Love a convo pit. Like a boring indoor pool with no upkeep and less drowning.

@rmonson5002

Жыл бұрын

Haha! Unless you're drowning in cocktails!

@msjkramey

Жыл бұрын

Imagine walking in the dark to get a glass of water, falling, breaking a leg, and being stranded in your conversation pit

@rosezingleman5007

Жыл бұрын

I remember that a lot of the “convo pit” sunken living area was driven by the Beatles movie, “Help!” which featured the Fab Four in their groovy London digs which featured a pit for each of the lads. A lot of our Southern California neighbors had their houses remodeled with these silly spaces.

@stefs3460

Жыл бұрын

@@rmonson5002 or drowning in boredom if the person you are conversing with is boring.

@cellgrrl

Жыл бұрын

They were new when I was looking for my first home. All I could think about was having to vaccuum that orange shag carpet seating. Nope.

I adore Nicks constant critiques of wayfair, and then wayfair sponsoring him. Even they know he’s right!

@Nick_Lewis

Жыл бұрын

I love when brands don’t take it all too seriously!

@AlexHider

Жыл бұрын

He needs the funding to be a hater 😂

@cellgrrl

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick_Lewis Just be sure to spell their name right!

@MHart-xr6qg

Жыл бұрын

Ha! I was thinking... "Wayfair????"

@robinbirdj743

Жыл бұрын

@@Nick_Lewismatches your personality! 😂

Early 80s: waterbeds with bookshelf headboards, ferns, and brass. Late 80s: country kitsch, ducks with ribbons around their neck everywhere, even on wallpaper borders.

@kragenu

3 ай бұрын

Dusty rose and a pale blue like washed-out denim.

Please don’t forget the 1990’s rooster kitchen. I think everyone has an aunt or grandma that had a rooster kitchen. The cookie jar, decorative plates, artwork - everything roosters. 🐓

@georgemoore6662

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dear🌹 How are you doing?

@pokelover02

2 ай бұрын

This was 100% my grandma. My grandpa is now trying to give me the bajillion rooster items in his house 😭🐓

@lf9341

2 ай бұрын

@@pokelover02 Hahaha! I needed a laugh...

@stephanielake8169

Ай бұрын

Is this their golden pineapple

@michah321

Ай бұрын

I had rooster pajamas. My husband bought them for me! We laughed every time I wore them, especially running through a hotel hall for ice in my rooster pajamas. They stay in the draw with the ducky pajamas 🤣

I stand by the idea that people who want barn doors don’t actually want barn doors, they want pocket doors. Anywhere you might put a barn door, a pocket door would be far superior. The only problem being pocket doors are not easy to install nor are is there always space inside the wall where you need it. Hell, a roll top desk style door might even make more sense than a barn door.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

Yes many had to settle for barn doors because of no other real choice.

@Fwyd

Жыл бұрын

Barn doors aren’t happy unless they’re constantly off their tracks. 😡

@dimplesd8931

Жыл бұрын

All a barn door can do for me is point me towards a real door or a pocket door. I came to hate barn doors after a week in a beach vacation rental fighting a barn/bathroom door. Light seeps around the side, smells and sounds escape, it’s noisy at night sliding along the track IF it stays on the track. That cured me of my HGTV “barn doors are so cool looking” ideation for good.

@hiloknowsall7462

Жыл бұрын

I would sooner have no door 🚪 than barn doors…pocket sliding doors are so much more cohesive, and lets be real a lot can be in a name…barn door for barns only people. Pocket doors maximise space and functionality on both sides of a the separate spaces - eg bathroom and hallway - no swinging in or out required.

@nonamenoname1133

Жыл бұрын

Or a noren. Japanese restaurant staple, a rod with a semi-sheer to opaque curtain that goes down 1/3-1/2 of the doorway (depends on the use case and ergonomics). Blocks line of sight, allows light and sound to pass through, and passage is hands-free. You don't have to use Japanese motifs, you can try it out with a spring-loaded curtain rod, and you can swap out the curtain if your needs change.

Can't talk about '80s and '90s design without talking about stencil borders ('80s) and rag/sponge painting (90s)!

@phoenixfritzinger9185

9 ай бұрын

My mom sponge painted our entire living room and front hallway and every year she swears that she’s going to paint over it but it’s been over 20 years and that paint is still there

@GwenMotoGirl

8 күн бұрын

And in fashion, puffy splatter painted sweatshirts. 😂

One of my best friends had a "conversation pit" in her living room, it ended up becoming our de facto play area, and we rarely ventured out of it except to go eat. I'm sure her parents appreciated that the mess was confined in that area, yet they could still easily supervise us :)

@allana1997

Жыл бұрын

That seems great for Fort making

@dennischiapello3879

Жыл бұрын

@@allana1997 Or a ball pit!

@allana1997

Жыл бұрын

@@dennischiapello3879 yesssss omg what an idea that would be so fun

@FTG2Eli

Жыл бұрын

We had one in high school (1970's). It was called 'sunken living room'

@aninsidestory

9 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thanks for your lived experience observation!

Color-wise, for me, the 80s was all about bright neons for the cool kids, pastels for the rich and fancy, black lacquer/brass/mirrors for the rich adjacent, and the ubiquitous burgandy and grey for all things business. Patterns were exclusively geometric or tiny, tiny florals. Then the 90s was all about huge floral prints and jewel tones. Everything in business was about Hunter Green.

@TassieM12

10 ай бұрын

I remember a lot of dusty pink and blue in the 90’s too.

@katie7748

8 ай бұрын

​@LiveLaughLove1232 Ugh. Yes. Our carpet in the living room, foyer, dining room, stairs, AND upstairs hallway was entirely that God-awful dusty rose. The bedrooms were dusty blue, navy, I forget what in my parents' room, and the "family room" was off-white. I love carpet but omg that was such an atrocious color.

I would add, the “open plan”, kitchen into dining, into family room of the 2000’s, and post pandemic moving back to more separated spaces.😊

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

For most of the kitchen-in-the-house history, no woman wanted all of her guests watching the creative mess in the kitchen. As we moved toward more convenient-prepared food, the "mess" of scratch cooking subsided, and we turned our attention to wanting to be part of the party while we were preparing the meal. Also, the "breakfast bar" became where the kids ate, versus a family meal around a dining room table. Interesting take, critterkarma, about the pandemic teaching us that we really thrive better with areas in our houses where we can have a modicum of privacy.

@evamg21

8 ай бұрын

I'm so glad this is disapearing! This was just a trick to sell smaller homes for the same amount of money, because seperate rooms are more expensive in land and construction. Honestly, who wants to listen to the kitchen aid while watching TV? The kitchen with its appliances need their own room.

@tasmapittock5680

5 ай бұрын

​@@evamg21honestly it puts me off cooking when I know there's going to be a mess that I can see from the living room

@zahrakassam2559

2 ай бұрын

I love open plan concepts. My husband and I bought a home and loved the open concept downstairs. I grew up in a house that was squared off downstairs and it felt so tight and small because the den/kitchen/living room were all separate rooms and it ruined the flow and everyone always had to cram into one room or would eventually separate into 2. I love hosting and I love the flow of an open concept.

I live in New England and you really can’t go wrong with antiques. They’re everywhere, affordable, and rustic. I also thing this generation is more interested in recycling and not being so commercial and buying new decor all the time.

Another thought - the style of your home can dictate the style of your decorating. I lived in a very traditional colonial style home, although I prefer a modern slant as my style, going with traditional furniture and decor was the right way to go. I didn’t want to fight my house style, I’ve seen it turn out disastrously in other homes. Now I live a coastal home and my softened modern look is just perfect and to my liking!

@cindyfleur808

Жыл бұрын

I totally agree. You shouldn’t try to turn your home into something it’s not. I feel like it’s important to honour the architecture of your home, instead of fighting it.

@Prieze868

Жыл бұрын

I couldn't agree with you more I like mid century modern queen and Edwardian you've got to go with the side of the house and key pieces of friend because otherwise it's one thing laughing at the other

@nele9045

6 ай бұрын

Agreed AND I find that not everything has to be exactly matching the house (these poor Florida style houses could use a lot more Italian, French, Spanish influence than all the "coastal" beige and blue furniture IMO). I don't want to live in a reproduction of a time period or something that feels like a museum. I have some pieces of furniture and all of my art that moves wherever I move. I think that makes your home interesting, personal, and "yours".

@dismurrart6648

5 ай бұрын

I just bought a house so this falls in with my thinking. I have a 70s house with standard sized ceilings. The palace of Versailles stuff you see where people do the ceiling paneling wouldn't look good. A conversation pit would look dumb. Fairly traditional or modern looking decor would be great though

@firestick4991

12 күн бұрын

I feel bad for anyone in newer housing, or builder basic styles. There IS no particular style. It’s just a short, small, box for bedrooms and a large, boring, open concept living room/kitchen area with one sliding glass door to the patio if you’re lucky! You literally have to just style your place from Home Goods or Target. Anything else would look out of place.

Does anyone else remember on Trading Spaces that one designer who always, like, glued straw or feathers to the wall or some nonsense like that?? I’d watch a super cut of that trend 😅

@pattiimburgia1882

11 ай бұрын

That was Hildy(sp?).

@mkmason7727

11 ай бұрын

@@pattiimburgia1882 oh my gosh YES. thank you!!!

The country blue geese with bows were SO unfortunate in the late 80’s and early 90’s. 😑

@cynthiajohnston424

Жыл бұрын

🤣

@sherrinunya4079

2 ай бұрын

Yes, my number 1 most despised decor style if you even want to say it's decor. It screams barnyard tacky to me! 😂

@Moluccan56

Ай бұрын

My word! Glad I missed that!

My grandparents were anti-fashion and pretty contrarian, but had good taste. In the 1950s everyone was getting rid of their wind up wooden wall clocks and buying electric, as you'd expect in the MCM trend. They bought up all kinds of beautiful antique calendar clocks and grandfather clocks from the 1800s for $5 or $10. I try to figure out what are those things that people are getting rid of that will be worth a fortune someday.

We were looking for our first home in the 1980s. I recall a lot of “country” decor in the model homes. I was sick of seeing gingham and ducks!

@theorderofthebees7308

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I loved gingham. Ducks, not so much.

@somerset6646

7 ай бұрын

And rabbits.

What I remember from the 90s (that I don’t see talked about a lot), is all the busy floral wall paper and textile patterns. Laura Ashley and Waverly patterns were everywhere around the middle of the decade, with the matching swooped window valences and straight pleated curtains. Besides the mauve, light teal, and peach walls was a lot of Hunter green and a weird burgundy/cranberry color, too (just darker cousins if maybe and teal, tbh). I remember going from a white, 80s canopy bed to a super-traditional and heavy cherry bedroom set (probably a precursor to the heavy wood details in Tuscan kitchens a decade later, tbh). My mom was really into sleigh beds, too, for some reason. All that heavy wood furniture had to come from the same set, and I don’t remember people choosing adventurous color palettes (it was very matchy-matchy without quite going full color blocking, imo, but that could’ve been just my house). I see a lot of this coming back in grand millennial and adjacent trends, but at least the floral wallpapers now are more William Morris than whatever the 90s had going on.

@dimplesd8931

Жыл бұрын

My mom. Loved all the big florals and “royal colors”. To this day when I see peony’s or pale pink roses in a fabric I remember my mom. She made the most beautiful drapes with all the jabots and swags.

@kalliejupiter7018

Жыл бұрын

@@dimplesd8931 as a tween, I thought those swag curtains were the most elegant thing. I had one in a dusty purple pattern (it looked like the pattern you would see on a Victorian carpet bag). At the time, I really wanted the creeping ivy and wisteria pattern though. Thanks for your comment! I was beginning to think I hallucinated the whole thing, because I remember it being everywhere, and a lot of youngs talk about 90s design as if it was all a vaporwave fever-dream (it wasn’t)

@LauraJdogmom

Жыл бұрын

@@kalliejupiter7018 I remember craving balloon shades. I thought they were the most elegant thing ever.

@moonlit.michelle

Жыл бұрын

Yes! I feel like the first half of the 90's was the dusty rose/apricot/teal and the second half was the same colors but in more of a jewel-tone. (Heck, my mom remarried in 1996 and their colors were hunter green and burgundy.) We also had the sleigh beds and swag curtains. The dishes were white with green ivy borders and there was a lot of ivy themes in the kitchen during that second half of the 90's.

@TricommStrategies

10 ай бұрын

Oh the valences!!!!

I think the late 70s into the 80s really saw the split between “trendy” style and the everyday average home style. You hit on it a little bit with the reference to the stranger things house. In reality the 80s was a very hodgepodge time for most people, as the style trends were not really accessible to most people, and there hadn’t been the explosion of new homes yet , so really up until the mid 90s things looked really different than the “style” we look back on. We all remember items or toys from the 80s and 90s but i can almost guarantee that the majority lived in homes that looked very similar to the stranger things house the majority of the time . 😊

Allow me to sum up the '70's for you: Harvest Gold Avocado Green Flame Red/Orange

@lynneguimondsabean1606

Жыл бұрын

And dark brown!

I was born in 1970, so grew up with all that color. I wasn’t into the neon as a teen in the 80’s, but still enjoyed all the color. The Southwestern/dusty colors from the 90’s moving into the neutrals and grays of the present has been rough on my brain. The house I own still has its old avocado green countertops and they make me happy. They also match my Pyrex. lol

@memi4586

9 ай бұрын

Hi fellow 1970-baby!!

@oneminuteofmyday

9 ай бұрын

@@memi4586 🙋‍♀️

When I was growing up in England in the 60’s, we moved into a new house. My parents decorated our home in a Scandinavian style with Teak furniture. This was not a veneer but solid Teak, very mid century modern! My parents kept this Teak furnishing for years. I wish I had the furniture now! ❤🤗🇨🇦

@marjoryross2754

Жыл бұрын

I bet it was G-Plan furniture. 😊

@carolefreeman2544

Жыл бұрын

@@marjoryross2754 it probably was!

The 90s was the heyday of the country blue kitchen with geese motif. Geese motif extended to the porch with an artificial goose that may or may not have had a wardrobe of outfits for different seasons and holidays. In other words it was a low point for design.

@jennifergraham3752

Жыл бұрын

My mom had a goose cookie jar, salt and pepper shakers and I think a paper towel holder. 😂

@fazdoll

Жыл бұрын

Slate blue and mauve was 1984-1989. I remember it distinctly from my high school years. Geese ... and pigs and lawn sheep.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

Never saw a kitchen like that growing up myself.

@cbpd89

4 ай бұрын

You just described my next door neighbors house a la 1995 perfectly 🤣

I'm surprised you didn't mention the traditional trend in the 60's of Colonial and Early American wood furniture. The upscale furniture stores carried these lines. I grew up with maple and the quality was impeccably constructed. I inherited it eventually from my parents and I love it.

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I had a maple Early American bedroom set as a teenager and wish I still had it!

@joswearingen3507

5 ай бұрын

He’s too young. Design trends existed before 1950. Limited perspective imo.

@mangos2888

3 ай бұрын

But does his audience remember pre-1950?​@@joswearingen3507

The biggest upside of living through all of those awful design trends was you could furnish your house with beautiful, high quality antiques on a pretty modest budget.

@tonirose6776

Жыл бұрын

SO true. Most people were ignoring these beautifully made, classical pieces during all the trends, which was great for those of us who had always loved antiques. Score.

@paulascott5701

Жыл бұрын

Was? They are still practically giving away beautiful, well made pieces and I have snapped up a few. Love it. Tragically, many people buy stunning pieces like mahogany dressers in great condition and paint them white, then artificially distress them. UUUUUUGGGGG!!! It is vandalism.

@fridayhunt7075

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

To the '70s, let's add the ubiquitous chrome and glass (and "smoked" glass!) furniture and accessories: tables, étagères, lamps, etc. and walls covered in "marbled" mirror tiles. Also worth mentioning were the massive redwood burl coffee tables, and cargo hatch tables.

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

Those coffee tables 😂

@gloriaalex11

Жыл бұрын

My mother's house still has a wall of gawd-awful smoked marble mirror squares. Only reason they're still up is fear of damaging the wall.

Early 80's went from avocado, mustard and perhaps orange everything to chocolate brown, white and chrome. 2000's had Tuscany and everybody's decorated their kitchen counters with sealed oil bottles of every shape containing veggies. Colors were brick red, mustard and olive green.

@joylox

Жыл бұрын

The first stand mixer I learned to make cakes with as a kid was avocado colour. My mom said her mom had it, so I'm not sure if it was 70s or 80s. My 70s kitchen sink is mustard, and I'm not really a fan, but hey, the carpet is gone, and I'm happy (never carpet a bathroom, even just half of the floor...). I love pastels, and I'm really hoping that's where things go. My kitchen needs work, it's not cohesive, it's very small, and the cupboards don't fit right, so I'm not sure what to do there. I grew up with things being so warm toned or dark blue with warm tones over it. so I think I'm ready to try something else. Although the veggie thing gave me an idea. Maybe I can use my pickles as decor! I pickled some rainbow carrots I grew, and they're pretty, sticks of coloured carrot in a jar, but I have them in a cold room right now.

@spfisterer3651

Жыл бұрын

I hated the 2000s Tuscany trend so much.. All that orange.

@SM-ji1qe

Жыл бұрын

I grew up with those in the 70’s.

My 1989 bedroom was peach and sage. My younger sister’s was dusty rose and country blue. Thank you for the nostalgic flashback 😊

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

Those were pretty color combinations! They'll be back.

@kateshaw1581

6 ай бұрын

I also had a dusty rose and that blue color also😅😅😂

Nick you pretty well covered my whole life. I have seen all these styles come and go, being born in the 50's, and have pieces of my parents Bauhaus and mid century modern furniture. 80's & 90's were horrible. I dearly hope the barn door goes back to the barn where it belongs.

@rosezingleman5007

Жыл бұрын

Same here. You’re totally right-80s and 90s were bleak. I was an architecture student in the early eighties and it was really difficult because interior design seemed bereft of real direction and originality.

@Traci_Websinger

Жыл бұрын

I get what you're saying about the barn door. I like the concept, probably for the texture, but it takes up too much wall space. Think sliding glass doors or some closet doors. We had dark wall paneling in my brother's room and in what we called the O.G. after my parents added on a two car garage. Living in New England, a huge design style was (and still is to a certain extent) Colonial/Americana. Navy, Turkey Red, Hunter or Goose s*** Green, Cream, field stone, dark wood, and some gold/brass accents. The wall paper in the house my parents bought in the mid 60s was navy with eagles and circles of stars and it was everywhere. They kept it in the family room but removed it and repainted the kitchen, the upstairs hallway and stairs, and heaven knows where else. I was four when they bought the house. They finally replaced the wallpaper in the 80s with another different pattern. Also, I know Nick has said he's not a big DIYer, but something you saw EVERYWHERE in the 90s and going into the 00s was faux finishes. I thought he'd mention it with the whole Tuscany thing but if Nick did, I missed it. Whitewashing, faux stone, faux marble, Trompe L'oeil, that was all right next to the decoupage. I know, whitewash is a real technique, along with milk paint and chalk paint.

@peztopher7297

Жыл бұрын

@@Traci_Websinger There are also those Japanese sliding panels (which I think are a brilliant concept functionally) as an alternative. Yes about the New England esthetic! I mentioned in my separate comment.

@peztopher7297

Жыл бұрын

Exactly me. But I'm actually over the MCM now because of all that. I mean I like a lot of it, but I don't want it in my home anymore. So now I'm attracted to Art Nouveau/Arts and Crafts and Art Deco.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

I don't know. I was a teenager in the 80's and never missed an opportunity to be creative and original in my bedroom's decor and even in the house as I helped my mother decorate and cannot recall a dull decoration from that time and many of my friends also where very much into creative decor. Same in the 90's. When I went out I saw a lot of super cool, groovy post modern decor at public places, which I found rather novel and original.

In Australia, the most influential colour of the late 90/00’s was LIME GREEN! Particularly in furniture/upholstery/homewares. And the ubiquitous “feature wall” which was a random colour and frequently every room had a different coloured feature wall in a different textured finish (sponge paint, suede, heavy brush strokes etc.)

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

That sounds hideous! You have my condolences!

@karenmartin9008

2 ай бұрын

In the 90's? Really? I remember lime green being very popular in the 70s, lots of lime green formica countertops, or for the less adventurous, lime green canisters lined up on more conventional countertops. Maybe we were a little backwards in the rural areas, but I can't think of any new builds or renos among my family and friends where they installed lime green, more likely pulling it out of their older homes.🤷‍♀️

I was born in 1950 so I’ve lived through all of these. One memory: in 2001 we bought a house built in the 1970s. The day we closed on it I walked in and said “what have I done!” When walked in a week later my husband had ripped out all of the cheap wood laminate paneling and I breathed a sigh of relief.

90s had a lot of hunter green and burgundy. (On the tail of the rise of Polo). Tribal and southwestern prints. Kilim rugs were everywhere Also, missing that Art Nouveau is emerging. Seeing tons of swirls, animal theme furniture/decor, and William Morris wallpaper. SW Clary Sage and Alabaster seem to be the modern green/cream combo

My college had "The Purple Pit" in the main foyer in the early 80s. Iconic! Wood paneling became so popular bc it was inexpensive, and you could skip the drywall/fill/sand/fill/sand/paint stage. A finished basement in no time!

@lorimiller623

Жыл бұрын

My elementary school had an orange kiva (pit) in the 70s, along with orange plastic chairs and bright yellow "tote trays" we used to carry our papers and stuff and that slid under the desk. The building was brutalist concrete with hardly any windows and an open floor plan. The whole thing was absolutely dreadful and depressing, especially since I'd come from a school full of smaller rooms and sunlight. 😥

@kathiemihindukulasuriya1538

Жыл бұрын

We had olive colored wood paneling in our basement. My Dad wanted to make a tiki bar with fake palm trees and real sand, but unfortunately, my Mom was not having sand in the basement with 5 kids...

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

I always wondered what was up with all the paneling.

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

@@kathiemihindukulasuriya1538 That is hilarious!

The 70s were back to nature-love of natural wood, earth tones, rustic or homemade things.

I never understood conversation pits. I have a defined area for conversation, it’s called a ‘room’. Easy to rearrange if desired and no risk of falling into it.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

Sounds cool in theory but in practicality, not so much. It gets old having to take a few steps up and down every time you spend time in the living room.

@dimplesd8931

Жыл бұрын

That was a reaction to the formal living rooms of the decades before. The idea was to create a space where people felt free to exchange ideas casually. Conversation pits spawned the modern “sectional” sofa. That being said, they were a terrible idea. Tripping and falling up or down the stairs was a real thing. Furniture placement was a nightmare if you didn’t want a gigantic sectional and because everyone was on a linear sofa, you couldn’t just pull up a chair and start or join a conversation. I’m a 60’s baby but “conversation pits” were in lots of homes in the 70’s-80’s when I was growing up.

@hiloknowsall7462

Жыл бұрын

😂 💀 deceased

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I'm with you!

Two more important trends: 1. DIY home renovation inspired by the 1979 launch of "This Old House" on PBS 2. Southwest-themed decor inspired by the 1993 book "Santa Fe Style"

I never thought I would see photos of McDonalds from the 80s. That must be the only great thing inspired by the Memphis Group. I loved swaying on those burger stools as a child and watching the takeaway orders move along a glass encased conveyor belt along the ceilings and I appreciated the McDonalds wall murals. It felt like a museum 😂.

7:08 Avocado and Harvest Gold! Those appliance colors were so popular, and then the trends moved on and they were so unpopular.

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I don't have them anymore, but I did, and I liked them, and I am not ashamed!

Tiki style was also big in the 50s/60s. The 80s were all about Miami Vice: art deco style, pastel colors, big/bulbous furniture.

My dad was a builder in the U.K. and he always used to say “the 80s, where style and quality came to die.” He also said that the tv show ‘the house dr’ in the 90s removed all colour out of a home so people cared more about the neutralised saleability of their home than giving it personality.

Mauve was huge in the 80s. Hunter green and red were the trendy colors in the 90s. Hunter green bedrooms & the red dining room was all the rage and some people still haven't let it go.

I miss Bob Villa. Others showed you how to decorate then he came on to show you how to maintain, fix or renovate on your own!

The amount of roosters and artificial grapes in my childhood 00’s kitchen are still an endearing and hilarious memory we laugh about to this day

@sherrinunya4079

2 ай бұрын

I had one rooster piece in our (real working) farm. I don't know why, but everyone I know dumped their rooster/chicken designs on me. Ugh, I ended up selling them all on ebay! 😅

hi Nick, topic suggestion: when adding color to walls, how do you figure out what walls to paint? you've mentioned before you don't like accent walls, and neither do i. but then do you paint ALL the walls the same color? what do you do in an open space concept? can you choose 2-3 colors (including ceiling) or just the whole box goes the same color? i have a hard time with this and haven't found anyone talking about it! help! love your videos 💕

@sarahwatts7152

Жыл бұрын

I'm looking at painting a couple rooms and would love to hear about this

@kathywiseman7944

Жыл бұрын

Follow how your lighting hits the wall. You can pick one color and have the paint dept lighten or darken it with tint to give them a depth without adding a dramatic change.

@callalacey

Жыл бұрын

Those are great questions that I’ve been trying to decide too

@GenXHeart

Жыл бұрын

YES! I struggle with this too! Nick has said several times grey is on it's way out but what I love about my whole house in SW Rock Candy is the color shifts through the day. it's really three in one, at some point you can look at my walls and see a white wall, a grey wall or a subtle light blue. That and fear are the only things that stopped me from a navy accent wall. I've been wondering if there are greens or browns that could do the same thing. (but also would a brown be too dingy? Would a green be too minty?)

@coachkrish

Жыл бұрын

Great question! My house is all Chantilly lace white, but I plan to do full color in a guest bedroom and a half bathroom, just to create fun little moments. We have colorful furniture and artwork that pop beautifully in the white main parts of the house.

“Oof, it was whole thing” most accurate and concise description of the Tuscan kitchen I’ve heard 🤣 *chef’s kiss 🤌

I’m 49 so my first foray into designing for myself (without Bon Jovi posters) was in the mid-90s. My 90s designs were brass cherubs EVERYWHERE, navy blue, hunter green, and burgundy in plaids and houndstooths, and the sunflowers on everything in my kitchen. Wrought iron swirly sconces for ball candles. And every room had a tea light candle potpourri double boiler with spiced apple or peach potpourri warming in it. And Party-Lite candle holders! 😂

@evonnagale3045

Жыл бұрын

No one has ever told me potpourri is meant to be warmed. I just thought my grandparents had bowls of dried plants around.....

You nailed the 70s, so bravo on that one. I grew up in the 1970s, and started "adulting" in the 80s, so that's kind of my decade. What I remember most about the 1980s was the reemergence of classic English traditional in both home and fashion. Laura Ashley and Ralph Lauren were ubiquitous in closets everywhere (thanks to films like Chariots of Fire and Maurice). And with respect to furnishings, it was all about Chippendale, Sheraton, and Hepplewhite. Throw in Chinese porcelains, oriental rugs, and a bunch of brass accessories, and boom!... the perfect 80s living room.

@lovemesomeslippers

Жыл бұрын

Hepplewhite? You grew up with way more money than I did!

@sherrinunya4079

2 ай бұрын

I remember Mario Buatta, also called the "Prince of Chintz" ungodly amounts of floral & ruffles as far as the eye could see! 😂

@roamingroadtrip5696

Ай бұрын

@@sherrinunya4079 Oh, wow. Exactly what I was thinking: the Prince of Chintz! hahaha

@roamingroadtrip5696

Ай бұрын

Very true! Definitely classic English traditional. Preppy, yuppie, polo playing... The Risky Business house...

Ew, ah, I love Art Deco. Thanks for the heads up re: the Wayfair show. I was born in the 1950s and what I remember as the big trend was “Early American,” I didn’t see much MCM back then and then the next thing I remember was British Invasion and any thing youth oriented or bohemian. The “bohemian” style of British trend setting store, BIBA, was actually the founder’s take on Art Deco. What goes around comes around… Then, as a young adult in the 80s-90s, METROPOLITAN HOME was my design Bible. I still long for that inspiring magazine when everything seemed new and a bit cheeky.

Debbie Travis was a scourge on design in the 90s!!! "just stencil it on with a sponge!" The kitchen vines 😂😂😂

Nick, how can we stop designers from saying they’re *obsessed* with something? Asking for a friend.

I am hoping there will be a larger turn towards lasting styles, quality materials, and developing individual styles.

Great retrospective Nick! I was a kid in the 70's with my Sears Louis the 14th bedroom set and remember avocado kitchen appliances and olive drab, orange and mustard color schemes. We bought our first house in 1992, traditional style cherry cabinets in the kitchen and lots of burgundy and hunter green! Bought another house in 1998, the advent of honey oak cabinetry. Let me tell you, those builders milked that honey oak for at least 10 years! We've been slowly eliminating every bit of honey oak in the house and am proud to say all that's left are 3 doors on the first floor that need to be replaced. As much as I like the look of my black-stained maple shaker-style cabinets, I probably wouldn't repurchase them because they show every bit of dust and every fingerprint. Loved the video!

@dimplesd8931

Жыл бұрын

I had the Haverty’s furniture, that may have been a SE US store, French provincial bedroom in yellow and white. Our house had all the harvest gold, rust, beige and browns, with matching shag carpet. Looking back at how terrible design was from the 60’s-90’s reminds me how much fun people use to have in their home style before HGTV made us all mid century modern/organic/traditional/whatever they say is next followers. 😂

I remember growing up in the 70’s, we had bright red textured wall-to-wall carpet and wood paneled walls. Guests were often surprised by the carpet color. What I wish I still had was our round breakfast table with 3-legged chairs, curved on the back and fit flush into the table. The curve back of the chairs looked a lot like Nick’s dining table. Just imagine if only one chair leg was in front and the seat was a rounded triangle.

It's not really a furniture aspect, but in the 70s there were a lot of plants. 'Ecology' was in the public conversation. There could even be plants combined with the space esthetic. In the 80s was a lot of traditional--think Laura Ashley and Ralph Lauren. Those yucky pastels went along with that, also ruffles and chintz. Ashley had more color variety (British fabrics) and Lauren had darker colors because it was based on traditional East coast country homes. The 90s and 00s are kind of a blur to me, but somewhere in there was French Provencale country kitchen, in tandem with the Tuscany thing. It had a different color scheme, more varied and saturated. Williams Sonoma pushed that and they still sell the tablecloths.

@cynthiajohnston424

Жыл бұрын

Well said ! Thanks for spotlighting these prominent designs , some of which are blended w/ today's trends or still used alone as they have become classics in their own right .

@samanthab1923

Жыл бұрын

My aunt went overboard with the spider plants & philodendrons

I remember the nineties color palette being burgany, hunter green, black, mauve, and maybe the eighties throwback of country blue. People also loved theme spaces. I've always liked fifties styles. Real MCM furniture is much better than newer MCM.

Was surprised at your characterization of the 80s. The Memphis style was of that decade but didn’t have a lot of effect on home styles. The 80s were the greed is good era. Glam was the aspiration - brass, glass, cream, opulence. Think Alexis Carrington’s home and office on Dynasty 😄

@33Jenesis

Жыл бұрын

I remember black leather sofa, glass top tables, chrome, and Nagel lithographs.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

Yeah I remember a lot of Miami Vice style furnishings.

I wasn’t around for the 50s but I do remember my grandparents’ house being full of utility furniture. I really liked it as a child - that stuff was built to last.

I moved out and I’m decorating my own space for the first time and I’m definitely wanting to go with more of a traditional style. I have always loved the idea of studying in a space that looks like an ornate vintage library/study. I’m loving the idea of natural colors and materials in my space. I’ve used countless videos from Nick’s channel to figure out my preferred design style and how to decorate. Loving these videos and I’m really excited to incorporate some of his advice into my own home. 😁

Simultaneous with mid century modern and atomic in the 50’s was “early American”, highlighted by a cobblers’ bench as a coffee table. Floral prints, plaids in browns and creams in tufted upholstery were dominant, ruffled lamp shades topped lamps. (Mom chose Danish modern instead!)

@rmonson5002

Жыл бұрын

Damn, you're lucky. My mom was Early American all the way ,baby. Down to the wheat and the roosters and everything was "hard rock maple" mom said. I still have the hutch and a bedframe with nightstands. I spent many a childhood afternoon at Ethan Allen Carriage House as it was called back then.

@653j521

Жыл бұрын

I love that. I didn't love the colors of tile floors. Teeth-jarring, green, pink, .... I was hoping he would cover that. Light colored wood.

@JamieM470

Жыл бұрын

@@rmonson5002 You're not alone. My mother loved Early American/Colonial. Everything was plaid and ruffled and busy. Our dinnerware was pewter, because she was convinced that's what the pioneers used. Antique butter churns, framed cowboy pictures, wooden cuckoo clocks. All the furniture had those wavy bottom edges with points (facing? Not sure what that's called) that would take the skin off your arm if you tried to reach something under the furniture. I learned to detest that style from a young age 🙂

@rmonson5002

Жыл бұрын

@@JamieM470 Yes! Mom loved pewter too. She had some "Paul Revere" pewter something or other. And yes, everything was scalloped and ruffled. We even had a maple platform rocker. And a firkin! That's right! I think mom kept the firewood in the firkin. The firkin was actually pretty cool. I wonder what ever happened to that 🤔. Okay, word of the day, "firkin" as in the firkin roosters were everywhere! 😅

@peztopher7297

Жыл бұрын

@@JamieM470 If you're talking about a piece that runs under the edge of the table top, that's called an apron.

My house is from 1961 and the whole basement is paneled. Also one room upstairs (that one is actually pretty). I painted the paneling in one room in the basement and the texture with color is great!

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I am now painting my basement paneling, looking forward to the change!

A few things I remember from the fifties and sixties (I was born in '56): cloth couches being replaced by Naugahyde sofas; cork floors; "knotty pine" wall paneling that was thick, real wood, and far high quality than the thin, cheap, paneling; the introduction of built-in "sound systems", intercom systems, and television cabinets as part of living room and family room design; family heirlooms and real antiques intermixed with the new, modern materials; the use of glass blocks in both bathrooms (shower enclosures, windows) and in entry-ways (glass block privacy screens, or floor-to-ceiling glass block windows); a big jump in popularity of large-leaf houseplants, such as philodendrons and potted fig trees (as opposed to the lacy hanging ferns of the past); a lot of small-format, pastel, tiles in the bathroom, such as pink, mint green, baby blue, yellow, etc. as opposed to the black and white of earlier decades; and the introduction of diaphanous "sheers" as a second panel (let in the light!) rather than just the heavier, winter-weight, drapes of the past.

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

My mobile military family once had a house with an intercom system. Dad absolutely loved it - he woke us up at 6 by playing music we hated! Nothing like torturing your teenagers. ... Also, I've gone back to sheers, because I love the diffused light.

That olive green kitchen with olive appliances gave me bad flashbacks to moving into our house in south Florida when I was in kindergarten. All the appliances were that green, the wallpaper had mustard and olive sawgrass patterning with a bit of shimmer, and we had a drop ceiling light - panels of fluorescents in this big square in the center of the kitchen. Lime and avocado green booth seat kitchen table that was like a McDonald's booth seat, and mustard-colored linoleum. I was six, and I remember this kitchen. It was the first room in the house my parents renovated, because they couldn't stand it. The olive-toned faux-wood paneling in the den lasted longer - until my dad found a way to paint it over in a country white, and my mom got her country-blue trim as well. It was a hideous holdover from the 70s. Trading Spaces was TLC's version of Britain's show Changing Rooms. We watched that on BBCAmerica before Trading Spaces was a thing, and wow, was it an experience. That whole weekend DIY remodel is very 2000s for me, even if we never did it ourselves.

90s Mmh, I remember a lot of Hunter Green and burgundy.

I remember the 70's and 80's having shag carpet, even carpet squares, and everything being "harvest gold" or "avocado green". The era of Earth Tones!😂

@atxoatmeal

Жыл бұрын

Ugh...we had an avocado green refrigerator! 😆

@Traci_Websinger

Жыл бұрын

Our fridge was always white, but the wall oven was copper, not a shiny copper, but more of a brown copper. Speaking of earth tones...oh, and the counters were kind of a cantaloupe/peach color.

@vaderladyl

Жыл бұрын

I love those two colors!

Mentioning a 'more sophisticated take on post modern' while simultaneously showing a stone chair shaped like a literal bare a$$ at 20:56 is peak YT comedy for me. 🤣🤣🤣

Your rant about the Tuscan Kitchens had me dead. The way you touched your face and said “it was a whole thing” I felt that in my soul

I love how the styles throughout the years are not necessarily repeated from before. More like remixed

@rmonson5002

Жыл бұрын

Good description!

A 70’s child here my parents allowed me to choose the paint colour for my bedroom. I chose bright orange wall paint with bright orange gloss paint, and it got painted that colour! I don’t know what my parents were thinking to allow me to do that especially when my mum used to work in a shop that sold paint and wallpaper before I was born.

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

Your parents obviously loved you!

I love that this video is 24+ minutes long, yet the clock in the background never changes.. I know it is a "still",,,,,just found it amusing.

Do you remember stencilling and paint effects from the nineties? Stencilled ivy leaf borders in the kitchen or starfish in the bathroom, stippled or rag-rolled walls or cabinets. It was definitely a thing in the UK.

@georgemoore6662

Жыл бұрын

Hi Julie 🌹 How are you doing?

For the 70s, I feel like you were describing a lot of highbrow, edgy designs that most people didn't actually have. What they did have was SPANISH REVIVAL everything--wrought iron, dark (often fake) wood, crushed velvet, brocade, stuff with chains on it...?! Also early American was a popular 70s trend, which is what my parents had (def popularized by the bicentennial). All that other 70s stuff--wicker, rattan, brass, pampas grass--my parents considered cheap and tacky, so we didn't have that in our home, but of course plenty of people did.

@tiffytattoo2450

Жыл бұрын

I noticed that too. All the super bright wiggly designs seem to be highlights, in the design world. Common folks, at least in Germany, had outrageous flower wallpaper, oak, lots of oak furniture! Oak everywhere! Ranging from clunky monsters, whole wall units, to more playful stuff which we ironically labeled "Gelsenkirchener Barock" (baroque of Gelsenkirchen, a small town in the coal mining area of Germany). I don't know of anyone with a conversation pit, seems like a rare upper class thing. We all lived in apartments that had a 70s/80s feel, but weren't nowhere near as designed as one might think.

@peztopher7297

Жыл бұрын

That's another I forgot (by choice, I guess). That Spanish furniture was heavy, too much carving and wavy wrought iron. I abhor Spanish Colonial to this day, which is trying because I live in Southern California.

@Traci_Websinger

Жыл бұрын

​@@peztopher7297my condolences.

@kathyballes4360

Жыл бұрын

Well, if you were hiring interior designers, you’re usually spending $$

@kerrid3481

Жыл бұрын

I was thinking the same. Most people did not have this.

Very cool walk through the decades. In my Italian immigrant family, in Montreal, the 70s were filled with baroque and Louis XV style furniture, and Spanish revival! Lol! and let's not forget the huge wood console tv (with red crushed velvet covering the speakers). I remember the early nineties as having a lot of bleached wood kitchens, and lacquered furniture. What a time!!

I remember watching Austin Powers and being so mesmerized by 70s decor. So funky!

I really appreciate that you are actually a bit of a social historian as well as being a master of taste and design.

In the 90s my mom went for that ice blue and rose/mauve colors. She had the floral, pinstriped sofa... and lots of OAK. I hate oak to this day. The early 00s remind me of taupe walls with crisp white baseboards/trim... 2010s and I think "accent wall" everyone had one. These days my mom rides the line between farmhouse and mission, but they built on 5 acres in PNW, so it's at least appropriate with goats and chickens running around...😂

@MichelleSinTO

Жыл бұрын

I was coming to mention the dusty blue variant of the desaturated trend! I too grew up with it and also cannot stand oak to this day. I see oak and am instantly take. Back to the 90s with the country style, chintz floral fabrics, frills, and “Victorian crafts” (aka dried flowers glued to straw hats, wreaths, & band boxes), all in the dusty rose, blue, peach, and SEAFOAM. Because of course what Nick was calling “dusty teal” was known as seafoam. 🤢 wretched palette. Bought our condo in 2010, moved in to dusty rose carpets and curtains in the bedroom. 😖

I was a kid in the 70’s, and our house had the avocado green appliances and with lots of heavy dark wood and velvet furniture. My own room was in grass green, orange, pink, and yellow with big 70’s flowers, frogs, and even an orange plastic mush room lamp. Totally groovy! As an adult I had the white and French blue period in the late ‘80’s and first green and burgundy in the ‘90’s. But I think having grown up then gave me an enduring love for earth tones and natural materials. Still love granite!

@theangriestcatintheworld

8 ай бұрын

Lol, reminds me of my sister's orange and pink shag carpet 🤢

I loved this episode Nick! I was born in 1966, in Australia… I remember vividly my Mums 1970s bright orange kitchen! Then in the 80s, everything turned peach or apricot! Yuck!! Then in the 1990s she decorated everything with beige and brown, not my fav! 😞 Then I moved out and the late 1990s and early 2000s for me was all about decorating my home with cute craft projects, farmhouse style and stained pine furniture everywhere! Skip to the 2020s and I’m fully into minimalism, simple streamlined furniture, whites, blacks, a bit of timber and a pop of colour with plants and fresh flowers… and that’s it! I hate visual clutter , and I really don’t think I could ever go back to living in a multi coloured home, but I love looking back over the 56 years I’ve been on this planet and all the different designs that have come and gone and come and gone and inspired what ever comes next! I believe Interior design should be individual and suit your personality and life style… go for whatever floats your boat and enjoy your space!

Loved this video. I am a baby boomer so have seen many of these trends in furniture and decor. I have to say when I was a little girl my Aunt had a silver Christmas tree with a color wheel that would change colors. I thought it was the most glamorous thing ever. Wow so glad we don’t get stuck in some of the trends!!!!

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

I remember the color wheel! As a small kid, it was mesmerizing!

A trend I saw in a lot of homes in the 90s was hand-painted murals that were never something I'd want other people to see 😬

What I remember from the '80s and continuing into the '90s was a popularity for antiques and antique knock-offs. I remember rows of antique shops and antique malls that are now long gone. Ladies had collections of Depressionware and antique china displayed in antique looking cabinets. There were folksy braided rugs, old rocking chairs, and a style called 'country' which was sort of like 'modern farmhouse'. The neighbor ladies were proud of their homestiched, framed 'samplers', which they hung above their couch, which also looked quant and old fashioned. Some people called it "Early American". Some of the furniture was called 'Primitive'. The neighbors had a primitive 'Pie Safe' cabinet in the kitchen. The trend may have begun with the American Bicentennial celebration in 1976, but I don't know. And it wasn't for everyone, of course, but the look was popular.

"Shabby chic was chic or not chic, but it was shabby, I'll give you that" omg dead 😂🤣🤣 Nick brings the shade on a silver platter YES 👏👏 😆😆😆

Fantastic episode, Nick. Conversation pit = bone breaker for toddlers, children, small dogs, the elderly, the drunk....worst idea ever. lol Pine paneling was put in all the brick ranch houses of the late 50s, 60s and early 70s where I live, in the American South.

I remember French Provincial furniture in the late 50s. In the 60s Early American was popular. Antiques and Country came into vogue with folk art and that became ad nauseum. By the way, here in the States we pronounce formica as for-Mic-a.

2:14 - 2:16 😍 I want that house! Btw I have always heard "Formica" pronounced for-MY-cah and didn't know there was another way to say it. I heard it was created as a substitute for the mineral mica, so literally "for mica." But the way Nick says it emphsizes "form" which is such an important concept, so that is very logical.

I'm old enough to remember all these eras including the 1950s (not my favorite - way too much Danish Modern furniture) and the 60s (groovy). My "practice" husband and I had a wonderful love seat in bright orange and yellow tweed. Loved it. Also, lots of huge posters on walls and things that hung from hooks in the ceilings.

We redid our kitchen in the early/mid 90s. We pulled out a 60s green kitchen with a floating glass drink cabinet over a small peninsula and replaced it with a peach kitchen with brown appliaces and fruit basket tiles behind the stove top. Very one trend both times. Our bathroom we kept. It was avocado with cute mosaics on the floor. We built a second story with a new bathroom and had a peachy cream vanity and bath and raspberry tilea!

@karenk2409

8 ай бұрын

Your house sounds quirky and fun!

I feel you very much missed the 80's style sponge and rag painted walls with patterned borders at dado rail height. I remember being so proud of my dusty lilac walls with 10cm floral borders and dusty pink velvety sofa and armchairs. So terrible to think of now, but filled with fantastic memories of my children when they were little 🥰

You are my number one favorite interior design channel Nick💥! I found you last year, just a few months before we moved into our (first) new build home. Which was great because you helped me articulate my vision to others (especially to my partner). We also opted for mixing styles. I’d say our home is mix between modern, industrial and Japandi. And we love it! Even though our style is quite locked in now I’ve grown very fond of you and interior design in general. Thank you for all the education and good laughs over the year. Know that all your hard work is seen and appreciated!! Cheers from the Netherlands🥂

decor colors I remember: avocado green, harvest gold, burnt orange (for appliances). Antique white. pop art bold primary colors. Country blue, mauve, and dusty rose. BEIGE, beige, beige. Sage green. Brown is the new black. GRAY, gray gray.Mustard (ugh), gray is done, back to beige.

@donnagreen5707

Жыл бұрын

Good summary, but you forgot EVERYTHING white with the Shabby Chic craze!!

I remember when my mom bought a lime green sofa to replace her old autumn floral print early American one! But the autumn floral chair stayed on and on. I bought a few antiques for my bedroom, still available in thrift stores. She started antique painting 🧐 in colors. It was a mish mash but comfortable to sit on. No wonder I went Japanese.

One thing you didn’t mention about the 70’s…I don’t know if this was just regional, but I remember there being a “gothic revival” thing going on where there was a lot of gothic arches and fleur de lis in decoration. Even my first house when I bought it in 2004 still had a fleur de lis pendant lantern in the foyer. If you look up “glenwood theater sign, Kansas” this is my favorite example.

@peztopher7297

Жыл бұрын

I don't see any fleurs de lis on that sign, but a heraldry shield, but they all go together with the Gothic. It's interesting that there's also a space age/atomic star on there, too! 😄

If homeownership affordability continues being a challenge, and if more people are renting and cannot change the hard elements, I can see people in this decade purchasing more high-quality and expensive statement pieces. I could even see a future where Ikea creates a luxury line of furniture and accessories as their demographic ages.

@hiloknowsall7462

Жыл бұрын

Ikea in many respects has moved into this space but still luxury and value for money - the evedal lamps are classic example expensive but top quality and timeless. Marble, handblown double glass shade - one opaque white the other is smokey grey clear. They have been on numerous film sets as there are designer equivalents that cost 💲 thousands.

@LauraJdogmom

Жыл бұрын

@@hiloknowsall7462 IKEA is a great place to get lighting. I love those lamps.

@hiloknowsall7462

Жыл бұрын

@@LauraJdogmom me too, i think they’re about the most expensive in their lighting category however worth every penny, and still to this day i see designers coming out with near identical lighting/table/floor lamps that are no joke…POA or asking $thousands and thousands for - i like quality but don’t enjoy the gouge- thankfully ikea has put itself into this segment quite well. 🤩

Thank you for introducing me to the concept of a “Tuscan Kitchen” as a child at the time, I distinctly remember for a while my mother would not shut up about a granite countertop 😂

I kind of want to go ultra utilitarian chic. Space efficiency rocks. Show me where tech meets design. Feels like I'm refreshed and ready for a new reno on this ancient home. We need a new Bauhaus that incorporates new tech.

The house I grew up in was ‘modern’ but I believe the influence was from Japanese design: simplicity, natural wood beams, large windows to connect the human with nature. Even now I need windows and views when I’m indoors to give my eye a rest and promote well being. Regarding the 2020’s I see houses for sale really defaulting to the all white everywhere-I guess it’s to make it a blank slate. But it seems to be deciding to choose no style. Another trend I would hope for incorporates reuse, vintage and even beautiful older antiques for a ‘green’ alternative.

@LauraJdogmom

Жыл бұрын

I think all-white probably does make it easier to sell the house. Easier to paint. and it allows the buyer to impose their style on their new home. I agree on the reuse. Young people are more eco-conscious, I think, than old fogeys like me; plus, thrifting and shopping in your parents' house are great for the budget. If traditional styles and real wood are indeed making a comeback, then I hope some of the beautiful old furniture of yesteryear will find loving homes.

Excellent video Nick! I agree that now and in the years to come people will be trying to personalize their spaces more. As you say, due to the influence of social media, design trends have been intense and ubiquitous. I’m looking at you donut vase and pampas grass 😂.

I'm an extrovert and I'm even scared of falling into one of those conversation pits. I appreciate versatility in my spaces.

Dorney House in Hobart (Tasmania, Australia), built in 1978, is a brilliant example of a home designed around a conversational pit with a fireplace as its focus. It’s open to the public on occasion. Enjoyed the vid.

This was so great! There is so much I could comment in delight about, but I must tell you I am roaring with laughter at how perfectly you described the 2000s beige (even on the walls) being so “all encompassing”. Again, the whole thing was wonderful❤

Excellent video. It's always good to understand history and interior design is no exception! I cannot tell you how hard a flashback I had when those 80s McDonald's with burger stools and indoor faux trees popped up!! Oh, the memories. Those were so cool back then. (But don't think we need a reprise lol.)

Nick, I absolutely love learning about the history of certain styles and what inspired them (or what they were intended to do). Great video!

Excellent Nick, I remember my mom painting a flower mural in our kitchen. One single flower with stark white walls. Interesting to say the least and our appliances were golden rod yellow!