Now that we’re old enough to care. How do we feel about modern interior design trends?

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Material-Trip-9893@reddit

I hate how everything is white and grey. Homes, restaurants, stores.

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Gullible-Apricot3379@reddit

I think that gray LVP flooring should be outright banned.

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That floor is the calling card of "this home is a flip". When I was looking at houses I wouldnt even consider one with that flooring. Not because im super picky about floor color, but if its gray I already know the house is going to be held together with duct tape and hopes and dreams.

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SirStocksAlott@reddit

Fun fact, I haven’t used a calling card since 1999.

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d-wail@reddit

This makes me sad, because I used it back in 2022 on a house that we mostly took down to the studs. Technically it was probably a flip, but we did live in it and (properly) redid almost the entire house.

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_KeenObserver@reddit

A few years ago, a home in my neighborhood was being flipped. While they were redoing the shingles, I noticed there was rot to the plywood underneath which they didn’t bother to replace and just put shingles on top. I’m with you on walking away from anything that looks like a flip.

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Foxfaux@reddit

I'm watching the same happen to the flip next door. Very hcol suburb, will probably go for close to 1 mil

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espressocycle@reddit

There were limited options when I was looking and I ended up with just such a house and... let's just say it's a good thing I can do most basic house stuff.

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smcivor1982@reddit

Yup, I wouldn’t look at a single house with gray anything when we were trying to buy.

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Gullible-Apricot3379@reddit

True. Maybe it shouldn’t be banned since it is such a clear indication of a soulless flip.

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PotsMomma84@reddit

This. 100%. It’s so hard to clean too.

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yungrii@reddit

If you like the feel of rubber under your feet and the sickening sense of utter depression in your soul, gray lvp is for you!

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packetlag@reddit

Cars…

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RedSolez@reddit

My house does not have any white, gray, or beige walls and we only own red cars.

I feel like an alien when I drive around society. Every new build is stark black/white/gray and every car is black, white, gray, or silver.

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beautifulcheat@reddit

Cars are soooooooo boring now. Mine is bright bright blue. Take that, boring-ass trends!

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

I so badly wanted a fun color car! Got a bronco sport and they come in fun colors but it was 2022 during the shortage and all they had was black or gray.

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beautifulcheat@reddit

Laaaame. I was so lucky to score the last bright blue Kia soul on the lot when I was looking

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spanishpeanut@reddit

Same here. I also hate the exterior unfinished wood on outdoor steps or porches.

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Optimal-Draft8879@reddit

i feel like shiting on the every grey trend is a bit played. over the last five years i feel like people moved away from that

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seymourscagnetti420@reddit

The flooring industry (and wider design industry) certainly moved away from grey years ago, and it has no doubt gone out of style, but many consumers think that grey is still in style (I sell flooring). People will say “I’m not trendy. I don’t want grey.” and I say “Good because grey went out of style years ago.”

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Auyan@reddit

Cars...

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ChickenArise@reddit

I'm going to be a renter for the rest of my life. Painting my walls anything other than off-white is just making more work for my future self.

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bgva@reddit

Real estate photographer here. It's to the point where I can tell a house was remodeled because the walls are Agreeable Grey, and the fixtures are all generic as hell.

I get paid just the same, but those houses aren't exactly portfolio material.

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False-Impression8102@reddit

My first couple decades of work were in gray cube farms. I never understood why people wanted to bring that home with them.

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the_kid1234@reddit

Farmhouse is so ugly. I’m glad it’s finally dying.

I also don’t understand why people are painting their houses monochrome white or monochrome black.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Like landlord specials, keep it plain with one tiny pop of color.

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Ok-Brick6831@reddit

And they get excited on the tv shows when they make it this way.

So boring. Bleh.

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SimpleVegetable5715@reddit

Most of it seems really impractical and difficult to clean.

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deathcabforqanon@reddit

Yeah those all-glass showers 🙄 Nice enough but such a bummer to get pristine.

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Xanderson@reddit

Squiggie after each use and it’s not bad at all. I squiggie the walls after each shower anyway so it’s not much added time.

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deathcabforqanon@reddit

I hear and respect what you're saying and I know that being on this sub means I am very much a whole ass adult, but I am somehow not so grown that I can bring myself to clean the shower after every time I take a shower, lol

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splatooey123@reddit

I actually love the shower all glass lol. It is a bitc- to keep clean but I dutifully squeegee and polish once a week
It just makes a small bathroom look bigger
The other stuff - no. Sink bowls don’t even hold water and splashes everywhere. Square sinks impossible to clean the corners. Open shelves are gross from kitchen oil

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Lazy_Mood_4080@reddit

Exactly! Who wants dust and kitchen grime from cooking all over everything in their kitchen!?!?!?

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TheMouthOfGod@reddit

What is this yoga ass studio slide show

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butterbeanscafe@reddit

Hate the sticking up sinks, love the rest of the stuff in your photos.

I prefer sinks that are under mounted.

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icybowler3442@reddit

Barn doors are okay if they’re used in places that don’t actually need privacy. I hate rain showers, and sticking up sinks and floating shelves can go away any time. (I know the shelves in the pic have ridiculously huge corbels, but the floating ones are the ones I really hate.)

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Floating shelves are almost always shit because people buy the crappy Amazon ones that are guaranteed to sag and you can only put like 2lbs on. There are some really good ones out there but most people don’t buy those.

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Jupitersd2017@reddit

Yeah on the rain showers and also why does the shower need to be so big that I’m now freezing the entire time

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icybowler3442@reddit

I may be too poor to have experienced that one.

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Ol_Man_J@reddit

I've had it at a few hotels on vacation, you have to heat the whole bathroom up first. Rain showers suck farts anyway, I don't want the water just pouring down on my head, I'm trying to see what I'm doing to shave here

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Jupitersd2017@reddit

Well I think I’m too poor too because my guess is that people have like steam heaters in them or something. Or I mean maybe that’s how you cut down on water use - it’s so cold that it makes it miserable and you want out sooner

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Allureme@reddit

Looks great in magazines

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Acrobatic_Border_192@reddit

Vessel sinks can often be the cheapest option, so it's not just looks over functionality.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Then they’re even worse!

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Acrobatic_Border_192@reddit

Meh I don't know about the rest of the participants in this particular discussion, but I sure as hell won't be in a position to afford functionality or aesthetics. What I can afford is literally what I can afford.

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elevencharles@reddit

My girlfriend has those sliding barn doors in her house and I fucking despise them; they don’t block out any sound, you can’t latch them to keep pets out, and they swing and bang into the wall when you’re trying to discreetly get up to pee in the middle of the night.

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SuggestionBoxX@reddit

Most of these were designed by people who don't have to clean them.

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Shanntuckymuffin@reddit

I still fuck with a Tuscan kitchen, that’s how stuck in the 00s I am

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kittenpantzen@reddit

Listen, my kitchen may be crying out for a rooster cookie jar and one of those layered bottles of random pickled things, but at least I have sufficient pantry space and can soak pots in the sink while also still being able to use my sink.

Farmhouse sinks look nice, but they're not very functional.

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HallucinogenicFish@reddit

It cracks me up when people are like “[___] thing dates your house!!!”

You’re telling me I can walk in my front door straight into 1997? Oh no. How terrible that would be.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

You got the paintings of wine bottles and grapes don’t you!

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HereWeFuckingGooo@reddit

Shaving in a big, flat, rectangular sink is a nightmare. Trying to rinse off all the stubble takes forever.

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DHN_95@reddit

Some of it works, some of it doesn't. Just as long as you're not doing it for the 'gram.

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Emergency_Rush_4168@reddit

Showers are waaaaay better. Everything else is not so great.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Bowl sinks make the entire counter feel useless and they are almost always used on small vanities. Edison bulbs are soooo dim my old eyes can’t see! Barn doors are huge and cumbersome. Shower partitions that make you get halfway in to turn it on being sprayed by cold water. Shelves instead of cabinets in kitchens. “Would you like to come over and see my mess of stuff and eat off my dusty dishes?”

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pennie79@reddit

Yeah, I really don't want the extra dusting. I have a glass cabinet for my nicknacks to avoid that.

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MercyCriesHavoc@reddit

I like bowl sinks because there's much less chance I'll lose something down the drain by knocking it in. I want glass cabinet doors because my husband and I both have ADHD and forget where things are. The rest, I am not fond of.

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KDiggity8@reddit

That's an incredibly good reason for liking bowl sinks! You've got me rethinking my original distaste for them.

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carlitospig@reddit

Agreed. Our girl is practical as heck.

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carlitospig@reddit

I still think Edison bulbs are sexy tho. I don’t know why. Honestly, I blame that damn hipster phase. 🧐

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yungrii@reddit

My problem with barn doors? Hotels are obsessed with them... As bathroom doors.

Look sister. I had my colon removed and I'd actually like maybe a little privacy vs just throwing a rolling door over a hole in a wall while still leaving an inch and a half of open space around the sides.

The essence of shitting in the same space as your family or friends just really isn't my zhush.

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Deathgripsugar@reddit

right?

Hard to drop a clanker when people are around with them barn doors.

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prolikewhoa@reddit

lol at dusty dishes. Didn’t even think about that. Glad to have enclosed cabinets.

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Cool_Jelly_9402@reddit

I also smashed my finger in the barn door at our old place. We couldn’t have a regular door on it for some code thing and once I slammed it with my finger just sitting there not paying attention

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FreddyNoodles@reddit

Hate the bowl sinks. Sinks should be smooth so it is easy to wipe water into the sink itself and keep the counters clean. Same goes with kitchens. Under mounted or one piece.

Barn doors, I think they have been over for a long time. I don’t mind how they look but I would never have one put in my house. Pocket doors are still excellent if you want to save that space.

Edison bulbs- wonderful on a patio or deck- not a big fan of them inside.

Glass shower walls, I like them better than curtains. But they should be opaque imo and only cover about half the shower. That’s my preference on those which likely is not the popular one.

Open shelves-LOVE. The last two places I’ve had, I installed open shelving in the kitchen. Just 2-4 shelves for my weird and funky coffee cups, canisters, vining plants, stuff like that. Doors on food and pans and crap.

I am actually missing the kitchen desk that was in all the houses growing up where parents would do the bills, you could always find a pen, eventually a computer was placed there. I have a desk right off my kitchen but I would like one in the kitchen like they used to be in the 90s. I will have it one day. I may even get a landline. 👀

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Business-Blossom@reddit

I have just barely afforded a house. Do not talk shit about the bowl sink or interior or that weird pipe that holds my toilet paper!

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illprobablyeditthis@reddit

I love the aesthetic of Edison bulbs because I love Victorian vintage in general, but not as a primary light source. Everything else can get fucked though lol

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sanedragon@reddit

Bowl sinks also splash like a MF

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So-Good-It-Hurts@reddit

I agree with everything you said

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beautifulcheat@reddit

I'm also short enough that those bowl sinks typically make me get up on my toes to wash my hands. The worst, I have always hated them.

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Saram78@reddit

I agree with most. I do like Edison bulbs, but not as a primary light source. Great for mood lighting, or bars/restaurants. I think shelves have a place in the kitchen, but they are not replacements for cabinets. Other than that, I agree.

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crazyk4952@reddit

Edison bulbs are also very harsh with poor CRI.

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trickytetrazzini@reddit

i’m sticking with my scandinavian inspired aesthetic. for me, there is something timeless about it. i never liked the grey trend and avoided it like the plague. i go for lots of soft colors, warm whites and a general IKEA vibe. minimalist, cheerful and never goes out of fashion.

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RoyalZeal@reddit

Sterile, cold and inhuman. I miss warm tones and inviting spaces.

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carlitospig@reddit

I’m still too poor to enjoy them. Yay.

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MardelMare@reddit

If I wanted to live in a barn, I’d be a horse

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FinallyKat@reddit

You have chosen some of my top hated

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jackofallsomething1@reddit

Edison bulbs trash, but the shower head could be nice?

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TheThrivingest@reddit

I fucking HATE vessel sinks.

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AverageNeither682@reddit

I'm tired of glass shower doors that DO NOT stop water from pooling outside the shower. I just don't get it.

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fannyalgerpack@reddit

I like anything with personality, people should have fun with their spaces. That being said, whomever decided on the barn door bathroom door hotel trend should be heavily penalized

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Butterscotchtamarind@reddit

I enjoy the greenery and raw wood, touches of black, but it's too minimal and empty overall. Too many straight lines.

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unbalancedcentrifuge@reddit

How do you keep that shit clean?

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lutlowt@reddit

Have you ever tried to wash a toddler’s butthole over one of those above-counter bowl sinks? No one wins there.

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HallucinogenicFish@reddit

I like Edison bulbs because they have a bit of an industrial/steampunkish vibe and I dig that.

Hate open shelving.

I like simplicity and minimalism, but I also like color. You can do both! They look good together. (The stuff I’m currently seeing on Instagram is a move away from aggressively white and neutral interiors to much more color and pattern. I think it’s great.)

On the other hand, everyone on Instagram shits all over honey oak, white kitchen cabinets, and white ceilings and trim (as opposed to color drenching). I disagree with those takes.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

I think Edison bulbs look neat, the issue is when they’re the primary light source. I added them because they tend to be overdone now and used as full lighting.

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HallucinogenicFish@reddit

Yeah, that would be overwhelming. They’re fun in a lamp or a pendant fixture, though.

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Nobodyville@reddit

Bowl sink, no. Rectangle sink, okay. Glass showers that aren’t that horrible gold aluminum , yes! Open shelving, hell no, I don’t want to dust. Barn doors, useless as a door. I don’t hate an Edison bulb, but it makes me feel like I should me listening to the Lumineers

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Queen_Of_InnisLear@reddit

I know people hate the gray floors but I love them 🤣 I put them in my house that didn't have them before. I just really loved blue walks with gray floors. It is what it is

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Hey blue walls makes it look nice I bet! I think the complaint is typically all gray and white and no color.

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Scherzkeks@reddit

I hate everything that makes it harder to clean/maintain. Vessel sinks are some of the worst offenders.

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Majestic-Citron7578@reddit

Don't like the barn doors. They come unhinged way too easily

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ericwbolin@reddit

The shower thing I love. Doing it to our bathroom this summer.

The rest? Either 'meh,' in the case if the sinks, or boo, for everything else pictured here.

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charutobarato@reddit

Ok but put the door on the other side, near the controls. So you can turn it on without having to stick your whole arm under the water.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Definitely this! This is really the problem.

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ericwbolin@reddit

Definitely.

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tettoffensive@reddit

Most of this stuff in the photos is actually not looking pretty to me. More like looking pretty builder-grade in an attempt to look high end

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onions-make-me-cry@reddit

I like open floor plans but mainly because I have a small house and that makes it feel more spacious.

I don't really care for all the muted colors.

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Special_Wishbone_812@reddit

I hate bowl sinks. I hate anything that makes a home feel like “an expensive hotel.” I’m sorry they don’t make colorful toilet paper anymore.

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ineffable_my_dear@reddit

I don’t mind slide 4 (except for the SMEGma appliances) even though it’s nms but I hate the rest.

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-worryaboutyourself-@reddit

If there was a little color in there and maybe not in the kitchen. But I agree. I like that too. Reminds me of some design mag I read when I was younger and shabby chic was the design. Fell in love and haven’t been able to recreate.

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RedSolez@reddit

I'm so glad to find someone else who reads those appliances as SMEGma too!!

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I_got_banned_once@reddit

Everything is dumb, everything sucks…and we pretend to like it

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moonstonelite@reddit

Meh

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axl3ros3@reddit

I hate these sinks more than anything in home decor in the last 20 years and that includes the all white kitchen

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Staggerlee024@reddit

I still don't think I am old enough to care about "design trends"

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accountforcatsonly@reddit

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dewihafta@reddit

No character AT ALL! And theyre trying to erase all signs of anything interesting.

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MrsEmilyN@reddit

Gifs you can hear

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ThePerfectSnare@reddit

Shh! ^Shh! Shh!

Oh, go to Hell!

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Every time I try to stay in a vacation rental 😂

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bunchofclowns@reddit

So relatable to the normal man 😂🤣🤣😄😐

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Echterspieler@reddit

I really don't like it at all. especially the all white living rooms with the wall mounted TV, "Live laugh love" somewhere on the wall... cool temperature lighting. it's so cold and sterile. reminds me of a waiting room. Give me some 70s-80s decor anytime. I also hate how they're taking color away from home exteriors. This one house down the street. it used to have red shutters and trim. then some crew came and whitewashed the whole thing. it looks so drab now... I'm actually in the process of redecorating my living room and I'm purposefully seeking out colorful furniture whenever possible.

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JDz84@reddit

I think this whole beige farmhouse aesthetic is going to age like our grandma’s avocado kitchens.

Not to say it doesn’t look great today, but it’s still tomorrow’s knotty pine or golden oak.

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odin_the_wiggler@reddit

As a big fan of golden oak...ugh, you're probably right

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Putrid-Art-1559@reddit

I never hear anyone say they love golden oak! My house was a mid 90’s build so golden oak everywhere. Stairs, trim, cabinets. When I first moved in I wanted to paint all the trim white. Fast forward 14 years and it’s all still golden oak. I’ve actually learned to like it because goddamn it never shows a speck of dirt and always looks clean.

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katie_cat_eyes@reddit

Not gonna lie, I would love to have an avocado kitchen over an impossible to clean sink or grey walls!

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Weekly_Library9883@reddit

I have an avocado couch! Originally bought in the 50s, reupholstered in the 70s with that classic avocado green in a very odd rug-type material. Looks like a giant slug spreading across 2 walls. Uncomfortable as sin. I f’ing HATE that thing, but any modern couch is a couple grand and guaranteed to fall apart in a few years.

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katie_cat_eyes@reddit

My first couch I ever bought was bright maroony purple. It was one damn fine comfy couch. It was destroyed by cats and lasted almost fifteen years so it had a good life! But it was so comfy. I don’t know if I could put up with uncomfortable furniture, ugly or not!

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Ok-Reason-4838@reddit

Nothing more bitching than an avocado kitchen 🥑🤌

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TheIadyAmalthea@reddit

My grandma had the avocado appliances and a pink bathroom. I loved that pink bathroom!

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Melicious_1709@reddit

We called it the Pink Palace, and I will rebuild it if I ever have $30k in mad money.

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RedSolez@reddit

I want a knotty pine kitchen so bad!! I tried to go modern rustic with my honey oak cabinets to decent results but I love the grain of knotty pine.

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tomtomdotcom85@reddit

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awesinine@reddit

How do I feel? I wish I could afford to live like that.

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breadycapybara@reddit

I hate barn doors. As a gal who is now dating again after divorce, I just wanna poop in peace

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trixie1013@reddit

I don't like it (who does, honestly?) and it's such a turn off when new houses now are built grey on white on grey with black accents OR farmhouse-chic. I enjoy this interior designer Lily Walters. She says your house isn't weird enough, which i feel this group would appreciate. It's less Pee-Wee's Playhouse wacky-weird-crazy and more showing people how to make it personalized, unique, stylish or tasteful, and fun.

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jcstrat@reddit

I’m not a fan. I am going to bring back wood paneling in my next house.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Yesss. But you gotta make sure you have a brown couch with wood armrests and a barn with water wheel scene that sits against that wall.

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sleigh_all_day@reddit

An intense loathing. Just bought a 1920s Tudor. I’m in the process of restoring it back to its former glory, by replacing the modern fixtures/lighting/flooring the prior owners installed.

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testmonkeyalpha@reddit

Counters with recessed sinks are way easier to keep clean than the stupid designs you have pictured.

Also that's another example of shitty designs made by tall men. Most of those sinks tend to be too high for children and half of the women (I'm a short man that is the average height of women and these sinks tend to be too high for me).

I like walk-in showers (but not the one in my house where the people that installed it didn't put in the silicone piece that seals the door. I end up with water on the floor from the water that gets through the tiny gap...)

I have zero use for purely decorative shelves.

Barn doors make sense in certain spaces but there is absolutely no reason to make it look like an actual barn door. I find having them in places where a standard door would work to be obnoxious.

Those lights are just electricity wasters. Nowhere near bright enough to be functional and the color temp makes it useless in any setting where color accuracy matters.

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DumpsterFolk@reddit

Hate it. Especially as a woman since our clothing is also largely beige and boring. I can’t stand the obsession with white and bright. I like earthy & timber with colourful & whimsy “allowed”, and softer lighting.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Dude yes. Women’s clothes are so boring compared to men’s. Why can’t I also have a purple and red button shirt with bananas, cats, and laser beams?!?

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thevoicesarecrazy@reddit

Looks like I will crack my head on this quicker on the way down.

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boyalien0@reddit

I hate everything. I hate that everything sucks and is stupid now. It’s like we put all the minds into fuckin AI and doomstreaming and not one smart person is involved in actually making our lives better

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CherryCherry5@reddit

I don't mind it as long as it's properly functional.

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CocoValentino@reddit

Barn doors belong in barns.

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ReflectionAble684@reddit

Who wants to keep that much shower glass clean? No thanks.

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psysny@reddit

Every time I see a barn door I wonder what happened to pocket doors. Nice clean lines versus a giant contrasting barn door that takes up half the wall when it’s open so you can’t use that space.
I also hate exposed bulbs, shiplap, and anything hard to clean.

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slappy_mcslapenstein@reddit

That shower is nice. Those sinks are trash.

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timid_soup@reddit

I HATE THEM. 🤣

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xRVAx@reddit

Yawn. I'm drinking cheap coffee in my wingback chair and putting my feet up on the ottoman. I like pans that hang in the kitchen and prefer a farm table over an office desk. Beyond that, I'll let the other people in the house have decorating opinions.

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Chomsky-Honk@reddit

I like the sinks that sit on top of the counter instead of are recessed into the counter.

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Substantial_Diver_34@reddit

I actually still like the old school bath/shower combo with a shower curtain. Might rip out the glass closet and river rock floor.

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Salteenz@reddit

I hate those sinks

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attnskr1279@reddit

That fucking door

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Illustrious_You_6210@reddit

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mtbguy1981@reddit

Open showers are the bane of my existence. Shower doors and curtains hold in the heat. These stupid half or no door designs need to go.

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Designer-Bid-3155@reddit

My house is 100 years old and 95% of my things are thrifted. I'm a maximalist and my pad is cool as fuck. Modern is a hard pass from vehicles to clothing and house.

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valuethempaths@reddit

Do it worry cool thrifted shit will run out? I kind of do. What happens when wayfair fast furniture is all we can get our hands on?

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Imaginary-Pain9598@reddit

We go back to building our own. Which our kids will ultimately put into thrift stores for their grandchildren to buy.

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PopcornSurgeon@reddit

Saaaaame

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Ok_Breakfast5425@reddit

Not really design related, but I've seen enough Red Dwarf to not take the brand Smeg seriously.

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winniecooper73@reddit

This all looks like it’s 2015 again

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Auyan@reddit

When we redid our house, I was adamant to go tried-but-true for structure and used color for fun-personality. There is a reason things have been the same way for a long ass time.

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Thin_Persimmon8442@reddit

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PotsMomma84@reddit

As a cleaner I don’t know why anyone would want to have a glass shower.

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Happy_Confection90@reddit

My design aesthetic can best be summed up as coastal industrial, so as you can imagine a lot of modern design doesn’t excite me. There are things here and there I don't dislike, but that's often more faux mid-century modern and Scandinavian modern than modern modern.

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Jestris@reddit

Really hated the trend of barn doors on bathrooms in hotels. It was horrible. I hope they are all back to regular doors.

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Shatterstar23@reddit

Those bowl sinks suck

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QueenInYellowLace@reddit

Gollem voice WE HAAAATESSS IT!

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Intelligent-Camera90@reddit

I always liked the look of barn doors, but my house has them and they’re so impractical. I wouldn’t choose them again.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

They really are impractical for most regular homes. They require so much space, and the tracks get janky.

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Ol_Man_J@reddit

I almost installed one on my closet because I have no door and the room is too small to put a regular door in. It's a standard passage sized door and a barn door is the only one that will at least give me a chance to close the door. But the dogs love to sleep on the floor in there so nevermind

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Intelligent-Camera90@reddit

Yes! Mine don’t have quite enough room, so I can’t open my closet all the way. Totally a first world problem, but annoying. They’re are also rough, unfinished wood, and it’s so hard to clean them , when the doors get dusty.

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

We have a typical “two slider door” closet and it has two barn doors instead of the usual double doors on a track. It’s a fucking nuisance!

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

We only have them because the house came this way and to remove the setup would require rebuilding the entire wall above where they had to install heavy wood to get the doors to hold.

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charutobarato@reddit

Barn door for a bathroom is the absolute worst.

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Okra-Tomatoes@reddit

Open cupboards are so impractical. Everything would be dusty constantly.

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Zusuzusuz@reddit

People say this all the time but it's not true if you only use open shelving for your everyday dishes. They're in constant rotation, so no dust. I guess I'm in the minority but I love open shelving for that purpose, cause I actually find it MORE practical since no need to open or close a cabinet for the stuff I use all the time.

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Appropriate-Neck-585@reddit

Looks cool...not very functional.

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SuCzar@reddit

I don't know why I find those square sinks so unsettling.

I hate using a shower you can see straight into. My parents put them in and they're awful. Sometimes someone needs to come in to wash their hands or something and it's awkward. Plus water spots stand out so much.

Why do the shelf supports take up more space than the shelf contents? How much did they overpay for those SMEG appliances?

That door has got to weigh a kajillion pounds.

Why is there never any color on anything?

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Weekly_Library9883@reddit

I want my mom’s blue and yellow French country kitchen. Honey colored wood cabinets and a table to match. Antique Hoosier. Bisque fridge. Cabinet doors with little flowers on the handles. Antique copper jello molds proudly displayed on the wall. Blue and yellow Temptations (straight from QVC!) dinnerware, with the coordinating serving dishes.

Seriously, everything being white and gray and stainless steel and glass…it’s so sterile. There’s no love, no personal taste. It’s so boring.

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frozenlotion@reddit

Haaateeee glass shower doors. Showering in a fish bowl just to squeegee everyday is absolutely wild to me.

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amart005@reddit

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Popdmb@reddit

Other than the bathrooms, modern interior design feels like "poor people cosplaying rich people cosplaying poor people." Like somseone told them about an old money trend but they didnt want to drop farm/barn Americana so we got the worst of both worlds.

I like the modern bathroom trends. It feels luxurious even if impractical, like putting a rain shower in a kids bathroom. But the living areas really need a glow up. Beige and millennial grey are an eysore.

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IAppearMissing05@reddit

Absolutely LOATHE barn doors 😂

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crazyk4952@reddit

Looks like these were designed by a realtor.

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charutobarato@reddit

HGTV aesthetic

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al_rey503@reddit

The modern barn look is gross. I’ll take 90s Tuscan over anything today.

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tinypoopfarts@reddit

I’m honestly just glad I have a roof over my head at this point. I don’t even care what it looks like

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Ginger630@reddit

The sinks, sliding doors, and open shelves are annoying. The rest is ok.

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corvus_wulf@reddit

I hate the raised sinks

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FeedbackExisting4762@reddit

Raised sinks (especially the bowl style) are a pain in the ass to clean. Nope.

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TheIadyAmalthea@reddit

No. I want a Victorian mansion. The more haunted looking, the better. Give me wood that’s original, not painted white. I want stained glass. I want original fireplaces. Three stories with an attic. There better be a library. A greenhouse in the back would be cool too. I hate these modern cookie cutter houses. But, since I am too poor to buy a haunted Victorian mansion, I live in a boring ass house.

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SLyndon4@reddit

I kinda like the first sink, but definitely not that minimalist faucet. As for the barn door trend— burn them all! Horrible design choice.

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trustme1maDR@reddit

Having the open shelves in the kitchen is totally insane. If you actually cook in your kitchen, you know that cooking grease gets on anything that isn't covered.

Barn doors? Absolutely not. No way.

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Konnorwolf@reddit

No white and gray!

I like something more cozy, timeless.

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Alclis@reddit

Showers, absolutely! Everything else, couldn’t care less.

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ConnectKale@reddit

This looks like the local shitty flip starter pack.

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HiddenUser1248@reddit

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drklib@reddit

We did a barn door in our basement where the landry is due to the layout. Works great for that space since the hallway isn't wide enough for a door to be open and walk past and the hallway is long enough for the barn door to slide open.

We also used a narrow rectangle sink in our 3/4 bathroom to make the bathroom feel less cramped... it takes some getting used to, but it works for the space.

As for the gray and white: I had to put my foot down that the whole house would not be agreeable gray and white. So, the walls are two shades of gray with a white chair rail but we have really cool looking ceilings and pops of color throughout the house.

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BalrogRuthenburg11@reddit

I hate it. I hate all of it.

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No-Gas5342@reddit

I hate those doors when they’re slapped over a standard frame. The rest don’t bother me too much but don’t inspire me too much either.

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iminthemoodforlug@reddit

There are elevated versions of all of these things that have been flattened out for the masses. Gray isn’t inherently a bad color but goddamn if it hasn’t been overly used and abused.

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TheMidnightHandyman@reddit

Sten approves.

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Grammarhead-Shark@reddit

My stupid brain needs a white and clean bathroom. I am fine with that (though those above-ground sink I would find annoying AF - gimme an in-built one any day!)

The rest of the decor (especially the country chic stuff) already annoy me by just looking at them in these picks! LOL

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kronik419@reddit

I am not old enough to care. In fact...the older I get, the less I seem to care.

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gpo321@reddit

Got frameless shower doors for our bathroom. Stylish and the pictures looked cool online. Never again. They’re just not practical. You can’t drape a towel over the top without it snagging in the wheels or getting caught in between the doors.

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CyDJester@reddit

I still like a lot of them, but mostly because it discourages me from collecting a bunch of crap I don't need or even use. Clean aesthetic without being probibitively minimalist helps. The glass showers are nice because they're easy to clean and encourage you to set up a water filtration system for your home. The sinks, ok, those are annoying, but they still beat the old crappy under the counter sinks or worse, the perpetually dingy stainless steel ones

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JDz84@reddit

I’ve had a glass shower for almost 15 years in my master bathroom, and I disagree with easy to clean. We could be better about squeegeeing and stuff, but the soap scum and build up happens eventually no matter what and it takes real concerted effort to get it back in shape, in my experience.

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CyDJester@reddit

I had the opposite experience. After I installed my water conditioning system, keeping the shower clean was a breeze. I used a spray bottle of water, vinegar, alcohol, and a few drops of dawn dish soap after every shower. It knocked out nearly every problem and make weekly/biweekly cleanings super easy. Bio safe and easy. If you wanted it to smell better, just put a few drops of eucalyptus or tea tree oil in and you're good

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Gullible-Apricot3379@reddit

I don’t like them in general, but to each their own.

I’m so glad the Chip’n’Jo farmhouse and Millennial Gray are starting to lose some of their ubiquity. My objection to them is less the styles themselves and more how inescapable they are.

Except gray ‘distressed’ LVP. The very idea of covering your floor with plastic designed to look like wood that wasn’t taken care of is offensive to me on every possible level.

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timmytoads@reddit

I was positive I never wanted the clear glass shower door and siding. A tub bath / shower with a sliding tinted shower door was great.

Now I have the expensive remodel and I squeegee the shower while still soaking wet every day after showering to keep it clean.

I hate it.

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blamberr@reddit

I hate all of it. Those bowl sinks are the bane of my existence. And why do we suddenly want all the dishes on display? I’m fine with the glass shower though, as I’ve gotten used to one lol

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ThisIsACompanyCar@reddit

I don’t live in a farmhouse, so I don’t want farmhouse decor.
My house was built in 1978 and is only partially updated. I have leaned into it and have mostly vintage furnishings.

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mist_kaefer@reddit

Who wants to clean above and below a sink?
Water stains galore behind the sink
Need more space for the 5 bottles my wife needs for every shower and also my stuff
Dust enhances the flavor of any entree
Do you want your bedroom to smell like shit?
Who needs to see where they’re going anyway?

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okayyayayay@reddit

Open shelves collect dust and in the kitchen everything gets greasy

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MisRandomness@reddit (OP)

Yes like that sticky greasy feeling behind or on the stove, I feel like everyone’s dishes are like that with open shelving.

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Ok-Mistake8567@reddit

I don’t mind the sinks or the barn doors, but as a man in his mid forties that is 75 pounds overweight I sure don’t like the shower doors. I need more privacy.

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GeetarEnthusiast85@reddit

All I know is I want David Harbour's bathroom

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/914862413223371/

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Legitimate-Special36@reddit

I hate basin sinks. The barn door thing is tacky as hell. I’m also completely over making everything white and grey.

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Combat__Crayon@reddit

Open kitchen shelving is awful. I'm mad gray and white trended because I was doing it before it was cool, and now I'll get accused of having Millennial gray. Like I was painting my house gray when everyone was still all brown and yellow faux Tuscan

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