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Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time?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Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time?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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Cantilever-free gable roofs
Concrete roof tiles
Anthracite, cantilever-free gable roofs with concrete roof tiles
Galleries
Exposed concrete in outdoor areas, once it has aged a few years
Laundry chutes
Concealed fittings
Rain showers (if water ever becomes properly priced)
Possibly walk-in showers
Fossil fuels for heating systems
Wire mesh panel fences and gabions
Lack of external sun protection
Cantilever-free gable roofs
Concrete roof tiles
Anthracite, cantilever-free gable roofs with concrete roof tiles
Galleries
Exposed concrete in outdoor areas, once it has aged a few years
Laundry chutes
Concealed fittings
Rain showers (if water ever becomes properly priced)
Possibly walk-in showers
Fossil fuels for heating systems
Wire mesh panel fences and gabions
Lack of external sun protection
Gable roofs without eaves?
I honestly can’t imagine they will go out of style... because I simply find the eaves somewhat, let’s say, Bavarian / traditional...
But I am going with the gray concrete tiles... not because they look ugly, but because I think it becomes too obvious when a house was built, which makes it look old...
I honestly can’t imagine they will go out of style... because I simply find the eaves somewhat, let’s say, Bavarian / traditional...
But I am going with the gray concrete tiles... not because they look ugly, but because I think it becomes too obvious when a house was built, which makes it look old...
Cool question.
I copied quite a bit, but this is not meant as criticism—just some thoughts that came to mind while reading each time.
That will come back. Brown is already around, gold-colored fittings too, and in a few years the bold combination will be fashionable again.
Back in the 80s, it was spruce; today it’s oak, and tomorrow it will be as well. See below.
Regarding tiles, I would say quality matters. Some, even in dark brown, are so elegant that they are still appreciated today—if you have an eye for it. Those who follow the mainstream might not like them, of course.
Yellow is being built again. The clinker bricks today aren’t any different than back then (same shape, same tone), at least here.
These have been discussed several times here and also shared in pictures.
It somehow never dies out. I find it really ugly... and it keeps being sold at high prices.
Yes, I think so too!
? These existed back in the 80s. They were ultra-modern then and still prevail today.
Yes, gabions as well, I think.
They existed back then and exist today. I don’t find them worth mentioning.
Building mistakes in my opinion:
- large houses
- weathered plaster facades
- stone deserts and gabions
- glazed colorful roofs
- plastic as roof cladding
- kids’ bathrooms (I have seen too many old houses with abandoned bathrooms on the upper floor)
- fireplaces
- mullioned windows
- outdoor kitchens
- combining technical and storage rooms in one (utility room)
- double-height spaces
- kitchens (cooking at home no longer happens as we know it)
Many things are labeled as building mistakes that will also be considered environmentally questionable. Everything else will have its time again and again.
I copied quite a bit, but this is not meant as criticism—just some thoughts that came to mind while reading each time.
Fummelbrett! schrieb:
I mean, in the 70s it was considered stylish and modern to tile brown bathroom walls up to the ceiling and combine them with sunny yellow sanitary ceramics.
That will come back. Brown is already around, gold-colored fittings too, and in a few years the bold combination will be fashionable again.
Bookstar schrieb:
Wood paneling
Back in the 80s, it was spruce; today it’s oak, and tomorrow it will be as well. See below.
Scout schrieb:
One of the first images in Google search shows not only the tile color but
Regarding tiles, I would say quality matters. Some, even in dark brown, are so elegant that they are still appreciated today—if you have an eye for it. Those who follow the mainstream might not like them, of course.
Tego12 schrieb:
Very dark clinker brick... I think it will be viewed as a faux pas just like the terrible yellow or white clinker bricks from earlier years, which no one uses anymore (and apparently no one replaces clinker bricks either)
Yellow is being built again. The clinker bricks today aren’t any different than back then (same shape, same tone), at least here.
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Upper floor with vertical spruce tongue-and-groove boards, that was trendy,
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Beech interior doors, I wouldn’t choose them today, but many still do—especially in low-cost design-and-build projects
These have been discussed several times here and also shared in pictures.
Lumpi_LE schrieb:
Country-style kitchen, I wouldn’t do that either, but you can still buy those quite often.
It somehow never dies out. I find it really ugly... and it keeps being sold at high prices.
fragg schrieb:
Stone front yards
Yes, I think so too!
guckuck2 schrieb:
Built-in fittings
? These existed back in the 80s. They were ultra-modern then and still prevail today.
guckuck2 schrieb:
Wire mesh panel fences and gabions
Yes, gabions as well, I think.
guckuck2 schrieb:
Concrete bricks
They existed back then and exist today. I don’t find them worth mentioning.
Building mistakes in my opinion:
- large houses
- weathered plaster facades
- stone deserts and gabions
- glazed colorful roofs
- plastic as roof cladding
- kids’ bathrooms (I have seen too many old houses with abandoned bathrooms on the upper floor)
- fireplaces
- mullioned windows
- outdoor kitchens
- combining technical and storage rooms in one (utility room)
- double-height spaces
- kitchens (cooking at home no longer happens as we know it)
Many things are labeled as building mistakes that will also be considered environmentally questionable. Everything else will have its time again and again.
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Fummelbrett!14 Nov 2019 20:57michert schrieb:
- Wood-look tiles
[...]Do you mean that? I see the "risk" as well, but I would still like to have those on the floor in the new bathroom and in the office area (ground floor). I’m really still torn on that.