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“No One Even Comes To My House”: 50 Oldschool Home Trends Millennials Are Absolutely Over
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Purchasing a home is a huge accomplishment. In fact, it’s something that over half the renters in the United States fear that they’ll never be able to do. But getting the keys to your place is only the beginning. Once it’s yours, you’ll have to renovate, decorate, furnish it and maintain your property for years to come. And many Millennials have decided that they can’t fixate on every small detail that their parents used to prioritize.
Homeowners on Reddit have recently been discussing the aspects of their homes that they just can’t be bothered to care about, so we’ve gathered some of their replies below. From mowing the lawn to stocking the cabinets with fine china, enjoy scrolling through this list. And be sure to upvote the things that don’t matter to you either!
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#1
Yards with wild dandelions will always look better to me than a boring a*s manicured lawn and I will die on this hill.
youlikethatish:
Natural lawn gang! My neighbor used to spray our "weeds" when we weren't home, even though we told him he did not have permission. He passed away, and the dandelions LIVE ON!
LillieMean 5 months ago
Pollinators like bees and butterflies also prefer flowers over just grass, so a more natural yard dotted with dandelions or other native flowers is a small environmental act.
Nicole Weymann 5 months ago
Our lawn is more moss than grass in many places (big garden), there are dandelions, daisies, clovers and assorted other "weeds". Especially the moss is wondeeful to walk on barefoot and requires no mowing. Pedicured "golfing" lawns are high maintenance toxic deserts and look boring and terribly artificial for something that is supposed to make a garden look inviting.
FluffButt Central 5 months ago
My lawn is mostly clover, mint, and dandelions. It beautiful and a haven for fireflies.
detective miller's hat 5 months ago
Seriously, I have always thought lawns were the stupidest thing ever.
Touhou Youyoumu 5 months ago (edited)
Get millions pop up first weeks of spring it's lovely. Unfortunately in our "shared" garden, upstairs hates them and trees and birds. Yaaaay concrete.
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#2
I don't need the fancy plates and s**t we "just use for company." Get outta here with that nonsense.
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
I ended up with my paternal grandmother's English china. I went ahead and started using it. If I don't, who the heck is going to?? These days almost nobody wants fine china.
PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago (edited)
I found a cake serving tool in the box at an op shop /thrift store once, and it made me think about the generation that had a lot of exquisitely made home wares of high quality, that they never used and kept in the box, which is donated when they died. So I was like, well I guess I’ll be using this tool.
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2x4b523p 5 months ago
My mom just got set of fancy dinnerware which my great grandma got as part of her dowry. They sat unused in my great grandma’s glass front cupboard, then my grandma’s, my mom just put it in a box in the cellar. Over 100 years old and never used because I guess the queen never turned up for dinner, what even is the point.
Barong 5 months ago
We have one set of dishes and that we use weather entertaining or not. It’s nice and simple white bone china. Difficult to break, looks great, and dishwasher microwave safe, and no waste. We cook a lot and having nice looking plates elevate the meal. I don’t want to feel I’m at a crappy cafeteria.
R Dennis 5 months ago
I bought a set of china at auction for $57. It's a 12 person set with storage bags, serving platters, and tureens. They are our every day dishes and people always act shocked... why have nice things you never use? Life is short, live fancy! (I found a similar set online later that sold for $1700.)
Firstname Lastname 5 months ago
I've had "adult" plates and kooky plastic plates in my cupboard when guests come over. They always get excited for eating off the kid plates and don't want the fancy ones.
Monosyllabicgirl 5 months ago
Just had a conversation with a bunch of people in 30s-early 40s on this. One friend was helping clean out grandparent's house after they passed and she mentioned that she wanted their wedding china as it was beautiful and always pulled out on holidays, so sentimental. Im like...use it for your eggs in morning! Wait til your son is a bit older and use for supper, or just don't let him carry it yet. (he's 7, in a growth spurt and very clumsy atm). I appreciate the sentimentality but noone "has company" anymore so enjoy what you have and like.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
My mom has all kinds of fine china and silver that I absolutely want nothing to do with. Thankfully my SIL graciously took some of it. There is a 0% chance that I would ever use any of it.
Tommy DePaul 2 months ago
Why? It takes no more effort to wash a fine china dinner plate than a cheap stoneware one.
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Karen Bryan 2 months ago
My mom, gone now these 15 years, wanted a set of sterling silver flatware, and she finally got it, a birthday present from Dad. She was thrilled! She did use it, but only for holiday dinners. When my sister inherited it, she actually did use it, every day (you can't put sterling silver in the dishwasher, but my sister didn't mind). Now that my sister is gone, her daughter (my niece) has it. I do hope she uses it.
#3
Resale.
I'm not paying this money to live in something where I cater to the needs of hypothetical, future buyers.
If I want a lime green wall, I'm gonna do it and love it; I'm not painting my whole house greige because some imaginary person might find it more appealing. Paint is something you can redo, change your mind, do last second if you decide to sell.
Wintermute 5 months ago
I painted a beautiful pink mural on my daughter's nursery wall when she was born. When we sold the house they said to paint over it to help it sell better. Couldn't bring myself to do it and just left it pink with purple trees. Sold in a week. The buyers loved it, and now some other little kid gets to enjoy it. Those fuddy duddys can suck right off.
CaliPanda 5 months ago
We have a huge soaker tub in our primary bathroom that we haven’t used for 20+ years since our child was a toddler. It’s the only bathtub in the house, the other bathrooms have showers. I want to remodel and replace the tub with a large walk-in shower, but everyone keeps saying “resale value!” I’ll do what I want in my house, thankyouverymuch.
detective miller's hat 5 months ago
THIIIIIIIIIISSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!! When I finally got my own car and started putting bumper stickers on it, my parents were all WHAT ABOUT THE RESALE VALUE?!?!? I have now officially run out of room for anything but very small stickers.
Bacon Tentacles 5 months ago
Paint is one thing. Ripping out a jetted tub to put in a humongous shower is another. Pick your battles.
Michael Largey 5 months ago
The only container I'll need to move out of my house is a body bag.
WeeBitOfSumfin 2 months ago
Yeah this, painting is the most effective and effortless option if you want to quickly redesign a space. It is also quite cheap if you have some experience and can make it on your own.
Karen Bryan 2 months ago
Resale matters if you're playing the "starter home" game--another phenomenon I don't get. "We'll live here for a few years, then get something bigger...". If you plan to stay put, as we do, resale is the last thing on your mind.
Rahb in Oz 5 months ago
Understandable, but why put off potential buyers and risk the sale for the sake of a small effort or cost? Try watching Phil Spencer: Secret Agent.
Earonn - 4 months ago
"This house is at the perfect location, enough rooms, nice garden and well within our means. Unfortunately it has a colourful wall, so no thank you, we take the expensive/ shabby one." Said no buyer ever.
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"The idea to post about [this] came from me coming home and looking at my not-so-great landscaping and how my curb appeal wasn't too spectacular," the author shared. "I started to think maybe it was time to throw some of the very little disposable time and money I have at it. But then I started to think... Why? I never host. I'm not trying to sell. I don't particularly care about my curb appeal to an extent."
"I don't want to have the house looking dilapidated, but I also don't want to spend thousands of dollars and several weekends a year doing mulch and such," the OP continued. "It made me wonder if I was alone in not caring so much about the thing my parents really stressed about with their home."
#4
Animals on furniture. They live here too, Brenda. If you’re so offended by it you can leave.
HaikuPikachu:
Yea my dog is spoiled more than some people are with their human children. She has more authority and rights than anybody else that comes through that door and when they come through the door, there’s a decorative sign that says dogs welcome, people tolerated and I’ll be damned if that isn’t the truth Karen
sturmwesen 5 months ago
I hand stiched this sign...it's in our hall and the first thing you see if you enter our apartment
Shortstuff 5 months ago
If you don't t like your friends animals, don't go to their house. Meet at a cafe. I have a friend whose chairs are completely covered in cat hair (I love cats), so I either ask her to my house or meet somewhere.
Jas Warner 3 months ago
I don't like my family enough to visit them or their nasty dogs.
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Paul Kinnear 5 months ago
If you want the best seat in the house, you'll have to move the cat 🙀
Alex hayes 5 months ago
Yeah but I don't let my cats on the kitchen counter and they know it, it's just not safe for them with all the sharp and hot things on there
Miki 5 months ago (edited)
For me the limit is bed or at least top part of bed. Where my face goes.
Upstaged75 5 months ago
I have this rule too. I just want to try to keep one area cat hair free. They can go on the top of the covers - just not under or on my pillows.
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Janissary35680 5 months ago
"Notice: If you don't want to get 🐶 or 😺 fur on you, please stay off the furniture."
#5
My MIL is always asking what the theme of my kitchen is. I don’t know, cooking?
Sir_Poofs_Alot:
Every woman of a certain age knows: the kitchen is a farm. The bathroom is a beach!
Jessica Cooney 5 months ago
The theme of my kitchen is practicality. If it doesn't help me clean, cook, dine on, or store, it has no place in a kitchen.
Barbara Panda 5 months ago
I was young and stupid when my MIL asked me that question. I joked 'cows'. The amount of cow things in that kitchen when I divorced was ridiculous. The whole house was decorated sane and normal and then BLAM!...cows.
Lady Eowyn 5 months ago
My kitchen is a kitchen, The theme is food. The bathroom is a bathroom, not a beach.
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago
Our theme is, “I don’t want to spend the money required to renovate so everything is mismatched and old. Oh, well!”
Monosyllabicgirl 5 months ago
lmao re sir poofs a lot in post...then next time they look in the mirror their hair turns chin length in the front, outward spiky to the back! (if you haven't seen this SNL skit it's worth a watch!)
Spannidandoolar 5 months ago
My SIL and BIL asked me this about our first child's room as they offered to buy a mobile and I was just like "Well the walls are green?"so they tried to clarify if it was jungle, nature etc etc. and I remember just looking at them blankly.
#6
I find I’m caring more as I get older, but it’s less about that “keeping up with the Joneses” mentality a lot of us grew up with, it’s more about just making my space enjoyable for me since I spend so much time here. I just started gardening this year, and it’s been a nice respite because I am a major TV binge watcher and it’s gotten me out of the house to enjoy the weather more while still not requiring putting on outside-world pants.
We also asked Danny_deefs if there's anything about their home that they believe they care more about than their parents do. "I think my house's interior has more of a personal feel to it than theirs," they noted. "They have the generic crafty signs on the walls that say corny phrases, and I have things like my favorite albums, skateboards from my youth, movie posters, art from places I've traveled, etc."
"I feel like someone could walk into my living room and learn a lot about me from what's hanging up," the author continued. "You can't get that at my parents' house. That generation seemed to just want nice stuff and not necessarily personal stuff."
#7
My house doesn’t have to be spotless, or even clean at all times. If it insults you, feel free to come clean it.
Jessica Cooney 5 months ago
If someone doesn't like how I don't spend every waking moment cleaning and tidying, they are more than welcome to come and clean it for free.
Lost Panda 5 months ago (edited)
I wish I could get my wife on board with this. Hun... clutter is part of having a 6 person family... There's always going to be papers and things somewhere. (This does not mean I don't clean, just that I don't like keeping my house to pristine standards)
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
"A house should be clean enough to be healthy, and dirty enough to be happy."
ROSESARERED 5 months ago (edited)
People visit the person, not the house. If it's the house they are visiting dont bother knocking
Philly Bob 5 months ago
I just keep "Get Well Soon" cards on my mantle so that when people come over, they'll think I've been too sick to clean!
#8
Anything precious. I refuse to have areas the kids can’t walk on I don’t care if they stain my couch or have crumbs. My house will be lived in and my s**t will be used. If one day my daughter wants a tea party with my wedding china? Miss ma’am let’s do it! It might not be as put together and guest ready as my house was growing up but my kids won’t be raised scared in their own home.
PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago
It’s weird hey, I had a neighbour in the 90s (I played with their kids) and her house was like a display home, the rule for the kids was they were never aloud to play in their rooms ever - toys are display. They weren’t allowed in their bedrooms during the day or unless it was to change clothes or sleep. It was disturbing and as an adult thinking back, I feel sorry for the kids growing up like that.
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David Morgan 5 months ago
Having valuable things (not the same as expensive) that you treat well is not the same as that weird 'walking on eggshells' way some people treat the things THEY own. I know some social groups (Italian-Americans for example) where it's considered quite normal to leave the protective plastic on your sofa/armchairs permanently, or just never sit on them. Those things cost thousands, and they are literally made to be sat on.
Charlotte 5 months ago
Don't forget the guest bedroom, and if you were really well off, the guest powder room with the little rose shaped soaps
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Lene 5 months ago
Our office is 90% child free (they are sometimes allowed in there to fetch some paper to draw on or something like that). The reason is that we sometimes store presents in there because we don't have anywhere else that are child free in the house. Also, we adults sometimes just like to have 1 room where our things won't get drawn in or torn up. Lol.
#9
I’ve gotten into gardening … so now my yard looks awesome. I have a “goth garden” with all black flowers and skulls hanging on the fence. My rockery is all black lava rock. Ive got raspberry and blue berry bushes everywhere. Chickens and ducks and bunnies. And then we built a giant pumpkin garden. I’ve spent a lot of time and money on but It’s cute AF and brings me joy while the rest of the world tends to depress me.
Touhou Youyoumu 5 months ago
Want to see this. If I was going to make a garden this would be it.
ROSESARERED 5 months ago
Happily turning the back ¼ acre paddock on my ½acre block into an ordamental garden, and the front block with the house fruit veges etc. Frog ponds, bird baths, rose arches, seating. Joy of joy....my bit of heaven on earth. I hope someone loves it as much as me oneday when it sell, but they may not, who knows what the world will be like then. For now, it's my bit of heaven
Felicia Baxter 2 months ago
do what brings you joy queen(gender-neutral), pls take good care of your garden :)
Nota Robot 5 months ago (edited)
If we're talking berries, I recommend gooseberries. Delicious in pies and the bush has some nasty thorns to keep in character with the theme
So what did Danny_deefs think of the replies to their post? "I was thrilled to see so many people saying lawn care and stuff like that wasn't priority," they shared. "I saw lots saying they keep theirs just long enough to not look trashy and not long enough to where neighbors will complain. That's me. I don't stress about my lawn's bald patches, and I don't lose sleep over it getting a bit long."
#10
Holiday decorating. Nope. I just don’t get it. Put them up, take them down, put them up, take them down. Times infinity for a lifetime. It’s. Ridiculous. Not me, no thank you.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
The only holiday I decorate for is Christmas, and I'm an atheist. I can't help it, the house looks so festive for one month a year! It is exhausting and I'm the only one who helps. It's a sickness.
Ace 5 months ago
Last year was the first time I did not decorate*, at least a little. A tree in the corner, even if it's an artificial one, a couple of strings of lights over the curtain rail, it doesn't take much but is cheery., , , (* my wife had died two weeks earlier).
Load More Replies... Cheryl Ramsay 5 months ago
For several years now, I have left my (fake) Christmas tree up and decorated. The first year my husband started to get dementia and couldn't help take it down. I can't do it alone as it is very tall, I need a ladder AND the top is very hard to get off with only one person. My husband has since died, so without help of any kind I still leave it up. AND I can have Christmas in July if I want!
Kris 5 months ago
I like to decorate my christmas three. I have orniments from different locations I have traveled to, some from when I was a kid, and some made by my niblings. Its a travel down memory lane
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
Yeah, I'm not really into these decorator trees. My ornaments are a hodgepodge of inherited, travel mementos, things my little kids made, gifts from friends, 2020 jokes, and it all seems to come together as beautiful!
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Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
I love to decorate. In Spring change decor to include lilacs, daisies and Easter bunny everything. Summer is patriotic and beach decor in different rooms. Fall is Halloween and pumpkins, sunflowers and gnome cookie jars. Christmas I go all out with everything you can think of. I sometimes have 7 Christmas trees. For me this is not work and that , I think, makes the difference between me and some who are not so inclined. To each their own. :)
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
I enjoy changing things up for the seasons - I'd get bored looking at the same old things otherwise.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Fake Christmas trees are hard to clean and get so dusty, and some rentals don't allow real trees. It's better to decorate one, if there is one, outside your house on your property. I used to love the ambience, but I can't do it anymore. My mom did it for me. I did it for the kiddo. Much of the Christmas traditions stem from Pagan traditions. Including decorating an evergreen tree. Green reminded people that the Earth is sleeping and not dead. Yellow or orange reminded people that light will come back in the spring. Holly is for good luck and protection. There's battle reenactments of the Holly King and Oak King. The next battle is during the summer solstice. People feast, give gifts, go sing songs and chants (caroling, as we know it.) and spend time with family and friends. It's quite beautiful, imo.
Lost Panda 5 months ago
I only do Christmas because it is something my wife always looks forward to. Being Japanese, they didn't get to do it growing up, so it's my way of giving it to her... but yes... if it was just me, then there would be 0 decorations
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I find it fascinating that so many Japanese are so into Christmas!
Load More Replies... Big Chungus 5 months ago
I lovvvved decorating for Christmas lol but I keep it up for like 3 months. It is my absolute favorite holiday (in it for the festivities not the religious bit)
#11
My yard is my main hobby. But it’s not about being impressive to others, it’s about expressing my creativity and love of plants/nature. I don’t have much of a backyard so my food garden is in the front. i built lots of tall raised beds because my dirt has lead in it. Lots of flowers for pollinators, about half being native. I spent a few years collecting tiles, plates, other flat ceramic doodads secondhand and then made a huge spiral rainbow mosaic as a centerpiece patio. I pick up lots of free bricks people are getting rid of to do walkways between the beds and bigger areas where my half barrels on wheels go.
It’s eclectic and artsy and weird and I love it. I’m a maximalist but my wife is a severe minimalist so outside is where I get to express that.
I do live near a school so lots of people walk by. It’s fun to chat with them and they always say how much they love the progress I’m making.
#12
I don't like having carpet because it holds onto dirts and allergens. I have laminate for all my flooring.
If/when I buy a new house all of the carpet will disappear but I'll use a combo of laminate and tiles.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
My last place had carpet, and that was real "fun" to keep clean. I don't think I could go back to carpet.
howdylee 5 months ago
I'm the odd one out then... I love carpet in certain places, like bedroom or living room. I splurged on extra nice buttery-soft carpet because I love how it feels on bare feet. It's not harder to run the vacuum on carpet than hard floors. Plus it's cuts down on the echo-y sounds.
PeepPeep the duck 5 months ago
Me too, and I find a tiled house makes me unhappy with cleaning and all day you notice more marks, so you’re cleaning more. But with carpet, just vacuum every few days (I molt a lot and my chicken is also molting 😂).
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Mary Hiers 5 months ago
I bought a house built in 1930. When I bought it, all three bedrooms were carpeted. Underneath that carpet were the original hardwood floors, in outstanding condition. I ripped up all the carpet, and my house looks so much nicer. And my indoor allergies are much less severe.
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
Same here, except my house is new construction from 1954. Take a Saturday to remove the carpet -> increase the value by $10k. And it's nicer.
Load More Replies... Verfin22 5 months ago
My bedroom has carpet only to keep it insulated. Rest of the house is laminate with some area rugs for decor.
Mike F 5 months ago
Mine too, I'm always afraid I'm going to fall on the laminate like I nearly did in the other place I lived.
Load More Replies... Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Laminate would be workable. Partner and I have been looking at a place whose price is too good to be true...looks like the floors were last done in the seventies. Lino everywhere. It's like stepping into a nostalgia palace. I love it.
Tommy DePaul 2 months ago (edited)
I think laminate always looks cheap (and fake). I've always rented. In one place the owner just pulled up the carpet. You could still see the glue that held down the carpet. He also didn't seal the concrete. For those of you who don't know, concrete acts like a sponge. There were (permanent) red wine rings near every piece of furniture.
WeeBitOfSumfin 2 months ago
Six cats = no carpet. Also it's so easy to clean without the carpet.
"My favorite [responses] that I saw commented, though, were about the people who don't have things like fancy plates or a room designated just for hosting or special things they have just for company," the author continued.
Danny_deefs also noted that none of the replies in particular surprised them, but there were several that they definitely agreed with. "It was a fun post to see that we aren't following totally in our parents' footsteps, and I won't be judged as much as I thought by my own generation for slacking off on my landscaping."
#13
Appearances. I don’t give a rats a*s what my neighbors, family, extended family, or whoever thinks of me. I’m not putting on a puppet show every time I leave the d**n house and I refuse to live in a dollhouse where clutter is not allowed to exist.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I'm sorry, boomer here. Sometimes when I watch cute animal videos I'm like, "You really want everyone to see the mess you live in?" I'm thankful for company that makes me put my c rap away.
Ahnjunwan 5 months ago
It is not just that, i just could not relax in a house where i have clothes lieing everywhere or if it smells or something. It is just 🤮 If people do not mind and want to live in their own mess, ok, not my business but no one needs to tell me that i am to crazy about living in a neat and clean home
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Barong 5 months ago (edited)
Formality is dying. Having a sense of shame is minimized. Having and showing respect to others is becoming less common. Taking care of your self and home matters. Etiquette, manners, and respect are important as is have a sense of pride and dignity. We are communal and we live in a society. As such we need to value the lives, thoughts, and opinions of those around us if we are to thrive within our society. We don’t have to agree, but we need to respect those with different opinions. We also need to realize that others opinions and feelings towards us and ours of them matter.
Touhou Youyoumu 5 months ago
Or just comfortable enough to invite people in, without being pretentious. Nobody keeps a perfectly clean house all of the time. Rest is not far off the mark.
Load More Replies... JD3 5 months ago
Yep that is a growing trend unfortunately. Not caring about things. Seeing people shopping in pyjamas, dressing gowns, in summer swim shorts no shoes and tops, etc. Sorry non carers, it does matter. Im not putting any effort into any relationship that the other person doesn't think any effort matters. End of.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
It bothers me when things are not in their place. With my dogs, who love toys, and just normal living, with cooking, laundry, dishes, etc. I go through the house once or twice a day and put everything where it belongs. If I’m lucking it stays that way for about an hour. :)
CP 5 months ago
I fear the pendulum swing when too far to "not caring". There is something to be said about families of the past hiding being terrible by putting up a façade for the world to see. We (millennials) grew up seeing people be nice to each others face while being terrible behind the scenes. So people dropped the façade and embraced the "realness" too much. There needs to be a balance between realistic expectations and rebelling against the lie we grew up with. At least that is what I see as the main cause of this problem.
ROSESARERED 5 months ago
Yep, no museum for me, and no fashion show either. My home, my castle
#14
I never make my bed, my wife doesn't either. Only made when we change the sheets as needed.
Acrobatic-Pudding-87:
My mum used to make all the beds every day and pull the sheets so tight there were no wrinkles, and I wasn’t allowed to disturb the sheets until the evening. This meant as a kid I wasn’t free to sit on my bed during the daytime. She’s still like this now. The guest room is always made up and she changes the sheets in it regularly.
Barong 5 months ago (edited)
I always make my bed. It’s a matter of self-respect. My house is always tidy, clean, and organized. It takes me 2 minutes to make it and yet, if I hadn’t, my room would feel beautiful and I wouldn’t feel as happy being there or getting into bed later that night.
WindySwede 5 months ago
The mites will also thank you for preserving the moisture and heat though.
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Jessica Cooney 5 months ago
I HATE sleeping in a tightly made bed. My idea of comfy is basically turning my covers into a wadded up nest to sleep in and there is no point in me making my bed every day just to do that every night.
Brian Droste 5 months ago
I make my bed everyday. I like a neat bed when I go to bed at night.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
While getting into a made bed feels wonderful, making a bed does not. Kinda wish I wasn't too lazy to make my bed every day.
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
I used to make my bed nearly every morning. These days, not very often at all. Besides, it's said that it's better to let the bed air out for a time after sleeping. I just let it air out all the time now. 😜
Load More Replies... Bacon Tentacles 5 months ago
I would say I make the bed maybe 3 or 4 times a week. I love coming into the bedroom at night to a nicely made bed, but I'm literally not gonna lose sleep over it, so if it doesn't get done one day, I'll live. Some days are just too busy. I almost never make it as soon as I get up, but if I wander through at some point during the day I will usually take the 90 seconds or so it needs to get it done.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
I think it's good not to make the bed, but pull back the coverings and let it air all day. More hygienic.
#15
Size. Turns out the big suburban houses really were wasteful in terms of time spent maintaining/upkeep and cost to heat/cool etc.
I have a 950 sq ft place. Granted it’s just 2 of us. But if we have a kid, we’ll only have 1 anyway.
This seems a lot better and frees up our time to travel to…our second house which, incidentally is only 500 square feet.
Rachel Reynolds 5 months ago
We have a giant suburban house, but only because my dad (a bachelor) was supposed to move in with us due to his cancer treatments. So we picked a house that could have a Grandpa suite. He announced that he was NOT moving in AT SIGNING! That was eight years ago and I'm still salty. (My dad is fine and cancer free for six years, by the way)
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
It's just me here in my two-bedroom, one-bath 1926 home. For me, the extra bedroom is superfluous, but I think I'll keep it. 😜
Tommy DePaul 2 months ago
Frankly 2 houses seem wasteful. I'd rather travel to different resorts and destinations.
JD3 5 months ago
Im feeling the pain for those with this problem. Thankfully we don't have that issue renting and having to move every year due to the housing crisis from one town to another, losing friends and having to get rid of belongings. Our home in Dunolly a couple of yrs ago was awesome, gaps between the floorboards as wide as your finger, the house so cold in winter we moved the bed into the lounge room where the only source of heating was as the wiring was dodgy and kept tripping the heaters protector circuit in the bedroom. Lots of wildlife though, rats and mice everywhere. Our new ones ok though, no hot water, light sockets that don't work, dead power points and gaps around the walls/floors we have filled with foam to stop the cold air getting in. I really do feel sorry for those with the too much room dilemma, it must be terrible.
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago
We have 1800 square feet and it too much for four of us in terms of upkeep and cost to heat (it has older windows and probably isn’t terribly well insulated). It is a strange layout so it seems smaller. We'd love to downsize once both kids leave but housing is limited here. Once we are able to, we’ll sell it and move somewhere else where housing is cheaper into a smaller place.
George Costanza 5 months ago
Kids do change the calculus. We have a 2 br with 1 kid and 1100sf condo and it is certainly starting to feel cramped. Once another kid is on the way we likely have to move. Although we do plan on finding a small house when we move, with maybe one extra bedrooms for in-laws/relatives to stay in when they visit.
#16
Having a formal dining room. This was weirdly a big thing for my parents and grandparents. A room we only used for holidays seemed wasteful to me. The table and the bar in the kitchen work just fine.
stoned_brad:
A dining room. We use it for a total of two hours each year. The other 8758 hours it is storage.
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
I have a dining room, but then again, my kitchen is too small to be an eat-in kitchen.
Becca not Becky 5 months ago
I'm gonna disagree. I love a big dining room, but I also like to cook/prep big meals periodically so maybe that's just me.
Nota Robot 5 months ago
I have a ding room, a TV room, a spacious kitchen and an arts and crafts room - depending on the time of day.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
Dining room/living room - mostly a waste. Although I love having a table big enough for my whole family on holidays, and for hosting book club with all my girls!
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
Yes, this has gone away with the concept of open-plan design though, sometimes, it would be nice to have a separate 'party' space.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
We have the formal dining room and had the appropriate dining room set. Like most people only used it on holidays. So now it is part library. One wall is filled with bookcases instead of the formal china cabinet. Gets more use that way.
Jen Leitch 1 month ago
Growing up, my parents had a "formal" dining room. We never used that room/table for one meal in almost 20 years that my parents lived there. Waste of good space...unless you wanted somewhere to store junk.
#17
I live on an acreage property and my neighbor J whom I call Karen sends me videos and pics of my grass because it’s longer than his. Or my chickens walking in my backyard. I don’t worry about those things too much or make them a priority. My 5 kids that I am raising to be good human beings in this world are my priority and the fun memories we are making. He gets so mad and re sends me the messages. I just ignore him and wave 👋 hello every time I see him lol.
Jonathan Setter 5 months ago
We had a nasty letter from the local council threatening us about the long grass on our RURAL ACREAGE. It was because i was waiting on parts for the ride on lawnmower. Some Karen had complained. The kicker? The whole rural suburb had the same long grass, every paddock, every roadside verge. yes, the council was complaining even though the had not mowed the roadsides either. In the end it was easier to mow the grass as I intended to anyway, rather than fight the stupidity of it.
JD3 5 months ago
I hate people using a persons name to describe people they don't like or think are annoying. It's childish and rude to those who have that name. Who would like to every day hear people using their name as an expletive or way of expressing annoyance at something? There was a campaign here in Australia which compared being left handed to being gay. Im left handed and every day for months if anyone saw I was left handed they'd make a joke out of me. It wore thin very quickly I can tell you being the brunt of public jokes. So I can imagine there being some ladies named Karen feeling the same every time their name is used that way. It really is school yard childish and a sign of an immature personality.
Sly Schlang 3 months ago
It is sad taht you are getting downvoted. Maybe the same people who are actually nice and caring about other forms of discrimination or bullying suddenly think this is completely okay and fun.
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#18
I’m 44 years old, a lawyer, and I still have a bunch of mismatched, secondhand furniture. My dishes and silverware don’t match either.
Matt Blakeley 5 months ago
My silverware doesn't match and I effectively have 5 spoon sizes. I will not be replacing any of it.
Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
I'm 60. My dishes and silverware don't match and my furniture is largely hand-me-downs. It's an eclectic mix that I like.
Bacon Tentacles 5 months ago
Does the dish properly hold food? Does the fork properly fork? Can they be washed in the dishwasher? Then they're perfect.
Monosyllabicgirl 5 months ago
I have one spoon that came from a different set and it's my favorite spoon. Discovered one day that it was also the bf's favorite spoon. We basically had been sharing one spoon back and forth for years while a whole set sat in drawer
WeeBitOfSumfin 2 months ago
Actually for some reason, I hate mismatched silverware and dishes. I'd love to have everything of the same color, but also I've seen the prices of the new sets, so I kinda got used to the chaos in my cupboards 😂
Karen Bryan 2 months ago
My beloved grandmother had a whole set of dishes that came inside packages of laundry detergent. Used them for decades.
#19
Everything in my house’s purpose is for my comfort. My giant sectional and 6’ Lovesac in our main living room does not look neat and refined, but g*****n are they comfortable. An aunt stayed with us for a few days and commented how comfortable and lived in our house was compared to my brother’s house - as a genuine compliment - which is what we aim for. When she first arrived, she said she was going to have to nap on our couch at some point - twice she grabbed a blanket and cuddled with one of our dogs and napped.
Also, dogs in the house. I got hairballs rolling around and the dogs are welcome on the furniture. Deal with it.
That said, I love me some high ceilings and a s**t ton of square footage.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
I think that’s quite the compliment with aunt feeling comfortable enough to nap with one of the dogs. It says a lot about how welcoming this family is.
#20
We do landscaping, but it's actually a ploy to slowly get rid of more and more actual yard space and replace it with native plants. Nobody can complain to the city if it's clearly intentional rather than just overgrown. We've reached a point where more than half of the front yard is garden instead of grass. Sure we but mulch every year, but we've saved so much time on mowing.
The thing we don't care about is having a large home. Our version of a dream home is a sensible 3-bed 2-bath single level home with a garage somewhere. Doesn't even have to be attached. .
Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
We're in the process of replacing what little grass remains with clover and native wildflowers. Our "lawn" is already is lovely tapestry of clover, dandelion, ajuga, tiny violets, and such. We're just going to mow low and shade out the remaining grass. The local birds, animals, and insects LOVE our yard. (We're also fortunate enough to have a perennial brook running through our front yard.)
Helen Rohrlach 5 months ago
Can't see the point of a front lawn. What's it's use? You can't really let the kids play on it. My brother ends up parking the car on his.
Bec 5 months ago
Our front lawn is shady and the grass was always scraggly. Had to dig it up for a broken water main and just replaced 80% with mulch hostas and other plants, it's so much better, although hard to keep weeds out and do mulch each spring.
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Dusting. I felt like there was 0 dust at my house as a kid and I just do not have the time. Either that or I have an overly dusty family now.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
They're mom likely dusted more then they knew. I don't like having a dusty home. It can attract some pests, and I can smell it. Makes us sneeze all the time. I just take a duster and go over surfaces quickly. I used to do it with Pledge, which I've found doesn't do a good job getting rid of dust.
George Costanza 5 months ago
I hire a woman that handles that nonsense for me. I'm not cleaning my own house ever again. Money very well spent.
Me 5 months ago
One of my chores growing up was dusting. Every weekend I dusted the entire house with lemon Pledge. I told my mom I was allergic to the lemon scent, she didn't believe me. I hate dusting now, and do not use lemon scented anything anymore.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
All you need is a damp cloth every now and then. The rest of the time you can just use a duster. My mom was the same way with me with dusting, among many, many other chores. I learned I'm allergic to latex and dish soap. I feel your pain.
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
I have a horribly dusty house, largely because my heat is baseboard hot water (no air exchange) which comes from a fuel oil boiler (which is horrendously dirty). My next big project is converting to an electric furnace with forced hot air and whole house AC. (Yes, typically, electric heat would be expensive, but my city has its own non-profit electric company that is largely renewable energy.)
ROSESARERED 5 months ago
I can dust an a few hours later it's back...part of the fun of an old house
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
You don’t know the whole story, Ahnjunwan. :)
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I chose to have a happy home instead of a tidy home. The bottom part of the walls are painted grey and the kids draw on them. Everything is colorful. Once a week they wipe them down and they can start all over once it dries if they want to. There are toys everywhere but they have set clean up times and know how to put everything that isn’t in use away fast. Everything has to be cleaned when it’s not being used but we allow all messes here within reason.
Touhou Youyoumu 5 months ago (edited)
As long as there water soluble, all good. They know not to draw on other people's walls in different houses that's cool 😎
Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
There is such a thing as chalkboard paint. Paint it on a wall and you have an instant chalkboard.
David Morgan 5 months ago
Wipe-off markers cause no permanent damage. Paper has to be thrown away or recycled once it's used. Walls allow for big, mural-style art. It's their home, not someone else's and I imagine that boundaries were taught.
Load More Replies... Shortstuff 5 months ago (edited)
Kids need boundaries, not soft parenting. I hope they know not to draw on walls when they go visiting.
WonderWoman 5 months ago
I used butcher's paper along the lower part of the walls for the kids to draw on.
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
it seems that you struck a balance between these terms. As long as you teach your kids to pick up after themselves, you are doing a great job rasing them
Ahnjunwan 5 months ago
Ah, this is about to get interresting. Your children learn that it is ok to draw an walls that tells me you do not care about boundaries very much. Enjoy them when they are teenagers and can not tell what "no" means. If i visit somebody and see something like that, i could not help but thinking that this person gave up on making an effort to tech children some manners. I would also like to know what this person is doing if the kids do that in somebody elses home? Not their fault, they did not learn not to do it. 100 percent the person blames the one who get visited for being a child hater
David Morgan 5 months ago
Ah, this is about to get interesting. You just projected a huge number of assumptions onto this post, and clearly didn't read it either. Everything you said was either a guess or answered in the original post.
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#23
I don’t display photos. I really like the minimalist look and artwork/photography as opposed to family/friend photos 🤷🏼♀️.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
Devote one hallway to family pictures. I love seeing pictures of people's family!
Don't listen to me 5 months ago
One of my nieces puts the family photos on one wall of their staircase.
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Kat 4 months ago
same! I don´t like minimalist look, but I have some weird artwork on display, we have this framed picture of polar bear for some reason and souveniers from countries we visited... when I am visiting my mom, it makes me kind of uncomfortable to look at photos of me she has on display, IDK why
Sheena Leversedge Wood 4 months ago
that's fair enough. we have some lovely wedding photos, but the idea of putting pictures of ourselves up feels weird. my husbands sister did an art class, and one of the people in the class painted this beautiful picture of the stone circle where we had our handfasting. his sister bought the painting off her for us, and asked her to add in a bat flying overhead (it was under moonlight in the pic) and a little rat in the stone circle, as I love both animals. then, in the distance, there is my husband and myself in our wedding clothes. we aren't the focal point of the picture, we are off to one side and in the background, looking towards the stone circle. it's lovely, and to me, feels less weird than putting a photo of us up.
Shortstuff 5 months ago
My family photos are in my bedroom in a multi frame (20) on the wall. Last thing I see at night and first thing in the morning
Michael Largey 5 months ago
I once dated a woman who filled her walls with photos - all of them of herself. My response put me in a league with Jesse Owens.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
Have book shelves in three of the bedrooms, the living room and the dining room. They are loaded with books and pictures of all the people that I love. Works for me. :)
#24
Anything built, bought, or maintained for the specific purpose of “hosting”. It is not happening here.
meggiefrances87:
Keeping cumbersome things around just for guests.
My mom is quite upset I don't own a coffee maker. I don't drink coffee at all. I drink tea and hot chocolate so I only have a kettle. I did have a pour over coffee maker thingy for a few years but not one guest I've had has ever asked for coffee. When my sons dad's coffee maker s**t the bed I loaned it to him til he could buy another but he ended up really liking the coffee from it and asked to keep. If I spot another one I might pick it up but it's not really a priority.
Me 5 months ago
My mom never drank coffee, but kept a coffee maker for the rare occasions when her parents came to visit (maybe once every few years). Also, now, she continuously buys different, large toys for my brother's kids when they come to visit (which is also once every few years). It's ridiculous, takes up soooo much space. Now his kids are getting older and the toys my mom bought were used once or twice and will probably never be used again. Hopefully she'll donate them at some point.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 4 months ago
I almost never drink coffee. if I do, it's at someone elses house, or out and about. so I don't keep a jar of coffee in, or it would go stale. but when I go to hotels, I do take home the coffee sachets, as they are sealed single portions, and mean that if someone visiting wants a coffee, I can make them one that's not from a barely used jar of stale granules.
Sly Schlang 3 months ago
Nearly the same. I have a Coffee pad machine and some sachets, they get used soon enough. I love having visitors and being able to offer a cup of coffee even if I usually prefer Tea.
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Fellfromthemoon 5 months ago
I agree on that part thta I don't own nice china or other fancy stuff for the (hypothetical) guests. Still, I have more plates, chairs and towels than I use at any moment.
Donna Harris 1 month ago
I didn't drink coffee when I moved to my husbands hometown..within a week I had someone bring me a coffee maker and mugs...then proceeded to show up every day for hours...drove me crazy.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
I had a spare bed in one room, just in case of visitors. That happened twice a year, one of whom was my Dad. He's now in another realm of existence, so I got rid of the bed = more space for other stuff and makes the room more spacious.
#25
Ironing. Apparently old people used to iron tea towels, bedding etc etc.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
My husband and I stayed in a bed and breakfast where they made the bed with ironed sheets every day. OMG, they felt so good! We said, let's do this! Got some heavy cotton sheets. Ironed them once. Nope, not gonna do this.
TheElderNom 5 months ago
For sheets it's better to use a mangle. It's at the very least a lot less work and it feels very nice.
Load More Replies... Jessica Cooney 5 months ago
I haven't ironed anything in over a decade. I'm over it. If it had wrinkles and desperately needs to be wrinkle-free, a few minutes in the dryer is just gonna have to suffice.
Cee Cee 5 months ago
My sister had a baby with a life limiting defect. I went to hers to help. Ironing. Oh my goodness a pile higher than the sofa back. Sheets, tea towels, her partner's underpants. Unbelievable. I had horrible blisters once I'd worked my way through. Thankfully she employed someone to come in weekly. Talk about a rod. Me? I rarely iron anything now that I'm retired. Leggings are such a blessing!
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I iron things that wrinkle easily, such as my curtains. But that's it.
Charlotte 5 months ago
I just hang them. The wrinkles will work their own way out
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KnightOwl86 5 months ago (edited)
My parents made us iron everything growing up, and got really mad if our clothes weren't perfect (what will people think?) I left home at 17 and I've never used an iron since. I hang my laundry up to dry then hang it in a cupboard so it doesn't get creased. I can't imagine wasting time ironing anymore, I have better things to spend my time on!
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
one of the traits of the older generations - still find it very relaxing getting my dress shirts nice and crisp. not talking about ironing bed sheets which is ridiculous
Eric Grant 5 months ago
I used to iron most things, now... nothing. If I need to look nice, I put a sweater over my unironed shirt. :)
#26
That I live in an apartment at 37 and have no desire for home ownership. My parents don’t understand.
“Don’t you rather get a house and make it an investment?” No. Houses are for living in. Not for making money. I’m quite happy where I am (walking distance to my job….as in 7 minutes at most). I don’t like that people/society see homes as an investment for wealth.
SouthernGal 5 months ago
However, if you are able to buy something while you are younger and in the work force, the elderly you will be grateful they don’t have to worry about paying rent when they are unable to work and on a fixed income. Renting, while unavoidable for many, is building equity for the landlord.
R Dennis 5 months ago
Our house will be paid of in five years. We used the equity from our first house to buy our second house. Even after extremely high upkeep/repair bills, our equity will be $200‐300k all said and done.
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Foxglove🇮🇪 5 months ago
I think home ownership for investment/wealth generation is the biggest reason we have such a housing crisis now. Investors both push up prices and reduce supply.
Eric Grant 5 months ago
I, at one time, really wanted to own an apartment (I don't live in a "house" city); then I woke up to the reality of not really wanting it for anything more than an "investment". My husband and I live in a nice sized one bedroom, rent stabilized apartment on a very large public park (it is our front yard - we are in the front of the building). We save money with reasonable rent, save for retirement, and are able to travel. Best part, I had to change jobs and now work w/in walking distance (25 mins) from my current job.
Shortstuff 5 months ago (edited)
We built and sold 14 times. It allowed us to retire at 50. We have had a fabulous, long, active retirement and still going 30 years later. Wouldn't change a thing.
#27
Themes. My mom's kitchen is sunflower-themed. When I was pregnant, she asked what theme I was going to make for the nursery, and had a hard time comprehending that I wasn't making a theme. I just chose colors and vibes. She loved it, though, once she saw it.
Barbara Panda 5 months ago
Yes! Where's Timmy? Playing with his large intestine.
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Ace 5 months ago
Is a "theme" just something you use if you don't actually have any taste yourself? I mean, when I redid the kitchen last year f course I chose the flooring, the cupboard fronts, the splashbacks etc. to all go well together, but I have no idea what "theme" it might or might not be.
Fellfromthemoon 5 months ago
Theme: trying to hard. Choosing the color scheme based on the colors of a sunflower for the kitchen is stylish. Putting fake sunflowers and pics of sunflowers everywhere is not stylish. But who cares? The person/couple/family, who uses the kitchen, is the only one who should be delighted with its looks.
Load More Replies... Sly Schlang 3 months ago
When I don't vacuum regularly, I have dust bunnies. Does this count as a theme?
Load More Replies... Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
We're doing all slightly off-white walls and chocolate brown floors and woodwork. The color will come from curtains, pillows, rugs, and art. I dislike themes because I get sick of them quickly. This way, I can customize endlessly.
#28
I don't have anything you're not allowed to touch or use.
It's just fancy clutter.
Niamh_ie 5 months ago
This is also my husbands clutter and I can't complain as I've bought a lot of it. Likewise mine is teddy's and he's responsible for buying 99% of them. Hence why we have a teddy room 🙈🤣🤣
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My mom keeps bugging me about when I'm going to "finally pressure wash" the BACK of my house. IDK maybe sometime in between having a full time career and parenting a toddler I'll pencil that crucial issue in.
Bacon Tentacles 5 months ago
Tell her she's welcome to come over and take care of that whenever she feels like it.
#30
My plates and bowls are completely mismatched, most of my drinking glasses are random sizes of mason or spaghetti jars, my silverware is all over the place, and a bunch of my furniture was found in the community trash area (don’t worry everything has been cleaned and sanitized!). Oh and I have a dumb tv!
Caitlin Davenport 5 months ago
I like matching plates and bowls because fitting them in the dishwasher is so much easier!
Jack and Coke 5 months ago
65 and I've only bought 3 pieces of furniture new. A rocking chair, 2 mattresses and a bed frame.
Load More Replies... Felicia Baxter 2 months ago
we lived in a trailer park once, the dumpster was right next to our house and some wealthy people would illegally dump their trash in it, but it was all perfectly good stuff like clothes and dishes and stuff, and I think we still have some of the stuff we got
ROSESARERED 5 months ago (edited)
Got rid of my dumb TV this year, had it for 25 years. My neice tested me to a new smart tv, it was gard to find anything else...I don't have the internet, only mobile data, so it just a tv .
#31
I don’t give a s**t about having a yard. I also didn’t buy the place with the distinct notion that this would be our “starter” home and we’ll get something bigger and better in the future. It’s our house and we live here and we’re happy.
ROSESARERED 5 months ago
I'm in my forever home, not moving again. I have half an acre, 20m x 102m. It was weeds and more weeds when I moved in. Slowly, steadily transforming it into a huge beautiful bird, bug, frog and plant filled garden.
#32
I feel like my parents generation took so much pride in their lawn and landscaping and I'm over here trying to get by like why the hell am I gonna buy new mulch every year? No one even comes to my house. Who am I doing my landscaping for? It doesn't look awful like I'm not the white trash uglying up the neighborhood but I'm certainly not going all out on it.
unknown_anaconda:
I mow just often enough to keep it from getting too overgrown and that's about it.
poo_poo_platter83:
Guys. We have internet and streaming services. Imagine living in a house with no internet... I'd grow some s*xy a** grass too.
Cee Cee 5 months ago
Unfortunately I get foxes. I say unfortunately because my dogs (dachshunds) have killed two. Living in Uganda was a completely different story. Elephant knocked down the banana trees, lion pug marks on the drive and often saw servals and civets hunting in the flower beds. Best was a leopard in the jacaranda tree. She had killed and dragged a small goat into the tree.
Diane Statzer 5 months ago
Well a nice lawn is a good thing. Makes the whole neighborhood look better. If you want to keep the maintenance low ,stay on top of it. Or hire a company.
Charlotte 5 months ago
That's a matter of opinion. Personally, I see a manicured lawn and to me it looks like a boring waste of time, fuel, and water
Load More Replies... ROSESARERED 5 months ago
I hate lawn...really looking forward to the day I can get rid of the lawnmower.
#33
Comfortable, functional furniture.
My mom (Boomer) moved into a 55+ community apartment. It’s tiny. She was still talking about living room seating for when she had guests. I told her to stop doing that because she doesn’t have the space. Quit buying things to please other people and just get something comfortable for herself. She agreed.
#34
I don't rake leaves. I don't get rid of my dead (just the stems kinds die) plants until it's full spring. I buy mostly native perennials for my garden. And if I had it my way there would be no yard (mostly no yard), it would be a meadow.
My rooms are painted different colors, and darker shades. My parents wanted everything white, or cream, or beige....
The dishes will get done when they get done. I don't care if there's dirty dishes in the sink when I go to bed.
I do not have nick nacks because I refuse to dust them.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I used to be like this. Until I had a pest problem. It wasn't really that bad in my place. We didn't cause it. But since then I've been more diligent in pest prevention. I can no longer go to bed with a dirty, messy kitchen while living in an apartment. To each their own, though.
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
there is a huge difference between paint colors and dirty dishes. 5 minutes that's what it takes to wash them. So, i call BS on tis one
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
I hate going to bed with unwashed dishes in the sink, therefore they get washed.
#35
My mother loved her garden. She spent hours picking out the right plants and where they would go, and lovingly placed them and cared for them all summer.
I bought a couple potted geraniums and called it a day.
Glen Ellyn 5 months ago
I see some wonderful gardens around my neighborhood, but they're a HECK of a lot of work! I'm just not up for that, so I'll stick with my shrubs and flower pots.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I had some potted plants on my balcony. I gave them to my mom. I think they would thrive better in her garden.
Cee Cee 5 months ago
No you don't. Don't have a lawn and, if choose your plants wisely, there's very little work to do. I used to have a lawn and mostly herbaceous perennials. Gradually changed it preparing for old age. The dogs got rid of the lawn and I planted shrubs. Most are flowering shrubs and chosen so there's colour throughout the year. Currently a pomegranate is showing off along with roses. Pruning is done occasionally. I grow raspberries, mulberries and cherries in pots so they need watering every couple of days. I estimate I spend a couple of hours a week pottering about. The next big job is pruning the wisteria on the pergola. Waiting for the heatwave to subside. We're not used to this in England!
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I want to care about landscaping, but man... I'm just so tired. Between caring for an aging parent, working 50 hours a week in a demanding job, 5 pets, and preparing to enter grandparenthood, I just don't have anything left to give. There's currently a lot I don't care about.
D Gibson 5 months ago
Pick and choose the things you care about & discard all of the others. Life is too long to t*****e yourself. Be happy.
D Gibson 5 months ago
More stupid censoring. this place gets creepier and creepier .
Load More Replies... nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
I don't even want to care about landscaping. I just mow the grass enough to avoid nastygrams from the city.
#37
Many of my older family are baffled I don’t want more land. I have a small yard in a subdivision. A yard or land for privacy does not matter to me. Just a little spot for a grill is all I care about.
It takes a lot of time and money to maintain a large yard.
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
I want enough yard for a grill, and to grow a few vegetables. Nothing more.
#38
I'm a very functional/practical person so if it's not something that gets at least weekly use, I don't have it in my home for the most part.
R Dennis 5 months ago
I have several collections neatly stored in totes and tubs. I haven't really looked at them in decades. Coins, sake sets, chess sets, sports memorabilia... maybe the kids will want them.
Ronja Oksanen 4 months ago
Trust me, the kids don't want them 😅 My dad gave me his coin collections and it was painstakingly slow process go through them and figure out are they worth anything and find a buyer. Never again 😅
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Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
I’m an organized hoarder. Not the kind with messes all around. The kind with matching see through tubs to store everything I think I need. It’s a lot but manageable for me. Though when I’m gone I told my family to get an auction house involved to clear out everything. Ease the strain of getting rid of stuff and make some money, too.
#39
Well for the landscaping bit, I keep my yard neat and tidy for me, not people coming over. For me, my car and home are extensions of me and my character. Because of the cost of homes, I take pride in how my home looks TO ME. I worked my a*s off to buy my place so I'm d**n well going to take care of it and how it looks.
But as far as what I don't care about as much, it's entertaining. I never liked entertaining, as a host I feel I don't have fun, even though it's my place. I'm always concerned about enough food and drink, about messes, and then of course the cleanup.
Diane Statzer 5 months ago
This is the correct stance. I love a nice kept up lawn and simple garden.
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
We had lots of landscaping done for our new house 3 years ago - big mistake! Now we're taking up a lot and putting down weed cloth, so now everything's simple with less to maintain.
#40
Their house now (and while growing up) does not look lived in. Mine looks lived in. I live here. If you don’t like my dust or dishes in the sink feel free to exit (literally no one has said a word).
Auntriarch 5 months ago
As long as it doesn't smell and the cups are clean, I don't expect a show home
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
I enjoy taking care of my home, always have, just as I enjoy taking care of my dog, family, and friends. It's important to me as a source of comfort.
KnightOwl86 5 months ago
They didn't say they don't clean, it sounds more like a home that's lived in. If you're going to judge someone for having a little dust or a few dishes in the sink then they probably wouldn't want you visiting anyway.
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Clean windows. Kids live here, I don't really care if there's evidence of that.
Nikki Sevven 5 months ago
We have lovely floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room and dining room...which are perpetually covered with our dogs' nose prints. (Yes, we have suncatchers and decals on them so the birds don't fly into them.)
D Gibson 5 months ago
The dog nose prints must be lovely. I can't have pets where I live. I would love some dog nose prints on my windows. (All I have in my windows are clean panes of glass.)
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#42
Well unlike my parents I don't own property but....
yeah that.
I guess I don't hoard random dishes, my mom seemed to be obsessed with having tons of dishes, and dolls for some reason that was creepy-- also have a 1 studio apt's worth of space so that thankfully limits any hoarding impulses.
#43
Renovations. Just can’t afford it and it’s good enough as is.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
It took me 20 years to finally have new carpet installed. It's wonderful. Reason for the delay was the psychological issue of moving all the furniture, but I found a carpet shop which took care of moving and replacing the furniture. I still had to take out all the stuff from drawers, bookcase, display cabinet, etc. but it proved to be an opportunity to get rid of accumulated stuff I didn't need. Home looks nicer without clutter. I'm a 75 year old single person.
Lori Stout 4 months ago
Unless something needs maintenance or repair, which is obviously different, renovations can be so wasteful. It kills me to think of all the trends that end up in landfills.
#44
My mom mopped multiple times a day. I struggle to mop and sweep even weekly.
Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
My mom said when she was first married they had linoleum floors, which required like, on your knees polishing to look bright and shiny. She was too busy scrubbing to answer a phone call and then found out a friend was calling for a ride to the hospital and couldn't find one until it was too late. After that, Mom was like, I will never fret over a perfect house again. It's a good perspective to have.
Karen Bryan 2 months ago
OK, who remembers "waxy yellow buildup"? It was a phrase from a floor care commercial, touting the virtues of its product because it didn't cause "wyb". Floor wax. Google it, you kids (boomer here).
Load More Replies... cecilia kilian 5 months ago
"Her place is so clean you can eat off the floor!", was considered quite the compliment by my MIL's generation. I snarked back something about having that engraved on my tombstone (not!).
The Scout 5 months ago
You can eat off the floor at my place any time - there is enough lying around.
Load More Replies... WindySwede 5 months ago
The little void here before, was really thorough to sweep over after she had used the box!
Load More Replies... Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago (edited)
Vacuum the first floor everyday, (white husky). Wash the floors one room a day. We just have Pergo, ceramic tile and hardwood flooring on the first floor so it really doesn’t take much time.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I sweep and swiffer everyday. That's how I can monitor any pests and keep them at bay. But I'll wash the floor monthly. I prefer it as dust free as possible and dry. We have cement flooring underneath the faux wood, so that already attracts certain bugs.
#45
I don’t care that my cats scratch my couch a little bit. You can have nice furniture, or you can have pets. I don’t make my bed every day. I toss and turn a lot so I straighten it enough so the blankets aren’t in a ball. My mom makes her bed immaculately every day and with 8 decorative throw pillows.
Also, home-adjacent, I don’t give a s**t about how my car looks. It smells fine and it’s generally clean but it’s got stuff in it and I don’t wash it or detail it. My dad still to this day washes and waxes his car, buffs out scratches, vacuums and details it, and I’m like… who gives a s**t. I maintain it mechanically but otherwise it’s a utilitarian thing that gets me from point A to point B.
Princess Possum 5 months ago
My favorite Progressive "homeowners turning into their parents" commercial is the one when he's telling the woman to get rid of all of her throw pillows.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 4 months ago
in the 90s in the UK, we had an advert I think was for a D.I.Y. chain, with people singing happily to "chuck out your chintz"
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 5 months ago
Maybe their dad wants to keep an expensive vehicle lasting a long time.
Uncle Schmickle 4 months ago
What an absolute silly thing these throw / decorative pillow / cushions are on beds. If I stay in a hotel on holidays, I have to get rid of all these crazy things before I go to bed.
#46
China cabinet. You're lucky if a real plate instead of a paper plate.
Sly Schlang 3 months ago
I would hate that. I like having pretty plates and glasses. Notf or representation but for me.
#47
Having some sort of communal outdoor space. My parents later in life when they had some money finally built a fire pit, got an above ground jacuzzi, etc. Within like a year they use neither of them. But I guess that used to seem like some sort of “We made it” status symbol in the past.
When I’m home I have my drinks and my tv and I really have no interest in sitting outside and breathing jn carcinogenic fumes voluntarily. And if I want to grill, I’ll go to the local Korean bbq. It’s better than what I can make anyway.
#48
Not sure what the word is for this, but basically all the little extras around the house that aren't fundamental furniture. Like, house accessories? My living room is probably going to have a sofa, a coffee table and a chair in it. My bedroom is going to have a bed, a bedside table and a wardrobe in it. Older generations cared a lot about making the house feel full and homely, and I really don't have the time, stylistic sense or money for that. It's going to be bare minimum. No portraits, minimal knickknacks and rugs and things like that.
The garden I can see spending time on, though it'll mostly be mushrooms, fruits and veg. Useful things.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Interestingly, we have convenient cleaning tools that make chores get done faster than every before. We have machines to wash our dishes, our clothes, and dryers. We have mops we can spin dry with the press of a pedal on a bucket. We can just twist a dial to heat up food, or pop it in the microwave to cook something in minutes or less. We have sweepers that pick up the finest dust that a normal broom misses. If anything, we have more time than people of yore. At the same time, we've filled in all that spare time for second jobs, over time, activities, hobbies, and prioritizing rest. Not saying it's bad. Just interesting.
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
I have a need to see beautiful things, so I like changing out my accessories seasonally. I love forward to seeing my seashells, pumpkins, pinecones, and bunnies - they make me smile every time I walk into a room (primarily the entry, the living room/kitchen/dining area, and my bedroom). They are all well-made, quality items and not chintzy or corny.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
Never thought about it but yeah. LR has couch, chair, TV, a couple of storage boxes that double as coffee tables. Everything is practical.
#49
Cat on countertops and on top cupboards. They'd be scolding the cat. I'm more of a spread your scent to keep mice out.
D Gibson 5 months ago
Exactly. They carry all kinds of germs that can make humans very sick. I can see them turning away from the parents' neat and tidy ways ; some young people are just lazy , that's fine. But, turning their backs on health & safety matters seems childish and stupid. (Cutting off their nose to spite their face.) I don't get it.
Load More Replies... SouthernGal 5 months ago
Cat feet are in litter boxes frequently. No way I’m going to have them on my kitchen countertop also.
Sheena Leversedge Wood 4 months ago
we shut the door to the hall from our living room to the kitchen, so the cat can't go in there (it's a tiny kitchen, so he's not missing out) as I can't be bothered to clean worktops in case he's been on them, AND I worry about him hopping up onto the hob before it's cooled and hurting himself.
#50
My dining room has the giant snake enclosure in it. The only ones who dine in there are the dogs and the snake. No kitchen table either.
I also don't have a living room it's my home office because it's big and gets a lot of morning light.
I don't have a traditional stove or oven combo. My stove broken years ago and frankly being able to take the counter top oven outside to bake in the summer is amazing. No more hot house.
One of the bedrooms is the media room. A cozy gaming music and movie room. This is actually where we eat.
F having lawns. I torn the front one out ten years ago I have a combo of rocks and plants.
My back yard is half maintained. I have pond and some cool seating areas but no lawn.
#51
If I made the time for landscaping and other house projects, I’d be sacrificing time for work and/or my hobbies.
I had a “realization” years ago, that the landscaping and aesthetic projects don’t really achieve anything aside from the feeling of accomplishment. I can’t eat any of that pretty landscaping. I can spend the same amount of money to “update” the yard before we sell. The only thing that makes my house a home, is the people (and pets😊) in it. My time is a lot more valuable than saving a couple points on an invoice.
Any of the big projects (remodels, new appliances, heaters, etc.) I outsource. I keep my down time, someone makes a living, both parties are happy.
I don’t need a house project to have something to do. If someone else loves house projects, go forth, I wish you the best of luck and I hope you get what you want… I‘ll go practice martial arts with the young lions or hit the mountains with my fam.
#52
I’m lucky to afford my mortgage. I don’t care about anything else so long as it is standing and not leaking. Renovations are a dream… I just need enough $$ to replace the roof and siding. Fix the potholes in the driveway. Keep the weeds at bay in the garden. There’s nothing left for kitchen and bathroom renovations, nor interior decorating or fancy appliances, landscaping etc…. I can only dream….
#53
My grandma made every bedroom in her house have a theme. One was native American motif. That was my favorite. Then like...an old timey looking room with double beds and a vanity, I'm no expert but it looked like a time period well before my time, maybe the 50s. There was another old timey children's looking room. They were all very well decorated. She also took a lot of pride in her yard. She had nice rock gardens and flower gardens. She did it all herself and I think it was something to keep her busy after my grandpa died.
I don't have the kind of time for any of that stuff. But I do miss her house.
#54
My old kitchen. Up until a few years ago i thought maybe after the kids were out of daycare we could take a loan to remodel the kitchen which is from the 70s and just has no storage and hardly any counter space. But something always came up. A need for new windows, a need for new roof, Ac went out, car accident and needed to replace with a nice safe used car. It was always something. Now I just care more about paying off bills and having a savings versus upgrading the kitchen and remodeling. I never have people except my parents or in laws, or occasionally my brother in law. It won’t matter anyway when the US falls into economic collapse. ::sigh::.
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
This article has me confused, and I need someone to fill me in on this. People do/used to do renovations just because? I have always been under the impression you did that because your roof was leaking or someone drove a car through your living room (or the builder screwed up and you got black mold in your basement, for which my ex just shelled out 32k...).
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
Or like OP stated, would like a kitchen with more storage and counter space. Not trying to keep up with trends and such. Just trying to make the kitchen more efficient and easier to work in.
Load More Replies... #55
Other than Christmas, I don't decorate the inside of my home. I used to change out the table cloth for each season or holiday, put out some decorations...but not so much any more.
No one sees it. The cats drag the table cloth off. It's a pain to get things in and out of the attic. The c**p is expensive and difficult to store.
Even for Christmas, we only put out maybe half of what we have.
Robin Ellison 4 days ago
I got rid of a bunch of Christmas decorations and my husband got so depressed that the house was not decorated! So I bought more junk to make him happy. I like a happy husband
#56
Formal dining room and living room. The front of our house has a formal living room right as you enter from the foyer with a dining room to the right. However, the angular layout was always weird and the dining room was the smaller of the two, so I flipped them and the former dining room is just a gaming room now.
Robin Ellison 4 days ago
My dining room has also become our game room. We keep a Dirty Marbles board on it and play several times a day. One bedroom has been turned into a quilting room. Another had been turned into a fabric cutting room/Big TV room. I love my house
#57
Honestly, when we bought in March, we were in no way interested in a big house. The whole "one room one purpose" thing for us (a family dining room, a hosting living room) was not something we were interested in. We wanted more land/access to water. So we focused on the land for our dogs. Our house is about 950 sqft, and that is more than enough for us because we dont even like to be home that much anyway. Yet, throughout the process, everyone (older) kept saying "are you sure you dont want to look at something bigger??" no, i dont want to be stuck cleaning rooms that i dont even step foot in half the time. I personally love doing yard work, but thats more for myself and my love for being outside- idgaf if others like what i do or not with it.
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
We really don’t use half the house. Maybe I should looked at more housing but I wanted acreage and everything we looked at had a big house on the acreage we wanted. So here we are. I do love my home but I wouldn’t mind if it was half the size it is now.
StrangeOne 5 months ago (edited)
Have you thought of buying land and building your own home to the size you want on it?
Load More Replies... #58
High ceilings. My mom always commented about having high ceilings and how much nicer they looked. I’ll take low ceilings any day! It’s so much easier to heat and cool the house.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I just need a nice mid high ceiling. I don't want to get up on a high ladder to change a bulb.
#59
I have two(soon to be three) kids. The house is always in halfway chaos. Dishes, Toys and Laundry... I keep maintenance as a can, but unless I have company coming over, we are always in a halfway state lol.
Felicia Baxter 2 months ago
with us it's my grandma and anyone who is not family coming over, my grandma will make passive-aggressive comments
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Children as young as 2 can start learning how to clean up after themselves. It takes patience and allowing them to make mistakes, sure. But they'll pick up the skills soon enough if you keep them at it consistently. The best way to motivate them is through reward and seeing their parents happy. The worst motivators is through fear and punishment.
#60
Big a*s tvs. Why on earth would I want a giant screen to dominate the focus/purpose of an entire room?
LillieMean 5 months ago (edited)
If you don't play games on consoles or watch movies, you don't need a big TV. As an introvert, I prefer to watch movies at home on a big TV than in an uncomfortable and expensive movie theater. Some TV series are just wonderful to watch on a proper screen and others are just fine on a tablet screen. The same goes for games, visually impressive games are more enjoyable on a proper screen and my PC screen is also quite large. Edit: The TV stays off if we ever have friends or family over for the exact reason that a big screen causes unnecessary visual stimulation unless it's a movie or game night.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
I had a nice 55" TV. Then I bought a 35". I miss the 55". I could read words on the TV better with a big screen.
#61
Decor. China. Tchotchkes. Clutter. Rearranging the furniture all the time. Large home. Flashy/impressive home. Manicured lawn. Planting a bunch of plants/flowers just for looks.
Basically anything non-functional, I’m not interested in.
Tommy DePaul 2 months ago
This article could use the services of a good editor. So many of these are simply redundant.
#62
I use coasters, but I don't make use of tablecloth. I also don't really have designated self use dishes vs for guests dishes.
#63
Just cause I saw an image yesterday… Fine China.
And large clocks. (Grandfather, Grandmother). I always found my grandparents one obnoxious. But I completely understand how these things were expensive and got passed down.
I loved how they looked though and would def have a silent one.
Kimberley Bryant 1 month ago
The grandfather clock sounds are something you find comforting over time.
#64
Flowers my parents and grandparents had flower beds all the way around their houses and big flower beds in the front yard. I put pea gravel all the way around my house and no flowers the only flowers I have are in 2 planters.
Ahnjunwan 5 months ago
Yeah, i bet that makes you very happy every time you see your self inflicted parking lot
CaliPanda 5 months ago
Depends on where you live. We have decorative gravel around two sides of our house because we live in fire country.
Load More Replies... #65
School district. Most millennials couldn’t give a s**t.
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
wrong! most millennials with kids care A LOT about quality of schools in their areas
StrangeOne 5 months ago (edited)
Depends where you live. In Manitoba, you're not really given very much choice. We have catchment schools, so where you live you have an assigned school for your kids and that's where they go. You can try opting for them to go to a different school within the district, providing there's enough space in the classroom, and there are times switching is denied. If you want to have your kid go to a school in a different district, or you move outside the district and want your kid to go to the same school, you may have to pay an extra school fee. This system is meant to keep schools as even distributed with kids as possible. Some schools are okay, others are not great and others are just fine. Usually it comes down to the teacher.
Load More Replies... StrangeOne 5 months ago
What does this mean? Living in a school district? The type of school district?
#66
Dishes. My mom always had her kitchen clean almost every night or every other night. We do ours twice a week.
embi miller 5 months ago
When it was just my daughter and I I hand-washed dishes all day long. Every time the sink was empty, it seemed like 30 seconds later there'd by something dirty in it. But I don't lilke a sink full of dirty dishes. I'm a definitely a tidied up house = 'tidy' mind
StrangeOne 5 months ago
There's an important reason our parents did this, and it's going to be a hard, gross lesson for those who ditched this practice.
Tiffany sanders 5 months ago
We're prone to bugs and I cook at least once a day for 4 of us so that'd be impossible here.
Robin Ellison 4 days ago
I finally told my husband to wash his own dishes/AKA put them in the dishwasher. No dishes in the sink ever.
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
you are just lazy AF. it takes 5 minutes to do the dishes or put them away into the dishwasher. too bad you didn't seem to learn this from your mom
#67
I think we care more about interior design and how things kind of work together over having individually impressive things. Also a lot more interior plants.
StrangeOne 5 months ago
Random knickknacks, various art that doesn't tie into the rest of the decor, etc. Stuff that people have placed around that only speaks for itself.
Load More Replies... #68
Curtains have no place here!!!
#69
Hard to overstate how much the Boomers were brainwashed by Sears Roebuck.
Michael Largey 5 months ago (edited)
Boomer here who never entered a Sears store or opened their catalog. Maybe the brainwashing is about assuming their influence.
#70
A fancy bed. I sleep on a mattress on the floor.
Don't listen to me 5 months ago
A mattress with no ventilation will rot in a very few years. Damp & mould are bad for you. Just a simple lift like a futon is enough to get some air circulation underneath.
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
well, to say it plainly you are pathetic. you don't need a fancy bad to lift a mattress off the floor, just a cheap bad frame
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
My bed ain't fancy, but arthritis demands I replace mine every few years. Got a new mattress on the way as we speak...
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Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I get not being OCD over a perfect home, but it really doesn't take that much time to keep a house picked up and clean, especially if more than one person is involved in helping. I feel so much better when the house is not chaotic and dirty!
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
It's pretty easy to to keep a house picked up and clean, yes. It's not so easy to GET a house picked up and clean.
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Sylvia Baker 5 months ago
I must be a weird boomer... I don't like any of the things they said boomers like
Mike F 5 months ago
Agreed. It is a mystery to me why folks have to constantly be fiddling with their home. 🤷
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 5 months ago
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." (William Morris, English textile designer, artist, poet & author, 1834-1896)
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
As well as the record holder for longest poem in English for over a century!
Load More Replies... Janet L 4 months ago
Unpopular view I know, but I had two kids and worked and kept the house clean and tidy and had a beautiful garden. I think not having any tech helped but it wasn’t a “keeping up with the Jones’s” thing - a clean and tidy house just meant better organisation and had a calming and relaxing vibe.
T Barth 5 months ago
I have planter boxes on my big porch for flowers. Love colorful flowers! Hate gardening though. Pulling weeds and tending soil, dealing with slugs and all that goes into gardening. Nor do I have the time for it. Found out there are all kinds of fake flowers for the outdoors. Bought a variety of different ones and put them in those planter boxes and called it a day. They look so real and along with keeping the grass mowed, my yards are complete. No weeds, no bugs, no soil to cultivate etc. When fall season approaches, I put them in a plastic garbage bag and store until following spring. Voila!
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago
As with all generations that come before us, Boomers have a lot of valuable knowledge to teach us but they also have things that are simply preferences or nostalgia that we can do without.
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
I didn't like a lot of these statements - they sounded sounded apathetic and negative. They also sounded disgusting and filthy. I wouldn't want to visit most of these places - I wouldn't even call them "homes."
Donna Harris 1 month ago
I spend five minutes in each room doing a little tidy, I make my bed every morning and that's it. There are other days where I do a little extra/windows/floors/ My husband is the lawn guy and I'm the gardener. C'mon in , don't worry about your shoes...help yourself to what you want. The best compliment I ever got was .." I feel safe in your house".
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
so, to sum it up... majority post here are either the millennial parents that don't have time to decorate or even upkeep the house, or those that are simply lazy to do it creating excuses after excuses of why they can't keep their places clean...
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
Arcady Royzen, I take it you are a glass half empty kind of person going by the negative comments you left on these posts. There is a lot more going on in people’s lives that are not being stated. People deserve to live their own lives without being judged.
Load More Replies... Mel in Georgia 5 months ago
I get not being OCD over a perfect home, but it really doesn't take that much time to keep a house picked up and clean, especially if more than one person is involved in helping. I feel so much better when the house is not chaotic and dirty!
nottheactualphoto 5 months ago
It's pretty easy to to keep a house picked up and clean, yes. It's not so easy to GET a house picked up and clean.
Load More Replies... Sylvia Baker 5 months ago
I must be a weird boomer... I don't like any of the things they said boomers like
Mike F 5 months ago
Agreed. It is a mystery to me why folks have to constantly be fiddling with their home. 🤷
Load More Replies... Janissary35680 5 months ago
"Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful." (William Morris, English textile designer, artist, poet & author, 1834-1896)
Robert Beveridge 5 months ago
As well as the record holder for longest poem in English for over a century!
Load More Replies... Janet L 4 months ago
Unpopular view I know, but I had two kids and worked and kept the house clean and tidy and had a beautiful garden. I think not having any tech helped but it wasn’t a “keeping up with the Jones’s” thing - a clean and tidy house just meant better organisation and had a calming and relaxing vibe.
T Barth 5 months ago
I have planter boxes on my big porch for flowers. Love colorful flowers! Hate gardening though. Pulling weeds and tending soil, dealing with slugs and all that goes into gardening. Nor do I have the time for it. Found out there are all kinds of fake flowers for the outdoors. Bought a variety of different ones and put them in those planter boxes and called it a day. They look so real and along with keeping the grass mowed, my yards are complete. No weeds, no bugs, no soil to cultivate etc. When fall season approaches, I put them in a plastic garbage bag and store until following spring. Voila!
The Darkest Timeline 5 months ago
As with all generations that come before us, Boomers have a lot of valuable knowledge to teach us but they also have things that are simply preferences or nostalgia that we can do without.
Lynette Vella 5 months ago
I didn't like a lot of these statements - they sounded sounded apathetic and negative. They also sounded disgusting and filthy. I wouldn't want to visit most of these places - I wouldn't even call them "homes."
Donna Harris 1 month ago
I spend five minutes in each room doing a little tidy, I make my bed every morning and that's it. There are other days where I do a little extra/windows/floors/ My husband is the lawn guy and I'm the gardener. C'mon in , don't worry about your shoes...help yourself to what you want. The best compliment I ever got was .." I feel safe in your house".
Arcady Royzen 5 months ago
so, to sum it up... majority post here are either the millennial parents that don't have time to decorate or even upkeep the house, or those that are simply lazy to do it creating excuses after excuses of why they can't keep their places clean...
Rebecca O’Donnell 5 months ago
Arcady Royzen, I take it you are a glass half empty kind of person going by the negative comments you left on these posts. There is a lot more going on in people’s lives that are not being stated. People deserve to live their own lives without being judged.
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