As somebody who’s at all times been tremendous interested in house design — and watches means too many HGTV and random Discovery+ house reno exhibits in his spare time — listening to what actual folks consider all of the design “developments” on the market enthralls me to no finish. That is why I have been polling you, our loyal BuzzFeed readers, on your house design opinions for over a yr now…and your sizzling takes by no means stop to fascinate me.
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There are many design developments that y’all just about unanimously dislike, like floating staircases. And there are heaps that individuals cannot get sufficient of, like gallery partitions. However there’s additionally a shocking variety of developments that our readers are genuinely cut up over. Primarily based on the numbers of oldsters who weighed in on the next developments (sometimes 100,000 or extra!), these 16 are probably the most divisive ones on the market. What do you suppose?
Observe: Earlier than you ask me why the screenshotted percentages under do not add as much as 100%, that is as a result of there’s at all times a 3rd possibility on these polls of “I haven’t got sturdy emotions,” which felt type of pointless for this publish. Keep it up!
1.Our first divisive development truly begins on the outside — the “fashionable farmhouse” look. This one’s principally an excellent cut up…like, solely 6,000 votes separate them.
2.One other development individuals are cut up over? Having numerous houseplants, I assume.
3.There’s solely a distinction of three,000 folks between those that love subway tile backsplashes and those that do not…
4.…and it will not be a wonderfully even cut up, however I am type of shocked that individuals do not completely align on open flooring plans?!
5.You both love or hate the mid-century fashionable chandelier. There is no such thing as a in-between.
6.My tufted headboard is crying within the nook proper now.
7.I assumed the web was sick of color-coded bookshelves…however BRB whereas I coloration coordinate all of my books instantly.
8.For those who dislike minimalism, 51% of individuals disagree with you.
9.Apparently, the jury’s out on whether or not this Moroccan-inspired tile is cute or not when used as a backsplash. Clock that distinction of two,000 votes… 👀
10.I’ve heard so many individuals refer to those home numbers because the “gentrification font,” however apparently, not everybody agrees on them, aesthetically.
11.Opinions on concrete flooring are fairly darn shut!
12.I am personally of the mindset that mounting a TV over a hearth is a neck-ache ready to occur, however what do I do know.
13.All-gray interiors have folks roughly cut up, too.
14.Everybody has sturdy emotions in regards to the waterfall kitchen island, it appears.
15.Additionally within the kitchen, the blue cupboard and gold {hardware} look may actually go both means.
16.And eventually, you know the way some folks paint over brick to offer it a cleaner, extra fashionable look? This one is as near 50-50 because it will get.
Do you notably love (or detest) any of the divisive developments on this checklist? Hold forth within the feedback under.
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