re: What are the best and worst trends in new construction since the mid 90s?

Laundry connecting to the master closet

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The new aspect of that craze is also doing ceilings in the same dark green-grays or deep blue-greens.

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We have full dipped our bedroom and a couple of bathrooms and living room. Semigloss trim and doors, egg shell walls, matte ceilings, but the same color. It's really aesthetically pleasing and you feel like each room is an entirely different house.

One Sherwin Williams Thyme bathroom, Behr cracked pepper in our bedroom, and SW simple stone color in our master bath that is fantastic. SW iron ore in formal living room.

Our bedroom has a dark wood, navy/gray aesthetic that is insanely cozy. Every thing in there is picked to match the vibe. Then you walk through french doors to our bathroom which has the stone full dip color. Really cool. People come to our house and ask to walk through it and show others.

Rest of house is an off white egg shell wall color I forget and same color baseboard in semigloss (not bright white)

Bedroom:


Master bath:



Powder room:



Living room:

Those are all really good colors. We had a similar sage green and blue gray. The darker setting also really make the colors in artwork, furniture, rugs etc pop.

We went all in on greenish blues and sages:

Those are all gorgeous colors!

Worst
Too open floor plan, Cooking in the great room sucks
Soffet down spot lights, they look like shite
Street facing garage

Best
Hearth room off the kitchen, I’ll never have a home without one
Laundry shoot from kids upstairs bathroom to laundry room
Lower driveway to daylight basement garage with 16 foot garage door
In home theater- best naps ever
Low voltage landscaping up lights

Best (for the spaces I care about the most)

Large attached minimum 3 car garage with walkout door and windows on the outer side wall. Each bay large enough for large SUV, truck and/or boat and with room for shelves, cabinets, refrigerator, freezer on the back and side walls. Garage attached to kitchen.

Extra large screened porch.

Extra large deck.

Full sized walkout basement.

Private courtyard off master bedroom.

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works great when you only have so little time together and someone needs to wash all of the dishes, get dinner going

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Funny enough, this is why I don't like open floor plan. To be fair, we don't have kids, so the biggest appeal of open floor plan doesn't apply.

It's not unusual for me to spend the entire day cooking, which I like to do with my music going and whatnot. That's not necessarily what my husband wants to spend the day doing, however. It's nice to have other rooms to go into that isn't your bedroom.

But the question was pertaining to the 90's and beyond bruh!

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SW iron ore in formal living room

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It seems like almost every remodel we do we mention Iron Ore at some point. Actually have done numerous exterior siding jobs in Iron Ore that look awesome. Definitely a great color. SW makes some great paint. I don't think we have a single painter that doesn't prefer using SW.

The tiny tiny lots that all homes are built upon now. Doesn't matter with the house is, but if there's a real front and backyard with trees it's timeless.