What if i enjoy admiring it???

​@@TimeQuxxnit still applies then..? You're enjoying your home

@@TimeQuxxn Then it’s a win, win 😊

Anyone who rolls their eyes at questions about maintenance is very short sighted. That should be priority number 1

Grout is horrible. Mold is their friend.

I was told in bathrooms thin grout lines on the floor are a recipe for slips and falls. The grouted area is what allows the foot to grab rather than slide on the smooth tile.

@@TheDriftwoodlover Why would you use smooth tiles on bathroom to begin with? There are many variants of textured or anti-slip tiles available especially for outdoor and wet areas.

@@nntflow7058Almost all new grout is mold and mildew resistant. This is an 80s problem. Any newer bathrooms won't suffer from this.

@@TheDriftwoodlover the grout is mostly to let the undertile area "bterathe" and also allow tile to get bigger and smaller when they are warmer and cooler, therefore the larger grouts are required especially if you use floor heating as the tiles may change the size quite a lot, and with thin grouting they could even break

That's a good point, sometimes cheap imitation makes all the difference - in each choice. I commented similarly about the coating on the furniture. Sometimes it doesn't even evolve around price, like with countertops. Or tiles. Just the certain type of material, certain quality or small but significant changes in the design.

@person1894Y49 that may be true, but what does "the other stuff" mean? When I mention Persian rug I mean the wool is from Iran, the colors are natural, and they are woven in a way that makes them last for decades or centuries being used under the foot. We had many Persian rugs. The only rugs that I have seen shed are the majority that are being mass produced. Basically, you get what you pay for

@ Payem GH Correct but who can afford those these days

@@expatmoose yes, good point!

​@@expatmoose people used to save for investment pieces. Most people nowadays dont want to do that so we get poorer quality stuff

Agreed. I'm planning a new kitchen now. Much of it will be open shelves, with only the rarely-used items behind cupboard doors. It's just better when you cook a lot. And cleaner - because when you're doing things like kneading bread dough, but you forgot to get out the loaf pan, you can just go grab it without leaving doughy handprints all over a cabinet door.

The turnover of kitchenware is much higher in a commercial/professional kitchen than in a home kitchen, everything has to go way faster with as few steps as possible. So you rarely find commercial kitchens with cabinets or drawers since time literally is money there.

Yes! We have steel chef’s shelving in the kitchen along with cabinets. The items on the shelving are the items used daily - plates, mugs, spices, towels, etc. a quick dust of the shelves when I do weekly cleaning and I’ve never had a problem with mess. People who don’t have open shelves talk about grease, dust and grime. How would you know? I don’t have grease anywhere in my kitchen except on the stove before I wipe it down. I’m not dirty just because I love the convenience of easy access.

A restaurant kitchen is TOTALLY different from your home. It makes sense there, But you don't spend 8-10 hours cooking and needing access to everything easily at home, at least I hope not .

My open shelves mean that I spend less time in the kitchen. It doesn't matter if it's a 10 hour day or a 10 minute day. I don't need easy access to everything--just a few things that I use frequently. Not a day goes by that I do not use every one of those items on the open shelf. On the other hand, things that are occasionally used (like pickling spices and cordial glasses) are behind cabinet doors.

Lol

That’s exactly why he wants to (with a clear explanation) prevent others to regret those too. Which makes the title correct again. 🫤😉

@@The_Real_Mier or more accurately, things you will regret buying once you have kids and are too busy to curate your space or care for anything that prioritises form over function, something every parent knows about. 😂

@@sventer198 😂😂😂😂😂😂

@mcheddadi more like "watch an adult man whine about those 9 pointless things" I want those 3 minutes of my life back...

It’s only the cheap, machine made, wool rugs that suck. I’ve had high end hand knitted wool rugs for a long time and I’ve never seen this pilling

@@FormerLeashKidAndProudthank you! My rugs have never noticeably shed.

definitely! plus, to make open shelving look unclutter and aesthetic, you can only place things sparsely, and in matching containers. It ends up being a display rather than functional storage.

​@@doctordonnanoble Exactly and that means keeping everything on the shelf looking Pinterest perfect! 😂

Open shelves for the win. You can say something with authority, but it doesn’t it make it the truth. Just one truth. He’s right about the sink thing, though.

@@timothybrown9449 I guess it's all about the balance

Argh! I am very short too, but I climb on a stool to clean the fridge top :)

😱😱🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 gross!!!!

That's disgusting!!!!

Ok so people who can’t see the top of the refrigerator are very short? 😮

@@StarlightUnderDaSea I was sub-letting the apartment and met the tenants. They were a very nice, young couple but they were, in my opinion, short. I think they were both under 5’ 5”.

It was my problem because I used wrong cleaning chemicals for the type of coating. Since I wash the units with the dishsoap and a little bit of vinegar + use suitable cloth, I clean it very quickly without any struggles. First with a bit of the mixture and then I rinse the cloth and wipe out any foam. At the beginning I was terrified because I tried to use dedicated cleaners and all I was left with were smudges all over, the grease was there no matter how many times I would go through and getting rid of the cleaners was a nightmare. I used to clean the front doors 3/4 times and they looked even worse with each time. I had to ask my carpenter what the hell. He told me to use window cleaner. Well it leaves the surface without smudges all sometimes I do use it but it's faster to clean with the dishsoap as it involves grease. And the solution involves a certain cleaner (I don't know where you're from, here it's called clin) because other didn't work. The cloth also does the job, I tried many different and I keep the one that makes it really fast and easy to rinse out of the soap. Hard to tell what it is (it has many little holes in it and it's not microfibre).

I painted my grout with Groutin (dark grey) and it's held up really well. Looks great and stops the grout absorbing stuff. Easy to apply too. The white one is a bit meh though.

Agreed!! I love mine. Best flooring choice!

Vinyl is great for getting the look of wood without the price tag, but the one real downside to them that not many really talk about is off gassing. Vinyl floors off gas phthalates for decades, these are endocrine disrupting molecules that can cause issues in pets or babies/ young children playing on the surface. (What happens is the vinyl off gasses the phthalates to the dust a dirt that lands on it, then when you walk or raw around on it the dust gets kicked up and inhaled and gets into your body). With that said, I have vinyl in some of my rooms in my current house (tile in main areas, vinyl in bedrooms), and it does indeed look great and is super wear resistant. But for the next house I build I’ll be going with engineered hardwood throughout instead of vinyl to avoid some of that issue.

@@DrWarBear Well, I'm retired so no worries here.....

For how lonf does it offgas?@@DrWarBear

Love the porcelain tiles in my kitchen. Bought them for a song 15 years ago before they became popular.

They aren’t very friendly to dropped items. And cold unless you have underfloor heating, or live in the tropics.

Yes, I have a white leather settee in my bedroom and a damp microfiber cloth does the trick. I do condition the leather twice a year but it takes about 20 minutes, smells amazing and keeps the leather soft and beautiful.

yes, and also - we found our polyester rug particularly hard to vacuum compared to all the wool ones we had - even if they weren't 100% wool the natural fiber blend really helped with it not grabbing onto dust and other debris as much

I agree. Not all wool carpets are made the same way. But more and more clothes and carpets are made to look good but their quality is terrible.

Do you have a link to these handles?

If you actually think this mostly depends on the architect, you either don't understand capitalism or an architects job. The client asks for style but still want they want and often other than taste they want cheap but looking luxurious. And they have a very subjective definition of what high end means. It often means what I see in magazines, social media, imitate what is expensive or ''what bettany has but why can't you make it look the same with my small amount of money, and my different sun orientation and my different structures and not in this colour but it has to match the rest, and and and'' you gets the picture.

@@greyscalesx at the same time, let's celebrate that people who can't afford high end furniture and materials, can afford an assistance to help them make their home beautiful and functional. Because our spaces create who we are. I love your comment. We shouldn't be judging. There is an artistic aspect to architects job but it's also a service job, helping people.

The slightly textured might be what's saving it. I also have textured black cabinets and no problem at all, but I imagine the sleek ones are more annoying

@@Emma-dh7by yeah, I was about to say that too. I see the same in my slightly textured dark brown billy bookcases vs smooth dark grey kitchen cabinets that get scuffed and smudgy so quickly

Try the premade rain-x on your shiny or matt smooth cabinets. It reduces the greasy fingermarks and makes it easier to wipe them off.

​@@Emma-dh7byHe was speaking of black cabinets.

It’s the gloss that was a mistake. We got an all white kitchen in matte and it’s great

Trough sinks are fine if you have a moveable tap and brush debris into the strainer once the waters out - i dry the dishes then give the sink a quick going over,, dump the strainer contents in the compost bin, job done. Once you're used to doing it, it's not really an issue, quick to get used to doing. I also have smooth matt, dark grey kitchen cabinets, bit of rain-x on them when cleaning once a week keeps most of the greasy finger marks at bay, works as well for the outside of the oven, extractor, and fridge which are shiny black.

My grandmother’s powder bath was wallpapered and the paper probably cost 50 per roll (in 1990s money) It was gorgeous jewel tones with ceiling lights, and every time I went it there I felt like a princess 😂. It was gorgeous

Totally agree!! Shiny black granite kitchen drove me nuts, current dark matte surfaces are fab 🎉

I once installed shiny black countertops in a kitchen remodel, it was a nightmare to keep clean, every fingerprint and spec of dust would show up on it seconds after cleaning 😱🤦 and I rented an apartment while renovating mine, it had matte navy blue kitchen cupboards and they were a nightmare to keep clean as well. I am so glad that I choose white cabinets and countertops, super easy to keep clean.

It's not about matte dark colors but about the type of coats (painting in your case). I have matte dark everything in my house 💀 and find the "cleanableness" of the surfaces extremely varied. The painted finish is really easy to clean 😊 what would not be my guess, comparing it with professionally sprayed doors. Apparently it's about the texture. The smoother the more difficult to clean which is also counterintuitive for me. But glossy/ matte doesn't really matter that much.

It looks great in a powder room. Barely humid and anywhere else would be too big to have wallpaper.

Totally agree, I do not miss the collection of bruises I used to receive from pokey out handles. Ikea used to do flush flip out handles which were great but collect crumbs if you're not careful (toothbrush needed to clean),. When i upgraded the kitchen in my next place, i went for push open/close, much prefer that so i don't break my rubbish nails when i accidentally slam fingertips into the recessed handle - i'm a clumsy oaf so I was very excited when I got push fittings.

But sitting on a wool rug will leave you with plenty on your clothing you’ll have to remove. Have one in my bedroom. Agree with you that the big shedding dissipates when the rug is new.

Yes, people do need to keep spares. I know someone who didn’t, because they thought it had a long guarantee. What they didn’t realise was that it didn’t cover deliberate damage (another story), and also that it still does show occasional contrasting nicks and cuts through to the dark backing. And, of course, that colour has long been discontinued. Another problem with that type of flooring is they advertise it as being easy to fit yourself, but that doesn’t account for skirting boards which either have to be moved, or if you use the matching skirting strips they provide, it is only glued down and thus tends to dislodge in the long term - plus also absorbs water and swells.

Everything gets dusty, but paler woods and light finishes won't show it as much. Quentin Crisp famously said that dudt gets no thicker after a few years, so why worry about it?!

Dust is caused by skin shedding, so you can't eliminate it completely, but it is caused also by fabrics shedding. Avoid using too many fabrics in your furniture. Leather sofa or chairs for example will cause less dust to form in your living room than cloth covered ones. Keep your clothing in wardrobe, don't leave it lying around the house. Vertical window slats instead of cloth curtains. Things like that. I have several small solar powered lights by the windows during the day, and move them to other parts of the house at night, which saves on electricity bill.

What a sweet comment