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Open House: What Trends Have You Bought Into?
Some trends are so pervasive, you don't know how transient they'll be until they're "over" — and all over your home. I fall hard and fast for lots of décor trends. But I'm such a skeptical and prohibitive shopper, I usually don't make the mistake of buying things that will be "out" in a few months.
Are You Over Ikat?
Ikat (the textile used on these shades) has been trendy in the décor world for over a year now. I tend to tire of trends quickly, but ikat still holds my heart. How about you?Source
Are You Over Ikat?
Open House: Can You Turn Trends Into Classics?
Hawley McLean Haleblian, whose home earned an Honorable Mention in the Met Home of the Year Awards, has re-envisioned last year's zebra trend, employing a technique that makes it much more permanent.
Instead of cautiously experimenting with a zebra print pillow, Hawley went all out. She tore out an 18-square-foot section of tile, and then drew in the outline of a zebra hide.
Your Favorite Home Trend of 2008
As part of our Best of 2008 polls, you named typography your favorite home trend this year, and I'm with you there! While I don't necessarily like to decorate with words, I think designers have been doing a lot of interesting things with typography this year. From pillows to bookends to bird houses, letters and characters have been reinvented in dozens of fresh new ways.
What's Your Favorite Home Trend of 2008?
Each year (even each season), trends come and go. Some stick, often surprisingly. Some fade quickly.
Midday Muse: In the Mix
Growing up, I was a well-coordinated girl. My mother dressed me well, always pairing a stripe with a solid, never mixing patterns, often a bow in my hair, shoes shined, etc. And then Sienna Miller came along with her Bohemian chic and made it okay to look messy, to mix florals with stripes, to clash colors.
Midday Muse: Not-So-Mellow Yellow
I've never quite gravitated towards the color yellow. But, it has become trendy, and lately I've been seeing bright, taxi-cab yellow everywhere from modern retailers like Ikea to traditional shops like Anthropologie. Even New York magazine is spotted with the hue.
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Let's Go Trend Hunting: Wordy Furniture and Graffitied Home Finds
This month, at Paris's trade interior design show Maison & Objet, UK designer Andrew Martin, who's known for his Union Jack motif furniture, showed off some other, bold prints, including this chair upholstered in designer Martin Waller’s new God Bless America fabric.
Martin and Waller aren't the first (or the last) designers to jump on the typography and graffiti bandwagon. There are a lot of really great interior design finds out there right now that display words, graffiti, or a combination of both.
Trend Alert: Advanced Etching
Dating back to the 1500s, etching, using acid or mordant to cut into a material, is certainly a thing of the past. There's actually an old cliché that I love: in an effort to entice a woman home with him, a man will say, "Want to come up and see my etchings?" as an offer to come look at something artistic.
Participate in Trend Hunting
Since I love CasaSugar's new community features so much, I've decided to start a reader challenge called Let's Go Trend Hunting. In this challenge, I ask you all to help me track down cool home finds from across the web, using our Bookmark feature that lets us all share with each other the awesome items that we find online. Now, it's not just me telling you what I like; you all get to tell each other what you like!
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