What house trends do you hate?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Fake front porches on McCraftsmens and modern farmhouses that are too shallow to comfortably hang out on.

I didn't even think of that, but great point!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you don't like gray walls, then what color would you suggest instead? Doesn't it pretty much have to be either beige or gray for much of the home?

Only if you're trying to market the home to the broadest swath of people possible.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interior columns. I’m not an Ancient Greek.

How would you hide load supporting posts? Turn it into a stripper pole?

Interior columns have their place. We have a house built in the 30's that has some square columns at an archway between the foyer and the dining room that are original to the house. They are consistent with the architecture of the house and nicely delineate the space while still giving the area an open feel. I have seen some modern McMansions that have random columns stuck around that look a little odd.

[Anonymous]

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.

[Anonymous]

Open floor plan.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I hate the trend of pretending you like small rooms, rooms with no flow, and houses that smell like old people and cats.

My dislike of open floor plans has more to do with privacy and noise reduction. Of course if you want to go the noise reduction route, it helps to have insulation in interior walls and 2 layers of drywall. Of course most older homes don't have that combo.

[Anonymous]

Everything grey and white. I like grey and white, in reasonable doses, but it's just so sterile and cold when it's EVERYWHERE.

[Anonymous]

Tile that looks like wood. Gag.

[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.

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.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Tile that looks like wood. Gag.

The only place that works is in a basement for obvious reasons. On a main floor, kitchen, or bath it looks strange.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The ugly garages being front and center. Why why why???? Why make those the absolute focus and center of the house? They are ugly. They should be in the back tucked away.

I also hate faux everything. Vinyl siding meant to look like wood. Fake stones stuck on top of your facade instead of being the actual wall. Fake wood floors. Formica or quartz made to look like other stone... what's wrong with quartz? It's own qualities are quite nice. Stop faking it. Even newer materials have some redeeming qualities and should stop perpetrating a fraud. It looks CHEAP and feels gross.

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[Anonymous]

Please post more actual pictures of the trends you hate.

[Anonymous]

Can someone please post examples of this ever-hated "new farm house" that's so awful? Thanks.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Interior columns. I’m not an Ancient Greek.

How would you hide load supporting posts? Turn it into a stripper pole?

Just use walls. This would also eliminate a pet peeve of mine, trying to make every house an ultra-open floor plan. Then you won't have columns you feel like you need to hide by covering in faux-marble frou frou.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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.

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.