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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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#2
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.
#3
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
whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
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.
#4
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.
#5
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?
#6
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.
#7
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."
#8
Live laugh love.
ChariotLee 3 years ago
Also "Thankful Grateful Blessed." It's everywhere. It's on everything. Always in that stupid cursive font.
#9
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?
#10
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.
#11
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.
#12
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.
#13
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?
Anna Banana 3 years ago
In the regular clothes closet. I don't have the room in my appartment to have one full closet dedicated only to cleaning supplies!
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."
#14
Gray. Everything gray.
It’s the orange and brown of the 60s, 70s, and 80.
It’s the beige of the 90s and 00s
#15
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!
#16
I hate the design of homes that have a massive garage in the front; “welcome to my garage, the home is in the back.”
Earl Grey 3 years ago (edited)
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.
#17
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.
UpupaEpops 3 years ago
Let me tell you about those "mile-high" carpets and the amount of work it takes to vacuum them...
GoddessOdd 3 years ago (edited)
I feel that they are filth magnets... where I live they are full of sand, no matter how often you vacuum, because the sand falls all the way thru and lands between the floor and carpet. Every time I've ripped a carpet out there has been a truckload of sand left on the floor.
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Trillian 3 years ago
Because I would get tired of that in a quick second and redecorating is so much easier when the color is in things like drapes, pillows and stuff. The world is so noisy I need to have something quiet to look at at home. Colorful homes are nice to look at in a magazine, but I would go crazy with this every day.
ItsJess 3 years ago
I agree, I'm a very tense person and I find white or cream, and neutrals very restful. I add color or change things up with throw pillows and little area rugs and such. I'd go batty in a house with wild colored walls and shag carpeting.
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Aldhissla VargTimmen 3 years ago
Well, that's because s**t is expensive so what I do is keep everything expensive in basic colors and accesorize with cheap items in color so that when my tastes change I don't have to throw away my expensive fuchsia couch, but can easily replace the cheap fuchsia throw blanket...
BorPand8 3 years ago
Well, the white and gray are supposed to be a backdrop for color, only many people don't have the confidence to buy a suede fuchsia couch. And people are thinking about resale value -- the look you're describing is very personal to you and other people probably won't like it. That's why they have white or gray walls and then add color with throw pillows and art, not in the hard surfaces. That said, a lot of cultures are into color in a big way.
Moosy Girl 3 years ago
First time I remember my parents arguing over repainting the doorframes in the kitchen my dad painted them bright red to vex my mom who wouldn’t decide on a colour. Later on when my parents were arguing about replacing the wallpaper in the kitchen I jokingly said „go for limegreen, it’ll go well with the bright red doorframes”. They did, it cracks me up every time I walk into their kitchen.
ChariotLee 3 years ago
Perhaps not as manical as a fuchsia sofa, but if I live in it, I'm going to make it my own. Soft couches and blankets and throw pillows, all dark colors. A giant Alice in Wonderland rose in an umbrella stand by the door. Lots of roses. Black lace covering a huge antique mirror. Clock hands and skeleton keys dangling in random places. A kitchen full of mismatched dinnerware. Don't get me started on the amount of books strewn about. And dragon knickknacks absolutely everywhere.
ThePanInPanda 3 years ago
You sound like my kind of person, CharoitLee! I would LOVE a house like that.
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another one 3 years ago
Bland walls, then you can change up the accents when you like and it's much cheaper.
Lisa Reuss 3 years ago
As much as this person disparages white + grey (which can easily be changed or accessorized with color), so, so many people would throw up in their mouth seeing large floral print wall paper, fuchsia suede couches, and shag carpeting!! Those of us who grew up in the 70s know why people don’t do that anymore!
Evil Little Thing 3 years ago
What happened to quirky, bold designs is the housing market crashing in 2008. It's harder to sell a home that's painted in cranberry, pumpkin, or eggplant (or all three) than it is a home painted a light neutral color. So even people with no intention to sell still feel safer with neutral colors. Personally, I like greys - they make my artwork stand out.
TheEndIsNigh 3 years ago
Yes but not everyone likes a house that looks like a bad acid trip. Our home has a neutral foundation with pops of color and personality. And hells to the no with all that carpet.
Laura Smith 3 years ago
Why can't you do that? It's your house. Do what you like. I will never understand living in a house that I don't like the interior design of. My house is fantasy themed. Different murals, fandom stuff, statues of different fantasy creatures, shower curtain has dragons and dragon hangers, toilet paper holder, paper towel holder, etc. We also have really plush blue carpets. They're not actually that hard to keep clean. Vacuum every few weeks and shampoo when needed. We usually get is professionally cleaned once a year. My library is painted a deep red, living room is blue, my room is purple. The people we bought the paint from told us we were really brave for using colors like that. Do what makes you happy. With the internet especially, the options on decor are wonderful.
Sarah Laurent 3 years ago
I love whites (yes) and greys, tbh, but ONLY because I can play then with pillows, Artwork, LED lighting, etc. and change the vibe in less than 10 minutes !
Quiavonna Thompson Mutts on the Manasquan LLC 3 years ago
It's a response to growing up in a cluttered home with wild patterns everywhere.
Blue Pearl 3 years ago
I think I’ve cracked the code! Open concept bathrooms. Little to no actual decoration. Concrete walls and barren rooms. Everything is colorless. Unsafe stairs. Where do you find all of those things? A jail! Minimalists want to live in jail!
Sheena Leversedge Wood 3 years ago
I love strong, rich, jewel tones. but then, I'm not into fashion. I like the old "brown furniture" that everyone says you can't even give away. I have this gorgeous little bureau I keep some of my art and craft stuff in, and I think it's beautiful, and it makes me so sad seeing so many advertised for free or cheap with the words "for upcycling" like it isn't already a lovely piece of furniture. it's basically advertising for someone to ruin it.
Seadog 3 years ago
When I first built my house I didn't know what colors I wanted so I went with white walls and white cabinets (cabinets mostly because they were nearly free due to someone else's mistake). Now I've picked my colors and even replaced the cabinets with stained cherry. No more white for me - EVER. The only thing I want to see white is the commode, shower, tub and bathroom sinks and maybe the ceiling.
RenegadeTrader 3 years ago
Carpets are the nastiest. You can't get rid of dust (the carpet pad creates a lot of dust by itself, only way to get rid of dust is buy vacuuming under the pad), the pad smells and I rip out the carpet the moment I buy a home. Uck. I'm also allergic to dust mite poop so dust is something I don't want building up.
Phillip Hart 3 years ago
We got old dude. Sorry to break it to you, but it happens to most of us.
LynzCatastrophe 3 years ago
My sisters house was like that till she had a child, his toys at least add a pop of colour. Meanwhile I mostly point to things and go "pretty, I want one." I had to be talked out of a neon green chair last week.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago (edited)
My house is covered in homemade art and friends’ paintings and rainbow decor, I have fake vines bordering the ceiling at the top of every wall, tons of houseplants, vintage movie and car posters…..looks tacky af but so cozy and inviting :) plus my couch is bright orange and my curtains are bright pink. Giant blue and pink map tapestry covers one wall. Love it.
The Redhead 3 years ago
We bought our house in 2018 the walls are gray. I commented on what an ugly color it was, my realtor told me it was the trendy color.
Francesa Miller 3 years ago
For the first time in my life (F 67) I am decorating my bedroom the way I want - Art Nouveau/Fairy Tale. It's only partway done, but I'm loving it already. Much color, many curves, wood, and sparkly things.
Suzanne Robbe 3 years ago
Ha, you kind of described my interior! Lots of bright colors, textures, flowers, and most of all FUN decoration! Manic toddler style is the way to go
Celeste Grant 3 years ago
I'm renovating my Victorian house and we are filling it full of colour and patterns and dark wood furniture. I've had to live in a "everything white or cream" house with my parents for too long so my partner and I are embracing a navy bedroom, a dark green sitting room complete with leopards on the wallpaper and a Chinese silk print inspired wallpaper in our dinning room. It makes my mother so uncomfortable but we love it. Our dining table is a restored oak desk used by the military during the second world war and we have an arts and crafts dresser with all the original stained glass. I have a 1912 singer sewing machine table in my sitting room, complete with sewing machine and a wash stand in my bathroom that was made in 1893. It's my dream home!
Anna Bertholf 3 years ago
This apartment looks like it was before being given any personality. Where's the art?
Julia Purdy 3 years ago
It seems like every hiuse these days is bought to be sold quickly some time in the future. Yoy are virrect in making the place your own... white walls beg fir color, as street graffiti prove. But unless you plan to die in that house, you do need to keep an eye on the future. Kbiw yiur market..My ex and I owned 2 houses (at different times) together and got offers from the first people who walked in the door. They were both vintage New England houses decorated appropriately with floral stripe wallpaper accents, bare floors, and modest upgrades. The effect was fresh and clean. But big flower murals etc.wiuld have killed the sale outright, as wrong for the local culture.
Brian Abbott 3 years ago
Why complain when you can decorate your home the way you want it? The colors are white and grey because that is what is selling nowadays. If you want to sell your home you better get on board.
Šimon Špaček 3 years ago
Sometimes too much color is too much, but no color is also bad. I like white walls and wooden furniture, maybe some pictures, patterned carpet,...
#18
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.
Pillowarmidiloroku 3 years ago
I’ve never seen that we always have a door welp I agree you do need a door for your bathroom
#20
those dumbass fake balconies
#21
Bedrooms that are only juuuuust big enough for a double or queen bed and a nightstand.
#22
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.
#23
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.
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
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.
#24
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.
Sinkvenice 3 years ago
Surely that's something you absolutely make sure about if you're buying a property?
#25
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.
Milady Blue 3 years ago
Yet these same HGTV "experts" retch when they see wood paneling in a home.
#26
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.
Insert Generic Username 3 years ago
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.
#27
The cookie cutter houses with no personality and no room, where the windows look directly into your neighbor’s bedroom. Ugh!
#28
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.
#29
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
#30
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.
Henry Crank 3 years ago
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.
#31
Rich people putting marble absolutely everywhere. It looks tacky
Raven Sheridan 3 years ago
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.
#32
Someday people are going to realize that having entirely white walls and exposed concrete isn't very homey.
#34
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.
#35
All-white insane asylum paint schemes
Jenny K Anderson 3 years ago
Thank you. I don’t want to have to wear sunglasses INSIDE a damn building!
#36
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
#37
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.
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
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.
#38
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
#39
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...
Milady Blue 3 years ago
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.
#40
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.
#41
Open concept floor plans are great for smaller homes. Y'all are just classist lol
Pungent Sauce 3 years ago
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.
#42
Fake panelling. Grey everything.
#43
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.
Anna Banana 3 years ago (edited)
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.
#44
Vinyl “hardwood” floors. I’m already tired of seeing them
Anna Banana 3 years ago
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.
#46
Not necessarily new but... If you put the bathroom light switches outside the bathroom.. you should be drown in your own shit.
#47
Small kitchens with little to literally no pantry. Some of us still cook!
John Baker 3 years ago
Unless it's a custom build, I don't think most houses have had an actual pantry since the 1930s.
#48
Microwave 'Vent hoods'.
Building code should state that all new homes and apartments must actually take cooking fumes and misty oil, steam, heat, CO and blow them outside.
Whoever invented the microwave fan that sucks all the fumes up and blows them back out the top needs to be kicked in the dick three times.
#49
Microwaves over stoves. That built in ventilator is not a substitute for a proper exhaust. All it does is turbocharge smoke/grease into the cabinets above the microwave. I just want a real vent over a stove so I don’t need to worry about setting a smoke detector off whenever I cook bacon or sear something.
Madeleine Flowers 3 years ago
This isn't exactly a new thing. My house that was built in the 90s has this, and it isn't too bad (except we can't microwave stuff after boiling something). The smoke detectors don't go off unless there's smoke, and it isn't a problem.
#50
Most sinks are absolutely terrible. Looking better is nice, but not at the expense of hitting your hand on the bowl every time you wash your hands.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Or not being able to dunk your head in when you want to wash (or just wet) your hair but don’t need to also take a shower. There is not enough room between the end of the faucet and the edge of the sink for me to fit my head—-and it’s not like I have some unusually enormous head.
#51
Floor-to-ceiling, clear glass showers. They look great when they are spotlessly clean, which means it looks terrible most of the time in most homes.
Tenacious Squirrel 3 years ago
We’ve had these in several places we’ve lived. I love them. There’s no issue. You can quickly squeegee it after a shower (takes 1 minute). Even if you leave it a few times it’s not that shocking/upsetting to see a few water droplets on the glass. Aren’t most showers glass anyway? I don’t know anyone who still uses a shower curtain (which I think easily get manky and are far less hygienic than glass).
#52
A lot of new box-looking modern builds near me and when it rains the eavestroughs freak out and don't know where to put the water. Overflow from the roof all over the freshly mulched gardens with two flowers and a tuft of giant grass in it.
It's like the builder misunderstood that "rain" is a plural of raindrops and they were only expecting one singular raindrop to descend from the heavens.
Andy Acceber 3 years ago
I hate to say it, but in that landscape, not expecting rain seems reasonable. The issue is when people take buildings from specific regions and try to plop them into new places without considering any other factors. I learned in college that U.S. aid groups did this infamously in the '90s. They went to the Amazon rainforest area and insisted the locals needed concrete homes with tin roofs instead of the thatched roof homes people had been living in for generations. The aid group even built some concrete homes. What they quickly realized and were forced to admit was that the concrete and tin homes didn't breathe as well as the thatched homes. They became oppressively hot. The sound of the rain on the tin roofs was deafening. It was so bad that livestock couldn't even live in the concrete homes. The concrete houses that they had pushed for so strongly had to be relegated as grain storage.
#53
Fake shutters. They dont even look like they would cover the windows on most houses and they just look like garbage. If you love shutters so much, install real ones.
#54
Go to a high end gated community development ($800k - 2M price points in my area) front of the homes is beautiful stone, brick, etc but on the back every house has cheap ugly vinyl siding all the same color as far as the eye can see. I never understood this since you actually spend time in the back yard not the front.
#55
The obsession with space. So many people won't even consider anything under 2,000sqft. People don't even think about what it would cost to heat and cool. They just gotta have a McMansion.
#56
No trim on doors and windows. The drywall comes up to the door jam and it's squared off. It looks like a Greyhound bus station.
Grady'sRaider 3 years ago
Good luck repairing bad corner dings too. Wood is better. Notice I didn't say MDF.
#57
Minimalism and pure white/grey scale tones. If I wanted to hang out in a hospital waiting room from 2060, I’d build a time machine
LagoonaBlueColleen 3 years ago
This must be the 10th time the same thing has been mentioned on this list.
#58
Every single tile option in the store in one, small bathroom.
Granite countertops.
Open concept floorplans.
All the other terrible designs they constantly flog on HGTV.
Milady Blue 3 years ago
I like the last item on your list - maybe we should start a petition to flog the idiots on HGTV! One hundred lashes to house flippers to start with.
#59
4"x4" tile countertops... So many crevices to scrape and clean.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
Lots of homes—-and furniture and appliances too come to think of it—-are not designed to be cleaned very easily. Too many hard to reach places where dirt and dust just LOVE to congregate. Linoleum floors are another thing. I know they’re not designed to be completely flat, so people don’t slip and fall, but ffs, quit designing them so the dirt just gets pooled in those little concave dips. Bring back old fashioned Lino squares and I’ll put down my own non-slip rugs.
#60
Glass railing. Gets dirty really easy and a big pain in the ass to install.
#61
Kitchens that they cram into a narrow rectangle. A lot of apartments and town houses come with these. They are so narrow that if you open the fridge door, nobody can walk past you.
A kitchen should be open, not walled in all sides and shaped like a narrow rectangle. It drives me crazy when I see these.
Kimi Tomminello 3 years ago
Ummmmm ok so open concept sucks, farmhouse kitchens suck, modern kitchens suck and galley kitchens suck.... Soooooooo what the heck does everybody want?
#62
I hate that my laundry room isn’t near the bedrooms. The dirty clothes are generated in the bedrooms and bathrooms! Put a damn drain in the laundry room floor. I hate carrying laundry down the stairs. And it hate carrying the clean laundry back upstairs. It’s crazy.
Jenny K Anderson 3 years ago
My sister’s house has a laundry room on the second floor, where the bedrooms and a couple of bathrooms are located. I’ve never, ever heard her complain about laundry and I’m sure that is the reason!
#63
I have not been inside a new home in quite a while, but the exteriors seem to be designed by a committee of people who can't work together. Every possible exterior finish is on there, faux brick/stone, stucco, siding at all angles, board and batten, shingles/shakes, you name it, some part of the house has it, often in disparate colours. It looks very bad.
#64
Painting over bricks. It's just like how people used to put carpet over nice wood hard floors.
Dina Anastasakos 3 years ago (edited)
I disagree. Our house was built in the 80's and they used this ugly brown beigh brick for the fire place. We had it painted white and it looks amazing, modern and fresh
#65
The fact that they're all so big. Nobody is making homes that are smaller than 2500 square feet. Not everybody who hopes to own a home some day is looking forward to raising five children and vacumming 12 different rooms every week.
#66
Boho chic. I see a lot of former airbnbs needing full restyling.
Bexx 🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦 3 years ago
You know what, I kinda like a little boho sometimes. Natural textures and plants can be really warm and inviting :) like everything else in life, just don’t overdo it
#67
I don't like it when they have like ten different rooflines that are only a foot or two deep. Are they hoping it looks like an older house that's had many add-ons done?
#68
I absolutely hate brown/white/black “modern” designs. Everything looks boring and bland.
Kate Jones 3 years ago
I actually really love some black design trends. It looks best in large, modern spaces and there should be some element that sets it off, but in some cases they are absolutely gorgeous. If you do a search on pinterest for 'modern black interior design', you'll see some stunning interiors. Particularly kitchens.
#69
Having a built in faucet with swing arm over fancy dog bowls. They’re putting single, easy turn handles on them! It’ll take the dogs 2 or 3 days to figure out how to turn ON the water. They’ll never learn to turn it OFF! Lol
#70
Clear bathrooms in studio or one-bedroom apartments!
Metallicd3ath 3 years ago
Is this a case of "image doesn't match post" or am I just failing to see why this would be an issue for apartments but not houses?
#71
Terrible refrigerator placement. You can't open the door without slamming them on a wall.
Commander OwO 3 years ago
My fridge is positioned so that anybody who sits on the sofa will get a nice smack in the legs by anyone opening the fridge door.
#72
A gabled ceiling to make your room taller.
Open floor plans that let your neighbor see completely through your house.
An undersized front stoop.
No landscaping or trees in your whole development. Or even worse when they half ass it in front of your 400k new house.
BorPand8 3 years ago
Probably plant spindly Bradford pear trees that look nice but smell awful when in bloom... hey I just read that South Carolina is set to ban those in 2024 because apparently they're invasive pests as well: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/11/29/bradford-pear-south-carolina-sets-2024-ban-bounties-tree/8793351002/
#74
I don’t get why people need a bowl full of ornaments or just shiny balls
Firstname Lastname 3 years ago
Because bowls of fruit go rotten, /obviously./ Gotta have something for their non-cereal bowl.
#76
The worst trend in home design is definitely the “welcome to my garage” front of suburban homes. Why can’t you let me park on the side? Why can’t I have a nice front of house without a huge ass utility door like a goddamn barn!? I AM PEOPLE!
#77
That modern metallic design that's taking over practically every new development. The homes just feel cold
Every new building in my neighborhood is like it. The only big positive is that they all are typically multi-purpose so there's like stores and restaurants at the bottom.
Darla Taylor 3 years ago
Just don’t be drunk when going home or you might end up in the wrong place
#78
Windows smaller than portholes.
British Leyland build quality.
Inadequate heating.
Drug gangs buying entire streets as production sites
#79
That vase with a hole in the center with some sticks or scraggly branches in it.
#80
Big showers but no bathtub.
Greyish colored floors.
Shelves instead of upper cabinets.
#81
Why do new modern houses have a butlers pantry? Firstly, who entertains to that scale and secondly they are not a real butlers pantries (that is, a place for minor food prep before dinner is served in the formal dining room that is far away from the kitchen. They have really become the real kitchen that gets used while the big kitchen in the open plan living area is just a show piece.
Iseefractals 3 years ago
Because they're awesome. My grandmothers house in rutherford, NJ(which they bought in 1964, and was built in 1898) had one, and it was not a big place. The first floor was an eat in kitchen, than formal dining room with a 10 ft table (family of 8) that barely left any room to pull out the chairs, a living room, a closed in front porch, and a small entry way where the staircase was. Upstairs was 3 bedroom, and they eventually finished the attic when the kids got older. It was only 1500 sq ft. But off the back of the dinging room, right next to the doorway from the kitchen was a butlers pantry. The walls and ceiling were lined with 18inches of stonework, the room was maybe 8x8ft (if that), with 4x2.5ft work surface along one wall and shelves on the rest going up to the ceiling. It never got above 50 degree in that room, and when you have a family of 8, it's very useful to have a place that's out of the way you can keep food until it's ready to serve.
#82
Putting central HVAC vents in the ceilings instead of the floor, especially in rooms with taller ceilings. That will work fine for AC during the summer because cool air sinks, but hot air rises, so all that heat will never reach the ground/where people are during the winter and your rooms will be freezing.
Seadog 3 years ago
Depends on the design of the house. Not all houses can have it overhead and unless you spray foam the roof then having it overhead is a bad idea because the first thing the system has to do in the summer is cool the ducts before it can even begin to cool the house. In the winter it's the opposite.
#83
Having lots of glass doors, walls, and ceilings.
LagoonaBlueColleen 3 years ago
There's new apartment building in my city literally called Glass House. Some years ago there was hype about it and a staged layout was set up in a mall. So, I stepped into the mock apartment and it was like walking into a fishbowl.
#84
Barn doors are so stupid. It’s a heavier, more expensive, harder to open door. And then it still has a public bathroom-style gap that eliminates actual privacy.
#85
Double washer and dryers. Really necessary?
#86
Master bathroom is luxurious, has big bathtub next to small (nice) stand-up shower.
When looking for a home last year, we walked into countless homes like that.
2 person walk in shower is where it's at!
#87
Rounded corners. Sure. They look cool till you want to paint your kitchen a different color from your living room.
Kathryn Baylis 3 years ago
As a child, I had awful earaches and motion sickness stemming from inner ear issues I had at birth (I came a bit early, so I think it was developmental, but I digress). They got better as I got older, but the residual effect is that I’m just kinda clumsy. I even took dance lessons for years to help improve my balance, and they did help. But I’m still not graceful and my balance is not perfect. So sharp corners on furniture and counters, stuff that sticks out too far on doors, walls, etc, way too narrow hallways, etc, are the bane of my existence. I always have a couple bruises somewhere from tripping or going off balance and bumping into them. I’ve gotten really good at making it look like I did it on purpose to be funny.
What do you think ?
Anna Banana 3 years ago
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!
BigFish Artwire 3 years ago
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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Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago (edited)
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.
Chay 3 years ago
Definitely not by the way some of them complained about things.
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Peri 3 years ago
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.
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
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.
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
Are you being sarcastic or is it possible you have misunderstood what they were saying?
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Daria Z 3 years ago
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.
Poultry Geist 3 years ago
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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Billy Allen 3 years ago
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.
Tigerpacingthecage 3 years ago
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.
The Founder 3 years ago
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.
whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
I will build my own home, and my home will have actual personality. I hate the unimaginative, cookie-cutter designs.
Rose Avant 3 years ago
So grateful I can be an individual and can make my house what I like. Seems we have different tastes.
Commander OwO 3 years ago
The best house is a home that looks like it's been lived in and loved.
bill marsano 3 years ago
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.
Jane Smith 3 years ago
Houses that are too close together. I want a decent side yard not a 2 foot strip of grass.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
The walls in my condo are different shade of grey, but my furniture is rich colors to contrast with it.
Scourge McCloud 3 years ago
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.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
I feel rattan may go out of favor soon- it's beautiful but hard to clean, fragile, expensive... It's not for everyone
T.Allen Freeland 3 years ago
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?!?!
Glittery Panda 3 years ago
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?
Lara Verne 3 years ago
Let me add some exterior trend: lawn. Just trimmed green grass , no flowers, nothing. Because native plants are apparently evil.
CanidaeVulpes 3 years ago
Isn’t it interior designers that start these trends, or at least push them?
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
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.
Richard Savino 3 years ago
Bring back the color choices for appliances. So done with black, white or 5 shades of stainless.
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
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.
Bob Stuart 3 years ago
"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.
Wilson. 3 years ago
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!
Tim Pierce 3 years ago
Read this now read something about the war in Ukraine. Feeling silly yet?
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
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.
Ruby Serene 3 years ago
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.
Liesl English 3 years ago
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.
Do_You_Think_I_Give_A_Tortilla 3 years ago
I’m so glad I could vent about bad designs with strangers
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
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.
Anna Banana 3 years ago
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!
BigFish Artwire 3 years ago
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... Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago (edited)
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.
Chay 3 years ago
Definitely not by the way some of them complained about things.
Load More Replies... Peri 3 years ago
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.
Zedrapazia 3 years ago
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.
Stoopham McFernybabes 3 years ago
Are you being sarcastic or is it possible you have misunderstood what they were saying?
Load More Replies... Daria Z 3 years ago
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.
Poultry Geist 3 years ago
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... Billy Allen 3 years ago
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.
Tigerpacingthecage 3 years ago
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.
The Founder 3 years ago
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.
whodunnitfan2013 3 years ago
I will build my own home, and my home will have actual personality. I hate the unimaginative, cookie-cutter designs.
Rose Avant 3 years ago
So grateful I can be an individual and can make my house what I like. Seems we have different tastes.
Commander OwO 3 years ago
The best house is a home that looks like it's been lived in and loved.
bill marsano 3 years ago
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.
Jane Smith 3 years ago
Houses that are too close together. I want a decent side yard not a 2 foot strip of grass.
GirlFriday 3 years ago
The walls in my condo are different shade of grey, but my furniture is rich colors to contrast with it.
Scourge McCloud 3 years ago
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.
pusheen buttercup 3 years ago
I feel rattan may go out of favor soon- it's beautiful but hard to clean, fragile, expensive... It's not for everyone
T.Allen Freeland 3 years ago
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?!?!
Glittery Panda 3 years ago
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?
Lara Verne 3 years ago
Let me add some exterior trend: lawn. Just trimmed green grass , no flowers, nothing. Because native plants are apparently evil.
CanidaeVulpes 3 years ago
Isn’t it interior designers that start these trends, or at least push them?
Octavia Hansen 3 years ago
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.
Richard Savino 3 years ago
Bring back the color choices for appliances. So done with black, white or 5 shades of stainless.
TheDivineMsM 3 years ago
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.
Bob Stuart 3 years ago
"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.
Wilson. 3 years ago
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!
Tim Pierce 3 years ago
Read this now read something about the war in Ukraine. Feeling silly yet?
Miss Frankfurter 3 years ago
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.
Ruby Serene 3 years ago
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.
Liesl English 3 years ago
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.
Do_You_Think_I_Give_A_Tortilla 3 years ago
I’m so glad I could vent about bad designs with strangers
Shine Caramia 3 years ago
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.
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