Is subway tile a classic or dated trend?
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Comments (20)I am actually considering it for cabinet pulls and lighting finish.... I am less sure about the faucet although I do like it, I am undecided so far. For the pulls, I will order extras and the ones I am looking at, thanks to all you on here are pretty inexpensive. Not that I want to replace them, but I will order extras if I go that route. I am looking at yourhomesupply.com and I called them to inquire and they seem very helpful. This is the one (as of yesterday:) that I am liking. (and check out the price)))))) Here is a link that might be useful: pretty orb pull...See MoreGlass Tile Accent with Porcelain Subway Tiles?
Comments (21)So has anyone seen pictures of alternatives besides a entire row of an accent tile? We have a 15 foot run that is very horizontal in nature, and I'm not that fond of having yet another horizontal line. But I REALLY would like an accent of some sort besides what is going over the stovetop in the middle. I was at the tile store today, and 1 of the employees suggested randomly dropping a skinny row of mosiac between the subway tiles. We were looking at a noce 3x6, plus a polished scabos (matches granite well, and I don't like glass) mosiac. Interjecting the mosiac seems to really go against the spirit of doing a subway, but it could give an accent. So is this mission impossible, and I should look at a more conventional tile pattern? Any other ideas?...See Moreglass subway and mosaics--trends or will they stick around?
Comments (11)That's what I think: In every material, you can have beautiful products, and generic products. People didn't loose interest and admiration for glass mosaics in churches for example, and it's been centuries. If you love glass, really love glass, have always loved glass-you shouldn't care whether it will be timeless or not. The glass itself is timeless. If it's beautiful. If it's generic accent tile that everybody does-yes, it will probably say "I'm so 2012 or whatever" to you. I'm not a fan of glass-but there is glass out there that's so beautiful I forget I'm not a fan:) Your vanity is gorgeous. If you want to have an accent, or just to use glass everywhere-you need to go for a tile that won't cheapen your vanity. You need to go with beautiful high quality glass.. It can be simple. It doesn't need to scream or anything. But it should be beautiful tile. The more elaborate accent is-the better should be the tile. That's why it's easy to get away with white subway tile. It's simple. The moment you want less simple-the quality of the product should go up and up and up. That's how you will still appreciate it for years to come....See MoreDesign trends to avoid if you don't want a quickly dated look
Comments (59)Despite the title of this thread, I think it is becoming increasingly difficult to tell one decade from another, in terms of design. In the 20th Century, it was fairly easy to identify styles from one decade to another, up through the 1980s, but ever since the 1990s, things have become a bit more blurred, for one reason or another. Younger people generally dictate design trends because the care about them more, but lately they have not been dictating much that is uniquely recognizable. Minimalism is somewhat popular now, but it was also popular in the 1950s when I think it reached its pinnacle in design terms, although it started in the 1920s or 1930s. I am reminded also of the Italian Futurists of the 1910s - we do not have movements like that any more. For me, decades have lost identities - they don't even have names any more since the 1990s. What do you call the first decade of the 21st Century, and what do you call the second decade? Do they even deserve names? How can things be dated if the dates don't have an identity, much less a name? Around 1900 people called their period the "turn of the century", but does anyone say "turn of the millenium" about the period around 2000? It is also the turn of a century, making the previous term ambiguous, but I don't hear it being called anything. I hear about generational names, but those do not apply to design styles, as generations last longer than design styles....See Morecjc123
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