I have said it a million times, trends come and go, so do what makes you happy. I recently read an article about home design trends that seniors find to be annoying, ridiculous or just plain stupid.
This group was labeled “boomers” in the article, and even if I didn’t say that, you would know by the end of the list exactly what age group they fell into. Different generations have very different opinions on everything, but in my field, I find that they have very different design aesthetics.:
Here were a few of the interior features they found completely useless or annoying, in no particular order.
1-Open floor plans. Yes I said that. The predominant design trend of the last 20-30 years was a big NO for this set of people. They don’t want to hear what’s going on the next room, let alone be able to see people over there.
2-Color-washing. Although every designer says this is the only way to go when repainting interiors, the people surveyed were a hard pass on the “one color for everything” style trend.
3-No door to the primary bathroom from the primary bedroom. They want a little privacy and I can’t say I blame them.
4-Sinks in kitchen islands. They said this is useless and messy and would never buy a house with a sink on the island.
5-Kitchen upper and lower cabinets painted different colors. I’m going to agree on this one, I’m not a fan.
6-Draperies hung at the ceiling. This was kind of a shocker, mostly because they singled this out as sooooo annoying and ridiculous.
There were plenty more but my point is………..I forgot what my point is, really and truly, I totally forgot where this was going because I started it so long ago. Maybe it was the fact that these people said they would not buy a house with these features? In my mind you can change almost anything, it may take money and time but anything in a house can be fixed. You know what you can’t change? Your neighborhood. I’m going to sound like a realtor now, and maybe that’s because I work with so many home buyers, but “buy the neighborhood and not the house”. As long as the house is structurally sound you can fix the little things, I can help you. I can’t fix your neighbors.
