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Overview

Designers note that many renovation “looks expensive and modern” in photos, but in real apartments they avoid options that are either hard to maintain, overly costly, or inconvenient day-to-day. Below are key “do not do” renovation/trend points.

Avoid / Don’t Choose These Renovation Ideas

1) Faucets in black / chrome / white finishes

Problem: water stains, rust marks, and fingerprints are difficult to keep clean. Even “matte chrome” and “blued steel” are discussed as more stain-resistant, but glossy high-maintenance variants are strongly avoided.

2) Colored toilets

Main issue: if a part breaks (e.g., lid), matching the exact color later becomes difficult. Preferred:

• White toilet + white lid, or
• All-black (described as more “for amateurs”).

3) Freestanding bathtubs (especially in small bathrooms)

Problem: the shower setup becomes awkward—there’s often no convenient place for the shower head, everything gets wet, and cleaning is inconvenient. Better alternatives:

• Built-in bathtub with tiled partitions on three sides, or
• Bathtubs placed against one wall with a closed enclosure to prevent water/dirt spread.

4) A separate bidet / “separate bowl”

Seen as irrational because it:

• takes up bathroom space, and
• requires extra plumbing (sewer + hot/cold water + installation).

Preferred:

• a toilet with bidet function, or
• a hygienic shower, unless someone is already used to a separate device.

5) Hidden flush / frameless mounting “door” systems (“doors without trims”)

Downsides:

• Very expensive: door structure + installation; said to be about 1.5× regular doors.
• Extra cost for movers/builders (~15,000 per design, mentioned).
• Wear issue: quickly degrades around the handle area.

6) Very tall interior doors (~2m or higher)

Designers generally avoid this (the speaker says they don’t know the reason). Even for high-ceiling apartments, designers wouldn’t use this height for interiors—though the speaker personally thinks it’s mostly taste.

7) Push-to-open mechanisms on most furniture

Problems:

• hard to remember which side to press (“hell/quest”),
• fast showing of fingerprints/smudges/dirt,
• possible false alarms/noisy triggering over time,
• can start working poorly.

Preferred alternatives:

• external handles, head profiles, milled handles. For upper drawers: slightly larger/elongated fronts as a grip instead of push-to-open.

8) Very large floor tile formats

Defined as anything larger than ~160 cm on the long side. Criticism: major overpayment for an “imaginary result.” Logistics/installation/cutting: complicated, and then fixtures force everything to be segmented.

More practical large formats suggested:

• 120×60 or 160×80 porcelain stoneware (speaker says these cover most needs).

9) Plasterboard ceilings

Presented as the “most expensive” option with no real advantage besides “strength.” Also very time-consuming: for a larger apartment (~100 m²), the speaker claims it can take around 4 months.

10) Quartz-vinyl flooring (SPC or LVT), especially floating installation

Strongly discouraged:

• material described as too thin,
• speaker says SPC should never be laid on locks or on backing; suggests gluing would be the only acceptable approach (if choosing it at all).

Preferred alternatives:

• laminate, parquet, or engineered board (and if budget allows, parquet/engineered installed on glue). Otherwise: tiles.

11) Plastic window sills

Strongly avoided. Alternatives listed:

• porcelain stoneware (large-format or regular),
• acrylic stone/artificial stone,
• expensive quartz agglomerates,
• various complex stone designs.

12) “Paintable walls” approach

The speaker initially assumes designers like paintable walls, but the practical guidance is mainly about cost, durability, and prep. Options mentioned:

• paintable wallpaper, or
• wallpaper + high-quality decorative panels, or
• decorate zones using durable materials (e.g., large-format porcelain tiles in the TV area).

Decorative plaster is also mentioned as even more wear-resistant.

13) Micro/baseboard skirting that only fits glued-floor coverings

Downsides:

• works only with glued floor installation (not laminate floating),
• complex/expensive installation and joint sealing,
• doesn’t protect the lower wall from mechanical damage.

Suggested alternatives:

• classic rigid skirting: ready-made MDF, paintable MDF, or paintable duropolymer.

Shadow skirting skepticism: The speaker argues it mainly hides the expansion gap, but doesn’t truly protect. Since walls are never perfectly straight, rigid profiles can make waviness/cracks more visible after gluing.

14) Overhead (top-mounted) sink on the countertop

Hard to clean due to cleaning-unfriendly geometry:

• small angle (<90°) between sink and countertop makes grime hard to reach,
• even at 90°, strong bends underneath are inconvenient.

Better solutions:

• rounded/integrated podium-style sinks (one-piece look),
• built-in sinks (many varieties).

15) White built-in kitchen appliances

Why avoided:

• limited availability of white; black equipment is widely available,
• color matching problems: different manufacturers (and even different factories within one brand) vary shades of “white,” causing mismatched tones,
• even within the same brand, white parts may differ slightly.

Preferred:

• black equipment, ideally from one brand so indicator/backlight colors match (e.g., oven timer lights vs stove/microwave).

Notable Mentions

• The speaker promotes a Telegram channel for design/renovation information.
• The text mentions hiring/doing renovations via Ontario for high-quality design projects and apartment renovations.
• “Market leaders” for tiles are referenced as covering most needs (brands not named in subtitles).