Misread that as carnivore core before he got to it and thought it was an aesthetic for the people who make eating meat their whole identity. Where it's like ok dude, lots of folks eat meat, but can we not have a deer head dead-eyed staring at me when I go to the toilet, it's creepy 😂
I inherited one of those heinous fiberglass hand chairs in that fake gray granite from my mom. She was a genuinely quirky lady and she loved that chair so much. I felt this intense sense of responsibility to keep it until one day, after years of resenting it’s presence, like weird albatross in my home, I just stared at it and thought, “nope. Mommy, you’ve had your laugh at my expense, time for this thing to go.” I think she would have laughed at that. 😂
When I saw the Roly-Poly chair I thought, “This is so familiar and nostalgic to me. Where have I seen it before??” I realized it looks exactly like the plastic Little Tikes chairs that I had in the early 90s haha
It’s so bizarre to me that inflatable furniture is being held forth as an actual “Design Trend” like you showed in those photos! Even in the 90’s it was novelty furniture for kids and teens. I had an inflatable chair in like, 1998. But I was 10 and my mom bought it from Claire’s 😂 It was not REAL furniture. They’ll really try and sell anything as high fashion furnishings now.
I can't imagine spending a non trivial money on inflatable furniture. I have an inflatable queen mattress for guests, which is probably way more puncture resistant than most of the stuff pictured, and the previous one still managed to get a leak in it.
why ANYONE would want to deal with grout-lines, which are notoriously hard to clean, on a space where you prepare food - is BEYOND ME!!! Tile countertops HAVE TO GO lol
We had vintage tile counters in an original 1920’s kitchen, and we loved it! Looked so cute, and worth the little extra cleaning, especially since we aren’t heavy cookers.
I have memories (I won't say fond memories) of taking a toothpick and scraping the gunk out of the grout lines in my mom's kitchen. Never again. Back when tiles were first used for kitchen countertops, they were better than the alternative - wood. But we have so many better materials now ... tiles no longer make sense. I suppose if you're a clean freak who doesn't use a kitchen heavily, it would be ok. But for a serious (or messy) cook, or a family with kids ... choose something else and put the tiles on the backsplash.
you know, I've always been a little ashamed about our kind of run-down townhouse with all its mismatched everything, but a friend who was visiting said they really liked our home cause "it feels lived in, like someone actually lives here" and that's always stuck with me.
He he, I was tempted to comment on how your shirt matched the Dusty Rose :). I guess that's the internet for you! You knew somebody would comment on it (giggle)
his sweater is dark mauve. I own a lipstick in the same shade... called deep mauve. 1000%, mauve is a muted purple with a brown undertone that can have a tinge of pink. It can range from a very pale mauve to a deep mauve bordering on a wine color... but a deep wine has a red undertone even if it hues purple where as mauve has a brown undertone.
My only argument is that the dusty rose phenomenon is overdone when it’s done at all. It’s not ever just the wall, or just the one chair, just the lamp, etc. I always see dusty rose as the THEME of the room and that ruins it for me too. That being said I fully intend on painting our sunroom a *very* subtle brown-pink in a Venetian plaster style and I have no intentions of apologizing 😂😅
I *screamed* with laughter when I heard that tiled counters were back in. I’ve got a 1980s tiled grout counter (I was today years old when I learned that you’re supposed to seal it. Oops) and I DESPISE it! In fact, doing a kitchen reno and getting rid of it. You know what they say, tho. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 😂
Tile countertops will never not remind me of Ghosbusters from 1984 when the eggs pop out of the carton and fry themselves on Sigourney Weaver’s tile countertop 😅
Last year my wife and I moved into a beautiful old house that had THREE ROOMS painted in dusty rose. I started referring to it as Pepto Bismol. I've spent the past year painting over rose walls, removing rose colored carpet, and even giving away a rose colored sofa. Funny to imagine someone moving into a home now and painting it all that damn color :)
I know unreservedly that someday, when I am Dead and gone, some irritated Soul is going to have to paint over all of the multiple rooms of Lilac throughout my home. For some of us, we find our Soulmate in color form and MUST have it as much as possible in our periphery.
Your sweater is burgundy heather.👍🏻 Dusty Rose is indecisive. It’s not pink, it’s a moosh of colors. I agree with your takes on all these unfortunate trends but I mostly wanted to reassure you - you are NOT wearing a Dusty Rose sweater!😄🌸
My bridesmaids dresses in December of 1979 were Dusty Rose! So it goes way back! A trend that comes around every once in awhile that I really hate is animal prints. I will never wear them or have them in my home. I find them very tacky. Another thing I totally hate are the fake wood floors that are gray. Everyone has them. In ten years, they are going to be ripped out right and left! If I was looking at a house with them, there would have to be a built in plan to replace them.
Dusty rose was very popular in 1988 when I got married. I was forced to purchase some items in that color, and couldn’t wait to replace them a few years later!
As a girl child my mother was always trying to get me into pastels, especially pinks. Then we had the 80's and the rose everything. I've always hated pink. ... until this year - lol. I've noticed that my favorite colours seem to come and go from year to year. One year I painted my living room burnt orange. Another time it was sage green. In clothing I've always been a big fan of black (I am GenX after all). Strangely enough this year I've got a real thing for pink but knowing myself I also know that this will fade and/or change. For this reason I'm not making any really big, financial investments in the pink palooza. I bought a few pieces of clothing, I want to wallpaper one of my bedroom walls in silver/grey with pink accent flowers, I have some really pale pink sheets, etc. but for the most part my decor is neutral or grey. The pink can go away when I'm tired of it. Which I'm sure I will be. Now, that all being said, it's kinda novel for me to be into a girly colour. First time for everything even at 51 yrs. Who knows Nick, maybe in the future you'll find yourself drawn to one of those three traumatizing colours and be colored surprised 😏
Now you just dated yourself referencing Trading Spaces (hey, I’m there, too!). I remember one room in which the owner said “NO BROWN!!!” So, of course, (I think it was) Ty who had the other couple paint the (living room or den) brown. The homeowner was so furious, I think she attacked the other couple! Should have attacked Ty.
Weighing in on Dusty Rose/Mauve here: yes, dust rose velvet chair, wall paint and wall to wall (shag!!)carpet is utterly ghastly! However, as I look around my living area I see a sort of dusty rose border in my dhurrie rug, paired with slate blue cream and gray geometric designs. Also notice the warm tint of the light brick floors and fireplace which are what we call Mexican brick. It recedes and grounds the space in a shy and retiring way and lets the warm woods of furniture pieces and the white walls take center stage. As a background neutral in natural fabrics and brick, it works!
Teal hair since 1999 here, that trend improved the quality, lastability, and accessibility of my hair dye and I'll never be mad at seeing a fellow blue! I say "HI FRIEND!, love the hair!"
Mauve so popular in the 80s. I do have a mauve chair in storage lol. I do have a mauve Hallmark Christmas ornament, dated 1983, which I just hung on my Christmas tree, always makes me smile when I pull it out.
I agree with everything except the color. I have a lot of low saturation pink tops that just work with my coloring, I get pink/red in the face easily thanks to my red headed dad. Also I just like the concept of cottage core because I like a more natural element in my home. Real wood furniture. Slight Victorian drama. Gold accents. Etc. It does help that I’m doing the homesteading stuff and cute things like fresh eggs, chicks and chickens end up indoors not to mention eventually baby goats!
I actually love tile countertops. They are great in a really hard working kitchen. The grout is a non issue when you wipe up afterwards and spray with vinegar. We use a special cutting board just for meat, raw meat shouldn’t be on your counter anyway. I think if you have never used them, they may seem like more work than they are. They are hugely functional and they are great for doing a lot . Canning is a breeze with tile since you don’t have to worry about the heat on your countertops.
Sculptural chairs look amazing when they are considered as art. Obviously most of them aren’t comfortable but some are just gorgeous to look at and decorate your house with. If money and room space aren’t an issue, then a beautiful sculptural chair elevates a lot the look of a house.
Totally with you on the dusty rose or just pink in general; as a kid my mum would take me to older women's houses and there'd always be a pink theme, the carpets would be pink, the floral parterns on the furniture were pink, the lamps, rugs, toilet cover, curtains, pink, pink, pink, pink....it honestly just makes me think of old ladies. And you know you werent allowed to touch any of those pink things, i always ended up sitting at kitchen tables staring at fake fruit
Very metal! 🤣🤣🤣 never heard ashes of roses but I love it. It's so kuch more indicative of the morose feeling dusty rose has. Also reminds me of bridesmaids dresses.
"Ashes of Roses" is also the title of a book about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire disaster. Great book. Sad but helped bring about fire codes for buildings.
As I recall, dusty pink/mauve, along with turquoise was part of the Southwestern style that was popular in the 80’s. I did my first kitchen in those colors. I was so disappointed when I saw that the color seemed to be coming back. Can’t stand to look at it now.
The house I lived in for 18 years-- my entire teens and twenties-- had this palette: mauve/rose + burgundy, and cactus + hunter green. Beautiful? Yes. But ZERO wiggle room. Everything had to be one of those shades, or beige or sage green, or something that read as neutral such as any metal or wood or greenery. Mom absolutely refused to keep the hunter green hutch that she had specifically chosen because it matched the house before we moved, teasing she was traumatized. Now, as bf and I are thinking about how to finish his apartment (detached garage converted into a 1 bedroom apartment), I'm desperately trying to avoid painting ourselves into a corner with the colors we choose. So far we're thinking "blues and greens and just make sure everything looks nice"
I recently moved to a new house and found I was craving a soft pink in my bedroom- I have some antique family rugs in that color and got new velvet curtains to tone with them
This! We’re currently looking at redoing our kitchen and my plan is to go very neutral and the only pops of color will be my pink stand mixer and I’m going to try to find so dish ware that is similar to that pink. As for commuting to furniture or a whole space being dusty rose/mauve I agree it’ll feel dated over time
Adding "-core" to things is like adding "-gate" or "-palooza" to things. It was played out after a few months and to keep doing it makes me groan each time I see it.
“They’re adult Bumbo chairs!” 🤣 Completely agree with you on all of these. The only acceptable inflatable “furniture” is an inflatable bed for camping, and you only use it if you’re, you know, camping (something my husband refuses to do as he says it’s pretending to be homeless- his words, not mine). A carnival tent playhouse thing in a kid’s playroom is entirely acceptable, but I say the same about my kids’ Bluey tent playhouse thing- it’s in the basement, so no one has to see it and it was a gift for them from my best friend. And lastly, dusty rose… I’m also not into pink in any hue, but if your shirt is considered dusty rose, I must say, you look fabulous in it. Reads more wine on camera, but again, it’s a great color on you.
My favorite color is a dark eggplant purple, however it's hard to find things in that shade! So I have several things in mauve - the sunshade to my kid's stroller, my purse, my cell phone cover, it goes on... My ultimate favorite compliment I ever received was from a huge 6'9" black male security guard who was checking my things through the metal detector. He said "Oh nice stroller.. hey it matches your purse! No way, your phone too! My Lord, you are MAUVULOUS!!" Do you have any idea how good it feels to be called mauvulous by such a man??!! I will forever love mauve because of that interaction 😂
Everytime I see a tile countertop (especially in the kitchen) I can't help but think about how often I WRITE and how annoying that would be with small flat spaces and grout lines. Grocery lists, to-do lists, schoolwork (on an island, when still in school)... so impractical!
Omg! The "dusty rose" living room, with all the furniture pushed up against the walls! Lol. Yep, I grew up with that, too. No one loved dusty rose like my mother. The couches were a dusty rose and peach floral print, and mint green velvet accent chairs, oak and brass as far as the eye could see. Quintessential 80's. My mom's glory days. ❤️❤️❤️
I’ve always seen them as the cheap option, and yes, they can’t be fully cleaned. Reminds me of the tiled table trend that I didn’t understand that was so popular this year (or last year, don’t care enough to remember when it was “hot”).
My mom had this with 4-inch tiles and soft white grout; bad choice. The only way I would consider is with large tougher tiles and a nonporous dark colored grout.
I am laughing at your dusty rose PTSD. Hilarious. I lived through the start of it in the early 90s, too. I loved it then, so much so I ODed on it. I am also now traumatized by it's return. I want to hang on to the sage trend with my cold dead hands, though. LOL Can't wait for the next video!
90’s teen here, my mom still has her 90’s living room with dusty rose carpet with matching drapes and floral sofas with rose, sea foam and peach-colored pillows. It’s pretty and reminds me of childhood, but it looks more appropriate in a funeral parlor, I’m afraid. I never had inflatable furniture, but I only remember it being cheap, one-seaters to put in your college dorm.
I love dusty rose and mustard yellow! I know it's colors that are similar to some dated colors, but I like them WAY more than bright yellow (or vanilla yellow) and baby pink - those are some that I personally think are veey dated
I completely agree with you on the tile. When I was younger we had tile on the counters and they were constantly getting dirty in between and it was hard to get them clean. Thanks for these postings I really enjoy watching you and learning from your expertise!
I like tile countertops, especially when they have a more Italian vibe, but I also like solid tile. It’s homey. They do look dated, but they’re dated for me in a good way.
Yeah, I think tile countertops are playing into a homey/nostalgic aesthetic. Kind of similar to why Cottage Core became popular and the resurgence of dusty rose.
I obviously can’t speak for everyone but the kitchen in our office has a tiled countertop (built in 1986) and even though is has been used almost daily this supposed „porous grout problem“ is literally a non-issue. As long as you wipe off the counter with a wet towel/soapy water after each use there will be no stains or dirt or bad smell/bacteria/whatever horror scenario you’re imagining.
@@rizzopat9892 Right, I don't get this argument. First, white grout isn't the only option. Second, people use white grout in bathroom. A place that is teaming with bacteria and fluids that can stain and yet many people manage to keep that while.
We had a tiled counter growing up... Every so often we would go at the grout with screwdriver to get the gunk out. There was also a semi-circle chuck in the side that had been broken off then glued back on after my brother ran face first into it Easter morning.
I think there's just something about any shade of the color pink that you have to straight up own if you want it to work. I could never. I've been casually house hunting recently and saw one home that had this dark purplish-pink carpet running through it. Thought it wasn't great but not too striking until I got to the master bedroom. It's one thing to have a dusty rose or rose gold or whatever shade of pink...and then there's pink. As in P.I.N.K.! As in pink Power Ranger pink. Some elderly lady who's probably the sweetest thing ever was living her wildest pink dreams in there and bless her for it but if I'd tried to spend one day in that room I'd have a migraine so bad it would register on the Ricther Scale.
I was 26 years old when we moved into the home we are still in 34 years later; a new build suburban home. I feel like you are being too generous with the colors you don't appreciate. With the assistance of the builder design team, we ended up with oak trimmed mauve countertops, remember those? I was told this would be okay and trend setting as it had a lot of taupe undertones. Wle had light taupe carpets (with a hint of mauve in them) and a giant Flexsteel sofa with recliners that was wedgewood blue. It was all pulled together by my hand sewn Roman shades that were neutral canvas with wide abstract stripes of mauve, wedgewood blue and seafoam green. I think wedgewood blue and seafoam green can go away forever too! I'm now 61 and still scarred by that color pallette and have spent 3 decades undoing the original selections the designer assured me would be design perfection!
So, I'm a very feminine and girly woman and there is just something about pink and rose that seems so childish to me that I just can't have it in my house. I have zero pink items in my home. So I completely agree with you on the rose/mauve part.
I happen to live in the second house I have no say on design of which is pink everything, and while I don't really mind the colour itself, after living surrounded by it I can definitely say it's mentally tiring
i'm kinda the same. pink is actually one of my favourite colours but for some reason i don't like it in my home decor. mauve is a bit more ok. my bedroom walls are a mauve but it's more of the purple variety. it doesn't look pink at all. i love pink when it comes to clothes but i don't want it in my house. it's a little too Barbie Dreamhouse for me.
Nick, gotta love you, sitting there in your dusty mauve and burgundy sweater with your white ceiling with a mustard yellow light coming from your kitchen, dishing those things. It’s hysterical, and you are spot on, as always. Plastic inflatable furniture- just...WHY?!
Back in the early 70s, my grandfather remodeled the kitchen - he was great at DIY - and did the countertops and breakfast bar with 1" tiles. After my grandparents passed and my uncle moved in. it would take him forever to wash the counters because he would go up and down every single grout line. When it was his turn to remodel, he and my aunt chose a solid quartz, and my uncle was amazed at all the free time he suddenly had.
Agree with everything you say about these weird trends, however, I do think the inflatable furniture for an outdoor pool house is kind of a fun idea, and it can be left out in the rain too (but for indoors, I also vote a big NO.)
Oh yay! Tiled countertops are back! (Gag) Nothing says hygiene like raw meat on grout! Carnival core looks like it would give me Nightmares, especially the fireplace with the mouth. Who are these people that come up with these things? I'm scared. I agree with you about Dusty Rose, Nick. I lived through the 90's too! My parent's house was shuttered and trimmed in Dusty Rose as well. It's been repainted, thankfully, but I'm happy to leave that colour in the past!
When I was a kid my mom had this wool blanket with satin edges and it was all a specific shade of dusty rose. My toenails would always get stuck on it when I was laying under it and moving around. Now when I see that color I am sometimes reminded of how bad that felt.
Hey! Neat video idea inspired from this video... "Decades trends (70's, 80's, 90's, etc) that stand or don't stand the test of time! Or something along those lines... just throwing that out there Nick!
If you're into the tile countertops, you won't have any sanitary concerns as long as you use *epoxy grout.* It's non-porous (waterproof), doesn't crack, shrink, or discolor, holds up to chemical cleaners, _and_ you don't have to seal (or, obviously, re-seal) it like traditional grout.
Agreed on dusty rose -- I grew up in a DR environment, from furniture to artwork to interior and exterior paint. And it marked me. Another colour hate: depressed plum. It's a light,, faded version of Nick's sweater, but bluer. It's not purple, it's not pink, it's not wine, it's not anything.
I like dusty rose for clothing, but not in my home decor. 2 years ago we tore out our tile countertops! They were from the 70’s! I have not missed them one day!
I agree with everything you said--the tiled countertops, pink aka dusty rose/mauve, the other hideous examples you provided. Thank you for saying it all!
Hey Sugar, you need to update yourself on the grout front. They have 2 part epoxy grout out now that isn't porous and doesn't stain. I don't like tile countertops myself but I do exclusively use the epoxy grout for all installations. It is way easier to maintain.
In the late 90s, my barbie and I had matching pink floral inflatable chairs. They were chunky, they were squeaky and they were fabulous. I have as much nostalgia for that furniture as a person could have but I cannot imagine having them in my home now as an adult.
Use Fusion Pro grout. It is vinyl infused and it never needs sealing. It is easily cleaned with a wet cloth. I did a counter top with 12 x 24 Porcelain tiles and it has stood up for the five years I owned the house.
Hey Nick. We just bought a new house that has wood kitchen countertops and island. Although it looks fab with the rest of the design there, I hate how impractical it is. It has from the previous owners burn marks. And where the wood is joined there are now small, very small but noticeable gaps where food and grease have got inside. Eish! We cannot afford to redo it yet so in the meantime suggestions have been made to sand it down then reseal it. Not a chore I look forward to. Have you a different, better idea on what to do?
I like dusty rose simply because its one of the only feminine colors that is easy to find. I would love it if we got as many versions of pinks and purples as there are versions of green and blue but there simply isn't.
I'm with you on the dusty rose - or any pink other than flowers in my garden. I don't even especially like it there, but seems pink is a predominant color in flowers that cannot totally be avoided. Never was a girly-girl. I lived through the 90s in Florida and everything was coral and sea green. O-M-G! EVERYWHERE! Nobody outside of Florida ever mixed those two colors and thought it was cool. Then it went to sunset colors of pink and blue. Don't like blue anyway, and pink and blue together looks like somebody who hates yellow and green had fraternal twins and couldn't decide what color to paint the nursery. I'll stick with my nature colors, thank you.
My wife would agree with you about tile countertops. I think it goes all the way back to the 1940s My grandmother's house which was super high-end when built-in 1940 had tile countertops and I am pretty sure she never changed the kitchen. Couldn't you seal the grout to help keep it clean? The strange chairs I agree with you. The carnival core I think it depends on how it is done. It can be really fun if done right. The inflatables I don't know how comfortable the are. I live in FL so the idea of sitting on plastic seems like a really bad idea. I do have some younger friends that move from job to job a lot and for them, if they like it it would make moving a lot easier. I am a software engineer and it is pretty common to work a year or two at one company and then move to another. I know one guy that just shops at thrift stores for their apartment and then just donates everything back when they move. Hey whatever works for the situation and person. If I can two trends I don't like are both home office based. Small computer desks and gaming chairs for work seating. If you really do work on a computer you will want a good-sized monitor or two. If you do not have the space for a bigger workspace fine but I need at least one big monitor or two smaller ones. I have a 52" 4k monitor on my desk because I got a great deal on it. Gaming chairs really tend to be overpriced junk even the cheap ones. If you are going to have a home office and use it a lot then get a real office chair. Again my worldview and needs may not match with others. Frankly, I find most new furniture overpriced and of poor quality. I would rather find something older at a thrift store, garage sale, or flea market and fix it up or just build it myself. But then again I have a full set of tools and lots of talented engineer friends with even more tools like full machine shops, laser cutters, 3d printers and so on. Again my situation colors my view.
tiled countertops were actually most popular from the 1920's - 1960's...if they are done right they can be timeless and very durable...the bacteria issue is not really an issue..just clean your countertops like you would normally do. It's best to follow the application process that was done from the 20's through the 50's...more classic and timeless.
There's a place where Carnivalcore is shaped and made beautiful, fun, and not creepy by infusing it with Grand Millennial, and that is at the The Greenbrier in West Virginia -- Dorothy Draper's most fabulous work (which, of course, pre-dated Carnivalcore _and_ Grand Millennial).
Ugh I did the whole dusty rose thing in 1991 and it's best we just leave it back there!!! Lol and btw, your sweater is fabulous, and it's mulberry coloured!!!
I am blown away by these creepy trends. I take comfort in the fact that I don’t know a single person who would go for them. The tile countertops are the least offensive. Hurricane Katrina destroyed mine. The grout was a nightmare but the worst thing was that I couldn’t roll out a pie crust on them or even work with puff pastry. And they just plain didn’t look good. By the way your shirt looked fine. Not at all dusty pink. The operative word is dusty-it always looks dirty.
7:52 I love the colourful room a lot 🤭 it feels cheery and uplifting. I don’t think I could do it in my house without it being tacky and childish though.
My 90yo parents painted their 1950s house a few years ago in what they thought was the previous beige, but when asked, they now call it mauve. Some painter somewhere is a colorblind a-hole with a surplus of mauve clearly. It’s frickin pink!!! But I don’t have the heart to tell them. It’s fine, whatever. 🤷♀️😅🐽
Tile countertops are somewhat popular in the Caribbean but it is not applied the way I see it in American homes. Nowadays, they dont use small tiles . They use the largest slab of tile they can find, so larger tiles, way less grout lines ...the finished product almost looks like marble sometimes. Check it out.
Wow I hate tiles in the kitchen! Idk what it is about older and cheaper apartments in LA, but the tile countertops were a sole motivation for me to work harder and afford a better apartment. It felt like i was preparing food in a 1960s bathroom in the Soviet Union.
Thank you for mentioning this "dusty rose" problem. I'm colorblind, and it's very rare I notice something is pink. No decor-shopping alone for me in 2023...
Growing up, we had a tile countertop in our kitchen. All the points you mentioned I agree with, but I hated when I wanted to write something on a piece of paper and the tiled counters made it impossible. We had to put a try down to do homework in the kitchen so we could write. Yes, we did our homework in the kitchen. lol It was a family activity.
Man, tile countertops… I hate grout anywhere that needs to be cleaned regularly, and because tile is so good for wet spaces, people are always putting it in bathrooms and kitchens. Which require so much cleaning! My spouse and I were looking at a house this weekend (one that needs serious renovations). It had kitchen counters in a gorgeous blue tile. My first reaction was, “oh, that’s so pretty, if we bought this place we should try to preserve that.” And my immediate second thought was, “nevermind, take it all out and replace it with a smooth surface. Maybe keep some of the tile to use decoratively elsewhere… but get it OUT of the kitchen.” Because tile counters suck.
lol I feel the same about the word 'core'. Probably because I associate it with music genres like grindcore etc. Cottagecore for me just sounds like someone headbanging to Napalm Death in their cottage.
TOTALLY agree with everything ! Everything except your shirt...it is "dusty rose" tweeded with "brick" ...BUT...it looks good on you with your silver hair 😍
Inflatable furniture was actually a 60’s trend that resurfaced in the 90’s. Everything old is new again. I still have a throw pillow with a pink elephant on it from the 60’s and yes it still holds air!
I’m going to say that I hate most shades of blue because my mom loved it, so every room in our house was some shade of blue. I’m just now, in my late sixties, getting to the point where I can tolerate blue in my home.
OK I'm confessing, I love that striped rug in the Carnival Core picture. I cannot picture it in my home. I liked it. I'm into Mid century/ Scandinavian style.
Me: *suddenly feeling protective of pink-ish terracotta* I think I'm okay. I just bought a linen cushion cover from Ikea in a colour that they call "red brown" and I love it. That dusty rose pink is like the new colour that FiestaWare introduced for 2022. Too pastel for my taste.
We had a dusty rose livingroom when I was a teenager in the 90's too! The chesterfield was flowery and the main colour was dusty rose. So everything matched that.
As a cat lover, the thought of inflatable furniture is genuinely hilarious
All my furniture would be gone in less than a week!
Psssss. 😂
Same!
Oh meow! I have six cats. Man they would have a ball. What a ball... and I would let them go for it.
Remember water beds? 😅🤦♀️
Carnival core has done something I didn’t think possible - it’s made modern farmhouse seem like a good option in comparison 😂😂😂
I think it goes well with today's clown world.
Perhaps, carnival core could come with a free copy of Stephen King's It?
Carnival core feels like maximalism meets post modern to me! Not my taste either though 😂
I like it, it's really artistic, fun, colorful!
Misread that as carnivore core before he got to it and thought it was an aesthetic for the people who make eating meat their whole identity. Where it's like ok dude, lots of folks eat meat, but can we not have a deer head dead-eyed staring at me when I go to the toilet, it's creepy 😂
Our home is "Feline Core", meaning that everything - every couch, chair, table, etc. is a scratching post, toy or bed to our two cats.
But we love them anyway!
Or a chew toy, for the cat who thinks he's a puppy and chews furniture if left unsupervised.
I completely agree! 😺
Same here.
😀 haha, funny!
I'd have to say Canine Core at my house!
I inherited one of those heinous fiberglass hand chairs in that fake gray granite from my mom. She was a genuinely quirky lady and she loved that chair so much. I felt this intense sense of responsibility to keep it until one day, after years of resenting it’s presence, like weird albatross in my home, I just stared at it and thought, “nope. Mommy, you’ve had your laugh at my expense, time for this thing to go.”
I think she would have laughed at that. 😂
That chair sounds awsome
When I saw the Roly-Poly chair I thought, “This is so familiar and nostalgic to me. Where have I seen it before??” I realized it looks exactly like the plastic Little Tikes chairs that I had in the early 90s haha
Yeah! I was thinking "i sat in those chairs in a plastic playhouse.."
Same legs and plastic look.
Yes!!
Girl same lol
That's what I thought when I saw them lol, like an oversized kid's chair.
It’s so bizarre to me that inflatable furniture is being held forth as an actual “Design Trend” like you showed in those photos! Even in the 90’s it was novelty furniture for kids and teens. I had an inflatable chair in like, 1998. But I was 10 and my mom bought it from Claire’s 😂 It was not REAL furniture. They’ll really try and sell anything as high fashion furnishings now.
Inflatable furniture was trend setting when it was released! It was released in 1967
Oh stop! Inflatable furniture can be a totally elevated style choice! Just use helium.
😂🎈🐡🫧😂
I can't imagine spending a non trivial money on inflatable furniture. I have an inflatable queen mattress for guests, which is probably way more puncture resistant than most of the stuff pictured, and the previous one still managed to get a leak in it.
why ANYONE would want to deal with grout-lines, which are notoriously hard to clean, on a space where you prepare food - is BEYOND ME!!! Tile countertops HAVE TO GO lol
So many memories, scrubbing grout on a floor with more Comet cleanser than I care or name, at least it was a floor!
We had vintage tile counters in an original 1920’s kitchen, and we loved it! Looked so cute, and worth the little extra cleaning, especially since we aren’t heavy cookers.
We had them(previous owner installed them). Yes, they DID have to go! Nasty!
Currently live in an apartment with tile countertops. They are cute but I would switch for a smooth flat surface in a heartbeat
I have memories (I won't say fond memories) of taking a toothpick and scraping the gunk out of the grout lines in my mom's kitchen. Never again.
Back when tiles were first used for kitchen countertops, they were better than the alternative - wood. But we have so many better materials now ... tiles no longer make sense.
I suppose if you're a clean freak who doesn't use a kitchen heavily, it would be ok. But for a serious (or messy) cook, or a family with kids ... choose something else and put the tiles on the backsplash.
you know, I've always been a little ashamed about our kind of run-down townhouse with all its mismatched everything, but a friend who was visiting said they really liked our home cause "it feels lived in, like someone actually lives here" and that's always stuck with me.
Watching Nick have an existential crisis over a jumper that looks nothing like the colour he's criticising was probably the best part 🍿
He he, I was tempted to comment on how your shirt matched the Dusty Rose :). I guess that's the internet for you! You knew somebody would comment on it (giggle)
Agree. I laughed out loud.
his sweater is dark mauve. I own a lipstick in the same shade... called deep mauve. 1000%, mauve is a muted purple with a brown undertone that can have a tinge of pink. It can range from a very pale mauve to a deep mauve bordering on a wine color... but a deep wine has a red undertone even if it hues purple where as mauve has a brown undertone.
Love carnival core,
@@Chaotic_Pixieyes to make up but wall no. Plus for some reason it reminds me England, don’t know why😂
My only argument is that the dusty rose phenomenon is overdone when it’s done at all. It’s not ever just the wall, or just the one chair, just the lamp, etc. I always see dusty rose as the THEME of the room and that ruins it for me too. That being said I fully intend on painting our sunroom a *very* subtle brown-pink in a Venetian plaster style and I have no intentions of apologizing 😂😅
Sarah Baumler of "restoration island" gave her now teen daughter Charlotte a dusty rose velvet bed. I hated it on sight!
Dusty rose. The color that has a smell. I can't see it without smelling my grandmas old pink furniture. Like dust and old velvet
@@fleurpouvior2967 hahaha I do understand that but I think it can be done tastefully and in a pretty and *clean* way!
All I wanted was a red knit hat. My choices at the mall? Black, grey or dusty rose. I hate that someone up there controls my color choice.
The tiled countertops remind me of old pizza parlors 😅
Also the adult bumbo seat is the most accurate description possible of that chair. Nailed it.
I *screamed* with laughter when I heard that tiled counters were back in. I’ve got a 1980s tiled grout counter (I was today years old when I learned that you’re supposed to seal it. Oops) and I DESPISE it! In fact, doing a kitchen reno and getting rid of it. You know what they say, tho. Even a broken clock is right twice a day. 😂
Tile countertops will never not remind me of Ghosbusters from 1984 when the eggs pop out of the carton and fry themselves on Sigourney Weaver’s tile countertop 😅
OMG Totally!! 🤣🤣🤣
Looool trueeee
Last year my wife and I moved into a beautiful old house that had THREE ROOMS painted in dusty rose. I started referring to it as Pepto Bismol. I've spent the past year painting over rose walls, removing rose colored carpet, and even giving away a rose colored sofa. Funny to imagine someone moving into a home now and painting it all that damn color :)
I call it Pepto too! Tho in fairness i guess it’s a bit more aged & muted.. 🤔
@@andalistark5416 Haha. Or dirty and faded.
I know unreservedly that someday, when I am Dead and gone, some irritated Soul is going to have to paint over all of the multiple rooms of Lilac throughout my home. For some of us, we find our Soulmate in color form and MUST have it as much as possible in our periphery.
Your sweater is burgundy heather.👍🏻 Dusty Rose is indecisive. It’s not pink, it’s a moosh of colors. I agree with your takes on all these unfortunate trends but I mostly wanted to reassure you - you are NOT wearing a Dusty Rose sweater!😄🌸
I realized it was dusty rose adjacent. haha
Moosh colors are my favorite.
My bridesmaids dresses in December of 1979 were Dusty Rose! So it goes way back! A trend that comes around every once in awhile that I really hate is animal prints. I will never wear them or have them in my home. I find them very tacky. Another thing I totally hate are the fake wood floors that are gray. Everyone has them. In ten years, they are going to be ripped out right and left! If I was looking at a house with them, there would have to be a built in plan to replace them.
Ditto on animal prints. I think I’m the only one of my peers who avoids them like the plague.
Animal prints are tacky. Period.
Yesss. Animal print is a perfect example! So awful. So gaudy. So friggin’ popular 🤢
I think dusty rose can be good as a small accent color against something dark and bold like emerald green and black
The good thing about inflatable furniture is that you can pack it in your suitcase for traveling. I am currently looking for an inflatable stove.
😂
Dusty rose was very popular in 1988 when I got married. I was forced to purchase some items in that color, and couldn’t wait to replace them a few years later!
And it was always paired with that godawful country blue and knotty pine, 1988 was a cultural black hole in the US.
I love that you focus on both on what’s beautiful and what’s practical. Your channel is not a Pinterest account, it’s actually useful
As a girl child my mother was always trying to get me into pastels, especially pinks. Then we had the 80's and the rose everything. I've always hated pink. ... until this year - lol.
I've noticed that my favorite colours seem to come and go from year to year. One year I painted my living room burnt orange. Another time it was sage green. In clothing I've always been a big fan of black (I am GenX after all). Strangely enough this year I've got a real thing for pink but knowing myself I also know that this will fade and/or change. For this reason I'm not making any really big, financial investments in the pink palooza. I bought a few pieces of clothing, I want to wallpaper one of my bedroom walls in silver/grey with pink accent flowers, I have some really pale pink sheets, etc. but for the most part my decor is neutral or grey. The pink can go away when I'm tired of it. Which I'm sure I will be.
Now, that all being said, it's kinda novel for me to be into a girly colour. First time for everything even at 51 yrs. Who knows Nick, maybe in the future you'll find yourself drawn to one of those three traumatizing colours and be colored surprised 😏
I agree with adding core to everything. We gotta stop! Also the carnival core rooms remind me of all the bad rooms on trading spaces.
Now you just dated yourself referencing Trading Spaces (hey, I’m there, too!). I remember one room in which the owner said “NO BROWN!!!” So, of course, (I think it was) Ty who had the other couple paint the (living room or den) brown. The homeowner was so furious, I think she attacked the other couple! Should have attacked Ty.
@@HeronCoyote1234 Ty was an interior design sadist😂
@@riverAmazonNZ 😆
Weighing in on Dusty Rose/Mauve here: yes, dust rose velvet chair, wall paint and wall to wall (shag!!)carpet is utterly ghastly! However, as I look around my living area I see a sort of dusty rose border in my dhurrie rug, paired with slate blue cream and gray geometric designs. Also notice the warm tint of the light brick floors and fireplace which are what we call Mexican brick. It recedes and grounds the space in a shy and retiring way and lets the warm woods of furniture pieces and the white walls take center stage. As a background neutral in natural fabrics and brick, it works!
I like dusty rose but I can see how it will date quickly. Kind of like the teal hair trend of the 2010’s 😂
Teal hair since 1999 here, that trend improved the quality, lastability, and accessibility of my hair dye and I'll never be mad at seeing a fellow blue! I say "HI FRIEND!, love the hair!"
@@Cole_Cross Mine's red. :) Has been since the mid 90s. The kids are doing it now. I'm timeless. LOL.
Mauve so popular in the 80s. I do have a mauve chair in storage lol. I do have a mauve Hallmark Christmas ornament, dated 1983, which I just hung on my Christmas tree, always makes me smile when I pull it out.
I like mauve but in small doses because I over did it in the '90s
Hahaha I have teal streaks right now. But I’m also Gen X and extremely uncool
I agree with everything except the color. I have a lot of low saturation pink tops that just work with my coloring, I get pink/red in the face easily thanks to my red headed dad. Also I just like the concept of cottage core because I like a more natural element in my home. Real wood furniture. Slight Victorian drama. Gold accents. Etc.
It does help that I’m doing the homesteading stuff and cute things like fresh eggs, chicks and chickens end up indoors not to mention eventually baby goats!
I actually love tile countertops. They are great in a really hard working kitchen. The grout is a non issue when you wipe up afterwards and spray with vinegar. We use a special cutting board just for meat, raw meat shouldn’t be on your counter anyway. I think if you have never used them, they may seem like more work than they are. They are hugely functional and they are great for doing a lot . Canning is a breeze with tile since you don’t have to worry about the heat on your countertops.
Yes! Lol the argument of raw meat getting on the grout… who puts raw meat on their countertops anyways? 😂
I hate them when baking I refuse to have anything but a solid smooth surface for that.
Sculptural chairs look amazing when they are considered as art. Obviously most of them aren’t comfortable but some are just gorgeous to look at and decorate your house with. If money and room space aren’t an issue, then a beautiful sculptural chair elevates a lot the look of a house.
But be prepared for no one enjoying sitting in the thing. Function drives me.
Totally with you on the dusty rose or just pink in general; as a kid my mum would take me to older women's houses and there'd always be a pink theme, the carpets would be pink, the floral parterns on the furniture were pink, the lamps, rugs, toilet cover, curtains, pink, pink, pink, pink....it honestly just makes me think of old ladies. And you know you werent allowed to touch any of those pink things, i always ended up sitting at kitchen tables staring at fake fruit
About a million years ago, "dusty rose" was called "ashes of roses" - which has always made me laugh, just a little.
Wow, the last time I heard this was on the Thorn birds, roughly a million years ago haha
@@Coatilex Ashes of Roses goes way back - 1920s or before.
Very metal! 🤣🤣🤣 never heard ashes of roses but I love it. It's so kuch more indicative of the morose feeling dusty rose has. Also reminds me of bridesmaids dresses.
"Ashes of Roses" is also the title of a book about the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire disaster. Great book. Sad but helped bring about fire codes for buildings.
@@johnvonundzu2170 my grandmother’s wedding dress in the 1920’s was ashes of rose
Video idea I'd love to see, things you thought were gonna trend but never took off!
As I recall, dusty pink/mauve, along with turquoise was part of the Southwestern style that was popular in the 80’s. I did my first kitchen in those colors. I was so disappointed when I saw that the color seemed to be coming back. Can’t stand to look at it now.
The house I lived in for 18 years-- my entire teens and twenties-- had this palette: mauve/rose + burgundy, and cactus + hunter green. Beautiful? Yes. But ZERO wiggle room. Everything had to be one of those shades, or beige or sage green, or something that read as neutral such as any metal or wood or greenery. Mom absolutely refused to keep the hunter green hutch that she had specifically chosen because it matched the house before we moved, teasing she was traumatized.
Now, as bf and I are thinking about how to finish his apartment (detached garage converted into a 1 bedroom apartment), I'm desperately trying to avoid painting ourselves into a corner with the colors we choose. So far we're thinking "blues and greens and just make sure everything looks nice"
Dusty rose has its place (and imo is more pink, mauve is more blue toned veering onto pale purple). Still love it as a soft pop with neutrals!
yes although I've never had anything in dusty rose/pink I think it's a pretty color and quite calming and relaxing.
I recently moved to a new house and found I was craving a soft pink in my bedroom- I have some antique family rugs in that color and got new velvet curtains to tone with them
Yes. Looks great on Victorian furniture
Spot on about the distinction between dusty rose and mauve. And I like dusty rose too! Looks gorgeous with gold/brass accents too.
This! We’re currently looking at redoing our kitchen and my plan is to go very neutral and the only pops of color will be my pink stand mixer and I’m going to try to find so dish ware that is similar to that pink. As for commuting to furniture or a whole space being dusty rose/mauve I agree it’ll feel dated over time
Adding "-core" to things is like adding "-gate" or "-palooza" to things. It was played out after a few months and to keep doing it makes me groan each time I see it.
“They’re adult Bumbo chairs!” 🤣 Completely agree with you on all of these. The only acceptable inflatable “furniture” is an inflatable bed for camping, and you only use it if you’re, you know, camping (something my husband refuses to do as he says it’s pretending to be homeless- his words, not mine). A carnival tent playhouse thing in a kid’s playroom is entirely acceptable, but I say the same about my kids’ Bluey tent playhouse thing- it’s in the basement, so no one has to see it and it was a gift for them from my best friend. And lastly, dusty rose… I’m also not into pink in any hue, but if your shirt is considered dusty rose, I must say, you look fabulous in it. Reads more wine on camera, but again, it’s a great color on you.
Those chairs make me think of Wallace & Gromit.
"Pretending to be homeless," oh my goodness, that's a spicy take and I love it! 😂😂😂
Nick is a winter, so cooler colors suit him.
My favorite color is a dark eggplant purple, however it's hard to find things in that shade! So I have several things in mauve - the sunshade to my kid's stroller, my purse, my cell phone cover, it goes on... My ultimate favorite compliment I ever received was from a huge 6'9" black male security guard who was checking my things through the metal detector. He said "Oh nice stroller.. hey it matches your purse! No way, your phone too! My Lord, you are MAUVULOUS!!" Do you have any idea how good it feels to be called mauvulous by such a man??!! I will forever love mauve because of that interaction 😂
Everytime I see a tile countertop (especially in the kitchen) I can't help but think about how often I WRITE and how annoying that would be with small flat spaces and grout lines. Grocery lists, to-do lists, schoolwork (on an island, when still in school)... so impractical!
Omg! The "dusty rose" living room, with all the furniture pushed up against the walls! Lol. Yep, I grew up with that, too. No one loved dusty rose like my mother. The couches were a dusty rose and peach floral print, and mint green velvet accent chairs, oak and brass as far as the eye could see. Quintessential 80's. My mom's glory days. ❤️❤️❤️
Tile countertops are the WORST!!
But the chairs...! Lol!
Can confirm. Own tile countertop and it's one of the top items on my list to replace in myu home.
Agreed. Had them in an apartment and I COULD NOT get/keep them clean. Hated them.
I’ve always seen them as the cheap option, and yes, they can’t be fully cleaned. Reminds me of the tiled table trend that I didn’t understand that was so popular this year (or last year, don’t care enough to remember when it was “hot”).
My mom had this with 4-inch tiles and soft white grout; bad choice. The only way I would consider is with large tougher tiles and a nonporous dark colored grout.
I am laughing at your dusty rose PTSD. Hilarious. I lived through the start of it in the early 90s, too. I loved it then, so much so I ODed on it. I am also now traumatized by it's return. I want to hang on to the sage trend with my cold dead hands, though. LOL Can't wait for the next video!
90’s teen here, my mom still has her 90’s living room with dusty rose carpet with matching drapes and floral sofas with rose, sea foam and peach-colored pillows. It’s pretty and reminds me of childhood, but it looks more appropriate in a funeral parlor, I’m afraid. I never had inflatable furniture, but I only remember it being cheap, one-seaters to put in your college dorm.
I love dusty rose and mustard yellow! I know it's colors that are similar to some dated colors, but I like them WAY more than bright yellow (or vanilla yellow) and baby pink - those are some that I personally think are veey dated
Love your videos Nick! Not only do I usually agree with your opinions but I also thoroughly enjoy your humor! Keep them coming!
I completely agree with you on the tile. When I was younger we had tile on the counters and they were constantly getting dirty in between and it was hard to get them clean. Thanks for these postings I really enjoy watching you and learning from your expertise!
I like tile countertops, especially when they have a more Italian vibe, but I also like solid tile. It’s homey. They do look dated, but they’re dated for me in a good way.
Yeah, I think tile countertops are playing into a homey/nostalgic aesthetic. Kind of similar to why Cottage Core became popular and the resurgence of dusty rose.
I can see the nostalgia but how do you keep the grout from getting dirty patches?
I obviously can’t speak for everyone but the kitchen in our office has a tiled countertop (built in 1986) and even though is has been used almost daily this supposed „porous grout problem“ is literally a non-issue. As long as you wipe off the counter with a wet towel/soapy water after each use there will be no stains or dirt or bad smell/bacteria/whatever horror scenario you’re imagining.
@@rizzopat9892 Right, I don't get this argument. First, white grout isn't the only option. Second, people use white grout in bathroom. A place that is teaming with bacteria and fluids that can stain and yet many people manage to keep that while.
We had a tiled counter growing up... Every so often we would go at the grout with screwdriver to get the gunk out. There was also a semi-circle chuck in the side that had been broken off then glued back on after my brother ran face first into it Easter morning.
I think there's just something about any shade of the color pink that you have to straight up own if you want it to work. I could never. I've been casually house hunting recently and saw one home that had this dark purplish-pink carpet running through it. Thought it wasn't great but not too striking until I got to the master bedroom. It's one thing to have a dusty rose or rose gold or whatever shade of pink...and then there's pink. As in P.I.N.K.! As in pink Power Ranger pink. Some elderly lady who's probably the sweetest thing ever was living her wildest pink dreams in there and bless her for it but if I'd tried to spend one day in that room I'd have a migraine so bad it would register on the Ricther Scale.
I was 26 years old when we moved into the home we are still in 34 years later; a new build suburban home. I feel like you are being too generous with the colors you don't appreciate. With the assistance of the builder design team, we ended up with oak trimmed mauve countertops, remember those? I was told this would be okay and trend setting as it had a lot of taupe undertones. Wle had light taupe carpets (with a hint of mauve in them) and a giant Flexsteel sofa with recliners that was wedgewood blue. It was all pulled together by my hand sewn Roman shades that were neutral canvas with wide abstract stripes of mauve, wedgewood blue and seafoam green. I think wedgewood blue and seafoam green can go away forever too!
I'm now 61 and still scarred by that color pallette and have spent 3 decades undoing the original selections the designer assured me would be design perfection!
So, I'm a very feminine and girly woman and there is just something about pink and rose that seems so childish to me that I just can't have it in my house. I have zero pink items in my home. So I completely agree with you on the rose/mauve part.
I happen to live in the second house I have no say on design of which is pink everything, and while I don't really mind the colour itself, after living surrounded by it I can definitely say it's mentally tiring
i'm kinda the same. pink is actually one of my favourite colours but for some reason i don't like it in my home decor. mauve is a bit more ok. my bedroom walls are a mauve but it's more of the purple variety. it doesn't look pink at all. i love pink when it comes to clothes but i don't want it in my house. it's a little too Barbie Dreamhouse for me.
Nick, gotta love you, sitting there in your dusty mauve and burgundy sweater with your white ceiling with a mustard yellow light coming from your kitchen, dishing those things. It’s hysterical, and you are spot on, as always. Plastic inflatable furniture- just...WHY?!
Between Farmhouse and Carnival Core, I'm feeling fatigued and abused in a real "They Shoot Horses Don't They" kinda way.
Back in the early 70s, my grandfather remodeled the kitchen - he was great at DIY - and did the countertops and breakfast bar with 1" tiles. After my grandparents passed and my uncle moved in. it would take him forever to wash the counters because he would go up and down every single grout line. When it was his turn to remodel, he and my aunt chose a solid quartz, and my uncle was amazed at all the free time he suddenly had.
Agree with everything you say about these weird trends, however, I do think the inflatable furniture for an outdoor pool house is kind of a fun idea, and it can be left out in the rain too (but for indoors, I also vote a big NO.)
Oh yay! Tiled countertops are back! (Gag) Nothing says hygiene like raw meat on grout! Carnival core looks like it would give me Nightmares, especially the fireplace with the mouth. Who are these people that come up with these things? I'm scared. I agree with you about Dusty Rose, Nick. I lived through the 90's too! My parent's house was shuttered and trimmed in Dusty Rose as well. It's been repainted, thankfully, but I'm happy to leave that colour in the past!
Hmm, usually people cut their meat on a cutting board, not countertop.
@@Lotna True, but there are spills and drips from store bought meat packages.
When I was a kid my mom had this wool blanket with satin edges and it was all a specific shade of dusty rose. My toenails would always get stuck on it when I was laying under it and moving around. Now when I see that color I am sometimes reminded of how bad that felt.
Hey! Neat video idea inspired from this video... "Decades trends (70's, 80's, 90's, etc) that stand or don't stand the test of time! Or something along those lines... just throwing that out there Nick!
I totally agree with all those, except I LOVE dusty rose/mauve! I am using it as my accent color! :)
I just painted my new bathroom walls in kinda like mauve/dusty rose and its so pretty against the gray tiles
If you're into the tile countertops, you won't have any sanitary concerns as long as you use *epoxy grout.* It's non-porous (waterproof), doesn't crack, shrink, or discolor, holds up to chemical cleaners, _and_ you don't have to seal (or, obviously, re-seal) it like traditional grout.
You are too funny! Love the videos and the rants on dusty rose. Also, thank you for clarifying the uselessness of adding "core" to style types 😂
Agreed on dusty rose -- I grew up in a DR environment, from furniture to artwork to interior and exterior paint. And it marked me.
Another colour hate: depressed plum. It's a light,, faded version of Nick's sweater, but bluer. It's not purple, it's not pink, it's not wine, it's not anything.
I like dusty rose for clothing, but not in my home decor. 2 years ago we tore out our tile countertops! They were from the 70’s! I have not missed them one day!
I agree with everything you said--the tiled countertops, pink aka dusty rose/mauve, the other hideous examples you provided. Thank you for saying it all!
Hey Sugar, you need to update yourself on the grout front. They have 2 part epoxy grout out now that isn't porous and doesn't stain. I don't like tile countertops myself but I do exclusively use the epoxy grout for all installations. It is way easier to maintain.
In the late 90s, my barbie and I had matching pink floral inflatable chairs. They were chunky, they were squeaky and they were fabulous. I have as much nostalgia for that furniture as a person could have but I cannot imagine having them in my home now as an adult.
Use Fusion Pro grout. It is vinyl infused and it never needs sealing. It is easily cleaned with a wet cloth. I did a counter top with 12 x 24
Porcelain tiles and it has stood up for the five years I owned the house.
Hey Nick. We just bought a new house that has wood kitchen countertops and island. Although it looks fab with the rest of the design there, I hate how impractical it is. It has from the previous owners burn marks. And where the wood is joined there are now small, very small but noticeable gaps where food and grease have got inside. Eish! We cannot afford to redo it yet so in the meantime suggestions have been made to sand it down then reseal it. Not a chore I look forward to. Have you a different, better idea on what to do?
I like dusty rose simply because its one of the only feminine colors that is easy to find. I would love it if we got as many versions of pinks and purples as there are versions of green and blue but there simply isn't.
I agree! Dusty rose can be tasteful if done well. (I even lived through the 90’s and don’t have the PTSD that other commenters seem to have from it!)
@@SarahUzelac I was born in 98, so I live in blissful ignorance about why people older than me hate it so much haha
I'm with you on the dusty rose - or any pink other than flowers in my garden. I don't even especially like it there, but seems pink is a predominant color in flowers that cannot totally be avoided. Never was a girly-girl. I lived through the 90s in Florida and everything was coral and sea green. O-M-G! EVERYWHERE! Nobody outside of Florida ever mixed those two colors and thought it was cool. Then it went to sunset colors of pink and blue. Don't like blue anyway, and pink and blue together looks like somebody who hates yellow and green had fraternal twins and couldn't decide what color to paint the nursery. I'll stick with my nature colors, thank you.
My wife would agree with you about tile countertops. I think it goes all the way back to the 1940s My grandmother's house which was super high-end when built-in 1940 had tile countertops and I am pretty sure she never changed the kitchen. Couldn't you seal the grout to help keep it clean? The strange chairs I agree with you. The carnival core I think it depends on how it is done. It can be really fun if done right.
The inflatables I don't know how comfortable the are. I live in FL so the idea of sitting on plastic seems like a really bad idea. I do have some younger friends that move from job to job a lot and for them, if they like it it would make moving a lot easier.
I am a software engineer and it is pretty common to work a year or two at one company and then move to another. I know one guy that just shops at thrift stores for their apartment and then just donates everything back when they move. Hey whatever works for the situation and person.
If I can two trends I don't like are both home office based. Small computer desks and gaming chairs for work seating.
If you really do work on a computer you will want a good-sized monitor or two. If you do not have the space for a bigger workspace fine but I need at least one big monitor or two smaller ones. I have a 52" 4k monitor on my desk because I got a great deal on it. Gaming chairs really tend to be overpriced junk even the cheap ones. If you are going to have a home office and use it a lot then get a real office chair. Again my worldview and needs may not match with others. Frankly, I find most new furniture overpriced and of poor quality. I would rather find something older at a thrift store, garage sale, or flea market and fix it up or just build it myself. But then again I have a full set of tools and lots of talented engineer friends with even more tools like full machine shops, laser cutters, 3d printers and so on. Again my situation colors my view.
tiled countertops were actually most popular from the 1920's - 1960's...if they are done right they can be timeless and very durable...the bacteria issue is not really an issue..just clean your countertops like you would normally do. It's best to follow the application process that was done from the 20's through the 50's...more classic and timeless.
Your videos are just the best. I sit here and laugh out loud at the energy of dusty rose. Thanks for being you!
There's a place where Carnivalcore is shaped and made beautiful, fun, and not creepy by infusing it with Grand Millennial, and that is at the The Greenbrier in West Virginia -- Dorothy Draper's most fabulous work (which, of course, pre-dated Carnivalcore _and_ Grand Millennial).
Ugh I did the whole dusty rose thing in 1991 and it's best we just leave it back there!!! Lol and btw, your sweater is fabulous, and it's mulberry coloured!!!
I am blown away by these creepy trends. I take comfort in the fact that I don’t know a single person who would go for them. The tile countertops are the least offensive. Hurricane Katrina destroyed mine. The grout was a nightmare but the worst thing was that I couldn’t roll out a pie crust on them or even work with puff pastry. And they just plain didn’t look good. By the way your shirt looked fine. Not at all dusty pink. The operative word is dusty-it always looks dirty.
7:52 I love the colourful room a lot 🤭 it feels cheery and uplifting. I don’t think I could do it in my house without it being tacky and childish though.
My 90yo parents painted their 1950s house a few years ago in what they thought was the previous beige, but when asked, they now call it mauve. Some painter somewhere is a colorblind a-hole with a surplus of mauve clearly. It’s frickin pink!!! But I don’t have the heart to tell them. It’s fine, whatever. 🤷♀️😅🐽
Tile countertops are somewhat popular in the Caribbean but it is not applied the way I see it in American homes. Nowadays, they dont use small tiles . They use the largest slab of tile they can find, so larger tiles, way less grout lines ...the finished product almost looks like marble sometimes. Check it out.
Those Fable items are beautiful! Now that’s an ad I don’t mind watching.
Resin based microban grout is great!
Wow I hate tiles in the kitchen! Idk what it is about older and cheaper apartments in LA, but the tile countertops were a sole motivation for me to work harder and afford a better apartment. It felt like i was preparing food in a 1960s bathroom in the Soviet Union.
Thank you for mentioning this "dusty rose" problem. I'm colorblind, and it's very rare I notice something is pink. No decor-shopping alone for me in 2023...
My friend had tile countertops and they were really hard to clean so she was thrilled when she was able to change them out.
I recently stayed at an airbnb where they had tiled countertops. That's terrible - it gave me a feeling that I was cooking in a public restroom.
I agree. I agree. I agree. But I do have a dusty rose ceiling and chaise in my she room/craft room.
Growing up, we had a tile countertop in our kitchen. All the points you mentioned I agree with, but I hated when I wanted to write something on a piece of paper and the tiled counters made it impossible. We had to put a try down to do homework in the kitchen so we could write. Yes, we did our homework in the kitchen. lol It was a family activity.
Please do a video talking about what a house should look like when selling. Thanks!
Man, tile countertops… I hate grout anywhere that needs to be cleaned regularly, and because tile is so good for wet spaces, people are always putting it in bathrooms and kitchens. Which require so much cleaning!
My spouse and I were looking at a house this weekend (one that needs serious renovations). It had kitchen counters in a gorgeous blue tile. My first reaction was, “oh, that’s so pretty, if we bought this place we should try to preserve that.” And my immediate second thought was, “nevermind, take it all out and replace it with a smooth surface. Maybe keep some of the tile to use decoratively elsewhere… but get it OUT of the kitchen.” Because tile counters suck.
I know what you mean about the carnival core, but that ceiling in the first example was 🔥
When we bought our house, the first thing I did was replace the tiled granite countertop with slab granite. More sanitary.
Rocking original old time (70s) tiled back splash and countertop. Only part of the countertop is tiled thought. We think it's really cute! 😍
I actually have a friend who loves clowns and shes given me a new perspective on them. I like how much joy they bring her.
lol I feel the same about the word 'core'. Probably because I associate it with music genres like grindcore etc. Cottagecore for me just sounds like someone headbanging to Napalm Death in their cottage.
Eleanor's house from season one of the Good Place is absolute OG carnivalecore... If you watch the show you'll get why that's so on the nose!
TOTALLY agree with everything ! Everything except your shirt...it is "dusty rose" tweeded with "brick" ...BUT...it looks good on you with your silver hair 😍
Inflatable furniture was actually a 60’s trend that resurfaced in the 90’s. Everything old is new again. I still have a throw pillow with a pink elephant on it from the 60’s and yes it still holds air!
When the pop of color in your new home is dusty rose 😢 But I love pink so I’m happy with it
I’m going to say that I hate most shades of blue because my mom loved it, so every room in our house was some shade of blue. I’m just now, in my late sixties, getting to the point where I can tolerate blue in my home.
OK I'm confessing, I love that striped rug in the Carnival Core picture. I cannot picture it in my home. I liked it. I'm into Mid century/ Scandinavian style.
Me: *suddenly feeling protective of pink-ish terracotta*
I think I'm okay.
I just bought a linen cushion cover from Ikea in a colour that they call "red brown" and I love it.
That dusty rose pink is like the new colour that FiestaWare introduced for 2022. Too pastel for my taste.
We had a dusty rose livingroom when I was a teenager in the 90's too! The chesterfield was flowery and the main colour was dusty rose. So everything matched that.