{"id":17479,"date":"2025-01-27T14:38:22","date_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/a-wholesome-escape-from-the-housing-crisis-the-facebook-group-dedicated-to-retro-australian-homes\/"},"modified":"2025-01-27T14:38:22","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T13:38:22","slug":"a-wholesome-escape-from-the-housing-crisis-the-facebook-group-dedicated-to-retro-australian-homes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/a-wholesome-escape-from-the-housing-crisis-the-facebook-group-dedicated-to-retro-australian-homes\/","title":{"rendered":"A wholesome escape from the housing crisis: the Facebook group dedicated to retro Australian homes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m obsessed with the fantasy of fixing up a midcentury house \u2013 and furious at the people who\u2019ve painted them white <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>See more from our column <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/series\/internet-wormhole\">Internet wormhole<\/a><\/strong>, where writers share their favourite corner of the internet<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is one thing that unites the members of my favourite Facebook group: a shared hatred for white paint.<\/p>\n<p>In the comments, people moan about mid-century homes being visited by \u201cthe white fairy\u201d. Some discuss whether it\u2019s possible to undo the horrors previous owners have wrought. One shares the link to a home for sale, noting the \u201cincredible vandalism\u201d of a whitewash renovation. \u201cI got three photos in and had to stop,\u201d one of 80 incensed replies reads.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/culture\/2025\/jan\/27\/a-wholesome-escape-from-the-housing-crisis-the-facebook-group-dedicated-to-retro-australian-homes\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/71ab0d59073ebc0c7844c6c63b4a5d44a538863b\/0_0_2500_1500\/master\/2500.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e8da2d601cb88afbd4eb1ca55878f3f1\" title=\"A wholesome escape from the housing crisis: the Facebook group dedicated to retro Australian homes\" \/>I\u2019m obsessed with the fantasy of fixing up a midcentury house \u2013 and furious at the people who\u2019ve painted them white<br \/>\nSee more from our column Internet wormhole, where writers share their favourite corner of the internet<br \/>\nThere is one thing that unites the members of my favourite Facebook group: a shared hatred for white paint.<br \/>\nIn the comments, people moan about mid-century homes being visited by \u201cthe white fairy\u201d. Some discuss whether it\u2019s possible to undo the horrors previous owners have wrought. One shares the link to a home for sale, noting the \u201cincredible vandalism\u201d of a whitewash renovation. \u201cI got three photos in and had to stop,\u201d one of 80 incensed replies reads. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I\u2019m obsessed with the fantasy of fixing up a midcentury house \u2013 and furious at the people who\u2019ve painted them white See more from our column Internet wormhole, where writers share their favourite corner of the internet There is one thing that unites the members of my favourite Facebook group: a shared hatred for white &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2025\/01\/27\/a-wholesome-escape-from-the-housing-crisis-the-facebook-group-dedicated-to-retro-australian-homes\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">A wholesome escape from the housing crisis: the Facebook group dedicated to retro Australian homes<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":17480,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17479"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17479\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17480"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}