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31 Home Design Trends People Hate
Readers share 31 home design trends they find overdone.
In brief
Readers share 31 home design trends they find overdone. Readers criticize 31 home design trends as overdone in new homes. Originally reported by BuzzFeed.
Lack of closets
Readers report no storage closets despite needing space for clothes and holiday decorations.
“My main pet peeve in home design is the intense lack of closets! I like clothes and holiday decorations. They need to go somewhere . My house has huge bedroom closets, and not even a single storage closet.”
Exposed beams in inappropriate homes
Readers criticize adding fake wood beams to homes that don't need them.
“I love an exposed beam, but it has to suit the style of the house. Adding them into a house that doesn’t have them is infuriating, like, we can totally tell your brand-new McMansion doesn’t need those faux wood beams to support it.”
Car wash showers
Readers dislike showers without bathtubs that have excessive spray options.
“No bathtubs, just car wash-sized showers with a ridiculous amount of spray options.”
Excessive outdoor lighting
Readers find rows of can lights on new builds look cheap and disturbing.
“I despise all of the outside lighting on the new builds. The rows of can lights look cheap, like a hotel in the middle of the neighborhood. I’m not sure how the squirrels and other critters sleep at night. Is it a hotel, prison, or airport? Who knows! It’s just ugly.”
Built-in microwaves
Readers complain about microwaves hidden in lower cabinets that are hard to access.
“Here, every new house seems to have the modern look of having your microwave built into the lower cabinets. Sure, it’s tucked away, but I cannot see the damn thing! How can I use it without bending over or kneeling down? It makes me so mad every time I see it.”
Raised-side bathroom sinks
Readers find raised bathroom sinks cause splashes and wet spots on clothing.
“I can’t stand the raised-side bathroom washbowls. They invite a splashy mess and wet spots on shirts and pants. They also bring to mind the dental offices' round sinks by the dental and hygienist chairs, yuck, and scary!”
Weathered gray flooring
Readers criticize gray faux wood flooring that dates quickly.
“For me, it’s the weathered gray faux wood flooring that I find absolutely atrocious. If that look doesn’t date itself in the next couple of years, I’ll be shocked.”
In-wall appliances
Readers report in-wall stoves causing problems when they break.
“In-wall (or in-counter) appliances. My friends bought a house with an in-wall stove. Everything was great until the stove broke and they found out it wasn't a standard size. It was an RV STOVE the previous owner had wall mounted! They had to redo their whole kitchen because no electrician would install a new RV stove. They all said it was a fire hazard.”
Double sinks in bathrooms
Readers dislike double sinks and mirrors in main bathrooms.
“Double sinks and mirrors in the main bathroom. I’ve seen it played out to the extreme of separate vanities on different walls. Double sinks kind of make sense if two adults are leaving for work at the same time, but who wants to constantly have to keep two sinks and mirrors clean? And I do not want anyone in the bathroom with me, thank you very much.”
Missing flooring under cabinets
Readers note new builds skip flooring under cabinets, appliances, and toilets.
“When new builds cut corners by not putting flooring under cabinets, appliances, and even toilets, knowing full well you may have to replace them someday.”
Cabinets to ceiling
Readers criticize kitchen cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling.
“Kitchen cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling. It would've doubled my kitchen renovation costs for me to take my cabinets to the ceiling, and then I would have had cabinet shelving that I could only access with a ladder.”
No entryways in open homes
Readers find open-plan homes without entryways impractical in cold climates.
“I dislike the lack of entryways found in most new, open-plan homes. Maybe it works in California, but in states that get cold, it's a terrible idea. Every time you open the door in winter, a cold blast of air will just blow through your entire house. If you don't have a big hall closet, you also end up with a giant pile of shoes visible to the rest of the house.”
Fake shutters
Readers criticize non-functional shutters that look ridiculous.
“Fake shutters. Plastering shutters on the outside of a house that aren't functional looks stupid. Being placed flat against the outside of the house, and not proportional to the size and shape of the windows, looks ridiculous.”
No medicine cabinets
Readers report new homes lack medicine cabinets in half baths.
“None of the new homes have medicine cabinets, especially in half baths. They just put up big mirrors. What if people need an Advil, or toothbrush, or a hairbrush? And then, how can they put them away so that things stay neat? What are these people thinking?”
The essence
Readers criticize 31 home design trends as overdone in new homes.
