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One of the odd things that bothers me

Do you have a pet peeve about decor or fashion that your eye always go?

 

My home decor peeve is HW floors with short boards.  It is a dead give away that it is a cheap floor and looks so odd to me.  There is nothing worse than looking into or across a room and seeing 'scraps' of flooring pieced together.  When we watch home improvement shows,especially the ones where they are flipping the house for profit- I cringe when I see 'short boards.'

 

Next time you are buying HW, veneer or laminate AVOID short boards.  Unless it is going in a tiny bathroom or laundry room where it does not matter.

 

Your pet peeve?

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Re: One of the odd things that bothers me

yes i do ... recliner chairs ....And lamps where there is a swag that is a

chain and it drapes to the outlet ....

 

there must be others ....!!

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I can't stand blue used in home decor, if I see blue it ruins the whole room.

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Re: One of the odd things that bothers me

fake plants

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Re: One of the odd things that bothers me

@Abrowneyegirl Do you mean narrow slats? My house was built in '61 and have narrow (1-1/2" wide) hardwood floors.

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@Abrowneyegirl wrote:

Do you have a pet peeve about decor or fashion that your eye always go?

 

My home decor peeve is HW floors with short boards.  It is a dead give away that it is a cheap floor and looks so odd to me.  There is nothing worse than looking into or across a room and seeing 'scraps' of flooring pieced together.  When we watch home improvement shows,especially the ones where they are flipping the house for profit- I cringe when I see 'short boards.'

 

Next time you are buying HW, veneer or laminate AVOID short boards.  Unless it is going in a tiny bathroom or laundry room where it does not matter.

 

Your pet peeve?


Proper installation of hardwood flooring is supposed to have a mix of long and short boards. 

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@QVCkitty1 wrote:

I can't stand blue used in home decor, if I see blue it ruins the whole room.


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Uh-Oh! You don't wanna come to my house then, LOL!

 

I live on a island, near the beach and my home is very coastal decor, with blues in every shade!

 

Not to mention that blue is my favorite color and 95% of my wardrobe is blue!

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@TheMemphisVette wrote:

fake plants


And silk flowers.

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Re: One of the odd things that bothers me

Not only do I have narrow slat hardwoods I have two recliners (fairly new). 

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@KingstonsMom wrote:

@QVCkitty1 wrote:

I can't stand blue used in home decor, if I see blue it ruins the whole room.


@QVCkitty1

 

Uh-Oh! You don't wanna come to my house then, LOL!

 

I live on a island, near the beach and my home is very coastal decor, with blues in every shade!

 

Not to mention that blue is my favorite color and 95% of my wardrobe is blue!


@KingstonsMom, I'm sure your home is lovely, as long as blue stays out of my house, we're good, LOL.

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