Traumhaus-Makeover

It's fun to see the before and afters and a bit of the process, but all the talking to the camera and the time spent on the personal lives of Shea and Syd and their family feel like filler. These parts take up a huge portion of the show. It feels like Fixer Upper, where a lot of the focus is on Chip and Joanna Gaines and their kids vs the actual home makeover, which is all I'm interested in seeing. I hope Netflix will start creating shows more like Grand Designs.

I really liked the show. I think Shea and Syd have really bubbly and nice personalities that work so well with the show. I've seen a lot of people complaining about how it's all the same style over and over. THAT IS THE POINT!! They hired Shea because they love her style and what she does, so I don't really care for that kinda criticism. Having said that, I would've liked to see more about the renovation process / building their own house.

This is the blandest show I have ever seen. I love design and architecture shows, but the utter sameness of everything was more than just dull, it was downright annoying. The couple seem nice enough, but dull, dull, dull. Everyone in the show looks the same, talks the same, wants the same boring stuff. It's all upper middle class white people in their 30s who inexplicably want white living rooms although they have kids under 10, who have giant screen TVs over the mantle, instead of, say art, whose idea of a dream house is a McMansion. All the colors are neutral, there is no color anywhere, either in the people or the designs. They have a warehouse of supposedly high-end accessories that all look like Ikea, but all beige and twice the price. The couple spends a lot of time talking to the camera, but they're just not that interesting. There is no originality, whimsy, personality, creativity, or imagination anywhere to be found. Shallow, bland, and boring.

This show isn't about interior design but the lives of the Shea and Syd. Happy for them in their success but insanely boring as a show.

Some have mentioned that everything looks the same in all of her designs. That's her brand lol. Every design show is like that. I don't always love her styles for me personally but her clients do. That's the point. What I like about this show is that Shea is honest when she doesn't think or know how to do something for her client. Granted she always figures it out.

I also enjoy how she explains her design methods and choices. I feel as though she's trying to educate her viewers but doesn't use too much high-level design jargon.

I also like that we get to see and hear from the construction team. They do the grunt work and I enjoy hearing from them in addition to seeing the work they do.

Lastly, the episode in season 3 with Mary is so good. What a beautiful human!