I grew up in the town where this tv show was made. I cringed at the constant comments of it being "an empty town". Sauble beach has always been a charming, simple place. It used to be a place that people could have a decent vacation on a small budget. In the past few years, it had been "discovered" and is changing in a way that makes me sad. The community that lives here is not trendy or in-touch with trends. However the people and the First Nations communities that live here will continue to live here for years to come....I wish they would acknowledge what's already there instead of painting it as a ghost town.

Them painting the dishwasher buttons is like those memes of landlords painting bugs to the wall 😬

Don’t rip out the wood paneling and DONT paint it white. There are so many amazing wood panel cabins that have charm and warmth you just can’t get from painting it white. I would kill for a legitimate wood wall.

Their business is literally just gentrification but with a girlboss lens. It’s gross and poorly designed. I wish there were policies in place that prevented such unaffordable short term rentals - it’s bad for communities in the long term

The break-out star is the contractor. He's a great contrast to the girl duo.

this is just girlbossing but as a design choice. Every episode pains me more as I watch

Can’t stand people who live around their social media. I agree. And I like you even more after this critique. I can’t wait for part 2!

This show was so annoying. They aren’t designers and it shows. It is just millenial design tropes but the worst is they talk like they are straight off the mtv show awkward!!

"Even in Vogue-guh!" "Oh my god-duh!" Imagine the sheer ton of dust that's going to accumulate on those plastic plants. "Ew is that dust-uh?!?"

i'm obsessed with how terrible this show is and all your reactions. i never want to hear "what's the photo moment here" in regards to a motel bathroom ever again.

I couldn’t even finish one episode based in their voices alone.

DO NOT get rid of that wood paneling. It's such a gem and I rarely see people keep it. Definitely will be trendy in 5 years when everyone has finally gentrified their late 60's -80's homes. If the color is bad just restain or paint white Edit : I also kinda despise painting it white but if you MUST then I guess it's not the most awful thing

please keep the wood paneling I was SO UPSET they painted over it. I definitely think it's coming back if not already back. the diagonal also feels more visually interesting than vertical

I'm from Toronto, and I'm growing tired of all the universal praise for the June. I haven't been but Google reviews share unclean rooms, chipped paint, tired decor. You're right - diy decor works for your own apartment but not a hotel with high traffic. I am shocked they can charge 200-400 a night for these rooms. Sauble beach is lovely, but it can be a day trip from Toronto or you can stay in a whole cottage elsewhere. I don't understand the high price tags for rooms when the amenities, service and we'll appointed luxury in a suite isn't there. Good for them and the hustle though, but my bf and I could never stomach paying $400 a night for a selfie opp. And this series has turned me off that style a bit too, I need to shake up my own place and throw out my neon sign 😝

This was fucking hilarious. Please watch the whole show. I gasped when they started drawing the arch 😂

I watched the show too their style gives me like major 2012 vibes

This literally seems like the pilot for an American horror story season. It's kinda scary 😂😂

Hey! I actually live in this area about 25 mins from Sauble. You asked about what the locals think and honestly it’s not just the June Motel. There’s tons of other shops that do the same thing to appeal to the Instagram ears in the summer and fall then shut down for 7 months. For me anyways it’s the type of people (the instagrammers) that are ruining it for the locals. I haven’t even attempted to go to Sauble this summer because it gets completely overrun with oblivious tourists that have no respect for the landscape, the locals, or the way of life. Like even the horse and buggy comment, it’s just mennonites and they’ve lived here for decades alongside locals. Have respect for those that took care of this place before your camera found it… sorry that was long. It’s just annoying. Also they charge ridiculous amounts a night that no one can afford. I saw they sold some merch and was interested in a robe until I found out it was 225$… for a freaking house robe

Open shelves in the kitchen are sooo high maintenance. Everything on those shelves, and the shelves, will have to be constantly dusted and cleaned.

So many of these design choices make me think of a mid 1990’s Florida retirement community.

If only they would have hired other designers to do this show bc I love the concept, just not them. And charging 200 a night is such a gentrifying decision. Yikes.

"Maybe they're discovering a beautiful town that's quite unknown" LOL! Any Ontarian can tell you Sauble Beach is the ultimate tourist hotspot hahaha. Love your videos Paige!!

The overpricing of a motel that is supposed to be an affordable travel option is gross. Millennial money grab.

If nails on a chalkboard was a show this would be it. The show is literally like a target ad

I get it's considered "dated" but I really like the paneling as-is, not painted :/

I was interested in watching this but couldn't even get through the trailer bc of their voice. Which I thought was unfair but after watching the first episode, I can see my judgment was justified. 😆 Their design style is just not it. And you're right, super trendy. Thanks for watching this so we don't have to, Paige. This would have haunted my "continue watching" section.

Renovating an entire motel for the sole purpose of “taking good selfies” is the ultimate cringe 😣

I get SERIOUS chevron vibes from these ladies… but not surprising being in this country a majority of design is chevron or farmhouse.

Definitely make this a series. "JUNIFY" It. Lol

I like the wood paneling, I think it could be an interesting part of a design.

OMG I COULDN’T STOP LAUGHING!!!! I tried to watch this show a few weeks ago and lasted about 13 seconds. When they barely mentioned the painted arch, I just about peed. You’re reactions were pricelesssssssssssss!!!

I'm so glad to get to talk about this show! The thing that stunned me was that in a later episode, they chose beds that had drawers under them instead of a separate dresser. Like to me that just screams bedbug risk! I can't believe they did that!

It’s difficult listening to their voices….like cringe. Courtney actually stole the show

Love the diagonal wood paneling...it's a vibe. Yes, let's watch episode 2 together! I subscribed to your channel because your design aesthetic is the antithesis to this Netflix show and most of the home décor content creators on KZfaq that I've seen, thus far. Thank you, Paige.

Please do another one, there is absolutely no way I’m watching the show any other way.

You can 100% tell they're Canadian...idea straight from Schitt's Creek 💀

Personally, I think painting the wood paneling white outdated the space even more. I don’t fully understand why people continue to paint over genuine wood. Also, the motel renovation could have been done in a way that it still blended into the fabric of the city: warmer colors, vintage furniture, reusing pieces already in the space, etc. But, I guess cheap, fast, and “instagrammable” was the focus…

Please post more reactions to this show. I hate watched the entire thing but your comments make it completely worth it!

I grew up in a house with painted slanted wood paneling and I love it. It adds texture without overwhelming. Fun Fact: It can take SO MUCH primer to pro those walls for paint. That old wood can just soak it all in. Our walls took 5 coats. 😬

Girl, this motel is near where I live, and it's so damn expensive and I totally get the 'rich snob mean girl vibe' from it and its clientele. I refuse to watch the Netflix show on it so thank you for this lmao.

Please do the whole series, I need your input on EVERYTHING ! Also it gets worse. I told my boyfriend “It’s so funny watching because we will literally never stay at a place like this”

One of my biggest issues with the show so far is that I feel like the decorations aren’t practical for a motel. They’re 100% gonna have some of those “instagrammable” decorations stolen, not to mention that they’re decorating the rooms for bachelorette parties and not the many other people who will be staying there. Also, in the second episode they don’t even hang up the frames above the bed but instead lean them above the bed on the headboard which seems like an accident waiting to happen. I feel like they’re decorating for someone’s bedroom and not a motel room, this show genuinely made me frustrated LOL. Excited for a second video on this!!!

17:42 i actually loved this wood paneling and the wood panelling everywhere, but especially by the bath tub. gave me sauna/hot tub vibes. and the color and quality looked so good

This show is TOTAL rip-off the KZfaq's The Sorry Girls' show, Upgrade My Stay. Which, I also think you would hate! lmao

I wished they started our experiencing the local tradition , attending some local events and talking to people around town to understand the local culture then designing from there.

Why am I so proud that I was one of the "random dms and comments" asking for a review of this last week lmao I couldn't stop laughing! Please watch episode 2!!

I’m not even American and don’t really understand motels, but even I know that 200 dollars a night is insane for a motel!

Love this! You're like the Hautelemode of interior design, plz to more episodes xD. Also, the fact they're in a beach town in Ontario, their motel aesthetic screams tacky LA rather than aiming for a more appropriate simple Beachy Canadiana.

Please do episode 2! My husband and I both were rolling at your reactions and editing this episode. Thank you for the highly relatable content and the laughs.

Your voice was in my head the whole time I watched the show. It’s almost every trend you’ve mentioned hating. Lol

The vines in the light fixture?! The painted dishwasher?! The painted rattan light fixture?! All the pink?! It’s all so upsetting.

I just finished the show today! But I really didn’t like it, they were so unorganized which led to so many budget problems. I personally love to plan ahead and if they had planned ahead they wouldn’t have gone over budget with certain parts of the motel, and I ALWAYS suggest leaving a set amount of money aside on large projects for when and if something happens. But when they were designing this hotel they made so many decisions in the room which led to teams working hard to paint things just for them to go “ehh I don’t like it redo it!” There are so many online resources they could have used to help them visualize paint colors in the room, I’m almost positive you can use AR to see how a paint looks on the home depot or Lowe’s website, which is such an accessible tool.

I'm gonna have to rosé all day after this

I’m into the paneling

paige you have to continue this series! i was cracking up at your reaction the entire time

PLEASE make this a series! As an interior designer I could not stop laughing. I just love your channel so much! You have great taste, I would be interested in a video about furniture stores or your favorite shops in Chicago when you get back home.

Sauble Beach was "unknown" about 10 years ago (and as a local, it was great), but now is a pretty big tourist attraction - it's packed in the summer, as it is one of the best sand beaches in Ontario. One of the biggest issues is lack of accommodation for people who drive up from Toronto and other places, but renovating a cheap motel isn't the right approach to solving that problem. Sidenote, I knew about this show because the women are alumni of the same university as me, which promoted the show in the alumni newsletter LOL

i rationalized their design choices by telling myself that this show was probably filmed before we exhausted painting everything white and adding arches everywhere

This review is like hearing all the thoughts I was having while watching said out loud!!! I NEED a review of the rooms and the rest of the place!!

I watched ep 1 of motel makeover last week on a whim and could not get past the first episode. I'm amazed that I found this video, echoing everything that was going thru my head when I watched it. Thank you. This feels good and this is what I need rn.

Wood paneling in its original form is the only one I will accept, I cringe every time someone paints it white 😩 it gives me sailor vibes which I despise 🙈

What is this mentality of curating a space for the sake of creating an “instagrammable” moment. Especially in a bathroom?? They completely disregard the functionality of a motel, it’s surroundings and how it will establish itself in a Canadian beach setting. The trends of today are just stupid at this point, a mush mosh of Pinterest barf all haphazardly thrown together simply for a picture. Sad.

definitely keep the wood paneling!!!! i've seen so much GREAT midcentury modern home inspo with wood paneling recently and it makes me want to add my own when i get a house

Please can we hate watch the whole series together!!

Omg the vines on the light is so bad. I can’t believe your were able the watch a full episode, props to you!

Don't get rid of the wood paneling, reminds me of Dakota Johnson's house on the AD tour!!

They gave that dishwasher the Landlord Special painting over the buttons like that.

I’ve been thrifting clothes for a while now but not home decor. Your channel and seeing what you can do with stuff you already have and find secondhand makes me feel like I can do that in my real life too

Have a look at Daniel Arshams House, it had old wood paneling everywhere, and I think he did a really great job in his renovation! He kept all the wood.

oh. the way they talk. its so 2001. no one talks like that now if you want to be taken serious at all. don't talk....Like....Like.....that.......yuck.

That diagonal wood paneling is gorgeous! Large wood panels are always nice and the angle makes them even more interesting. As long as the wood is a neutral color (not too red) and doesn’t have a shiny lacquer, I think it fits in well in a contemporary space and can look quite luxurious.

I am so happy that you watched this because the whole time I thought of you and how it was everything you hated. My friend stayed here, it was like $350/night and she said you couldn’t tell if the furniture was actually just someone’s random vintage crap that wasn’t comfortable or forgotten furniture altogether. Sad thing is that this motel makes so much $$$$

This show makes me wince in pain visibly.

Their voices would keep me away from this show.

i love love love the brown wood paneling. especially by the bathtub it looks soooo good!!

i need more of these, its like hearing myself and its amazing.

I have never left a comment before, but I couldn't last the entire episode when I pulled it up on Netflix. I skipped to the end and hated every second of the fake friendly cheap cringe fest that is this show. It is just BAD. I can't believe I watched bits of it again via this video, but it was reassuring to know you hated it as well.

watching you watching them paint that arch was the best laugh I've had in a minute.

We moved in a very outdated house this year with wood paneling and we love it. Just painted it and it looks textured.

Obsessed with wood paneling I’m all about keeping it! I wholeheartedly believe it will be back in the next few years since we’ve already had so much midcentury revival

Omgggg them just painting over the dishwasher is SO cheap landlord of them I AM DYING

i get so excited for your videos !!

Your review just popped up in my feed & I loved it! Couldn’t agree more. The sad thing about this trend is that all the photos look the same no matter where they are taken… it’s hilarious and terrifying 😂

I am so glad you did this, will you please do a second video? I was cracking up the entire time. A painted dishwasher? Like… I can’t.

this hotel is stuck in a pre-teens room from 2015

Yessss please review the entire season LOL can’t wait to hear your comments.

Oh yes please react to more of this! I just skipped into the next episode and I have a feeling you might find a soulmate in their contractor. Also keep the diagonal wood panelling, never seen this before, to me it looks really cool.

THANK YOU. My family is from Bruce County and I spent every summer in Sauble Beach growing up. I stayed at the former Knight's Inn several times. I am disgusted by what these women did to the place, taking it from like $100 a night to $400, and their vision for what the town should be. It's a rural vacation community and the First Nation owns half the beach. It is not empty or gross or whatever these chicks said (I haven't watched the show myself because I don't want to have a stress-induced stroke, but I've heard a lot of what they said). I hope that this style looks incredibly dated and cheesy in ten years (moreso than it already does to anyone but the worst Instagram #girlbosses anyway) and the place goes under so it can be an affordable motel again.

Can’t agree with you more. Would love to see you make a video discussing some “timeless” design options.

I had so much fun watching this video 😀 My problem with their design is how they made the whole motel only for summer. If they decided to make it a bit more classic and timeless, what could have been done with wood paneling left untouched and a calmer colour palette, maby with a stronger 70's feel, people might actually stay there all year round for a few nights maby on their road trips. And for a small town like this I would somehow include a fun part for the locals as well. I really don't appreciate faux plants anywhere. 😅

I just need you to watch the whole series - this was just 👌🏻😂 I thought it would get better but their obssession with the weird peach/pink paint, ‘insta moments’ - everything is a ‘moment’ and their ideas that every space just needs ‘plants(plastic), multiple rattan light shades in one bunch, peach pink paint and the ugliest terrazzo tile’ - I honestly just can’t 😭 haha x

I love those diagonal pannels!!! And those jackets, well they are trendy here in europe this winter again... i laugh non-stop with you and your videos. Love your content!!

"Junify is a word that we invented!" Really? It wasn't a word already? I am curious with places like these - how often do you update the decor if the whole point is to be on trend? You would HAVE to do everything on the cheap for it to make sense business-wise.

Late for work because you were watching reality TV? Sounds like you could use some help junifying your time management skills bestie!

I thought the same about the chairs! Painting them in a flashy colour. Bright pink, yellow or green.. I liked the old dark nearly chocolat brown kitchen with those big round knobs! It's cool. And beyond that, everything you said: Yes!! Yes yes yes!

ahh this was fun! Please art two! and all the episodes...really want to see what you think about this one thing they do at the check in desk towards the end....think that's the only thing you'd like -want to see if I'm right!

I think I’d keep the wood paneling. It’ll look good when you change out everything else!

HAHA!! Hey Paige, I’m so glad you did this video. I watched this show and immediately thought of you a while back. It’s so awful but somehow entertaining, and I guess at least those gals are having fun and hopefully making money. As always thanks for your honesty and your tips have helped me in my home design of my own home.

this video series is music to my ears, thank you sooooo much for this :D

Diagonal wood panels is a treasure to find in my opinion. Fn love it