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Everyone has their own idea of what pleasing home aesthetics look like. These may involve marble countertops, vessel sinks, or porcelain tile floors, many of which you can find in interior design magazines.
However, these supposed visual enhancements may have significant drawbacks. Fortunately, we have these people on Threads who, based on their personal experience and professional expertise, can give everyone else a heads-up on what not to put in their homes.
Check them out in this list we’ve compiled. Feel free to take notes or save them for future reference.
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#1
So glad the builder said " do you really want to clean grout between the tiny glass tiles in your shower?" So we instructed designer to look for bigger tiles. Practicality rules.
Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago (edited)
We have tiles in the guest and main bathrooms that don’t often get used and high quality splashwall for the master ensuite. After regrouting every few years I bit the bullet and ripped out the tiles - look nicer but I hate dealing with grout.
Tim Douglass 8 months ago
If you had to re-grout every few years something was done horribly wrong. A good grout job should last 20-30 years or more - it is, after all, a type of cement. I've torn out tile backsplashes that were 50+ years old with still good original grout.
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Riley Quinn 8 months ago
It's best to use larger tiles with the smaller tiles as accents. Less grout cleaning.
Grady'sRaider 8 months ago
To clean and supress mold in the bathroom clean with a sodium metabisulfate soloution. This is the stuff home brewers use to sterilize bottles.
Cuppa tea? 8 months ago
How come that in1929 people were able to put up files with groves so thin you barely can slide sheet of paper in between tiles. Yet today you čas slide newspaper in between tiles - regardless the size.
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#2
"I'd never put marble countertops in a kitchen that's actually used for cooking.":
🔸 Etches from lemon juice, vinegar, wine (all cooking staples)
🔸 Stains from olive oil, tomato sauce, and berries
🔸 Requires sealing every 3-6 months (most owners forget)
🔸 Shows wear patterns around sink and prep areas
🔸 Often looks worse after 2 years than quality laminate
Alternative: Quartzite gives the marble look with granite durability.
Ace 8 months ago
That's just... not something you should need to take into consideration.
Load More Replies... Liz Mary 8 months ago
Sorry but no! My childhood house had marble and the counter top was well used. Portuguese marble and proper for a kitchen! Never stained. The flat is still in the family and the countertop that was installed 53y ago is still there and looks marvelous.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
Depends on what rock you choose. most are NOT granite they are other forms of pretty rock which are not really suitable for kitchen use. They dont tell you than when you are choosing they just tell you how pretty it looks.
Catmom 8 months ago
We have polished granite, and it looks the way it did when it went in 10 years ago. Just lucky?
Jrog 8 months ago
Granite is very different from marble. Granite is excellent for countertops, it's an igneous rock so is very chemical and heat resistant, is compact and is very hard. Marble is a sedimentary rock, has a lot of limestone in it so it suffers with acid and gets stained easily.
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C. S. M 8 months ago
Marble, stone, tile, concrete: Tip over a drinking glass and it shatters. The only appropriate material is the polymer acrylics such as Corian or Wilsonart and the like. Less worry, easy repair of minor damage, and mimics stone & granite admirably. Laminates can also look extremely good, and are far more suitable to customization.
Kit Black 8 months ago
"Requires sealing every 3-6 months (most owners forget)"...
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"Open shelving in kitchens is something we install but always replace later."
Why contractors avoid it:
🔸 Everything requires constant dusting (grease + dust = grime)
🔸 Forces perfect organization or looks cluttered
🔸 Reduces usable storage by ~40% versus cabinets
🔸 Items in regular rotation develop visible "clean spots"
🔸 Most clients call within 2 years to add doors
Compromise: One small section of open shelving for display only.
Annabelle 8 months ago
Ooo, except my outta sight outta mind brain hates cabinets and drawers. Not a fan of glass cabinets, either. My new place is the first time I have open shelving, mostly, and I love it! Started using open shelving for my bedroom closets a while back, too. Clear acrylic bins for socks and all. So much better for my brain.
Riley Quinn 8 months ago
Bingo! It does come down to out of sight out of mind. If I can see it, I'll use it, whether it's inside the frig, open cabinets, or shelves for clothing.
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Upstaged75 8 months ago
I hate how these look. And if you're not super organized it just looks like you're a slob. Plus there are times I just don't want to see certain things!
Ace 8 months ago (edited)
A small amount of open space is great, I use one for ready-use plates, held vertically so they don't get dusty, and for larger enamel casseroles, with tops on. Oh, and some under-unit cup and glass hanging. Did this around 15 years ago and have never once regretted it.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
Never understood why people do this. It especially bad if you fry stuff since the grease gets all over everything.
Since we’re talking about supposedly luxurious designs that actually pose multiple downsides, walk-in closets are on that list. Chicago-based architect Mark Sexton describes them as an “incredible waste of space.”
“I'm all for storage, but it should be flexible,” Sexton said in an interview with How Stuff Works. “It is more efficient, beautiful, and flexible to use cabinets, where the walking space is used for circulating rather than segregating closet contents."
#4
I did kitchen and bath design many years ago and had a client who insisted on marble tile in her bathroom - floor, shower, tub, counter top all marble. Made her sign a release saying she understood the risk of tiles breaking, especially floor tiles, especially if she walked on them in heels. She signed it no problem and called us every 3-6 months to replace tiles she had cracked walking on them in heels.
Tom De Paul 8 months ago
So what kind of marble are they using in high-traffic commercial areas (entrances, foyers, lobbies, and elevator lobbies?)
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Linnoff 7 months ago
If floor tiles are cracking from a person walking on them, even in heels, they weren't installed properly. It should have cement-board or other non-flexible subfloor and then the thin set needs to be troweled properly so that when the tiles are pressed down, there aren't any air pockets left. There are probably more things, but those are the most common mistakes.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
But they are so slippery. Why does anyone have marble floors they are dangerous.
BrownEyedGrrl 8 months ago (edited)
I bought a house with a 1000 sq ft room (we call it the ballroom.) It had marble floors. Beautiful, but a lot of cracks. Replaced the marble with porcelain. Still beautiful, but no cracks.
#5
Plumber told us to never put a sink in the island. This was after we watched them jackhammer my in-laws’ floor to find a small leak.
Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
Unless there’s a sparky around… or a plasterer…. or a brickie… or another plumber 😂 they all know best! 😀
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Scott Rackley 8 months ago
This. My parents have a sink in an island. Leaks not above the floor are in the crawlspace.
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Prudence Putnam 8 months ago
It inhibits the use of that space ….areas around sinks are messy/I dont want peeps staring into it. Sinks are better off against an outside wall.
Linnoff 7 months ago
If you're in a really cold part of the world, it's best to avoid plumbing in exterior walls so the pipes don't freeze.
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Kat Alison 8 months ago
I don’t like islands in kitchens. They take up a lot of the floor space.
#6
That stupid useless space above the two-story foyer that you can't get to except via a ladder to dust your plants.
Jorge Gonzalez 8 months ago
Nonsense. That is prime villain kitten secret hideout real estate.
CF 8 months ago
I daydream about one day owning a home with one of those specifically for my cats!
Load More Replies... Riley Quinn 8 months ago
Beyond the hair raising risk climbing ladders to clean, it's not energy efficient. Sure, you can install a ceiling fan to circulate the air, but you're still going to have to clean it. Extender poles for dusting are an option.
Rick Murray 8 months ago
I don't have a foyer as I don't have an up, but that one in the picture looks like a lovely place to go read and be alone.
Mook The Mediocre 8 months ago (edited)
It's great as an "unwanted visitor's bedroom". Oh, you're tired? I'll get you the ladder and you can have a snooze. Visit us again soon!
According to a Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) study, lighting accounts for 25 to 40 percent of energy consumption. However, poor lighting is another common issue in homes, whether caused by a lack of natural or electric resources.
Renowned architect Richard Meier believes it’s one of the more common design flaws in an average home. As he tells How Stuff Works, “too few houses take advantage of natural light.”
#7
Kitchen door knobs that catch on pockets and anything hanging around pants . Big tip just get D Handles.
CaliPanda 8 months ago
Or no handles at all. Our cabinets have none, and we don’t have an issue opening any of them. Cleaner look, as well.
Tim Douglass 8 months ago
No handles is a bit of a design choice. It doesn't look right with some styles, but yes, they can be convenient. On the other hand, I don't recall ever getting hooked on our kitchen drawer or door knobs.
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Riley Quinn 8 months ago (edited)
I always replace knobs with D handles. Getting caught on a knöb while working in the kitchen is dangerous. (BP, you're going beyond ridiculous. Pray tell me why drawer hardware is censor-worthy.)
AsylumWalker 8 months ago
Its got nothing to do with drawer hardware, its a slang for p3nis
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If anything is a trend, I won't touch it, whether in a house, wardrobe, etc. It's money wasted.
Trends are identified by people who want you to pay them to replace it when the trend changes.
Riley Quinn 8 months ago
I'd rather buy fantastic fashions at thrift shops than be a slave to trends. And I'd never go with the latest trend in interior design/decor because that gets too expensive when it's time to change.
Upstaged75 8 months ago
Mine came that way. The counters have gray marble-like veining in them so at least it breaks things up a bit. And it's not a huge kitchen either. Some of those massive ones that are all white look like a museum.
Load More Replies... Prudence Putnam 8 months ago
Especially kitchen and bathroom. If renovating carefully consider period of house and match appropriate style …you can still use latest technology (eg draw runners/whisper close). I’ve noticed peeps tend to put latest trend into what ever they’re doing not how it will look over the expected time frame of the fittings.
#9
my parents installed gorgeous glossy white porcelain tile flooring in the 90s, so much prettier than carpet, have lasted beautifully. But...now they're in their 80s and the tiniest bit of water makes the tiles absolutely deadly. SO slippery. And anything dropped on them shatters. They're using a lot of area rugs now, but it's definitely not a downside I imagined when they put them in.
primeline31 8 months ago
Absolutely. Especillay NEVER put glossy tiles in the kitchen! If you enter such a kitchen, be prepared to catch yourself if you can't see the wet areas (like near a sink.)
Data1001 8 months ago
Just put a rubberized pad under the rugs - problem solved.
Load More Replies... Edward Loopyderm 8 months ago
Anti-slip porcelain tiles are recommended for floors, especially bathrooms where you expect water, or kitchens and patios. They have a very fine grit-like surface that provides traction but is still easy to clean.
Everyone wants a durable home that can stand the test of time and guarantee a well-spent investment. One way to achieve that is by using natural products. According to interior designer Joe Waroquier, they provide both structural longevity and a timeless design.
"I consistently depend on stone, brick, and other products that are stable and provide a solid structure while also providing a timeless aesthetic and outliving trends,” Waroquier told MarthaStewart.com.
#10
"Never install a steam shower unless you're prepared to maintain it like a part-time job."
🔸 Requires cleaning after EVERY use to prevent mold
🔸 Seals fail within 2-3 years in most homes
🔸 Needs specialized maintenance most homeowners neglect
🔸 Often used 2-3 times then abandoned
🔸 Costs $8-15K but adds minimal resale value
Reality: A quality rainfall shower gives 90% of the luxury feel with 10% of the headaches.
Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
I hate rainfall showers. Just an old, simple showerhead works fine for me.
CaliPanda 8 months ago
Agree - they take forever to rinse out my long hair.
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Roxy222uk 8 months ago
No idea what a steam shower is (sounds like it would remove my skin) nor a rainfall shower (make me go mouldy) so no need to worry that I might forget not to install one.
Linnoff 7 months ago
A basic steam shower is just a fully enclosed shower room that allows the steam to build up while you shower so it gets all foggy. Fancier ones have additional plumbing that creates more steam. It's a bit like combining a shower and a sauna.
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"Vessel sinks look great in magazines but are the first thing homeowners replace."
The practical issues:
🔸 Cleaning nightmare where the bowl meets the counter
🔸 Awkward height for washing face/brushing teeth
🔸 Water splashes everywhere due to shallow depth
🔸 Difficult for children to use
🔸 Prone to cracking at mounting points
Better option: Undermount sinks with quality fixtures create the same luxury feel with better function.
Ace 8 months ago
I love these. Have them in three bathrooms, will definitely do so in the next ones that need renovation.
Ace 8 months ago
Oh, and to address the points made: cleaning is a doddle, not sure what problem they're having; you make sure you mount the shelf at an appropriate height; they're no shallower than a normal sink; no more difficult for kids - see the height issue; no, they won't crack unless you're particularly cack-handed when you mount them.
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SnackbarKaat 8 months ago (edited)
I have one, I loved it, but it's craçked as the post described and it is hard to clean where it meets the counter - as the post describes
Petra Peitsch 8 months ago
I have a circle-shaped vessel-sink in my rented appartment. True, the behind of it is a bit harder to clean, but it's not a tragedy. Also, the bottom part of it is as wide, as thr upper part, so I would say, I'm okay with it.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
They can be good. We installed two in our master bathroom because the level of the until was too low. It was a much cheaper option than having the whole two sink unit removed, and raised up. Now it saves a lot of backache.
fly on the wall 8 months ago
Underground sinks collect dirt and grime at the silicon joint. And it is a pain to clean
April Pickett 8 months ago
My townhouse is old. The bathroom sinks are molded into the countertops. I like it.
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I would avoid open shelves everywhere. Use glass doors.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
I dated a guy once who when we went to his parents house showed me this HUGE welsh dresser (basically a huge wooden unit the tons of open shelves) and announced this was his inheritance and would go into his home when he married. End of boyfriend. I as NOT having that huge ugly thing in my house.
Cleanliness goes beyond the surface level. It’s also about using the proper building materials that won’t harm the environment. According to Margie Lavender from Kligerman Architecture & Design, formaldehyde and benzene can be released into the air in the event of a house fire and may linger in the soil.
"Selecting material with healthy indoor air can help mitigate the toxins left behind,” she noted.
#13
my brother does maintenance for a landlord and told us we're not allowed to get a one piece toilet when we replace ours bc if the tank breaks you have to replace the whole thing
Barong 8 months ago
The picture is of a wall mount toilet which can also be problematic if you don’t have an access panel on the other side to access the cistern. The only benefit to a wall mount toilet is that they make it easy to clean and mop beneath them.
Hippopotamuses 8 months ago (edited)
I used to work in a trendy building with beautiful minimalist toilets. One a day a seat hinge broke. The whole toilet pan had to be removed by a plumber (a legal requirement where I live), just to replace the seat. Put me right off them.
#14
White grout is a poor choice for bathrooms, go for mid or dark grey. Time after time I have told people, do not get white grout. When they do, within a year it looks grimy. You or your house cleaner are not going to want to scrub every single grout line with a toothbrush with bleach or grout whitener.
Mold will etch into the grout over time if not cleaned religiously you’ll get black speckles in white grout.
It’s much worse with high iron hard water which will turn it red.
JK 8 months ago
My apartment is about 80 years old, ground floor and the grout is cement. Last spring I had an argument with my landlord when I had a puddle in the middle of the kitchen. He said it was a leak from outside (with no obvious path) and I said concrete is porous and it came from under the building. Explain the patch in the middle of living room underneath the rug then? I was working on a construction site and the Superintendent and Project Manager agreed with me. Another spring of cardboard covered floors and fans....
MonsterMum 8 months ago
When the grout looked grubby in my bathroom, I used cotton wool strips soaked in cheap, thin bleach, applied to the grout (it stays in place), left it overnight then rinsed in the morning. It looked good as new, coloured grout can discolour too.
#15
Add kitchen cabinets that don’t go all the way to the ceiling and kitchen drawers that are so shallow that you can’t even put measuring cups in there.
Jo Firth 8 months ago
And the dust catcher radiators on either side of the bench. What a pain to keep clean!!
Ace 8 months ago (edited)
They're not even connected - someone's idea of industrial chic, I guess, to go with the polished cement worktop.
Load More Replies... Binny Tutera 8 months ago
ESPECIALLY the shallow drawers! The house I’m in now has drawers so shallow I have to lay everything down “just right” or I can’t close the drawers. And this is in bathrooms and kitchen. Lived in 8 different houses and never had any problems before. So aggravating!
Upstaged75 8 months ago
My condo has these. It's not cool to have to get out a ladder in order to dust. I have a super long extendable duster too, but my arms are too short.
Plant Wizard 8 months ago
Oh why? I just LOVE climbing on a ladder and stretching up to dust the tops of cabinets! :(
RedandVine 8 months ago
Use Saran Wrap or similar on the top of the cabinets. You can replace the cello every few months rather than trying to clean greasy dust off the cabinet tops.
Ensuring a durable home involves avoiding these common mistakes, and that goes without saying. Avoid using low-quality materials, and if you can, evaluate each one. Research is equally important, according to architectural designer Jason Schmidt.
He advises that the focus should be on assemblies and strategies to create “the most effective defensible space.”
#16
Grooves on doors are dust collectors.
Pernille 8 months ago
All doors in old buildings have molding, just dust them with a feather duster regularly, or borrow an (angry) teenager to come slam them.
primeline31 8 months ago (edited)
Yes. I agree. Fortunately, it takes a looong time for dust to accumulate on my doors that look like this. Also, the false wood grain holds grime and, if there's a lot of grime (like around the knobs) then I need to use an old toothbrush with detergent & water to scrub out the small, faked wood grooves.
Upstaged75 8 months ago
Every single one of my doors and cabinets have those grooves. I hate them! But I just make sure it all gets dusted at least once a week. I'm a clean freak and get so irritated with unnecessary dust catchers.
Douglas Tucker 8 months ago
Replaced our 1960s stained wood panel skin doors with a simple 6 panel design that does require dusting, but they changed the look of our home 100%. Not much more cleaning effort when doing my weekly vac and dust routine.
rainy_days (fae/faer) 8 months ago
we have those at my home, it's not that time-consuming to dust it along everything else so it doesn't build up
#17
No vessel sink, no garbage disposal, no boiling water tap (you are paying to keep water hot 24/7 plus the cost of filters is ridiculous), no open shelves, no enclosed cisterns or shower pipes (very expensive if you have a plumbing problem and the tiles have to be removed), no natural stone counter tops unless you are prepared to have them regularly resealed, and the big no-no, don’t get vinyl planking because it changes colour in the sunlight and can’t be re-stained.
NJ P 8 months ago
Also no grouted tile wall behind stove top. Bear to keep clean from grease spatter.
Bec 8 months ago
At least tile can be cleaned. I can't believe some of the stupidity I see on TV with non-flat tiles, barnwood, etc. in kitchens! Do you not fry anything, do you not accidentally fling stuff on the wall when using a mixer?
Load More Replies... Lady Eowyn 8 months ago
What's wrong with a garbage disposal? And I'd prefer shower pipes be hidden.
Kit Black 8 months ago
Treating your kitchen sink like a trash can leads to hefty plumbing bills.
Load More Replies... Boris Long-Johnson 8 months ago
Boiling water tap is wrong here - the efficient ones you pay no more than a kettle and as for filters it depends on where you stay. In Scotland I don’t use a filter on our Quooker and it’s been fine for 5 years so far!
Lame Llama 8 months ago
We can't do without our Quooker, esp with the amount of tea we drink everyday.
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Bamamom2boys 8 months ago
I would avoid vinyl plank flooring in the kitchen, laundry and bathrooms. If there is ever a leak, water gets under the floors. If you don't pull up the floors to dry it out, it molds pretty fast.
vinyl rebellion 8 months ago
I'm very happy with my kitchen water filter that uses the same tap. I guess they didn't specify water filters but I way prefer than constantly filling the jug
Kat Alison 8 months ago
I disagree about the garbage disposal. We don’t have a yard (so no place to put compost) and food garbage gets smelly pretty quickly.
#18
Ceramic tile flooring in the kitchen. The last house we bought had it. It wrecks you feet knees and legs and if you drop anything it will SHATTER!!
Pernille 8 months ago
I have baked clay tiles in my kitchen, and part of the house, I can't say anything about their durability though, they've only been in for 275 years, and I did have to change 3 when I bought the house, and one c*****d last year when a horse walked into the kitchen.
Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
What a nightmare, the original owners didn’t plan for equine guests? What an oversight 😂
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SouthernGal 8 months ago
If you’re using tile on a floor, use porcelain tile - never ceramic. It’s much harder and denser and performs well in high traffic areas.
Jan 8 months ago
Mine has tile floors in the kitchen but it's a slab construction anyway. With my bad back and knees I just got anti-stress mats in front of the sink and stove. Those are the 2 places that I do the most standing and it works fine. The grout is a color that makes it hard to tell if it's dirty. Light colored or white grout would be a bad idea.
Daniel Atkins 8 months ago
Plus it can feel cold if you live in a climate where it gets cold in winter.
#19
ALWAYS get a drop-in sink. Undermount sinks look nice until you want to replace it, then you find out how much more work it is.
Ace 8 months ago
So there's not a lot of point in you reading a thread about home installations then, is there?
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Bec 8 months ago
How often do sinks need replaced? I would like to replace our over mount sink with undermount. It is a dream to just wipe off the counter right into the sink!
joseph legatt 8 months ago
It is difficult to clean the joint between the sink and counter top with an undermount sink. This is an area that I often see ignored and once you see the build up under there you can't unsee it.
Load More Replies... Lame Llama 8 months ago
We have stainless steel counter and sinks that are seamlessly integrated.
#20
Cooktops on an island!
April Pickett 8 months ago
The same as on a counter top. Grease splatter and spills. On an island, it would get on the cooktop, counter, chairs, floors, and the underside of whatever cabinets are above.
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#21
Jet tubs. My parents had one that they kind of regretted by the time we had to sell the house - difficult to clean, difficult to remove.
Angela Corvaia 8 months ago
Yes, so gross to have leftover skin, soap and dust come jetting out at you. There is no way to clean the jets and the debris turns black after a few months.
Gen X Feral 8 months ago
You couldn't just run bleach water through it to disinfect it?
Load More Replies... Upstaged75 8 months ago
Those jets get super dirty and nasty. I saw a worm come out of one when I went to use it. Took a shower instead!
Karen Bryan 8 months ago
One of my sister's happiest days was the one on which she had her jetted tub torn out and replaced.
Anna Drever 8 months ago (edited)
We had one in the first house we built when the kids were little and used it all the time. Second house we never did because we stuck a normal bath in the ensuite and who wanted to soak in the family bathroom now that the kids were older and might need to come in and wash their hands? Current house built in 1980, not by us, and we haven’t even been able to use the bath (which is peach coloured) until now because the windows weren’t frosted and were overlooked. 😬 Finally got some static frosted film up and looking forward to a soak. 🙂
#22
My husband is a GC and we’ve had talks where I say what I like the look of (like recycled glass countertops, unfortunately they chip like crazy) and he tells me what will look similar and have the same vibe, but will last and be durable. Which is why I have quartz countertops.
#23
Painting your house black.
Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
Works in countries that are in the far north. They don’t get sunlight at the same angle that the countries closer to the equator do.
Midwest Mike 8 months ago
Going out on a limb.....but would say (and other Goths that Grew Up staying true to Goth ;) - https://knowyourmeme.com/editorials/guides/who-is-the-goth-birthday-girl-the-viral-photogenic-goth-birthday-girl-meme-explained
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Toni Ayers-Groves 7 months ago
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08Y5WCL4H?ref=ppx_yo2ov_dt_b_fed_asin_title&th=1
Helen Rohrlach 8 months ago
My brother is an electrician and loathes black roofs. Working in them even on a mildly warm day is horrible.
#24
Clear glass showers are an absolute nightmare. Unless you squeegee every single time you shower and/or spray down with vinegar water or a shower specific after shower spray, the glass WILL get mineral stains. IF you have softened water and IF you have the privilege of a weekly (not bi-monthly) house cleaner these are the only passes.
Hiram's Friend 8 months ago
Glass door in shower, wipe it down with a towel after shower, soft water, no mineral stains
Ace 8 months ago
Absolutely not a nightmare. your "unless" is the key point here - in a hard water are you just get into the habit of doing this, it's not rocket science and it takes seconds to do it. Even if you have a guest forget, it still takes multiple un-squeegeed uses before limescale marks start to show up.
Edward Loopyderm 8 months ago
I squeegee after every shower, including glass, wall and floor tiles, plus wipe the faucets and other things. Barely have any cleaning to do, maybe twice in a year and a half. And my water is very hard.
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 8 months ago
We have silica in our water so the showers are permanently etched, like it or not.
Angela Corvaia 8 months ago
I never had a problem with them, regular cleaning as usual and shower curtains are more prone to mold and holds onto shampoo and soap.
Theresa Lampkins 7 months ago
Takes like 2 minutes to squeegee. I’ve had mine since 2017 and only have a few scratches from over zealous cleaning crew.
Mary Kelly 8 months ago
i have one, and do not have this problem...just hang a squeegee in the shower...and, frankly, i rarely even do that.
Tim Douglass 8 months ago
Not sure what we have in our water, but it builds up a film on the shower door that nothing, not even industrial strength cleaners, will remove. I literally have to clean them by scraping with a razor blade. (but that does work)
Jill Lee 8 months ago
I squeegee after each shower = super easy habit to get into when you realise how much overall time it will save you. And I keep a dish brush with a fillable handle (filled with dish detergent) and another that’s got a non scratch scourer head on it and when I’m waiting for my conditioner to do its magic I scrub as much of the glass or the tiles as I can. Or I do a tiny section every few showers…Means I never had to do a dedicated shower cleaning and my clear glass always looks great and doesn’t build up hard water stains (and I live in a region that’s bad for it).
#25
One renovation that I’ve considered from time to time, if I were to redo the bathroom, is to get a Japanese-style soaker tub. In a modern, easy-to-clean material, not a truly traditional Japanese tub.
I like that they take up less floor space. And I’m not one to recline in a conventional tub. Just let me have a nice deep hot soak. And save space for a larger shower.
Will Cable 8 months ago
Thinking about one as my partner likes to soak but also has Arthritis so the normal bath causes difficulty.
Jan 8 months ago
I'm old and thinking about a walk in shower because just stepping over my regular tub's rim is sometimes difficult. Haven't taken a bath in years because it became hard to get out so it's showers for me. How do you get in and out of this as it looks pretty tall? Do you sit on the edge and then swivel around? That sounds like an accident waiting to happen.
Laura Jones 8 months ago
could be a sticking point at selling time as its a very personal choice
MonsterMum 8 months ago
How are they to clean? I like the idea but worry it will be difficult to reach in to clean
#26
Round windows- tried for years to get a round window front door but my husband protested: "Do you have any idea how hard that would be to trim out?"
Bec 8 months ago
I don't get his issue, wouldn't you be buying the door with the window in it? Why would he need to trim it out?
Dan Holden 8 months ago
Even if you wanted to add it to an existing door. A qualified contractor would be able to do it for you. It sounds like her husband is a DIY guy and she's asked him to do something beyond his capabilities.
Load More Replies... keyboardtek 8 months ago
Computer controlled wood working machines can cut perfect trim in seconds.
#27
No grout. I love my sheet vinyl/linoleum flooring. They make beautiful designs these days. Easy to keep clean.
primeline31 8 months ago (edited)
But... the image displays a wood parquet floor, specifically oak.
camomooey 8 months ago
The pictures on this website don't always match the description.
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Petra Peitsch 8 months ago
In the §70s and '80s in eastern-european countries the appartments were coming with linoleum already applied everywhere in the hallways and kitchens, sometimes in bathrooms. I don't have to say how utterly ugly were the colors and patterns. I hate linoleum and vinyl with a passion.
Binny Tutera 8 months ago
We have had linoleum in most of our homes. High end brand, totally worth it.. Looked great, most thought it was tile and wood. Held up fabulously and was easy to clean. Elderly parents and dogs, so we chose linoleum for their safety.
camomooey 8 months ago
We put vinyl flooring in our living room and bedroom, and got rid of that awful 90's pink/mauve colored carpet. Less expensive and so much easier to clean, (when we had three dogs)whether I'm sweeping or running the robot vacuum. It looks just fine. I'll never have carpet again.
#28
I work for a handyman company and we get a ton of calls for pocket door repair
Kit Black 8 months ago
For a long period of time, they dropped in popularity.So when they stopped working, a lot of people sealed them in. Now that there are a lot of people restoring older homes, well, pocket door repair is not exactly d.I y.
Load More Replies... April Pickett 8 months ago
I would love them as bathroom doors. In a smaller house, they would save a lot of space that is taken up by a regular door and its swing arc.
SouthernGal 8 months ago
Some of the newer ones have problems coming off of the track. It’s extremely hard to get it back on track properly.
Douglas Tucker 8 months ago
Pocket doors do occasionally have opening/closing/off the overhead track issues. In our home, one of our bathrooms has the toilet positioned where an inswing door won't work and an outswing won't either because of furniture placement. Our 1960s pocket door never has had a need for repair work (knock on wood) with our cleaning and lubing the track once in a while.
#29
Skylights - they're going to get condensate & fog over
Igor914624 8 months ago
Skylights in Texas are stupid. We get BIG hail, and skylights get bashed in when it hails.
Mike F 8 months ago
Hahaha! I remember a hailstorm in Austin in the 80s that beat the snot out of almost everything. Cars, awnings beat up, windows shattered and yes skylights too.
Load More Replies... Pernille 8 months ago
Depends on where you live, and the quality of skylights. My house in Danmark has Velux skylights, and they never caused me any issues when I lived there, and I haven't had complaints from renters either.
Douglas Tucker 8 months ago
I have to cosign Pernille. Our home is in the San Francisco Bay Area and our three large Velux skylights only require an ocassional exterior cleaning. We did worry about excess heat being a problem but Velux and other manufacturers offer many types of shades and tints to handle that issue. Skylights do require some thought to where on the home to put them,what type (opening or fixed) and it's size. But most of all, your choice in purchasing a quality product.
Load More Replies... kissmychakram 8 months ago
Absolutely nothing wrong with them if correctly constructed and fitted in the appropriate setting.
keyboardtek 8 months ago
Everyone we know who installed skylights tell us every one comes with the leak option.
LakotaWolf (she/her) 8 months ago
My mother technically owns the house I live in (next door to my childhood home) and she force-built two gigantic skylights in this house a few years ago. They are awful and I hate them as well. Not only did their construction obliterate nearly half of the attic's useable space, the skylights heat up the house (I live in Southern California) and they're fading a track in the carpeting as well.
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Maren Villadsen 8 months ago
If you have that high of an air humidity in your room that your Windows fog and get condensate you really really need to air out! Don't blame the Windows for your terible indoor climate
Ange Marsden 8 months ago
Solar tubes do the same thing light-wise without the downsides of skylights
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#30
Never buy a steam dryer. They drip.
Jo Firth 8 months ago
Hang clothes on a clothesline or rack. Better for the clothes, the environment and your wallet.
Shawn Adams 8 months ago
Yeah crunchy clothes feel so good on the skin. Plus the sun fading on your dark clothes looks good too. Had to do this for years because dryers weren't available in the country i was living in. When they were i snatched one up and would never go back to the inconvenient and crappy sun drying. Sounds great until you have to replace sun faded clothes and wait sometimes a day or more to actually wear dry clothes.
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Limey 8 months ago
Never get one of those washing machine that also dries. They smell musty, need constant cleaning because the fluff gets everywhere and then gets damp and clumps in all the crevices and they take forever (literally hours) to get everything dry. I ended up buying a dryer and only using the washer/dryer combo as just a washing machine.
JK 8 months ago
NEVER buy an all-in-one ventless dryer. You can't convert them to vent and they leave a ton of lint in the air. Cleaning the lip after and before each cycle is important. Heats up the place too much in the summer. While the wash cycle can take about 1/2 hour, the dry cycle starts at six hours but depending on the size of the load and ferocity of the spin/drain cycle, it can still be up to 4 hours. However, it does have a lot of features I never use.
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Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
Don’t have nice things, don’t have trendy things, don’t have quirky things, don’t have new things or indeed old things, don’t have colourful things, don’t have boring things, don’t have plain things, don’t have grout, don’t have walls, don’t have doors or ceilings, avoid roofs, stairs are right out, windows? Pfff they are for the weak, heating or AC? Also for the weak. Live on a big lump of local stone, flatten the top if you must but that’s all you can do. The elements are to be embraced, toughen up, get better fur by killing local animals, no shelter, maybe a small fire to cook on and reject all this ‘nice home’ silliness.
MonsterMum 8 months ago
A cave is fine, and you can decorate because we all know that cave paintings last well
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Anna Drever 8 months ago
Unless you can afford to replace stuff don’t follow oddball fashions. That said have what you love to the best of your (financial) ability.
Gavin Johnson 8 months ago
Don’t have nice things, don’t have trendy things, don’t have quirky things, don’t have new things or indeed old things, don’t have colourful things, don’t have boring things, don’t have plain things, don’t have grout, don’t have walls, don’t have doors or ceilings, avoid roofs, stairs are right out, windows? Pfff they are for the weak, heating or AC? Also for the weak. Live on a big lump of local stone, flatten the top if you must but that’s all you can do. The elements are to be embraced, toughen up, get better fur by killing local animals, no shelter, maybe a small fire to cook on and reject all this ‘nice home’ silliness.
MonsterMum 8 months ago
A cave is fine, and you can decorate because we all know that cave paintings last well
Load More Replies... Anna Drever 8 months ago
Unless you can afford to replace stuff don’t follow oddball fashions. That said have what you love to the best of your (financial) ability.
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