Touch a thing and I’ll break ya fingers…

OK, simple question. Which do you prefer? The before…

Mayfair mansion for sale

Or the after…

Mayfair mansion for sale

These images are from the Mail today, but I make no apology for posting them again here. Even in the stakes of period property porn these are red hot. Why? Because this Grade II listed Mayfair mansion is for sale and so therefore you could actually buy it. In theory. Maybe we could club together?

Mayfair mansion for sale

Silk chinoiserie wallpaper

Georgian ceiling rose colours

At £50million even all our readers chipping in to a MFH kitty might be a bit of a stretch. But would it not be worth it to get a say in the proposed £20 million renovation job. Here’s another before and (imagined) after.

Georgain mansion grade 2 listed mayfair

Groegain mansion for sale Mayfair

Nothing wrong with the design as such, but just, why bother? To my eyes there’s not much here that a weekend’s Hoovering and a squirt of Febreeze wouldn’t fix.

georgian ballroom

Pink walls. Ceiling roses. Incredible windows. There’s even a bang-on-trend wallpapered bathroom. I’m away to buy a scratch card.

wallpapered bathroom

11 Responses to “Touch a thing and I’ll break ya fingers…”

  1. Trish
    January 28, 2014 at 3:27 pm #

    THE BEFORE……

  2. myfriendshouse
    January 28, 2014 at 4:05 pm #

    The before a million times over. Who else can we get to chip in?

  3. Helene
    January 28, 2014 at 4:39 pm #

    The before. That wallpapered bathroom is so French with the matching wallpapered bath panels!

  4. Madeleine
    January 31, 2014 at 5:26 pm #

    Before every time. Isn’t sad looking at great character being turned antiseptic.

  5. Monika@secretgardenhome
    January 31, 2014 at 9:18 pm #

    The before was 100 times better:))

  6. Britha
    January 31, 2014 at 11:40 pm #

    The original any day, I dislike the glitzy remodelling

  7. Kristin
    March 2, 2014 at 9:30 pm #

    I’m in!

    • myfriendshouse
      March 3, 2014 at 10:40 am #

      Ha, great, we’ll let you know when we have a few more (more than three) members and set to. x

    • myfriendshouse
      March 3, 2014 at 10:56 am #

      Great! It’s all starting to look very affordable….

  8. LF
    March 3, 2014 at 2:46 pm #

    No contest! And this could convince my partner that Pink Ground walls and chequerboard lino will not turn our kitchen into ‘Liberace’s bedroom’…

    • myfriendshouse
      March 4, 2014 at 9:04 am #

      I think his logic is wrong – Liberace’s bedroom being the ideal look for any kitchen. The fella here put me off my newly pink and black room in Margate by saying it looked Elvisy x

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