looks bad on camera, it looks horrific in person. It's crazy how these people don't see how bad their craftsmanship is, but that clout is definitely important, lol.
I'm sorry, Lone Fox fans, but his table is a hot mess. Oh, the concept is excellent! Where he went wrong was in using a rock-bottom grade of plywood that is not intended for interior use. He could have bought a furniture grade piece of plywood for not a whole lot more. That thing LOOKS like colored plywood, not furniture.
I'm stressed by the light wood top not fastened to the legs - I keep imagining catching it with a bag or a foot and the whole coffee set up going flying
I’m getting into home building design; and to see someone actually have a more refined take on how I see homes and trends makes me feel that much less alone in my opinions. Never apologize; it needs to be said.
My floor installer husband said they do this because it's faster to install manually faster, and doesn't need to be painted or caulked. So all of that makes it cheaper. And it's easier to clean.
I think he meant things that you would do yourself that aren't really something you'd hire someone to do, like you don't really call a handyman to switch a cabneit hinge, but I did think that sentence was funny too
Nah, lone fox is still a diy-er . His Ikea bowl table still looks diy. And not worth it! The only time diy is worth it, is when. You can't tell it's diy. You can still tell lone fox is diy.
About the door trim. If they really don't want or can't do it at a 45 degree, you can get some corner trim blocks or whatever they are called. It would look way better than whatever that was in the video.
YO, JUST A TIP ON THOSE CRAZY BATHROOM BLINDS. I used to sell those bad boys, the parent company is Hunter Douglas but they also go under Luxaflex in some countries. They're f'n expensive. Get yourself a cheaper version from a different company, there are loads - ask for cel blinds or honeycomb blinds, they'll know what you're talking about. Ask about the durability of the hardware, make sure the fabric quality is good and won't wrinkle or tear. They're also great for climate control and weirdly shaped windows. Would recommend. One of my favorite window treatments.
The epoxy floor reminds me of a photo I once saw of a pretty elaborate epoxy floor in a kitchen. There was a stream/creek winding across the floor with rocks on each side. There were what looked like fake koi made to look like they were swimming around. There was greenery scattered about as well. The whole thing was covered in quite a thick layer of epoxy… It was interesting but very misplaced. Would have looked descent as wall art though.
This was a fun one! And yeah, the private jet one - Oy! But totally totally agree on your assessment of the Lone Fox project - I adore him and his projects but that one did have me scratching my head on his choice for the table top when the bowls were so smooth and gorgeous!
I love those blinds from the top and bottom! Drew’s table was beautiful! The epoxy, I hope that they are beyond happy with it as It will be hard to change! Great video! Thank you!!
When we rented a place we accidentally broke a hole through one of the walls so we covered it up with a mirror until we could get a friend that knew how to drywall to come over. They actually cut out a bigger hole, drilled a piece of wood behind it, replaced the drywall, and then painted. We did a better job fixing it than any landlord could lol
I definitely prefer traditional style. I don't like minimalistic, mid-century modern or industrial style. I love seeing elaborate moldings whether its Victorian, Federal or Georgian or Tudor. But I also like things to be functional.
@@anabelharos643 same. His coffee table with the knob feet made from bowls looks entirely too cheap and can tell it's diy. You know you've gotten diy right when it doesn't particularly look diy.
I don't completely dislike the idea of the epoxy floor. I get that they were trying to get a seamless no grout look and to achieve it with tiles is very difficult. But I think it may be more useful in a laundry area or mud room where your grout typically can get very dirty very quickly.
The way that guy did the bottom of the floor makes it perfect for bookshelves you can flush the bookshelves right up against that and you and it’s right up against the wall for the bookshelves. That’s perfect for libraries that trim is.
We just bought a run down house from 1911 and you can bet your backside that I am going to badly DIY the whole place since we can't afford any pros. ^^
I’ve been using “top down, bottom up” shades in my home for DECADES. Got all of them from JC Penney’s, lol! They are the BEST…and Roppe flooring in rentals and my designer/chefs kitchen! They have a choice that looks like leather. It is soft underfoot, nearly indestructible and a great choice for anywhere you need to stand for hours as it it SOFT and doesn’t hurt your back (like my kitchen…)and looks good for YEARS, unlike laminate flooring that looks cheap after a year (edges showing, etc)…PLUS, it helps with noise reduction! Great stuff!
My sister bought an older home that a a solarium with a fireplace in it off of the living room through an bricked archway. Because of extraneous circumstances, she remodeled it to brick close the archway, add a new door on the other end of the solarium and turned it into a bedroom. Broke my heart.
The trimless one screams already mold to me for a non-minimalist household , cause the air behind furniture cant really breathe.😅 But for stairs it will work.
I don't like the minimal trim for general use just like I don't like barn doors for general use 😂. Like all other types of trim work it comes down to the style of the house. I would be so full of rage if I walked into a craftsman or victorian home to see all original character gutted and replaced with minimalist trim. On the flip side I would think the minimalist trim would look fabulous in a mid century or any another type of modern architecture.
Exactly, there is a guy I watched talking about moldings being very specific to every design era, within 20 years. "NEVER use a molding designed after 1950- come find out why." This contemp. molding is nice but extremely modern, I hear it also very expensive.
For the last one, it would have looked better with luan instead of plywood as the top surface. Then stain and *seal* it. I have a coffee table that someone stained but didn't seal when they flipped it, and it shows every tiny scratch. I'm biding my time to refinish it.
My son's uncle did a beautiful blue/gray epoxy in his garage. It looks stunning and make his garage where he works on cars aways clean and matches the outside of the garage itself. I never even heard of someone using that indoors. Smh
I did a diy upgrade to the powder room mirror. I included it in a fail video. My vision didn’t come to live lol. When we moved in to our house the downstairs powder room was light yellow and brown, we painted and the brown frame on the mirror didn’t go anymore so I thought, oh silver would look great with the wall color. My fail was trying to add bling to it 😂😂😂. I should have just bought a new mirror but we’d just moved and bought a new bed so we were broke and I didn’t want to look at the brown mirror until I found a new mirror that I could afford 😂.
Yeah, that door trim was a mess, but technically there is a way to do trim work with out mitered corners by using the right style of trim or just add some blocks & rosettes !
I was stupid and did epoxy countertops 🤦♀️ we got it professionally done and of course we went white. I asked the guy who did it like 100x about it yellowing and he told me only if the sun directly hits it (our kitchen doesn’t get any sun) so we did it. Within 6 months it started yellowing. They yellow from heat, they stain extremely easy and even transfer bag logos on it. When it’s warm a simple tin will leave an indent. Totally do not recommend anything done in epoxy. Oh and the bajillion micro scratches 🙄 don’t waste your money. We replaced our counters to quartz and am soo happy to finally have a real countertop again 😊
10:33 There's a fix for DIYers who suck at mitered corners: It's called "Craftsman." Just get some MDF and a track saw and go to town. Just please, learn how to use a caulk gun, watch 20 videos on youtube, PRACTICE on scrap wood, take your time, and get it right. I recently taught a ten year old girl how to do it and she can now put many grown men to shame.
Okay, I have noticed a lot of people. Starch wallpapering you know a little section of wall or a door with fabric? Do you recommend? How do you remove? Do you just simply wash it away? How thick of a fabric can you use? And I know it's old school but I like it lolllll
Thank you for the warning about epoxy yellowing over time and cracking in hot climates. I was debating doing my entire downstairs just to seal our raw slate tiles and level the floor. This is necessary because whoever installed our slate tiles was drunk, high, squint and had zero tools for spacing, grouting or straight cuts. Honestly it's really bad. So now the question is: if epoxy is a bad choice, what are my options for raw slate? Any advice (aside from rip it out and start over) would be welcome.
As someone who quickly found out that the previous home owners really thought highly of their DIY abilities I can so relate to your advice to stay in your lane. Needless to say we now have concrete cracking, caulking in exterior brick work that was painted over, siding bowing out and falling off, etc. Now we have the uphill battle to redo all of the wrongs. I hope karma followed them to their new home.
Phoenix, I have been binging your videos for the past week. I love your ascerbic wit although you seem to be a really nice guy. And I haven't seen anything that I disagree with, even things you say will get a lot of static. So I am your newest subscriber. I love your content!
I don't really like the flush trim look... but i can see the benefit in some situations like ever try putting furniture like bookshelves against the wall but it won't go nicely and there's always alittle gap at the top? Yeah cause the baseboards are preventing it from going flush against the wall. But it doesn't look good. If the gap is really bothering me bad enough I'd just remove the r Trim from the spot since you can't see it anyways. And unless going for built in look it should have a gap so if able to just remove the trim and actually build it in lol😅
14:40 It's not particleboard, it's really cheap plywood that was used. If you use hardwood plywood, which is more expensive, it has extremely smooth and sanded surfaces, and you can get it in a lot of different wood species like walnut, oak, etc. That's what should have been used here instead of the cheap spruce that's used for construction.
13:30 Love me some Lone Fox. He could improve on the coffee table a LOT, but it would cost a bit more money. First, the top is way too thin. If he used the cheap plywood on the bottom layered that with a nicer plywood on the top with some edge banding, he'd have taken it to the next level. Some poly on top of the gel stain would've waterproofed the top, smoothed it significantly, and sent him into the stratosphere. That would actually be a coffee table that someone would be proud to use for years to come. Because he cheaped out a bit too much, it still looks like a DIY special; but there's a TON of promise in the design.
For the woman in the house with the picture frame molding, she can never move her sofa anywhere else in the room because she’ll have an off center picture frame area on the wall.
I feel like the first class caviar lady should have put some kind of screen or picture next to the window to really complete the illusion. Like, if she is gonna commit to this bit she should COMMIT
There are regular trims that are super low profile and no need to do it like shown on the video. Great for all kinds of home styles and you can place furniture close to walls.
They probably would, and I don’t think it’s strong enough to stay to the partical board, as long as the coffee table isn’t moved anywhere it should probably be okay
@@mrphoenixgrey Love your videos, just discovered them yesterday, and have been binging. One thing though, Lone Wolf didn’t use particle board, he used plywood, he said so in the video. Not sure if that would change your concerns, it would certainly be a heavier table, which would really stress those balls. Who needs stressed balls?
I would attatch metal legs to the table top and drill a hole into the ball and have the legs pass through the balls so that it looks like they are supporting the table but in reality there are actual weight baring legs ment for that role doing it.
I have been binge watching your videos and I think that you make so much sense! Some of the bad ideas you highlighted should definitely have prison sentences attached. I’m looking forward to seeing more and as a new viewer I may not have seen alot of them but may I request something for Victorian houses. Suki
In regard to the first story: my dad is an architect and his favorite story is about a big industry warehouse with concrete floors. After some time the clients complained that there appeared cracks on the floor, to which my dads boss answers: floors can either be without joints OR without cracks. 🤷 German original: „fugenlos aber nicht rissfrei“ That’s our inside joke when ever we come across concrete floors
Lone Fox is a genius... but the particle board just looks cheap. Maybe rounding the edges slightly more and even using wood filler to even out the indentations.
My problem with D.I.Y.s is that now-a-days they're rarely done in forever homes.
Whenever I see them done, it's alway from someone that plans to resell when they find/have the funds for their forever home or by flippers.
If you D.I.Y. stuff in the home you plan to grow old in, cool! Good for you! Happy you made stuff and saved some cash!
But if this is a home you know you won't be growing old in, then kick rocks... Whatever D.I.Y. that barely holds on is going to be seen a feature for the potential buyers , then they'll eventually find themselves fixing the result of your weekend of creativity.
It's only "quirky" and "adds character" if it's the home you grow old in. Otherwise it becomes "shabby workmanship".
Unless you are doing furniture
I dunno. I’m in my not-forever-home because I can’t afford my forever home yet. Probably in 10-15 years we’ll build it. But I’m covering my home in DIYs. I don’t think it matters in a few instances, and mine is one. I live in a cheap double wide manufactured home. All the finishings, basically everything, is super cheaply and poorly done. My husband and I replaced the floors and tiled the bathrooms, now we’re going to start working on the backsplash in the kitchen. I’ve painted every single wall in this house. We built and put up cabinets in the laundry room, and I made custom wallpaper for it. We tore out the bath tub in the master bath and built a wall to put in a second closet. I painted a mural on three walls and built a paper mache tree in one. I’ve repainted two pieces of furniture, one for the master bath and one for a nursery. I made specialty shelves for the master bath, and I’m going to build some extra cabinetry for the kitchen, and we’ll probably replace the countertops ourselves eventually. My home had little value to start with, so I don’t think it matters. Besides, why should I live in a place I find drab and ugly for 10-15 years just because I can’t afford my forever home yet?
@@ApostlicNinjaGirlI think it’s great to DIY in a home you plan on living in for an extended period of time even if it’s not your forever home. I think the problem of DIY comes when it’s just a house flipper trying to dress up their crappy/cheap workmanship by calling it DIY and then reselling the home for more because of their “improvements”.
Idk sometimes it's perspective. One person's treasure is another person's trash. After having remodeled a house, even the pros suck at it.
When I think good DIY, I often think of furniture or decorative pieces that are easy to take with you or throw out if they break. Finding a damaged old coffee table and giving it new life. Taking some scrap from another project and making wall art. Turning a bottle into a unique lamp. When it comes to permanent installation, I'd really want to get a professional of some kind to help, especially if it is a home I plan to spend decades in, because I want my stuff to be high quality and last
Repeat, my friends, "I don't have to keep my bad DIYs. I don't have to keep my bad DIYs." Good DIYs are built on failures, but we don't have to immortalize those failures.
Before YOU Trash them, Bad DIY's can be used to figure out what went wrong??!! 🤔
Yeah, and don't forget that mantra's partner: "I don't have to *share* all my DIYs"... Seriously people, losing your cred is a *much* more permanent way to lose subscribers than posting some tat just to make your own arbitrary deadline.
My bad DIYs get put out in the yard sale for free. 😂
This is such a great point. Thank you. You've just made my life better.
Plywood is available in different grades, the table at the end appears to use a less expensive grade that's intended to be used as floor underlayment or wall sheathing. For a few dollars more, he could have purchased a piece with a smoother finish, appropriate for constructing furniture.
That's what I thought! Not every material is suitable for furniture.
Yeah, I noticed that as well. He did a great job on the ball legs, but then used crap plywood for the top... it ruined the look.
Good point. I want the top to be thicker, too, to match the scale of the base.
I actually follow Lone Fox and when he released the video with this, I reserved comment for all the reasons y'all mentioned. It was disappointing.
A lot of good quality furniture is made of plywood (not particle board as daddy called it). The raw edge could splinter and look bad, but they make iron one veneer for that.
I work as a carer in a private family home. got a massive pay out when i nearly broke my neck slipping on their epoxy kitchen floor. their lounge was 6 inches higher than their kitchen so you had to step down into it. they tried to blame me for wearing socks . . . .
Wait, so you weren't wearing shoes? Ew
@@gothic7821 you do realise the vast majority of people don't wear shoes in the house right?
That was my first thought when I saw that floor, that it would be slippery as hell. My second thought was that it looked like the floor in a car dealer showroom.
@@12thDecember ngl I was waiting to see the car in the dining/living room XD
@@gothic7821you wear shoes in the house? Eeeewwww
When i had the popcorn removed on my vaulted living room ceiling the contactor called me hysterical, sounding like he was crying on the phone. He found that the original ceiling had been done in paper, not drywall, and textured over. We had to redo the entire ceiling. Always expect surprises!
Oh no!
We thought our ceiling was fine, so we planned to paint it only. Turns out the builder put newspapers under part of the plaster, and when they got wet, the ceiling bubbled. The contractor doing our renovation was speechless. I asked neighbours, and they told me they also found newspapers stuffed in the ceiling/wall corners years ago and still stumble upon the odd newspaper in the most unimaginable places ever, including around hot water pipes. 😂
My parents were having popcorn ceiling removed in prep to sell the home. I don't know the specifics, but it took them over a month (to remove from one room!). When the job was finally done the contractor swore off ever working on lived-in homes again. New construction only!
😮😮😮
Damn
The flush narrow baseboard looks just like a MOBILE HOME.
I hate it.
It really does
Yeah. Ugly. Welcome to your basic office building.
Flush walls à la art gallery don’t have baseboard. They are simply flush with a small space between the floors and the walls. Not this cheap stuff
I thought office. gross
This! It looks like those cheap plastic corners!😢
The private jet cabin though. I hope it comes with a turbulence switch for a more realistic experience.
And a Boeing door.
Hahaha! Agreed, maybe it knock some sense into her 🤣
I tried caviar once, it was like "The Emperor's Clothes" . THere is nothing there. If you like that salty flavor try a snack of Reggiano or Romano cheese, or Castelvetrano olives, or a real pesto . Much more flavorful and satisfying. Eating caviar is like driving a Range Rover, all for show.
@@Hemond1 I tried caviar once and it just tasted like fish and salt lol
As an architect who buys and rehabs houses, I absolutely refuse to purchase any home that has a significant amount of DIY. It becomes a disaster when trying to fix everything they did, and there's typically so much more crap work that you didn't even notice until getting into the rehab process. Stay away from other people's projects who have no idea how to do the work.
There's so much garbage being promoted as "must have" or "just makes sense" and DIYers and homebuyers have no idea about future maintenance issues, or the fact that their DIY is compromising some other aspect of the home's performance. People for some reason feel more accomplished when they do a project with zero knowledge of what they should be doing and seem to think educating themselves beforehand loses them internet street cred.
@@jazdragen if the work looks bad on camera, it looks horrific in person. It's crazy how these people don't see how bad their craftsmanship is, but that clout is definitely important, lol.
I'm sorry, Lone Fox fans, but his table is a hot mess. Oh, the concept is excellent! Where he went wrong was in using a rock-bottom grade of plywood that is not intended for interior use. He could have bought a furniture grade piece of plywood for not a whole lot more. That thing LOOKS like colored plywood, not furniture.
I'm stressed by the light wood top not fastened to the legs - I keep imagining catching it with a bag or a foot and the whole coffee set up going flying
The fact that Jackie Seigal called blinis pancakes further tells you that money does not equal class.
I've seen a country woman have better class than some rich people.
Flush trim looks like the trim in mobile homes to me lol
Cubicle walls at work, too! Also, think of cleaning all the dirt out of those tiny spaces.
it looks terrible - like a sticker
Yes this man’s taste is not good
@Jimmy94411 one look at his chair told me that. Tony the tiger lookin ass
It looks unfinished to me.
I’m getting into home building design; and to see someone actually have a more refined take on how I see homes and trends makes me feel that much less alone in my opinions. Never apologize; it needs to be said.
Thank you so much 🤍🤍
The minimalist flush trim looks horrible. So freaking cheap. Reminds me of the rubber base boards offices put in over carpet
My feeling about "minimalist" all-white design in general
My floor installer husband said they do this because it's faster to install manually faster, and doesn't need to be painted or caulked. So all of that makes it cheaper. And it's easier to clean.
Offices with rubber base, I mean.
When I saw it, I just thought it looked like a piece of Ikea furniture, instead of a wall. 😂😂😂
OK, the epoxy floors are terrible, but imagine how fun it would be to slide around in your socks. 😂
until you fall.
I'm just wondering how long it will take to completely off-gas.
We used to polish the wood floor in our childhood home specifically so we could run and then slide across the floor in our socks. Good times.
Dancing!
I slipped in my socks and landed on my hip. Was in pain for a week. It's fun until it's not 😅
Yes, this needs to be a series!!!
I love that you also comment on the practical side of design.
It is something that is so severely overlooked in design content.
I LOVE my up-down blinds. i have a huge front window on the street and it gives both light and privacy.
I want a follow-up to see how yellow those epoxy floors get!
“technically aren’t really DIYs, you can just do them yourself” 🤔😂
I think he meant things that you would do yourself that aren't really something you'd hire someone to do, like you don't really call a handyman to switch a cabneit hinge, but I did think that sentence was funny too
Dude you can't compare a random tiktok DIY'er to Lone Fox, he's literally the god of DIY🤣
That table looked cheap.Thumbs down.
Yes the table was made from cheapest materials possible but it's his creativity that matters
Nah, lone fox is still a diy-er . His Ikea bowl table still looks diy. And not worth it! The only time diy is worth it, is when. You can't tell it's diy. You can still tell lone fox is diy.
everything he does still looks DIY, and the whole point is not to look that way. Makenna on the other hand, does things to perfection
@@denisefrandsen5106
Not everything. The IKEA bookshelf wall he hacked and fitted old doors into is absolutely gorgeous! He has his moments.
Whole series? DO IT! 😂
Adding another round to the list 🙏🏼
Hahaha omg this my reno ❤ Thanks Design Daddy for your approval!
About the door trim.
If they really don't want or can't do it at a 45 degree, you can get some corner trim blocks or whatever they are called.
It would look way better than whatever that was in the video.
Ha, the barely repaired hole in the wall brings back some memories of landlords past.
The landlord special. Red flags 🚩 all around
I looooove looking and being surrounded by beautiful things, hence why I never attempt to make, paint or install anything in my house.
There are definitely some things that need to be left to the professionals
YO, JUST A TIP ON THOSE CRAZY BATHROOM BLINDS.
I used to sell those bad boys, the parent company is Hunter Douglas but they also go under Luxaflex in some countries. They're f'n expensive. Get yourself a cheaper version from a different company, there are loads - ask for cel blinds or honeycomb blinds, they'll know what you're talking about. Ask about the durability of the hardware, make sure the fabric quality is good and won't wrinkle or tear.
They're also great for climate control and weirdly shaped windows. Would recommend. One of my favorite window treatments.
Phoenix's reactions in this video is the BEST!!! Totally made my day. Happy Sunday, everyone! 🌞
Awe thank you! Lots of sighs and eye rolls 🤣🤣
I really appreciate how knowledgeable you are about materials and their use.
The epoxy floor reminds me of a photo I once saw of a pretty elaborate epoxy floor in a kitchen. There was a stream/creek winding across the floor with rocks on each side. There were what looked like fake koi made to look like they were swimming around. There was greenery scattered about as well. The whole thing was covered in quite a thick layer of epoxy…
It was interesting but very misplaced. Would have looked descent as wall art though.
Agree with you about everything but the flush trim..it looks cheap to me
Love that you showed the good and bad.
Had to equal it out! There are definitely more bad ones then good out there lately 😅
This was a fun one! And yeah, the private jet one - Oy! But totally totally agree on your assessment of the Lone Fox project - I adore him and his projects but that one did have me scratching my head on his choice for the table top when the bowls were so smooth and gorgeous!
I love those blinds from the top and bottom! Drew’s table was beautiful! The epoxy, I hope that they are beyond happy with it as It will be hard to change! Great video! Thank you!!
When we rented a place we accidentally broke a hole through one of the walls so we covered it up with a mirror until we could get a friend that knew how to drywall to come over. They actually cut out a bigger hole, drilled a piece of wood behind it, replaced the drywall, and then painted. We did a better job fixing it than any landlord could lol
I definitely prefer traditional style. I don't like minimalistic, mid-century modern or industrial style. I love seeing elaborate moldings whether its Victorian, Federal or Georgian or Tudor. But I also like things to be functional.
I have no idea who the caviar/plane lady is, but that was all kinds of wrong 😮
Next level waste of wealth 🥲
Your reactions are enough for me😂
A lot of side eyes and rolling 🤣
Design Daddy: “This is the last one. Please be good.”
Lone Fox: “You called?”
Hahaha! It’s like he knew 🤍
Not going to lie, I don't like his coffee table
I don’t like his diy’s
@@anabelharos643 same. His coffee table with the knob feet made from bowls looks entirely too cheap and can tell it's diy. You know you've gotten diy right when it doesn't particularly look diy.
The landlord special! 😂
I don't completely dislike the idea of the epoxy floor. I get that they were trying to get a seamless no grout look and to achieve it with tiles is very difficult. But I think it may be more useful in a laundry area or mud room where your grout typically can get very dirty very quickly.
The way that guy did the bottom of the floor makes it perfect for bookshelves you can flush the bookshelves right up against that and you and it’s right up against the wall for the bookshelves. That’s perfect for libraries that trim is.
Questionable decisions... Like the choice of chair you're sitting in
The up close shots remind me of cartoon butts of queen bees 😂
The chair made me think of an overweight woman in a dress too small for her.
I keep seeing Lycra covered testicles
It is a cult piece of design, the Up Chair. You can dislike it, but Design Daddy taste is perfect.
We just bought a run down house from 1911 and you can bet your backside that I am going to badly DIY the whole place since we can't afford any pros. ^^
I’ve been using “top down, bottom up” shades in my home for DECADES. Got all of them from JC Penney’s, lol! They are the BEST…and Roppe flooring in rentals and my designer/chefs kitchen! They have a choice that looks like leather. It is soft underfoot, nearly indestructible and a great choice for anywhere you need to stand for hours as it it SOFT and doesn’t hurt your back (like my kitchen…)and looks good for YEARS, unlike laminate flooring that looks cheap after a year (edges showing, etc)…PLUS, it helps with noise reduction! Great stuff!
My sister bought an older home that a a solarium with a fireplace in it off of the living room through an bricked archway. Because of extraneous circumstances, she remodeled it to brick close the archway, add a new door on the other end of the solarium and turned it into a bedroom. Broke my heart.
The plane inside the house reaction was the best 😂
Yes Drew!!! I love Lone Fox!! I have watched him for years!!!
I love the detail feedback
Drew at Lone Fox does everything great!
The collar on that shirt is everything.
The trimless one screams already mold to me for a non-minimalist household , cause the air behind furniture cant really breathe.😅 But for stairs it will work.
I will not buy a flipped house, under no circumstances! And this DIY stuff is why. Great series!
I don't like the minimal trim for general use just like I don't like barn doors for general use 😂. Like all other types of trim work it comes down to the style of the house. I would be so full of rage if I walked into a craftsman or victorian home to see all original character gutted and replaced with minimalist trim. On the flip side I would think the minimalist trim would look fabulous in a mid century or any another type of modern architecture.
Exactly, there is a guy I watched talking about moldings being very specific to every design era, within 20 years. "NEVER use a molding designed after 1950- come find out why."
This contemp. molding is nice but extremely modern, I hear it also very expensive.
That epoxy was in the Phoenix area. I saw Camelback Mtn in the background.
The flush siding was perfect, I hate the one mine has. All my furniture stands like 5cm away from the wall and that space is filled with spiderwebs.
I love flush trim! It’s so hard to clean that little shelf on trim. I had to clean a mobile home without flush trim and it was a nightmare.
For the last one, it would have looked better with luan instead of plywood as the top surface. Then stain and *seal* it.
I have a coffee table that someone stained but didn't seal when they flipped it, and it shows every tiny scratch. I'm biding my time to refinish it.
My son's uncle did a beautiful blue/gray epoxy in his garage. It looks stunning and make his garage where he works on cars aways clean and matches the outside of the garage itself. I never even heard of someone using that indoors. Smh
I did a diy upgrade to the powder room mirror. I included it in a fail video. My vision didn’t come to live lol. When we moved in to our house the downstairs powder room was light yellow and brown, we painted and the brown frame on the mirror didn’t go anymore so I thought, oh silver would look great with the wall color. My fail was trying to add bling to it 😂😂😂. I should have just bought a new mirror but we’d just moved and bought a new bed so we were broke and I didn’t want to look at the brown mirror until I found a new mirror that I could afford 😂.
I like that your main criticism wasn't on objective looks, but function.
Love you reading in your Amazon chair. Not being catty literally love it. Cause same
Speaking of questionable things, it looks like the Cheshire cat is swallowing you up. But your shirt is A+! 😊❤
Yeah, that door trim was a mess, but technically there is a way to do trim work with out mitered corners by using the right style of trim or just add some blocks & rosettes !
But the worst part was that they screwed it into the wall. And painted over the screws. I am defeated.
Love this!…. Can you do more like this.
I hope you do more of these 😊
“Olive Garden kitchen” is nuts lmaoooo homie made me rewind it to see the kitchen lmaoooo
I was stupid and did epoxy countertops 🤦♀️ we got it professionally done and of course we went white. I asked the guy who did it like 100x about it yellowing and he told me only if the sun directly hits it (our kitchen doesn’t get any sun) so we did it. Within 6 months it started yellowing. They yellow from heat, they stain extremely easy and even transfer bag logos on it. When it’s warm a simple tin will leave an indent. Totally do not recommend anything done in epoxy. Oh and the bajillion micro scratches 🙄 don’t waste your money. We replaced our counters to quartz and am soo happy to finally have a real countertop again 😊
10:33 There's a fix for DIYers who suck at mitered corners: It's called "Craftsman." Just get some MDF and a track saw and go to town. Just please, learn how to use a caulk gun, watch 20 videos on youtube, PRACTICE on scrap wood, take your time, and get it right. I recently taught a ten year old girl how to do it and she can now put many grown men to shame.
Absolutely LOVE the blinds. I want to see if it is available in my country. What exactly are they called?
More of these pls. And include x.o. maccena texas kitchen makeover.
Yes to a series!
The shirt this man is wearing id fantastic
I love your chair
Love your vids, so much fun to watch
PS tell us about you chair
Okay, I have noticed a lot of people. Starch wallpapering you know a little section of wall or a door with fabric? Do you recommend? How do you remove? Do you just simply wash it away? How thick of a fabric can you use? And I know it's old school but I like it lolllll
You did seem like you knew about trade, thanks for the confirmation! 😉😉😉
Thank you for the warning about epoxy yellowing over time and cracking in hot climates. I was debating doing my entire downstairs just to seal our raw slate tiles and level the floor. This is necessary because whoever installed our slate tiles was drunk, high, squint and had zero tools for spacing, grouting or straight cuts. Honestly it's really bad. So now the question is: if epoxy is a bad choice, what are my options for raw slate? Any advice (aside from rip it out and start over) would be welcome.
As someone who quickly found out that the previous home owners really thought highly of their DIY abilities I can so relate to your advice to stay in your lane. Needless to say we now have concrete cracking, caulking in exterior brick work that was painted over, siding bowing out and falling off, etc. Now we have the uphill battle to redo all of the wrongs. I hope karma followed them to their new home.
Why would anyone wanna have fake plane seats in a kitchen?😂
Phoenix, I have been binging your videos for the past week. I love your ascerbic wit although you seem to be a really nice guy. And I haven't seen anything that I disagree with, even things you say will get a lot of static. So I am your newest subscriber. I love your content!
I like your implied staaaaaar
That last one I would have glass pn top on the wood so cleaning it would be easier
Last one is awesome. Wish I could do it but don’t trust myself. 😂
Just started watching today love your show
I don't really like the flush trim look... but i can see the benefit in some situations like ever try putting furniture like bookshelves against the wall but it won't go nicely and there's always alittle gap at the top? Yeah cause the baseboards are preventing it from going flush against the wall. But it doesn't look good. If the gap is really bothering me bad enough I'd just remove the r
Trim from the spot since you can't see it anyways. And unless going for built in look it should have a gap so if able to just remove the trim and actually build it in lol😅
14:40 It's not particleboard, it's really cheap plywood that was used. If you use hardwood plywood, which is more expensive, it has extremely smooth and sanded surfaces, and you can get it in a lot of different wood species like walnut, oak, etc. That's what should have been used here instead of the cheap spruce that's used for construction.
13:30 Love me some Lone Fox. He could improve on the coffee table a LOT, but it would cost a bit more money. First, the top is way too thin. If he used the cheap plywood on the bottom layered that with a nicer plywood on the top with some edge banding, he'd have taken it to the next level. Some poly on top of the gel stain would've waterproofed the top, smoothed it significantly, and sent him into the stratosphere. That would actually be a coffee table that someone would be proud to use for years to come.
Because he cheaped out a bit too much, it still looks like a DIY special; but there's a TON of promise in the design.
For the woman in the house with the picture frame molding, she can never move her sofa anywhere else in the room because she’ll have an off center picture frame area on the wall.
I feel like the first class caviar lady should have put some kind of screen or picture next to the window to really complete the illusion. Like, if she is gonna commit to this bit she should COMMIT
The star-shaped neckline with contrasting round and plump chair is so oddly satisfying to look at
I need a shirt with a collar like that! It's so flattering
I'd also like the flush baseboard so you can push nightstands and armoires to the wall.
There are regular trims that are super low profile and no need to do it like shown on the video. Great for all kinds of home styles and you can place furniture close to walls.
Ah geez, I hate that flush trim! 😂 hence why I’m not a designer.
It’s ugly asf. He has bad taste.
Honestly, on that table, I question the stability of the bowls being glued together; I wonder if they will sheer apart over time....
They probably would, and I don’t think it’s strong enough to stay to the partical board, as long as the coffee table isn’t moved anywhere it should probably be okay
@@mrphoenixgrey
Love your videos, just discovered them yesterday, and have been binging. One thing though, Lone Wolf didn’t use particle board, he used plywood, he said so in the video. Not sure if that would change your concerns, it would certainly be a heavier table, which would really stress those balls. Who needs stressed balls?
I would attatch metal legs to the table top and drill a hole into the ball and have the legs pass through the balls so that it looks like they are supporting the table but in reality there are actual weight baring legs ment for that role doing it.
I have been binge watching your videos and I think that you make so much sense! Some of the bad ideas you highlighted should definitely have prison sentences attached. I’m looking forward to seeing more and as a new viewer I may not have seen alot of them but may I request something for Victorian houses. Suki
A flush trim instead of baseboards is a great idea. I hate dusting baseboards. What a great way to save time dusting.
It’s hideous
New sub , found the channel after a true crime so not sure how 😂 love you’re videos and sense of humour 👍
Epoxy floor home was worried they didnt have enough microplastics in their blood stream. They needed to up those numberssss!
I do love me some Jackie Segal..❤😊❤... she is a hoot!😊
In regard to the first story: my dad is an architect and his favorite story is about a big industry warehouse with concrete floors. After some time the clients complained that there appeared cracks on the floor, to which my dads boss answers: floors can either be without joints OR without cracks. 🤷 German original: „fugenlos aber nicht rissfrei“
That’s our inside joke when ever we come across concrete floors
Lone Fox is a genius... but the particle board just looks cheap. Maybe rounding the edges slightly more and even using wood filler to even out the indentations.