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!

Bi fold doors
Navy/Grey decor
Kitchen Islands
Totally open plan

I hate fake grass as well but that is because it is an eco-sin, not because it hurts any design sensibilities.

Mirrored wardrobes

@Runnerinthenight I already said my bed head wasn’t pressed right up to the wall nor are my beside cabinets. My wardrobes are built in so are against the wall. Some people don’t live any gap though which is what pp talking about & often a few inches gap can make a difference.

A lot of MN people are just snobby (not all of course) about anything that’s popular. I think some people think it makes them edgy! Obviously some people just don’t like the colour which is fair enough.

I’ve currently got some off Strong White (off white) and Cornforth White (more pale grey) in some rooms and then colour in others. However, I’m getting rid of the colour and going back to off white. I find it so much more calming.

Grey.

Open plan.

UVPC conservatories, especially when they are too big for the garden, and/or stuck in an inconvenient place, like off a bedroom.

Not interior, I know, but fucking astroturf.

sentimental slogans written on walls/ plaques etc.

Multiple cushions on beds. Pillows fine, but cushions are not needed.

Brown carpets
Magnolia
Laminate floors
Boilers in bedrooms don't care if it's in a cupboard it's a definite no from me
Open plan

I love grey though 😂

Masses of decorative cushions on beds
LED candles and tealights
plastic flowers /plants, no matter how realistic they are supposed to look.
kitchens with nothing at all on the counters/kitchens with masses of stuff on counters
bar stools
upcycled wooden furniture
large, statement ornaments like silver ammonites or metal wall art.

macrame or crocheted anything.
fleece or mock velvet shiny throws
coffee table books artfully displayed or used to set table lamps or vases on top of.
Bubble vases, candlesticks, plant pots.
black and white rugs with diamond shapes on that have been around for last decade.
over the door hooks
mirror door wardrobes
gold kitchen knobs/taps etc
Two long leather sofas facing each other pushed right back against the back of walls

I don't know what a media wall is.

Bitterly regret my grey phase and am ruthlessly eliminating it.

I Loooooove my granite worktop.

I have bifold doors on the back of my victorian semi and they are wonderful-open for months and makes it open and house and garden blur.

I hate carpet in the loo. Can't bear my feet on previously wet rug from someone getting out of shower before me.

Hate coloured sheets. Feature walls. Big poppy dramatic wallpaper.
Minimalist showy rooms. Glossy furniture. Fake plants and flowers.

That shiny grey carpet that shows all the hoover marks!

The grey plague
those velour dining chairs that have what looks like a door knocker on the back of them eg https://www.dfs.co.uk/luann/ivl1fbnn1?skuId=6016049

What’s a chopped cushion?

So who has the ‘perfect’ mumsnet house, with NONE of the things hated on this thread…😂

Fair enough, everyone’s got their personal preference, of course not everyones going to like everything - if just feels like there’s some sort of a rebellion against poor grey nowadays hahaha

I also quite like a white colour, so many different ways you can accessorise a white room - I hope it’ll make your home feel great for you 😊

I don’t get all the hate of bifolds?! We have French doors and bifolds in our north facing kitchen diner and it’s so helpful in getting as much light as possible.

I dislike vertical blinds , hard flooring in bedrooms ( unless they are original) fake flowers, everything greige, mess, surfaces covered in shit for ‘styling sake’, huge tvs, people who have the ‘big light’ on, leather sofas and houses with no hallway.

Most things already mentioned.

People that buy old houses and rip them out to look modern. Just buy a modern house and leave the old one for people who love them!

Grey can look nice but there was a huge trend a few yrs ago to have everything grey which is what I think most mean when talking about grey

people who have the ‘big light’ on

This.

UPVC front doors
Plastic plant pots
Fake grass
Media walls
Anything sparkly
Crushed velvet
Eyelet curtains
Spotlights
Fake marble worktops
Fake electric fires
Gas fires
Decking
People who decide to decorate part of the street that's outside their house that doesn't belong to them. Keep your plastic shit and gnomes in your own house.
Coloured fairy lights

Books arranged by colour that look as though they have never been read.

Those horrible neon strip lights people put behind the TV, or at the bottom of the kitchen cabinets 🤢 and yes, all grey!

Need to choose some curtains. What’s wrong with eyelet curtains?

Definitely this.