The Controversial "Inaccessible Landing" Home Trend Has Taken Over My Timeline, And I Bet You Hate It Too

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January 23, 2024 at 1:33 p.m.·3 min read

There are a few home design trends that consistently generate intense online debate.

The exterior and front yard of a house with a porch — Kenwiedemann / Getty Images

Everyone seems to have an opinion on gray flooring.

Close-up of gray hardwood flooring — Kobzev3179 / Getty Images

People seem to be passionately divided about painted brick.

Beige exposed brick wall paneling — Olena Vasylieva / Getty Images

And I feel like there's always talk about how much people hate glass shower panels.

Arrow pointing to a glass shower door — I, for one, am a fan!
John Keeble / Getty Images

Right now, there's a design trend everyone is talking about that I never even thought about before.

A row of suburban houses — Kirpal Kooner / Getty Images

Alan Corey shared one of his "least-liked" design elements of suburban designs, and it's this:

One of my least-liked design elements of suburban design is this inaccessible landing I see in foyers. Any creative solutions for "staging" it out there? pic.twitter.com/YCoCwF11LN
— Alan Corey | Real Estate Maximalist (@RealEstateMaxi) January 16, 2024

Twitter: @RealEstateMaxi

The inaccessible foyer landing:

This looks oddly familiar…Rural Oklahoma pic.twitter.com/Ti7QNI6Lnw
— Dusty (@DarkSkynet) January 22, 2024

Twitter: @DarkSkynet

Which, honestly, what a waste of space!

Overhead view of an inaccessible foyer landing above the front door — Twitter: @RealEstateMaxi

Some people responded to the post with how they decorated their own landing...

This person put an illuminated longhorn skull on theirs:

We added a carved, illuminated, longhorn skull to ours as a focal art piece. pic.twitter.com/ZBp4iBJXBr
— Brian Erb (@brianerb) January 16, 2024

Twitter: @brianerb

This person decorated it with a plant:

I would decorate it the same as any shelf basically. You just have to get the balance and scale right. Much larger items. You could even make it a focal point like this which I think looks quite nice. pic.twitter.com/0Xb4bQOoKP
— ❤️‍🩹 Kate (@theantiherokate) January 17, 2024

Twitter: @theantiherokate

And this person made it into a fort:

I turned our space-wasting landing area into a kids fort, with a ladder and some lights pic.twitter.com/r5mJxZllx6
— Coleman McCormick (@colemanm) January 17, 2024

Twitter: @colemanm

Then things got a bit wild, with people offering up their own suggestions...

...the most obvious being a Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band:

Chuck E. Cheese animatronic band https://t.co/UeALJmAjLG
— swag (@chillextremist) January 18, 2024

Twitter: @chillextremist

This person said a Stanley tumbler display room:

+$200k value pic.twitter.com/SORBUQk4cU
— CRE Insurance Broker (@skylarromines) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @skylarromines

Chipotle suggested a burrito filling station:

please don’t lean over the glass 🤭 https://t.co/bneWn766ak pic.twitter.com/x6QEtMFyJQ
— Chipotle (@ChipotleTweets) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @ChipotleTweets

Then there was a Chili's:

perfect location for a chili’s https://t.co/lkWFui3RX7 pic.twitter.com/U96S0mOVkU
— stoolie memes (@StoolieMemes) January 18, 2024

Twitter: @StoolieMemes

The Chicago cop slide:

Ok, I have some notes. Bare with me on this one. https://t.co/H3to7eRwWh pic.twitter.com/ZjmkSM7D88
— Pyramid Chad (@pyrameadhead) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @pyrameadhead

An action figure display room:

Finally, a place to put my Doctor Who figures https://t.co/lJaVMHJc51 pic.twitter.com/47GKbqBzdR
— Cooper Hillier 🏏 (@CooperHillier) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @CooperHillier

Taylor Swift and some dancers:

hear me out https://t.co/sy8LS1uRjS pic.twitter.com/245eCRcC83
— ver🪩nica⸆⸉ (@VIsOnCorneliaSt) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @VIsOnCorneliaSt

A little hangout for your friends:

Perfect little hangout spot with friends https://t.co/mnt2oZD1NF pic.twitter.com/GY9AASj1Ei
— Sopranos World (@SopranosWorld) January 18, 2024

Twitter: @SopranosWorld

A hidden treasure box:

There’s a hidden Treasure Box up there https://t.co/DgQ50vshCP pic.twitter.com/mqi3VAddxD
— Reecee (@Reecee_yt) January 18, 2024

Twitter: @Reecee_yt

A One Direction shrine:

can’t go wrong here, alan! https://t.co/mLPljhaPAE pic.twitter.com/gXXnmEjSWP
— d 🤍 (@cherrypascal) January 19, 2024

Twitter: @cherrypascal

And lastly, a Spirit Halloween store:

too late https://t.co/5WeR9viU4N pic.twitter.com/dyxnrnhXBE
— dr. cumuncher (@cumuncher) January 18, 2024

Twitter: @cumuncher

Ultimately, this is one of those things I'm pretty sure we can ALL agree is a home design trend that should NEVER exist in the first place.

Another view of the inaccessible landing — Twitter: @RealEstateMaxi

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