To ask your interior design hates?

[Illbeindenial]

Mine are:

Feature Walls
Pampas Grass
Crushed Velvet
Hanging Lights - all on the same beam
Shiny furniture

My house is white and I love it - contrasted with darker wood, artwork, plants and colour from things like cushions etc. and to some that’s absolutely boring and that’s ok.

For me it’s the “it’s a bathroom inside my bedroom”, and I don’t want that. Why would I?! I like a bit more demarcation between loos and sleeping than a single wall – I actively like a hallway between me and the bathroom.

Also I’m a light sleeper and if DP gets up to go to the loo at night, he can get up and leave the bedroom, close the door, then go to the normal bathroom and I’m none the wiser. When we stay in hotels, the closest I’ll ever get to an en suite, it’s: get up, turn en suite light on and bathe bedroom in Stasi midnight wake-up light before closing the door, accompanied by the WHIRRRRRRR of the accompanying extractor fan, which is simultaneously noisy and horrible yet also not quite loud enough to muffle the noise of a wee (God forbid anything else). Then the door opens and the room is flooded with football stadium light again and the lingering noise of the flush. I like my bathroom and bedroom to have a clear separation of church and state and en suites do not deliver.

Plus it’s also an extra door in your bedroom which limits furniture placement and decor. And I’ve only ever lived in period properties where en suites either only fit if you have an entire bedroom to give over to them (I don’t) or by building a weird corner into the room. A poo corner. Haaaaaaaate with a blinding passion!

My granny's house had Artex, I agree that it seems to hold smells, particularly those of old ladies and cigarette smoke. Her Artex was everywhere, differently patterned in various rooms, the hall was painted in tasteful pale mauve paint and she also had plushy carpets which held odours. Thank God she didn't have a cat....

We also had an old house and were lucky enough to have a small alcove leading to a room next door which had originally been a dressing room. I agree with you about hacking off a corner of a room to add an ensuite, it smacks of poor seaside B&B conversions and completely spoils the room.
I'm amazed you can hear an extractor fan, ours is so quiet you can barely hear it, especially if you have a proper thick door that fits well. In our old house the problem was that both bathrooms were a staircase away, one up and one down, and I'm no fan of wandering up and down stairs when half asleep.

Conversely I really love an austere, Spartan-looking bed with no duvet, just a tight top sheet and blanket severely tucked in. Proper monk’s cell meets my grandma’s house vibes. It just looks so much tidier than a duvet ever will, even if I wouldn’t want to sleep in it.

uh oh I do have voile curtains at our two front bedroom windows and then proper curtains as well to draw at night. we’d have no privacy during the day with nothing but curtains. I’d love blinds but we can’t afford them right now - one day!

Ha ha
You would hate my bed. I have eight cushions on my bed and a throw tucked in at the end
Dh used to dislike it at first, but now he has embraced it

This.
Not a fan of en-suites

For me it’s the “it’s a bathroom inside my bedroom”, and I don’t want that. Why would I?! I like a bit more demarcation between loos and sleeping than a single wall – I actively like a hallway between me and the bathroom.

But, there will be a room most likely backing on to the main bathroom. That room shares a single wall with a bathroom, it’s the same! 🤔🤷🏼‍♀️

My en-suite doesn't have an extractor fan, it has a window. I guess the bedroom is large enough that the space taken by the door isn't an issue. And the bedroom door is open all night so any light from the en-suite doesn't make much of a difference to the light in the bedroom. In any case, I don't think either of us would wake up with a small amount ofight or noise.
It's just convenient, not having to schlep out across a landing. And more private. And just generally more of a sanctuary from kids/guests.

En suites work very well for certain scenarios , for example if it’s a teenager who has it. Particularly teenage girls, complete privacy and they can stay in there doing whatever. My daughter appreciates it hugely

if you’ve a couple of teens who don’t have their own en-suite. No queuing for the bathroom before work

if you often have guests staying who need to use the main bathroom.

if none of these apply it’s fairly pointless.

I hate en-suites too. They are inevitably dark and damp as extractor fans only offer limited effectiveness. Much better to have a second bathroom with natural light and that can be used by any member of the family at any given point

Ha! I wouldn’t live in a house with no en-suite!

We have two currently.

I love my en-suites, lovely big windows, massive walk in showers and one has a bath as well. I’ve had 2 in my last 3 houses so for the last 25 years it seems normal to me.

So weird that you mention it but... he called me last night asking what I was up to on Sunday, and did I fancy meeting up. I couldn’t get a babysitter, but he was cool with that and told me to just bring my baby

Stone clad fireplaces
Everything white or grey
Kitchens with no upper cupboards just shelves
Carpets in bathrooms (just ewww)
Sinks in bedrooms, not an en suite that's ok but just a sink in the corner of the room.
Mirrored furniture, like mirrored chest of of drawers
Stencils (the dreaded Love, Laugh,Love,)

My daughter and I each have a bedroom leading to a small dressing room leading to an en-suite and we love it! Hers has a bath (with shower over) and mine has a big walk-in shower so they suit our tastes very well.

It’s not the same at all! For starters the wall between DD’s bedroom and the bathroom is brick and structural versus an en suite stud wall thrown up to create the horror; there’s also not a door in it. She needs the loo in the night, she goes out into a hallway then into the loo. Psychologically this is important. Same as I hate restaurant or cafe loos that are just a door between you and the restaurant: my primitive brain needs the antechamber! To wee in safety!

Oh my, there are no words for this. No words.

To be honest I’ve never seen one like this, my daughters one has a window. Our previous ones had a window, my friends ones all have windows. We all also have main bathrooms that can be used my any family member. It’s not either or.

I think you’ve just had shit en-suites. They are not “inevitably dark and damp” ours all have lights and windows.

My en suite is the lightest brightest room in the house! And the fact it can’t just be used by any family member is exactly why I love it, something nice about having a loo the kids don’t use! (I have boys)

I think the same! 🤷‍♀️Our main bathroom shares a wall with a bedroom. That lucky bedroom shares a wall one side with the main bathroom and the opposite wall with our ensuite but doesn't have a door to either.

Our ensuite admittedly is darker than the main bathroom but partly because the main bathroom is north facing and has a very large window in relation to the room. Not damp though. It has an extractor fan and a window

My en-suite is neither dark nor damp, it has plenty natural light and ventilation from a big window.