The 82-year-old TV host pushed back against the negative comments in an Instagram post on July 4.
Martha Stewart responded to the “harsh” comments she received about her living room transformation at her home in Maine. Stewart, 82, shared her thoughts in an Instagram post on July 4, expressing her surprise at the strong reactions. “I rarely read all the comments that come in after I post,” she remarked. “But because I was so happy with the transformation of my Maine living room, I did go through many of the comments.”
“My Maine helpers [and I] spent three hours moving out the old furniture and putting in the new pieces,” she explained. “We were pleased that the pieces actually fit the room and were proportionate to the large size of the space.” Stewart highlighted that the makeover wasn’t done by “professional decorators” but was an “attempt to change quickly and efficiently.”
A renowned TV host and lifestyle expert, Martha Stewart rarely shies away from sharing her personal projects. She initially posted about her living room transformation on Instagram on July 3. Stewart mentioned that she “switched the living room from grey blue upholstery to a creamy pale buttery yellow,” using furniture she previously owned from a home on Lily Pond Lane in the Hamptons.
Stewart was thrilled with the makeover, praising the “rustic yet elegant charm of this lovely 1925 house.”
Criticism followed soon after the post, with many commenters expressing their disapproval of Stewart’s design choices. Some criticized the “lack of color” and claimed the room looked “cluttered” and “sterile.” One even went as far as to say it “looks like a Marriott suite living room in 1987.”
Another commenter mentioned that the transformation “looks more like a furniture showroom than a home.”
Responding to these comments in her July 4 post, Stewart said, “Making a house a home, or a room a beautiful livable space takes a lot more than three hours. Of course there will be color, plants, mirrors, a new rug or two and other art and objects. Stay tuned!”
