subject: Interior Design Trends Are Now Called Nostalgia [print this page] Interior design trends change frequently for fashions used for either personal use or commercial design. However, like everything in fashion they're usually cyclical. What was hot 50 years ago is now making a comeback. The industry is pushing current interior design trends of some years back and are now calling them 'nostalgia' to try to make what was new at one time, seem new again today.
Sometimes it works, and occasionally it doesn't. Depending on how far back someone goes, or how extreme they decide to get, their personal interior design fashions could likely cause you more discomfort than ease. So, before you start tearing things apart and putting other fashion items up, you aught to take a look at the current interior design publications.
Less Is More - Simply
A popular commercial interior design trend is the simplification of your home. An extension of this is to simplify your office too. The idea of silky and effective furnishings and frills is really coming into its own again. People are harkening back to the 1950's Americana. They hope that this appearance will affect what they want. The look has silky sofas, replacing the large over stuffed contented loungers. Shiny glass stands are trading places with the large and massive living room coffee table. Simple window coverings are replacing overdone curtains.
Designers are using wall textures to give the feel of more space. They're even opening up rooms with designer mirrors. There are other current interior design trends in use, as well as colors which we'll discuss in the next section. This has become a trend probably because many Americans choose to rein in their space, rather than litter it. Could it be that the time of huge comfortable furnishings are ending?
Back to Earth with Colors
Earth tones are popular again and this commercial interior design fashion is attracting more people who are coloring their walls and floors to match the colors that they see outside. They are using very popular shades of green and brown. People like to highlight these earth tones with tiny areas of intense color throughout their living areas. This brilliant color accent makes the earth tones seem extra vital and as well seems to unwrap extra space in a room.
It seems that many of the current interior design trends of today center on the need to not automatically make more space, but create the sense of more space. This is fascinating because people favor the notion of fantasy over fact. They actually alter their homes. It is that wish to feel in control of your own sphere, which causes people today to use color this way.
It really is starting to look like what was once old is now new again. The concept of management of space with a sleek new age look that was so popular in the late 1950's and early 1960's has made a huge comeback. The only problem is some of that furniture is very uncomfortable!
