Naff things in other people's houses (Tongue in Cheek)

[pinkpapaya]

I know that it is a question of each to his own etc but what do you find naff in other people's homes? I was invited round to neighbour's today to gawp at their new gas barbecue that is the size of a Challenger tank. They were terribly proud of it and the husband was lovingly caressing it whilst the wife was squealing in anticipation of all the hot sausage her man was going to serve her! All I could think was 'Why? Why? Why?' What do you find naff in other people's homes and why?

Saunas
Loads of shingle instead of grass
Partly plastered brick walls that just look as if they ran out of plaster
Half timbered interior walls

@chickenyhead

Thanks!

They only died recently and the house sold in March. Poor people

They also had avocado bathroom suite, orange tiles, suspended ceiling and wood panelling in the bathroom. We had it all!

I secretly love avocado bathroom suites. And pink or coral ones. I love most 70s decor. Except carpets in bathrooms. But cork tiles are fine.

@elQuintoConyo

I have a toilet roll doll crocheted in Barça football colours by my nan it is awesome.

Yes! My sister gave me and our other sister a “special” present last Christmas. (We always try to find the worst present). A crocheted toilet doll! She had found the in a charity shop during the summer. They were new and had been recently donated, the lady in the shop said they had been flying out 😂😂 She is red and white and has a gold thread running through the wool! She is gloriously awful.

@blisstwins

I know….ex is a physician. She got him a tshirt that says “not all superheroes wear capes” and he wears it, smiling on Facebook. I know I sound demented, but several years out it just makes me laugh. Beyond naff.

I can assure you, you are not the one who sounds demented here. The 'time for family' clock is such a giveaway the owners give no shit about anyone except themselves.

@didireallysaythat

Wicker hearts hanging from cupboard handles. Just why?

We bought a home that was chock a block with those and many were still here when we moved in. They were sent to a charity shop promptly.

@MissLucyEyelesbarrow

Agree with this. If you really ticked the upper middle class boxes you'd know that the commonest thing you can do is sneer at other people for being common. Have some fucking class and keep it to yourselves

It's fascinating how upset people get by this sort of thread. Does it really matter that anonymous strangers are judging other anonymous strangers' plastic flamingos?

I'm also baffled by this. Around where I live, the ones with messy gardens and dusty books (us) are very much looked down on by the massively wealthier people in big houses with vast framed photos of their families all clad in white. People around here have a lot of money and are very snobbish about those who don't. There's a lot of conspicuous spending, and dusty book lovers are not in the club and kept at arm's length socially, so I don't feel superior having a giggle. They are my employers not vice versa!

Bought furniture? As opposed to furniture you have stolen, been given for free or made yourself?

@ViciousJackdaw Alan Clark famously and snobbishly said: "The trouble with Michael (Heseltine) is that he had to buy his own furniture."

We mix it up and do the dusty books wooden floor inherited furniture thing but we also have a hot tub 😁.

The only thing I judge negatively is fake grass for environmental reasons

@WeatherwaxLives

I have a pink bathroom suite....

Is that you mum?😂

My mum has one and I love it! When she moved in she was moaning she couldn't afford to replace it but she's decorated her bathroom in such a way that it looks fab, really vintage and definitely not what I'd describe as naff. I love it.

I am not sure I would say they are naff, but I hate those kitchens which look like operating theatres.

Tanfastic I bet that pink bathroom suite is much better quality that the ones they flog these days. I thik your mum did the right thing in keeping it. I'd love to see a picture!

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@youshouldbeplotting
Alan Clark famously and snobbishly said: "The trouble with Michael (Heseltine) is that he had to buy his own furniture

I love it.
I'm in the dusty book house but I couldn't live in a house with no books.
My dbil and his dw have about 3 recipe books in the kitchen. That's it!
They are definitely into naff decor, think Austrian blinds, crystal animals and model cars.
They do have a couple of pieces of old furniture which they totally ruined restored.

We bought a house 6 months ago and the owner was a big fan of family photos. Everywhere. We are in the process of doing up the downstairs loo and I have filled 21 nail holes. 21. In the loo.

Cream carpets
High back leather effect chairs
Oakland type furniture which costs a bomb yet looks cheap
Air fresheners
DVD’s but no books
Houses so clean and tidy it looks like no one lives there
Modern fireplaces
Those ornaments with no faces (willow tree?)
UPVC wood effect composite front doors
Placemats and coasters
Chrome curtain poles
Table runners

@FindingMeno

Artificial flowers, lots of family photos on the walls, and every form of scent diffuser/ air freshener known to mankind every few paces.

Ha i wonder if we know each other. You've pretty much described my home! I've definitely been inspired by the dunphy's home decor style in modern family!

Oh and FAKE GRASS. It’s just awful for so many reasons.

Stayed in a lovely B+B with some friends. In the sitting room was a bronze of the lady of the house. About a foot long on the coffee table. A skillful rendition of her stark naked with much anatomically accurate detail. It was a little bit difficult to carry on casual conversation with her as she put the teapot down beside it.
It didn't bother us but I think probably not the best thing in a B+B. Some people could be quite offended couldn't they? Depending on culture, religion etc.

I’ve just moved into a house with a cinema room- dark grey paint, a false dado and panelling, grey tartan wallpaper above. They bricked in some decent patio doors so it is now like a cave. Cold dark and completely naff- it even had a massive Star Wars poster and other film fake “memorabilia”
I hate it. Just can’t wait to rip it out and go to expense of putting patio doors back in🤦‍♀️
Why do people do this to perfectly decent rooms😱

My dad has the same pink bathroom suite he had installed when he built his house in 1959.

@Doilooklikeatourist

We were house hunting , one that immediately went on the don’t touch with a barge pole list , after a drive by had This house Is filled With love and laughter Written in curly wire by the front door 🤢🤢🤢

Not sure why stuff like that would put you off buying a house....they'll probably take it with them! Anything they leave that you gate just take it down and throw it away or sell it.

Upcycled furniture
Definitely garden pubs (I’m desperate for one 🤣)
Carpets with shark hoover lines
Tropical leaves wallpaper
Seagrass baskets with plants in
Hot choc stations
Skeleton clocks....

Oh meant to add - anything ‘shabby chic’

Cushions in a different fabric to the sofa (especially if they’re the same fabric as the curtains)

Ornaments

Ugly mugs - particularly anything that came with an Easter egg

Patterned coasters

Cream walls

Cottage gardens

Masses and masses of houseplants all over the place - what are you trying to prove?
Don’t get this. Why would houseplants prove anything?