Hell Toupee wrote in
:

On 10/5/2011 9:35 AM, HeyBub wrote:
"By that metric, stainless steel and granite have to be on their way
out; the only thing more ubiquitous in the American kitchen is the
George Foreman grill."

http://www.theatlantic.com/business/...nless-steel-an
d-granite-the-harvest-gold-of-the-future/246152/


She's right on. Every fad is trendy at the beginning, which motivates
more and more people to climb on the bandwagon. That very success
spells its doom, because the whole point of being trendy is being
_different_ from everyone else. When everyone's got what you've got,
you don't want it anymore. So you eventually move on to the next new
thing, and over time most of the rest of the crowd moves, too. And so
on.

....and after generations of remodeling one day you see it
remodeled/restored to the way it was when it was built xx(x) years ago.

"The Harvest Gold of the Future?"...I like that one.


Most people don't use their kitchens for serious, intensive cooking.
They installed the granite and stainless primarily to indicate status
(expen$e), not utility. Anyone willing to spend that kind of money on
status symbols is the same kind of person who'll want to show off the
next latest and greatest status symbol.

Those of us who've followed the 2000s-era housing bubble from its
inception noted that it will become forever associated with granite
and stainless kitchen decor. That right there spells its doom. When
housing revives, nobody's gonna want their home to look like it was
featured on Flip This House.