Decorating Pet Peeves

Open shelves by the stove top. I don’t get it. Anything on the shelves will have to be cleaned regularly bc of grease splatters.

I've never seen a real lit candle under a fake plant, that seems pretty obviously a thing to avoid.
I like the look with a flickering flame fake candle though.

I still need to decorate my fridge for you guys. Fridgescaping in the basement is about to be a thing!

We looked at some model homes and I thought this was really strange:
The windows had a short curtain rod oon each side of the window. There was a curtain hanging on each rod. But the rod did not extend across the window at all. There were blinds on the window. So the curtains were purely decoration and not functional at all. It was very odd.

One realtor near us said his service includes “Live, Love, Laugh” eradication for a small extra fee. 😂

you forgot BLESSED 

I agree with the open kitchen shelves. We do keep 2 open crocks of utensils on a countertop, and so I know just from those, how often we have to empty those crocks to wash all of the less often used utensils. We do it because we have exactly one built-in drawer in our kitchen, so they have to live somewhere.

But I wouldn't want to have to do the same thing with everything on the shelves.

Similarly, I really dislike the trend I see in renovated kitchens to put in standard size cabinets, regardless of the ceiling height, and to NOT put in a soffit. I get that some people enjoy decorating the area above the cabinets, but I'm seeing many kitchens where the gap is far too small to decorate, but plenty large enough to have to keep cleaning the tops of the cabinets.

I just don't want to clean extra stuff, can you tell?

Open shelves in the kitchen! NO WAY!
Everything is grey and white. Please come up with another color
Where every single item has to have some stupid saying on it.
Only have pictures of your family and the only "personal" items are those things you get a Homegoods. Do these people NOT buy anything when they travel. Nothing with special meaning? All these houses look stale and look exactly the same. Same furniture (bland grey/taupe) with matching pillows and everything has to be perfect. What ever happened to COLOR?

Dead flowers in a vase. I still see this on youtube and some decorating sites. Just say no to dead dusty flowers. Ick.

I like gallery walls. I have one on one of my walls  All my frames match. I am very matchy-match.
For those that have un-matching frames, if that is what they like....wonderful for them. 

White everything.

Kitchens that are not actually made for cooking, and just to look pretty.

Open kitchen shelves.

The house across the street from me is for sale and I looked at the photos, white or gray everything, and only one upper kitchen cupboard, plus no walls between the living room, dining room, and kitchen-- ugh so noisy!

Rainbow order bookshelves-- my wanna-be-librarian self shudders.

Apparently I have a lot of design opinions.

ETA: when we have stayed at air-b-n-b's I always like how their kitchen are arranged, with plenty of room, then realize it's because they don't have to store food.  I also have had to stand on a chair to reach the cabinet shelves because all three we've stayed at have the kitchen cupboards up to the ceiling.  Not a fan...

Maddening!

I dislike things on top of kitchen cabinets. It bugs me, I don't know why. Most of all I hate fake ivy up there.

Live, laugh, love makes me want to murder, stab, kill.

I think my biggest pet peeve though is when art/photos are hung too high, or are too small for the space where they're placed.

There’s also a wooden cutting board directly behind her stovetop. I hope she’s got a fire extinguisher nearby! 

Panels are often just for decoration.  The reason for the short rods is to save money on a longer rod. Some people just like the look better.