“No One Even Comes To My House”: 50 Oldschool Home Trends Millennials Are Absolutely Over

Dusting. I felt like there was 0 dust at my house as a kid and I just do not have the time. Either that or I have an overly dusty family now.

I chose to have a happy home instead of a tidy home. The bottom part of the walls are painted grey and the kids draw on them. Everything is colorful. Once a week they wipe them down and they can start all over once it dries if they want to. There are toys everywhere but they have set clean up times and know how to put everything that isn’t in use away fast. Everything has to be cleaned when it’s not being used but we allow all messes here within reason.

I don’t display photos. I really like the minimalist look and artwork/photography as opposed to family/friend photos 🤷🏼‍♀️.

Anything built, bought, or maintained for the specific purpose of “hosting”. It is not happening here.

meggiefrances87:

Keeping cumbersome things around just for guests.

My mom is quite upset I don't own a coffee maker. I don't drink coffee at all. I drink tea and hot chocolate so I only have a kettle. I did have a pour over coffee maker thingy for a few years but not one guest I've had has ever asked for coffee. When my sons dad's coffee maker s**t the bed I loaned it to him til he could buy another but he ended up really liking the coffee from it and asked to keep. If I spot another one I might pick it up but it's not really a priority.

Ironing. Apparently old people used to iron tea towels, bedding etc etc.

That I live in an apartment at 37 and have no desire for home ownership. My parents don’t understand.

“Don’t you rather get a house and make it an investment?” No. Houses are for living in. Not for making money. I’m quite happy where I am (walking distance to my job….as in 7 minutes at most). I don’t like that people/society see homes as an investment for wealth.

Themes. My mom's kitchen is sunflower-themed. When I was pregnant, she asked what theme I was going to make for the nursery, and had a hard time comprehending that I wasn't making a theme. I just chose colors and vibes. She loved it, though, once she saw it.

I don't have anything you're not allowed to touch or use.

It's just fancy clutter.

My mom keeps bugging me about when I'm going to "finally pressure wash" the BACK of my house. IDK maybe sometime in between having a full time career and parenting a toddler I'll pencil that crucial issue in.

My plates and bowls are completely mismatched, most of my drinking glasses are random sizes of mason or spaghetti jars, my silverware is all over the place, and a bunch of my furniture was found in the community trash area (don’t worry everything has been cleaned and sanitized!). Oh and I have a dumb tv!

I don’t give a s**t about having a yard. I also didn’t buy the place with the distinct notion that this would be our “starter” home and we’ll get something bigger and better in the future. It’s our house and we live here and we’re happy.

I feel like my parents generation took so much pride in their lawn and landscaping and I'm over here trying to get by like why the hell am I gonna buy new mulch every year? No one even comes to my house. Who am I doing my landscaping for? It doesn't look awful like I'm not the white trash uglying up the neighborhood but I'm certainly not going all out on it.

unknown_anaconda:

I mow just often enough to keep it from getting too overgrown and that's about it.

poo_poo_platter83:

Guys. We have internet and streaming services. Imagine living in a house with no internet... I'd grow some s*xy a** grass too.

Comfortable, functional furniture.

My mom (Boomer) moved into a 55+ community apartment. It’s tiny. She was still talking about living room seating for when she had guests. I told her to stop doing that because she doesn’t have the space. Quit buying things to please other people and just get something comfortable for herself. She agreed.

I don't rake leaves. I don't get rid of my dead (just the stems kinds die) plants until it's full spring. I buy mostly native perennials for my garden. And if I had it my way there would be no yard (mostly no yard), it would be a meadow.

My rooms are painted different colors, and darker shades. My parents wanted everything white, or cream, or beige....

The dishes will get done when they get done. I don't care if there's dirty dishes in the sink when I go to bed.

I do not have nick nacks because I refuse to dust them.

My mother loved her garden. She spent hours picking out the right plants and where they would go, and lovingly placed them and cared for them all summer.

I bought a couple potted geraniums and called it a day.

I want to care about landscaping, but man... I'm just so tired. Between caring for an aging parent, working 50 hours a week in a demanding job, 5 pets, and preparing to enter grandparenthood, I just don't have anything left to give. There's currently a lot I don't care about.

Many of my older family are baffled I don’t want more land. I have a small yard in a subdivision. A yard or land for privacy does not matter to me. Just a little spot for a grill is all I care about.

It takes a lot of time and money to maintain a large yard.

I'm a very functional/practical person so if it's not something that gets at least weekly use, I don't have it in my home for the most part.

Well for the landscaping bit, I keep my yard neat and tidy for me, not people coming over. For me, my car and home are extensions of me and my character. Because of the cost of homes, I take pride in how my home looks TO ME. I worked my a*s off to buy my place so I'm d**n well going to take care of it and how it looks.

But as far as what I don't care about as much, it's entertaining. I never liked entertaining, as a host I feel I don't have fun, even though it's my place. I'm always concerned about enough food and drink, about messes, and then of course the cleanup.

Their house now (and while growing up) does not look lived in. Mine looks lived in. I live here. If you don’t like my dust or dishes in the sink feel free to exit (literally no one has said a word).