What house trends do you hate?

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Anonymous wrote:"Accent walls" that are a different color from all the others
White walls with dark trim
Those coffee tables that are basically giant ottomans
Tufted/fabric headboards, especially if they look like wing chairs
Decorators talking about "a pop of color"
Inspirational sayings or kids names stenciled on walls
Having an island in your walk-in closet
Snout houses (houses with a front-load garage that sticks out farther than the rest of the house)

+1 for Snout Houses...absloutely hideous architecture and I hate them...some with the 3-car garage are really gross. Most production builders (particularly NV Homes)
have these models as their staple product. I once spoke to an architect friend about it and he mentioned this config allows builders to build a single
box with the garage in front of the kitchen and mud room...

With you on everything except the ottoman coffee tables and fabric headboards... We have two under two, which includes a very active toddler and a baby that's about to start exploring, and we currently err on the side of buying as much soft furniture as possible.

I also think white walls and dark trim has to come off the list because the Shakers did it so good. I want to add "spa-like" bathrooms. It's only "spa-like" to me if it comes with attendants and laundry service.

Yeah, I love white walls with dark trim. Hate dark gray walls with white trim.

Wow, there are chair rails and then there are chair rails

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Anonymous wrote:The idiots across the street from me put in a huge, 12 foot long, mullion-less window across the front of their house, looking in on their kitchen. No window coverings.

First of all, there is a reason that kitchens are historically in the back of the house. No one wants to watch you make coffee in your nightgown at 7:30 in the morning.

I get that they wanted a certain "look" The casements are black, it's trying very hard to be modern, and I'm sure they were expensive and custom. But it's horrible. No only does it look like a dentist's office, it makes everyone OUTSIDE the house, an unwilling spectator of your every move.

I especially hate new vinyl or aluminum windows on older homes. And those snap-in mullions are not fooling anyone!

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Anonymous wrote:girls, girls!

you can pick any color!

it's fine!

seriously though pull your couch away from the wall.

Oh we are tacky and have one room with two couches against opposite walls. We are just looking for livability right now with dogs and kids and don't need focal points or conversation nooks. Is there hope for us?

Yes but honestly it will look so much better if you pull them even a little off the wall. Like 6 inches. Try it.

I will try and report back

NP here -- can you tell me a little more about pulling couches away from the wall? I've lived in houses/apartments with tiny living rooms my whole life, so I always had the couch against a wall for space reasons (or lack-of-space reasons). I'm getting ready to finish a renovation now that will give me a good sized family room -- what does pulling the couches away from the walls do, visually?

I swear I'm not trying to be snarky...just sincerely trying to understand!

There is a great book called “decorating with what you have” or “use what you have” or some such. I’m jealous of your big room. Take a look at pictures of rooms you love and look up some guidelines for furniture spacing. Usually a big room looks best with several conversation areas not jammed against the wall.

The 2016 dc design house (RIP) had some good examples I thought of furniture placement in big living spaces. See how neither the couches nor the desk face a wall?
[img]https://st.hzcdn.com/simgs/b16163c2087d04d1_4-3529/home-design.jpg[img]

There are other rooms in the same house where couches against a wall totally works - but I find giant rooms where it looks like the furniture got scared of the rug and jammed back against the wall are common. It’s much nicer to travel around a seating area imo if you can swing it than in a canyon between two couches or a couch and a chair off in exile.

"Use What You Have Decorating" by Lauri Ward. Love that book.

https://www.amazon.com/Use-What-You-Have-Decorating/dp/039952536X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1543301453&sr=1-1&keywords=use+what+you+have+decorating

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Some of you don't know the meaning of the word, "trend." Many of these features have been in homes for decades.

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Anonymous wrote:A massive master suite then a few tiny guest bedrooms.
Having a fancy guest bedroom with a big window than a few other ones with tiny windows.
Sink on island.
Windowless rooms (especially bedrooms)
As for trends...
Fake balconies
Garage front and center.At least push it back and to the side.
Odd mixtures of styles.

girl you need to just stay in a hotel - you have an unhealthy level of guest room resentment.


a few tiny guest bedrooms! the nerve!



ps are you a mother in law at said house with the non-fancy guest rooms? be honest.

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This list has turned into wah I can't afford a new construction home

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Anonymous wrote:This list has turned into wah I can't afford a new construction home

what made you so mad I am genuinely curious



was it the wood-look tile? it's okay if you have it. it doesn't make you a bad person.

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Transitional

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I understood transitional as between modern and contemporary design, not “gentrifying.”

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Anonymous wrote:A massive master suite then a few tiny guest bedrooms.
Having a fancy guest bedroom with a big window than a few other ones with tiny windows.
Sink on island.
Windowless rooms (especially bedrooms)
As for trends...
Fake balconies
Garage front and center.At least push it back and to the side.
Odd mixtures of styles.

girl you need to just stay in a hotel - you have an unhealthy level of guest room resentment.


a few tiny guest bedrooms! the nerve!




ps are you a mother in law at said house with the non-fancy guest rooms? be honest.

No,I think she meant the same thing that happened to me.
Perfect location,Good commute,Low crime,etc and the previous owners just had to expand their master bedroom into a deluxe suite. Guest bedrooms 1&2 on each side were nearly cut to half their original size. Bedroom 2's window was removed because it was where the wall went. When we got it as we're left with two 4.5x10 rooms able to fit a bed,a small dresser and that's about it. Not to mention one was windowless. Bedroom 3 had a large window and was normal sized. Our 3 children (at the time 5,7,8) fought to death over the 3 bedrooms. We spent thousands of dollars to add a window, Properly insulate the walls around the master and add an extra two feet in width to the guest rooms.

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Anonymous wrote:GREY EVERYTHING

yep -- i think about all the repainting I would have to do. UGH

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One room living. The new McCraftsmans with the open kitchen/eating/family room. And all with 10ft ceilings for max noise. High ceilings are nice, but an entire one room without a sense of separation and noise management. Terrible.

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Anonymous wrote:One room living. The new McCraftsmans with the open kitchen/eating/family room. And all with 10ft ceilings for max noise. High ceilings are nice, but an entire one room without a sense of separation and noise management. Terrible.

Open kitchen/family rooms are fantastic; that's why most new houses have them. People don't want to be stuck in the kitchen cut off from the rest of the family. Or do you have staff cook for you?

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Anonymous wrote:One room living. The new McCraftsmans with the open kitchen/eating/family room. And all with 10ft ceilings for max noise. High ceilings are nice, but an entire one room without a sense of separation and noise management. Terrible.

Open kitchen/family rooms are fantastic; that's why most new houses have them. People don't want to be stuck in the kitchen cut off from the rest of the family. Or do you have staff cook for you?

They have their pros but they have their cons too. We have an open kitchen/dining/family room space and I grew to resent it. The noise level makes it uncomfortable for all but one person. When someone is cooking, the noise of the running water or exhaust hood make TV watching and conversations strained. When DS is doing homework at the kitchen table, he has to battle distraction from the TV or other people talking or running by him. It sounds nice but the reality is different. In my next house, I'll have a similarly large kitchen open to the dining room but cut off from the living space. I don't mind spending time in my beautiful kitchen. If the rest of the family wants to join me there, they are welcome.

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I don't like open living spaces. I want walls. And doors. Pocket doors, preferably.

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Anonymous wrote:One room living. The new McCraftsmans with the open kitchen/eating/family room. And all with 10ft ceilings for max noise. High ceilings are nice, but an entire one room without a sense of separation and noise management. Terrible.

Open kitchen/family rooms are fantastic; that's why most new houses have them. People don't want to be stuck in the kitchen cut off from the rest of the family. Or do you have staff cook for you?

They have their pros but they have their cons too. We have an open kitchen/dining/family room space and I grew to resent it. The noise level makes it uncomfortable for all but one person. When someone is cooking, the noise of the running water or exhaust hood make TV watching and conversations strained. When DS is doing homework at the kitchen table, he has to battle distraction from the TV or other people talking or running by him. It sounds nice but the reality is different. In my next house, I'll have a similarly large kitchen open to the dining room but cut off from the living space. I don't mind spending time in my beautiful kitchen. If the rest of the family wants to join me there, they are welcome.

The reality is great. There are other places for kids to do their homework.