To ask your interior design hates

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For me it’s got to be those massive bloody clocks made up of parts which get stuck to the wall. We’re house hunting at the moment and they’re in almost every kitchen. Those and navy walls nearly always coupled with wicker furniture and cheese plants - it feels like such a ‘done’ look now.

Interested to hear yours!

This has been brought up every time for the last 20 years... how many houses do you actually see getting painted in magnolia...

I wouldn't have anything grey because I find it a depressing colour, but apart from that, I find most things are fine - taste is subjective.
It's just important to have a comfortable home, it won't be perfect, it won't be Instagram chic, but it will be welcoming, full of personal items and a relaxing space for the people to enjoy.

Ours was like that when we bought, very quickly got to work digging borders and adding tonnes of bulbs and flowers and a few smallish trees, next job is some climbers to break up some of the fencing.

Media walls where the TV is blatantly too high up on the wall and would lead to chronic neck problems.

I don't like those huge bathroom tiles, or panels, that make it look like a hotel. Absolutely love my metro tiles, which I see a lot of people hate. I get the link to public toilets but I think public loos that have them tend to date from a time when everything was better quality than it is now, even public toilets. Also in bathrooms, I hate the weird white panelling between sinks and toilets that make it look like the interior of an aeroplane.

There is definitely snobbery here though, especially people specifying that they hate 'cheap' versions of the offending items. Do they suppose people buy cheap because they prefer cheap items, or because it's all they can afford? Likewise, the person who specified hating gallery walls 'behind sofas', which is where many people would have them as that would be their only wall space big enough to put one. Not a nice attitude imo.

@JMSA id yours a period house? Our last two were and I don’t think anything would be looking dated or overdone by now (15 and 9 years on respectively) as I kept it very classic…..however we are now in the process of buying a new build, house prices, part time working and needing specific things from a plot now we have children has meant that in the area we we settled (nr Grandparents) a period home which doesn’t need about 200k worth of wk (do not want to do that again) is out of reach. I am at sea as to what the hell to do with it to avoid it looking like a ‘Next catalogue ‘ house?!? I think it’s so much harder for what I consider classic decor to look right in a new build!

I love plants - sorry to be a bore

Me too! I have always had loads of plants, imo they make a house more of a home, they bring nature in.

Im a minimalist im not soulless I just cant stand clutter if im not using it why have it.
I often wonder how some live drowning in crap and clutter that they dont need.
Less is more and very freeing.
Who needs 20 glasses/ cups and 8 sets of bedding etc.
huge sofas display cabinets ornament walls covered in pitchers it must be hell.

Grey everything
Media walls

Black or dark kitchen units
Plastic grass
Brown cord couches/arm chairs (stuff of nightmares)
Orange toned flooring
Matchy matchy furniture sets
Clinical minimalism
Black/charcoal doors and window frames

I’m another one who has loads of books but they’re not on display as there just isn’t enough room in my wee house.

I don't find IKEA cheap! Must be even stingier than I thought.

I am looking for a second hand sofa right now and it's clear grey is over as every second hand sofa is grey, apart from the Parker Knoll ones.

I don't know how to get a non-grey second hand sofa. Might have to go to IKEA but even they are still selling the grey ones!

I'm not at all calling you soulless, just saying that to me the aesthetic is soulless. It's not an attack nor is it personal- everyone has different tastes. Its fine that you like it. It's an interior design choice I personally hate as per the op.

Mrs Hinch has moved on from the grey/diamante and has now embraced the beige/white/cream in her new home

Mirrored furniture
Glitter furniture
Plastic grass
Grass and fence/wall gardens with no trees/plants
Leather sofas (either slide around on them or stick to them in summer)
Farmhouse/country kitchens in anything other than a farmhouse/older cottage.
Wall slogans

Mounds of xushions on beds. Where do they go when you actually want to get into bed?
And fake grass.....poor worms🙄. And do you have to wash bird poo off it?

Definitely this 🤦‍♀️🤣

I have very pale grey walls in most rooms, but nothing apart from the walls is grey!

Agree about the absolutely cringeworthy signage, although I do have a 'Diagon Alley' sign on the passageway to the garage

I'm not really a fan of fitted carpets full stop. Or fluffy or glittery stuff. I don't like over-busy, cluttered rooms or too much strong colour. I like a minimalist look - I find it relaxing!

I find people who like plants are usually my kind of people, and even worse, I sit around discussing plants and swapping cuttings with my friends. It's our new middle-aged hobby.

I have quite a few of the things mentioned and don’t feel at all offended, nor will I be changing them. I like minimalism, corner sofas, potted plants, ‘entertaining’ areas in gardens (as long as it’s a traditional stone patio and the furniture isn’t that boxy dark brown rattan) and metro tiles (as long as not white).

I’m quite judgey but am also happy to be judged

haha. The anti grey is hilarious! I love a bit of grey myself, but agree that it can very quickly become bland and sterile if you're not careful. Ours isn't, although that's partly because we have no money for "proper" decor so it's all a bit mix and match. Slowly improving as we change things one step at a time.

I also don't like the "Love, live, prosper" wooden signs. But they are SO popular I don't normally admit that!

Can't stand books/magazines in a toilet/bathroom.

Little bit of grey is ok

@pinotmore I agree, a lot of what people are listing is what you get in B and M or cheaper shops, and they are mainly just slagging off what poorer people have to buy as that's in their price range. If you go in cheaper stores there isn't a huge colour choice and that's why everyone ends up with the colour of that five years (at one point it was grey and mustard!)

Live, laugh, love et al
Shabby chic
Entire house all ikea
Garish loud colours/prints/florals
Hot pink
Mahogany wood

You do realise some people don't have big living rooms.

I really don't like everything grey and silver. My Son chose grey and black for his bedroom and it does look quite cool but I absolutely detest crushed velvet sofas and sparkle.