What house trends do you hate?

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Anonymous wrote:Lots of triangles on the roof.

White kitchens.

Mosiacs in the shower.

Subway tiles.

Open floor plans.

Columns everywhere.

I love open floor plans. So much more friends and family friendly. I'm not a formal person. My 80 year old inlaws prefer the closed off kitchen/dining room. They are very formal.

When we have get togethers, people hang out in the kitchen. It doesn't matter if I put the food out in the dining room. They all seem to congregate in the kitchen area. So, we just blew out the walls to the kitchen/family room, and now we can have people hang out in the kitchen area and not feel cramped.

Kids hang out in the finished basement. Adults hang out in the kitchen/family room. It's great.

I am getting sick of the gray/white kitchen and subway tiles. I like color.

I'm the closed floor plan person above.

It's all personal preference, but when it comes to kitchens and you do ethnic cooking, a closed floorplan can be more desirable for certain cuisines. Infact some builders market towards newer asian arrivals for having a second small kitchen for stirfrying and a larger main kitchen for entertaining. Even if you have a 1200CFM fan above your stove to ameliorate the smells, the oil can still easily get on your fancy backsplash.

I think you listed the many positives though.

I cook ethnic foods, as do many of my friends. So, if someone doesn't like the ethnic food smell, then we probably wouldn't get along with them that well anyways to have them over often.

IMO, the kitchen area is the heart of the home. I like it to be roomy, bright and airy.

Can someone post a link to a house with a smaller kitchen for stir frying?

[Anonymous]

I don’t find people congregate in the kitchen unless the host is there, or the food or the bar. I don’t like seeing the kitchen from the entertaining area. It has to be spotless and dimly lit not to spoil the mood. Especially for indoor parties. D
The best layout in that sense is a formal LR/DR up front and a family room in back connected to the kitchen. But I get for many people that’s not an option or even if it is, it feels like a waste of space if you don’t entertain much. But I still like to have at least one entertaining area separated from the kitchen.

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Anonymous wrote:Watching this thread really demonstrates how trends come and go. 15 years ago, everyone was painting their rooms in some pretty bold colors. Remember that deep red so many people were using? And people got tired of that and when to neutral gray. And now that's out and people are suggesting colors again.

Same with cabinets. 15 years ago it was all cherry wood. Then it moved to white and other painted cabinets like gray. Now people are saying white is done and time to go back to wood. We'll probably be moving back to oak soon, which for so many recent years people have instantly ripped out for it being outdated.

People spend so much money trying to keep up with the trends. The best is to just keep something neutral and classic that will last so you don't have to redo your house every 10 years.

The point seems to be that once the majority of homes have a certain trend (ie: grey/white everywhere) - then it becomes overdone (yes, a trend) - and no longer "classic". Classic is when you do your own thing and own it, like an adult.

LOL. That’s not what “classic” means.

[Anonymous]

Like fashion, some styles never look “dated” and interior can be made current by a few simple changes—pillows, throw rug, etc.

Go basic for things like stair runners and furniture that will be kept for a long time.

I am a “classic” dresser with a twist. Most of the staples can be worn time and time again and add a few trends each year.

Looking at our family photos over the past 13 years and my 20-year old wedding photos—they could have been now. They aren’t “dated”. Classic staples never go out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Like fashion, some styles never look “dated” and interior can be made current by a few simple changes—pillows, throw rug, etc.

Go basic for things like stair runners and furniture that will be kept for a long time.

I am a “classic” dresser with a twist. Most of the staples can be worn time and time again and add a few trends each year.

Looking at our family photos over the past 13 years and my 20-year old wedding photos—they could have been now. They aren’t “dated”. Classic staples never go out.

This is about house trends not your wedding dress. Sheesh, the narcissism on DCUM...

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Anonymous wrote:White and greige has been around for centuries, not a trend

Stainless is the same. They make logical sense just like rich people driving Hondas.

Save the money and don't have to remodel or paint.

I paint the warm colors I like and then have it repainted greige or whatever people are buying when we are ready to sell. We're bin the process of getting rid of all the depressing gray in our very dark new house.

Greige is not dark

It is when there is very little natural light in your house.

Painted one room a light yellow with a bright white ceiling and it's made a world of difference. It's a 70s house,so no overhead lights either.

All the gray is getting dated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: I hate roof, columns, walls, ceilings, floors, doors, windows, hvac

Thank you--this made me laugh!

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Greige is not dark

It is when there is very little natural light in your house.

Painted one room a light yellow with a bright white ceiling and it's made a world of difference. It's a 70s house,so no overhead lights either.

All the gray is getting dated.

I have a dark house. I always detested yellow, but when I painted I went yellow because of the gloom in winter. Very glad I did.

[Anonymous]

Can’t stand the ugly little brick colonials with tacky vinyl additions on the side or rear. Buy a bigger house if you need more space.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Lots of triangles on the roof.

White kitchens.

Mosiacs in the shower.

Subway tiles.

Open floor plans.

Columns everywhere.

I love open floor plans. So much more friends and family friendly. I'm not a formal person. My 80 year old inlaws prefer the closed off kitchen/dining room. They are very formal.

When we have get togethers, people hang out in the kitchen. It doesn't matter if I put the food out in the dining room. They all seem to congregate in the kitchen area. So, we just blew out the walls to the kitchen/family room, and now we can have people hang out in the kitchen area and not feel cramped.

Kids hang out in the finished basement. Adults hang out in the kitchen/family room. It's great.

I am getting sick of the gray/white kitchen and subway tiles. I like color.

+1 to open floor plans. I have a big family and there are usually 8-10 people in my house atleast once a week(extended family lives nearby and drops in often) We hang out in kitchen and living room. Happy I took down wall between kitchen and dining to have one big nice kitchen/dining area. It is my favorite part of the house now

[Anonymous]

Grayish wood finish on the floors. It makes everything else look a bit disgusting somehow.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grayish wood finish on the floors. It makes everything else look a bit disgusting somehow.

I happen to like gray; have a light gray master and griege office. But I don't see how the gray wood floor stain will look anything other than extremely dated and sooner rather than later.

[Anonymous]

Very dark stain on wood floors.
Barn doors
River rock in bathrooms.
Vessel sinks
Gray kitchen cabinets

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:White and greige has been around for centuries, not a trend

Stainless is the same. They make logical sense just like rich people driving Hondas.

Save the money and don't have to remodel or paint.

I paint the warm colors I like and then have it repainted greige or whatever people are buying when we are ready to sell. We're bin the process of getting rid of all the depressing gray in our very dark new house.

Greige is not dark

It is when there is very little natural light in your house.

Painted one room a light yellow with a bright white ceiling and it's made a world of difference. It's a 70s house,so no overhead lights either.

All the gray is getting dated.

She said "Greige" because it's very European, and she's more sophisticated than you, PP

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Very dark stain on wood floors.
Barn doors
River rock in bathrooms.
Vessel sinks
Gray kitchen cabinets

I have a friend who's always obsessed with the latest trends and changing things. Then she complains to me about college money and her kids.

My house probably looks dated to a lot of folk because we have soft yellows, blonde maples, with some reds mixed in for accent. Bedroom is cream with soft blue and green pastel accents. We haven't redone a lot of things in our house, but the kids colleges are paid for.

It's all in what you prioritize I guess.