Anonymous wrote:More than anything else, I detest the trend of referring to houses as "homes". No house is a home unless it's yours. Otherwise, it's a house. Just a house.

Anonymous wrote:I love more than half the hated trends on this thread, especially neutral walls, white kitchens and modern farmhouses. I must be really basic.

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Anonymous wrote:Can anyone share (with pics) colors they like on walls that are not grey or greige? Am curious and wanting to be inspired...

I'm not going to post pics of my house but our sun room is open to the living room and we have a buttery cream color in those rooms. We have a linen color with the just slightest tint of yellow in our hallway. Dining room is a peachy creamy pink (I love pink) and our powder room is sea foam green. Kitchen is white cabinets with greige walls. Upstairs, daughter's room is a light green color, son's room is light blue, bathroom is half bead board with turquoise blue, and playroom is a burnt sienna color. Our bedroom is a creamy rose and our bathroom is a blue green color.

To each his own here, I much prefer neutral walls to pink, sea foam green, or orange.

Me, too. Buttery colors give me the creeps. Grey or white, please.

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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.

My wife hates front-and-center garages, and I'll admit that they're not my favorite. But as for why... if you look at the houses where they exist, it's usually because the frontage of the lot doesn't allow room to get the cars over to the side or rear of the home. The only way to access a garage is to have it right in front, off the street. The solution is stay away from neighborhoods developed like that, but sometimes there's no good solution for a garage.

Anonymous wrote:Craftsman houses built in the last 15 years or so (very different from the real Craftsman houses)
Coffered ceilings on a new build
Grey everything
Barn doors

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 wrote:Can anyone share (with pics) colors they like on walls that are not grey or greige? Am curious and wanting to be inspired...

I'm not going to post pics of my house but our sun room is open to the living room and we have a buttery cream color in those rooms. We have a linen color with the just slightest tint of yellow in our hallway. Dining room is a peachy creamy pink (I love pink) and our powder room is sea foam green. Kitchen is white cabinets with greige walls. Upstairs, daughter's room is a light green color, son's room is light blue, bathroom is half bead board with turquoise blue, and playroom is a burnt sienna color. Our bedroom is a creamy rose and our bathroom is a blue green color.

To each his own here, I much prefer neutral walls to pink, sea foam green, or orange.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

Interesting.

NP. Yes, Italianate architecture is very interesting. Go troll elsewhere.

I believe PP is referring to the Tuscan look that was popular in the 1990’s . Those houses did not age well.

https://www.idesignarch.com/classical-italianate-villa-in-minnesota/

With the pointy topiary/junipers...

That house has a lot of nice qualities - the pool and center room. Take out the gaudy paint and decor, and it could be really nice. Too big for me, but someone will like it.

I can't believe this because usually I hate these big gaudy houses - but I sort of like this one. I think it's because of the gaudy paint and decor, though. Makes it look like someone was having a good time with the place, not just trying to impress the neighbors. Also now I covet an indoor pool.

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Anonymous wrote:Easily fixable, but nothing makes me giggle more than McMansions with two big pointy topiaries in huge urns in front, framing the door.

Usually the McMansions are "Italianate."

Wow, do you say that about other countries? That's racist.

Interesting.

NP. Yes, Italianate architecture is very interesting. Go troll elsewhere.

I believe PP is referring to the Tuscan look that was popular in the 1990’s . Those houses did not age well.

https://www.idesignarch.com/classical-italianate-villa-in-minnesota/

With the pointy topiary/junipers...

That house has a lot of nice qualities - the pool and center room. Take out the gaudy paint and decor, and it could be really nice. Too big for me, but someone will like it.