Home renovation choices you now regret…
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Anonymous
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That we didn't put a window in the hall bathroom. It would have been in the tub area, but still well worth it for some natural light.
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Anonymous
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For our vacation home, I regret that the hall bath was barely big enough. We had space on one side but did not scrutinize the architect's drawing closely. Also should have insisted on a solar tube for that bathroom. It's cramped and dark, in an otherwise airy and beautiful house.
Regret not getting Easy-Breeze panels for the screened porch. The pollen and dust are really bad, especially in the spring. Every time we visit we have to scrub down the porch hard. In our home renovation, biggest regret is choosing prefab kitchen cabinets to save 2k when we could have gone with custom ones. The prefab cabinets had all sorts of problems during installation. The 2k saving is not worth it, by a long shot. Also wish we'd put in more lights and outlets in the addition. In general, you won't go wrong with extra outlets and light sources. |
Anonymous
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I regret not adding another bathroom upstairs. We have 4 bedrooms (one of them is almost never used) and 3 bathrooms total. Wish I put a private bathroom for each bedroom.
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Anonymous
This... never happens. People might want to replace things bc they look dated and there is newer and cooler looking stuff out there. But people don’t just tear out a kitchen they like due to other people having it. |
Anonymous
Eh. You just made my point. |
Anonymous
Eh, and you need to get a life. I didn’t come on this board to argue with people like you, who think it’s okay to call a perfect stranger names. Be a grownup why don’t you. Feel free to keep going on and on alone. I originally came into this thread to answer the OP’s question, not to have a back and forth with you about what I choose to do or not do in MY OWN home. |
Anonymous
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Corner jacuzzi tub - 11 years old now
Desperately want to replace |
Anonymous
You won’t regret it. I just took out ours. The bathroom feels so much bigger without the bulky jacuzzi and all of the tile around it. I did get a freestanding which I know I will hate when I am much older but it sure is pretty right now! |
Anonymous
| Really appreciate these responses. Lots of practical advice. We are in design process for a new build and it is very overwhelming. |
Anonymous
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I freaking hate the open plan first floor. Hate it.
Will be reconfiguring the first floor a year from now and you better believe it walls will go up everywhere, |
Anonymous
Only if you have lead pipes |
Anonymous
The bamboo is sustainable, the glue is far from it. |
Anonymous
Preach it! |
Anonymous
| Our house had gunstock oak floors and a really lovely gunstock oak staircase. Stupidly enough, we matched it as we tore carpet out of our family room, dining room and living room (except we put in 4" floors and new baseboards). We ended up doing the entire first floor and the whole second floor and even got rid of our old floors. Gunstock oak isn't our favorite color and we could have restained the stairs... I like Jacobean stain instead. I try not to think about it. We have tons of area rugs and everything else is well decorated. |
Anonymous
| I built a home and regret not looking at the builders drawing close enough. There is a part of my home that needs a window but the window would be in a closet. I missed it but get mad every time I step into my yard and see the space where a window should be. |