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!

We havent got them but I like the option you have can open your house up on a nice day and agree it's nice for entertaining.

If I had a big house I would have some but I wouldn't want to have them in the main room I sit in at night.

Do you have blinds or curtains so you can close the world away if you need to. My friends who have got them haven't.

Grey sofas, rug, walls etc but then they add cheap, bright, geometric patterned cushions for that 'pop (🙄🙄🙄) of colour. And the colour is nearly always mustard yellow.

Features that don't fit the age of the house e.g. panelling, cornices etc in a new build or 60s build

Oh, okay, so it's not bifold doors in itself, it's how they're done? This makes sense to me.

I don't like a big open plan single room so for me, the bifold doors are on a part of the house that's a day time spot .At night, I'm sitting in a cosier lounge. (if I had them - I don't actually have bifold doors - I can only dream at this point).

That's true for most of the people I know with them and/or they have blinds of some sort or another that can be closed in the evenings etc.

What's the point in the rug going under the sofa? Isn't that a waste of rug?

This is the most stupid thing I’ve ever read.

I work full time and the only “wildlife” my garden is a haven for is my children.

So apparently now I should live in an apartment with absolutely no outside space?

I agree, I found that a really weird one. Especially the person who found it disgusting for some reason?Also I'd bet the houseplant haters all have gardens. Sorry if people who live in flats want to enjoy a bit of greenery too!

Yes, this does seem like a very judgey thread. I knew a woman ho left her marriage with NOTHING. She was in council housing with her three children. Her decor was very grey and minimalist and she was proud of it because she' managed to pull it together at very little cost. It was comfortable, it was cosy, and it was hers.

Of course, there's a difference between people on this thread who just have likes and dislikes which is fine - we all have preferences. I love a bit of green and immediately fall in love with any house with a green theme. But that's me. And then there are people who are judging. There is a notable difference.

Yes, I think we like them the same way.

I went to someones house and they had an open plan downstairs with bifolding doors and I didn't like it. They didn't have a big garden and it just didn't feel right to me.

I think it's wasteful and pretentious to have hundreds of books lining your walls that you're never going to read. Reference books, okay, within reason. But I don't see the point in having a library at home when I can go to the actual library. Keeping a book on the off chance I might glance at it once in 10 years time is just stupid imo.

And I'm an avid reader with an English Lit degree.

Me too (Lit degree) and I don’t have any books on show. I don’t need to “prove” anything x

I wish I had a lit degree but I love reading.

I only have a few on show, mainly ones I haven't read yet so I don't forget about them and I have a kindle.

Word Art
Slogans
Grey
Silver / Crushed velvet affect on EVERYTHING

I like my house plants.....

Surely the books on your shelves are the ones you have read. Not the tbrs? So what do you do with them when you have read them?

That assumes I suppose that you live alone and that you would only look at a book again at 10 year intervals.

I read and reread my and DH’s books and some day the kids might read some of them. There are certain ones (poems mainly) that I come back to again and again. I do give away the ones I’m unlikely to read again to charity, but that’s a relatively small proportion.

It seems mad to me (and quite sad) that a perfectly normal thing (storing books that you own) might be seen as pretentious.

I have grey flooring rug and sofa. My curtains have mustard and we have a mustard chair and a mish mash of cushions. My kitchen has grey cabinets because we can't afford a new kitchen. I have plants everywhere. We have furniture that doesn't match from facebook marketplace. I have a navy blue wall. My bathroom is outdated. There is a cheap geometric throw from B&M on my sofa. I have everything listed in this thread (apart from bi-fold doors which I like as well). My house isn't 'designed' but I like it because it's my home.
This thread seems very judgemental.

Open plan where there is only one room with everything in it.
Grey, we live in a mostly grey weather wise country why would anyone want to paint their walls grey too, i dont get it.
Very busy wallpaper.
Not a lover of carpets either, although i get it with babies or living in apartments, just not for me.

For those who don't like tvs on walls, where do you put your tv? TV tables, which is the alternative, rarely look smart whilst a wall mounted tv with a false wall behind covers up all the cables and sits above the furniture. Pretty much everyone watches tv but it's hard to know from mumsnet how that is possible without someone thinking it's tacky.

Also, can you remove the tv if you move?

My local library opens only at certain times, mostly when I am at work. I love books, am given them as gifts, find them in charity shops, or when browsing in bookshops. I have hundreds. I re-read some, some I have yet to read. Some are from the homes of loved ones, now passed away. The books add interest and colour to the house, and also give me happy memories. I love the thought that I have unread books! I have nothing to prove, I just love being surrounded by them.

White, cream and grey, all feminised interior with tons of self help slogans or Blessed. Just say what you want to say, it's your home, but not why say the whole truth?!

Maybe they are just trying to be positive. "My kids are a nightmare and my job is boring" as wall art could be a bit of a downer.

Houses with massive kitchen/diners and the lounge is a tiny after thought with no room to swing a cat! Don't get me wrong I love large kitchens/family rooms but not at the expense of other rooms.

I don’t understand people who have lots of books lying around. I’m an avid reader, but just use Kindle / Libby. Much less wasteful and no need for bookcase cluttering up the place

I think you will find panelling was a mid century obsession - so very much in keeping if you're someone who adequately understands period design and all it encompasses. New builds with naff mdf panelling, not so much, completely agree with you on that one. You can't polish a turd, my grandma would always say!