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Trendingthirties · 24/10/2025 15:05

Looking at a refurb. I believe you should always go with what you like but wondered what fellow mumsnetters think will be on or out of style in 10 years?

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Bluevelvetsofa · 24/10/2025 15:08

Unless you’re an influencer, or hoping to be in a magazine, I’d just have what gives you pleasure to look at.

GasPanic · 24/10/2025 15:48

10 years is a long time to predict.

If you are staying there for 10 years then something you like is the best choice.

And remember the darker the tone, the more difficult it is to paint over and the more likely someone won't like it. Pale colours are the least likely to be looked on by someone as offensive and the easiest to replace.

Trendingthirties · 24/10/2025 17:03

Good shout te pale walls. Thoughts on black or gold taps?

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24Dogcuddler · 24/10/2025 17:07

Black taps can show finger marks. Especially make up.

GasPanic · 24/10/2025 17:11

Again black and gold are statement colours (gold probably less so).

Chrome is neutral. But at the end of the day, no one with any common sense is going to refuse to buy a house because they hate the colour of the taps.

Geneticsbunny · 24/10/2025 17:48

I think we will be back to a more minimalist style in ten years.

Plmnki · 24/10/2025 20:28

Why do you care? Do you buy coats or shoes based on what other people might think? Get what you love, it’s your place. If you want pink walls and orange ceilings, fine!

it’s YOUR house, it’s cost you a fuck ton of money, unless anyone is paying, they don’t get a say in the look of it, only you. End of topic.

Trendingthirties · 24/10/2025 21:04

I go by my taste but if I am undecided between 2 styles and one is now out of favour, it helps me to choose the other. I was just asking for opinions!

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Lastqueenofscotland2 · 24/10/2025 21:07

I think anything massively fashionable will look dated in ten years, so sage, media walls, black taps, metro tiles, scalloped edges on furniture/rugs. Just go for what you like though…

user1471538283 · 25/10/2025 10:27

Everything goes out of fashion but the way I remodelled my favourite house still looks lovely because it was good quality and plain.

I wouldn't have black taps because they peel. I've always had chrome although I do like the gold because I hope they will last longer.

Ketzele · 25/10/2025 10:28

I strongly believe that trying to decorate for ten years time is a hiding to nothing: you'll just end up super-bland.

Having said that, I think you can future-proof a little bit. What is high fashion today will inevitably be low fashion in a few years, so don't be trend-led for your high cost items. So flooring, sofas, kitchens etc should be quite neutral or classic.

That doesn't mean just white kitchens and grey or beige everywhere else. A dark green sofa is unlikely to ever age that badly, whereas a pink scalloped sofa will always read 2024. A simple wood or metal bed will age much better than a boucle 'cloud' bed. I bloody love Orla Kiely but I wouldn't have expensive curtains made up in her very distinctive fabric - I'd have her cushions, though.

With stuff that is cheaper, you absolutely can and should have all the fun you like with trends. I disagree that walls should be kept neutral - paint is one of the easiest and cheapest ways to change your look, and can easily be done before resale. (Unless you live in a listed castle that requires specialist painters.) I love strong earthy colours, and use them throughout my house. The only exception is the stairways, which I can't easily paint myself, so I have gone for a toning but neutral light stone colour there.

Nearly all my furniture is second hand, cheap enough to be changed without tears. I do swap around cushions and curtains quite a lot, but I usually make them myself. Luckily I love brown wood furniture and vintage, which is cheap and classic.

On taps, I really like the look of black hardware but yes it will date. More importantly, it doesn't age very well particularly in hard water areas. Gold taps have I think passed their peak, but I reckon unpolished brass that will patina should hold its own. I have recently changed my taps and stuck with chrome, though with s bigger budget I'd have been looking at brushed nickel.

housethatbuiltme · 26/10/2025 12:36

No one knows what will be 'in style' in 10 years time, were not mind readers.

What will be out of style is the current style (bold colors like Navy, Green and Mustard, Colour Drenching, Maxamilism, Victorian tiles, Panelling everything).

I expect a natural movement will flow from 'grey' - 'colour drench' - 'soft pastel' and we might see a move back to magnolia, soft blues, soft pinks and a more flowery and water colour-y vibe but who knows.

I predict Gen Z will bring a fashion movement to what we millennials call 'dated' as they move into home ownership (so I heavily predict revival of Artex pattern's etc...) but with shift age of home ownership who knows when that will hit.

My advice is do what YOU like... if your favorite colour is pimp purple then rock it, if you love retro 60s furniture own it, if you nostalgic for avocado bath tubs then get it, if you like sparkly niknaks buy them... its you that lives their so it should be your taste and by doing this its harder to date stuff as its a mix and not the 'current fad'.

housethatbuiltme · 26/10/2025 12:45

Trendingthirties · 24/10/2025 17:03

Good shout te pale walls. Thoughts on black or gold taps?

Black is a pita and already dropping off due to practicality issue.

Gold dates, it goes in and out of style... our old house had gold so long it came back into style lol.

Silver is timeless on hardware so the safer bet, if you want really timeless I would go brushed over chrome (especially for light switches, sockets, handles on things regularly touched due to finger prints) but neither look bad.

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