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Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time?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Will vinyl flooring and laundry connections on the first floor be seen as typical but now outdated features of our time?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?
Zaba12 schrieb:
We all live in the same world; I didn’t get anything for free either. Shelving products like I did at 16 at a grocery store for 6DM/hour – those days will probably be gone for them.
If I had to pay for it, the only thing I might cover would be a driver's license . But grandparents take care of all that and start filling savings accounts from birth.You really undersold yourself there—I started at a grocery store over 21 years ago earning 10DM.
A serious question, not only because it concerns us personally but purely out of interest: why do so many people here think that a gable roof without eaves is just a trend, and why should that be considered a building mistake in the future?
There are certainly regions in Germany where a gable roof without eaves is part of the cultural heritage and historic appearance. For example, in our area (Altmühltal), the Jura house is typical. If someone here builds a house like those in the Alpine foothills with a 1-meter (3 feet) roof overhang, it looks quite out of place.
There are certainly regions in Germany where a gable roof without eaves is part of the cultural heritage and historic appearance. For example, in our area (Altmühltal), the Jura house is typical. If someone here builds a house like those in the Alpine foothills with a 1-meter (3 feet) roof overhang, it looks quite out of place.
Joedreck schrieb:
Nana, not everyone here was born with a silver spoon in their mouth.
At 15, I delivered newspapers, and at 16, I stocked shelves at Praktiker. At 17, I started an apprenticeship nearly 400 meters (1,312 feet) away from home. Even then, having a car at 18 was essential. I paid for it myself from savings, confirmation money, and so on. I think many people over 30 have had similar experiences here. I believe we are still the last generation that had to work for leisure and fun ourselves. Of course, friends in childhood and youth already received pocket money back then. On the other hand, there were also those who had to chip in to their parents for better or special clothing.
Nowadays, many get everything so they can focus on school, tutoring, extracurricular activities, volunteer work, and so forth, and are driven to and from school because there isn’t enough time between activities.
When I look at the material for first and third grade now, they have one more subject (English). Multiplication starts a year earlier than it did for me back then. That’s it—so where is the stress??
1. Today, there are mixed-grade classes. If you look at school notebooks from the times of single-grade classes and then compare them to the mixed classes now, nothing surprises you anymore. They do much less in school than before – so more work is done at home.
2. Many children have so many extracurricular support activities that there is hardly any time left.
3. Some children see it as their right not to have to do anything after school.
Parents should reflect especially on points 2 and 3. In my opinion, we had less, had to help more, and it didn’t harm us.
Cars and driver’s licenses were still possible at 18. Financed by saving on their own, plus contributions from parents and grandparents. It simply does not work any other way. One has to get to work and vocational school somehow.
2. Many children have so many extracurricular support activities that there is hardly any time left.
3. Some children see it as their right not to have to do anything after school.
Parents should reflect especially on points 2 and 3. In my opinion, we had less, had to help more, and it didn’t harm us.
Cars and driver’s licenses were still possible at 18. Financed by saving on their own, plus contributions from parents and grandparents. It simply does not work any other way. One has to get to work and vocational school somehow.
Building Mistakes:
- The size of the houses. I think there will be downsizing or a return to multi-generational homes.
- Outdoor areas with a lot of stone and little greenery.
- Bathrooms designed specifically for children.
- The somewhat cold concrete, gray, and white appearance, whether in smoky shades, tiles, kitchens, etc.
- The size of the houses. I think there will be downsizing or a return to multi-generational homes.
- Outdoor areas with a lot of stone and little greenery.
- Bathrooms designed specifically for children.
- The somewhat cold concrete, gray, and white appearance, whether in smoky shades, tiles, kitchens, etc.
- Exposed concrete walls and floors
- "Light pollution" / overlighting: up and downlights spaced every 1.50m (5 feet) along all exterior walls, motion sensor spotlights on the staircase, light strips at the TV, storage niches, etc.
- Rock gardens
- White handleless high-gloss kitchens paired with dark gray tiled or exposed concrete floors
- "Light pollution" / overlighting: up and downlights spaced every 1.50m (5 feet) along all exterior walls, motion sensor spotlights on the staircase, light strips at the TV, storage niches, etc.
- Rock gardens
- White handleless high-gloss kitchens paired with dark gray tiled or exposed concrete floors
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