#Before-After challenge

[hometoursandotherstuff]

This is the house from HGTVs "The Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge," but as soon as the show wrapped they changed it. “The investors thought it would have higher resale value being a modern, beautiful, newly renovated home,” said the real estate agent, “They obviously weren’t going for the serious Barbie fans.” I'm a Barbie collector and there are lots of us. Someone would've bought it. Here are the befores and afters.

This is what it looks like now, and priced at $2,049,995 it just sold for $1.845M. I am so disappointed. Built in 1997, the 5bd, 5ba home is located in Canyon Country, California. HGTV looked at about 50 houses and finally bought this one for $1.750M. Each designer star team did a room and the team of  Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt of “100 Day Dream Home” won. When I was looking for before pics, a lot of the sites were no longer available- they didn't want us Barbie people to see the befores, I bet.

The family room before. I don't really care for the retro look.

Family room after. But, I don't like this white, either.

In the living room, the major features that the designers installed remain, like the two-story fireplace and the updated circular staircase. Everything else was changed to neutral gray, black & white.

The dining room. Man, they must've used an awful lot of white paint to cover up the deep colors.

The ’50s kitchen was stripped of the pastels and replaced with neutrals, but the retro Big Chill appliances—refrigerator, oven, dishwasher, stove, even the hood—are still in place, b/c they're very expensive. And, the pop-up appliance lifts on the island are still in place, too.

Ken's den wasn't changed much b/c it was cool, but they did remove the disco floor. Allison Victoria & Ty Pennington dancing on the disco floor.

Looks like they turned the walk-in closet/dressing room into an office.

It already had an office, so now it has two. Wow, they left the striped ceiling intact.

The new dull bedroom.

And, home gym.

The realtor wanted to buy the big brush on the wall, but was told that all the props had to go back to Mattel Toys.

And, finally, the pool. Mika and Brian Kleinschmidt won for their design on the pool and yard. Well, I see they kept the pink spiral stairs, yellow lifesaver and umbrella.

The dog elevator went back to Mattel, too.

https://www.realtor.com/news/trends/exclusive-the-barbie-dreamhouse-is-now-for-sale-but-prepare-to-be-shocked-by-its-whole-new-look/

#HGTV barbie dreamhouse challenge #barbie house #houses #house tours #before & after house #home tour

[lienwyn]

Kang Yo Han in his natural habitat, as observed by Kim Ga On

OR

You want to fuck that old man so bad it makes you look stupid

#The Devil Judge #Kang Yo Han #Gahan #Art #Fan Art #KDrama #Well #The Gahan is implied #If not before then definitely after that last sketch #This is what I've been doing the past three weeks xD #Just drawing a lot #Because I wanted to practice on sketching #And colouring those sketches in a way that's quick but also looks good #The difference between the first and last sketch is kind of hilarious #Especially on the skin #Improvement: Speedrun Edition #These took between three to seven hours each #And I'm very happy with them! #Even if they're also far from as perfect as I could make them if I spent more time on them #But the whole challenge was to not overwork them #So yeah #These are still sketches in my eyes xD #I'm getting REALLY good at the blurry backgrounds

[pixlokita]

Pix I am filled with angst ideas for my au now , ghost Gregory existencial crisis arc , VAMOOOOOOS

-Haru

Here’s a silly of your au in these angsty times

#Pix answers #fnaf #Haru #security breach #gregory #Cassie #im not gonna even tag a lot because it’s a sketch 😭 #Cassie get home first and out of the pizzaplex before losing consciousness challenge #to be fair if this is after the whole skeleton with the sticky note bit I think she’s being polite enough to let him know before anything

[wigglebox]

Suptober - Day 1 || Liminal [x]

#suptober23 #suptober #destiel #destiel fanart #castiel #dean winchester #spnfanart #wiggleart #ITS FINALLLY HEEERRREEEE #of course the first prompt was a little difficult right off the bat and at first I was just gonna shove them in the back rooms #but then after brainstorming with a friend came to this #idea that the conversation in 0407 was a liminal one of Cas’ mental state at the time #it happened at a playground which is Classic Liminal Art subject matter #and then decided to set it at night which is Liminal Time #like when you’re at a sleep over and diving into your deepest secrets with your friends before the sun comes up #also a reminder line art from this challenge alone with 9 other doodles are going up for sale as a 40 drawing coloring page packet #you’ll be able to print out #I’m so excited about that!

[hylianane]

I have a feeling that Sanji and Zoro’s death pact will be properly resolved in Elbaf, as it certainly doesn’t feel like we’re done with it. And while Elbaf is gearing up to be very Usopp-centric (and I can not overstate how hyped I am to see him take the spotlight again, finally), let’s not forget that this all ties back to Little Garden, the arc that properly introduced Zoro and Sanji’s rivalry by paralleling them with two rival giants who fought each other every day for over a century, but who also lost themselves in their grief when one thought the other death. The parallel isn’t even subtle, Little Garden’s biggest landmarks are the remnants of Dorry and Brogy’s dinosaur hunting competition. You know. The very same competition Zoro and Sanji posed to each other at the start of the arc?

But here’s the thing. I’m a little worried about how it’s going to be resolved. Because. Despite how readily Zoro agreed to kill Sanji if need be, he must have known that the crew would never forgive him. Zoro is Luffy’s specialest guy but Luffy would not accept any excuse as to why Sanji had to die. Nor anyone else in the crew. But. Does Sanji realize that?

Does he know that killing him would literally be the hardest thing Zoro would ever do, because it would mean literally betraying his Captain and crew? Luffy said he can’t become Pirate King without Sanji, and Zoro and Luffy swore they’d commit fucking ritualistic suicide if they got in the way of each other’s dreams, so does Sanji know where that would leave the swordsman in this case? With no Captain, no crew, and yet another dead rival and best friend (who, mind you, began to live in fear of his own biology betraying him right before dying. but the parallels between Kuina and Sanji and how they relate to Zoro could be a long ass post for another day).

I think he doesn’t know. But he can’t find out how Zoro would mourn him unless the pact actually follows through. But still, I don’t think Oda would kill Sanji, cause that’s no way to resolve this issue. So here’s my speculation about how I think it could potentially play out, following that initial line of thinking of the death pact’s resolution being set in Elbaf, specifically because of Sanji and Zoro’s parallels to Dorry and Brogy.

Like Brogy, Zoro would have to believe that he killed Sanji. That he won their final duel. He’d have to believe that Sanji has fallen and, also like Brogy, have to face that grief and hurt all alone. But in the end, like Dorry, Sanji would survive, having never actually been hurt. Because their edges have dulled after fighting for so long, no longer as capable of landing killing blows as they thought. “Not even the blades of Elbaf could endure two giants fighting for 100 years”? Something of the sort. And maybe this line of speculation is simplistic or optimistic, but the chances of it playing out like this aren’t zero, so just in case, I would want to be able to say that I called it.

#i also cant rlly see the death pact being brought up again anytime before we get to elbaf proper #and any time afterward itd just feel. out of place? like too personal a conflict to be placed into the final arc where the strawhats- #-are supposed to be at their strongest and ready for their final challenges. Infighting at that stage would feel distracting? Melodramatic? #Zoro’s also not gonna finish fighting Mihawk and then go fight Sanji like it’s items on a murder grocery list #specially because it feels weird to place his showdown with his current friend-rival AFTER fulfilling his promise to Kuina? And not before? #like idk idk Oda is very meticulous about fitting all his plotlines together I’m sure he’ll know what to do better than me #but uh. This is my pitch on how and when it could play out #one piece #my post #zosan #??? I MEAN #you cant discuss the death pact without making it a little bit zosan #idk how to tag this tho or how many people i’d like to see this. hn

[losingabs2000]

#losingabs2000 #weight gain #before and after #dadbod #fit to fat #getting fat #tiktoker #exjock #bloated belly #YouTube #Calorie challenge #bloated #jiggle

[tommykinardbuckley]

BEFORE AND AFTER!

I was tagged by the lovely and super talented @lengthofropes thank you!

#before and after gifs #before and after coloring challenge #alex answers #this was fun! thanks for tagging me 💕 #I’m still figuring out the coloring for this show… #911 #bucktommy

[uncanny-tranny]

You know, I feel like other trans people might get this, but it's honestly kind of refreshing when a cis person has, like, undeniable tboy/tgirl/whatever swag. It's like when you come across somebody who speaks the same language as you and you only find out when they start speaking it, too.

#trans #transgender #lgbt #lgbtq #ftm #mtf #nonbinary #all this to say that we are existing on a rock hurling through space #and this universe is going to collide into another and does it all truly matter in the end? #a lot of this is based on ideas we have about what constitutes certain people and i think it can be a fun observation #so long as you do not inherently ascribe certain traits as being indicative of who somebody Is #it can be amusing when you're SO confident that somebody is a certain way until you realize how Wrong you were #the amusement for me only comes because it's like... 'you tried your best to box somebody and you FAILED lmao' #and in a weird way it's kind of comforting because it reminds me that we all come into this world with bias that Will be challenged... #...so the best thing you can do is recognize those biases and then try to overcome them through great effort... #...so yes maybe i did think that cis dude had tboy swag but. that's not inherently his problem you know? #it probably just means he's confident in his manhood in a way that reminds me of the trans men* i know and love #i noticed that in him and it reminded me of my friends who are trans so i think 'oh! maybe that's why he's giving off those vibes!' #so while i won't treat him any differently before or after finding out i was wrong i'm still going to appreciate the fact that... #...he and i are literally just Vibing on the same planet and we both don't have time for petty arguing about manhood #i'll acknowledge what inspired those thoughts in me but that is Not his problem and that's good and beautiful actually #i don't always mind the tboy/tgirl swag meme just so long as you don't treat it like an Inherent Trans Experience Only Trans People Have #just recognize where those ideas are inspired from and it's fine <3 #sometimes you will be Wrong and that's actually fucking neutral <<3 #anyway rant over i just think this is /generally/ harmless and fun #like astrology. sometimes you just look up your star sign without ascribing your Entire Life to it <3 #i think what i lot of people mean by saying a cis person has tboy/tgirl swag is just that... #...that cis person has an understanding of themself that comes from deep introspection that isn't necessarily expected of cis folk... #...but it is often something trans people do as part of our exploration of gender... #how is this the FIRST POST to reach tag limit... ask me for more thoughts if you want lol!

[iwritenarrativesandstuff]

Obsessed with Fyodor’s as yet unknown backstory today. And not just in the ‘I need to know’ way but… idk there’s something about the way he seems to wholeheartedly believe that what he is doing will result in the removal of sin. Thinking about how he doesn’t have a god complex but is instead a follower of what he believes to be god’s will. Thinking about how he places himself as above others anyways by taking their free will from them. I think about how his ability didn’t attack him and instead seems to be working with him. The gem is in his hand, the hands he kills with, the righteous hand? I think about that gakuen profile that I can’t find anymore but I know I saw where his likes are generally good and selfless things like peace, and about how, if this is true, he’s been an extreme idealist all along. I think about how senseless violence, the people who can’t stop killing each other, seem to disgust him. That he wants to cleanse it. That he repeatedly uses the very thing he wants to cleanse as a weapon regardless. I think about him and Dazai being foils and wonder if his plan to remove the sin of ability users includes his own self-destruction. I wonder where his self-assurance in the necessity of his cruelty and the perfection of God’s intentions comes from. I wonder how old he actually is.

As funny as the idea is to me that he’s just like that… is it kind of weird that I hope whatever his deal is ends up being a gut-punch?

#to be clear I don’t want to cry over him or anything; I greatly enjoy him as a challenging antagonist #but after so long in the manga of not knowing anything about him I want at least part of it to gut me you know? #make the wait worth it #actually I suspect that we may find out little pieces of fyodor and dazai’s backstories at close to the same time #not that I think they’re necessarily connected (pretty sure they only met once before dead apple) but in the way #that it’d be good to see it back to back or side by side #they’re alike superficially but are very different people on the inside #it’d be neat to see the difference in circumstance too #anyways. I need to know more about fyodor. I’m going to lose it. #bsd #bsd fyodor #storyrambles

[kirby-the-gorb]

#kirby #daily kirby #my art #digital #hal laboratory #nintendo #I've been picking away at kh:3d for a while #I watched all the cutscenes before years ago but I'd never played it before I started last year #I got to the xehanort fights right before my wife got home from work #so after she and our partner went to bed I was like 'oh I'm close to the end of the game I'll just finish it out' #reader it took me 3 hours lmao #it's only like a 20 hour game #(I only died once or twice so that was not why it took so long) #(I was playing on beginner mode because playing kh1 on normal made me want to cry so I don't bother) #(the challenge is not the fun part for me in this series.) #I really like kingdom hearts :) I love earnestness.

[sunnydayaoe]

Mind design fifty bajillion

#can I be happy with my mind design?? no. #chonny jash #chonny's charming chaos compendium #cccc #cj mind #cccc mind #I think before hand the sun was somewhere else. I'll figure it out. but after the Juno Incident he switches to this eye.. #shot at the sun :xplosion: #use Dark Blue [<- the color mind is Actually portrayed as] challenge level IMPOSSIBLE #sorry guys dark blue and dark purple scare me so bad... #can only use megetna and cyan... #jbird's art

[hometoursandotherstuff]

Y'all enjoyed the comparison post of the Before & Afters of HGTVs Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, so much, yesterday, I thought you'd like to see what it looked like BEFORE the Barbie transformation. They looked at 50 houses before they chose this beige one.

Here come the designers with pink sledge hammers. I'm also including this link to an article about how the neighborhood thought it was a nightmare: https://www.theringer.com/tv/2023/8/17/23834446/hgtv-barbie-dreamhouse-challenge-renovation-project-neighborhood-nightmare

Apparently, it was never meant to be livable. (Ah, but it is! I would definitely live here with my Barbie collection. It would be the jewel in the crown.)

Seriously, I hate the dated oak. And, HGTV paid $1.75M for it?

It was plain. Nothing special at all, but I guess they chose it b/c it has nice swirling walls, stairs and balconies.

Wow, they put in these great floors, only to be removed again, and replaced by wood flooring. This rainbow ceiling went right back to white.

I still can't believe they turned it into a white, gray and black version of the same dull house.

The kitchen was so dated and missing a fridge. They used such high end reproduction appliances that they kept them and they actually make the new modern kitchen look ugly.

Seriously, I don't like the way the retro appliances look in the new improved kitchen. They're too retro for the modern look.

Boring family room had no personality.

What a disappointing primary bedroom before. They really dressed it up- love the sparkly ceiling.

They kept the wall fireplace as a focal point.

The en-suite was big and bland.

The only room they kept was Ken's den but they got rid of the disco floor. Come on.

Barbie's office got built-in shelving, which they also kept.

Barbie's closet was eventually eliminated and turned into another home office.

And, now, with it's new white & black transformation, it's been sold. The neighborhood is happy, the new owner is happy, all the neutral lovers are happy.

https://www.businessinsider.com/before-and-after-photos-of-hgtvs-barbie-dreamhouse-2023-7#the-designers-also-wanted-the-room-to-feel-distinctly-like-barbies-office-45

#HGTV barbie dreamhouse challenge #barbie's house #houses #house tours #home tour #before and after houses #before and after

[tragicotps]

Marisa Coulter + Caring more about Asriel than she'd like to admit

#marisa coulter #asriel belacqua #masriel #asriel x marisa #his dark materials #hdm #hdm edit #i needed to make a marisa one too after the asriel one #this was a little more challenging #we were pretty much robbed of all good lines but ruth still gave it her all anyway #she loves him mkay #two idiots in love #lemme just jump into the abyss byee #mine #last one before i leave on holiday for two weeks

[cannibal-rat]

Clown (Day 4)

#because what more is he except a clown to entertain us? #doing his sheningans #I believe that Copia sometimes sees himself like that #probably before he puts the make up on #like in I Tonya or Rocketman #and then again when he takes the make up off after the circus #and sits in his dark room on the bed all alone #knowing he has to do this #he has to be better #Papa IV #Cardinal Copia #the band ghost #ghost band #ghost bc #ghost fanart #digital art #Papa IV fanart #Cardinal Copia fanart #drawing challenge #drawing prompt

[otlwoozi]

doodles from svt japanese fanmeet love!!

#center piece: disgusted jihoon @ mingyu's sexy chu challenge #ive been itching to doodle these aaaaaa #so good to get some svt doodling off my chest after having so much to do right before + during + after grad #seventeen #art #woozi #dinito #jeonghan #seungkwan #also FOUR WHOLE DAYS OF HOWOO PARTNERING #that was for me #thank you hoshi

[apricote]

i didn't want you to go back to sulani before i had the chance to do that.

#simblr #ts4 #ts4 gameplay #tjolc #tjol challenge #f: vickers #vickers: 1 #s: fennec #s: maru #q #uh sorry #or you're welcome? #whichever you prefer #i tried to find an airport but i didn't really like any of the #them #so we're pretending maru is going to airport with a train before flying to sulani #idk just go with it #for some reason the little notification of them having their first kiss didn't pop up :-( #i would have added that into the picture to make it clear that this is the first time they kissed #after all that painful slow burn #but yeah sorry again