pyccku
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Post by pyccku on Jul 3, 2014 23:41:12 GMT
We looked at some model homes today. Some were in the $800k range and with the upgrades wouldn't surprise me if they were closer to $1M.
so many things were stylistic rather than functional. Fancy staircases, lots of wainscotting, ceiling beams that weren't actually supporting the ceiling.
right now, they look new and fresh and seem like luxury touches. But how will they be viewed in 10 years?
We have been doing some upgrades to our current home and are trying to stick with things that are either functional or classic. We want to enjoy the look of our home, but also not hand to worry about trying to sell it in ten years and have people freak out about wood paneling, popcorn ceilings and orange shag carpet, lol!
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 3, 2014 23:45:08 GMT
i think the skinny multicolor tiles will be dated, so will the wood look tile. wainscoting no, stairs no, beams no….
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Post by cindyupnorth on Jul 3, 2014 23:48:22 GMT
I agree with spit. Things you mentioned sound classic to me. Not trendy.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 3, 2014 23:52:12 GMT
Fancy stairs can depend... my IL's "fancy" turned metal posts on their stairs look very dated.
I happen to love wainscotting and think it is more of a stylistic choice than a trend.
Same thing with beams... can be part of a timeless farmhouse look, or can look dated, depending on the house and overall look.
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Post by pyccku on Jul 4, 2014 0:12:02 GMT
Every single house we went to had the little tile back splashes.
The ceiling beams were plain wood, but painted in trendy colors.
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 0:17:49 GMT
Every single house we went to had the little tile back splashes. The ceiling beams were plain wood, but painted in trendy colors. those little tiles drive me crazy. I just remodeled two bathrooms and a kitchen and stayed far far away from those.
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Post by annabella on Jul 4, 2014 0:21:35 GMT
Vessel sinks were trendy 10 years ago, not seeing them much anymore.
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Post by annabella on Jul 4, 2014 0:22:16 GMT
My kitchen has those 1 inch glass tiles, I put them in 7 years ago, I think it looks more modern than large porcelain tiles.
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Post by greenlegume on Jul 4, 2014 0:27:39 GMT
Out of all the things you mentioned, I think the only one that won't seem dated is the wainscoting.
I think sticking with classic designs and functionality for the big things is a very smart move. Then you can save the trendy stuff for easily replaced and cheaper things like paint colors and more disposable decor items.
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Post by Merge on Jul 4, 2014 0:29:48 GMT
I think in that price range buyers are going to expect nice architectural details, not just a box devoid of interest once the furniture and decor is gone. And they're going to have the money to update/remodel when things become dated.
Even classic details like wainscoting are subject to buyer preference. I don't think it's realistic to remodel a home now hoping to appeal to a random buyer ten years from now. Put in what you like.
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 0:34:29 GMT
It's floor plan and location, and price. Everything else can be changed
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Post by JBeans on Jul 4, 2014 4:58:52 GMT
I hate the oblong glass tile/ rock patterns. We just built and moved in to our place and I avoided those like the plague! But the hey seem to be in every other show home I visited.
I have to admit, I'm guilty of going with grey tones. I think it's what beige was to houses about 15 years ago. I imagine that no matter what you do, a house will eventually become dated.
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Post by ~summer~ on Jul 4, 2014 5:04:14 GMT
I think wainscoting is good only if it matches the style of the home. It doesn't look good in a Mediterranean style home for example. And I think many beams look strange in new homes. Personally if I were going to buy a new home (as in new build) it would be modern because everything else just looks forced. I only really like those classic touches in an old home.
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Post by freecharlie on Jul 4, 2014 5:09:22 GMT
What is wainscotting?
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Post by Skypea on Jul 4, 2014 5:13:55 GMT
I do too. along with glass tiles. I sure wouldn't want any SMALL ones - more grout to worry about. vessels sinks and probably bronze faucets
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Post by spitfiregirl on Jul 4, 2014 5:13:57 GMT
I hate the oblong glass tile/ rock patterns. We just built and moved in to our place and I avoided those like the plague! But the hey seem to be in every other show home I visited. I have to admit, I'm guilty of going with grey tones. I think it's what beige was to houses about 15 years ago. I imagine that no matter what you do, a house will eventually become dated. My whole house is redone in grays. I love gray and I always have. 30 years ago, I bought my first house, i painted it gray. 6 years later, I bought my second house... And painted it gray. Omg. I painted my 5 th house gray, and now this house I'm in, I just redid in gray. Wow. I guess I really like gray! gray is here to stay for me.!
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Post by raindancer on Jul 4, 2014 5:41:49 GMT
I don't really understand worrying about things like that for the future. When you are ready to sell you can update and stage. Counter tops, tile, beams, paint, appliance colors will all date themselves, heck even wall texture and ceiling texture matters eventually! But who doesn't move into a home and make some changes? I say do the updates you want and like with the colors and surfaces that make you happy. Even I you don't someone is likely to not love it anyway.
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Post by TracieClaiborne on Jul 4, 2014 7:09:49 GMT
I always wonder if at some point, open area floor plans will seem dated. Right now most homes are one big room to me....great room, kitchen and dining all in together with no walls. I built my house to look like an old house because I like to cozy up in a room and close the door. My builder argued with me that it wasn't open enough but I built it for me, not for resale. I even added walls to close it in. It does seem very small when we have a crowd over but that's like once every five years!!! I just wonder if all these new homes with giant rooms will one day seem dated in any way.
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Post by miominmio on Jul 4, 2014 7:43:18 GMT
By definition, at trend will, at some point, become dated.
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Post by periwrinkle on Jul 4, 2014 7:59:55 GMT
I love the little glass tiles.
In our downstairs bathroom we have four inch white tiles for the backsplash. The grout is the same forest green as the counter and the walls are a mustard yellow. Switch plates and faucets are all black.
Our kitchen has the same square tiles (white counter) but every so often there are three skills vertical tiles between the. Two forest green tiles sandwiching a dusty rose one. My MIL just adores them. It's her favorite color scheme. I'd gladly take the dated glass tiles. Even when they become outdated. ..they won't be as outdated as what we have now.
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 4, 2014 8:57:54 GMT
We are starting to look for our next home, having just sold our first home (where we lived for 22 years). We expect that our next home will probably be our last home. This thread is very timely for me, because more than likely we will buy a house and update the kitchen. In those that are already updated, I'm seeing lots of the small tile backsplashes, and busy pattern granite counter tops. I personally don't care for the busy patterns that much and I do think they'll look dated sooner rather than later. Where I'm having a problem is trying to figure out cabinet color. The "trend" seems to be all over the place, so I'll probably just go with what I like. If I put up a tile backsplash, it would have to be something I would want to live with forever, because my dh (aka the one who does the remodeling) has already said that he won't take down tile once he puts it up. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg)
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Post by scrapsuzy on Jul 4, 2014 9:01:32 GMT
I always wonder if at some point, open area floor plans will seem dated. Right now most homes are one big room to me....great room, kitchen and dining all in together with no walls. And see, this is one thing I'm having a hard time finding in the older homes that we are looking at. We want open, open, open, preferably without a formal living and dining. We have a large family that is only getting bigger, and we gather often. I like to have everyone be able to be all together, so we neeeed that open space! Our kids are grown, so I don't need to close up away from anyone. ![:)](//storage.proboards.com/5645536/images/MNrJDkDuSwqIMVw33MdD.jpg)
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Post by M in Carolina on Jul 4, 2014 9:37:35 GMT
I think open is here to stay. I think multiple stories for large homes will be more of a classic feature because ranches cost more to heat and cool--you don't have a way to take heat rising and cold settling and circulate that inexpensively. I have a two story townhouse that is less than 2 years old. We sometimes run the air on upstairs at night for cooling, but the air upstairs does settle downstairs where we rarely have to turn on the air down here. Our small gas fireplace is enough to heat downstairs comfortably without having to have both systems going.
I think open stairs on staircases is a trend that comes and goes. There are a lot of people that don't like them because they can be less safe. I also think stair placement can change.
Paint is an easy change. I do like architectural details and nice woods. I think a lot of decorative trims and of the moment patterns in wood or tile floors or in doors can be very trendy. I think classics last--white and black marble, wider planks, nothing too shiny or too matte, clean lines.
I think some granites look dated. I usually see more plain marbles and granites in light to medium tones--not too dark, not too colored. Add color with paint, fabrics, and tiles. The subway tiles seem to be a classic. I've seen them in kitchens from the 1930s to today. I don't like brightly colored tiny tiles in a trendy pattern or colorway.
I look through designer magazines, Houzz, and Pinterest to see what I like. I'm more of a classic person, but my dad built high price developments at the beach when I was growing up, and I've been in interior design for 15 years.
I definitely think stainless is going to stay. I do like some of the coloured appliances, but I definitely would think that would be trendy in a million dollar house. I think if you want the house to look great for a long time, that you can't go wrong with classic Subzeroes and larger fridges. You'll see what's expected in your area for these types of homes.
Sometimes' I'm amazed at how expensive kitchens and bathrooms look in less expensive housing and sometimes I see very trendy, cheap looking granites and fixtures in multimillion dollar houses. I do think that the best places to stay classic is in the kitchen and bath.
I also wonder how much longer people will want big lawns. They waste so much water and are so hard to keep green. Even the golf courses like Pinehurst 2 and other famous courses are going very environmentally friendly. Pinehurst 2 wound up taking out over 10,000 sprinkler heads and has saved over 3 million gallons of water!
Dh and I just drove through the nicest country club in our area. We commented that we didn't see the grass going anytime soon (even the shoulders of the road by the entrances were cut like the golf courses with multiple passes.
One thing that really stuck out on the huge houses we looked at were iron railings, and big Gone with the Wind faux column promenades on a two story house. They were so disproportionate in size to the rest of the trims and architectural details. The two houses that had those really stood out in a bad way.
I do think with million and mulimillion dollar houses you *can* get by with different, but I think designs that stay in a nice proportion age the best---look at houses from the 70s--the ones that stick out are those flat front two story homes with the huge columns stuck on the side. They do not look like the Pantheon or Tara from Gone with the Wind. To tear them off, you have to redo the whole front facade. It's expensive. I've not seen too many that have been remodeled. They get worn to death because nobody will buy them so the owners wind up trapped forever, and then they get razed.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jul 4, 2014 11:22:14 GMT
I hate the oblong glass tile/ rock patterns. We just built and moved in to our place and I avoided those like the plague! But the hey seem to be in every other show home I visited. I have to admit, I'm guilty of going with grey tones. I think it's what beige was to houses about 15 years ago. I imagine that no matter what you do, a house will eventually become dated. My whole house is redone in grays. I love gray and I always have. 30 years ago, I bought my first house, i painted it gray. 6 years later, I bought my second house... And painted it gray. Omg. I painted my 5 th house gray, and now this house I'm in, I just redid in gray. Wow. I guess I really like gray! gray is here to stay for me.! Another fan of grey here. I live in an area where darker ochre tones seem to be taking over; one of the complexes nearby is dark brown... Grey for me! The actual fancy name is "Cape Fynbos" and I love it.
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Post by pyccku on Jul 4, 2014 12:22:41 GMT
Surprisingly, more than half of t he homes we saw were NOT open concept! We were expecting the usual granite countertops (they were), SS appliances (they were) and open concept.
Lots of wood flooring with big plush rugs too. Very little carpet. And striped paint Everywhere!
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Post by anonrefugee on Jul 4, 2014 12:57:03 GMT
ScrapsontheRocks,I looked up Cape Fynbos color. Is it a universal color where you live? Like Charleston Green is here?
I'm going to show it to a friend. She's trying to find a warm grey to transition her khaki, ochre, and burgundy home to more current colors.
Thanks for the home trend and design threads this morning. My own is weighing on my mind, so fun to read.
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Post by anxiousmom on Jul 4, 2014 13:06:47 GMT
Every single house we went to had the little tile back splashes. The ceiling beams were plain wood, but painted in trendy colors. those little tiles drive me crazy. I just remodeled two bathrooms and a kitchen and stayed far far away from those. The funny thing about this? I live in a house that was built in the 20's and still have the original tile in the bathroom. I got lucky, I don't have the hideous pink you sometimes see (LOL) but rather a sky and navy blue combo. Anyway, the floor tile is the itty bitty 1 inch tile in the sky blue/navy blue, black and white colors in a basket weave pattern. It is the biggest pain the ass to clean, but it is kind of pretty. Like everything else, it all comes back around. Fortunately for me, the tile fits the house, so rather than dated, it flows. But I think if I had it as a backsplash, it would be out of place.
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Post by ScrapsontheRocks on Jul 4, 2014 13:10:12 GMT
ScrapsontheRocks,I looked up Cape Fynbos color. Is it a universal color where you live? Like Charleston Green is here? I'm going to show it to a friend. She's trying to find a warm grey to transition her khaki, ochre, and burgundy home to more current colors. Thanks for the home trend and design threads this morning. My own is weighing on my mind, so fun to read. Great exchanges of views happen here- It bears repeating how sad I would have been to have lost the Peas! I had to look up Charleston Green, so I learned something. Great colour, very classy. I don't think Fynbos would qualify as a universal colour, even here in South Africa there would be arguments as the vegetation in question varies from silver to quite dark. We have two very large paint companies here and a few medium-sized ones (I think). We chose our grey from one of the big two to ensure continuity. I will need more for touch-ups/repairs very soon as we are extending. I hope your friend can find something warm.
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Post by austnscrapaddict on Jul 4, 2014 13:14:31 GMT
There are also some differences geographically. My best friend in the midwest is really in to beadboard and iron lighting... everywhere! Here in the Southwest, that isn't in. I also think, and correct me if I'm wrong, but open concept is very American.
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Post by pyccku on Jul 4, 2014 13:45:23 GMT
Beadboard is one thing we are going to put in, but sparingly. DH has the summer off, so we made a list of things and hope to finish a few:
Master bath - fiberglass shower was cracking, so we needed to replace it. We took it out and put in a tile one with a bench.
He's finished painting the kitchen to match the rest of the living area - a light gray.
Reprinted the kitchen chairs a dark gray (they had been stained red)
Next thing is to do the kitchen backsplash in white subway tile.
Were also hoping to: Paint the hall bath and put beadboard around the bottom half of the wall. Paint the master br/bath a brown color.
If we go crazy, someday we may refinish the kitchen cabinets white and add handles and pulls.
Maybe put in wall cabinets and a tall shelf in the laundry room to use as food storage. Our kitchen isn't the best as far as accessible food storage.
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