*NEVER* Have These 20 POPULAR Home Design Trends...If You HATE Cleaning!

Today I’m sharing the 20 home design trends to never have – if you hate cleaning! Watch all of the videos in this series here:    • NEVER Have These 20 It...   Click here for a clean & tidy home!    / @tarynmaria_

The open shower is also much colder, the heat escapes.

I don't cook a lot of messy stuff on my stove but when I do, I prop a large baking sheet against the wall so grease and splatters don't hit the backsplash. Makes it much easier to just wipe down

Another viewer commented that "Sometimes designers think so hard about aesthetics that they forget the practical purpose of what they are designing". This is so true. I'm going into the interior design field, but I'm also very practical! Anything you bring into your home has to be easy to clean! I agree with all of your choices, but one: I would rather clean the two mirrors in the bathroom over the two sinks. The oval shapes of the sinks and the mirrors complement each other so well. Also, I have marble on the walls of my shower. Big mistake! Marble is so delicate that you need a special cleaner so you don't ruin the finish. High maintenance! Thanks for your videos!

The open shower reminds me of a place we stayed in Italy that lacked a shower curtain. No matter how careful you were it was a mess. I can’t imagine dealing with that every day!

The best, most practical decision I ever made was putting in a very nice, 22 inch, white, cast iron, single basin kitchen sink in my master bathroom. With a pretty kitchen faucet with a sprayer. This has worked out so beautifully, I can't believe it. First, hubs has no issue using the sprayer to rinse his hair trimming down the sink. This ended a 30 year war in our marriage. But it's also worked out great for us for keeping toothpaste and water splashes IN the sink. When I wash my face, all the water I splash goes right in, even the water that wants to run down my elbows. It's big enough I can wash my hair or rinse out hair dye easily. Cleaning is so easy with the sprayer. The sink has been repurposed as a infant/toddler bath, dog bath, and once an emergency cat bath. It proved to be invaluable while we were remodeling our kitchen. I was able to turn the master bath into a kitchen of sorts that got us through the ordeal. Talk about handy. There have been zero drawbacks to the sink/faucet combo. It's an absolute must for any bathroom build we do in the future.

Agree with you 100% on all of those items you listed. Sometimes designers think so hard about aesthetics that they forget the practical purpose of what they are designing.

And I have quartz counter tops that look like marble. I’ve spilled so much on them -no stains.

Thanks again for making it "okay" to not have some of these design trends in my home. You've saved me so much time and money! 😅

Thank you! I feel so seen! I always evaluate everything if it is easy to clean.

I had a wood coffee table with a glass insert. When my son was small, I took the glass insert to glass shop and had them make an acrylic piece to replace the glass.

Our house is easy to clean. Real hardwood floors, no rugs, no upholstered furniture, minimum hardwood furniture, clothes are hund up, and nothing on surfaces. Use a boat varnish for real hardwood floors in bathroom and kitchen. The boat varnish seals the hardwood, it becomes waterproof and long lasting.

Good points here. I was sad to see the slatted walls, but when you mentioned they could be hiding places for critters, I was with you.😲🕷 Regarding the maximalist point, I think collections in general are not a good idea. My grandmother collected salt & pepper shakers and she was always trying to pay my cousins and I to clean & dust them. My mom collected earrings and displayed them on corkboard but grime and dust were too difficult to keep up with them. I used to be a collector of nautical items but shells and related items were a pain to keep clean, so I no longer keep collections. All my knick knacks are good sized and and easy to dust. Thx for the video.🙂

Love your detailed analysis of these trends, and how they just cause more housework! The vertical slatted wood wall trend made me smile...deifinitely something of the suspense movie about what's going to start creeping out of those crevices when the lights are switched off :)

I pulled out shower doors some years ago and, yes, went to curtains. Much easier for me at 77 to keep clean.

Some of these were very eye-opening, I had never thought of before. Two things I would have to think twice on: – 1.the kitchen backsplash is there to protect the walls. They are much easier to clean than a wall. 2. I see your point on 2 bathroom mirrors, but I have always had 2 individual mirrors and have never had a problem keeping them clean. Amen to the rest though!

They had that half wall in a hotel and I still manage to soak the floor. Lol

So true! 2 mirrors in bathroom, UNPOPULAR OPINION I add too that 2 sinks, 2 faucets in the bathroom. You double the cleaning by putting every think twice in the bathroom! 😅 very nice video 💛

I am so pleasantly surprised. Many of those things that are popular now, I didn’t like. Never really thought about why, so now I know why. Thank you! The one thing I’ve dreamed about is the open shower. I’ll need to really rethink my options for that and the tile options too. Glad to see this before we remodel. Good info and you have a new subscriber.

I agree with 19 out of 20!   However, a few years ago I swapped out the large mirror over my double vanity with 2 smaller mirrors and I do not find it any more of a time suck to clean the 2 over the one.