For how long could you live with the decor?

Silvertabby

caprikid1 said:

"which had an avocado suite" had a house with one for years.
Just remember what you put in today is tomorrow's avocado.

Except white.  That will never go out of fashion.

MovingForwards

Silvertabby said:

caprikid1 said:

"which had an avocado suite" had a house with one for years.
Just remember what you put in today is tomorrow's avocado.

Except white.  That will never go out of fashion.

Got to agree with you on this point.

I've got sage, which I'm tempted to keep, just have it refitted when the bathroom is done and has modern plumbing. 

Although my local reclaimers has a gorgeous baby blue marbled sink from the early 1900s. Unfortunately no matching loo otherwise I would have purchased and stored them, while saving for the refit. 

Silvertabby

MovingForwards said:

Silvertabby said:

caprikid1 said:

"which had an avocado suite" had a house with one for years.
Just remember what you put in today is tomorrow's avocado.

Except white.  That will never go out of fashion.

Got to agree with you on this point.

I've got sage, which I'm tempted to keep, just have it refitted when the bathroom is done and has modern plumbing. 

Although my local reclaimers has a gorgeous baby blue marbled sink from the early 1900s. Unfortunately no matching loo otherwise I would have purchased and stored them, while saving for the refit. 

That sink does sound nice.  Is there enough white in the marble to go with a white loo - or is it all shades of blue?

M.E.

We are selling our 1980's fourbed detached house, with most of the original fittings. We bought from new and there were no white suites or kitchens. We chose ivory, which has served us well. We know it is dated, ready for a revamp, but everything works and is neutral. From neighbouring houses the first thing to go into the skip is the bathroom then kitchen then internal doors, even if only installed a couple of months before sale. However we have not had potential buyers willing to upgrade. Developers have come offering 150k below asking price. What to do? 

phoebe1989seb

Someone upthread mentioned woodchip wallpaper. Our last house - a very unique mid 1850s detached with Arts and Crafts style extension and bags of original features - was plastered with the stuff. It was on virtually every wall and ceiling (including between copious amounts of beams)  throughout the twelve rooms (and where it wasn't, they'd used swirly, textured paper), even to the extent of papering the tops and undersides of shelving inside a floor to ceiling Victorian linen press 😮

I'm surprised they didn't woodchip the stairs, lol!

That house was one project we failed to complete, although we couldn't live with the sea of woodchip, so one of the few things we did finish in the three years we owned it was remove the lot and replaster everywhere!!!

Davesnave

M.E. said:

We are selling our 1980's fourbed detached house, with most of the original fittings. We bought from new and there were no white suites or kitchens. We chose ivory, which has served us well. We know it is dated, ready for a revamp, but everything works and is neutral. From neighbouring houses the first thing to go into the skip is the bathroom then kitchen then internal doors, even if only installed a couple of months before sale. However we have not had potential buyers willing to upgrade. Developers have come offering 150k below asking price. What to do? 

You will get potential buyers willing to upgrade if you advertise at a price which reflects the perceived need for work.

fiwen30

After years of living in boring, white rental, my partner and I couldn’t wait to put our own stamp on the 80’s chalet bungalow we bought in November. I’ve a feeling the last owners had previously rented it out, as it had cheap, thin grey carpet throughout, and everything had been roughly sloshed over in white which had turned very grubby - whoever glossed the woodwork, also glossed half the walls!

It felt very unloved and more than a bit shabby, and so I don’t feel any sort of guilt or embarrassment that we completely overhauled every room within the first month of ownership. We could’ve ‘put up’ with it, but after spending 5/10 months last year shielding indoors, we wanted to make our new home comfortable, fresh, and a reflection of ourselves and our tastes.

Props to anyone who decides or has to live with less than stellar decor for ages, but it wasn’t something we were interested in doing. We didn’t do anything major, just a lot of paint and elbow grease, but it was worth it to enjoy being in our new space.

Greymug

When I buy a property, the first thing that goes is the carpet. I don't like it, I find it vile and gives me the boke. The carpet gets tossed and wood/laminate flooring gets installed before I move in. It's the only renovation that needs to happen before I move in, it's just easier to do before I start bringing in the furniture.

Second thing to go is the wallpaper. Again, it's just nasty and tacky. I start by painting everything white and take it from there. I stay at least 3 months with the white paint on, so I get an idea of what the lighting situation is throughout the house and in various times of day, gives me a better idea of what paint colour would work or not.

All the other things such as radiators, curtains, light fixtures...those come later but normally I get everything done to my taste within the 1st year.

MovingForwards

Silvertabby said:

MovingForwards said:

Silvertabby said:

caprikid1 said:

"which had an avocado suite" had a house with one for years.
Just remember what you put in today is tomorrow's avocado.

Except white.  That will never go out of fashion.

Got to agree with you on this point.

I've got sage, which I'm tempted to keep, just have it refitted when the bathroom is done and has modern plumbing. 

Although my local reclaimers has a gorgeous baby blue marbled sink from the early 1900s. Unfortunately no matching loo otherwise I would have purchased and stored them, while saving for the refit. 

That sink does sound nice.  Is there enough white in the marble to go with a white loo - or is it all shades of blue?

I don't think a white loo would work as it would be too 'bright' and potentially take away the effect of the sink. 

I'm looking into an almost invisible shower set up, probably frameless glass.

It's not easy finding what I'm after 🙈

allIcouldwishfor

Silvertabby said:

caprikid1 said:

"which had an avocado suite" had a house with one for years.
Just remember what you put in today is tomorrow's avocado.

Except white.  That will never go out of fashion.

Unless it's shell-shaped.