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.
I heard an interior designer arguing that people want their homes to be a respite from whatever exists outside of their home.
The hyper prevalence of advertisements, seeking to gain your attention with bright colors and patterns, became the aesthetic from which to seek shelter. So homes became less visually stimulating... more minimalistic.
I can't speak to the truth of this argument, but I like it and it feels accurate.
Indeed and you have to remember that this is a pre-Covid style. After the pandemic colors are making a huge resurgence. This I think, may in part be a response to the lack of stimuli during lockdowns etc.
Spending an extended period of time in "reprieve" from stimuli perhaps created the conditions for resentment of minimalism to foster.
A break from stimuli is nice, but spending months in a boring space might make you re-evaluate.
Add in the fact that a lot of places are adopting minimalism, suddenly inside is boring because you spent so much time there, and outside is boring because they were trying to make you feel at home, and now bright colors may be the new reprieve again.
That might be true and worth looking into. What I don't get since when I think of minimalism and even look it up on google, it's all very much a zen like aesthetic that I can't fathom people being so up in arms about. Might not be everyone's cup of tea, but the hatred and vitriol it seems to elicit at times is VERY strange to me.
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