I have to say I never liked birds, so I hope that trend is dying. I think letters and wall decals are fine for kids, but too much for adult space. White everything drives me crazy because I had to live with white walls as a renter for so long, now that I am a homeowner I am so excited to use color!!! (plus white + kids + outside dog= too much more obvious dirt to clean!) Hollywood Regency always seemed a bit themey to me, but some of it seems like it works in certain spaces (but not mine). I also thought vessel sinks seemed like something that would go out fast enough that they would really date a space, and probably not in a good way. They also seem a bit impractical somehow.

That being said, I guess I am hopelessly out of it, because I was planning an accent wall around my fireplace (although just in a darker shade of the main room color, not a completely different color…does that make it better?) and I thought some of HGTV was ok. We also just bought all new stainless appliances for the kitchen in our new old house. We desperately needed new ones, and they were the option that would look best in our kitchen. White and black just seemed to boring and cheap looking to me, too. Oh well…even if I am out of it, I live in the midwest now so hopefully no one will notice for year ;)!

Wall decals are an appropriate and temporary remedy for a young one’s passions (or your imaginary vicarious schemes) they may outgrow. Things like current cartoon characters should be used in limited amounts. Dora is great now, but if you get everything Dora Dora Dora, you will have to get a lot of new things when they are sick of Dora or have outgrown Dora. Pillow cases, curtains maybe, a doll, a backpack. I don’t think cartoons are inappropriate unless they’re overdone to the exclusion of anything else. My older cousin had created a nursery for her first daughter done up completely in care bears, once upon a time. Another thing like the letters - perfectly justified in a child’s room, cute, interesting, educational, yet so, so trite for adults (in my opinion).

Anyway, I digress. I think overdone fads may seem juvenile when adults still use them, so they’re not exactly passe, they are just more ideal for children’s decor.

*you know you live in NYC when you see this stuff way too much.

I LOVED Woods wallpaper the first time I saw it in Domino, but it’s so ubiquitous and used in such poor judgement all over the place now that I can’t even look at it anymore. I’m so glad I was too disorgainzed to order it and get it hung when i had the urge a few years ago. It’s funny though, I had to laugh when I saw Clare’s comments, as I still love everything on her hate list besides lime green. To each our own

I think blogs have sped up the design trends coming in and going out to warp mode. We’re all always looking for the next thing and we get satisfaction on a daily basis. It took Elle Decor MONTHS to declare Ikat a trend, way after all of the blogs. Also, places like PB and West Elm do their own copies of original ideas - that is when I declare a trend at the tipping point. The latest victim is the fabulous red and white zig zag rug (was it a Madeline Weinrib? I’m blanking, I think it was featured in a Miles Redd room in Domino), now shamelessly copied at PB.