"Modern Farmhouse" look is so boring and already looks dated

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t live in it, why on earth do you care? I swear this older generation is just a bunch of complainers.

Typical whiny baby Millennial

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Best thread of the day! 💋

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Anonymous wrote:Someone here called them stormtrooper houses and I find that funny..
Where I live (outside Chicago) flippers are buying 100 year old bungalows, painting the brick white and adding black windows, gray vinyl floors and white kitchens. It's a complete travesty, whoever heard of a brick bungalow farmhouse?

LOL!

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Anonymous wrote:I am so sick of these white with black windows super cheaply constructed homes popping up. I miss the dark, moody colored craftsman style new builds of 10 years ago. At least those all had some sort of character and didn't look EXACTLY the same.

I’ve been it of the DMV for too long. When did craftsman ever have dark and moody exteriors? It’s supposed to be lighter and muted to blend into the environment.

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Anonymous wrote:If you don’t live in it, why on earth do you care? I swear this older generation is just a bunch of complainers.

Typical whiny baby Millennial

Gen X baby

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Anonymous wrote:It's not the style it's the apparent cheapness of the materials.

Yes, exactly. Home buyers have been suckered into thinking cheap materials turn into a stylish house. It's the same with the interiors - nobody has nice baseboards and crown molding anymore, they have this because the materials are so much cheaper:

I don’t think this true. I just replaced 3/4 of our baseboards and matched the original. It wasn’t more expensive than the flatter ones you call cheap. The size and type of material wood vs pine etc was the difference not the style.

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For better or worse trends cycle in and out, and in my opinion the farmhouse trend is one that is less offensive then say the heavy tuscan trend of the early 2000s ...or the granny fake country trends of the 90s (ducks/ivy/wallpaper borders). Mid century used to be considered hideous and now it's cool...I think Farmhouse (minus all the grey and the grey floors) will age better then some.

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Anonymous wrote:Can’t this just be fixed by paint? Not seeing the problem here.

No because the windows aren’t wood.

White duct tape artfully applied to the vinyl or fiberglass? LOL...

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They all look the same and it looks weird when you have them in the middle of brick 1950s homes.

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Several new homes and major renovations near me have gone for the "storm trooper" look. I was surprised to see this because these are huge houses (mine is not huge, just nearby), and they are spending a lot of money for a look that is instantly recognizable and date-able. Like spending too much on a trendy top versus a classic wardrobe staple.

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Anonymous wrote:For better or worse trends cycle in and out, and in my opinion the farmhouse trend is one that is less offensive then say the heavy tuscan trend of the early 2000s ...or the granny fake country trends of the 90s (ducks/ivy/wallpaper borders). Mid century used to be considered hideous and now it's cool...I think Farmhouse (minus all the grey and the grey floors) will age better then some.

I agree. The farmhouse white/black/grey can easily be undone with paint and refinishing floors. The Tuscan stuff is horrible to update! Tile to rip out, those ugly round pillars and columns, The granny fake cottages with scalloped siding need new siding.

Some styles are even harder to change. Actual California craftsman or mid west prairie style is hard to change because it involves so much millwork and the layouts and windows are very specific to the period. I love these styles though and hope people don’t change them.

Victorian and coastal contemporary are the hardest to change IMO.

Farmhouse is similar to the California ranch houses of the 50s in terms of being really easy to turn into something else if you want.

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Anonymous wrote:They all look the same and it looks weird when you have them in the middle of brick 1950s homes.

Tear down and replace the rest of the 1950s crap. Problem solved.

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I know everyone is focusing on the all-white color, but I think what makes new houses look so stark is the lack of landscaping. Lots are small in many parts of the DMV and builders have to raze every living thing on the lot and build to the edge of the envelope to get to 5000-ish SF. You end up with a huge house on a small lot with a few lollipop trees. The proportions of the home could be softened with proper landscaping designed by a landscape architect, but most homeowners are out of money or just don't care at that point. Idk. That's just my personal opinion. You can do a lot with landscaping.

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The all white McFarmhouse is far superior to the all black ones making the rounds. Seriously- who is building an all black metal house in the South?! These people must have Bezos level money to afford those AC bills.

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Anonymous wrote:Right? Why are they all white with basically 2x4s as trim and black framed windows? It’s SO BORING. At least the craftsmen were different colors, had different color trims, some different elements.

I say this as someone who lives in a cookie cutter brick colonial.

I love colonials. Those never go out of style.

Colonials are ugly and dated. I can’t believe you like them.

Colonials are the only true timeless design. They worked in the 1700s, 1800s, 1900s, 2000s. The most expensive home sales in the area are traditionally colonials outside of the absurd ultra modern homes off Foxhall