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[–] 38 points 1 day ago (5 children)

Millennial here, I remember hunting for apartments and the staff of one place proudly said let me show you the upgraded unit. I went in and couldn't hide how I much I disliked the greyscale upgrade. They were then like well we have one unit that hasn't been upgraded. Showed me that unit and I was like "oh wow this is way better". At that point they were super angry as if they upgraded their home the same way and I just said they had the ugliest home.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

    Me as a cabinetmaker 20 years ago when everything went white everywhere. Why would you throw away these nice maple cabinets for this white melamine?

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I've seen a few of the modern home improvement shows where the first thing they do is paint bricks in the house with a thick white latex paint. That's not an improvement. There are other ways to brighten up a place like installing lights...

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  • [–] 4 points 11 hours ago

    Honestly if they replaced stuff with higher quality stuff that needs less maintenance and lasts even longer it would be cool, but it's almost always a net loss of quality over the old stuff.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 day ago*

    Our house was built in the 60's and pretty much untouched since the 80's (except for motor shutters and security doors put in the 2010's). Fucking love it.

    (Although we did paint (WITH COLOURS) and remove the 50 year old carpet)

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