Call me old, call me traditional, call me whatever you want? ?
I have a relative that recently did a big remodel. Old theme was Spanish, Tuscan. Stone floors, warm beige walls, white trim on their wide wood trimmed windows.
They went with matte black trim on the windows with stark white walls. Black gloss wood floors. It was very expensive, they had a decorator who they consulted with. It’s supposedly very “in”. They still have the beige stone floors in the kitchen.
I just can’t get used to it. Not a fan of these black window trims. And gray everything. All these cool tones.
My hair stylist, her husband builds custom homes. The new home he is building, white walls, black trimmed windows. The outside of the house is painted in matte black. She loved it, me not so much.
I am aware that we probably had a post similar to this recently. But trying to engage some conversation here.
I see a lot of dark blue kitchen cabinets on HGTV lately, often with punches of bright yellow accents. Although it’s kind of a modern take on the traditional french country palette, it’s just not for me.
I like the modern grays, but warm them up with scarlet accents.
Brass and gold fixtures. I know it’s “back in” but eh. The people we bought our house from put in some high cost lighting fixtures and curtain rods in that brushed brass finished in the living room. It kind of sorta goes with the originally brass door hardware so we left it. It’s very very slowly getting to be OK for me.
I’m also not a fan of the blue and gold/yellow, nor the highly patterned backsplash tiles. H fought me on that in the kitchen but thankfully the designer at the tile store interjected that it would date the house more quickly than almost anything else we picked and would be a pia to remove. I let him get patterned window treatments instead. Easier to change out when the trend passes!
Almost anything we see on House Hunters. Both H and I despise those above counter sinks, single sinks in the kitchen, stainless steel appliances, and similar. 90% of the time when a buyer walks through saying “Oh that has to go!” we look at each other and wonder what was wrong with it.
We’re convinced it’s the home decorating manufacturers that write the scripts for the people buying.
We’re also secretively hopeful that when/if our turn comes to buy a condo we can just tell the realtor to concentrate on view and location. We’re quite ok with “yesterdays” interior. Would that get us a bargain? Chances are if sellers fix it up first using HGTV standards they’ll turn us off.
(Not talking about things that are worn out and need to be replaced - just styles.)
I do not like the floor trends. Dark just makes me think of the constant cleaning/dusting required. The driftwood gray trend is ok at the beach but I think it looks out of place inland.
Oooops! I think I am doing gray and driftwood. There aren’t too many choices. Either beige or gray. Yellow or driftwood. I choose gray and driftwood rather than beige and yellow.
Not a fan of gray except it’s okay in a bedroom if not too dark and brightened up in some way. Haven’t seen the black yet on sills but already know I’d hate that if for no other reason that a black gloss floor sounds like a nightmare to keep looking clean.
Glad brass and gold is coming back–I’ll be back in style and can replace a few things hopefully.
My house is full of neutrals and while boring at times it is easy to live with.
I enjoy the house hunting shows but assume that most of the “Oh, that must go!” comments are for the show because most of the couples don’t look made of money to do half of the remodeling they think needs doing. Unless it’s just icky carpet and some wall paint that gets changed I’d bet most everything stays. Or maybe that’s me.
I don’t care for the sliding barn doors in houses that aren’t rustic. I think that’s really going to date a house before long. And also not a fan of scraped wood floors with the wavy texture on top. I love hardwood floors, but really prefer a smooth, flat finish.
The house hunting shows must be mainly scripted. I believe we all learned a few years back that the couples have already picked out a home, and the other two are thrown in for the sake of the show. So the fun part is trying to figure out which is the “real” house.
@coralbrook knew how to make grey look great! I like light and bright and natural myself. There have been times where I’ve been grateful I don’t need current fashions because nothing in the stores appealed to me. I guess decorating is the same - sometimes you just need to wait for the trends to change. Our old house is outdated but functional. Our lovely resort style back yard free form pool is totally dated. Do I care? I do not!
I’ve never taken to vessel sinks although many are made of really beautiful materials. It’s such an awkward look in addition to the need to be constantly cleaning them both on the inside and the outside and for them to be an appropriate height, you need to make the cabinets they sit on too low for my taste.
My overriding design tastes are toward lots of natural light and clean looking surfaces. I’m fine with the return of the newer looking, more gold than “brassy” 80’s brass and love seeing mixed metals, as long as it’s skillfully done. I don’t like open shelving in kitchens, and especially don’t like the “barn” sliding doors. They’re going to look very dated and cheap (which they are) in a short period of time.
I’m so amused when I see how many people are hating on grey because I’ve always just loathed browns and brown-y beiges and had to see them everywhere through my whole life (50’s, ‘60’s, ‘70’s, and ‘80’s) so I was thrilled when grey became the “new” neutral. I’ll never tire of greys and blues.
We built our house 20 years ago and I had a little bit of Tuscan in the kitchen for inspiration. The cabinets are classic cherry style, not ornate at all, but I have a porcelain tile floor that I still love even though I know Tuscan is “out.” I am not sure what I would change beyond the ubatuba granite.
I am not a decorator and have no natural ability there, so I do end up copying things I see in friends’ homes. I think the farmhouse interior is going to look dated very soon, but it was a nice trend while it lasted.
Certain things like hardwood floors, clean trim, cherry cabinets, white subway tile are classic aren’t they? They may never be “hot” but they wont scream “1953” like the pink and gray tiles in my parents’ bathroom did.
I’m perfectly happy to have some family heirloom furniture with a bit of love (wear/tear)… but we gasp when we see Ethan Allen prices with faux distress marks.
Just built our retirement home in a Tuscan style. Warm wood kitchen cabinets, hardwood hickory floors stain finish throughout the house with Italian porcelain tile kitchen/bath floors reassembling Travertine with less maintenance. Tumbled travertine for kitchen backsplash and shower and granite for the countertops (bucking the quartz trend right now). The interior style of the house leans more towards a casual rustic Tuscan farmhouse style. A few accent walls done in Earth tones of Taupe, Sage Green, Terracota etc… I like to keep walls and floors fairly neutral and use accessories for a pop of color.
I do like the white and grey color schemes but it would not fit my house. Not a fan of brass so we have the rubbed oil bronze fixtures which so far are less maintenance than brass or chrome.
Friends completed their retirement home last year with the Ebony hardwood floors and are ready to replace them due to seeing every speck of dust and the constant cleaning to keep them looking nice.
As long as you are happy with your choices, it really doesn’t matter what other people think, since you are the one living there not them…
Shiplap walls, vessel sinks, sliding barn doors. But I’m not that trendy in general.
On my walk today I saw a 1920s stucco house where the stucco was newly painted dark blue with a lime green door and I thought it was beautiful. Never seen stucco painted that dark before.
