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I never noticed it until recently but the new way they design buildings just looks ugly compared to old architecture. Like classic british architecture or greek/roman architecture. Theres old buildings in my city that are amazing but the new ones are hideous.
I agree completely! One of the reasons I never found California very attractive is because many of the buildings are newer (less than 100 years) old at most. I was born and raised back east (Philly) and we have some beautiful architecture there!
I agree completely. I don't like minimalist design, but nowadays most new houses and flats are just gray and black with indented windows and often copy-pasted 100 times in the same neighborhood.
It's like the house from Harry Potter, where everyone has the same house and same Opel Vectra, but even more depressing!
Same thing with furniture... Couches used to be big and comfy. Nowadays they are all rectangular. Everything looks too industrial and I don't like it.
I like solid wood furniture, tables with fancier design on the legs, wooden chairs with interesting patterns and cloth seats. I want my couch to be big, comfortable and homely looking. Same thing applies to the rest of my furniture.
I agree in many cases. I think they actually cared more about looks before, more things were crafted instead of mass produced. And probably when people try to make something look modern they go out of your way to make it as different from "the past" as possible which does not always work
I agree. I really don't like the "contemporary" or "minimalist" looks. Just not my taste. I really don't like the dark steel gray, oddly shaped buildings that look really drab, or that goofy "ultra-modern" look. Also, what happened to the fast food buildings? They used to all have their own look and be recognizable from a distance, but now they're all beige or gray squares and have a really dull look to them.
I'm also not big on how they're designing houses right now, with everything being painted gray and being very plain in design. I have an older, dated house and absolutely love how decorative everything is, the fact that it has beautiful natural woodwork (including real wood paneling, which I'm a sucker for), and also that everything is high quality and was done right in this house. I see so much shoddy and cheap workmanship and building materials in a lot of newer houses. I get a lot of comments about how I should paint over the wood paneling (over my dead body! That was a feature I was hoping to find while house shopping and was planning to install if not, and one of the things that made me fall in love with the house!) and "modernize" and replace everything in the house, despite it all being very well cared for and in great shape for the age, and being really nice stuff. I don't get it, because I've always found a lot of dated houses to have a lot of charm, but this contemporary style just seems soulless to me. No color, no character, nothing.
I really dislike this nothing but black/white/gray trend, stainless steel/pewter appliances and hardware (I don't care for the industrial look and find that stainless steel appliances never look good past 5 seconds after they're cleaned), that vinyl plank wood flooring that is insanely popular (looks very cheap to me), everything being really plain and square, and also this wood that is so dark it almost looks black. I hate seeing beautiful golden oak or something similar stained to a near black, or painted over! I've also recently noticed that some designers are pushing for open shelving (or just taking the doors off of cabinets) rather than cabinets in kitchens, which looks super cluttered to me, plus I can't imagine that it would look decent in anything but a model home with only the prettiest dishes and no boxes of food or anything showing. Just seems like a horrible idea to me, not to mention nice cabinets are a beautiful feature in a kitchen. I absolutely love my beautiful ornate ash cabinets, and they're one of my favorite features of my kitchen! I've also noticed that most cabinets and even some other woodwork in a lot of modern houses is particle board, even in expensive homes. I hate that!
I absolutely love how ornate and decorative buildings and houses in the past were, and hate this minimalist trend that seems to have stuck around awhile. It seems the older the house/building, the more ornate details as well. There are some gorgeous old buildings in my city that are just stunning both on the inside and out! I also love those old houses with the gingerbread on them, it's such an awesome touch!
Oh god! The restaurants! All of the McDonalds, Burger Kings, and Pizza Hut's in my town and all over the State got rid of their unique looking roofs and colors. It's all so boring looking. It's actually made me eat less fast food. Was that their goal? If it was, it's working. XD
My parents bought a house that has exposed brick work. My stepmother hates it and is gonna paint over it. -sigh- I fear by the time im ready to get my own place there's gonna be nothing nice left
Buying land and building from scratch is my (unlikely) dream. I’d make it a medium Tudor style house with a pointed roof, half timbering and a large working fireplace but with big double glazed windows and at least one skylight somewhere in the back. The best of both worlds, I’d also incorporate a stone parrot with his wings spread open somewhere.
People would probably bitch to me about re-sale value but it would be for my joy rather than an “investment”.
Damn straight! Sounds lovely. I'd build a little bunker style basement to store extra food water and ammo safely with a small house attachment with a tower. Lighthouse style. At the very top would be a reading room with plush carpet and the comfiest chair I can find a small table. At the base of the tower would be the library. The top would be well windowed of course.
Like you I dont give a rats ass about resale value. Im not looking to make money im looking to live happily
There’s one house in my town with what I call the “Rapunzel tower” that looks straight out of a Grimm’s fairytale. In a weird way I want to meet the owners to compliment them on their home, even though they probably hear it all the time. I wonder if they have a library up there.
I’ve never had a basement but now you’re giving me ideas.
I've been told to remodel my house and make a bunch of changes I'm not wild about because it would "improve the resale value", but I feel the same as you, my house being the way I like it is more important than resale value, especially since I have no plans to sell even in the distant future.
That sucks! I absolutely love brick, and have tons of it on the outside of my house, as well as a nice brick fireplace. I wouldn't paint it in a million years! I love the texture that wood and brick have and think painting it just makes it boring and drab.
That was a worry of mine before I got my place, too. I would see a nice place with a lot of charm every once in awhile, but I wasn't ready to buy yet. By the time I was finally ready and had been looking for awhile, everything seemed to look exactly the same and I thought it would take a lot of work and me really searching hard for the kind of stuff I like (since I have such dated taste) in order to make it even start to feel like a home to me. Then, all of a sudden out of nowhere, I got the urge to check Zillow again and saw a newly listed house, thought to myself "the outside is cute, but the inside is probably going to be really boring just like the rest", and to my very pleasant surprise, it was exactly what I had been looking for, plus more! That's the one I ended up buying, and I absolutely love it! So, there may still be something out there that comes up at just the right time for you, too!
My house was also elderly owned, and not only do elderly people tend to keep a lot of the original features, but they also tend to take excellent care of their homes, so everything is still in great shape. So, every once in awhile there will be a hidden gem on the market!
Yeah same, it's built on top of old Roman ruins which are still visible too
Thats so gangster. I bet France would have nice buildings as well. I was watching the titanic movie again and it made me think how ugly things are getting even boats. The grand staircase on the titanic was unlike anything you see anymore. The wood had cool designs in it that turned into horses and shit
Absolutely agree. Almost everything beyond the second world war looks utterly dreadful. I would love to see a return to more classic architecture, or at least see some new styles that are designed with some consideration of aesthetics.
It’s a matter of taste and location. I find the modern architecture in San Diego very appealing.
That's one of the many reasons I'm moving out of the US. It's ugly here.
It's more mundane then you think. People buy what they want, buildings are just another product. If you wanna fork over an extra hundred thousand or so for some old european style the only thing stopping you is the HOA.
It's just that times change and new architecture is trying to cut down on energy wasting design choices or incorporating more natural light and airflow.