I’ve personally never been to a house that has that look
A lot of newer homes look like this. My house was built in the 50s and does not look like this at all.
Suburban Cookie cutter homes do. Nowhere I’ve lived has looked like that.
I feel like this is more for apartments but yes
I would say they are pretty common in suburbia. Also there has been a lot of developers creating “luxury apartments” and that’s pretty typical, although I’d say hardwood floors or some type of laminate is more common right now.
So it was the trend in 2017ish. People don’t move that regularly, every 5-10 years maybe, so now all the market is flooded with those 2017ish houses that are all gray. At least in my social circle, people tend to hate it now. It makes it look outdated. In the mid 2000s it was granite countertops with orangish brown cabinets and beige tile.
Pretty common if remodeled in past 10 years
Carpet’s not very common. Most houses and apartments have white doors and baseboards/trim. Lots of flips from around 2015-2023 or so had a lot of grey (and some still do). Grey wasn’t as common until places built in that time.
Ya sorta different layouts and houses built in different decades have differences but generally this is a good generic picture of one
It’s *almost* every rental I’ve ever been in. It kind of sucks because it’s hard to make the place look better as a renter. I guess landlords and property management companies think it’s easier to appeal to everyone (or at least not turn anyone off) if everything is white and grey. On the flip side, most homes I’ve been in, where the person who lives there actually owns the place, is much more colorful.
Not most, but a good number yes
Where I’m from this is really common, especially in cookie cutter housing developments in the suburbs.
This is an example of a very new construction and decorating style. The majority of homes do NOT look like this.
I have seen many an apartment that looks like this, but currently going to wood laminate floors instead of carpet. Downstairs neighbors be damned.
If you were to buy a new house it might look like this. Builders tend to choose neutral colors that appeal to a wide range of potential buyers. Most people will paint and decorate to make it more personalized. A lot of newer apartments look like that picture though. Again, just neutral colors to go with a wide range of furniture styles.
That is a more common interior for an apartment or condo.
Like almost any thing regarding the US, it is a MASSIVE country, like most people don’t understand or appreciate how utterly gargantuan the US is. And all these different regions have different cultures, colloquial dialects and history. So it really depends where you are in the us if theses types of houses are common
Mostly new houses/apartments, my house was built in the 1980s and it doesn’t look like that.
Yeah unfortunately gulag gray is everywhere. People like the office look now.
Unfortunately yes most contemporary home design and décor is like this. Building materials are inexpensive and of diminished quality: hollow-core doors with a hardboard shell, medium-density fiberboard base molding, vinyl plank flooring, etc.
The lack of color and its psychological meaning in current American culture is a topic open to discussion.
The walls are often gray, but are lighter than in that pic. Wall-to-wall carpeting is not common here at the moment, and gray vinyl snap-lock flooring dominates instead.
The trim, light fixtures, and general color palette is spot-on.
When a house is for sale, it is sometimes painted white before listing. The idea is that it is less of a turn off for potential buyers than a color that was the specific taste of the seller.
New owners often paint the interior soon after purchase.
Apartments are typically white or beige, and renters usually can’t change the paint.
My apartment looked like this back in Texas
I’ve seen houses look like that. I don’t think that you can say that all houses look one way or another.
No thank god. But many newer apartments have the ugly gray floors and white walls.
My last house was from 1870 and had beautiful high ceilings and warm wood floors snd s big stone porch.
My new 1975 condo also has warm hardwood everywhere and big windows. It’s very cool and not cookie cutter!
I haven’t been in most houses yet to verify this..
That looks like an apartment to me
My cousin keeps buying houses that have been renovated to look like that. I do not.
It’s a very basic builders grade look for newish houses
Pretty common, I’d say, but not universal. I’d say that looks a little more like an apartment building than a house.
Mine does, but its a relatively new build that is a repeated blueprint by a large corporate builder (which seems to be the case for most newly constructed homes). I don’t think it’s true of most American houses though, I’ve only seen it in new corporate builder construction.
More common with newer builds, I think they make them sort of bland to give people a “blank slate” they can make their own.
That’s more of a recent trend, called “agreeable gray”
I think it’s ugly as hell, but it’s a neutral color that’s easy to paint over so realtors and flippers are using it on everything.
That looks like an apartment you’d get when you got your first “real”after college job. It really doesn’t look like a house.
In new builds in suburbia, this the builder’s norm. They keep things neutral to appeal to most buyers, and many will pay upfront for upgrades or slowly update once they move in.
All that carpet – yuck!
Subtract the recessed lights and that’s more or less what my current house looked like when I bought it.
It’s also what the apartment I lived in before buying my current house looked like.
I hate carpet, I have enough allergies as it is.
The US goes through interior decor trends. And just about every house from any given era has a look to it.
My last house had a blue bathroom, blue toilet, blue sink, blue tub, blue tile floor, wall, and ceiling tile.
Most houses around that period had bathrooms like that. Quite a few of them were pink.
Neutral colors are highly suggested by real estate agents when you try to sell. Especially if the house needs a paint job anyway. Or if you have really bold colors. Apparently buyers have an easier time imagining themselves in a place that doesn’t look like someone else’s taste.
Pretty common newer house especially if it’s just purchased. A lot of people might paint the walls or replace the carpet to hardwood though. My house is about 40 years old and doesn’t look like this.
Home Depot decor.
OP, I’m curious where you’re from and your color schemes. This to me looks like an entry level apartment (I live in a HCOL area.) It’s kind of dated and generic.
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I guess
It depends on where you live.
I’ve personally never been to a house that has that look
A lot of newer homes look like this. My house was built in the 50s and does not look like this at all.
Suburban Cookie cutter homes do. Nowhere I’ve lived has looked like that.
I feel like this is more for apartments but yes
I would say they are pretty common in suburbia. Also there has been a lot of developers creating “luxury apartments” and that’s pretty typical, although I’d say hardwood floors or some type of laminate is more common right now.
So it was the trend in 2017ish. People don’t move that regularly, every 5-10 years maybe, so now all the market is flooded with those 2017ish houses that are all gray. At least in my social circle, people tend to hate it now. It makes it look outdated. In the mid 2000s it was granite countertops with orangish brown cabinets and beige tile.
Pretty common if remodeled in past 10 years
Carpet’s not very common. Most houses and apartments have white doors and baseboards/trim. Lots of flips from around 2015-2023 or so had a lot of grey (and some still do). Grey wasn’t as common until places built in that time.
Ya sorta different layouts and houses built in different decades have differences but generally this is a good generic picture of one
It’s *almost* every rental I’ve ever been in. It kind of sucks because it’s hard to make the place look better as a renter. I guess landlords and property management companies think it’s easier to appeal to everyone (or at least not turn anyone off) if everything is white and grey. On the flip side, most homes I’ve been in, where the person who lives there actually owns the place, is much more colorful.
Not most, but a good number yes
Where I’m from this is really common, especially in cookie cutter housing developments in the suburbs.
This is an example of a very new construction and decorating style. The majority of homes do NOT look like this.
I have seen many an apartment that looks like this, but currently going to wood laminate floors instead of carpet. Downstairs neighbors be damned.
If you were to buy a new house it might look like this. Builders tend to choose neutral colors that appeal to a wide range of potential buyers. Most people will paint and decorate to make it more personalized. A lot of newer apartments look like that picture though. Again, just neutral colors to go with a wide range of furniture styles.
That is a more common interior for an apartment or condo.
Like almost any thing regarding the US, it is a MASSIVE country, like most people don’t understand or appreciate how utterly gargantuan the US is. And all these different regions have different cultures, colloquial dialects and history. So it really depends where you are in the us if theses types of houses are common
Mostly new houses/apartments, my house was built in the 1980s and it doesn’t look like that.
Yeah unfortunately gulag gray is everywhere. People like the office look now.
Unfortunately yes most contemporary home design and décor is like this. Building materials are inexpensive and of diminished quality: hollow-core doors with a hardboard shell, medium-density fiberboard base molding, vinyl plank flooring, etc.
The lack of color and its psychological meaning in current American culture is a topic open to discussion.
The walls are often gray, but are lighter than in that pic. Wall-to-wall carpeting is not common here at the moment, and gray vinyl snap-lock flooring dominates instead.
The trim, light fixtures, and general color palette is spot-on.
When a house is for sale, it is sometimes painted white before listing. The idea is that it is less of a turn off for potential buyers than a color that was the specific taste of the seller.
New owners often paint the interior soon after purchase.
Apartments are typically white or beige, and renters usually can’t change the paint.
My apartment looked like this back in Texas
I’ve seen houses look like that. I don’t think that you can say that all houses look one way or another.
No thank god. But many newer apartments have the ugly gray floors and white walls.
My last house was from 1870 and had beautiful high ceilings and warm wood floors snd s big stone porch.
My new 1975 condo also has warm hardwood everywhere and big windows. It’s very cool and not cookie cutter!
I haven’t been in most houses yet to verify this..
That looks like an apartment to me
My cousin keeps buying houses that have been renovated to look like that. I do not.
It’s a very basic builders grade look for newish houses
Pretty common, I’d say, but not universal. I’d say that looks a little more like an apartment building than a house.
Mine does, but its a relatively new build that is a repeated blueprint by a large corporate builder (which seems to be the case for most newly constructed homes). I don’t think it’s true of most American houses though, I’ve only seen it in new corporate builder construction.
More common with newer builds, I think they make them sort of bland to give people a “blank slate” they can make their own.
That’s more of a recent trend, called “agreeable gray”
I think it’s ugly as hell, but it’s a neutral color that’s easy to paint over so realtors and flippers are using it on everything.
That looks like an apartment you’d get when you got your first “real”after college job. It really doesn’t look like a house.
In new builds in suburbia, this the builder’s norm. They keep things neutral to appeal to most buyers, and many will pay upfront for upgrades or slowly update once they move in.
All that carpet – yuck!
Subtract the recessed lights and that’s more or less what my current house looked like when I bought it.
It’s also what the apartment I lived in before buying my current house looked like.
I hate carpet, I have enough allergies as it is.
The US goes through interior decor trends. And just about every house from any given era has a look to it.
My last house had a blue bathroom, blue toilet, blue sink, blue tub, blue tile floor, wall, and ceiling tile.
Most houses around that period had bathrooms like that. Quite a few of them were pink.
Neutral colors are highly suggested by real estate agents when you try to sell. Especially if the house needs a paint job anyway. Or if you have really bold colors. Apparently buyers have an easier time imagining themselves in a place that doesn’t look like someone else’s taste.
Pretty common newer house especially if it’s just purchased. A lot of people might paint the walls or replace the carpet to hardwood though. My house is about 40 years old and doesn’t look like this.
Home Depot decor.
OP, I’m curious where you’re from and your color schemes. This to me looks like an entry level apartment (I live in a HCOL area.) It’s kind of dated and generic.