Huh? Chrome has been used in modern decor since way before influencers! Metals can add an exciting energy to a space in a feng shui regard. I would avoid it in the bedroom as it may be too harsh.
I thrifted some orange Fritz Hansen « Ant Chair » dupes for basically free. A lot of bargain shops in Europe sell that chair. I dig the chrome legs, I think they add a little dazzle to an ordinary dining table. I think this chair will go in style in 2023.
I called it on the velvet! I think we just want something with that richness and luxurious feel that will also be manageable in homes with kids and pets!
Arvin, I found your channel yesterday (so glad that the dearest Mirjam Flatau tagged you in her stories) and I couldn’t stop watching all day, you’re SO helpful you can’t even imagine. I got stuck with my home design for many months now, it’s a new flat all in off-white shade and it looks so boring, very matchy-matchy, even though all the shapes are right it lacks the proper color balance. Through your videos and endless most helpful recommendations i changed my perspective and can really see what to do now, how to add more earthy colors which i love but was afraid to do before. I felt so inspired by you I even ordered my first art piece yesterday. So thank you million times, you’re awesome 🫶🏾
I loved this video, Arvin. I especially loved the 'dark academia.' I've been trying to choose a color for my den/library and I think dark and moody is perfect!!!!
Oh no, not the Kit Kat! Way too many lines! But the dark moody walls, tone on tone, yes! Amazing cozy organic danish modern chairs! Love! No to chrome, too cold and shiny…unless it is in one small accent. You are such a great host. I would love to see you in your process, decorating a room that needs an update so we can do this in our homes…taking a room from the previous years styles to incorporating the newest so we can actually DO the transitions.
@@mjef3695 I can imagine. But still love it very much. I’m waiting to see how people who are more brave than I am trying it out first and let me know. 😂.
I am surprised that I like the dark walls & that moody feel. I rem the 70's design. My dad had a large family room added on. It had a catherdral ceiling with wood beams. A white stone fireplace with big log mantel. Red & orange & tan high low shag carpet with black leather furniture & one side of the room had a pool table. All the boys in the neighborhood flocked to our house & my dad loved it. He could keep an eye on his 3 daughters.
I feel like Scandi will always be in style on some level because I’ve never seen it go away - the gift that keeps giving! I love the chairs and sofas shown in the video. Wonderful!
While I like the look of the kitkat tile, they are WAY MORE work to keep clean. I am not looking to create more work for myself to have that look. All of the other trends you mentioned were very liveable and I really enjoyed the organic Danish modern furniture, especially the arm chairs. I will definitley look into purchasing 1 of 2 of them when I freshen up my living room this spring. Very well done, informative post! Thank you!
I love the look of the Kit Kat tiles! I have an amoeba coffee table that I acquired because someone threw it in the trash. 😆 I love it and for the first time in my life, I'm on trend! 😆
I don't know about trends, but I have been rediscovering what I call the ralph lauren home (because they do it so well) especially all the silver accents and more traditional furniture (which I swore I'd never like) mixed with more modern pieces.
Isn’t it funny how we learn to love new things?! That’s what these trends are all about. Just ideas, old things coming back, and maybe things that we realize we don’t actually like at all ✨
I got this side or occaisional table I love. Wish I could send a picture. I have no idea what it is, antique, but that's all I know. Metal claw feet with casters , dual layers, 24" x 24" curvy legs. Gorgeous!!
Oh Wow Arvin finally has some daring dark furniture. I remember past videos where his wall and furnitures were all beige, beige, beige family. Even his out fit matched the background lol.
So yay I am in fashion. My dining table is glass and chrome as is my coffee table. Never did like boucle. Velvet yes my headboard is velvet. Brown no. But wooden chairs yes. I have a few of those. 😊
I have a 70s smoked crystal and chrome coffee table inherited from my parents in my living room and I absolutely love it, not just because it brings lots of memories everytime I see it, also it looks amazing combined with a textured neutral rug, it is a perfect balance. Also I added a couple of neutral mid-century style velvet chairs to the space and I really like the contrast. I am happy to know they are on trend.
My mum used to tell me "keep it and stash it. It will come back in style in a few years" lol and she was right. Everything makes its revolution back to the surface eventually. BTW your inherited coffee table sounds so lovely. I still have a rose colored depression era tea pot set that my nana gave me, and I adore it immensely. It doesnt match anything, and I absolutely dont care lol
Dark and moody is my home. All brick interior and dark brown natural timbered, vaulted, cathedral ceilings. It has been hard to work with and I have had to work out my own trend in decor. Our home is rather rare here but I’m not painting my beloved brick or ceiling even though it has been described as a medieval dungeon.
Totally luv KitKat… it’s now being used in new luxury resorts around the world especially in warmer climates…🥰 … I’m watching you for the first time & loving 🥰 you .. Thank You 😊
I had a dark rust velvet sofa made a year ago and bought a Ralph Lauren style brown leather chair with dark putty wall color so I guess I was doing it without knowing
Love all those trends. I thought maybe too that along with the chrome trend, mite be the acrylic trend. Seeing alot of acrylic side tables around which I love !!! 🥰🥰
Loving the dance!!! 😉I'm more traditional with a few modern pieces in between. Love the traditional academia vibe, maybe lightened up a little. I miss the fact that I "had" a great maroon-ish red velvety couch back in the early 80's and gave it away! UGH! Loved it back then, love it now but I thought it was SO over! So here we are! Love the curl up chairs. The Amber Lewis interior is gorgeous. Great content!!
I am living for your Amazon curated lists! As a visual artist, I like to have an intention for how my pieces will work in certain spaces so I want to get better at interior design! I like to think I have taste, but let's be honest-- the advice definitely helps! My living room is eccentric but it could use "tightening up". 🖤 cheers and blessings for the new year! 🖤
I love the dark academia look, didn’t know it had a name but my Pinterest is loaded with this style and I intend to make my house moody but with touches of metals leaning towards gold accents.
Happy New Year Arvin and Andrew ( and the boys) ! Loving the KitKat tile, but not willing to clean all that grout, lol. BTW, absolutely ADORE your sweater !!
Kit Kat tile? 🤯 No way... A cleaning nightmare! Maybe an option is to skip the grout lines and stack them with no spacing... Sorry I will stick with the classics and play with color and accessories to change things up. I love the academia look. This is basically how I have designed my home for like forever... I do still have some areas painted light too... I can get on board with the classic looks of Academia... Rich, dark, moody, dark woods, book shelves, libraries, classic art with gold classic frames, art sculptures, unique antiques, etc.... 😊
First off...your candle smells AMAZING. It brings life to my house and I'm living for it! I plan on buying more because I'll be sad when this one runs out. I've noticed chrome coming back and I'm here for it. But the amoeba shaped coffee table 🤌🏽
Love your suggestions, I just remodeled my bathroom with subway tile and it looks so good, kitkat would look great as a backsplash, but since I wainscoted my entire bathroom. It would probably have been a little bit too much kitkat.
I just used kit kat tiles in my bathroom shower remodel, but only used as a border tile. Mixed with the large 24x24 porcelain marble look tiles to break it up a bit, it looks GREAT and has not been a hassle to clean at all. So maybe kit kat tiles in moderation or used as accent tiles? Either way, I personally love the look!
I think people are ready to incorporate darker colors for the warmth they bring to a room..very relaxing and who doesn't want that in this day and age..🥰👍
Love the look of the kit kat tiles, with my preference being the vertical positioning. I'm doing a kitchen reno this year - very small kitchen with not much area for backsplash/wall treatment - which is fine because I don't want to have to clean a lot of grout!
Yay chrome! Chrome and bauhaus are such a nice accent to rustic interiors. Creates a nice juxtaposition of material, period and form. I find myself mixing in chrome and mirrored steel pieces against linens, shags and dark folky antiques. I typically avoid glass top pieces though, which is pretty common with chrome, since you really need the right space and style for them to look chic. The round coffee tables are a nice way to break up some of the linearity that happens in a living room. I like the coffee table you bought more than the examples though, the symmetry and less blobby shape make it a little less playful and help ground it. I'm sure you'd like Benoit Viaene's tables, which might have been an inspiration point for Athena, but themselves are not too far off from Axel's.
I loved some of those “amoeba” looking tables, I might try to diy one for myself! As for the Kit Kat tiles… the vertical ones looked pretty but they’re just not practical with all the cleanup involved 😖
I want my bathroom tile to be vertical big KitKat tiles in a Moody dark blue colour, with a round bathtub in the middle somewhere with a shower head that hangs from the ceiling. This will be the ultimate spa bathroom. The other one would be stylish, but kinda functional of course
Another amazing video Arvin! I love all your videos. So informative and helpful. I was wondering if you could share your source for the interesting 3-light wall lighting fixture which looks to be vining up the wall? Thanks for all your help, you're the best!
Can't stop thinking about how hard it would be to keep the Kit Kat tile clean with all that grouting! Subway tile is hard enough!
Love the Kit Kat tiles. I love that you teach while you design, I’ve learned so much from your videos on interiors, thank you 🙏
Your dance in the beginning is everything. We had rewound it SEVERAL times to rewatch…and then the Huz even learned it and danced for the kids! 😆
The red sofa at 5.43 is amazing.
I approve of everything trending in 2023 then. And I already have velvet furniture. Awesome
I’ve been seeing the dark and moody interiors in lots of UK homes and I love it. Ready to see more of this in 2023.
Me too
Nobody does moody and traditional like the British.
Light and airy vs deep and rich... ummff! Loving the deep, rich, dark academia! And chrome! 😀 🔥
Yes to everything except the chrome/silver furniture. Reminds me of the 2010-2012 Glam TH-camr homes with mirror on every possible surfaces. 😭
Omg nooo not the Z Gallerie TH-camr Home tours 🤣🙏🏼
Huh? Chrome has been used in modern decor since way before influencers! Metals can add an exciting energy to a space in a feng shui regard. I would avoid it in the bedroom as it may be too harsh.
You have to mix it the right way to balance the coldness of metals. If you do it right it looks amazing.
I thrifted some orange Fritz Hansen « Ant Chair » dupes for basically free. A lot of bargain shops in Europe sell that chair. I dig the chrome legs, I think they add a little dazzle to an ordinary dining table. I think this chair will go in style in 2023.
I called it on the velvet! I think we just want something with that richness and luxurious feel that will also be manageable in homes with kids and pets!
The Danish Modern chairs are stunning!
Arvin, you look very smart in that sweater.
I find the organic shaped coffee tables remind me of the picture painted by Dali’s melting clocks , regarding the shapes , happy 2023 🇬🇧xxx
Great reference wowowo
I've missed your giggle Arvin. Hope you had a lovely holiday.
Arvin, I found your channel yesterday (so glad that the dearest Mirjam Flatau tagged you in her stories) and I couldn’t stop watching all day, you’re SO helpful you can’t even imagine. I got stuck with my home design for many months now, it’s a new flat all in off-white shade and it looks so boring, very matchy-matchy, even though all the shapes are right it lacks the proper color balance. Through your videos and endless most helpful recommendations i changed my perspective and can really see what to do now, how to add more earthy colors which i love but was afraid to do before. I felt so inspired by you I even ordered my first art piece yesterday. So thank you million times, you’re awesome 🫶🏾
I loved this video, Arvin. I especially loved the 'dark academia.' I've been trying to choose a color for my den/library and I think dark and moody is perfect!!!!
Love how you teach your audience where interiors are going and where they stem from xo ❤
Ps LOVE KIT KAT
Fascinating! I’m learning a lot from you, thank you so much! Very excited to see more velvet, I love velvet furniture!
I love when you name drop designers...I Google them immediately...thanks for elevating our design knowledge!
Oh no, not the Kit Kat! Way too many lines! But the dark moody walls, tone on tone, yes! Amazing cozy organic danish modern chairs! Love! No to chrome, too cold and shiny…unless it is in one small accent. You are such a great host. I would love to see you in your process, decorating a room that needs an update so we can do this in our homes…taking a room from the previous years styles to incorporating the newest so we can actually DO the transitions.
Your hair looks great!! Love your channel. This was a good video. Thank you.
Hi! Kit Kat 🧱 I'm loving it. I love the new 70's style. Thx for sharing 👍
I’m a traditional soul. Love modern French decor. But love these Kit Kat tiles. Love the texture! Go figure!
Yes!!
The Kit Kat tile. Cleaning nightmare in the kitchen or bath.
@@mjef3695 I can imagine. But still love it very much. I’m waiting to see how people who are more brave than I am trying it out first and let me know. 😂.
@@glai5752 People should live in an environment they love. I just think about housekeeping in addition to the beauty.
I am surprised that I like the dark walls & that moody feel. I rem the 70's design. My dad had a large family room added on. It had a catherdral ceiling with wood beams. A white stone fireplace with big log mantel. Red & orange & tan high low shag carpet with black leather furniture & one side of the room had a pool table. All the boys in the neighborhood flocked to our house & my dad loved it. He could keep an eye on his 3 daughters.
Feeling that childhood 70’s vibe!!
Girl tell me why when I saw that part I read _"moldy walls"_ and I was like.. "wait... WHAT!!!" I had to go back and watch it again lmao
I feel like Scandi will always be in style on some level because I’ve never seen it go away - the gift that keeps giving! I love the chairs and sofas shown in the video. Wonderful!
I love your sweater.
Love those trends! Cool vintage pics of the looks of the past that are modern again.
While I like the look of the kitkat tile, they are WAY MORE work to keep clean. I am not looking to create more work for myself to have that look. All of the other trends you mentioned were very liveable and I really enjoyed the organic Danish modern furniture, especially the arm chairs. I will definitley look into purchasing 1 of 2 of them when I freshen up my living room this spring. Very well done, informative post! Thank you!
Chrome 70's is amazing!
Love it; blending the over dreary and bright to warmer outlook!
I love the look of the Kit Kat tiles!
I have an amoeba coffee table that I acquired because someone threw it in the trash. 😆 I love it and for the first time in my life, I'm on trend! 😆
I don't know about trends, but I have been rediscovering what I call the ralph lauren home (because they do it so well) especially all the silver accents and more traditional furniture (which I swore I'd never like) mixed with more modern pieces.
Isn’t it funny how we learn to love new things?! That’s what these trends are all about. Just ideas, old things coming back, and maybe things that we realize we don’t actually like at all ✨
That’s always been my style it makes me feel so at home. I tried to do a more contemporary space but I didn’t like it.
I agree. I've been following that channel as well. No trends will ever beat traditional.
I got this side or occaisional table I love. Wish I could send a picture. I have no idea what it is, antique, but that's all I know. Metal claw feet with casters , dual layers, 24" x 24" curvy legs. Gorgeous!!
Loving the velvet and mohair.
I'm loving the kit kat titles! It's giving Wabi Sabi vibes 😍 I love it!
Oh Wow Arvin finally has some daring dark furniture. I remember past videos where his wall and furnitures were all beige, beige, beige family. Even his out fit matched the background lol.
Loving the chrome pieces!
Hope you’re doing ok Arvin. I can sense something. We’re here for you ❤
I'm fine! We just took a break during the holidays. Thanks for asking
Love love love Kit Kat tiles love
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I LOVE the KitKat tiles! They would look perfect in my Japandi style apt.
Great summary! Thanks Arvin.
So yay I am in fashion. My dining table is glass and chrome as is my coffee table. Never did like boucle. Velvet yes my headboard is velvet. Brown no. But wooden chairs yes. I have a few of those. 😊
kit kat here today, gone tomorrow. subway is timeless and you don’t have to rip your tile out when the kit kat bar gets old.
I love thé look of KitKat tile!❤
I have a 70s smoked crystal and chrome coffee table inherited from my parents in my living room and I absolutely love it, not just because it brings lots of memories everytime I see it, also it looks amazing combined with a textured neutral rug, it is a perfect balance. Also I added a couple of neutral mid-century style velvet chairs to the space and I really like the contrast. I am happy to know they are on trend.
My mum used to tell me "keep it and stash it. It will come back in style in a few years" lol and she was right. Everything makes its revolution back to the surface eventually. BTW your inherited coffee table sounds so lovely. I still have a rose colored depression era tea pot set that my nana gave me, and I adore it immensely. It doesnt match anything, and I absolutely dont care lol
Dark and moody is my home. All brick interior and dark brown natural timbered, vaulted, cathedral ceilings. It has been hard to work with and I have had to work out my own trend in decor. Our home is rather rare here but I’m not painting my beloved brick or ceiling even though it has been described as a medieval dungeon.
You want dark and moody and gorgeous - look at Sean Anderson and Michael Dawkins. Both designers absolutely nail it. Stunning.
I can't imagine cleaning all those kit kat grooves, but it's pretty to look at.
Two thumbs up for velvet! The KitKat tiles look really cool. I could get behind that trend.
Love stripes. Love your sweater!
Thank you!!
Totally luv KitKat… it’s now being used in new luxury resorts around the world especially in warmer climates…🥰 … I’m watching you for the first time & loving 🥰 you ..
Thank You 😊
Can We Get : A full on Dance Video ? Your theme song is a banger, your moves are magic, Let's Get A Dance Video We Can ALL Dance To and Post. !!
I miss the song he used to use for the rug show!! It was unusual.
I had a dark rust velvet sofa made a year ago and bought a Ralph Lauren style brown leather chair with dark putty wall color so I guess I was doing it without knowing
Obsessed with every single trend in this!!!
Love all those trends. I thought maybe too that along with the chrome trend, mite be the acrylic trend. Seeing alot of acrylic side tables around which I love !!!
🥰🥰
Happy New Year! Love your sweater! Love the Kit Kat tiles!
I wish the 70's trends would just die for good!
So knowledgable, you are a design professor!
Happy New Year Arvin!! All good wishes to you and your partner this year!!
Obsessed with those chairs! 😍😍😍
Loving the dance!!! 😉I'm more traditional with a few modern pieces in between. Love the traditional academia vibe, maybe lightened up a little. I miss the fact that I "had" a great maroon-ish red velvety couch back in the early 80's and gave it away! UGH! Loved it back then, love it now but I thought it was SO over! So here we are! Love the curl up chairs. The Amber Lewis interior is gorgeous. Great content!!
I love the KitKat tile ❤️
Just started getting into furniture and design, so glad to have found your channel!
I am living for your Amazon curated lists! As a visual artist, I like to have an intention for how my pieces will work in certain spaces so I want to get better at interior design! I like to think I have taste, but let's be honest-- the advice definitely helps! My living room is eccentric but it could use "tightening up". 🖤 cheers and blessings for the new year! 🖤
I love the dark academia look, didn’t know it had a name but my Pinterest is loaded with this style and I intend to make my house moody but with touches of metals leaning towards gold accents.
I dont get tired of subway tiles
Happy New Year Arvin and Andrew ( and the boys) ! Loving the KitKat tile, but not willing to clean all that grout, lol. BTW, absolutely ADORE your sweater !!
Agree with all that 100%
Kit Kat tile? 🤯 No way... A cleaning nightmare! Maybe an option is to skip the grout lines and stack them with no spacing... Sorry I will stick with the classics and play with color and accessories to change things up. I love the academia look. This is basically how I have designed my home for like forever... I do still have some areas painted light too... I can get on board with the classic looks of Academia... Rich, dark, moody, dark woods, book shelves, libraries, classic art with gold classic frames, art sculptures, unique antiques, etc.... 😊
Totally agree with regard to Kit Kat tile. Just a no for me, along with chrome furniture. Definitely love velvet, though. My favorite fabric.
First off...your candle smells AMAZING. It brings life to my house and I'm living for it! I plan on buying more because I'll be sad when this one runs out. I've noticed chrome coming back and I'm here for it. But the amoeba shaped coffee table 🤌🏽
I cherish my Womb chair, that I inherited. I am happy my vintage chrome coffee table will be back.
I mean, they never go out of style am I right? Its always relevant IMO
I love Arvin’s videos he so inspiring ❤
Present! Yay! I get so excited for the new year and what's to come in design. I've been trying Dark academia for a while. This is my year!
Amazing!!! Its such a cozy look that I love admiring from afar :)
Love your suggestions, I just remodeled my bathroom with subway tile and it looks so good, kitkat would look great as a backsplash, but since I wainscoted my entire bathroom. It would probably have been a little bit too much kitkat.
Bro... you are just the best. I love your energy and enthusiasm. loved this vid. got a lot out of it.
Love the Japanese feel of Kit Kat tiles ❤
obsessed with your sweater 😫😫
I have an original 1930's Danish chair 😀 SO happy to hear that they're going to be big in 2023! Sweet!
Amazing!!! Danish design has my heart ♥️
@@ArvinOlano You have my heart 🥰😎👊
I love Kit Cat……plus tiles lol
I just used kit kat tiles in my bathroom shower remodel, but only used as a border tile. Mixed with the large 24x24 porcelain marble look tiles to break it up a bit, it looks GREAT and has not been a hassle to clean at all. So maybe kit kat tiles in moderation or used as accent tiles? Either way, I personally love the look!
You can tell you are getting old when you stop liking the new fashions! Thank you for the video!
Not getting old but getting more refined taste.
Loving the Ameba (spl?) shape coffee tables... Tfs the latest trends💕🤗
Dark and moody will never be my taste. But I can appreciate the beauty of it.
I think people are ready to incorporate darker colors for the warmth they bring to a room..very relaxing and who doesn't want that in this day and age..🥰👍
Nice video Arvin, thanks.
Love Kit Kat tile, would put it on a small area tho, not a full wall like in the kitchen you showed us
Comforting to cozy into, the older traditional...
I have performance velvet and it’s really great … got it because it’s pet friendly with my cats!
girl, love the candle!
Love the look of the kit kat tiles, with my preference being the vertical positioning. I'm doing a kitchen reno this year - very small kitchen with not much area for backsplash/wall treatment - which is fine because I don't want to have to clean a lot of grout!
Yay chrome! Chrome and bauhaus are such a nice accent to rustic interiors. Creates a nice juxtaposition of material, period and form. I find myself mixing in chrome and mirrored steel pieces against linens, shags and dark folky antiques. I typically avoid glass top pieces though, which is pretty common with chrome, since you really need the right space and style for them to look chic.
The round coffee tables are a nice way to break up some of the linearity that happens in a living room. I like the coffee table you bought more than the examples though, the symmetry and less blobby shape make it a little less playful and help ground it. I'm sure you'd like Benoit Viaene's tables, which might have been an inspiration point for Athena, but themselves are not too far off from Axel's.
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Love that sweater Arvin!!!
Loved this video. Some great insights! Happy New Year Arvin.
Kit kat is okay. Like it best in white or almost white color
My house already looks a lot like what you talked about in this video. So I am doing it right. 😊
Happy new year to u n family
I loved some of those “amoeba” looking tables, I might try to diy one for myself! As for the Kit Kat tiles… the vertical ones looked pretty but they’re just not practical with all the cleanup involved 😖
I want my bathroom tile to be vertical big KitKat tiles in a Moody dark blue colour, with a round bathtub in the middle somewhere with a shower head that hangs from the ceiling. This will be the ultimate spa bathroom. The other one would be stylish, but kinda functional of course
great video. love the roundy chairs. Hate the chrone - always looks cheap.
Looooved it As ALWAYS Arvin X ❤️
Another amazing video Arvin! I love all your videos. So informative and helpful. I was wondering if you could share your source for the interesting 3-light wall lighting fixture which looks to be vining up the wall? Thanks for all your help, you're the best!
The Kit Kat doesn’t get my cat purrin” 🐈
love the very dapper clothing in this video.....what is your opinion of chenille upholstery fabric ?