@momofsenior1 What is that laundry cart from Ikea? I am also doing a laundry closet. After opening up for the gorgeous view, there was not much room left for anything else.
We remodeled three years ago and the majority of the inside of the house is Agreeable Gray by SW and I really like it. I guess it is kind of a griege. We put in dark (espresso colored) hardwood floors because we have black labs and they hide the dog hair. They have a matte finish, so not shiny.
I do not like vessel sinks (are they still in or are they already out?). I donât like brass fixtures. I like the hand painted tiles that are very popular now, but I donât think I would put them in my house because I think I would tire of them.
For us itâs purely location. When we bought this farm we looked inside the house briefly first, then walked the property. It has fields, woods, is on the non-flooding side of a larger creek, has a one acre pond, pastures, a big barn, outbuildings (one quite large), and is on a very lightly traveled âgoes nowhereâ road, but within 10 minutes of grocery shopping, my school, the post office, and a hardware store. Getting to a larger town with more restaurants and shopping takes us 15-20 minutes. (It took us longer to get places when we lived in a city!)
It was for sale by owner. When he asked if we wanted to look at the house again I looked at H and said, âDo we need to? We can live with whatever in the house - we canât find this âplaceâ for sale anywhere else.â He agreed.
When/if we opt for a condo somewhere, the view and location are really all we care about (within our price limit). Countries are on our âcheck out listâ based upon other things, but the actual sink, flooring, paint colors or whatever will only come into play if there are two identical locations we like at a similar price.
I did my walls in agreeable gray recently, too. Gorgeous in an interior hallway with very little natural light. But when I put it in another hallway, it was dismal and I realized my hubby had bought cheap led bulbs that looked like fluorescent light. I changed the bulbs and my agreeable gray was back. Itâs a âprettyâ gray. Delicate against white trim.
I, too, dislike gold and brass (pretty much anything yellow), barn doors, dark floors, and vessel sinks (even in a powder room). @gouf78, I prefer brushed stainless/pewter, oil-rubbed bronze, or matte black hardware, depending on the décor. I also dislike adobe and Saltillo tile which is popular here in the southwest, and I will never be a fan of Danish modern or any form of concrete/steel/chrome/glass minimalism.
As I age, light and bright has become my mantra, perhaps because light has such an effect on mood, and dark spaces depress me. So, I agree, no to the dark Tuscan, but I posted on the Saying Goodbye to Favorite Decorating Trends thread that a form of stylized (faux @doschicos?) Tuscan is still very popular here where the weather aligns with the style (light stone floors, large open spaces, courtyards, indoors connecting to outdoors, etc.). However, it is not dark or heavy (no greenery draping over cupboards or grape motifs anywhere). I gave the example of the fifth picture in this link to show what a light Tuscan looks like:
https://www.bhg.com/kitchen/styles/traditional/tuscan-kitchen-decor/
However, I have allowed one dark room in our house to satisfy DH. His library-office-wine bar is floor-to-ceiling dark wood with dark leather chairs, definitely a âclubbyâ man space but, occasionally, I read in there, and we often have our evening cocktails in that room when itâs too warm to be outside.
I also dislike porcelain and split/double kitchen sinks and have removed them from every place weâve lived for the past thirty years installing, instead, a very deep, very wide single undermounted stainless sink large enough to bathe a small goat (at least). When two or three cooks are slinging pots and pans in our kitchen, only that massive sink will do. Food prep is done at a second (single bowl, stainless) sink.
As for the gray trend, Iâve seen a lot of gray dĂ©cor that I do like. Done well, gray is a calm neutral that pairs well with almost anything. I like it best as an accent, though, and in lighter shades, no charcoal. For example, I love the overall look of the house in this link: Just substitute the blue for gray in these photos (although, with lots of white, I think blue and gray make a great combo):
https://www.thelilypadcottage.com/2018/05/lake-house-blue-and-white-living-room-decor.html
I agree with this. My home is where I live, and I feather it to please me and my family without concern for what any outsider with a profit motive says is on trend. Our home is designed to make us happy, not impress others. It is designed for life, not resale.
@gouf78, I prefer chrome or brushed nickel/stainless faucets. Our water is so hard that oil-rubbed bronze would be unsightly, so our light fixtures and knobs are only in this finish.
@Nrdsb4 --I thought I hand the name handy, but I donât. I will search and get back to you! 
@Iglooo itâs a rolling cart that is customizable in terms of number and size of wire mesh baskets. Mine had a solid top, two small baskets, and teo large baskets. The small baskets I can store the iron and fabric sheets. The bottom large basket I use to store detergent. The other basket I use to put clean laundry that needs to be folded. Very useful!
The situation where we might use a more modern âbarn doorâ is unique. Cannot accommodate a closed door, cannot be made into a pocket door. Currently has an awful accordion door situation. (Itâs weird!) It dawned on me that small sliding door might work - and re: noise would be no worse! Iâll of course get some opinions on how it might work.
I look at all our pewter or brushed nickel hardware that we purchased over the last 20 years now and think it looks soooo boring. I think hardware can be like jewelry and really be an attractive point. I also an not against mixing metals.
In fact, that would be a âdislikeâ in decorating for me. Matchy-matchy. I much prefer clean eclectic!
Our new house is definitely different than anything weâve had previously. I always thought I didnât like grey, but this house made me change my mind.
The floors and cabinets are all dark espresso. All fixtures are satin nickle, and trim is white. Most of our furniture is dark cherry or walnut wood w/ dark taupe upholstery. Iâm slowly changing everything to match the house better.
Weâve painted a big portion of the rooms the prettiest Mt. Rainier Gray from Ben Moore. Itâs more of a blue-grey so itâs looks great w/ our dark wood as well as the white trim. I put off-white wood shelves and side table in my library w/ the same blue-grey & it looks wonderful! I accented it w/ curtains that have some bright blue as well as grey and navy. The rug has some bright blue as well as dark and light grey. Itâs my favorite room in the house!!
From the decorating shows, I donât like the extra busy backsplashes many use in their oversized kitchens - too much. I also dislike the gray floors.
I also do not like it when the upper cabinets are a different color/wood than the lower cabinets. A friend has this in her house but she bought it that way. Itâs not horrid, but I notice it whenever Iâm there so I guess it bothers me. The rest of the house is white and beachy (itâs in a beach town but their permanent home) and the kitchen is yellow and green.
I had Googled french door refrigerator already, which made me ask, âIs it just a fancy name for a side-by-side?â I think the answer is yes. lol
A french door refrigerator is very different from a side by side. In the side by side model one side is a freezer and one side is a fridge. Just try putting a pizza box in that. A french door model has a full width fridge on top with two doors opening to a single space and the freezer is a full width drawer below. We have a single fridge door bottom freezer model which I find so much better than the old standard top freezer version. I like being able to see my refrigerated food without bending over.
^^^ True. Good distinction, though I would call it it a side-by-side with a freezer on the bottom. 
Love the French door style fridg. I hated the side by side because you couldnât put anything over a certain width in it! It drove me nuts!
It is NOT a side by side because you can open refrigerator to FULL refrig width. That is a huge difference.
I do think it makes it harder to find frozen foods howeverâthey tend to get buried like in a deep freezer. But that doesnât bother me much.
^^^ This is why you have a garage freezer!
LOL. I have two regular refrigerators.
So good to see I am not alone in my tastes, although I do disagree with some of the likes.
Grays make great paint colors- easily changed. But- not for kitchen cabinetry! Or floors.
Likewise anything distressed- I prefer new stuff to look good.
Dislike Tuscan/Italian styling. Not my region- prefer north woods.
Shiplap- ugh. Cheap, country look. Likewise the barn doors.
Dislike vessel sinks as well- imagine the extra cleaning and water out of the sink you canât push into it.
I am not fond of stainless steel and dislike the darker forms even more- like bright- white best but canât find in kitchen appliances I like. French door refrigerators are fantastic.
Decades ago we built with them popular bright brass. Current house I replaced dark door knobs et al with brushed nickel levers. Next owner can redo anything they want.
We kept the honey oak family room beams, changed (was worn out pink!) cabinets to honey spice maple- which happen to go nicely with the same color end and coffee contemporary tables we owned for a long time. Dislike dark woods. \
White trim here in Tampa, liked the honey oak up north trim we left in Wisconsin and may encounter when we finally relocate to Seattle area.
Love the comment about liking âlight and brightâ as we age- the next owner can change out all of our cool/daylight LED bulbs.
Gotta go watch Jeopardy reruns.
I love greys, whites & splashy colors.
My dining room has a large feature wall that is Chinese red; my family room is all grey white walls with a feature grey wall; my living room has a citrus yellow wall with yellow tinted white etc
LOL! It sounds like a childâs crayon box, but it looks great!
Dislikes:
-barn or distressed panels used as an accent wall
-mosaic glass tile backsplash
-grey everything (I like grey â just not on everything including kitchen cabinets. I also think it is overused and will be dated.)
-black stainless steel appliances ( I actually like the look, but most are only a coating on regular stainless steel. Iâve seen a lot of scratches in Big Box stores, exposing the silver stainless below. I assume these would not wear well with young families.)
Iâm delighted that mid-century is popular again. Much of our house is original 50âs (bathrooms, kitchen cabinets, trim, hardware). It was well constructed, and has lasted much longer than most modern choices.