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If we are talking about new builds of “affordable” housing, the open floor plan will continue. People upgrading from apartment living feel comfortable in a first home that actually resembles an apartment but with expansive spaces. They might not opt for that in their second home as it gets a bit tiresome and I’ve seen various attempts to add some sort of room definition in open space design homes after a while. But it sells.
A neighbor is trying to sell a black stucco house and it isn’t selling.
I didn’t know that fake electric fireplaces was a trend.
I hope the Tuscan/Pueblo/Georgian fusion style dies a horrible death in the Southwest.
...I hope the Tuscan/Pueblo/Georgian fusion style dies a horrible death in the Southwest.
That's heritage/tradition more than 'trend', I'd think. When we were considering retirement to New Mexico, Tuscan/Pueblo were the only houses I would have ever considered buying there.
Show me a Tuscan/Pueblo in small town Iowa.... no thanks.
I would vote for all the options to fade away, and quickly.
My last place had a bathroom with a separate tub and shower. I loved it. I didn't have to scrub the tub when I wanted to take a bath in the winter. It was dusty and needed a bit of a rinse and wipe when I wanted to use it. I didn't have to worry about guy gym feet problems.
I read that poll as a separate garden tub from the stand alone showers in the Master Bath so I voted wrong if you meant tub+shower combo. Tub+Shower combos generally not found on master baths but are very useful in secondary baths for families that need a tub for toddlers and shower for teens.
I never understood the Electric fireplace. That's like fake wood on your car. It's gotta go.
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I think high ceilings will die out because heating and cooling is going to waste
Depends on your region. High ceilings are very popular in the Southwest where summers are brutally hot and winter means 70'. Saves on cooling cost and heating is not a concern.
I read that poll as a separate garden tub from the stand alone showers in the Master Bath so I voted wrong if you meant tub+shower combo. Tub+Shower combos generally not found on master baths but are very useful in secondary baths for families that need a tub for toddlers and shower for teens.
The combined bathtub and shower is, of course, the standard arrangement in most American bathrooms.
What this poll is talking about is indeed something different: the primary bath where a separate, freestanding soaking tub is incorporated into the shower enclosure.
I read that poll as a separate garden tub from the stand alone showers in the Master Bath so I voted wrong if you meant tub+shower combo. Tub+Shower combos generally not found on master baths but are very useful in secondary baths for families that need a tub for toddlers and shower for teens.
I never understood the Electric fireplace. That's like fake wood on your car. It's gotta go.
Depends on your region. High ceilings are very popular in the Southwest where summers are brutally hot and winter means 70'. Saves on cooling cost and heating is not a concern.
Emphasis on the free standing. Think of a clawfoot tub sitting out in the middle the room (hopefully) with a shower to splash water everywhere. I don't know that it's a trend as the one house I've been in with that arrangement was from the 1920s. Somebody may have added a shower to what was originally just a bath but it definitely wasn't done in the last 30 years.
I don't watch much TV let alone reality TV so I don't know. Electric fireplaces seem more like one of those shopping channel type of things, you know, the Amish electric fireplace deals that have been round since at least since I was a kid. Again, trend? Trashy, yes; trend... not really. The trend seems to be larger and larger houses but again it's been that way since I was a kid so is it really still a trend? Mostly it seems to be 2,000 to 4,000 square feet. I'm not sure what one does with 4,000 square feet other than have a massive master suite. You've got to do something with the space. Biggest house I've been in was a rental 5 bedroom house with a bunch of roommates. It was relatively small, plus 5 bedrooms, at 2,800. The master suite was pretty stupidly sized. Not so much the bedroom but the bathroom was ridiculous. The bathroom was the size of a decent sized bedroom with a separate walk-in closest that was almost big enough to be another bedroom. The other rooms were all pretty cracker box starter size though. Weird house.
Emphasis on the free standing. Think of a clawfoot tub sitting out in the middle the room (hopefully) with a shower to splash water everywhere. I don't know that it's a trend as the one house I've been in with that arrangement was from the 1920s. Somebody may have added a shower to what was originally just a bath but it definitely wasn't done in the last 30 years[....]
Actually, I think this needs an image so everyone can visualize the much more recent phenomenon being talked about here.
Unfortunately, most of the available images of this design trend are copyrighted, but I did find one on Wikimedia Commons. This photo is of a shower stall with a tub inside it from a hotel room in Las Vegas:
Bathroom in Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas, by Sarah Stierch via Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY 4.0)
These are also called "wet rooms." More commonly, the tub within them is not embedded in a tile nest the way this one is but totally freestanding within the shower enclosure.
Do a Google search on "shower with tub inside" and you'll find tons more images.
So they've got a footed tub INSIDE a shower enclosure?
That means when you clean in there, you've got to get on your hands and knees to get all round the back of the tub?
I swear, some of these designers have just absolutely NO COMMON SENSE. The clawfooted tub is a stupid enough idea when it's in a regular bathroom, but at least then you can just ignore it. Yeah, it would have been better to use that floor space for a usable linens cabinet, but it's done. But something that adds to your cleaning time every time you scrub the shower? STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.
So they've got a footed tub INSIDE a shower enclosure?
That means when you clean in there, you've got to get on your hands and knees to get all round the back of the tub?
I swear, some of these designers have just absolutely NO COMMON SENSE. The clawfooted tub is a stupid enough idea when it's in a regular bathroom, but at least then you can just ignore it. Yeah, it would have been better to use that floor space for a usable linens cabinet, but it's done. But something that adds to your cleaning time every time you scrub the shower? STUPID, STUPID, STUPID.
One minor correction:
Most modern freestanding soaking tubs rest on their own bottoms or full solid bases. You still need to clean around back, but there's no more cleaning under the tub.
The space under a clawfoot tub is also too small and too low to the ground to turn into a linen closet. Any tub, clawfoot or otherwise, will need to take up floor space. And clawfoot tubs definitely have their fans — originals are highly prized.
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