Faddy trends in home design

completedit

What are some of the current fads in home design that you believe to be overrated?

fits

panelling (looks sideways)

lemonkey

fits wrote: »

panelling (looks sideways)

This. Absolutely rotten, especially when they're painted an extremely dark colour.

theteal

Open plan nonsense. £400k for a house where you can't watch the TV in peace with the kettle/oven etc. on :pac:

fits

theteal wrote: »

Open plan nonsense. £400k for a house where you can't watch the TV in peace with the kettle/oven etc. on :pac:

I really want a boiling water tap for this reason ( as long as they aren’t noisy too)

theteal

fits wrote: »

I really want a boiling water tap for this reason ( as long as they aren’t noisy too)

That still leaves the oven, washing machine etc - a few I've seen don't have a separate utility room or anything like that, all just one big room. It looks great and all, "a great space for entertaining" jazz but I will be far from entertained when all I can hear is background noise.

Anyway, apologies, just venting. We've a great house that could well do us forever but we're in a better financial place since we bought and I can't help but keep an eye out for something newer/nicer (i.e. less DIY for me) but it appears nicer/newer means smaller, noisier, stupid layout and all for £100k more than our perfectly good house.

...Ghost...

theteal wrote: »

Open plan nonsense. £400k for a house where you can't watch the TV in peace with the kettle/oven etc. on :pac:

What you need is a man cave. A nice tool shed with a 60" TV and cold keg is the job.

Failing that, you can pull a few kitchen chairs together and throw a sheet over them to make a tent. Watch netflix on the phone with earphones firmly pressed into ears and a glass of warm milk by your side. Bliss


For the FAD question: Pergolas out the back of a semi-D. Jaysus wept

Rag rolling and stencils were big in the 90s.
My friends ma rag rolled brown over yellow.
We called it the dirty protest room!

Around 15/16 years ago I used to fit kitchens and the rich people would always get the clive christians style ones.
Extremely busy with pillars ,cornes and corbels etc
Very out of fashion now.

Alun

No other colours apart from 50 shades of grey.

Day Lewin

Currently those bleak white tiled kitchens that look like a hospital sluice-room.

Also, kitchen islands: awkward to plumb in, put all your lazy clutter on show, and very inflexible - no pushing back the table for an impromptu country dance!

And houses decorated in many shades of beige and grey. Ugh, so drab.

Minier81

theteal wrote: »

That still leaves the oven, washing machine etc - a few I've seen don't have a separate utility room or anything like that, all just one big room. It looks great and all, "a great space for entertaining" jazz but I will be far from entertained when all I can hear is background noise.

Great space for entertaining until after dinner when everyone is looking at filthy pots and pans while sipping their digestifs!!

phormium

I like panelling I have some of my house panelled since 1990s and have just redone my kitchen and will probably do some more in there, sorry!

As for 50 shades of grey it drives me mad! I want a white kitchen, not hospital white as a lot of colour in other parts of it, it's difficult to get and takes longer than any colour, easiest to get is grey. It looks like I will be stuck with getting a grey countertop as there literally is nothing else of the sort I want. I can't understand why you'd want the inside of a house painted grey when that is the sky we are looking at for most of the year, depressing stuff! I have painted my kitchen walls and ceiling the colour sky I'd like to see

Stencilling I loved back in the 80s, still have a few bits in the house believe it or not, couldnt afford tiles on splashback in kitchen back then and painted and stencilled tiles on, have stood the test of time and everyone assumes they are tiles.

tabby aspreme

Stipple ceilings, and embossed papered ceilings, bidets, wallpaper under the Dado rail, painted over the Dado rail. "Your house was very small with woodchip on the wall "

Kewreeuss

islands. Just plonked down on the floor.
Can’t wait til they are no longer a thing.

And those lights with the curley filaments on view that don’t provide light!

BrenMar

TVs mounted over the fireplace. This uncomfortable trend seems to be the law or something, all the sheep are doing it. What's wrong with a TV at eye level?

KaneToad

BrenMar wrote: »

TVs mounted over the fireplace. This uncomfortable trend seems to be the law or something, all the sheep are doing it. What's wrong with a TV at eye level?

Always found this odd too. Maybe it's to recreate the pub feeling of looking up at the TV?

Beechwoodspark

Hate open plan

Actively turned down an acquisition as they had knocked internal walls and turned it into an open plan

The wife is ok with it but it’s a big no from me

fits

Our house is open plan with island etc. It works really well with young family. Eventually we will have separate living room when we get around to finishing renovations. The only thing that gets to me is kettle boiling but bought a coffee machine so not as much of an issue now. Separate utility room and no noise from other appliances.

I actually quite like panelling too but it’s getting so ubiquitous I wonder if it will date.

Agree about too much grey. And there’s a lot of it in our house but too much light grey is really sickly looking.

Doniekp

fits wrote: »

I really want a boiling water tap for this reason ( as long as they aren’t noisy too)

only sound from them is when using it.

gladerunner

I like a Kitchen Island, if the space is adequate. They always attract people and you can make the tea while chatting away.

It's the inset wall column that I think is in every new build now ( complete with naff electric fire & huge telly ). Some of them are neat, but loads of them are just awful and unnecessary.

Sardonicat

Everywhere grey, ugh, so ugly and uninviting.
Likewise this trend for battered looking industrial interior design. Who wants to live in Steptoe's yard? Crates for shelving and polished over rusty old filing cabinet acting as a tall boy. And polished concrete floors are ugly, as are bare concrete walls.

spodoinkle

BrenMar wrote: »

TVs mounted over the fireplace. This uncomfortable trend seems to be the law or something, all the sheep are doing it. What's wrong with a TV at eye level?

Saves space and prevents a toddler from tossing it, are some of the benefits

B-D-P--

spodoinkle wrote: »

Saves space and prevents a toddler from tossing it, are some of the benefits

Agreed & I have a recliner, It works great with my tv over the fireplace.
Prefer it to a lower tv

theteal

BrenMar wrote: »

TVs mounted over the fireplace. This uncomfortable trend seems to be the law or something, all the sheep are doing it. What's wrong with a TV at eye level?

KaneToad wrote: »

Always found this odd too. Maybe it's to recreate the pub feeling of looking up at the TV?

Baaa, some of us have no other option in these times of massive TVs (I tried all alternatives positions). Meh, we sit 4m+ away so my initial concerns have not come to fruition. Tbh I'd do away with the fireplace if it were up to me.

Princess Calla

theteal wrote: »

Open plan nonsense. £400k for a house where you can't watch the TV in peace with the kettle/oven etc. on :pac:

This really gets me too. If you look at "home of the year" or "grand designs" it's always open plan.

How does anyone have any privacy?

I'm a firm believer in there should be space ,apart from bedrooms, where guests can be without disrupting the rest of the household.

Princess Calla

Princess Calla wrote: »

This really gets me too. If you look at "home of the year" or "grand designs" it's always open plan.

They nearly always have the TVs over the fireplace too.
awful ****e !

JustAThought

Doniekp wrote: »

only sound from them is when using it.

My mate got one of these instant water boiling taps and it was a nightmare - sounded great on paper and in the showroom but OMG - they had a combined faucet and the cold water had to come theough the same ststem even if it was turned off for ‘instant hot’ and you would literally be ten mjnutes waiting for two glasses of water to fill - to to fill the kettle. Never again! Cost them a fortune to have knstalled and then uninstalled!!!

Dislikes - islands, open plan, roller disco kitchens, tunnel living in a room too narrow to have the couch placed anywhere except alongside the one maIn wall, ‘dresser’ visible from bedroom wardrobes without doors, bedrooms with nowhere for the bed to be placed except facing the toilet door and entrance door. En suites where the view from the bed is the toilet bow. If I wanted prison style living I’d rob a bank and at least have the cash benefit.

Nowhere for bins to be except outside your front window. ffs. If you’ve just spent half a million on a house you want a better view than bins and the eau de brown bin , flies & rotting food in the summer.

beauf

Sardonicat wrote: »

Everywhere grey, ugh, so ugly and uninviting.
Likewise this trend for battered looking industrial interior design. Who wants to live in Steptoe's yard? Crates for shelving and polished over rusty old filing cabinet acting as a tall boy. And polished concrete floors are ugly, as are bare concrete walls.

I actually like it. I can see why people don't. But I like the simplicity of it.

beauf

Princess Calla wrote: »

This really gets me too. If you look at "home of the year" or "grand designs" it's always open plan.

How does anyone have any privacy?

I'm a firm believer in there should be space ,apart from bedrooms, where guests can be without disrupting the rest of the household.

I like open plan. But it has its limitations. Working from home, noisy teens on their xbox, studying, private conversations in a busy house. But if you have a small place it does makes it feel bigger.

JustAThought

beauf wrote: »

I actually like it. I can see why people don't. But I like the simplicity of it.

Prison chic.

Gets you ready for your next ten year interior when the endless monotony of it makes you go postal and run amuck in the neighbourhood with your drinking while shopping on the internet late night purchase AK47.

beauf

B-D-P-- wrote: »

Agreed & I have a recliner, It works great with my tv over the fireplace.
Prefer it to a lower tv

Thats only going to work in limited situations.

Sardonicat

beauf wrote: »

I actually like it. I can see why people don't. But I like the simplicity of it.

Which, grey, industrial chic or bare/polished concrete?

I think what annoys me more than interiors not to my taste are interiors that arent to the taste of the person living there. They just reflect the current trend and not the individual's likes or dislikes. Same with clothing, and personal styling,really. Some people just want to 'fit in' and worry too much about what people will think of them if they choose a bold colour for their living room walls instead of grey.

beauf

JustAThought wrote: »

Prison chic.

Gets you ready for your next ten year interior when the endless monotony of it makes you go postal and run amuck in the neighbourhood with your drinking while shopping on the internet late night purchase AK47.

I guess I don't find visual clutter interesting.

heroics

Sardonicat wrote: »

Everywhere grey, ugh, so ugly and uninviting.
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I like grey. for cabinets tables etc. With an off white colour for the walls. I'd happily enough start at the front door and paint every wall the same colour until I reached the back door.

I'd hate to live in a house that had colours vomited everywhere.

I don't like the open plan idea even though it can look good. Lived in an open plan apartment with the washing machine/dish washer in the kitchen. Couldn't hear the telly when the washing machine was running. Have some people over and everyone gets to look at the dishes stacked up on the sink etc.

beauf

Sardonicat wrote: »

Which, grey, industrial chic or bare/polished concrete?

I think what annoys me more than interiors not to my taste are interiors that arent to the taste of the person living there. They just reflect the current trend and not the individual's likes or dislikes. Same with clothing, and personal styling,really. Some people just want to 'fit in' and worry too much about what people will think of them if they choose a bold colour for their living room walls instead of grey.

Kinda both.

Some people like following fashion. They like new ideas and change their opinions a lot. Nothing wrong with that. I'm probably guilty of doing the oppoiste, doing things because they are not fashionable.

beauf

heroics wrote: »

I like grey. for cabinets tables etc. With an off white colour for the walls. I'd happily enough start at the front door and paint every wall the same colour until I reached the back door.

I'd hate to live in a house that had colours vomited everywhere.....

Visual Vomit is a phrase that stuck with me.

I don't like patterns that much, or wall paper with patterns. Probably how your brain is wired.

Doniekp

JustAThought wrote: »

My mate got one of these instant water boiling taps and it was a nightmare - sounded great on paper and in the showroom but OMG - they had a combined faucet and the cold water had to come theough the same ststem even if it was turned off for ‘instant hot’ and you would literally be ten mjnutes waiting for two glasses of water to fill - to to fill the kettle. Never again! Cost them a fortune to have knstalled and then uninstalled!!!

Dislikes - islands, open plan, roller disco kitchens, tunnel living in a room too narrow to have the couch placed anywhere except alongside the one maIn wall, ‘dresser’ visible from bedroom wardrobes without doors, bedrooms with nowhere for the bed to be placed except facing the toilet door and entrance door. En suites where the view from the bed is the toilet bow. If I wanted prison style living I’d rob a bank and at least have the cash benefit.

Nowhere for bins to be except outside your front window. ffs. If you’ve just spent half a million on a house you want a better view than bins and the eau de brown bin , flies & rotting food in the summer.

Hot Water Tap

What brand one did they have?
They must of had a faulty one or low water pressure in the house.
Our tap does:
mains water
Cylinder hot water
Filtered mains , the flow is reduced as it runs through a filter.
Boiling water.

why would you need to use a kettle when you have instant hot water tap??

Some of your other dislikes i agree with.
But unless to can build a very big house you can run into some of those issues

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

Sardonicat

heroics wrote: »

I like grey. for cabinets tables etc. With an off white colour for the walls. .

That's not the same as grey everywhere, though, is it? I've seen houses that are literally several shades of grey and nothing else; grey walls, grey doors, grey wood work, grey kitchen cabinets, grey flooring, grey drapery, grey furniture, grey tableware, grey appliances, grey bedding. It is unrelentlingly grim to me. Personally I like a bit of grey here and there for contrast but I cant fathom how anyone would enjoy seeing no other colour than grey, especially when it fits with literally any colour scheme. Each to their own, I suppose, but as long as it is their own and not what some styling guru has told them is on trend.

listermint

bubblypop wrote: »

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

Such a weird view point. Do you not keep your toilets clean ?.....

whippet

JustAThought wrote: »

My mate got one of these instant water boiling taps and it was a nightmare - sounded great on paper and in the showroom but OMG - they had a combined faucet and the cold water had to come theough the same ststem even if it was turned off for ‘instant hot’ and you would literally be ten mjnutes waiting for two glasses of water to fill - to to fill the kettle. Never again! Cost them a fortune to have knstalled and then uninstalled!!!

I have one for the last two years and haven't had an issues with it. I'd never want a kettle again.

L1011

bubblypop wrote: »

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

There's a late 70s estate near me that'd suit you perfectly - master bedrooms have an ensuite shower and sink, no toilet.

But anyway, that's why they have extractor fans.

Sardonicat

beauf wrote: »

Kinda both.

Some people like following fashion. They like new ideas and change their opinions a lot. Nothing wrong with that. I'm probably guilty of doing the oppoiste, doing things because they are not fashionable.

That would be me, also. Its almost pathological. "Oh, skinny Jean's are in? Pass me my flares."

fits

bubblypop wrote: »

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

Agree. And en suites are usually pokey. We chose to have a large main bathroom upstairs with two sinks and walk in shower room downstairs. Plenty for us but each to their own.

beauf

bubblypop wrote: »

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

I heard that was a common mindset when they first moved toilets inside of houses.

BoardsMember

fits wrote: »

Agree. And en suites are usually pokey. We chose to have a large main bathroom upstairs with two sinks and walk in shower room downstairs. Plenty for us but each to their own.

Over time, it might do my head in to have to walk downstairs to shower. Much prefer en suite.

beveragelady

bubblypop wrote: »

Probably not really a faddy design but ensuite toilets.
Yuck.
Who decides to put a toilet near their bed???? Jaysis disgusting. I would prefer a big wardrobe. Wouldn't mind a shower but not the toilet.
Gross.

I'm with you on the ensuite toilet. Mank. I always think it's one of the unpleasant compromises you have to make when you stay in a hotel.

Sliding barn doors as interior doors are a current fad. I get the attraction of sliding doors but the whole American rustic thing just looks so affected.

beauf

Sardonicat wrote: »

That's not the same as grey everywhere, though, is it? I've seen houses that are literally several shades of grey and nothing else; grey walls, grey doors, grey wood work, grey kitchen cabinets, grey flooring, grey drapery, grey furniture, grey tableware, grey appliances, grey bedding. It is unrelentlingly grim to me. Personally I like a bit of grey here and there for contrast but I cant fathom how anyone would enjoy seeing no other colour than grey, especially when it fits with literally any colour scheme. Each to their own, I suppose, but as long as it is their own and not what some styling guru has told them is on trend.

I guess it depends if you like grey as a colour. I like grey cars. I wouldn't chose to paint a house interior grey. Though that said we are planning to paint a room light grey as we've had pastels for years and are sick of them.

beauf

beveragelady wrote: »

I'm with you on the ensuite toilet. Mank. I always think it's one of the unpleasant compromises you have to make when you stay in a hotel.

Sliding barn doors as interior doors are a current fad. I get the attraction of sliding doors but the whole American rustic thing just looks so affected.

I like the idea of a sliding door. They are very space efficient. But I wouldn't like anything thats a pastiche of something else.

Sardonicat

beauf wrote: »

I guess it depends if you like grey as a colour. I like grey cars. I wouldn't chose to paint a house interior grey. Though that said we are planning to paint a room light grey as we've had pastels for years and are sick of them.

I like grey, but to me it needs something to offset it. The beauty of grey, to me, is that it compliments every colour and every colour enriches it. On it's own it's like anti-colour. But obviously, some people love it.

BnB

Minier81 wrote: »

Great space for entertaining until after dinner when everyone is looking at filthy pots and pans while sipping their digestifs!!

That's actually when I find Open Plan really at it's best, when you have a few people over for dinner.

Instead of being hidden away in a separate room slaving away at the dinner while trying to pop out every so often to talk to people, you can be there tipping away at the dinner while chatting to people who are sitting down. The island works well here too as instead of having your back to everyone facing a worktop on the wall, you can be facing everyone.

Same after dinner, instead of fecking everything into the kitchen which slowly turns into a bombsite, you can be tipping away while chatting and filling the dishwasher etc.