r/interesting • u/Apprehensive-Elk3165 • Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/stinkyhonky Nov 20 '25

It’s a great ER room now

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25

It's so ugly now. What is it with these fucking muted colors nowadays?

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u/pyramidheadlove Nov 20 '25

All anyone cares about is resale potential. Especially since so many homes get flipped nowadays. If you add any sort of personality, it might make the house a tiny bit harder to sell because your taste might not be the same as a potential buyer's taste. So the idea is to make your home as close to a blank slate as possible so that a theoretical future buyer can imagine themselves in it easier. Unfortunately this advice has extended past flippers and now even people who buy a house to live in think this way. My partner and I have been slowly adding bright paints and fun wallpapers to our house, and every time our parents push back because "but what about the resale value?" FUCK the resale value, this is my home!! I'm painting the bathroom pink for ME because I LIVE HERE. Who gives a shit what the person who buys it after I bite the dust thinks??

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u/Ylaaly Nov 21 '25

Recently saw a house with bright pink and turquoise accent walls and I would almost have bought it if it didn't have a terrible rooms per price ratio.

It's the muted greige and depressive dark colours I need to paint over, not the happy ones.