Faddy trends in home design

Boscoirl · 07-04-2021 12:00pm

Dermot Bannon

whisky_galore · 07-04-2021 12:18pm

Aglomerado wrote: »

door knockers on the back of dining chairs.

Wtaf?

NSAman · 07-04-2021 12:32pm

razorblunt wrote: »

Drives me bananas especially now with a toddler going through a sleep regression and they bang off the doors as you move around.

In an example of great timing I threw them into a cupboard earlier this morning after knocking against one at 3am this morning.

The toddler?

Poor child!

Aglomerado · 07-04-2021 12:56pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Wtaf?

Here's some of them. The accompanying tables are also mank. (and expensively so!)
https://thefurniturecentre.ie/shop/arturo-round-dining-table-grey-1300/

razorblunt · 07-04-2021 12:57pm

NSAman wrote: »

The toddler?

Poor child!

Well ... that explains the knocking sound!

enda1 · 07-04-2021 1:02pm

whisky_galore wrote: »

Wtaf?

Never seen this either. I guess it's to pull the chair out from the table?

whisky_galore · 07-04-2021 1:36pm

enda1 wrote: »

Never seen this either. I guess it's to pull the chair out from the table?

Looks just about big enough for a small child's hand.
They look like a suite lifted from a hotel, not a nice hotel though.

Paulzx · 07-04-2021 1:42pm

beveragelady wrote: »

Yes. Yes you are.

Here's what happened:

I said that I don't like ensuites, I consider them an unappealing compromise I am forced to make when I stay in hotels.

You said that hotels have to have ensuites because the alternatives are communal toilets or no toilets.

I said that that is why an ensuite is a compromise. It is a concession I make because it is the least objectionable of conceivable options. A compromise. It is both an ensuite and a compromise. Like the way a twix can be a chocolate bar and a treat.

You said that that a private toilet attached to the room is an ensuite as though that is new information. You added that you are confused, as though that, too, wasn't obvious to everyone else.

Ohhkay:o...............Backs away slowly to hide in the ensuite

seamus · 07-04-2021 1:50pm

My entire worldview has changed now hearing there are people who don't like ensuites.

I can only imagine these are people who don't have kids or don't regularly have guests over. A toilet you can use whenever you like and nobody else can, as well as a shower you can use any time of the day or night?

Bliss.

Anyway, I'm sitting here looking at the pebble dash on the back wall of my house and I hate it. I appreciate that it hides the dirt, but it's just so cold and spikey. Much prefer clean smooth external walls in modern builds.

GingerLily · 07-04-2021 2:09pm

seamus wrote: »

My entire worldview has changed now hearing there are people who don't like ensuites.

I can only imagine these are people who don't have kids or don't regularly have guests over. A toilet you can use whenever you like and nobody else can, as well as a shower you can use any time of the day or night?

Bliss.

Definitely agree, as someone who uses the toilet regularly in the middle of the night, sharing a bathroom with other people would really annoy me

Stepping Stone · 07-04-2021 2:25pm

Those massive fake leather reclining 3 piece suites. They’re always too big for the room and ugly as hell. I’ve mainly come across them in black but I do know someone with the black version in one room and cream in another. Hideous.

Stone cladding on that one house in an estate. If you want your house to look completely different to the rest, don’t buy in an estate!

Those mirrored mosaic tiles. Mirrored anything that isn’t an actual bloody mirror on the wall.

Dark kitchens. They’re inevitably badly lit and show the dirt up. Yes, I can see where you’ve had your greasy hands.

Tables with glass tops, especially the ones with some form of metal support underneath. Ugly as hell.

Open plan in standard houses. I’ve been in well designed ones with a huge kitchen, dining and living space together. They also had separate and more formal sitting rooms, studies, utilities, tv rooms and in one case a formal dining room. You could bypass the open space easily. It does not work in the average 4 bed semi-d.

Already mentioned a few times but kitchen islands in small kitchens. Again, if you’ve got the space, it works. If you don’t, just bloody don’t shoehorn one in there. Same for breakfast bars. If you are living in a normal house, you don’t bloody need one. I know someone who got an island with breakfast bar installed but had to get rid of the kitchen table. How does that make sense?

As for the en-suite, how are people using them? It’s a personal space to shower, clean your teeth and go for a pee in peace. I don’t know what sort of things people have seen, but if you close the door, you can’t hear anything. It never smells because it’s liquids only. Again, maybe it’s a case that they’re shoehorned into tiny spaces.

Stepping Stone · 07-04-2021 2:27pm

I forgot the worst thing. Cool white lights, especially in a house with a monotonous grey and white decor. They’re bloody blue lights. Also, crystal covered lights. They look tacky as hell.

07-04-2021 2:29pm

Stepping Stone wrote: »

It never smells because it’s liquids only.

Is that the rule now, when buying houses? No sh/ting in the ensuite, it's not designed for that? :P

seamus wrote: »

Anyway, I'm sitting here looking at the pebble dash on the back wall of my house and I hate it. I appreciate that it hides the dirt, but it's just so cold and spikey. Much prefer clean smooth external walls in modern builds.

I live in an estate that has a mish-mash of pebble-dashed houses, and red brick houses. Estate was an 80s build and a few of the houses are getting new dashing done on them around the place now. 2-3 of them so far have opted for smooth renders instead of re-doing the dashing. It's cheaper and cleaner/tidier in my opinion. However, the issue I have with it (as someone whose dashing needs doing) is that apparently you need planning permission to swap over to the smooth render (none of the other houses have bothered, but I plan to sell in future). It's a bit annoying as I know i'd save a few Euro, and get a nicer finish, with a smooth render.

Iguarantee · 07-04-2021 2:30pm

fits wrote: »

I really want a boiling water tap for this reason ( as long as they aren’t noisy too)

They're not.

Ubbquittious · 07-04-2021 2:33pm

seamus wrote: »

My entire worldview has changed now hearing there are people who don't like ensuites.

I can only imagine these are people who don't have kids or don't regularly have guests over. A toilet you can use whenever you like and nobody else can, as well as a shower you can use any time of the day or night?

Bliss.

Anyway, I'm sitting here looking at the pebble dash on the back wall of my house and I hate it. I appreciate that it hides the dirt, but it's just so cold and spikey. Much prefer clean smooth external walls in modern builds.

Many ensuites are just a corner taken out of a bedroom. So you are basically taking a sh1t in your bedroom

Id go even further and say the people who had the jacks in a separate building outside were on to something. Far more hygienic

Wesser · 07-04-2021 2:37pm

dkav9 · 07-04-2021 2:49pm

Fairy lights everywhere

PowerToWait · 07-04-2021 2:59pm

Seems to me a lot of the problems people have with open plan, ensuite etc are due to poor design more than inherent problems with the ideas themselves.

I'm designing a kitchen at the moment and really can't decide whether go get an island or not. It's fairly large at over 20 square metres but a table might do the job.

boardlady · 07-04-2021 4:00pm

Himself is absolutely forbidden from taking a dump in the ensuite ... especially if it is bedtime and I am heading unwittingly up the stairs ..

)

boardlady · 07-04-2021 4:01pm

And we have a very large one which is essentially a separate room from the bedroom - not carved out of it. He is a smelly b***ard!

NSAman · 07-04-2021 4:10pm

boardlady wrote: »

Himself is absolutely forbidden from taking a dump in the ensuite ... especially if it is bedtime and I am heading unwittingly up the stairs .. )

Oh listen to her, have ya not got a fan in the ensuite?

So the poor guy takes a dump. Fan on air gets sucked out (perhaps a precursor to later ahem)

You'd swear that your perfumes (ladies some of it is bloody awful) and the myriad of loofa's, foot scrubs, bottles of this and that and the other, the combs and brushes that clog up the whole bathroom are invisible to us men?

Allow the guy a dump...;)

boardlady · 07-04-2021 4:33pm

NSAman wrote: »

Oh listen to her, have ya not got a fan in the ensuite?

So the poor guy takes a dump. Fan on air gets sucked out (perhaps a precursor to later ahem)

You'd swear that your perfumes (ladies some of it is bloody awful) and the myriad of loofa's, foot scrubs, bottles of this and that and the other, the combs and brushes that clog up the whole bathroom are invisible to us men?

Allow the guy a dump...;)

He can do it downstairs! It's not like he doesn't have options

fits · 07-04-2021 4:44pm

For us with the space available it was either walk in wardrobe or en suite. I generally just don’t like small dark en suite bathrooms and hate clutter so the walk in wardrobe won out. And there’s no clutter in our bedroom at all - it’s a haven.

07-04-2021 6:51pm

theteal wrote: »

Baaa, some of us have no other option in these times of massive TVs (I tried all alternatives positions). Meh, we sit 4m+ away so my initial concerns have not come to fruition. Tbh I'd do away with the fireplace if it were up to me.

I don't get why people need such massive TVs?

I have a 32" at eye level, and its perfectly adequate!

lawred2 · 07-04-2021 6:54pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't get why people need such massive TVs?

I have a 32" at eye level, and its perfectly adequate!

last two TVs we've had have been 40in .... I wouldn't want any bigger.

NSAman · 07-04-2021 7:01pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't get why people need such massive TVs?

I have a 32" at eye level, and its perfectly adequate!

*Snip*

GingerLily · 07-04-2021 7:02pm

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I don't get why people need such massive TVs?

I have a 32" at eye level, and its perfectly adequate!

Depends on the room size, our sofa is 5m away from the couch so we have a 50 inch and it looks the right size for our room, if the couch was right in front of the TV that'd be a different story

07-04-2021 8:16pm

GingerLily wrote: »

Depends on the room size, our sofa is 5m away from the couch so we have a 50 inch and it looks the right size for our room, if the couch was right in front of the TV that'd be a different story

I agree in theory, the size of the room does have a part to play.

I admit its a pet hate of mine when the first thing your eye is drawn to when you walk into a room, is a huge TV. It overwhelms the room if its too big.

theteal · 07-04-2021 8:48pm

Deleted User wrote: »

I don't get why people need such massive TVs?

I have a 32" at eye level, and its perfectly adequate!

The smallest size my main TV model came in was 58" - which is the one we have. The TV it replaced was a 14 year old 32" that now lives in my office. The room is 5*5, the old telly was waaaaay too small

Top end models standard size is 55" these days. You can get 48"/49" models as of 2020 but they're charging more than the 55"

07-04-2021 9:05pm

theteal wrote: »

Top end models standard size is 55" these days. You can get 48"/49" models as of 2020 but they're charging more than the 55"

I don't need a top end model.

My 32" is about three years old and cost less then 300 quid, and fits very nicely in one corner of the room.

Does the job!

Treppen · 07-04-2021 9:08pm

Elephant's Breath

It's fecken grey

headtheball14 · 07-04-2021 10:09pm

Herringbone Floors, I have liked them but they are shoehorned now into every new build ive been to in last few years.
Think they will look very dated in the near future. Also the panelling

Wesser · 08-04-2021 12:09am

Beige tile bathrooms. Oh jesus every house in ireland i think is covered in biege biscuity tiles. Sweet jesus. Oh it lovely yeah.

Magnolia walls with faux black leather couches. Sure sign of a rental house

Leg End Reject · 08-04-2021 12:29am

headtheball14 wrote: »

Herringbone Floors, I have liked them but they are shoehorned now into every new build ive been to in last few years.
Think they will look very dated in the near future. Also the panelling

Traditional, old herringbone floors are beautiful if the original character of a house is respected. They were usually in the grand rooms of big houses.

It doesn't work in small rooms or with laminate though.

Ditto for traditional panelling, but not mock panelling.

99nsr125 · 08-04-2021 12:37am

Polished concrete

Double height rooms

anewme · 08-04-2021 12:37am

Treppen wrote: »

Elephant's Breath

It's fecken grey

Beautiful colour.

Its not grey.

It's a mix of brown, magenta, grey.

99nsr125 · 08-04-2021 12:40am

boardlady wrote: »

And we have a very large one which is essentially a separate room from the bedroom - not carved out of it. He is a smelly b***ard!

You need to feed him better

El Tarangu · 08-04-2021 10:29pm

boardlady wrote: »

Himself is absolutely forbidden from taking a dump in the ensuite ...

Deleted User wrote: »

Is that the rule now, when buying houses? No sh/ting in the ensuite, it's not designed for that? :P

When you are young, people never tell you about how much of romantic relationships is just avoiding hearing one another poop, but it's a lot.

09-04-2021 12:01am

El Tarangu wrote: »

When you are young, people never tell you about how much of romantic relationships is just avoiding hearing one another poop, but it's a lot.

aquinn · 09-04-2021 12:22pm

This is a brilliant thread and certainly an eye opener.

We're trying to buy a house and I was all about an en-suite, less so now after reading this.

Allinall · 09-04-2021 12:24pm

aquinn wrote: »

This is a brilliant thread and certainly an eye opener.

We're trying to buy a house and I was all about an en-suite, less so now after reading this.

If you want an en suite, then buy a house with one.

Don’t base your decisions on what other people think..

aquinn · 09-04-2021 12:36pm

Allinall wrote: »

If you want an en suite, then buy a house with one.

Don’t base your decisions on what other people think..

Prightoff. Your post is unnecessarily aggressive.

Am well able to make own decisions but always good to have others opinions too.

Princess Calla · 09-04-2021 5:36pm

aquinn wrote: »

Prightoff. Your post is unnecessarily aggressive.

Am well able to make own decisions but always good to have others opinions too.

Tbh I didn't read the post as aggressive.

We don't have an en suite and tbh I'd love one especially with kids in the mix. It would just give an extra layer of privacy.

I think some issues with en suites were they were badly designed.

09-04-2021 11:39pm

boardlady wrote: »

He can do it downstairs! It's not like he doesn't have options

Leg End Reject · 10-04-2021 9:56am

I wouldn't buy a house without a decent size ensuite, just make sure it has a window so it isn't a dark cupboard that becomes a breathing ground for mould.

tscul32 · 10-04-2021 3:48pm

I live with my husband and 3 boys. The ensuite is mine. Husband is just about allowed to use it, in the middle of the night, just to pee.

GingerLily · 10-04-2021 6:48pm

Leg End Reject wrote: »

I wouldn't buy a house without a decent size ensuite, just make sure it has a window so it isn't a dark cupboard that becomes a breathing ground for mould.

We've a new build with heat exchange and the ensuite is well vented without a window (all the bathrooms have vents out, never have an issues and three years in

11-04-2021 7:11am

aquinn wrote: »

This is a brilliant thread and certainly an eye opener.

We're trying to buy a house and I was all about an en-suite, less so now after reading this.

Not sure you'll make great decisions based on the information in this thread. People love slagging off what they don't have themselves and much of it, in reality, boils down to the old green eyed monster.

For lots of people, an en suite bathroom is a huge convenience and a great thing to have in a house, especially with children. Lots of people put wardrobes or walk-in wardrobes between the bedroom and the bathroom so they feel like separate rooms but still closed off from the rest of the house.

Buddy Bubs · 11-04-2021 7:22am

aquinn wrote: »

This is a brilliant thread and certainly an eye opener.

We're trying to buy a house and I was all about an en-suite, less so now after reading this.

Ah stop, I'd have to change my whole house if I was swayed by this thread.

Leg End Reject · 11-04-2021 1:38pm

GingerLily wrote: »

We've a new build with heat exchange and the ensuite is well vented without a window (all the bathrooms have vents out, never have an issues and three years in

Do you not miss natural light? I put makeup on in my ensuite and prefer to have daylight for it.

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