What's one home trend you have done that you now regret?

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Turning a small room into a bedroom.

Don't do it @Dexies! Grey has had its day.

Same goes for vinyl or laminate flooring. I just moved and detest both, so cheap looking and feeling. Terrible for the planet. Well chosen tiles last for decades.

@buillonrouge I have Venitian blinds, think a Victorian bay window with a larger blind in the middle and two smaller ones at each side. I just take them off, stick them in the bath (with water), and quickly wipe down each slat, then shower attachment rinse them at the end. I hang them straight back up to dry. These are wooden and no issues with warping, and they are spotless.

We have LVT planks in our upstairs bathroom, it was cheaper and quicker to fit than tiles. Also warmer under foot (we don't have underfloor heating). No regrets. We have a Victorian house, and I've not used them elsewhere.

We've always tried to do our property up within our means, and so we have to sometimes look at cheaper options. Preferable to debt.

P.S. The LVT planks were Karndean and still look immature five years on.

Oh man how I miss the laughing emoji, this post really tickled me!

You could always put the dishwasher on when you go to bed… that’s what we do.

Ow, I can feel that regret. Can you have it dipped to remove the paint?

Fortunately I never went full grey, although I do prefer whites which are cooler/greyer.

I have a black tap in the downstairs loo and it's been fine although we're in a hard water area. It's crosswater so perhaps the quality helps.

Got told id regret painting the living room a dark colour but I don't - it's a dark room anyway and it's cozy.

Regrets...

Staining an oak floor dark (in my defense it has been varnished orange previously). But the stain scratched off under kitchen chairs and looked awful. Have now redone with a whitish oil so it's basically the same colour as the natural wood, is beautiful and the scratches don't matter.

I have encaustic cement tiles in a bathroom which were supposed to be fine if sealed. They were sealed, but every drop of water marks them. And so although they are beautiful I think it must look like we never clean, gross.

I agree with this. When DH and I first started living together he moved in to mine and I made some terrible decisions because I wanted to accommodate some of his preferences. When we bought our home I did this differently. He is a very good and keen gardener, so he makes all the garden decisions, I've made all the home decisions. Nearly 15 years in and I'm still pleased with my choices. The one thing I would change is the shower cubicle. I don't know what the alternative is, but we're in a hard water area and it's a pain. I removed the glass panel over the bath within months of installation and replaced with a curved shower curtain rail, best decision ever.

I have both of these and love them! Barkeepers Friend is really good for the sink. I have a really thick oak worktop - it’s 15 years old and going strong.

The house was built with a downstairs outside loo, but had no bathroom. The previous owner converted one of the upstairs bedroom into a bathroom; only a small terraced house, so I guess she felt two loos excessive, and connections downstairs were concreted over.
I envy my neighbours the convenience of a downstairs loo; when working in the bathroom, such a palaver to remove shoes to avoid tracking earth into the house.

Anything my partner likes. He has absolutely no taste. If left to him my house would look like a 1950s film set. But being specific putting a shower in our downstairs toilet. Absolutely rubbish idea. No one uses it and I would much prefer a cupboard because we haven't got enough storage.

Grey shiny kitchen units. Finger prints everywhere. Drives me mad.
Also we got an island which we love but we got it too big really. I foresee us getting a new kitchen in about 5 years so will redesign it slightly.

My black kitchen sink is the bane of my bloody life. We live in a hard water area and it always looks filthy. I reckon I wipe it about 20 times a day, and I’ve tried every proprietary cleaner under the sun.

Have you tried diluted white vinegar? I use this every month or so on our (admittedly not black) taps and they come up a treat. We use it more regularly on the kitchen sink area

Don't listen to folk saying curved arches are in fashion! I don't know why but I've got an irrational hatred of curved - too sixties / seventies maybe.

charcoal grout in the bathroom. Means you can see every single imperfection in the tiling.
bathroom is nice otherwise and I won’t be able to afford to have it done again (ever)

My in laws put black wooden flooring in their house when they had it extended. It shows up every speck of dust and dirt. My mother-in-law especially regretted it.

Don’t you dare! Curved arches are way more fashionable right now. Grand Victorian, cottagecore and Edwardian styles are all huge and beloved. As are quirky features.

DS wanted his bedroom pink. Bright pink. We used to refer to it as ‘Barbie’s Lung’.

Orangery on the back of the (south-facing) living room.
Has made the living room really dark, when it used to have glorious morning sun and a view down the garden.

The orangery is the world's most expensive laundry and ironing room!
Despite having proper walls and insulation/underfloor heating etc it gets too cold to sit in in winter and too hot in summer. And one of the panes in the window dome has started leaking...

Agreed. I don't understand why so many people fell for the grey trend. It's so depressing 😞.

I love colour and texture but having learned through my mistakes over the years I now ensure that anything that’s fitted and expensive to change is a neutral colour such as white, various off whites/cream or grey, though I only have grey in my bathroom. I then add the colour through curtains, towels, blinds and other accessories. Easy to change when bored/dated. I’m single so there’s no watering down when two people are trying to input their ideas. This was a problem when I was married

OMG me too, it’s making me smile to think of it. I was considering painting my living room pink but I’ll always think of that now. Amazing 😁