I'm sorry for your loss, Joyce. Evidently everyone who stages a kitchen for a photo shoot. lol I wasn't including staging in my comment. My comments were for real people with real homes. Yes, fleur de lis and "bling." Like Donna Decorates Dallas, or whatever the name of that show was... ugh. I wonder how much time people with open concept spend cleaning up these areas in order to take pictures they want to post on GW. Rarely do I see pictures of a "lived in" open concept space. lol See my post above - I am a neat freak. The house is neat unless DH is home, but I don't think anyone wants to see his feet on the coffee table. If I needed to pick up for pictures, it would take less than 2 minutes. Neat freak... nicer than saying a bit OCD. Another trend I hope at least evolves is the ALL WHITE everything. OMGeez, yes! Or a room or house all shades of gray. I guess I've never been a trend-follower. Instead of buying the latest thing currently trending, I'd rather have my money in savings. I'm not criticizing anyone who does, that's just my lifestyle. I do like trends, and love seeing all the trendy decorating here on GW. Antlers, taxidermy, etc have always been around. I've had my collection at least 6 years, and only started seeing them scattered in Veranda, Southern Accents and Architectural Digest (and in local antique stores) a few years before. A few years before that, I saw plenty in Europe. I am tired of the white porcelain versions someone mentioned. I agree everyone should save, and if not debt free should be working towards it.

Another example of marketing media creating a new need for customers. It's common to promote new fashion and design trends to make people want to ditch perfectly good and functional but "dated" things and spend money on trendy and up-to-date stuff. "Creating a need" is one of the basic tenets of marketing and advertising. It keeps the fashion, home improvement and beauty care industries afloat by making people replace their stuff often and buy things they wouldn't normally think of buying. Customers spend their money on the stuff because, under all the media and peer pressure, they start thinking they actually need it. Once I learned that in my marketing class at biz school, it was liberating to distance myself from the trends. The MCM resurgence is the proof that the notions of "dated" amd "trendy" are highly subjective. I enjoy leafing through old interior design magazines because I'm free of the bias against "dated" looks. If I have brass and it looks good in my interior, I don't care if the current trend calls for nickel, chrome or bronze. It isn't relevant to me and my wallet. On the other side, I might just as well as go for chrome hardware when the marketing media is telling everybody to put in brass or bronze.

I wasn't trying to be offensive, and I hope no one took my comments as deliberate attempt to hurt anyone's feelings. I was very careful (I thought) to explain why I believe the things I mentioned were trendy; mainly, they are used *everywhere*, and saturation has always been the signal for change. (Ornate ORB is lovely, but in some places, it is inappropriate, no matter how popular it is) There's also the case to be made that so much of what we've seen in building styles has depended on easy credit being available to the homeowner/homebuilder. It was nothing to add a few thousand to a loan for hoopdy upgrades suggested by the builder. (You could always refinance in a couple of years when the value of your home went up.) But now that bubble has burst, and credit has become as tight as bark on a tree, it's not hard to see that alot of those 'builder's extras' go the way of the dinosaur. As for the subway tile, I was also very clear that I was stating my *opinion* of it's use in a home, based on my past experience with the material. I shouldn't have said anything, as it didn't fit the thread. Y'all enjoy it in your kitchens, I just won't look. ;^)

1. What would you like to see in 2016? More people decorating with vintage and antique items. It's more interesting. imo, it is much harder to pull together random items than going to stores to buy whatever it is they are selling. I'd also like to see more homes that use the same pieces in different ways/rooms over the years, repurposing. 2. What would you like to see go in 2016? Grey/Greige. White kitchens- they do not need to disappear completely, I'm just tired of seeing them. All. The. Time. 3. What decor do you have that you would never change no matter what the trends are? There is not much I would change or sell in our current home. I would remove the few things I brought here when my parents sold their lakehouse and some things that are stored away... and I have been donating some of the latter lately. We are thinking of downsizing, and depending on the house, I would sell our walnut antique dining room furniture and possible the breakfast room tables/chairs since we need a larger table with grown children, spouses/friends and grandchildren. Re: "dragged in from the henhouse" - I like old or the better faux (new) chippy painted pieces, but don't enjoy an entire house full of repeated chippy or white. For me, the occasional worn painted piece adds texture and warmth, much like woven items (wicker, fabrics) and rattan or bamboo. Also, when I see a worn piece, it evokes a sense of history instead of "made in china."