Interior Designers Share What Modern Home Trends They Find Annoying, And Here Are 45 Of The Worst Ones
For as long we've had great design, there have been bad ones, too. Loose boulders on staircases, see-through toilets, windowless curtains—the list goes on.
So in an attempt to figure out which of them have become the most popular, Reddit user u/uwfan893 made a post the platform, asking, "Interior designers, what will this generation's version of shag carpeting be?" And they happily obliged, sharing all the trends they would love to see gone.
Of course, it doesn't mean that if your place has anything they mentioned, it automatically becomes tasteless—a lot depends on the execution. Plus, your home is your castle. You can make it whatever you want it to be. It's just a take on the general landscape.
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Open concept bathrooms.
I don’t need to see you taking a dump from my bed.
Sh***y bathtubs. I grew up in a 100 year old house. It had a nice bathtub with a sloping back so you could comfortably lounge in the bath. Modern tubs are pretty nearly straight up on the back so there's no comfortable way to soak, smoke a joint, and read a book.
We contacted u/uwfan893 to ask more about what inspired their post and the Redditor was kind enough to reply. "I saw a Zillow listing where the kitchen was obviously done in the '80s and it got me thinking about what would make a future Zillow-er say 'This house was remodeled in the late 2010s," u/uwfan893 told Bored Panda.
"There's an aspect of keeping up with the Joneses, but also sometimes trends actually do look good. That doesn’t mean they won’t be obviously of a period later," they added.
Removing stair banisters for a crisp look. Like your drunk friend Brooks is going to fall of the side and die one day. There are building codes for reasons
When I build my house, I will have railings with every set of stairs in my house for this very reason, except mainly because I have neurological problems and can fall easily.
Total lack of solar panels/windmills. I think its criminal that new builds don't have any form of energy generator built in.
Even though beauty is in the eye of the beholder and it's important to live in a place that reflects you, there are some universal guidelines to ensure the space will feel good even after the fads pass.
"The most common mistake we see is fun, interesting pieces of furniture being the wrong scale or functionality," interior designer Emilie Munroe told Lonny. "Finding furnishings with an aesthetic you love is way less tricky than making sure the piece is a physical and lifestyle fit."
Before you add anything new to your space, simply take out the tape measure and write down the dimensions of both your room and the furniture you already own. See if they go together.
I don't know if it's new new, but it drives me crazy when people replace cabinetry with open shelves.
Don't people understand dust? Bugs ring a bell? Pet hair? Speaking of pets, how do you keep your cats from messing around with that setup?
Beating minimalism to death with a sledgehammer. Everything being grey/white, even painting over gorgeous natural wood, practically zero color anywhere. Just breaks my heart when they take beautiful vintage homes and renovate them to shit by making everything look so sterile.
might be an unpopular opinion but i don't need my home to be smart...I just need things to happen when they are supposed to happen and not completely shut off when some douche thought it was a good idea to play who can touch the powerline
But even if the numbers look good, you might want to avoid buying into boxed rooms. Picking out matching furniture might seem like a good idea for anyone who wants to save time but, in reality, it's often anything but swoon-worthy.
"Walking into a home that is a carbon copy of the store where everything was purchased is just weird," Abbe Fenimore, founder and principal of Studio Ten 25, explained to the same publisher. "Plus, the space will have no personality and most of the pieces will most likely be the wrong scale."
"Take the time to find pieces that you love, and be open to mixing and matching trendy and classic elements in the room."
Live laugh love.
Also "Thankful Grateful Blessed." It's everywhere. It's on everything. Always in that stupid cursive font.
By-laws against clotheslines. I'm going to pay for electricity/gas when the sun and wind are free? In this day and age, who can be against solar and wind?
I really don’t like the fireplace design where you are intended to put your TV over it. A TV is way too high when over the fireplace.
Also, when it comes to decorating your space, slow and steady wins the race over spontaneous and quirky.
"One of the worst mistakes people make in their interiors is buying impulse pieces without a game plan for the room's layout and function," interior designer Dana Wolter added. "We also always need to consider if the scale is right, and whether or not it's a quality item that you will want to keep long-term."
Whatever you're eyeing, take a moment to really consider it. If you're perusing an antique or consignment store, for example, ask a sales associate if you can hold the item in question. Get to know it. Feel it out.
Small laundry rooms, small pantries, no linen closets, but here’s a 20x20 media room to watch TV. My next house will either be laid out by me or made in the 70s/80s when they designed homes to be lived in.
Hollow interior doors that don't keep sound out from within the house and hallways - especially hollow bedroom doors when you're trying to sleep.
No broom closets. Where the hell do people put their mops and vacuum cleaners? Or do the people who buy those McMansions just not do any of their own cleaning?
In the regular clothes closet. I don't have the room in my appartment to have one full closet dedicated only to cleaning supplies!
Technically, putting the broom in the closet makes it a broom closet.
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we have a "closet" under the stairs , not tall enough to put a broom or a vacuum in it
Thats a storage closet your lucky. You can put all sorts of stuff there to hide it away. Totes full of Christmas stuff or all your holidays actually. Lucky wish I had one. But alas I have a one story home. :(
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I have a client who has NOTHING, no cleaning materials, vacuum, mop, she uses her dishwasher..she says why? The cleaning service has all that. So no, they don't.
In our current place we have gaps between the fridge and wall (at the side of the fridge). Handy for tall slim things like stick vacuum cleaner, ironing board, mop etc. Often apartments don’t have tall cupboards, or a specific space for that kind of thing.
I had an upstairs apartment with a "balcony" that was basically for show. Sure, you could technically put a chair or two and sit out there - but you'd just be staring at all of your other neighbors balconies. So I kept my mops and brooms out there lol
We have a big wardrobe in the entryway, where we keep shoes, coats and cleaning supplies. I'd love to have a broom closet, but there isn't room for it in our apartment.
We don't have a closet so we just put it near the heater that the landlord put when we rented the home
We have a whole wall of floor to ceiling shelving with sliding doors, 6m wide at the end of our garage, plus large storage cupboards in the hallway. My design when we built the house. Also got an attic above the garage with a floor, and access with a pull down ladder.
No where in the kitchen to put garbage cans , unless you buy the hanging ones for inside the cabinets under the sink. But then there is not enough room to close the door properly
I have a mate who lives in a small flat and does the same thing with his bicycle - complete with small sign "Fenix SLiC by Ridley, c2022" just like in an art gallery.
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I heard the McMansions don't have closets. I'm giggling. I just moved from a 4-bedroom house to an apartment. I have so much closet space that it's nowhere near full, more even than my house which had quite a bit. But a huge McMansion has none. Well, I blame the stupid, shallow people who bought those when first made. The other thing is, they look huge and then you find out they only have 3 bedrooms, a living room, and a basement. I mean, come on. You should have a lego room, a music room, a game room, etc, for how big they look.
Coat closet for vacuum, beside the deep freezer for brooms and mop. Garage for steam cleaners. Been thinking of putting a cleaning closet in the garage to just store it all in one place.
Beside my stacked washing machine. Which isn't in a room but in a spot at the end of the... we'll call it a hallway. And it partially blocks the door to my second room.
Laundry room for us- or the garage for our heavy-duty vacuum and mop
I cleaned rich peoples houses 😂 they have huge ass rooms bigger than a regular people pantry for cleaning wares usually, so we use the products and equipment they choose and approve of etc
The landing to my basement is big enough for me to install one of those broom holders on the wall. The vacuum goes in the one non-bedroom closet. 2 bedroom duplex.
They hire a cleaning service that brings its own supplies. Social snobbery
I have a cleaning service because I have physical problems, but I am certainly NOT a social snob. Unfair generalization ):
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No broom closet or pantry in my house(it was built that way). My brooms and dusters hang in the corner by the fridge and my mop hangs out on the back patio. I don't like it but it has to do.
Do people not put their brooms and things in the laundry room? We have those brackets on the wall in the laundry room that hold the broom, mop, and stick vacuum. No separate closet needed.
Our 2 bedroom apartment that a family of 4 lived in in the 70s/80s had a broom closet. It was in the kitchen by the fridge.
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Bathroom corners, behind the washer/ dryer or in the basement in my house. I only have bedroom closets. It is frustrating lol
Umm we just keep them in the laundry room we don’t need a whole rooom for them
However, when you're developing your vision, remember that you don't have to push all of your furniture against the walls. There are more viable layouts to arrange your sofa, coffee table, and media center.
"It might be fine for a smaller room, but like Kool and The Gang used to say, 'Get your back up off the wall,'" interior designer Taniya Nayak said. "In a large space, pull the furniture closer together to be more conversational. If you can't reach the coffee table or if you need to text your guests from across the room, move in a little."
Gray. Everything gray.
It’s the orange and brown of the 60s, 70s, and 80.
It’s the beige of the 90s and 00s
All of the flat white and concrete is just going to make the houses look dated in about 5 years.
Big concrete squares don't look good people!
I hate the design of homes that have a massive garage in the front; “welcome to my garage, the home is in the back.”
In all fairness, that is not a design trend in housing so much as it is an artifact of lot size. You need a significantly larger lot to accommodate a wide concrete drive that swings around to the side or back. The front-facing garage is more economical, convenient, and cheaper to landscape.
When you know the principles and what your decisions lead to, it's easier to achieve the look you're going for. Even if it means breaking convention. "I personally like warm cozy spaces, and don't like a lot of the open floor plan stuff going on now," u/uwfan893 said. "If I'm relaxing on the couch, I don't want to be doing it in the room that also is my kitchen."
But to each their own. And that's the beauty of design. It can serve us all.
Why is everything so damn bland? Why is white and grey the popular colors? Whatever happened to color? Why can't we have living rooms wallpapered with big bright flowers, long suede couches in deep fuchsia? And, mile-high blue carpets that you sink into when you walk? Whatever happened to walnut paneling and colored subway tile in the bathroom? Whatever happened to delicate stenciled flowers on the inside of the bowl of the bathroom sink?
When did we lose our personalities? I just want a house that looks like a manic-depressive toddler version of myself was set lose in a JoAnn's with a limitless credit card.
Let me tell you about those "mile-high" carpets and the amount of work it takes to vacuum them...
No door between the master bedroom and master bathroom. It’s so annoying.
The last 3 houses I’ve lived in have had this issue. I like to be able to close the door when I take a bath or shower.
I’ve never seen that we always have a door welp I agree you do need a door for your bathroom
Bedrooms that are only juuuuust big enough for a double or queen bed and a nightstand.
The grotesque housing developments of the same like 4 models and 3 colors with no trees. Not to mention the houses are built like shit. The terribly inefficient road layout with a million cul de sacs.
Weird fixation perhaps, but I cannot stand kitchen cupboards that don't go all the way up to the ceiling. No cabinet storage + a big gap on top for my husband to pile all kinds of crap = no thanks.
Totally agree with you on that one. Hate it. It looks weird, sends off my “omg, someone has to clean that” nerve and such a waste of space.
Lack of storage space. Just bought a new home and didn’t realize how little space there was. We have one storage closet upstairs. That’s it.
Surely that's something you absolutely make sure about if you're buying a property?
Shiplap.
I don't even know what it is, but HGTV won't shut up about it so clearly there's going to be far too much of it in a few years.
Yet these same HGTV "experts" retch when they see wood paneling in a home.
Cabinetmaker here: grey stained EVERYTHING dominated the early 2000s. White oak was most common. It’s also a huge pain in the rear, greys and whites are the hardest stain colour to work with. Trend’s not done either, I just did a consult with another cabinetmaker a couple months ago because he couldn’t get the damn grey stain to work.
Oh, and sandblasting is only slightly less common and actually makes it even harder to apply. Not to mention to clean.
I adore the original hardwood flooring in my house. The previous owner had installed garish mauve carpeting over it and didn't mention the beautiful, untouched hard wood below. When we tore out the carpeting to put in laminate flooring, we were beyond delighted to find we only needed to give the existing wood a good waxing. It's given the house a large upgrade in the charm department.
The cookie cutter houses with no personality and no room, where the windows look directly into your neighbor’s bedroom. Ugh!
Homes built on the cheap with so many corners cut in their construction that they end up being horrible places to live in, plagued by mold, damp, noise and plumbing issues and more.
All white kitchens is going to seriously date houses in a decade or so. You know the ones I mean - white cabinets, quartz countertops, white backsplash
Not really a "new trend", but I've never understood mounting TVs high on a wall or above a fireplace. Not only is it a bad look to have a TV displayed like it's a piece of art, it's also very uncomfortable to watch TVs that are above you. TVs should be at eye level when you're sitting. I think the trend is finally dying, but it keeps cropping up in houses I visit.
I have no choice in my place because of the way the living room is designed. Either that or have window shining directly on the TV.
Rich people putting marble absolutely everywhere. It looks tacky
Depends on the type of marble. There's a huge variety of colours and styles. Also depends on where and how it's used, not too mention the amount that is used. Do it wrong and yes, it's tacky. Do it right, and it's elegant and classy.
Someday people are going to realize that having entirely white walls and exposed concrete isn't very homey.
Garages that fit two medium sized cars with about one inch to spare
As an electrician; putting 600 spotlights in every room of the house. Sure it makes me money but it looks fucking ridiculous having so many lights every 4 feet of every room.
All-white insane asylum paint schemes
Thank you. I don’t want to have to wear sunglasses INSIDE a damn building!
Open floor plans where the main floor is just like one big room.
Houses that are only 25' wide and have a front double garage.
Master bathrooms with no door separating the bed from the toilet.
Backyard that is only 12' deep
I've seen several homes with appliances integrated into the construction of the kitchen itself. Not just in an alcove but actually built into the wall. Sure, it's convenient that there's a fucking cappuccino machine built into the wall next to the cabinet over the center island countertop. But what happens when (not if, when) it needs maintenance? Do I have to call a goddamn carpenter as well as a cappuccino machine repairman? Do I have to consider if this is a fucking load bearing wall that contains my broken appliance? And something that's just a convenience like that is one thing, but they do it with stuff like fridges too.
They install that with this in mind - there are (or should be if install by someone who knows what they are doing) simple ways of removing the panels for maintenance.
Wasted space. This includes enormous bedrooms with sitting areas, homes with equal number of bed and bathrooms, extravagant foyers that eat half the front of a house, formal living and/dining rooms that never get used. Etc
Humongous kitchen islands. I'm only 5 ft tall and I have to walk around the entire thing to get it clean. It's just too big to be convenient.
Add to that open shelves instead of cabinets. I'm sorry my boxes of pasta and cans of soup are not going to be attractive no matter what I do with them.
I also want separation between the kitchen and the living space.
I guess I just hate modern kitchens...
Those islands are also a major pain to those of us in wheelchairs. Taking up valuable floor space in the kitchen that we need to get around. If you want a place to eat, go into the dining room and utilize the table dedicated to just that.
I am not an interior designer but I cannot stand the whole “farmhouse chic” trend and can’t wait for it to go away, it’s everywhere. What’s everyone going to do when it becomes dated and they can’t sell their homes bc it looks like an effing farmhouse? Also like someone stated above I don’t think the open floor plan is something that’s going to last forever.
Open concept floor plans are great for smaller homes. Y'all are just classist lol
Small homeowner here, knocked out the wall between the kitchen and living room, installed breakfast bar. Best move ever, kitchen is no longer a dungeon, house feels 2x as big.
I’m still training in kitchen design for a retail store and in my short time in this department I can tell you everyone wants white shaker-style cabinets. EVERYONE. I’m so sick of doing basic, unimaginative kitchens. The white in-stock shaker-style cabinets are also our biggest sellers. In-stock cabinets are complete trash and fall apart if you look at them wrong.
Well I'm sorry you're bored at your job, but crazy designs get old pretty quickly so it's no wonder that most people want simple things. Especially since most of us are stuck with those choices for a couple of decades.
Vinyl “hardwood” floors. I’m already tired of seeing them
I doubt this is a trend that rich people choose over actual hardwood. But as a halfway step to freshen up the place quite cheaply it's not so bad in my opinion.
Definitely barn doors.
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So about half of those posts are complaining about too plain designs, while the other half are complaining that the current trends will be dated very soon. Great, that cleared things up for me!
Hahaha I thought the same. Also, everything in fashion will look dated once is out of fashion. Seems a bit silly to complain about it
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Title: “87 Interior Designers Share What They Think…” Entry in the thumbnail: “In not an interior designer but…” I highly doubt even a 10th of these entries were from anyone with any kind of interior design background.
Definitely not by the way some of them complained about things.
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No offense BP but y’all are missing hard with some of photos chosen for this list lmao. Some of these aren’t even close to what the OP is talking about.
Someone needs to tell those "everything gray shade"-house people that the houses from the 60s, 70ties and 80ties weren't all grey just because the photos were.
Are you being sarcastic or is it possible you have misunderstood what they were saying?
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Personally, I have no problem with bland-colored design since I can always add more life with art, accessories, and plants. The lack of storage spaces can be a big problem though.
Right I like both but I’m with you more ! I like white walls with colorful everything else ! And that’s subject to change on a whim !
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Basically all this was is a complaint post that people aren't decorating their houses the way the complainers think they should. Design and decorate your home as you wish, if you don't like your friend/relatives home so what, it's their time and money not yours.
The main things are lack of storage and small bedrooms for me. We lived in a totally new apartment before we moved to this one a year ago (older type of layout). In the new one there was only a wardrobe-ish tiny room for storage. That was it. What I like about new apartments though is that it's often open plan between kitchen and living room. Makes it so much easier to cook and watch kids at the same time, or interact with guests while you cook. Older apartments have doors everywhere so you're really "trapped" in the kitchen. But I rather take storage and bigger bedrooms over that. About colors I agree that plain white/gray is boring but nothing says you can't change that? We have quite colorful wallpapers and furniture.
Some of these are things people do when they don’t have enough money to spend on design and others are people who have way to much money and don’t understand when they have done too much, I would say some things are just a bit too expensive to complain about people not having them.
I will build my own home, and my home will have actual personality. I hate the unimaginative, cookie-cutter designs.
So grateful I can be an individual and can make my house what I like. Seems we have different tastes.
The best house is a home that looks like it's been lived in and loved.
A very poorly edited post. Too many repeat complaints, too many items that are not modern trends. And I suspect that many of the people complaining are not interior designers. So start over, Rokas.
Houses that are too close together. I want a decent side yard not a 2 foot strip of grass.
The walls in my condo are different shade of grey, but my furniture is rich colors to contrast with it.
I understand some of the complaints, and I know made a few comments, but I stopped myself. All these people complaining, how would they like it if someone came to their house and complained to them about how they styled it and telling them what to do with it? People telling people how to live their life and constantly sticking their nose in everyone's business come of as people who have boring lives with nothing better to do. I had to remind myself this too.
I feel rattan may go out of favor soon- it's beautiful but hard to clean, fragile, expensive... It's not for everyone
I can't. I just can't. Every design listed here was created and pimped out by designers who made money off of it and now they're claiming it's outdated and needs to be updated with a new design that will soon be outdated and need updated. Self created guaranteed employment/income?!?!
Most of these pictures have nothing to do with the topic, and show the exact opposite of what they’re describing. Maybe choose better pics next time?
Let me add some exterior trend: lawn. Just trimmed green grass , no flowers, nothing. Because native plants are apparently evil.
Isn’t it interior designers that start these trends, or at least push them?
Personality is lacking. These are the kind of houses that don't put up family pictures, framed moments, loving thoughts. No throw pillows that mean something, nothing to reflect the actual people living there, just some designer fobbing off what they don't like themselves. People need more fun in their lives, especially at home.
Bring back the color choices for appliances. So done with black, white or 5 shades of stainless.
I'm looking at houses now so this is fresh in my mind of all the things I hate: new neighborhoods with zero trees or shade, open floor plans (i like my rooms separated) lot sizes where you can see in your neighbors windows, zero privacy between homes, tiny kitchens with no counter space, lack of storage, boring plain houses with zero character or architectural thought put into them.
"Vessel" wash basins. Lever door handles that catch pockets and that pets can use to escape. Needing both solar panels and roofing material. But those concrete walls are just structure, waiting to be decorated when funds permit.
I mean, can't we just let people enjoy their homes how they like? If it makes them happy, who honestly cares what some rando you hired to do something thinks? You're not hurting anybody by choosing something some stranger finds "basic"! Look gets dated - hey, you can change it! Bored of a trope like your weird barn doors? Change them! That is literally the basis of the industry of design! People do not keep their homes the same for ever like time capsules!
Read this now read something about the war in Ukraine. Feeling silly yet?
I love watching the TV show "Restored". The character of these beautiful homes are absolutely destroyed by previous owners. Depending on the Era of the house, sometimes I just want to cry at the mess. It's so wonderful when they start discovering the "original" underneath and finally it lives up to what it was meant to be.
The thing I hate the most is everything being white. I'm afraid to even touch solid white things because they will get dirty very quickly! You might think it looks nice when you buy it but in a few years everything will be stained and ugly.
My pet peeves is having the door to the closet INSIDE the bathroom. Things get steamy and stinky in the bathroom, that gets into the closet (which usually has no windows) so your clothes eventually get musty/moldy and smelly. Add to this the fact that my husband takes forever in the bathroom and I'd have to wait to get to my clothes, and this design drives me bonkers.
I’m so glad I could vent about bad designs with strangers
As someone who endured the trauma of pantry moths and therefore keeps everything in glass or pottery storage, my open cabinets are gorgeous. They also go all the way up to the ceiling, and the top shelves are filled with the extra pretty dishes on plate stands. That is to say that sometimes these things work.
So about half of those posts are complaining about too plain designs, while the other half are complaining that the current trends will be dated very soon. Great, that cleared things up for me!
Hahaha I thought the same. Also, everything in fashion will look dated once is out of fashion. Seems a bit silly to complain about it
Load More Replies... Title: “87 Interior Designers Share What They Think…” Entry in the thumbnail: “In not an interior designer but…” I highly doubt even a 10th of these entries were from anyone with any kind of interior design background.
Definitely not by the way some of them complained about things.
Load More Replies... No offense BP but y’all are missing hard with some of photos chosen for this list lmao. Some of these aren’t even close to what the OP is talking about.
Someone needs to tell those "everything gray shade"-house people that the houses from the 60s, 70ties and 80ties weren't all grey just because the photos were.
Are you being sarcastic or is it possible you have misunderstood what they were saying?
Load More Replies... Personally, I have no problem with bland-colored design since I can always add more life with art, accessories, and plants. The lack of storage spaces can be a big problem though.
Right I like both but I’m with you more ! I like white walls with colorful everything else ! And that’s subject to change on a whim !
Load More Replies... Basically all this was is a complaint post that people aren't decorating their houses the way the complainers think they should. Design and decorate your home as you wish, if you don't like your friend/relatives home so what, it's their time and money not yours.
The main things are lack of storage and small bedrooms for me. We lived in a totally new apartment before we moved to this one a year ago (older type of layout). In the new one there was only a wardrobe-ish tiny room for storage. That was it. What I like about new apartments though is that it's often open plan between kitchen and living room. Makes it so much easier to cook and watch kids at the same time, or interact with guests while you cook. Older apartments have doors everywhere so you're really "trapped" in the kitchen. But I rather take storage and bigger bedrooms over that. About colors I agree that plain white/gray is boring but nothing says you can't change that? We have quite colorful wallpapers and furniture.
Some of these are things people do when they don’t have enough money to spend on design and others are people who have way to much money and don’t understand when they have done too much, I would say some things are just a bit too expensive to complain about people not having them.
I will build my own home, and my home will have actual personality. I hate the unimaginative, cookie-cutter designs.
So grateful I can be an individual and can make my house what I like. Seems we have different tastes.
The best house is a home that looks like it's been lived in and loved.
A very poorly edited post. Too many repeat complaints, too many items that are not modern trends. And I suspect that many of the people complaining are not interior designers. So start over, Rokas.
Houses that are too close together. I want a decent side yard not a 2 foot strip of grass.
The walls in my condo are different shade of grey, but my furniture is rich colors to contrast with it.
I understand some of the complaints, and I know made a few comments, but I stopped myself. All these people complaining, how would they like it if someone came to their house and complained to them about how they styled it and telling them what to do with it? People telling people how to live their life and constantly sticking their nose in everyone's business come of as people who have boring lives with nothing better to do. I had to remind myself this too.
I feel rattan may go out of favor soon- it's beautiful but hard to clean, fragile, expensive... It's not for everyone
I can't. I just can't. Every design listed here was created and pimped out by designers who made money off of it and now they're claiming it's outdated and needs to be updated with a new design that will soon be outdated and need updated. Self created guaranteed employment/income?!?!
Most of these pictures have nothing to do with the topic, and show the exact opposite of what they’re describing. Maybe choose better pics next time?
Let me add some exterior trend: lawn. Just trimmed green grass , no flowers, nothing. Because native plants are apparently evil.
Isn’t it interior designers that start these trends, or at least push them?
Personality is lacking. These are the kind of houses that don't put up family pictures, framed moments, loving thoughts. No throw pillows that mean something, nothing to reflect the actual people living there, just some designer fobbing off what they don't like themselves. People need more fun in their lives, especially at home.
Bring back the color choices for appliances. So done with black, white or 5 shades of stainless.
I'm looking at houses now so this is fresh in my mind of all the things I hate: new neighborhoods with zero trees or shade, open floor plans (i like my rooms separated) lot sizes where you can see in your neighbors windows, zero privacy between homes, tiny kitchens with no counter space, lack of storage, boring plain houses with zero character or architectural thought put into them.
"Vessel" wash basins. Lever door handles that catch pockets and that pets can use to escape. Needing both solar panels and roofing material. But those concrete walls are just structure, waiting to be decorated when funds permit.
I mean, can't we just let people enjoy their homes how they like? If it makes them happy, who honestly cares what some rando you hired to do something thinks? You're not hurting anybody by choosing something some stranger finds "basic"! Look gets dated - hey, you can change it! Bored of a trope like your weird barn doors? Change them! That is literally the basis of the industry of design! People do not keep their homes the same for ever like time capsules!
Read this now read something about the war in Ukraine. Feeling silly yet?
I love watching the TV show "Restored". The character of these beautiful homes are absolutely destroyed by previous owners. Depending on the Era of the house, sometimes I just want to cry at the mess. It's so wonderful when they start discovering the "original" underneath and finally it lives up to what it was meant to be.
The thing I hate the most is everything being white. I'm afraid to even touch solid white things because they will get dirty very quickly! You might think it looks nice when you buy it but in a few years everything will be stained and ugly.
My pet peeves is having the door to the closet INSIDE the bathroom. Things get steamy and stinky in the bathroom, that gets into the closet (which usually has no windows) so your clothes eventually get musty/moldy and smelly. Add to this the fact that my husband takes forever in the bathroom and I'd have to wait to get to my clothes, and this design drives me bonkers.
I’m so glad I could vent about bad designs with strangers
As someone who endured the trauma of pantry moths and therefore keeps everything in glass or pottery storage, my open cabinets are gorgeous. They also go all the way up to the ceiling, and the top shelves are filled with the extra pretty dishes on plate stands. That is to say that sometimes these things work.
