“My main pet peeve in home design is the intense lack of closets!
I like clothes and holiday decorations.
They need to gosomewhere.
My house has huge bedroom closets and not even a single storage closet.”
“I love an exposed beam, but it has to suit the style of the house.
A_Panda
3.
“No bathtubs, just car wash-sized showers with a ridiculous amount of spray options.”
“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.
Im not sure how the squirrels and other critters sleep at night.
Is it a hotel, prison, or airport?
Its just ugly.”
Lisha
5.
“Here, every new house seems to have the modern look of having your microwave built into thelowercabinets.
Sure, its 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.”
“I cant stand the raised-side bathroom washbowls.
They invite a splashy mess and wet spots on shirts and pants.
Dave, 69
7.
“For me, its the weathered gray faux wood flooring that I find absolutely atrocious.
If that look doesnt date itself in the next couple of years, Ill be shocked.”
“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.”
ladypalutena
9.
“Double sinks and mirrors in the main bathroom.
Ive seen it played out to the extreme of separate vanities on different walls.
And I do not want anyone in the bathroom with me, thank you very much.”
Anonymous
11.
“Kitchen cabinets that go all the way to the ceiling.
“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.
cephalopod
13.
Plastering shutters on the outside of a house that aren’t functional looks stupid.
“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?”
I dislike white cabinets with every fiber of my being.
Have you ever tried keeping them clean?”
“We’re going to see the pendulum swing on open floor plans.
banjotango
17.
“Walk-in closets that are accessible only through the bathroom!
Who wants to have their clothing saturated with the humidity and other airborne ‘contaminants’ from the bathroom?!
And who wants to put their suit or dress on in the bathroom?”
Well, unfortunately for them, we didn’t want grey.
The first thing we did when we moved into our house was repaint all the rooms.”
“When new-builds add alcovesmeantfor TVs but they will only accommodate at 42” model.”
What is the point of the extra expense and color overload? "
Linda, 64, Nevada
21.
“I can’t stand meandering pathways from the driveway to the front door.
“Few, if any, skylights.
“Converting perfectly-nice older homes into ‘modern farmhouses.’
I recently did some work in a neighborhood that had been ‘revamped.’
It made it look like someone ran out of funds when flipping houses.”
“Luxury vinyl plank flooring.
It looks and feels like plastic flooring.
TV rehab shows must be getting paid to push it.
Pamela, 52, Maryland
25.
“Making hallways super narrow to add more square footage to other rooms.
What was the builder thinking?
Not everything can bend around the sharp corners of the hallway turns!”
I grew up in a 1906 craftsman-style foursquare.
It was beautiful, with four large rooms on each floor, hence the name of the style.
It makes me so sad to think about it.
Our ghosts prefer it that way, too.”
lizziedaydreaming
27.
“Here in Arizona, a lot of new homes are being built with RV garages.
Absolutely horrendous-looking two-story garages in addition to the standard garage.
They’re the worst design trend I’ve ever seen and a testament to conspicuous consumption.”
“Showers that don’t have doors.
Try showering without freezing.”
“The ‘lamp shade’ that is just an open wire frame, or bare bulb.
“Opting for white vinyl fences instead of wood.
Kelly, 52, Massachusetts
