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White never went out. It just wavered in popularity and trendiness.
I'm a white cabinet fan, so any house I live in is getting white cabinets. Pretty much.
You really can't go wrong with white cabinets.
I personally cannot stand an all white kitchen. To me it appears so very antiseptic. I always feel like I am standing in a hospital ward. It was sad really. When house hunting how many great houses became a no buy instantly because they over emphasised the white.
1. For ease of resale, we wouldn't buy a home around here with fewer than three bedrooms.
2. We are empty nesters, and we share the master bedroom. That leaves two extra bedrooms.
3. We don't need them for any other reason - we already have a dining room, an office, and a second living area.
4. We have lots of company throughout the year - and we have eight grandchildren. When either daughter visits, we suddenly have six visitors. My husband and I also have a brother each, and they're married. They visit regularly - one for a weekend several times a year and the other for at least a week usually twice a year.
So our guest rooms get used at least once a month, and sometimes for a week or even longer each time.
So I don't want all those people camped out in my living room. And once in awhile, my husband snores and all I have to do is move to a guest room to get a full and peaceful night's sleep! I don't want to sleep on the sofa either!
Why can't visitors sleep on the couch in the family room if you have both a living room and a family room?
I also hate the trend of painting one wall in a room a different color than the rest of the walks in a room.
We have a guest bedroom, and it gets used multiple times a year. I think trying to have two people sleep on a couch is going to discourage visits, and frankly, I want my kids to visit as much as possible. Also, without a closet, a couch or sofa sleeper in a family room comes without closet space or a place to open a suitcase. And, not all of us have two living areas. So, even though you don't see the need for a guest room, I do.
If you hate the idea of having one wall painted differently from the rest of the walls, then don't do it.
This "trend" was big in the 1970s, by the way, It isn't that new.
And, I had it done in a large great room in the early aughts. I didn't know anyone else who was doing that, but I wanted to do it, and I had it done. Two walls were of a deeper tone than two other walls, all of the same color. It looked great, IMO.
When we bought a house with four bedrooms, relatives immediately assumed that that meant three guestrooms and they could come stay with their multiple kids. Nope! For one thing, it's a 1906 house, so the bedrooms are tiny, and for another, all the rooms are spoken for. One room is for him and his guy stuff. One room for me and my more feminine taste; he wouldn't want a floral comforter cover in his bedroom. (NO, HAVING SEPARATE BEDROOMS DOESN'T MEAN THAT WE DON'T LOVE EACH OTHER OR DON'T GET ALONG. We both snore and keep each other awake if we're in the same room.) One room for all of my embroidery and beading projects (he has the basement and carriage house for his hobbies). One room for an office, since we both have computers. Only one bathroom in the house, which makes it not very guest-friendly. There are no other rooms or spaces in the house for the functions I described. I get why other people have guest rooms, but we will never have extra rooms that would just sit there empty unless we had a guest.
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