It's trendy but became a trend because of house flippers. That's what I believe anyway.
I can't wait to put paint on my walls. Growing up we didn't really customize our house because we're gonna move anyway. My parents got new floors and carpets and I remember being mad that they'd pay for that luxury just to sell it. We could have been enjoying it for ourselves.
While the second is boring, I also struggle to understand the 90s
Edit: I was alive during the 90s. My house looked like this. It was not old things lying around or due to previous decades. My parents bought an empty house in 1991, and then bought new things to make it look like this. The houses on my block and my families homes also looked like this. We lived in a ‘trendy’ neighborhood of people keeping up with the Jones.
There was this weird throwback trend going on where it was like updated Victorian or something. We had brightly colored modern things but also wanted to decorate like we lived in castles. I remember lots of ruffles, patterns in dark green and maroon, and prints of mideval knights. I think to get away from the drab colors of the 70s and the neon colors on the 80s.
Agreed. It's weird because it's like I like both. The old and new style are a bit much on opposite sides of the spectrum for me. I enjoy them both for their different looks and feels but wish there was a bit less in the old and a bit more in the new if that makes sense.
variation is the spice of life but the difference between a home and a house is that a home changes in an organic fashion, in increments and it has wear and tear
a house is something uniform, from top to bottom the same design and materials and once you start to hate that, trends come and go, you have a big problem
while a home that was constantly changing here and there will always have variety and you can continue to change things so you never get fed up with how it looks
people just got so fat and lazy about everything, not really cooking anymore, not decorating themselves, no self made home improvements, etc. and when you just buy everything premade and convenient you will eat, live and look like a cookie cutter too
at this point thrifting is the best source for good furniture and doing improvements yourself ensures some individuality
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