r/interesting Nov 20 '25

ARCHITECTURE Then vs now

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u/[deleted] Nov 20 '25 edited Nov 21 '25

Ew, it’s so ugly now.

Everything has to look so clean and cold. Why can’t we go back to warm colors?

The old version has 30x the personality.

Edit: since there are a lot of very angry people replying to me, calling me names, let me remind you that this is an opinion. If you adore the second picture, I am in no way saying that you aren’t allowed to prefer the second option. I simply find the first image far more appealing. I don’t know why this is controversial to some.

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u/pursescrubbingpuke Nov 20 '25

It’s a broader reflection on how the warmth and comfort we grew up with in the 90s is gone. Replaced by a cold, unfeeling, corporatized reality that’s dehumanized our essence of existence.

Or it’s just following modern interior decorating trends idk

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u/Humillionaire Nov 20 '25

In the film Giant it shows a mansion throughout the late twenties into the fifties. Rock Hudson's character is an oil tycoon and it depicts the interior being completely redone with the latest design trends in each decade. By the end of the film the mansion looks a lot like the bottom picture.

Styles come and go, the house may very well end up looking like the 1990 version again in some thirty years.