If you've liked these things for so long, and aren't worried about trends for yourself, I think you should do what you respond to, and not worry about a decade from now.

I've been painting my walls grey for 45 years...and I have no intention of stopping.

All of us over fifty already knew the "millenial thing" : ) Your OWN tastes will grow and change You can't stop that either. Live in the moment, you will be here a hundred more years., God willing

And don't remind me of the seventies....... I was THERE.

I think a lot of what makes something a trend is the way it's packaged together. If you like something that happens to be on trend right now, just be sure to put your own spin on it. Knowing that it's a trend, try to find what is classic about it and lean on that. And try to keep in mind the things that could be more readily updated in ten years because your tastes will most likely change throughout the years just like the trends do.

I've read that certain very high-end decorators ignore trends and design what they like and what their clients will love. However, even they will "freshen" and update their look as time goes on, and I think that's what all of us should be doing. Decorate for what works for you at any given time and then make changes that you feel are right for you at whatever time that is. That is classic decorating that will always have character and personality, regardless of trends. I never knew that big clocks were all the rage until they began to turn up here, and continue to show up even though they're no longer trendy. That's decorating by numbers and it has no soul. What you love will always look right because it's your style, whether it's a trend now or not.

Lucky you! Your style is now a trend so you'll be able to find 1 000 000 options when you start to decorate :)

If people are secretly or openly judging your choices in ten years, oh well. That's their bad manners.

Pish posh lol. The trend might be turning over but it's not a trend for you. Just like so many here have said there is always a look that is hot and it will always coincide with a certain segment of society's natural inclination. But good taste will never go out of style :)

I had black and white 30 years ago and am building a new home now and guess what BLACK and White. have always loved it and always will. So trends don't matter to me.

Subway tile is not a trend. The first subway in Boston was constructed in 1897. Guess what lined the walls in the stations? Subway tile. Do it!

Well, subway tile everywhere is certainly a trend. I don't and have never liked particularly like subway tile because I associate it with subways.

But, my house has been painted gray close to 30 years, my walls have been white, gray, and blue for 50+ years (with some occasional yellow). My floors have been natural oak forever. My bathroom has pretty much always been black and white, my kitchen white with white counters.

Sometimes I'm cutting edge trendy, sometimes hopelessly outdated.

Just because something has been around for 100 plus years doesn't mean it can't become trendy.

It seems you have planned that you will move in exactly 10 years!

I would decorate for myself and not for some future hypothetical buyer.

Life has a way of not always following our plans and you could end up living in this house for 20+ years. It happens all the time ...

chipsa has another great point. You really never know how long you will live in a house. It may be way longer than you think and in 10 years when you still want to stay in the house you'll do another remodel because your tastes have change and you want to stay another 10 years. Or you may find you want to sell in 3 years.

Choose quality materials and proper installation and you will immediately be ahead of any flip. And in all likelihood, your changes will happen over time and honestly that can make for a great house. If you keep true to the things you love (black, white, gray, wood, subway tile) and make your spaces your own, your home will flow together and will look better in 10 years than those that are slapping up all the hottest trends all at once.

Trust me. I've been house shopping lately and it's clear than in 2 years the flips will be falling apart and out of style. The homes that have been cared for by the owners over the last 10-60 years and updated over time look so much better and it is clear in the quality of work done that they were meant to last. Yeah some of the updates aren''t as trendy as the flips, but they are much more appealing.

Yes, we live in a nice neighborhood where folks spend $$$ remodeling. The last 2 homes I saw in my neighborhood, were doing Tuscan. Not kidding! They still love it, and that’s cool. Your home will be appealing in 10 years...more appealing than a 20 yr dated home!

..a girl is not to be terrified:) or-a girl is to be terrified-but then get over it. If something starts irritating you since it's everywhere-maybe consider how deeply you love it. If it doesn't, as much as it is everywhere-well then it's love, not infatuation..and love, though terrifying at times, is still a thing that makes the world go round. Still.

I agree with so many comments, I won't repeat what's said already, more nicely than I'd say it myself.

I'd just add to " We all love to think we are original , but really none of us are."-we are, and we aren't. I think humans want to be unique-and want to belong. and that's two huge driving forces for us since we're kids. Seemingly opposite.

What we realize at some point-what I realized at some point-we already have it. Lol. we strive so hard to be something we already are.

Don't worry about dated. Character never is. Time will influence you, you'll influence your house, your house does and will continue to influence you. It's all good. It's life. It's like a good book-developing, changing, yet always captivating, revealing new when you re-read it. Good books don't get dated. They explore but a several subjects you know. It's not like the mankind invented many main subjects to talk about. Yet one still opens a good book. Be it "Winnie the Pooh" or Book of Psalms. Choose your favorite genre for your house. It'll still be about life.Just written a bit differently. Write it in authentic way, to you and your house, think about it, give it your heart (you will, anyway). And that's what will shine through. That's what will be something intangible that'll stay.

In the end it is about a very good mattress, fresh sheets, a superb down comforter, blinding white towels, and good wine. Add a comfy sofa.

A lot of the planet would kill for just that. The rest comes and goes.

I've read that the 1990's are coming back into trends. Expect to see many an over-plucked set of eyebrows and super high cut one piece bathing suits.

Errr....wait this is about *home* design trends. Meh, I do what I like and decorate how I want. The mister knows to defer to my *ahem* specific decor sensibilities; since he really doesn't care what the color palette is, what hardware finish, what flooring, what furniture...he's more than happy to let me decide on those as long as I don't forget a comfy place to watch tv for him, and one side of the bed for him to sleep on. ;)

i could have wrote this same post. i have been designing my house "modern farmhouse" for years. and now that we are finally framing it we are full blown black and white craze. i was super annoyed at first but then i think about my town (we own a granite business so i see a lot of kitchens) and i think about how many people actually have these kitchens we are pinning and seeing on houzz. No one really has these kitchens and ideas, at least in my town. So I'm going forward because its what i like and I'm sure it will be beautiful no matter what. I agree with others in that certain things will date more than others. I'm choosing to use the brass trend sparingly on smaller things i can switch out easily. No floating shelves for me, but again those could easily be replaced. But really in the end just do what you love to look at everyday because thats all that matters! good luck!

The bathrooms you posted reach back to the past. I have found that when I have done something in an "old house" style, the look last - and fortunately, I love the look. I did subway tile bathrooms 15 years ago because I wanted something "old fashion" and they still look pretty today. It is easy to change the wall paint above the tile to the preferred color. I did my master bath in the style of the time (2002) and it looks it. Subway tiles also make a good backsplash because they are simple and let the countertops be the star, and nowadays countertops are very pretty. Simple often last.

If those pics above are your home, you have done a really good job. I am not fond of many aspects of the present style, but you have avoided the more trendy mistakes. The kitchen does not look like a black and white photo, the bathroom tiling - which is the important, expensive part - could be in a home 100 years ago or today.

To me, the trendy stuff I see in design pics (not yours) are the weathered gray floors, large gray rectangular tiles used on bath room walls, jailhouse gray walls in general, totally monotone rooms - done in gray, minimalism to the point of looking like a hotel room, cabled stair rails in suburban homes, gray painted fireplaces, and black painted stairs (because dark stained wood is just classier.)

The modernists had it right that the house is all about form following function. If a home is well designed, then the decor can be tweaked and updated as trends come and go. A decade is a long time and you will at the very least need a fresh coat of paint before sale which you can do in the trendy color of the day. For today, make your house into a comfortable home for you. Good luck!!!

Well, black and white is not actually a color palette. It's a lack-of-color palette.

Just sayin'

Your home's location will have a far larger effect on its worth/price than your finishes (as long as you keep it tasteful.

I certainly hope people have their home style because it is what they LOVE. It is fine if you LOVE the latest trend and embrace it fully. Go to grandmas and her friends and you might see what was trending when they were your age. I HOPE time stood still in their homes because they LOVE that decor. Creating your home to the world's expectations or purposefully avoiding what you love just because _________ is INSANITY IMHO. You and only you are living there!!! Make it fit YOU!!!

Actually, I decided I loved oil rubbed bronze and wanted it in my new home.... not because it was once a "trend". I was warned on this site that it was going out of fashion. But, I like it and it works in my home.. It may or may not come back in fashion, but I don't care one way or the other.

I've lived in my home for over 30 years. White with black shutters and door. Bathrooms white with black accents and white subway tiles. Hardwood floors. White kitchen with black hardware and lighting. Like a lot of Houzzers who've commented here, I've always loved black and white, and other classic design choices.

Do what you love, do it with quality finishes, materials and workmanship. It will not be out of style for you, and who cares about the next owner!

I'm right now planning a black and white kitchen reno and have that same pic pinned. This one, of Nate Berkus' NYC kitchen is my inspiration photo though. These kinds of kitchens are relatively timeless. If you love it go for it!

I have always loved the Coco quote. "Elegance is refusal". Most of design is refusal. Ninety nine percent of the disasters that turn up on these pages ........ are the result of some refusal to refuse.

Its not usually what you put IN. It is what you don't,......

I think "trends" are the dumbest thing in designs and the only thing dumber are the people that follow them. Before there have been trends like, wood paneling and shag carpet, but for the most part they were things that were fairly easy to change. Trends have gotten so bad and there are so many out there this generation, in ten years when you look at house that was done it this manner, it will be a nightmare! Instead of a kitchen or bathroom gut job, its gonna be a whole house gut job.

I have had white kitchen cabinets, in one form or other, for 30 years and have no intention of ever having anything else - trendy or not.

Pull some of those 20's themes into your rooms and give it a more timeless look. Pinterest (which, yes, is drenched in grey and subway tiles) is also a treasure trove of vintage home magazine ads and covers, photos of historic houses, etc.

Yes, you will have super dated kitchen, but if it's your thing, you probably will love it anyway. Then keep loving it for 50 years and everyone will again love your retro kitchen.

I will echo many others above me and say that you should do what you love. Trends come and go, good taste, solid and functional design remains.

As a side note, it's interesting to see that open shelves in the kitchens are considered a "trend". Perhaps in US it's been less common (?) and only recently came into vogue....Finn Juhl (famous Danish architect and furniture designer) designed and built his house in 1940's, and it was given to the state by his widow. It was turned into a museum and it's open to public. In the kitchen you'll find the most simplistic shelves full of Danish pottery. For that matter, the whole house is a study in simplicity, the way I see it...What a lovely trend :).

@hamma, I never liked open shelves and I'm european. To me it always looks messy. When you actually use your kitchen, rarely does it look like it does in photos.

Tony, thank you. It wasn't really about my preferences at all, it's more about whether it's a "trend" or not.

@hamma, I hear ya. Like those push button sink drains. Those have been in europe centuries ago. Those have only been in america for roughly 20 years. Now they are everywhere. America is behind in a lot of things in the housing world. At least if they built quality houses, they would catch up by 50%. Most American houses are built like a house of cards. Garbage. My house is custom built.

Not everyone can afford to custom build a home.

Though I do have to wonder if living in ‘tornado alley’, homes are built with a slight concern for the survival of anyone who might be in danger of things landing on them. The residents have basements in their homes to take shelter in of course, but anyone outside probably would prefer lightweight siding coming at them over bricks and refridgerators.

@Jenn, In europe houses are built out of concrete. Walls, floors, ceilings, and its doesn't matter where you live. Tornado's or hurricanes wouldn't do anything to them. When the housing market crashed in america in 2007, investors tried to go over seas to starts building the garbage they build in america. European governments didn't want that garbage there. Some slipped through the cracks but they put a stop to it real fast.

America's building codes are to barley hold the house up. They crumble like a deck of cards and people keep rebuilding over and over again. Lots of $$$$$$ in that market. Europeans have a different mentality and they build things to last.

I live in west chicago suburbs. My neighbors saw my house being build and till this day they still tell me they thought a bunker was being built. LOL!!! In America its hard to even find a contractor that can do the things they do in europe. Custom homes are expensive in america cause heck, if people are willing to pay a ton of money for a pile of crap, then of course a custom build is gonna be expensive.

Another thing, if your outside during a tornado or hurricane then you deserve to get smacked in the face with a brick. lol

Our home has concrete walls and concrete slab for the basement level, supporting the main floor level above. It’s definitely more sturdy than the townhome in SoCal we used to live in - if we’d had a stronger magnitude earthquake with a closer epicenter (the one with the epicenter past the border of Mexico was a very big quake and we felt it all the way up on the Orange and LA counties border but the epicenter too far away) I have no doubt we’d have had major damage. Possibly as serious as the top floor collapsing down on the first floor with foundation shifting or separation along large cracks in the concrete slab. Where we live now all we have to worry about is storm damage like hail and of course the chance that our house will be sucked into a tornado to be chewed into pieces before it all is dumped over the surrounding area.

We have a number of types of natural disasters that are uncommon in the majority of Europe. It influences how US buildings of all sorts are built and what they are built with. All concrete is a popular choice for building homes in Florida, and those homes do get damaged by hurricanes.

@jenn, when I say everything is concrete, I mean everything is concrete. All the walls inside also. Worst that would happen is your roof comes off.

Floods don’t wait to be invited, they just come right inside the house when they want.

@jenn, every structure will have its kryptonite. But it doesn't excuse people paying a ton of money for a house that's made out of the exact garbage materials as a shed.

Just sayin’ not all houses are like that, and may have more concrete than it looks like from outside. If an act of god is going to destroy a house, it’s going to destroy it regardless of what it’s made of and even a fortress can end up falling to an act of god. :)

"may have more concrete than it looks like from outside". Thats exactly my point. Thats how they trick people. Most of the houses I see have a stone or brick veneer on the front just for look (it does completely nothing structurally) . Then you go to the side or back of the house and its all garbage vinyl siding. Its a joke.

Decorate for your youth, your style will change with time, buy as high end as you can afford or the best possible materials. Live in your home for you first...not friends and relatives. When it is time for resale the best buyer will come along.

Do not worry so much...live

Subway tiles are classic, not trendy, and have been in use forever.