The current This Old House series is about renovating a brownstone in
Brooklyn, New York. The architecture and general New York approach is not
something I would be comfortable with. Those house do not look comfortable
to live in.

The wife of the couple who is doing this remodel has her own unique view of
all things that go in this house. To paraphrse her remarks concerning
kitchen cabinets, "I specified cherry for the cabinets. Because cherry
stains so nice. I could make them just the color I wanted."

Apparently cherry is not a pretty enough color for her. Most of her design
decisions follow along this kind of logic. Maybe when she gets done with
this project, she could hire herself out as a prison designer.