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.

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 wrote: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,

Preach it!

Anonymous wrote:Regret flooring choice (bamboo because it is sustainable, but has so many dings/dents I hate it).

Location of recessed lights in the kitchen. They are so random, rather than thoughtfully or logically placed.

Finally, I wish we had placed some pocket doors in locations that are generally open. Not so much an issue now, but when the kids were little, and we were entertaining, there was no way to close off the open floor plan that we love, to keep the noise from floating upstairs and keeping them up. Would have been easy to do at the time, now there is electrical and other things in those walls.

The bamboo is sustainable, the glue is far from it.

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I don’t get pot fillers. I always let the water run for a min before filling any pot. I think it’s gross to use the sitting water in the pipe to fill the pot.

I hope you don't live on the West Coast.

The water sitting in the pipes is more likely to have lead in it. I’d prefer that my children not invest more lead than is necessary.

Only if you have lead pipes

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,

Really appreciate these responses. Lots of practical advice. We are in design process for a new build and it is very overwhelming.

Anonymous wrote:Corner jacuzzi tub - 11 years old now

Desperately want to replace

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!

Corner jacuzzi tub - 11 years old now

Desperately want to replace

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Anonymous wrote:I regret my Moroccan tiles I installed over 5 years ago (when the trend was just emerging) in my powder room. They are still beautiful and are not yet dated but I’m a bit over the trend because it’s so overdone. Wish I had just gone with a classic marble mosaic.

I love moroccan tiles- do you mean the arabesque shapes? I'm still warming up to DO that eventually. Is it already passé?

No not the arabesque, the patterned Moroccan tile. Mine are neutral colors and I’m still over it. I don’t think the trend has ended and the tiles are beautiful. I just hate when everything is overdone.

I don’t get this. Either you like it or you don’t. Disliking something because it’s popular is just as bad as liking something because it’s popular.

I’m not sure what you aren’t getting. You can like something and still wish you hadn’t done it. It’s not about being popular it’s bout seeing it every where and being sick of it. Hopefully that clears it up for you.

It does clear it up. It’s about being a snob.

Not a snob at all. Far from it. I am just heavily into interior design. You know the person who has tons of interior design books and watches HGTV all the time After a style has been overdone, and the market becomes saturated with it. I’m over it. I get sick of seeing it. Not really a big deal. It’s my thing. Sorry you aren’t able to understand or comprehend that. But really the name calling is unnecessary.

Eh. You just made my point.

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.

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Anonymous wrote:I regret my Moroccan tiles I installed over 5 years ago (when the trend was just emerging) in my powder room. They are still beautiful and are not yet dated but I’m a bit over the trend because it’s so overdone. Wish I had just gone with a classic marble mosaic.

I love moroccan tiles- do you mean the arabesque shapes? I'm still warming up to DO that eventually. Is it already passé?

No not the arabesque, the patterned Moroccan tile. Mine are neutral colors and I’m still over it. I don’t think the trend has ended and the tiles are beautiful. I just hate when everything is overdone.

I don’t get this. Either you like it or you don’t. Disliking something because it’s popular is just as bad as liking something because it’s popular.

I’m not sure what you aren’t getting. You can like something and still wish you hadn’t done it. It’s not about being popular it’s bout seeing it every where and being sick of it. Hopefully that clears it up for you.

It does clear it up. It’s about being a snob.

Not a snob at all. Far from it. I am just heavily into interior design. You know the person who has tons of interior design books and watches HGTV all the time After a style has been overdone, and the market becomes saturated with it. I’m over it. I get sick of seeing it. Not really a big deal. It’s my thing. Sorry you aren’t able to understand or comprehend that. But really the name calling is unnecessary.

Eh. You just made my point.

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Anonymous wrote:I regret my Moroccan tiles I installed over 5 years ago (when the trend was just emerging) in my powder room. They are still beautiful and are not yet dated but I’m a bit over the trend because it’s so overdone. Wish I had just gone with a classic marble mosaic.

I love moroccan tiles- do you mean the arabesque shapes? I'm still warming up to DO that eventually. Is it already passé?

No not the arabesque, the patterned Moroccan tile. Mine are neutral colors and I’m still over it. I don’t think the trend has ended and the tiles are beautiful. I just hate when everything is overdone.

I don’t get this. Either you like it or you don’t. Disliking something because it’s popular is just as bad as liking something because it’s popular.

I’m not sure what you aren’t getting. You can like something and still wish you hadn’t done it. It’s not about being popular it’s bout seeing it every where and being sick of it. Hopefully that clears it up for you.

It does clear it up. It’s about being a snob.

Not a snob at all. Far from it. I am just heavily into interior design. You know the person who has tons of interior design books and watches HGTV all the time After a style has been overdone, and the market becomes saturated with it. I’m over it. I get sick of seeing it. Not really a big deal. It’s my thing. Sorry you aren’t able to understand or comprehend that. But really the name calling is unnecessary.

How is this any different than a homeowner saying I want to tear out my white kitchen and add some color (I am sick of seeing white kitchens everywhere, I need a change) This happens all the time and is not a big deal.

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.

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.

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.

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.