Trends

[Oma]

Do you follow trends when decorating your home or choosing soft furnishings etc,

We were talking about this to DD yesterday ,
Neither her or ourselves do,

I buy what I like , I'm not bothered if it's on trend ,Trends change so much anyway,

DD has a very eclectic taste, nothing matches she loves colour and although it certainly isn't my taste it works in her house,
She buys things I think OMG that's hideous but some how it looks good when she styles it,
I think it's the artist in her, luckily SIL goes along with it , he has had years to adapt 😁

My style is totally different ,
I like clean lines no clutter and although we have gone for a soft green my actual style is cream and gold , but I compromise as long as it's not bold colours.

Bs Brother Martin on the other hand follow all the latest trends colours and styles.
It must cost a fortune constantly changing with each one.

If we all had the same taste it would be a boring world wouldn't it .

[Lizzie48]

Oma, I like plain and simple!!! My suite is ? years old, will go for years yet, I see on-line that they are being sold for ridiculous prices!! I have told my sons that for when I go, I doubt if they will listen.!

I like creams and earth colours, I have never gone with a trend, neither of DS's do either. I did the one wall with red wallpaper 6 years ago and still like it.

DIL1 is busy decorating, when they are at home that is, she said there are so many shades of white to choose from it is difficult to find the one they originally used!

[Daisy]

We moved around a lot in the earlier years of marriage, so never really had time or money to make our homes personalised. We'd paint over the worst colour choices and use the furniture we already had in the best way we could. So following trends wasn't an option.

I get bored with colours, furniture etc but don't want to spend our lives redoing what is basically ok. I like light colours but occasionally go mad and do something drastic, like the one wall in the dining room we painted a deep raspberry colour. The other walls are white. But we have a highly patterned Chinese rug OH loves in there and I felt it needed something to distract from it!

[Oma]

That rug is beautiful Daisy ,
I can't remember the raspberry wall though🙄

I think too much is put on silly trends ,
I'm a neutral person as well Lizzie ,
At the moment my wall in the sitting room is Navy and Gold ,
Very bold for me but I have lived with it a couple of years , but I like light and pastel shades ,
Almost all of my walls are white ,
I have had disasters with pale lemon and pink in the past 😁