To hate these current home trends...

[verynaiceham]

Crushed velvet sofas/beds/curtains.

Also wooden letters in the kitchen/bathroom that's say 'Cook'/'Bath' etc telling you what each room is for.

While I'm at it- wall 'art' (stickers) with cheesy phrases.

This is the new 'twigs and pebbly shit' thread. People should have whatever makes them happy in their homes - 'good' taste is subjective anyway. Personally, I like velvet (although not in a house with dc my dh) and fairy lights etc.

But isn't that exactly what this thread is about: what we don't like? Though I see it as a dislike of all-embracing trends rather than lip-curling disdain of actual houses of our friends?

I've got a velvet sofa - well we had it covered in velvet- my grandmother bought it from the ideal home show in the 50s.
May I also present what I have hanging in my bedroom??

"I think you really can tell a lot about a person by their choice of decor...
I hate: Black leather couches "

When I had Black leather couches,that would have told you that my cat and dog were black and my children and their friends were messy.

I now have brown leather, gifted, couches. My wallpaper would tell you that for years I only had enough money to paint and I have the wallpaper that i liked the most in my price range.

Most people taht I know can't have what would be their first choices, so go with what they can easily get and that they think looks ok.

"The people that make these choices deserve to have the piss ripped out of them"

Would you say the same to your child who is getting the "piss ripped out of them" for their clothing/style choices?

One good thing to come out of this thread is the hedgehog coir mat I've just ordered from Sainsburys, we are a family of hedgehog lovers after rescuing three hoglets and their Mother, once.

May I also present what I have hanging in my bedroom??

Is it a love swing?

Too late. Sort of.

Sadly not echtbut it is a twee embroidery with 'fuck' on it ^^^

I also hate kitchen islands. My biggest kitchen turn off is fake wood grain shiny effect cabinets or any shiny cabinets for that matter .

I'm not one for twee samplers, but one day, I hope to stitch this.

From Steoch Embroidery.

I like open plan in home mags, looks lovely.

In real life though I like a series of smaller rooms that I can shut the door on. So I favour Georgian and Victorian properties.

Mrsovertheroad I like the 70's style of a huge burnt orange leather sofa , minimal furniture , but the husband would have it all white. I still have an brass living flame fire 😬 which I hate with a passion. One day ....

Grey is the one that gets me.

There's a house near me up for sale here.

The exterior, and every sodding room is grey. Lovely house but...

I used to like grey. Now it's more ubiquitous than magnolia.

feature wall large printed wallpaper

Open plan everything. Yeah let me try and chat on the phone whist everything is going on in one space - the washing machine, dishwasher and tumbler, other family members chatting, Tv on etc etc. The kids can sit at the trendy breakfast bar/island or lounge on the sofa in the same room whist the TV and doing their homework. After the kids go to bed there can be nothing better than sitting down to trying watch TV over the sound of the washer looking at the pile of dishes and pans that didn't fit in the dishwasher with the lovely pungent smell of what ever we ate for tea hanging over us.
Open plan living must only be domestic bliss for those with a tolerance level a lot higher than mine. 7 days in an open plan holiday let drove me insane!!

I remember once seeing Kirsty Allsop making chutney for Christmas.

The kitchen was amazing, organised and the woman was clearly superhuman.

In the corner of tge kitchen diner (it was massive) was a beautiful dining table and above on the wall were huge wooden letters spelling out the word "WOW".

I knew in that instant i was a failure as a wife and mother (okay so this is a bit tongue in cheek ) because never in a million years would I ever achieve the kind of effortless organisation this woman had. I'd never have that kitchen or the smug word on the wall which reminded me constantly how brilliant I was.

Ten years on I am quite happy about that.

I don't like cutsy inspirational phrases on the wall but am a sucker for lights abd twiggy shite plus the wooden hearts made of twigs which someone was sneering at further back. No apologies here for liking them.

Blimey that house - absolutely ideal for anyone who wants pretend they are starring in an old black and white film! It was hard to tell if the pics had a black and white filter added. It was the fence that let the "grey side" down!! It was brown!!

Live laugh love wall art. Makes me want to punch holes in the wall I'm afraid!

Live laugh love wall art. Makes me want to punch holes in the wall I'm afraid!

Iborgia beauty is in the eye of the beholder I think. I fucking hate our Victorian London home with a passion. Both of those houses look rather appealing.

My SIL is a sniffy Melbourne sort who says, clutching her pearls, why she can't understand people who choose new builds in places like the Yarra Valley when they could have a lovely smaller house closer to the CBD (like her $2m 1930s place).

Conversely, I'd love to live in a McMansion. It's the only thing I really miss about home - proper size houses that aren't constantly spouting damp/subsidence/badly soundproofing/mice/any other common ill.

Grey can be OK, at least it isn't fucking magnolia. After years of renting, I never want to see a magnolia wall again.

Hate the twee quote shit. Love twinkly lights. Didn't think I liked rose gold, but recently went to a friend's house. Her living room was all heavy rough looking wood with the odd bit of rose gold, and blankets and pillows she brought back from Morocco. It actually looked really good, but it was a very specific house and style.

A lot of what is "out" according to this thread is still the height of fashion in my provincial backwater.... Feature walls are reaching an almighty climax with the addition of glitter...

We are hopefully moving soon, to a house we will actually own. It hasn't been redecorated for about 20 years. I'm going to scrub and bleach the place from top to toe, paint every wall white, and live in it for a few months before I make any decisions

Crushed velvet reminds me of my scuzzy teenage years trying to copy my older sister's gothic clothing style. Yuck.

drinkswineoutofamug where did you get your kitchen from? How happy are you with it/the company? I need a kitchen but can't find one I like 😖

I also grew up in a house with an olive green squashy sofa (3 piece suite, actually). It was gorgeous. Proper cotton velvet. Not crushed. Not shiny. Not synthetic. I'd love a navy or olive one now but probably in a bedroom rather than living area.

I actually really like the whole crushed velvet thing. It reminds me of being a kid in the '90s.
I just bought a nice velvet blanket for the couch now that it's getting colder. The cat is keeps making his bed on it, though.

These threads always descend into a bitch fest about class. Obviously only the working class follow trends. Such a faux middle class trait to actively want to live in a house that looks neglected or unloved.

My daughter (currently living in the CBD in Melbourne) is hoping soon to move into a McMansion.

After spending her growing up years in my bleak, cold, open plan, draughty (but very tastefully decorated, natch) house, she can't wait to get all 'modern'.

She will see the error of her ways when i come visiting, full of twiggy, pebbly shite and cushions...