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2 of essentially the most impractical house design selections, in response to the Property Brothers

  • Insider spoke to “Movie star IOU” stars Drew and Jonathan Scott about house design. 
  • The Scotts shared what they suppose are essentially the most impractical designs.
  • Jonathan dislikes too many ranges in a house, whereas Drew cautioned in opposition to overly daring selections.

It is no secret that Drew and Jonathan Scott are inside design consultants because of their tenure as HGTV stars on reveals like “Movie star IOU” and “Property Brothers: Eternally Residence.” 

Insider spoke to the Scotts about “Movie star IOU,” which options stars renovating properties alongside the brothers for family members of their lives.

The present returned on Monday, guest-starring Heidi Klum.

As “Movie star IOU” highlights, one of many Scotts’ abilities is creating properties which might be as purposeful as they’re stunning, not like many designers who prioritize aesthetics over use.

Given their experience, Insider requested Drew and Jonathan about essentially the most impractical design selections they see in properties.

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Drew and Jonathan Scott on the set of “Movie star IOU” with Melissa McCarthy.

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“I hate when individuals have too many ranges that simply create journey hazards,” Jonathan stated. “I’m a careless individual, so I’m the one that will fall down the steps.”

“You see a variety of the developments from the ’70s of sunken residing rooms and even one thing like a two-tiered island and whatnot,” he went on to say. “I do not love doing them as a result of I like preserving issues easy.”

Drew, alternatively, thinks individuals run into impracticality after they make daring design selections.

“Some individuals go daring with sure designs,” he stated. “These days, there are some very vibrant aesthetics on the market, and folks actually wish to categorical persona.”

“You’re feeling that is your without end house. However a variety of instances individuals say that, however then possibly they’ve to maneuver for his or her job or one thing. Or possibly they’ve extra children, they want an even bigger home, and so they’re pressured to maneuver,” he stated.

“Abruptly, you have spent 1000’s of {dollars} on one thing like a tiger or a leopard-print countertop stone,” Drew added. “One thing that is so daring is gonna be very costly to vary out.”

A kitchen with orange counters and cabinets.

Everlasting, daring selections is perhaps a mistake.

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“If you happen to go daring and present your persona, do it in areas which might be straightforward to swap out, like throws or accent chairs or art work as an alternative of one thing that is an enormous ticket merchandise, like the colour of your cupboards or your counter tops,” he instructed.

Along with “Movie star IOU,” the Scotts are additionally nonetheless filming episodes of “Property Brothers: Eternally Residence.”

“We’re casting in LA proper now for ‘Property Brothers: Eternally Residence,'” Jonathan instructed Insider. “If there’s anyone on the market who has a house, whether or not you have had it for six days or 60 years, however you wish to make it truly purposeful and exquisite and make it your without end house, inform him to come back over to propertybrothers.com and take a look at making use of for it.”

“Movie star IOU” airs on HGTV and Discovery+ on Mondays at 8 p.m. ET.