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@wilma wrote:

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@Desertdi wrote:

I have retro hippie, industrial, and a touch of Jessica Fletcher

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@Desertdi 

Sounds very eclectic & interesting. Would you like to share a photo of a room or area of your home?

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@wilma    I don't have a digital camera (yet).    I still drive a car with a manual transmission.............

[GenXmuse]

Not every room has to be up to date, and really, who knows what that means to each person, I doubt designers even agree. I think it's just a way to say you don't care for it. I like to comment on a room but I don't want to offend whomever posted it if they like it so it's awkward. 

[Leggett28]

I don't keep up with home trends that would be exhausting plus expensive. By the time you updated there would be a new trend and your update would be outdated 😬

[ScrapHappy]

I don't decorate, buy new furniture or remodel to keep up with a trend.  When we moved in our home 4 years ago, I knew it needed some work.  The paint colors were horrible.  Every room, every ceiling a different color.  Two different color green strips in the dining room, dark burgondy in bathroom with gold ceiling, the darkest blue you've ever seen in one of the bedrooms and master was a dark brown and greenish/gray....they even painted the crown molding and fireplace brown.  We had to fix some problems we encountered when we moved in and decided just to remodeled all the upstairs bathrooms and bedrooms, painted and got new carpeting.  We've begun painting the main floor but still have a way to go.  We still have a lot to do, I'm not sure if it will ever be completely done.  But we do it because we want it our style, not for a trend.

[MyShadowLove]

No, I don't try to keep up with "trends"...I have always just decorated according to my own personal style and tastes which have definitely changed throughout the years, but my changes have had nothing to do with "trends"...I had absolutely no idea what I was doing when I moved into my first apartment nor even by the time my husband and I moved into our first home...For me, it just turned out to be a gradual awakening...lol...through experience and many "Hmmm" moments...as to decorating style and taste.

By the time we moved into our second and current home, which has been almost 20 years ago, I had more of a personal sense of what I absolutely loved and so I just took my time and enjoyed putting everything together exactly as I wanted...I actually had an interior designer give me some advice, but I found that I didn't like his suggestions at all, as they were more suitable to his taste and not mine.

I guess I would describe my decorating  tastes as a combination of classic/traditional/french country styles....I love a light and airy look with a cozy, warm and comfy ambience...combination of warm and cool tones.

What would complete the total look for me would be overlooking a lovely view of the ocean.

[jeanlake]

When it's 'time' to update a section of my home, I'll do my research and update as I go. For example, we'll replace bedroom carpeting in a couple of years with wood flooring. We're replacing basement flooring this winter. Taking out carpet and putting down interesting flooring that looks like industrial concrete. It's a rec room but will look interesting. Late fall we'll replace our backyard deck and will change to composite wood (is that what it's called?) and wrought iron railings. Our deck is 20 years old and has chunky, painted wood features. We're going to streamline the look. We update as needs arise.   

[MyShadowLove]

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@jeanlake wrote:

When it's 'time' to update a section of my home, I'll do my research and update as I go. For example, we'll replace bedroom carpeting in a couple of years with wood flooring. We're replacing basement flooring this winter. Taking out carpet and putting down interesting flooring that looks like industrial concrete. It's a rec room but will look interesting. Late fall we'll replace our backyard deck and will change to composite wood (is that what it's called?) and wrought iron railings. Our deck is 20 years old and has chunky, painted wood features. We're going to streamline the look. We update as needs arise. 

@jeanlake ...Are you referring to Trex?...My husband and I are also having our back stairs replaced with a small deck area in Trex later this month.  

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[NYCLatinaMe]

I think this obsession with dated homes is HGTV syndrome.  I do love to watch because I like to see the home designs, but sometimes buyers seem to obsess about this, dismissing timeless looks that maybe just could use a coat of paint or new drawer pulls and knobs or other simple decorative changes.

It is nice to upgrade if we can afford it, but some old things look good.  I don't feel a need to have everything updated.  Generally I like things simple, so they don't "age."

[Tessa Mendoza]

I don't care about home decorating trends at all.   What are we supposed to do?  Redecorate our homes every time something we have is declared out of fashion?  To please whom?

I know much of our decor would be considered old fashioned these days.  We remodeled our home when we bought it 25 years ago.  I love our kitchen.  Painted the cabinets a soft yellow, beautiful butcher block couner tops and genuine hardwood floors.  We have a mix of woods all through the house, some antique, some not.  A four-poster, Honduran mahogany bed, that I love, in our bedroom.  Some shabby-chic (remember that?) slipcovers here and there (purchased from an actual Shabby Chic store).  Eclectic and fun; a house that, like it's owners, doesn't take itself too seriously. 

[jeanlake]

@MyShadowLove Yes