What design ideas do you love, but everyone else seems to dislike?
(TRIGGER WARNING: may include colour coded books... hehe)
Ever read an article on here and a design feature seems to get everyone riled up, and you don't get it, because you love it? We all have different tastes, so let's celebrate the outliers. :)
A couple of mine are: I love colourful skirting and cornicing, and am determined to paint mine silver at some point (see the Apollo Victoria theatre for my inspiration!).
Had to pick a picture! Personally I love this cat litter idea, some people would rather it was kept as far away from the kitchen as possible!
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Juliet Docherty
5 years agoWhere to start?
I love a glass brick, always have and always will. They're functional and hark back to the industrial past and I like that.
I love a creamy warm room sometimes, we have lost sight of the usefulness of cream since the world turned a million shades of grey. Grey's great sometimes, but so is cream.
I also love an open shelf in a kitchen. Mine are away from the cooker but I would still have them anyway.
Finally I love tiles. To me they are things of beauty.
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Emily
5 years agoGood thread! I’m always thinking of something on here that I like and everyone hates but now I’m trying to I can’t think of anything! Oh yes I can, I like gloss paint and no one else seems to.
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Heidi Cullen
5 years agoI love Boho/Gothica - lots of fabric, very luxurious and then turn the lights out lol! Colour and texture with no sharp angles so if I fell I would just bounce. Lots of velvets, silks, sari trim and brocade on overstuffed furniture. Beds so high you have to be invited aboard - I even have casters on mine so I can move it at will. Moroccan lights hanging from the ceiling throwing colourful shade around the room - just magical.
PROSvetlana Lierre
5 years agoEmily, you are not alone, I love gloss paint! It can really elevate the look.
Also I love dark ceilings, painted with gloss paint! :)
Chris Goodchild
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Ribena Drinker
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PRONaturally Allard
2 years agowindow seats are my favourite i love how diverse they are and that they can just hide anything and still be useful and look good.
Ribena Drinker