The people who bought our last house sold some piece of furniture on FB marketplace and in the photo I could see that they had painted the living room a horrible color…that was probably two years ago and it still bugs me.

Thanks. I loved our houses too. The one we lived in for 20yrs and raised our three children is currently for sale. They dug up all of the foundation plants, cut down/removed all of the azaleas, which is easily over a hundred. Cut down a huge magnolia tree. It's 3/4 acre of horrible nothing.

A round table in the kitchen would be much better, @Gizmo

Oh, I love it. I wonder if I could live with that. I normally like things to be very airy. But I'd love to try living someplace that has so much character instead of my 70's ranch.

I'd have to lighten it up somehow but love the coziness. Fireplace area is beautiful but clear the furnishings and maybe use it as a sitting area on some comfy furniture.

I have to agree with all the TOO DARK comments. To each their own!

As far as new owners changing things now with the wonders of the internet each time a home goes up for sale one can see how the home morphed. It can be a very interesting architectural dig at times. Definitely not for the faint of heart. When you sell you have to LET GO or sooo much will grate your spirit away!!

Me too me too. I think that's a beautiful kitchen, While I used to prefer wood stain to white, I now like them equally. I do find that kitchen too dark. I love the dining area and the rug in particular but the kitchen is a tad too dark for me. Cozy but yeah just over the edge too dark.

I think darker cabinets are very hard to photograph well, and that this kitchen would look much different in person. There is lots of natural light.

Also — realtors, IG people, online retail sites, bloggers, etc lighten their photos so much now, we’re used to seeing the whitewash effect. One IG decorating personality I know of even sells light filters.

YES!!! That is a gorgeous kitchen! That is also MY kitchen layout (I don’t get to say this very often, lol), but mine is a little bigger. I can tell you that I feel it is the perfct layout….Ice, water, fire….LWO was right. Gosh those doors are gorgeous!!! I am with ya on the white…

When you sell you have to LET GO or sooo much will grate your spirit away!!

@arcy_gw Yes, and I don't have a problem letting go once I am gone, but I can still not like what they've done or get a little upset when first seen. Our last house was built by my parents in the 80s and had never been on the market. I had never lived there until we bought it from my mother's estate. It never really felt like "ours." So my issue was it was still my home, and there were a couple of really mean and rude comments on her pages (typed, and handed out) that were unnecessary. Who would be so callious to leave her copy front and center in my home? Her name was written on the top, so I know it was hers (color coded for everyone, btw). In the end, we sold, so win win.

Two of our last three houses have been open concept. I missed that in our last house. I would love this kitchen MtnRd posted if it weren't so dark and the fireplace area looked more comfortable.

Is espresso wood coming back? I’m not ready!

I'm not saying id replicate it or that is is flawless, I'm saying its lovely and has I personality.

Anyone who has spent a lot of time looking at listings lately will tell you it's very easy to get "white fatigue." And I like white!

The distortion from these wide angle shots is so annoying, but it does look as though the dining area could sport a larger table.

We have sold 2 homes. A lakehouse, which was decorated almost entirely by someone else and I never particularly loved. And our first house, a terrific, massive brick Georgian colonial that was lovely and loved. We still have close friends in that town so have occasion to see the house. The house was in great shape when we bought it,and great shape when we left. The outside is much the same (10 years later) and very well cared for; I hear the inside was little changed but IDK. They did put in a fence, right where we took one out. I can understand why, as we debated it too.

PS I'm going to try to assume that woman left her notes by accident. But I am not sure why you would need rude comments on a to-do-list. In any event, I'd like to kick her in the shins.

My late husband built big, beautiful cedar arbors/walkways to the backyards at the last two houses we lived in, just for me. Almost before we’d unpack, he’d be making the plans for them, and I have sweet pictures of our daughter helping. They were magazine-worthy, I’m not just saying that. Each had a decorative iron gate and I’d plant vines. He promised me: no matter where we live, I’ll build you your arbor.

Both houses, the new owners tore them down almost immediately, and installed ugly privacy fences/plain gates in their place.

You know what Jinx, they were not worthy of them. I'm not just saying that.

Thank you, mtn. ❤️

I can’t drive by the houses, it hurts too much (for lots of reasons). But my former neighbors on both streets were so upset about each one and told me.

:( Jinx. Agree with Mtn. They were not worthy. Me? I just keept hoping Dad will haunt them. Kidding, not kidding.

Thanks for the laugh, Mtn.

Thank you, Allison. ❤️

I hope your dad is, too. And my husband. (He totally would play practical jokes.) :D

Jinx, I wish somehow you could have taken them with you! What a sweet thing your husband said. Actually, they are with you, in your heart and mind.

So true, Arapaho! Thank you. ❤️

It's beautiful, especially the dining room. I prefer something lighter, but I don't dislike it like I do some stark, blinding white kitchens.

"The rise of the moody kitchen" from VERANDA - Kitchen Trends 2021

As consumers say goodbye to the all-white kitchen, designers have noted that there has been a strong gravitation to the moody or dark kitchen.

No.

There is a lot to like about that kitchen, shame the blue is off. Id be tempted to put some sort of wash over it. I love the "canister set" on the lower level of the island. That's a lot of flour. ; )

If this is “moody”, it’s a bad mood. That blue is just wrong.

It's a lovely kitchen, just more than a bit BRIGHT. At least it makes me not want to eat.

I have a thing about highly contrasting moldings…that bright blue line at the ceiling would drive me insane everyday!

The original kitchen is really pretty to look at…but i couldn’t live with it. I thrive on light. The verdant views out the windows are so pretty!

FWIW I think we are seeing a beginning of the sterile white kitchen ennui. People tire of sameness. i personally like a light kitchen but i also like to mix it up.

As a lifelong bluehasalwaysbeenmyfavoritecolor person, that blue , although a very lovely color, is not working for me in that kitchen. I also agree that molding is just not doing it any favors.

But hey, have paintbrush and paint- it could work.

I have a thing about highly contrasting moldings…that bright blue line at the ceiling would drive me insane everyday!

Agree;they often look clownish.

Like the dining room, but the kitchen cabinets look to me like what happens to paint colors after a house fire.

LOL cyn!

Have to say, I am really a fan of this non-white ambiance! I could feel cozy and at home there. I don't feel trapped in greyscale or monochromatics.

Here's one! Yikes. Believe it or not, the house was not all this whacky

another one -- s???

That last kitchen would be so much cuter without that red band around the island.

What is that red thing on the wall?

I was just complaining to someone about how tired I am of seeing HUGE out of scale light fixtures over islands, and here Mtn goes and posts one with fixtures too small...

The worst thing about the multi colour green and blue kitchen is two knobs on one drawer front. Whhhhhyyyyyyyyy

At first glance i thought these were googly eyes…made perfect sense to me. 🤪

what are they?

They put up a towel bar looking thing and have pot lids stored. Like there's not enough cabinets?! The two knobs is just weird, and most likely because they could not find pulls to replace/fit the previous handle holes.

Before we went white, we had stained cabinets for 20 or so years. The first year I loved them, then I got so sick of the darkness I longed for a brighter mood- picker-upper kitchen. White it was. I do think a light color makes cooking a bit more fun.

Here's one I rather like. Embracing the outlet code!

Ohhh the lack of symmetry with the outlet/window situation would get to me, but otherwise I like it too.

I love that BS tile…I think I would have mounted those sconces up in the middle of the window. Probably would not have use black on the outlets…..love that wood on the cabinets!!!

I love that kitchen, Mtn. Happy and cozy. Reminds me of my childhood kitchen actually.

I would tone down the colors, but I like it too. Didn't Marco have a K like that?

An FYI as this thread popped up again: re the Blue Kitchen. I randomly came across photos by the actual designer and the color shown on this thread is very distorted - the blue is actually quite nice. Here is the link:

http://sarahblankdesignstudio.com/portfolio/kips-bay-palm-beach-show-house-2/

I agree, that color looks so much better in that link! Still not a fan of the blue crown molding.

MUCH better….still not crazy about the moulding, but I do LOVE the table!

That green /blue / brown kitchen Mtn posted above looks like a Marimekko ad out of the 1970s. A lot of these kitchens are just too …specific, for lack of a better word, for me. i don’t really care for the original kitchen posted but appreciate some of its attributes. The saturated blue kitchen posted does not look good either in the bright crayon color of the first photo or the deep periwinkle of the second, IMO. It’s curious how people feel drawn to some looks and not others.