Patterned floors make a bold statement but may quickly go out of style.
Interior designer Kelly Taylor, owner of Kelly Taylor Interior Design, told Business Insider that kitchen floors aren’t ideal for incorporating detailed patterns, such as checkered flooring.
“Just don’t do it! If you want a pattern on the floor, change up the wood to a herringbone, or choose a stone with a tone-on-tone pattern, like a water-jet mosaic,” Taylor said.
Bold flooring patterns can be costly to replace when they go out of style.
Concrete countertops may be aesthetically pleasing, but they aren’t practical.
Concrete kitchen countertops are on the rise amongst their marble, quartz, and granite counterparts. But Taylor said it’s important to remember that concrete countertops are expensive and hard to maintain.
“Counters are expensive. Even if the concrete countertop trend continues to persist, concrete is going to be wrecked …