Where's the TV?

So last night I watched one of those 'my house is better than your house' shows on HGTV. You've seen them. The shows where homeowners re-re-re-make a space to look just perfect, adding convenient shelving, wacky furniture and art with just the right amount of mood lighting to accent the room. I am sure that half the time these people don't even live in their creations because that would just mess it up. And if they are so obsessed about keeping everything pristine and sterile then what kind of drugs would they need to take to control their panic attack brought on by a child's nose bleed in the living room or lego structures resting on the kitchen island. And why don't they ever ask the people how long it took to prepare the home for the TV cameras? I know that is something that I would be interested in knowing. Would they mind giving us a shot of the cleaning supplies pantry please.... THAT, I may find a little more helpful.

Anyway, home esthetics is not the issue here. The show last night was called something like 'Biggest Bang for Your Buck' where they critique three homes that have been renovated with $120,000( and I am sure that everyone stuck to their puny budget) and some fancy designers determined which home would receive the biggest return on their spending. The conclusion of the show revealed that the home that didn't offer a whopping flat screen television in the great room would not be favored by potential buyers and therefore was proclaimed the 'loser' of the show, receiving under 50% return. This particular homeowner was pretty disappointed that his masterpiece was dismissed for practicality because his 'living' room didn't double as a theater. How sad it is that we 'have lost the art of conversation'. I didn't care for his collage of mismatched chairs, randomly placed all over the huge room. The designer critic noted that the placement of the chairs may make more sense if there were area rugs to make definite distinction of each conversation area. Clearly the owner didn't own a vacuum because he doesn't have any rugs!!

So should every great room offer a television for times when the conversation gets stale... even if it is discreetly hidden behind a teak wall panel to the right of a secret wine closet? After shutting off the television proudly utilized on my bedroom dresser, for times when 'you know what' gets stale( or is getting to bed early cause he is going to attempt a morning workout at gym prior to heading to the office), I slept like a rock and today thought this may be the perfect conversation piece.... to post on my blog.

Happy conversing.... not.