This is personal and I will be interested to see if someone can come up with something you can actually relate to.

That said, I have difficulty visualizing a swatch or a paint chip. My living room chairs are an example. I had them made after looking at a swatch recommended by a designer. I disliked them from day one. But, I am now used to them after having them for so many years. The saving grace is that they are so comfortable. My husband enjoys sitting in his everyday.

I picked my bathroom tile and vanity from a display. I tweaked the border but for the most part, I saw it, loved everything about it and 14 years later, still love it.

My advise is: your gut feeling has to be, "I love it." Not "this is trendy, I need to jump on board for what is happening today etc. "

We are easily discouraged and often choose for the more conservative especially on items that have a high price tag and are more or less permanent. Due to that I have little pattern on furniture or in wall to wall carpeting. No wall paper and only very basic tile. All because we were told back in the day that the BOLDER the choice the sooner you will tire of it. Not sure of the "tire of it" advise because we never went BOLD but I have noticed how most of the BOLDER choices are decorating fads and really date a space. I have been very glad I haven't indulged in any. I had to custom order many of my upholstery colors as they weren't "in" when we got them. LOL they did come "in" and are now maybe on their way out and I am still happy!!

I agree with eld6161 that this is so personal. For me, I tire, and do not choose for the most part, beige neutrals (aka soothing to some) which I think are boring and have no life. I love bold and colorful prints/wallpapers/patterns. The only decorating regrets I have ever had is when I have settled for something I don't love, which luckily have been far and few between. I would rather go without or wait until I can afford what I want.

I tend to go conservative with stuff I want a long time, i.e.: furniture, because it's so expensive to replace, repair, reupholster...So texture over patterns in upholstery, for example.

I love stripes, luckily these stay in style longer. I also like complex geometric patterns and block prints on fabric. I am not too into patern because I love to look at a space and feel tranquil and peaceful.

I don't know that I have gotten tired of a pattern unless it was something easy to replace after a period of time, for instance a bed covering or a small rug and I was redecorating. The mistakes I have made was in making a decision too quickly without really being certain it was the right thing. With big pieces like furniture I haven't made any big mistakes I don't think as I've chosen those more carefully.

Needs do change however over the years, so sometimes you have to roll with that and make adjustments.

I do not have chevron or geometrics, but I have tired of seeing them everywhere on everything. It will be very dated soon. Hopefully most people did it in pillows, etc so it is not so expensive to replace. I had paisleys years ago on small items, was in LOVE with the pattern, and glad it was easily changed out later.

I am over ikat and similarly styled designs, I know they have their own names but fall in that general category. At one time, I dearly loved ikat patterns.

I'm good with bold colours. Way bolder than most seem to tolerate. But beige *shudder*, it's just so blah. It depresses me within minutes.

All very unfortunate that the new house we bought is ultra beige. The walls are a yellow beige (builders beige maybe, but the house is 45 years old!), the trim is the same yellow beige, the window frames, carpet in bedrooms, all yellow beige. It feels like a freaking insane asylum!

Once were settled a bit (not even close on our old property yet) the rainbow colours are coming out!!! (Don't even get me started on white kitchens...)

Gray on walls. I was supposed to have gray on our master BR walls but thanks to an mixup a different color wound up being used, which I really like the results. Gray is the new beige, In every home for sale in our neighborhood by flippers, they are all gray interior. I like it but it seems it is overdone, although people here on GW and Houzz are probably more aware of that. DH was skeptical of the gray for the BR.

So, now I have two gallons of gray I'll probably sell on Nextdoor.

Neither color nor pattern has been the issue. But stuff with an emotional history can be exhausting. When I realized that, those items were the first to go; I did not try to transform them with new paint or upholstery.

I guess the pattern I like least for home furnishings is plaid, but I think it's because I'm looking at a sofa (in a vacation condo) that must have been purchased and last covered in 1980 (at the latest!). I actually like plaid I general, as long as the colors in the plaid are to my taste.

Don't care for the chevron and geometrical patterns.

I like color and depth and texture and rich colors. Fortunately, I don't tend to grow tired of what I choose for a long LONG time. It usually wears out before I grow tired of looking at it :)

I like change, so I keep the big, expensive stuff in whatever solid base color is best for my decor and then I can change accent colors and patterns with pillows, throws and accessories whenever the whim strikes me.

I can't really think of anything in my own house that I've tired of, but I dislike a lot of turquoise in inspiration pictures, and find beige to be a dreary wall color which seems to have been around forever. A lot of the new geometrical area rugs are also something I'd avoid. Big, bulky and shapeless leather furniture in a dark color instantly ruins a room for me. A leather chesterfield sofa, yes, but the amorphous blobs that I sometimes see posted here just say "no taste" to me. Cheap prints that are hung up just to fill a space and coordinate with colors in the room depress the heck out of me. Brown carpeting, ditto.

For upholstered furniture the pieces (sofas and chairs) have no pattern. It's easy to add pretty throw pillows that I can change when my rooms need a freshening. I do have patterned fabric on the seats of my dining rooms chairs. Those too are easy to change out.

I guess I have never bought an item of "furniture" that I loved. . . more like "it is okay, I don't hate it" . . .

I'm tired of seeing so many white subway tile backsplashes in kitchens. I'm not saying they don't look good, because most do, but it's so overused.. Even if a new kitchen would look good with white subway tile, I wouldn't use it because it's everywhere. I like to walk into spaces and see something a little different.

I'd rather hear people say "whoa, where did you get that" or "I've never seen that before"

rather than,

"oh another white subway tile BS"

chevron pattern. luckily I only used for pillow covers so easy to get rid of and update with new trendy design.

subway backsplashes also but not b/c of the tile itself but b/c of the grouting. I have a smooth solid backsplash and wouldn't consider the grouting, mostly b/c of high maintenance to keep grout looking good.

Red- I tire of things with red in them quickly. I think the color just exhausts me. i think it is pretty much eliminated in the house now, with the exception of two throw pilows with little red nubs.

I am very comfortable with warm neutrals. Green undertones tend to soothe me. Cold blues make me sad.

I have to say I dont have a lot of pattern in the house. Oriental rugs, yes. Throw pillows, too. Big fabric impacts, like bed coverings tend to be in patterns in which the interplay of colors is more subtle less bold.

I am all about soothing environment, I have an extremely stressful job. That could be why??

Oh I just thought of a major exception to the "no red"rule. Red wine is always permitted.

Trying to figure out what makes someone tire of any particular pattern (besides being over-used. (BTW chevron and some geometrics are from Mediterranean or other ancient times and so have stood the test of time). Choosing tile with a design and don't want to tire of it.

I've never owned it, because I really don't like it, so I guess I tired of it at birth: plaid.

sorry, just replied and was a bit off your topic! Chances are a piece of upholstered furniture won't last 20 years (the fabric), so go ahead and make a statement for yourself! If you search by color or 'eclectic' style for something in Houzz you might find something you want to see in a room to help make a decision. I am a designer by training, but believe you should have what 'moves' you. Study some photos that you really like finding underlying qualities that seem to make it work and take a leap of faith!!! Too many of us are trying for the extremely pulled together look but I happen to think that is kinda boring. Everyone should just relax and realize their space is about them and their history. Given the exact same room and style every designer would make it look different.

i use colors in historical context and have found as long as i do that i'm happy for indefinite periods of time my house is a white farmhouse circa 1930 built in 2014 i have the same furniture and paint colors from my last home where we lived for 14 years, that house was a tudor and surprisingly the decor still works well i've used a lot of red, green, blue and yellow and none of the styles were ever trendy in color or style i love my buffalo checks/plaids florals and paisleys i have no plans to change a single thing in the next few years (except my sofa cushions need to be recovered)

I'm a neutral solid sort of gal, boring, no? I've had my day with prints, and while I loved it, they were a bit more difficult to work with for sure. I find staying neutral gives so many options, and prints/patterns in pillows, area rugs, window treatments, as well as accessories, can be mixed in with the more solid upholstery fabrics. I also feel fabrics that are solid, including tone-on-tone, are a bit more sophisticated than casual, which is a look I prefer. If you happen to find upholstered furniture in a *solid* color other than a neutral that you absolutely love, by all means get it, but stay away from prints/patterns. Decorating will be much easier.

I haft a say, decades going on, still love red plaid. I wanted to recover some chairs in that not too long ago but could not find any fabric that was in my price range. $150 a yard was not. And so many naysayers, but I wish I had prevailed, they would have been fabulous.

I plan on white subway tile for the kitchen and bathroom at moms. I Have for 20+ years, back when it was who would want that. Now it is back to the same opinion because it is so common. Of course moms house is an 1890's little cottage and it seems to call for it.

No interior gray walls, but I am painting the exterior a pale gray next week

Beige.

Flame pattern of the 80's (like a wavy chevron). Couldn't and can't stand it, and I don't like chevron pattern either.

What I do still love and never tired of is the jewel tones.

I made one big mistake purchasing our first sofa(or rather, very well made futon). I saw the pattern on a small swatch-and ordered the sofa to be upholstered in that fabric.

When it arrived I promptly ran and bought a huge velvet like coverlet for it, as to never see this pattern again:) I actually can't even describe it..not floral, not geometrical, some sort of mambo-jumbo, on an incredibly blah background. I can't describe the colors either, lol.

(In my defense-I was 22, very busy, and very pregnant.))

But. That sofa is still alive, is in great shape, and still extremely comfortable, for both sitting and sleeping. It's at my Mom's, since we've moved...we still sleep there every time we visit, so that's how I know:)

Since then I don't remember making big mistakes, or tiring of patterns/colors quick

I dislike chevron A LOT-but then I never liked it. I'm less into geometry..if geometry, I already prefer polka dots)) They are cheerful. Then plaid. Then stripes.

I love blue, but I found out that I don't need much of it to feel an overload..)) Which is strange-it's been my absolutely favorite color for years! But probably the sky and the sea are mostly enough to make me happy)) In the house, I have blue, but in smaller quantities.

I never get tired of florals. I think it gets worse with age too))

I also love otomi (crazily love otomi), suzani, ikat..patterns with birds and animals..don't ask..

I could get away with a lot in this house, it being so high ceiling, huge windows, and all. Whatever you add-you still have a lot of visual rest.

The new place might be a challenge, but I kinda like challenges))

I made some big curtains from a wonderful tapestry fabric but they dominated the room. I loved that fabric but in that amount it was too much. At first I was so happy with the color and the design but the more I lived with it, I realized it was wrong for the room. A neutral was the right choice. The art on the walls was being upstaged. I still love the fabric but it's going to have to go somewhere where it's a team player and not a diva.

Interesting I was thinking I have used neutral colors and solids for my larger upholstered furniture but thinking back on sofa's I have owned the last 24 years I am wrong. Plaid (navy, red and green), an emerald green velvet, a red tone on tone textured design and most recently nubby beige. I have loved them all and not been tired of any of them. They do get replaced at about 10 years or recovered. Getting ready to replace my beige, no idea what I am going to chose this time but hopefully it will be as successful as my past choices.

I dislike floral sofas. I rather have a solid sofas and colorful throw

pillows that I can change often. I'm also glad skirted sofas are no

longer in style. When I was shopping for sofas this past winter,

there were no skirted sofas in the showrooms.

I've always loved Browns and tans, with creamy white walls.

floral sofas, wall to wall carpeting, especially greys, really anything grey depresses me. Too much decor on walls, I much rather see a couple of big pieces than a bunch of small items covering the walls. Furniture pieces that looks out of place, not used, just placed there to fill a spot feel awkward to me.

I painted several rooms in dark colors, and got tired of them pretty quickly. They just seem heavy now, and I am slowly going lighter in tone. I think the comments about keeping furniture neutral are spot on.

Whenever I try to go pastel, I soon regret it and repaint or replace. Bright colors or wild patterns tire me out after awhile too. I'm pretty boring. :)

I flinched a little when I read Rose Abbey's comments since I have a floral sofa and love seat, although neither are in my main sitting rooms. They have skirts, and I have gray wall to wall carpeting in part of the house. I also have many individual pieces of art in every room. However, after that initial response I decided that all these things make me happy, and that's really all that matters.

Ingrid, nothing personal, I just listed, like others, what my dislikes are. Someone above posted about not liking red, which I am crazy about and I have quite a bit in my home. We each like what we like and hopefully decorate with what makes us happy individuals and yes, as you state, that is all that matters.

I've grown weary of the 11-year-old greenish-taupe sofa. I was afraid to get a bold color, even though I really liked the apple green. A few years later I painted the kids room apple green and we all still love it. I'm sure I'd still love that green sofa as well But I went with "safe". Bleh.

I got tired of gray (on walls) pretty quickly. It seemed unique when I bought this house and I loved it for a few months. It wore out its welcome fast. Very fast. I'll incorporate splashes of grey - towels and clothing are fine if gray.

Grey is fine when mixed sparingly into paint colors.

I don't care that flame patterns are no longer "in" - I still love that sort of pattern.

I get tired of the same color for an extended period, so I do everything neutral and then I can change out pillows, bedding and accessories in various colors. I do like texture, so I'll try to add neutral textures in to make it more interesting.

I think the only color I wouldn't use in my home is red. And, if I look in my closet, I think I only have one red shirt. I like a lot of different patterns.

I have been slowly removing color from my home over the past few years and accessories as well - I am definitely embracing minimalism in middle age. I think I find the low contrast and extra space soothing since I am living with teenagers. It's funny though - I live in an old house and I feel like the simpler the rooms are, the more the old floors and chunky trim shine. Having said that I am sure I will take this too far and my house will get eventually get empty & weird but hopefully a close friend will intervene! :)

I never could get into chevron or geometrics.

While I still actually love the pattern on my furniture (and it's really comfy) my next will be solid. Too hard to coordinate and locks me in too much.