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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:19 - Light Fixtures Over Tub
01:40 - Bare Light Bulbs
03:19 - Floating Staircase No Handrail
04:31 - Doorless Bathroom
05:49 - Epoxy DIY Countertops
07:33 - Micro or No Backsplash
09:13 - Crazy Textured Tiles
09:56 - TV Too High

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[efenili]

"Prioritizing aesthetics over function is not good design" - amen to this. A good designer makes practicality look good, they don't remove it

[jnii]

Regarding the "floating stairs": here in Germany we once were able to get a building permit for a floating staircase without a handrail because it was declared as a sculpture and not a staircase. BUT for this to work, we needed to build a second staircase which fulfilled all requirements for an emergency staircase, e.g. lenght of exit path, materials...

[sallyb]

Doorless bathroom are COLD too. Really impracticable.

[xystem]

I like how you provided alternatives or solutions if people were really into the trends, even though the mainline trends themselves aren't practical

[joshiedL]

Finally someone with some logic when it comes to bare lightbulbs 🙌🏽 I’m sick of having my retina scorched

[ok-tchau]

A house with a doorless bathroom is not a house, but multiroom bathroom.

[svennoren]

"A kitchen used more for instagramming than for actual cooking" I'm dying! 🤣😂

[cinnamonraw]

The open bathroom trend…. You have such a good point. When I need to throw up : I want to do it in peace and privacy. And whilst having promised to share everything, I draw a line at the smells 😅😊

[Thaerii]

In Sweden, we put "cozy lights" in our windows. So in the evening, we switch off out main lights and turn on those, which are much lower in intensity, as well has having more of a reddish hue.

Those "industrial lights?" No, they are to be somewhere under a lampshade

I love how you agree with me about a lot of those things, by the way. And you have a very nice, calming voice at that :)

[w.urlitzer]

I like the tone of kindness and the calm in your voice besides the information.

[joslaurent]

You had me at “no one wants to marinate in that aroma”🤣🤣🤣

[daflotsam]

This is the first video I've seen of yours and you are spot on.
But I also like the way that you don't ridicule the designs, but rather give a friendly alert of what the downsides are and, if possible, how to remedy them.

[odileflint]

Thank you for finally being the voice of reason! Those stairs always terrified me

[awaterplease]

I love how kindly you are roasting the instagrammers

[RushWasABand]

I am happy to see that someone shares my passion for putting function above looks

[Whammytap]

As someone who has never had a lot of money, I dream of having a tiled backsplash on my waterlogged, crumbling kitchen walls, and aspire to NOT having bare bulbs hanging around my apartment. And as a cleaning lady, those pebbled/rough stone bathroom surfaces are my bread and butter. They get very gross in a very short period of time, and take a lot of time to clean. I charge by the hour. Money in the bank. 💵 On behalf of cash-strapped housekeepers everywhere, thank you for these kinds of ridiculous trends. If this continues, I'll be able to afford some very snazzy custom tile. (It will be smooth.)

P.S. - Also, as a cleaning lady, I've had two chandeliers fall from the ceiling as I was very lightly, gently dusting them. Make sure your chandelier hardware is something better than builder-grade, or you could have a scene from "Clue" on your hands.

UPDATE: Was dusting another expensive chandelier yesterday, noticed that one of the links in the chain that it depends from was starting to come apart. Pointed it out to the homeowner, who was 100% unconcerned. When it goes, it's going to take out a fabulous antique French desk with spindly legs and an embossed red leather top. *sigh*

[peggyjones]

I rented a house that didn't have a door to the bathroom in the master suite. It was terrible. We went through more candles in that year and a half. I remember my husband ordering me out of our bedroom because he needed the toilet and didn't want me in any proximity. It was gross.

[Mrs.Silversmith]

Textured tiles are a beast. My entire kitchen backsplash was done in textured/dimensional tiles by the previous owner. It looks nice, but in order to clean them I literally have to get out a toothbrush to get into the various grooves and crannies. I would have much preferred a smooth tile. The result is that I always procrastinate on cleaning those tiles because it is such a pain.

[claudiamiller]

Backsplashes = solution! We purchased a house built in 1993 that has FORMICA backsplashes thru all the workspace in the kitchen…and it’s marvelous. Have encountered many different attempts at backsplashes in 10 homes over 50 years..and pretty much disliked them all..until this application. The walls are smooth with no pattern to try to work around when decorating, clean up so very easily and the room is painted the exact soft blue as the laminate, so it looks like the walls are just paint. I don’t know why designers haven’t used this technique more aggressively in the past. Certainly makes for a clean, streamlined look without the horror of having to scrub/repaint drywall that’s exposed to the slings and arrows of an active cook’s kitchen!💕

[peppatheoof]

2:03 i finally feel validated for how much i've irrationally hated these pendant lights. We have 3 in our kitchen and I hate them. I only use them on minimal brightness for a decent subtle glow, or to be left on overnight. And the edison bulbs I love for a dim, soft glow for a nice ambient addition, but for primary light, it's always been a subconscious bone of mine to pick.