A decor pet peeve

[rooster222]

It drives me a little crazy when the exterior and interior of a house does not match.

As I've been shopping for Airbnb's, there is nothing more disappointing than a cheery/pastel exterior with a dark burgundy, brown, black accent interior. If I'm at the beach, then dang it I want my rental to make me feel like it! There is nothing sadder than dark interiors at a beach house, especially if it has a happy exterior.

Thinking of my own house, I think the exterior & interior do match but I'm occasionally all over the map with what I like, so I can see how things could go sideways.

Of course people should decorate the way they like, and I'm not judging different styles.

Does anyone else notice this or just me?

[Susie]

Yes, I definitely notice. We bought and sold last year, so I've spent a lot of time looking at houses, and I'm always taken aback a bit when the interior and exterior look like completely different houses.

[simpsongal]

I don't know actual numbers, but I would guess a majority of houses in this country are some form of traditional style/build on the exterior, and current décor tastes are skewing modern and MCM. So there's going to be some dissonance. I like the trend toward merging styles and pieces - like mixing antiques w/modern pieces.

I'm also of the opinion that you can get away w/a lot as long as you have a room set up nicely w/appropriately scaled furniture, not too much clutter, lots of natural light etc.

Good luck w/the AirBNB!

[flygirl]

I notice especially if it’s an older house, like a 50 yr old craftsman that when it was built had beautiful wood work, etc and someone redoes it into a really modern style inside. It makes me cry when they’ve removed all the bookcases, built ins etc.

[dr.girlfriend]

I can see that being the case for an Air BNB, but for my own house I wouldn't want to live with an interior style I don't like just because the exterior has that style.

It's funny, I was just kind of thinking about this because this came up in my Facebook feed:

www.apartmenttherapy.com/465-arch-st-pittsford-vt-37027424?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=managed&fbclid=IwAR13im4Q_V9XncwyT5nQBsDNuTtO3ZqeOLpKNPABCevLiD3wCzjCGwQNmZI

My first thought was, "I love the exterior but I would never want to live in a rickety old Victorian" and then I looked at the inside and it was like ... not what I was expecting. My main issue with it though is that they only have two bedrooms in a 5k square foot house, and based on the one bedroom they showed they are not even that impressive!  And also stunned that a completely renovated 5k square foot historic farmhouse is only $400k in Vermont.  :-)

[mrsukyankee]

dr.girlfriend, our house is around 2000 sq feet and we have 4 bedrooms, so having more than double the sq feet with less bedrooms makes NO SENSE in my mind. What have they done with that space?

[dr.girlfriend]

Jan 24, 2022 11:27:09 GMT -5 mrsukyankee said:

dr.girlfriend , our house is around 2000 sq feet and we have 4 bedrooms, so having more than double the sq feet with less bedrooms makes NO SENSE in my mind. What have they done with that space?

Yeah, I'm curious because that house looks huge.  I can understand if you have like 8 bedrooms or something converting a few to different things like an amazing primary bath or closet or something, but 2 bedrooms in a house that big and that renovated I would hope they would be SPECTACULAR, and the one they showed looks like it has a sad little double bed!

ETA:  I was curious enough to follow the link to the Sotheby's website and they *still* only show that one sad bedroom!  There's another tiny space that's an office that is maybe the second bedroom?  Bizarre.

[kadams767]

That is a multi-unit house, though. So it has a 2bd, 2ba master unit, and then two 2bd apartments. That makes 6 bedrooms and at least 4 bathrooms. There's the 5,000 square feet.

ETA - it also says the finished square footage is 3,272.

Second ETA - the old zillow page shows it as a 6bd, 2ba house with 3,272 square feet.  www.zillow.com/homedetails/465-Arch-St-Pittsford-VT-05763/2087740698_zpid/

[winecat]

I found more pictures here: www.trulia.com/p/vt/pittsford/465-arch-st-pittsford-vt-05763--2189230862?mid=0#lil-mediaTab

WTF to that laundry room?!

They really like taking pictures of their faucets and stairs.

[aspentosh]

I get what you mean, but so many mid 70s, 80s, and 90s are pretty traditional and that isn't everyone's style. I'd love a Craftsman home but they are $$$$$, especially in our area now.

We have a center hall Colonial and I lean more transitional (which isn't far off) but H likes modern and clean. I definitely try and keep our stuff traditional (hex tiles, herringbone patterns) but bring in a little of the edge with decor.

But totally agree with beach houses. They need to be bright and airy feeling, inside and out!

[aprilsails]

I had to lol at the OPs sentiment since our first house was a SFH in a suburb that looked exactly like a little blue farmhouse on the outside, and on the inside too! All the counter tops were light blue (kitchen and all three bathrooms) and it was just hilarious.

The house remains a little blue farmhouse on the outside, we even replaced the roof with a navy blue roof which made it worse, but on the inside it was completely modernized by the time we moved out. I would say for the better. The mid-90s country aesthetic was a look. When we first moved in my Mom said she was going to get us a full set of the Corelle dishes with the blue hearts.

[hbomdiggity]

I agree. We had a very traditional craftsman. That’s not my interior style, but I still felt compelled to keep it more traditional inside vs going modern or MCM.

Our current house is a mishmash new build exterior (leaning French colonial). Again, kept the interior traditional/transitional. Some friends have a very modern house w/ a very modern high end interior. Looks amazing, but that’s just not my house, never will be. And I hold my breath every time my kid goes over there that he doesn’t break something.

[bhnumbers]

eh, I kind of like it. it's like a fun surprise. this made me think of a house that was profiled in a local magazine recently. it's in a neighborhood literally named Country Club Hills, lol, and the inside it really unexpected www.arlingtonmagazine.com/hitch-residence-interior-design-country-club-hills-arlington/

our house is craftsman style and I love it, but our style is not super traditional and I think it's fun to mix things up.

my biggest decor pet peeve are bookshelves with no books on them, lol. they don't need to be completely full of books, but at least have *some* books, right?