Woman Says HGTV 'Really Did Me Dirty' with the Way They Featured Her Home

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• A New Orleans homeowner is claiming HGTV misrepresented her home by using a “sepia filter” in an October 2024 broadcast

• She alleges they made her uniquely "witchy" Victorian-inspired space look “bad” by muting the colorful style

• “HGTV really did me dirty on this one,” she captioned her TikTok video that explained the situation

A homeowner is calling out HGTV for failing to do her Victorian-inspired home justice when they featured it last year.

In a TikTok shared on July 23, New Orleans-based content creator and hairstylist Caitlin Orellana looked back at the network’s tour of her unique abode, which was shared on their HGTV Home Instagram and YouTube accounts in October 2024.

The video starts out with Orellana jumping up and down and twirling around happily in her living room as she writes, “Our house was featured on HGTV!” in white text over the clip. The viral TikTok sound that samples Kendrick Lamar’s “United in Grief” can be heard playing in the background.

During the “I grieve different” part of the song, the video cuts to a screen recording of the home tour that HGTV shared.

In the caption, Orellana writes, “They put a sepia filter over our entire segment and the house looked bad,” followed by a crying emoji.

As noted in HGTV’s video, Orellana’s home features a “witchy” aesthetic with “vintage touches.”

She adds in the home tour, “I really, really enjoy more witchy, darker decor. I know it’s not everybody’s cup of tea, but lots of deep colors, jewel tones, gold tones.”

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As the camera pans over all her vintage trinkets, she adds, “Things that kind of tie a space together. Even though the room is dark, they still add cool little pops of interest.”

While the space has a “dark and moody” feel to it, there are also splashes of color in the home, as seen in her July TikTok. A colorful rug and green couch that adorn her living room create a sharp contrast to the black-painted walls seen in the clip.

In the caption, she adds, “HGTV really did me dirty on this one,” followed by a crying laughing emoji and another crying emoji.

Both HGTV and Orellana did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment.

Many users in the comments agreed that the network appeared to make Orellana’s home look duller than it is in real life.

“How did they manage to make a colorful home look GREY,” one person wrote.

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Another added, “Your house is amazing but whyyyy would they slap that tone over it! I guess they felt that was your house’s mood? You’ve shot better content of your house than that!”

A different user agreed, “They did you so dirty,” followed by another who wrote, “Omg they fumbled badly on this… ugh such a beautiful house!”

Others thought that the network made it look “dusty” and that it looked like they hit the “mute button” on all the vibrant tones.

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