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I don’t think that Open Concept floor plans will die anytime soon, if at all. They are too popular and practical with today’s life style. It would take a drastic turn in our modern lifestyle to close off rooms again.
I’m note sure what the bathroom one is. It sounds like the recent wet room trend where a shower and tub are provided behind glass doors. I haven’t seen a lot of this yet so I don’t think it’s a trend that will stop.
Whether we like it or not, people like to have space. That is why the size of homes continued to rise even after a brief small homes movement was started a decade or two back. As we see today, large primary bedrooms will continue and be dependent on the size of the house rather than a trend.
That leaves electric fireplaces. This definitely is a trend that will go out. It’s fake and as history has shown, fake things die. This is one of them. It will be gone in a few years, thankfully. Jay
Open concept kitchen/living areas are going to become the sunken living rooms (1970's) of the 'aughts.
A better (and timeless) idea is a passthrough. It gives the same feeling of openness without losing the functionality of a wall to hang cabinets on (kitchen side) and bookshelves/pictures/etc (living room side).
I'm surprised that the open-plan main floor is leading in this poll.
I do know that defined rooms are making a comeback, but it seems to me that they remain a minority preference among builders and buyers alike these days.
A passthrough can take the form of an opening in a peninsula with cabinets above. The absence of a doorway between the dining room or living/dining room and kitchen is what makes a space open-plan.
People like them for entertaining because folks tend to gather in the kitchen, where the host is often preparing food, at dinner parties, and an open-plan main floor means they don't have to.
All trends die eventually. To figure out which of those goes first, look at the upper classes. Nowadays it's what I'll call the "Tesla class." Basically every architectural trend and fad for all of American history has started originally with the upper classes and then moved to everyone else. My theory is it will relate to climate change issues, since that's important to the Tesla class. Maybe they'll decide the open concept costs too much to heat and cool, so we'll see the return of rooms. Or maybe large master bedrooms will be frowned upon. Still, even when the upper class kills a trend, it still hangs around a while with everyone else. Look how many working class homes still have finished basements with wood paneling, for example.
White and black exteriors, with interior colors limited to two: grey and gray.
20 years from now people will look at all that vertical batten-on-board siding, white painted brick (yeah, THAT'S a great idea, transform a maintenance-free exterior cladding to a maintenance-required exterior) grey countertops and grey floors and retch at how an entire population of homeowners could have lemming-like blindly followed that trend.
White and black exteriors, with interior colors limited to two: grey and gray.
20 years from now people will look at all that vertical batten-on-board siding, white painted brick (yeah, THAT'S a great idea, transform a maintenance-free exterior cladding to a maintenance-required exterior) grey countertops and grey floors and retch at how an entire population of homeowners could have lemming-like blindly followed that trend.
Welcome to the new social drug- HGTV!
*and it does require a “subscription”; not a “prescription”!
What modern trend, that all the HGTV shows are push are destine to fade and die soon?
Free standing tub in the shower. People will realize it's way more to keep clean, and/or they don't have a big enough hot water heater to fill it. Also two tone kitchen cabinets, white and/ or black cabinets and white walls. I think no upper cabinets will go out when people realize they need the storage lol I personally dislike no upper cabinets look
I also think they'll get tired of those new wood floors that you supposedly can't scratch or ruin.
Every house on HGTV looks the same, same "wood" floors, those barn style doors and those kitchens.
I think high ceilings will die out because heating and cooling is going to waste
Add to it those fire places.
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Originally Posted by K'ledgeBldr
Welcome to the new social drug- HGTV!
*and it does require a “subscription”; not a “prescription”!
Never watched HGTV until we were selling in the spring. Some of the interiors they do are ugly as heck. I especially hate them painting brick. Like rabbit said above, you went from maintenance free to now having to repaint. How stupid!
There's a few decent shows to get ideas, better than watching TLC lately. It helps me fall asleep most nights lol
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