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Post by JBeans on Jul 5, 2014 19:09:18 GMT
Solid wood vs. mdf board? I find that hard to believe. This is based on building 2 houses in the last 10 years. White trim is standard. Some is wood, some is mdf so I am not sure. I just know when we built our house, the builder told us white woodwork is more expensive. Based upon that, I would say they probably use real wood. Weirdness. It is all painted mdf in new builds here. Solid wood base boards is an upgrade. |
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Post by pyccku on Jul 5, 2014 19:16:45 GMT
We are looking for a historic home, and those we have looked at have been "updated" I wish some features would at least look like they belong somewhere in the period of the home...it will be a long search to find something we can work with The house I stayed in when I visited France for the first time was so cool - built in the 1700's and all sorts of interesting architecture. About 12 years after that I went back and visited and was so disappointed to see that they had remodeled and modernized it. So disappointing to see a beautiful old house on the outside - but then plain, boring modern architecture inside. I can understand modernizing for function - it would suck to live in a house without electricity, heating, plumbing, etc. just because those didn't exist at the time of construction. But if you gut the house and put all sorts of modern things inside that take away everything that made the house cool in the first place, that just made me want to cry! |
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Post by tuva42 on Jul 5, 2014 21:26:48 GMT
Actually, stainless steel appliances are apparently NOT here to stay. "White Ice" and "Matte Gray" are apparently the new colors for appliances. Thank goodness, I'm so sick of trying to get fingerprints and water spots off of stainless.
We bought our first house over 20 years ago and it had a brick arch over and around the stove top and the oven was set into the brick. Everyone raved over it, but when we sold the house in 2010 the first thing the new owners wanted to do was rip out the brick!
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Post by ametallichick on Jul 6, 2014 7:21:17 GMT
I painted all of our wood trim white. In our previous house, and here. This house didn't have very nice trim to start with, but I would have painted it white regardless. I was a firm believer in not painting antique/old wood for a very long time, but now prefer the look of painted white trim because I think it's fresher and brighter. And in 30 years when trends have changed again, anyone who wants to restore the original wood trim can strip it. Sort of related... my mom, close to 40 years ago bought an antique wood cedar trunk. It was painted turquoise/aqua and was chippy... and she striped it and restored it, and refinished it. Now she regrets refinishing it and can't believe she took off that amazing turquoise/aqua paint!  I did the same thing with a funky/art deco sofa-sized picture frame that belonged to my grandparents. It was lime green and I stripped it down to the natural wood and then varnished it. I'm kicking myself  |
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Post by tiffanytwisted on Jul 6, 2014 13:10:14 GMT
I can attest to this. Dated or not, I like my shiny Baldwin brass and I couldn't find switchplate covers at either Lowe's or Home Depot.
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 6, 2014 13:50:32 GMT
I always wonder if at some point, open area floor plans will seem dated. I've read that builders are resistant to requests for more traditional floor plans (less open). Fewer walls equals less work and fewer materials. The article said builders also like to build those really, really, really tall walls in great rooms. I live in a very old house with lots of walls. I understand the visual appeal of an open plan (but only if all the users are tidy!), but the competing noises would make me bonkers. |
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 6, 2014 13:53:45 GMT
I think that it was very dated until it "came back" though. <snip> Amble over to the Kitchen Forum at Garden Web. They argue about this all the damn time. (In the context of "What is classic design?") |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jul 6, 2014 14:04:02 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. Open concept is really big in other countries.. I think if you look at new design but in places like the UK.. there are more old then new. I think the amount of new building still going on in the US makes house design here very unique. |
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Post by ktdoesntscrap on Jul 6, 2014 14:05:31 GMT
Stainless steel appliances...way overdone. I was just reading that "Ice White" is the new stainless steel! |
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Post by raindancer on Jul 6, 2014 15:15:34 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. Open concept is really big in other countries.. I think if you look at new design but in places like the UK.. there are more old then new. I think the amount of new building still going on in the US makes house design here very unique. Haha I bet! Though I'm also thinking that in terms of homes built in the period it's probably very classic, but I don't recall seeing subway tile in any model home etc when we were building just a decade ago. |
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Post by AmeliaBloomer on Jul 6, 2014 15:38:31 GMT
You're right. Almost twenty years ago, when I moved into my turn-of-the-(last)-century house, I had to scour preservationist books to find TWO places that sold subway tiles. Then it caught on big with the trendsetters (10 years ago?). Now you can find it everywhere, at every price, which means its days are probably numbered (for non-old houses).
The debate on Garden Web is usually somebody claiming white subway tiles are "classic" and will never go out of style, and many others responding with your argument - that they were out of style (among non-preservationists) for 70 years, and will probably fall out of favor again.
Once something is perceived as looking "dated," it's no longer considered classic, no matter how long it's been around. We're consistently fickle that way. Which is why we should just buy what we like in the moment.
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Post by ~Zoey~ on Jul 6, 2014 17:52:12 GMT
I really dislike my kitchen being open to the family room. Of course if I kept my island cleaned off (I pile mail, paperwork, etc. on it) I may not dislike it as much. I like the open plan between my living and dining rooms, but there's an opening in the wall so it's not just one big room. The one trend from the 70's that may not make it back is paneling. I can't imagine how they'd update it to make it more palatable.
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Post by gardengoddess on Jul 6, 2014 18:52:38 GMT
I'm so glad we stayed with white appliances when we purchased our new ones this year. Because white was cheaper in the GE Profile series we were purchasing, we were able to buy more appliance than we would have had we gone to stainless steel, plus...everyone we know that went with stainless steel hated them within a couple of years.
As far as woodwork, I like the look of both white and wood. I'm probably more partial to the warmth of wood, but white can look nice too. It all a personal preference and one not better than the other.
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Post by Tejasgal70 on Jul 6, 2014 18:53:33 GMT
I remodeled my kitchen last year and let me tell you it was so stressful trying to choose materials. In the end I decided just like my 18 year old kitchen was severely outdated, so too will this one be in 18 years. I just went with what I liked in the end, which was off-white cabinetry and off-white subway tiles for the backsplash. I'm not a huge lover of granite, but DH found one that looked like a riverbed bottom to him and he fell in love with it, so I went with it. I get compliments on that granite more than anything else. The main thing is that I had been living with pickled oak cabinets and a cranberry colored tile backsplash for 12 years, so I just wanted neutral, neutral, neutral. I wanted to be able to add color with my appliances or knick-knacks. Again, everything eventually goes out of style, so go with what makes you smile and makes you happy.
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Post by kate on Jul 6, 2014 19:14:20 GMT
I am so happy to live in an old (1920's) place with ROOMS! Open would just not work for our family. We need doors. When we moved into this place, many friends/family said, "Oh, you could knock down this wall or that wall..." Um, no, thanks.
If/when we ever do renovations, I'm all about practicality. How hard is it to clean? Can it withstand hard wear? I would not want appliances that showed fingerprints, and I don't like the tile floor that causes dropped dishes to explode on contact.
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Post by Sarah*H on Jul 6, 2014 21:18:24 GMT
I have always hated stainless and I will always hate it but it was one thing my husband insisted on when we built this house. His love affair with it hasn't died yet (because I do the cleaning) although he just bought a stainless grill a couple weeks ago and suddenly has a new appreciation for the fingerprint problem. I can't wait until that trend becomes dated enough that it's not even an option.
We just built 3 years ago and I'm already feeling like our kitchen choices (dark classic) are dated. In the end though, it's nothing that a coat of paint on the cabinets and a new countertop can't fix. I don't think the overall open floor plan of the house will be an issue before we sell in 8 years.
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Post by peasapie on Jul 6, 2014 21:21:00 GMT
I guess you were just looking to get ideas of trends, yes? The things you mention seem fairly classic, and you either love them or don't. (I personally don't.)
I love to see a home with a great floor plan and good structure: great quality windows and doors, elegant bathrooms, well-designed kitchen and fairly neutral colors. Simple and elegant.
I have had the small glass tiles in my bathroom for 10 years and still love them. To me, they're classic.
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Post by Gennifer on Jul 6, 2014 21:21:12 GMT
I'm laughing reading so many of these responses. We are doing a kitchen renovation right now, and I'm adding brass hardware on my island, with polished nickel everywhere else. I bought a gorgeous grey shag rug for our living room a few months ago, but man, it is a beast to vacuum! Doing an entire house would be quite a workout! And the next project on our list is to add whitewashed paneling to one wall in our living room. |
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