When designing a home, you may know how you want it to look and intend to follow the current trends. At first, you love it and are happy with your choices. However, a year or so later, you see a new trend, and suddenly, your home seems outdated.
Most home trends don’t last the test of time, although some keep going much too long. This article explores 18 home trends that belong in the past and should stay there.
1. White and Gray Color Schemes
Stark white and subtle grays have been trending for a while. Perhaps it makes the space seem clean and restful to the eye. However, as homeowners seek to personalize their homes, a splash of color adds personality to each room.
2. Enormous Leather Sofas
Leather sofas are a practical option for the home and have been popular since the 1970s. They can be super comfortable, too. However, the trend for oversized leather sofas is losing its appeal. Massive leather sofas take up space and are best suited for a roomy man cave.
3. Pastel Colors
Pastels have been trending for decades, but as people want to explore more vibrant options, adding more dramatic colors can breathe new life into a home. Pastels are for those playing it safe or perhaps intending to sell their home so the buyer can choose their colors when they move in.
4. Animal Prints
Animal print rugs were once an exotic addition to a home, but having a zebra skin rug under your feet should not be a thing, ethically or from a design perspective. Faux furs and natural fibers are easier to care for and feel less like having an animal lingering in the lounge.
5. Mass-Produced Designs
Mass-produced designs remove the uniqueness of a home. As people seek more sustainable, unique designs to furnish their homes, homeowners can replace mass-produced items with vintage or more eclectic styles.
6. Open-Floor Living
The idea of a big loft and moving throughout the home with few doors seems excellent. An open floor plan gives the illusion of having additional space, and it’s great for hosting parties. However, in many ways, it’s impractical. It’s more expensive to heat, and if you have a dog, stopping your furry friend from destroying your home when you’re out may be challenging.
7. Boho Style
The Boho home style was popular for homeowners, with Boho lovers enjoying the natural feel. Although the style is still current, the Boho style can make a home look disorganized and cluttered, and it may lose the edge of its popularity.
8. Carpeted Bathrooms
While it’s nice to have the feeling of a plush carpet under your feet, carpeted bathrooms are not practical. They’re difficult to keep clean and hygienic. Stylish tiles are more practical for wet floors. They’re modern and sanitary.
9. Blobby, Ungainly Furniture
Big, bulbous furniture like bean bags, odd-shaped chairs, and squishy couches are popular with millennials, but they simply aren’t practical. After a while, this furniture style seems untidy and doesn’t fit a home’s natural lines.
10. Chintz Fabric Furniture
Chintz fabric sofas were popular in the 70s. Today, the multicolored, large flowers and the frilled skirts seem out of place in a modern home.
11. Tiled Countertops
Tiled countertops look nice with their straight lines and tidy grouting, but cleaning a tiled countertop is notoriously challenging. Marble or granite countertops are more practical and hygienic.
12. Repeating Pattern Wallpaper
Repeating pattern wallpaper is a trendy option, but it’s tricky when, a few months later, you decide you don’t want patterned wallpaper after all. Removing the wallpaper and preparing the walls for painting is laborious.
13. Mid-Century Lines
Mid-century lines were hugely popular for their classic, boxy, geometric designs. The problem is these designs aren’t that comfortable, and homeowners are turning to comfort over style.
14. Tiffany Lamps
Tiffany lamps are great if you want the ambiance of a tarot card reading. The idea of a stained glass lamp is nice, but in practical terms, you’d get better light with a 30-watt flashlight. Today’s lamp styles offer more options for adding elegant features to a room.
15. Distressed Furniture
Whether you bought a distressed sofa or purchased chalk paint to upscale an old cupboard, the appeal of the distressed look can overwhelm a room if there’s too much of it.
16. Terrazzo
Popular in the 1990s, terrazzo has made a comeback in recent years. However, if you have too much of this material in your home, you end up with a house replicating the aesthetic of an office. Depending on the design, terrazzo can look busy and create a feeling of chaos.
17. Futuristic Style
Some homes with futuristic interior design look like Captain Kirk would be right at home there, with Mr. Spock acting as the butler. The futuristic style may seem cute when you plan it, but it’s a style that makes it more challenging to create a warm ambiance in a home.
18. Frilly Skirts on Beds
Why make it easier for spiders to crawl into bed with you? You can hide many things under a frilled skirt, but why bother? It’s a dying trend that makes a bedroom look dreary and worn like a 2-star motel.
When planning your home design, consider the longevity and practicality of your choice as well as the activity in your home. For instance, if you have children or dogs, fragile or pale-colored furniture is best avoided whether it’s trending or not.
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