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LOL, and I imagine those glass shower/tub doors are a pain to clean if the owners don't wipe them down after a bath or shower. That's what we do to keep them looking decent.
I'm not crazy about fake wood laminate floors, or those sinks perched above vanity counters in bathrooms- there's a name for those, I can't think of it. But that's just me.
Not crazy about subway tile either, it just reminds me of....subways.
Some people in my area used pick flamingos as an anti-gentrification protest symbol about 15 years ago. They won that particular battle (against incorporation) but pretty much wound up losing the war.
I don't know about anyone else - but I would be PO'd if someone put anything in my yard without my consent and then demanded a "ransom" to remove it. Robyn
I think many people in the area where I live would consider that to be trespassing.
Yup.
so guests will just need to get used to seeing "cutsey" photos of my kids, a "dream" and "love" sign here and there, and a sign saying "kitchen" in the kitchen. I also have garden gnomes aplenty in the rose garden
Probably your guests share their taste in decorating with you so they wouldn't think anything about your signs and cutesy photos.
I can find my kitchen just fine without a "kitchen" sign telling me where it is. And my guests can probably figure it out themselves when they observe the appliances, sink and counters.
I hate white kitchen cabinets! Unless you're a fastidious housekeeper, I imagine they'd show every little smudge. Plus they're boring, although I get the point about them working best in a very small kitchen. What really gets me are people who paint over gorgeous real wood cabinets (like 80's/90's oak) just because white is "in". Give me the wood look any day.
I don't like glass slider doors for a tub, although I love them for a shower (I have the semi-frameless slider type). I'm not a particularly great housekeeper but squeezeeing the doors off after every shower has kept them looking nice. My pet bathroom peeve is the one-piece vinyl tub/shower surrounds. Ick.
I hate white kitchen cabinets! Unless you're a fastidious housekeeper, I imagine they'd show every little smudge. Plus they're boring, although I get the point about them working best in a very small kitchen. What really gets me are people who paint over gorgeous real wood cabinets (like 80's/90's oak) just because white is "in". Give me the wood look any day.
I don't like glass slider doors for a tub, although I love them for a shower (I have the semi-frameless slider type). I'm not a particularly great housekeeper but squeezeeing the doors off after every shower has kept them looking nice. My pet bathroom peeve is the one-piece vinyl tub/shower surrounds. Ick.
I just shoot the glass doors with Scrubbing Bubbles once every week or two (when I'm taking a shower) - and it does the job. Handling mold in the tile grout is just as easy (X-14 works great). The hard job is getting rid of soap scum on the shower floor tiles. I've never found a chemical/spray that will do that. A pumice stick does (although it takes some "elbow grease").
I've had white/black kitchens (white cabinets/black floors) for 40+ years now (three different places - and I put in all the kitchens). Sometimes the look is "in" - sometimes it's "out" - but I have always enjoyed looking at/working in my kitchens. They really don't show a lot of dirt. Then again - I don't have kids or anyone else with dirty sticky hands using them either. If I did have anyone like that mucking up the cabinets - I'd want to be able to see the dirt so I could clean it up.
These are my current kitchen cabinets (although I now have a nice new French door refrigerator).
Note that I would in general be more concerned with things like the quality of cabinets and how they're built (for example - framed versus frameless - Understand Framed and Frameless Cabinets - MasterBrand) - than a particular cabinet finish. The one thing I would definitely avoid when it come to cabinet finishes is the "flavor of the year" (whatever it happens to be). Because - unlike throw pillows - you can't change your kitchen cabinets every couple of years. Robyn
I hate white kitchen cabinets! Unless you're a fastidious housekeeper, I imagine they'd show every little smudge. Plus they're boring, although I get the point about them working best in a very small kitchen. What really gets me are people who paint over gorgeous real wood cabinets (like 80's/90's oak) just because white is "in". Give me the wood look any day.
I don't like glass slider doors for a tub, although I love them for a shower (I have the semi-frameless slider type). I'm not a particularly great housekeeper but squeezeeing the doors off after every shower has kept them looking nice. My pet bathroom peeve is the one-piece vinyl tub/shower surrounds. Ick.
I'd be in favor of painting old oak kitchen cabs, if they were worth the trouble. I got so sick of oak cabs! And the oak that was used in so many of them wasn't that great looking to begin with.
Younger people tend to go for the painted finishes, I think. Probably they want the opposite of what they grew up with. But oak in a kitchen is not a look I want for myself. I've been there and done that.
I hate white kitchen cabinets! Unless you're a fastidious housekeeper, I imagine they'd show every little smudge. Plus they're boring, although I get the point about them working best in a very small kitchen. What really gets me are people who paint over gorgeous real wood cabinets (like 80's/90's oak) just because white is "in". Give me the wood look any day.
White cabinets look so sterile and boring. And white appliances are my least favorite option, especially large refrigerators.
I'm not a fan either. I think they would be hard to clean, and probably prone to chipping.
Really depends what they're made out of in terms of chipping. I've stayed in some hotel rooms where they're made out of metal. Which isn't prone to chipping (OTOH - I don't care for the look of any of the metal sinks I've seen).
They're obviously harder to clean than regular sinks. Because - with regular sinks - there's no "outside" to clean.
Still - if/when we build another house (my husband would probably shoot me before agreeing to do so ) - it might be fun doing one bathroom out of 2/3 with a sink like that. Also - I've found that higher sinks like that work pretty well functionally (the closer the water is to your face - the better).
I think when you're building/redecorating - it's perhaps best to do 80% what you know and like - and experiment with the other 20%. Robyn
White cabinets look so sterile and boring. And white appliances are my least favorite option, especially large refrigerators.
So what do *you* have? Please post some pictures. Robyn
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) - it might be fun doing one bathroom out of 2/3 with a sink like that. Also - I've found that higher sinks like that work pretty well functionally (the closer the water is to your face - the better).
