What will be the Avocado bathroom of the future?

[Eastwickwitch]

I'm doing a whole house & am questioning my taste. I know opinions are subjective but could you help with your ideas?
So far I'm thinking

-not stone everywhere e.g. whole bathrooms full of Travertine
-not down lighters everywhere
-no feature walls I can't wallpaper anyway
Any ideas would be very welcome.

That thing where the kitchen worktop sort of folds up the wall a bit instead of having tiles. Presumably these people are too trendy to ever heat up Dolmio pasta sauce!

Those mosaic tiles that look like a swimming pool.

The taps that are all coiled up like this. Can you imagine how rank it'll look after a bit of grease and limescale?

Stupid uppy-downy bach plug operated by a knob which doesn't work any more BASTARD

Agree re laminate floor (though I love mine) but it's just like a carpet you don't like - easily replaceable.

Laminate floors.
Parquet doesn't date

IKEA units They are not made to be timeless

Big tv on walls ( eventually people will see how ugly they are)

Grey walls

Matching everything AKA The Next catalogue

bath plug.

Not a plug to silence a composer. Although there's a thought . . .

Metro tiles will date surely? (I already think they're vile)

I would say stainless steel appliances! In ten years time, they'll be the equivalent of those manky old mustardy-brown ones

BUT...what is the FUTURE? I am considering a new kitchen, but don't know what to install - I hate granite surfaces because they are clattery and too easy to smash stuff on, and not into gloss. I still want a very modern look though.

granite worktops, wood worktops, concrete worktops.

butler sinks, belfast sinks, london sinks, all white and coloured sinks and taps.

fake stone sinks

don't think belfast or butler sinks will ever date tbh in the right style kitchen. they look awful in really modern kitchens.

Breakfast bars
Buit in cupboards
Granite countertops
Excessively textured fabrics (fluffy carpets, chenille upholstery, faux fur throws/cushions)
Mismatched, distressed junk
Built-in kitchen appliances (are those dushwashers and washing machines really never going to go wrong?)

Oh, and one-and-a-half bowl sinks - the half bowl is an unhygienic germ trap!

black granite worksurfaces
Laminate flooring
Decking
Down lighters
Bi-fold doors

I think woodburning stoves won't go out, just the syle will date.

I might have gone for feature walls, but they're cheap to deal with, so i just dont think theyll hang around for long.

Granite worktops.
Oh gawd, bramble, definitely the square toilets!
And pixie, definitely the counter-top bowl sink things.
And piglet, I agree with the down lighters.
Bevelled metro tiles (but the flat ones have been going just about forever)

Leather furnishings of all kinds. Obviously you can scrap a ufuckingbiquitous leather sofa, but some places have leather feature walls etc

Horrible hard and shiny surfaces, so not only the grimtastic granite worktops but also glass-topped anything.

What about open plan living? I can see the attraction but when it comes down to it a)it's bloody freezing and b) you can't get away from each other unless you go to bed.

leather feature walls?!

Er... does that go along with white coats and extra long-sleeved jumpers at home?

I'm with elephant on the open plan living. It's so cold!

Renternomad, if I could like a post, I'd like yours.

renternomad "Mismatched, distressed junk". Damn, that's all our furniture! Assembled/ inherited over the last 100+ years.

Agree with PP that open plan kitchen-diners will date. We have victorian cottage with original layout of kitchen and separate dining room off it. The number of people who have said 'so you're going to knock it into one then'

No we're not!

Like a headboard but it goes all the way up the fecking wall. Is it still a headboard?

What about those zillions of fitted cuboards with no visible doorknob or way of opening them?

I think you are right about the open plan kitchen/dining going to end up being a fashion thing. People are putting back the wall between the living room and dining rooms that were removed in the 1980/1990's to create the through lounge.

Shabby chic has had it I think

and well on their way out are fireplaces with pebbley stuff in place of coals

Yes shabby chic is on it's way out, utility furniture/Gplan teak, is the "new" thing I don't like it

What I hate about those no-handle cupboards is that half the time you can't even tell where they are, or where they open, so you go round pathetically clawing at the walls/units in hope