Hello everyone,
I have often wondered what typical “building mistakes” from the 2010s and 2020s will be seen as in a few decades. Would you like to speculate together?
I mean, in the 1970s, it was considered stylish and modern to cover bathroom walls with brown tiles all the way to the ceiling and combine them with sunny yellow sanitary ceramics. Back then, no one could have imagined that this would one day be regarded as unattractive.
Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time? Floor-to-ceiling windows? “Smokey eyes” (dark window tinting)? Which elements will make the next generation shake their heads and wonder about our questionable taste?
I have often wondered what typical “building mistakes” from the 2010s and 2020s will be seen as in a few decades. Would you like to speculate together?
I mean, in the 1970s, it was considered stylish and modern to cover bathroom walls with brown tiles all the way to the ceiling and combine them with sunny yellow sanitary ceramics. Back then, no one could have imagined that this would one day be regarded as unattractive.
Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time? Floor-to-ceiling windows? “Smokey eyes” (dark window tinting)? Which elements will make the next generation shake their heads and wonder about our questionable taste?
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Fummelbrett!14 Nov 2019 17:06kaho674 schrieb:
Definitely avoid the glossy roof tiles. I find them really embarrassing.What do they actually look like after 10 or 20 years? Do they eventually become dull?
It’s really hard to imagine that what is considered stylish and modern today will someday be seen as “how could anyone ever do that.” But yes, our predecessors probably felt the same way.
We have wood-look tiles and anthracite tiles in the bathrooms… maybe that fits the idea. A smooth white kitchen… hmm, maybe. Parts of the ground floor with larch rhombus cladding, possible but hard to picture.
If I think of a typical 1990s house (like the one my parents built, for example):
- The upper floor with vertical spruce tongue-and-groove boards was trendy back then, probably wouldn’t be done today, but I wouldn’t call it a major mistake.
- Beech interior doors are something I wouldn’t choose now either, but many still do—especially in low-cost turnkey projects.
- Blue-gray carpets, well, those are actually coming back again.
- An “extension conservatory” has never appealed to me, but many still like it.
- Country-style kitchens are also not my choice, but they’re still widely available.
I can’t really think of anything that would be considered an absolute no-go.
We have wood-look tiles and anthracite tiles in the bathrooms… maybe that fits the idea. A smooth white kitchen… hmm, maybe. Parts of the ground floor with larch rhombus cladding, possible but hard to picture.
If I think of a typical 1990s house (like the one my parents built, for example):
- The upper floor with vertical spruce tongue-and-groove boards was trendy back then, probably wouldn’t be done today, but I wouldn’t call it a major mistake.
- Beech interior doors are something I wouldn’t choose now either, but many still do—especially in low-cost turnkey projects.
- Blue-gray carpets, well, those are actually coming back again.
- An “extension conservatory” has never appealed to me, but many still like it.
- Country-style kitchens are also not my choice, but they’re still widely available.
I can’t really think of anything that would be considered an absolute no-go.
Fummelbrett! schrieb:
What do they actually look like after 10 or 20 years? Do they ever become dull?They should still be shiny; one of the points in favor of these is that they stay clean longer. They are still ugly, though.
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