The plants trend is wild. Also that it's so persistent through social media over the last years. Most people just buy them and throw them out because they have no idea how to care for them. Funny enough, I accumulated most of my plants from rescues of friends and online for free because my friends know that plants are my passion and I will keep them alive for years and years on end.
I'm a part of a local plant community and it's always so funny when they post online stuff like "omg theres a *plant* next to the dumpster on this and this street someone go get it!" I'm never fast enough to get it ua 😅
Anti-hauling trendy kitchen appliances! There's always a new trendy kitchen appliance every couple of years or so that we're told is a must-have. I'm talking pressure cooker, air fryer, rice cooker, slow cooker, juice maker, etc. I think it's important to stop and think about if this would really improve your cooking experience (try it out for yourself before you buy one) and if you'll be using it often (e.g. do you already eat a lot of rice or if that's something you make once or twice a month tops).
completely agree! I finally bought a refurbished Vitamix and use it 3-4 times per week since 2020. I normally avoid all of the trendy small appliances but consider that a justifiable one for our household. I know people who have bought the latest trends every December and throw them in the literal garbage within a year. So sad.
I am a minimalist for furniture and home decor. Too much stuff drives me insane. My furniture hasn’t changed for 25 years and anyone who visits admires my simple style. Much less stressful life. Great video!❤
Thank you for mentioning plants - I have held off on plants until I have time to actually research them, their care, their lighting needs, etc. I really want more greenery in my house, but I have to make sure I have the energy and time to care for them and know what I'm getting into!
Thank you so much for including the buying new plants one! I totally agree with this! When it comes to plamts, i feel like it's harder for people to realize that they also need resources to be produced/grown. I guess it's because we associate the plant itself with being good for or even part of the environment Plant propagation and plant swaps are such a win there!
Love anti-hauls. I am guilty of getting more plants than I can maintain. One for me is also candles, the scents and smoke gives me a headache but I feel like I need them for the aesthetic.
Have you looked into led candles ? I used to buy soy wax candles every few months or so, but they can be so expensive and I decided to switch to led candles with rechargeable batteries, they provide a lovely atmosphere, too.
my aunt and uncle are, i would say, maximalists, but they pretty much buy everything second-hand, from thrift stores and antique shops. and they keep it for many many years because they love looking at it. personally i have very very little interior and i still bought most of it second-hand. loads of incredibly nice home decor is out there in thrift stores or online second-hand - saves a lot of money as well
Getting the keys to my new (first) house on Friday and I couldn't be more stoked about it. I have been gathering secondhand stuff and basics for months now and my hands just ictching to start renovating and decorating. I'm also lucky that my mother in law used renovate and decorate houses for a living, so she has a ton of paints, equipment and such so I don't need to buying anything :D ! Also a couple of my neighbors are moving abroad and they didn't want to take a lot of stuff and they have some really great vintage stuff for free , as we always helped them with stuff and taking care of their animals :) I feel so lucky 🍀:D
I very much agree with anti- fast furniture/decor/home finishes message. I live in a town where I see a lot of fully functional large pieces of furniture being put on the curb for garbage pick up- horrifying. When it comes to "maximalism" if we really must call it that, I always thought of it as a collection of objects that are gathered over time, things that are sentimental, from family or travel, things with which you have a history and love having around you. It's not something you can genuinely manufacture from a couple of shopping trips. PS: if you like glassware as I do, look for it at estate sales where it is A. not new, so it's not feeding the machine B. is possibly crystal which is tougher than glass, and C. has actually survived the test of time.
Mason jars are the best!! I agree so much about thin glass! Every single item I ever had in thin glass has broken super fast before I could even enjoy the item. That's why I prefer sturdy glass items or metal pint, glass, mug and wine cups! ^^
I am an unrepentant maximalist, but I have been putting my home together for 40+ years. My furniture comes from thrift stores, antique flea markets and the side of the road. My art comes from thrift stores and artists I love. I only have one piece of furniture purchased new. I love your list and believe you're right on target (laminating hardwood floors should be a crime!). I can't wait to see how you decorate your new home.
Not gonna lie, I heard “grout is out” and thought “thank goodness.” I have a tiled shower and find it SO difficult to keep clean. They look beautiful and everyone has them right now, but I don’t see it lasting more than 10 years before it needs to be renovated again. I have wondered if tiled showers are themselves a “trend,” for that reason.
I am so glad the 00s tiny tile trend is out because those things are impossible to keep clean. But like bigger Subway tile is a pretty timeless look and lasts well
I go to a really great thrift store that has plants from previous homes and I get most of my plants there. Also, I would suggest going to yard sales because I've found people usually have some of their plants for sale. Love your channel!
I like having a seasonal plant (flowers for spring; tiny pumpkin/squash to eat for fall; wreath for winter) and a seasonal candle. The plants can be consumed/composted and the candle is eventually used up.
Totally agree with you on the glassware. Actually, for really thin glassware that is SHATTER RESISTANT and stronger than most glassware, I'd recommend looking at Fable dinnerware: they make amazing glasses AND they're a B corp company
Looking forward to seeing home decor in your new place 🥰. Hope you'll have fun with moving/renovating/decorating. Agree about the plants. I'd love to have many more but it's time consuming to take proper care of them. They also use a huge amount of water which people hardly ever take into consideration before buying.
We re-use mason jars and kombucha bottles in my home. I also break glasses so I feel better reusing glasses and bottles just through pure klutziness lol. I'm not a trend follower so my home is filled with new to me furniture and family hand me downs. I just don't get the trends where people have a room or large closet filled with decor items so they can restyle their home constantly.
agree especially with the plant one! I myself am definitely guilty of getting new plants and ending up killing them (but I did try to take care of them and I researched a lot, I guess I just wasn't good at taking care of them at the start) so now I only have a few plants that can survive in my apartment and I love them so much! I'll try propagating them soon too :)
Uuuuh the last one with the plants 😅 I am a big plant / urban-jungle lover. But luckily there are some (german) videos about the impact of buying plants. So about 90% of my plants are self-grown from cuttings of friends, which is not only more sustainable but also more fun. It just takes a little longer until they're big but in my opinion it's worth it 🌱💛
I love my plants and here in Edinburgh we have plant swap groups on Facebook, exchanging rooted cuttings is also a nice idea. I like to propagate my own plants and then keep them in little bottles/jars until I can plant them into soil. I love to grow Avocados as well (the core from reduced and ripe Avocados in my supermarket) although that is a very long process, but it just looks so neat to have them sit in water in my kitchen :) Last time I bought basil in a supermarket I removed the soil and let the stems grow roots in water, then planted them in soil again. But I don't think the basil likes it there, because the leaves are wilted and don't seem to cheer up despite me watering them a bit.
On the "grout is out" bit, I really want it to be anti-hauled so bad - it comes from impermanence, people are increasingly unable to be homeowners + this drive that your interior design is a personal expression - down to the floors and tiles. And I see this supported in media - 'my kitchen is so me', 'this is the bathroom of my dreams'. It's a utility room, not a canvas! So people get those stick and peel tiles and wallpapers for their rented homes, or those who are homeowners use the opportunity ro change up their homes more frequently than they would bc putting in tiles are super expensive. Happy you show a more sustainable way of making a house a home - and thank you for opening to space to be angry together.
I have a candle that is a white Christmas tree, about a foot tall and heavy, I bought it in 1966, still have it and display it every Christmas, I bought it in a Walmart, try to find something like that today.
Lighting is another thing that seems to change style every 5 minutes. And dont start me on that hideous trend of painting everything white. If anything smacks of a complete lack of imagination its the painting everything white.
Solid wooden furniture painted white just breaks my heart. It takes so much effort to scrape it off and restore the wood. And that's what everyone will be doing when the stupid trend is out of fashion.
I'm antihauling LED lights. They are so crap quality. I really get nostalgia for CFL lamps lately (and CCFL LCD TV's with their gorgeous colours and tiny cute screens!). I'm thrifting them when I can. Those are bad-ass and keep rocking for 10 times longer than the average LED lamp.
I'm sure it takes a lot of skill (or refined technology) to create that thin glassware, but given how materials everywhere are getting cheaper & thinner & more flimsy (& just overall shrunk), all I could think looking at it was "they found a way to make 'fast' glass" (I wouldn't be surprised if the breakability is part of the point - brought to you by the same people that introduced planned obsolescence: planned breakability!)
I'm trying to strike a balance. E.g. I keep a used kitchen that doesn't look great, but bought new adhesive film in a nice colour to make it match my taste, plus a new worktop because all the used ones I found don't fit in the space. A beautiful and functional kitchen is super important to me. I will be using this for years and years to come though.
I personally think that lots of small plants all squished up, particularly when they're not healthy looks kind of cluttered and messy anyway. much nicer to have a few larger plants that you really treasure and take care of. much easier to care for them sustainably that way, finding second hand pots, homemade potting mix from compost or worm farm castings, etc. agree with everything in this video!
The only time I'm in favor of painting hardwood is if the wood is just genuinely in too bad of shape. We had to consider painting the floors in our (100 year old!) house - but found a good enough refinisher that he was able to bring them back to original color! And I second the idea that maximalism needs to be built slowly over time! I have a "middlesit" style. Not too busy, all ivory walls, but definitely NOT minimalist! But each item has a lot of meaning and attachment. Like the little glass birds from my honeymoon or the old car statue from a dear departed friend.
It amazes me that people that love stuff from the 70's didn't live through that decade. It is rare to find vintage items from that era because it was all cheap crap.
About the plant thing - is anyone thinking of the peat moss? Cause that's a huge concern, peat moss is such a good material for plants (moisture retention etc) that it's in practically all the plant soil you can find, but we're depleting peat bogs so fast considering how slowly they form, and also they're a carbon sink, so destroying them for us to have more houseplants is pretty scary!
With the plant thing, question: have you ever grown a succulent in a re-purposed old shoe and if so how did it go? Can you think of some other ways to re-purpose old shoes and boots- besides using them as planters?? (I admit I did get a lot of cheaply made boots over a decade ago and now that they are spent would love some ideas on how to re-purpose.)
Succulents need well draining soil, they like to dry out completly between fairly abundant waterings (think desert with occasional downpours). Depending on the shoe material, I feel like they'd retain water and not have enough drainage - but lots of people have decorative plant pots that are there just to cover the (well draining but not as pretty) inside pot? I figure you could do that with the shoes, and ahve them as plant pot holders?
the grout thing is stupid.... but trends like this have always happened? that's why we have "Georgian" or "victorian" historical houses,.. details (like grout) just date the house... In the 70s orange tiles were in... 20 years later.. many people updated their bathrooms/ktichens.. - orange can be a bit intense I suppose? But a bathroom reno that includes water saving appliances/Loo's... isn't all bad... (I love the 90s all wood interiors, with black and white checkered floors- id keep them!)
I personally don’t like the idea that you need to buy things that “are timeless”, because I think something you genuinely love will be more meaningful and you’ll be happy with for longer then something you feel ok about but is supposed to be timeless
I am unsure about the laminate floor comment. Here in the US when the wall-to-wall carpet has endured the 10-year life and must be replaced should it be replaced with carpet every 10 years or laminate flooring that will last 25 years? please be aware the subfloor here is either plywood or concrete and must be covered with a flooring. I suppose I could finish the concrete, however that would be quite cold in the winter. I personally buy secondhand furniture because I enjoy refinishing furniture, but when I buy new, I buy quality furniture I bought 30 years ago is still being used in living room. the key is to buy quality classic pieces. Just like clothing.
@@amandak.4246 I would too! However, laminate flooring is more affordable and easier to install and still has a long wear life. Modern wood flooring is not as hard as year gone by. I have had, installed and cared for laminate and tile. Modern laminated can last as long or longer than the roof on the home. I know of know one that rips out flooring or rips off their roof on a whim. New roofing can cost more than $30,000 US to re-shingle. new bath room tile can cost $10,000 US, new kitchen can be $45,000 to completely remodel. Now Vinyl flooring is very questionable.
We put laminate flooring over our 18 year old hardwood floors. It was a difficult decision for sure. We have dogs and the floors were in bad shape. My hope is that one day someone will discover this beautiful wood under old laminate and have them refinished. We had one company wanting to take all the wood out to lay the laminate. So we found another company who agreed to play it on top. I can totally understand your reaction though.
Cheap substitues are what they say cheap and often nasty, classy is not in. but cheap imitation is in, and this is a worry for me, thank you for sharing.
I am a HUGE maximalist and it drives me nuts seeing trendy maximalism because it not done with love. It just looks like an accumulation and not actually curated. Also marble comes in and out of trend every so often. I remember when I was a kid we had a marble dining table and that thing was a nightmare. It was beautiful but moving it was hard because of how heavy it was and we would always cut and smack ourself with the edge. We moved out of our childhood home, we left it behind because it was too much of a hassle. Not to mention the upkeep of marble sucks. It stains easily and there’s a lot of cleaners you can’t use on it because it’ll corrode the surface.
I get covering surface with that plastic cover if it's damaged, stained and in bad condition and you can't afford to fix it. Even painting the floors as long as it's done with the proper way. BUT doing it over and over again because you're bored or sth, meh. Wasteful and unnecessary. I'm quitting aaaallll paraffin candles, they're not good for me, they're not good for the house and they're not good for the environment. I Will sometimes get clean candles that don't release toxic fumes while burning like soy or olive oil. I love the look of having dozens of candles in the room, but I think it's wasteful so I'm not doing it. I have thought about getting electrical candles that are rechargeable but I'm not sure and I don't know how long they actually last, three years or thirty years. The fluffy sofa would be so amazing but I want to use my sofa so no point.
Soy candles are better than the petroleum ones for your indoor air. Beeswax candles are the best but I'm now wondering about the sustainability of beeswax? I don't want to contribute to a harmful industry for bees as they are so important to life on this planet. Must research that one.
I almost got caught up in the “plants for aesthetic” trend. But now I’m focusing on only buying plants I can actually use in my home for either food, teas, or air quality. You start to learn so much about our earth and how it was meant to provide for us when you start to research the use and different qualities of certain plants. It really shouldn’t be such a fight to get people to take care of her in return.
I genuinely don't understand why people think furniture sets looks bad. But maybe it's just me, growing up in a family that had furniture sets since ussr times and kept retelling stories about stading in line for multiple hours just to set a chance to finally buy that good quality bedroom furniture set and how big of a deal it was xD
I don't really care for furniture sets either. They can look really dated depending on the one you buy, and I find them to be over priced. But I wouldn't antihaul them
I personally just don't feel comfortable in a very clean, ikea-catalogue-looking space. I prefer to have many individual pieces that I each love. They're still one style: what unites them is that I love them and I just feel like my home is a nice reflection of my style because of it
Chomaya, she does say that she doesn't like them, so I see that as a personal opinion. What I think she's anti-hauling about them is buying a set in a furniture store that probably sells mass-produced items, and having to buy them all at once. I myself would anti-haul buying most furniture new. Every piece of furniture in my home is second-hand and it's so much more fun to shop for that special piece at thrift stores, etc. That's my opinion, anyway. If you like furniture sets, that's absolutely your right. ♥It's just more sustainable to buy quality furniture. And in my opinion, you will not really find much quality furniture in big stores like Ikea, The Brick, Leon's, etc. ( I live in Canada, so you may have better furniture stores where you live.) P.S. I also grew up in a family with furniture sets and I hate them now. LOL Also was around in the 70s and I hate that style as well. I guess we are all affected differently by what we grew up with. ♥
@@jemma50 I think it's cool that she has a defined taste about that, I just noticed that a ton of people call furniture sets "unstylish", "cheap-looking", and dislike them in general. It makes me think that for some of them it's not a thought out choice. Just back in the day people would be bragging about being able to afford a whole furniture set, but now you can get matchy-matchy furniture for your whole home from ikea, so people are bragging about the fact they have time to browse second hand marketplaces and hunt for pieces around neighborhoods. But do all of them genuinely hate furniture sets or they are just being "cool"?
I agree with everything you said, Gittemary. May I add a couple of thoughts? Plastic plants!! It seems I'm seeing many artificial plants in stores these days for people to put here and there and not have the worry of taking care of them. They are plastic and will end up in the landfill someday. They don't clean your air and perhaps they will even gas off in your indoor space. Instead, use twigs or long grasses in a vase (second hand:)) that will compost when you tire of them. Secondly, on so many decorating channels, it is recommended that you toss your mother's old couch or your aunt's old dresser, etc. Yikes! I have several of these pieces in my home that are literally decades in age and over a half century old that I love. They have meaning to me and personality. Yes, maybe they are 'out of style' but I get compliments on them alot too. In addition, old furniture tends to be very well made, sturdy, meant to last many lifetimes so why throw them away in the landfill? Keep them and update an old fashioned table by putting a cheeky tablecloth and centerpiece on it to bring it into the 21st century. If a sofa has a worn fabric but the bones are good, then recover it even though that might cost more than a new, cheap, modern one that won't last. Use creativity rather than consumption to keep loving your decor :)
Yes! Thank you for naming all of these. I am a total believer of collecting over time instead of buying mass produced all at once from a store, because then a room has more stories and history, (like I got this from traveling here…etc) The house trend thing is so weird because who has the money to just change over so many structural things before it’s out of trend again - as a homeowner, people looking at your house to buy tend to use it against you and call your home outdated because of this. Thanks for voicing these, I’m not alone. Love this video!
Just thrifted a cabinet for our vinyls, was only £35 and it looks awesome 😁 Also I have never seen a lot of the interior trends you mentioned in this video 😂 I must have just been in my own little interior Pinterest bubble 😂
Aw I love my furniture set in my bedroom. My wife and I picked the one that we both loved the look of, and we’ve had it for 6 years now with no intention of changing it. It suits us and our personalities :) my parents had theirs for 20+ years and gave it to a younger person when they downsized to get new life. My grandmother’s has been in use for 50+ years and she still loves it. Personal preference I guess!
I also love a furniture set in the bedroom. We are on our second set after 40 years of marriage and it will be our last. It is a well made set and my daughter has expressed a wish to have it one day. I'm hoping it will be in our family for a long time after I'm gone.
Can relate to breaking stuff:) my family by now knows to only get me camping plates and cups. They are very durable. My mom tried and bought me this beautiful ceramic cup to take to work. Broke it in a week. She them got me a stainless stell one and I am using it for nearly 3 years. It is as good as new. Can recommend:) my antihauling is kitchen gadgets. Like hamburger press or an apple slicer. They take up so much space and are barelly used
I can understand different furniture and decor being a trend unfortunatley, but tiles? Really? I dont even know how people can afford these trends in the U.S. with our broken economy. Ive never followed any of these trends, 90% of my furniture and home decor is secondhand or I DIYed it myself. Even if I do have to buy something new, it just seems like common sense to buy something durable that looks nice and goes with the style I have always liked for years instead of what's on trend. I think one of the only ways we would see change for wanting to do better for the environment is if so many people would just stop following trends and get into a different mindset. Companies really have brainwashed so many consumers to just buy and throw away constantly. Its like no one learns that maybe since this thing broke... They should get something better quality next time. How hard is it to understand that?
YES the plant “trend”🌿 Buying and killing loads of plants is terrible and not sustainable! For 2022 I did a “no buy” plant year where I propagated and started from seeds, but didn’t acquire any new plants and I highly recommend it! I think I have a good number of plants and they’re ones that suit my home and do well in this environment.
Completely agree about the squiggels. i love the wall painting but the mirrors and carpets look kind of childish and repetitive. People surely will grow out of it. Everyone buys the same, so - boring very soon. And I really want to learn to "marble" wooden or painted surfaces. It's a really traditional technique and somehow even more special than the real thing, at least when Giotto painted it. 😉
In the early 00s I knew a lot of young people who spent thousands of dollars removing "popcorn ceilings" in their houses just because it was unfashionable. I never understood it! My first 2 homes had those ceilings and it never bothered me one bit nor did it seem to harm the resale values at all. I feel like (for me) that money was so much better spent on travel and experiences or more practical improvements like a new HVAC system.
I unfollowed (and later deleted my social media) so many home decor accounts because of their constant feeding of discount codes and mood boards for basically mass produced junk sold at big box stores or Amazon in the US. You don't need to change a rug or lights or a sofa because of a stupid social media trend. There is enough junk in thrift stores that is poorly made because someone bought it and 6 months later threw it out.
Ok, I know this video is 9months old, but what I have been anti-hauling is cat furniture. There is a lot of cute furniture for cats - like cardboard scratching posts that look like sofas, cat trees with wonderful designs & colors, holiday themed cat toys, etc... I know my cats won't use a lot of these things, I know the current cat tree is still going strong. My cats don't like cat beds - they sleep on the bed with me or on the couch. Know your pets & get them what they would actually use & use it till its finally gone/gotten to a hazard for the pet.
1) Carpet trend! That's another bad thing. The carpet industry comes up with different trends, usually artificial fibers, and they have a short life because they are bad quality. 2) Also organizing containers trend! People haul new containers just because there's always something prettier, cooler, supposedly more practical, but often less sturdy, on the market. So, perfectly nice boxes/organizer get thrown away just because of that. 3) Industrial "artwork"! Cheap, impersonal, and again they don't seem to stay around for a long time. So much waste, so much pollution. I prefer to own things that have special meanings for my family and I. I've had many of them for decades, and many belonged to my parents and grandparents. Top quality because even inexpensive things were made better back then, they are timeless and beautiful. They are part of my home, history and personality. And if I needed something more, I'd buy vintage or something made by a small business, like an artist.
I never buy plants. Most can be split indefinitely. People coming by get sprigs, we get them from others. I'm antihauling anything laminated fibreboard (that basically grants me from skipping Ikea). What I don't like is that wooden furniture panels are a PITA to get nowadays. It's a glued sandwich of pine planks and some decorative layer of real wood, beech, oak, cherry, walnut.... Today it is glue with some woodchips inside, breathing flumes of formaldehyde. No thanks...
I think it’s also kind of funny how when minimalism was trendy there were so many “minimalist” aesthetic home decor items for sale, very much the same vein as selling lots of zero waste products for the aesthetic, totally missing the point
We did tiny house living when our kids were little so when we were planning to move into a normal sized house a little over a year ago, I did a lot of thinking and reading about how to decorate a cohesive house that wasn't fast furniture minded. I didn't want to follow trends and have to redo everything or live in a super dated house in another decade. Ultimately, I decided to go in the time capsule direction. Our house was built in 1962, so I focused my thrifting on pieces from that decade. I ultimately purchased (second hand) newish couch/chairs that fit with the 1960s tables/dressers/chest/lamps etc. because having comfortable modern seating brought my 1960s style into the present without following a specific trend. I also love the book The Pattern Language for thinking about Home Decor/Design.
I am feeling guilty now. I have depression & the other week I walked to the supermarket to get things and really wanted some flowers. The way into the supermarket is through their plant and flower section (what a coincidence! It's as though they want us to buy them!) so I usually just look at them as though I was in a botanical garden 🤣 and walk past to get the things I need. But I was feeling low and struggling with the dark weather of January and wanting to feel happier... And I bought 2 pots of hyacinth bulbs. I know how to care for them, and they'll go out into the garden to flower again next year and the year after... They bring me happiness now as I see them growing each day and turn the pots to make sure they get even amounts of sunshine on each side. But. I brought 2 plastic pots into my home. And I have plenty of plant pots in the shed already. It would have been better for me to take time in the autumn and plant bulbs for the house, but I didn't. So I do feel guilty. Well, all I can do now is plan to - and carry out! intentions to do better this year. To use the pots I have and plant bulbs to grow and give me pleasure instead of buying them ready prepared.
i absolutely agree with all you have mentioned! especially with plants, I have sooo much to add but ill summarize it to this… when buying plants to plant outside, try to buy plants that are a zone higher and lower than the one you live in. example, i live in zone 9b, i do not buy plants unless they are zoned ATLEAST 8-10. This allows my plants to live without a struggle and they will not die if we have a sudden freeze or long heat wave. this saves water and saves you from having to repurchase them next yr.
A short summary of this video could be: if something is a trend, be highly suspicious and moderate your engagement with it. The point about marble napkin rings and small dishes is a really good one. I hope that we're now at a point where consumers are becoming more thoughtful about the impact of the manufacture of a product, and therefore can make a judgement if that is reasonable for the likely lifespan of the product. Plants - I'm really happy you're highlighting this! I recently went to an Ikea and was blown away at the broad variety, maturity and specialities of houseplants they are selling - with the crushing realisation of the resources poured into mass-growing these, as well as the majority ending up in landfill after 6 months. I'm a plant lover, I have 10 indoor plants: 4 are rescues/obtained from cuttings; 3 were gifts; 3 were bought from new as small plants (cup-sized pots). It's fun for us plant-lovers that more exotic and unusual varieties are more available due to the current trend, but it's gross that this is accompanied with greater wastage. Buy your plants from specialist nurseries, at least, who will be interested in viable plants and can tell you how to care for them - or pick up the sad plants from the reduced shelves, and give them a chance of avoiding landfill.
It’s crazy how so many people do these trends because it’s a trend. I balk so hard at people who do colors based on current trends and it’s all this bland stuff. If you genuinely like it, cool, good for you, but I love some bold colors. I can’t imagine not carefully curating all the items that come into my home and just buying crap cause a bunch of other people say I should.
I left out some of your videos, and I am like 2 minutes into the video, than the realization that something changed. The intro, your vibe. Still awesome, different, change is good, sometimes sad, necessary. 🌱🐞
Great video, thank you! For a long time it seemed that minimalism and sustainability were indissociable in the sustainability movement, and as a maximalist at core, it seems quite unrealistic to try to fit in minimalism... I acquired every bits and pieces in my home over time, mostly second-hand, and I love every single item deeply. I have a connection and a history with it that makes it more than just any random piece of decor. I also think that when you have this kind of connection to an item, you will take care of it, and it will last longer than and random stuff you don't care about. So, thank you for showing that maximalism can be okay 🙂.
I have been watching home organization videos from US for more than 5 years. Indeed, the importance I have been seen put on trend is wild. I had to unfollow some channels because I just got angry with every new video. There are several fast (so many disposables that would make you cry because it goes beyond anger) ways to transform homes (walls, furniture, decoration, house equipment, lights, appliances, you name it) and a worse competition mindset between people to have the Instagramable picture perfect house (the picture perfect family is assumed). Oh and I have always got this feeling that their houses should give upper middle class vibes. The plant thing is not as bad for me when I see them buying plastic ones. I mean, I prefer for them to have plastic succulents that would by no means survive in the north of the planet.
The plants trend is wild. Also that it's so persistent through social media over the last years. Most people just buy them and throw them out because they have no idea how to care for them. Funny enough, I accumulated most of my plants from rescues of friends and online for free because my friends know that plants are my passion and I will keep them alive for years and years on end.
I'm a part of a local plant community and it's always so funny when they post online stuff like "omg theres a *plant* next to the dumpster on this and this street someone go get it!" I'm never fast enough to get it ua 😅
Anti-hauling trendy kitchen appliances! There's always a new trendy kitchen appliance every couple of years or so that we're told is a must-have. I'm talking pressure cooker, air fryer, rice cooker, slow cooker, juice maker, etc. I think it's important to stop and think about if this would really improve your cooking experience (try it out for yourself before you buy one) and if you'll be using it often (e.g. do you already eat a lot of rice or if that's something you make once or twice a month tops).
completely agree! I finally bought a refurbished Vitamix and use it 3-4 times per week since 2020. I normally avoid all of the trendy small appliances but consider that a justifiable one for our household. I know people who have bought the latest trends every December and throw them in the literal garbage within a year. So sad.
I am a minimalist for furniture and home decor. Too much stuff drives me insane. My furniture hasn’t changed for 25 years and anyone who visits admires my simple style. Much less stressful life. Great video!❤
Thank you for mentioning plants - I have held off on plants until I have time to actually research them, their care, their lighting needs, etc. I really want more greenery in my house, but I have to make sure I have the energy and time to care for them and know what I'm getting into!
Thank you so much for including the buying new plants one! I totally agree with this! When it comes to plamts, i feel like it's harder for people to realize that they also need resources to be produced/grown. I guess it's because we associate the plant itself with being good for or even part of the environment
Plant propagation and plant swaps are such a win there!
Love anti-hauls. I am guilty of getting more plants than I can maintain. One for me is also candles, the scents and smoke gives me a headache but I feel like I need them for the aesthetic.
Have you looked into led candles ? I used to buy soy wax candles every few months or so, but they can be so expensive and I decided to switch to led candles with rechargeable batteries, they provide a lovely atmosphere, too.
my aunt and uncle are, i would say, maximalists, but they pretty much buy everything second-hand, from thrift stores and antique shops. and they keep it for many many years because they love looking at it. personally i have very very little interior and i still bought most of it second-hand.
loads of incredibly nice home decor is out there in thrift stores or online second-hand - saves a lot of money as well
Getting the keys to my new (first) house on Friday and I couldn't be more stoked about it.
I have been gathering secondhand stuff and basics for months now and my hands just ictching to start renovating and decorating.
I'm also lucky that my mother in law used renovate and decorate houses for a living, so she has a ton of paints, equipment and such so I don't need to buying anything :D !
Also a couple of my neighbors are moving abroad and they didn't want to take a lot of stuff and they have some really great vintage stuff for free , as we always helped them with stuff and taking care of their animals :) I feel so lucky 🍀:D
I very much agree with anti- fast furniture/decor/home finishes message. I live in a town where I see a lot of fully functional large pieces of furniture being put on the curb for garbage pick up- horrifying. When it comes to "maximalism" if we really must call it that, I always thought of it as a collection of objects that are gathered over time, things that are sentimental, from family or travel, things with which you have a history and love having around you. It's not something you can genuinely manufacture from a couple of shopping trips. PS: if you like glassware as I do, look for it at estate sales where it is A. not new, so it's not feeding the machine B. is possibly crystal which is tougher than glass, and C. has actually survived the test of time.
Mason jars are the best!! I agree so much about thin glass! Every single item I ever had in thin glass has broken super fast before I could even enjoy the item. That's why I prefer sturdy glass items or metal pint, glass, mug and wine cups! ^^
I am an unrepentant maximalist, but I have been putting my home together for 40+ years. My furniture comes from thrift stores, antique flea markets and the side of the road. My art comes from thrift stores and artists I love. I only have one piece of furniture purchased new. I love your list and believe you're right on target (laminating hardwood floors should be a crime!). I can't wait to see how you decorate your new home.
My furniture was free from friends when me and my small son became a single mom. My art comes from projects my son does in preschool.
Not gonna lie, I heard “grout is out” and thought “thank goodness.”
I have a tiled shower and find it SO difficult to keep clean. They look beautiful and everyone has them right now, but I don’t see it lasting more than 10 years before it needs to be renovated again. I have wondered if tiled showers are themselves a “trend,” for that reason.
I am so glad the 00s tiny tile trend is out because those things are impossible to keep clean. But like bigger Subway tile is a pretty timeless look and lasts well
I go to a really great thrift store that has plants from previous homes and I get most of my plants there. Also, I would suggest going to yard sales because I've found people usually have some of their plants for sale. Love your channel!
I like having a seasonal plant (flowers for spring; tiny pumpkin/squash to eat for fall; wreath for winter) and a seasonal candle. The plants can be consumed/composted and the candle is eventually used up.
Totally agree with you on the glassware. Actually, for really thin glassware that is SHATTER RESISTANT and stronger than most glassware, I'd recommend looking at Fable dinnerware: they make amazing glasses AND they're a B corp company
Looking forward to seeing home decor in your new place 🥰. Hope you'll have fun with moving/renovating/decorating.
Agree about the plants. I'd love to have many more but it's time consuming to take proper care of them. They also use a huge amount of water which people hardly ever take into consideration before buying.
I am lucky enough to have my family dishes and glasses from the late 70's. Very sturdy amber glasses! I love thrifting for house stuff.
We re-use mason jars and kombucha bottles in my home. I also break glasses so I feel better reusing glasses and bottles just through pure klutziness lol. I'm not a trend follower so my home is filled with new to me furniture and family hand me downs. I just don't get the trends where people have a room or large closet filled with decor items so they can restyle their home constantly.
✌🏼🌱💚 i rewatched your TED talk this morning and just wanted to remind you how awesome you are
All my plant babies are 2hand (or from Facebook marketplace) and 2 are gifts from my students ❤
Great video❤🎉
agree especially with the plant one! I myself am definitely guilty of getting new plants and ending up killing them (but I did try to take care of them and I researched a lot, I guess I just wasn't good at taking care of them at the start) so now I only have a few plants that can survive in my apartment and I love them so much! I'll try propagating them soon too :)
Uuuuh the last one with the plants 😅 I am a big plant / urban-jungle lover. But luckily there are some (german) videos about the impact of buying plants. So about 90% of my plants are self-grown from cuttings of friends, which is not only more sustainable but also more fun. It just takes a little longer until they're big but in my opinion it's worth it 🌱💛
I love my plants and here in Edinburgh we have plant swap groups on Facebook, exchanging rooted cuttings is also a nice idea. I like to propagate my own plants and then keep them in little bottles/jars until I can plant them into soil. I love to grow Avocados as well (the core from reduced and ripe Avocados in my supermarket) although that is a very long process, but it just looks so neat to have them sit in water in my kitchen :) Last time I bought basil in a supermarket I removed the soil and let the stems grow roots in water, then planted them in soil again. But I don't think the basil likes it there, because the leaves are wilted and don't seem to cheer up despite me watering them a bit.
On the "grout is out" bit, I really want it to be anti-hauled so bad - it comes from impermanence, people are increasingly unable to be homeowners + this drive that your interior design is a personal expression - down to the floors and tiles. And I see this supported in media - 'my kitchen is so me', 'this is the bathroom of my dreams'. It's a utility room, not a canvas! So people get those stick and peel tiles and wallpapers for their rented homes, or those who are homeowners use the opportunity ro change up their homes more frequently than they would bc putting in tiles are super expensive. Happy you show a more sustainable way of making a house a home - and thank you for opening to space to be angry together.
I have a candle that is a white Christmas tree, about a foot tall and heavy, I bought it in 1966, still have it and display it every Christmas, I bought it in a Walmart, try to find something like that today.
Lighting is another thing that seems to change style every 5 minutes. And dont start me on that hideous trend of painting everything white. If anything smacks of a complete lack of imagination its the painting everything white.
Don't blame the color, blame the trend. But yes, everything changes from season to season.
Solid wooden furniture painted white just breaks my heart. It takes so much effort to scrape it off and restore the wood. And that's what everyone will be doing when the stupid trend is out of fashion.
@@annarawicz YES YES YES. You are so right. It totally breaks my heart as well.
I'm antihauling LED lights. They are so crap quality. I really get nostalgia for CFL lamps lately (and CCFL LCD TV's with their gorgeous colours and tiny cute screens!). I'm thrifting them when I can. Those are bad-ass and keep rocking for 10 times longer than the average LED lamp.
Hurrah Gittemary has got the keys to her new 🏡. Another awesome video and I love 🥰 it. Love 💕 Gittemary.
I'm sure it takes a lot of skill (or refined technology) to create that thin glassware, but given how materials everywhere are getting cheaper & thinner & more flimsy (& just overall shrunk), all I could think looking at it was "they found a way to make 'fast' glass" (I wouldn't be surprised if the breakability is part of the point - brought to you by the same people that introduced planned obsolescence: planned breakability!)
I'm trying to strike a balance. E.g. I keep a used kitchen that doesn't look great, but bought new adhesive film in a nice colour to make it match my taste, plus a new worktop because all the used ones I found don't fit in the space. A beautiful and functional kitchen is super important to me. I will be using this for years and years to come though.
I personally think that lots of small plants all squished up, particularly when they're not healthy looks kind of cluttered and messy anyway. much nicer to have a few larger plants that you really treasure and take care of. much easier to care for them sustainably that way, finding second hand pots, homemade potting mix from compost or worm farm castings, etc. agree with everything in this video!
Trash pick you find a lot. I found 70 and 90 plates tonight. I love trash picking plants. 🙃
The only time I'm in favor of painting hardwood is if the wood is just genuinely in too bad of shape. We had to consider painting the floors in our (100 year old!) house - but found a good enough refinisher that he was able to bring them back to original color!
And I second the idea that maximalism needs to be built slowly over time! I have a "middlesit" style. Not too busy, all ivory walls, but definitely NOT minimalist! But each item has a lot of meaning and attachment. Like the little glass birds from my honeymoon or the old car statue from a dear departed friend.
It amazes me that people that love stuff from the 70's didn't live through that decade. It is rare to find vintage items from that era because it was all cheap crap.
I don't really mind the "grout is out" trend.. less scrubbing and easier to keep clean is suppose 😅
About the plant thing - is anyone thinking of the peat moss? Cause that's a huge concern, peat moss is such a good material for plants (moisture retention etc) that it's in practically all the plant soil you can find, but we're depleting peat bogs so fast considering how slowly they form, and also they're a carbon sink, so destroying them for us to have more houseplants is pretty scary!
With the plant thing, question: have you ever grown a succulent in a re-purposed old shoe and if so how did it go? Can you think of some other ways to re-purpose old shoes and boots- besides using them as planters?? (I admit I did get a lot of cheaply made boots over a decade ago and now that they are spent would love some ideas on how to re-purpose.)
Succulents need well draining soil, they like to dry out completly between fairly abundant waterings (think desert with occasional downpours). Depending on the shoe material, I feel like they'd retain water and not have enough drainage - but lots of people have decorative plant pots that are there just to cover the (well draining but not as pretty) inside pot? I figure you could do that with the shoes, and ahve them as plant pot holders?
the grout thing is stupid.... but trends like this have always happened? that's why we have "Georgian" or "victorian" historical houses,.. details (like grout) just date the house... In the 70s orange tiles were in... 20 years later.. many people updated their bathrooms/ktichens.. - orange can be a bit intense I suppose? But a bathroom reno that includes water saving appliances/Loo's... isn't all bad... (I love the 90s all wood interiors, with black and white checkered floors- id keep them!)
I personally don’t like the idea that you need to buy things that “are timeless”, because I think something you genuinely love will be more meaningful and you’ll be happy with for longer then something you feel ok about but is supposed to be timeless
was given beautiful thin wine glasses for Christmas which lasted less than a month they broke in like 5 uses each
I watch decor, remodel, refresh, refinish, and two phrases I can't stand, "It's outdated", and "On trend", they are simply ads to sell.
I am unsure about the laminate floor comment. Here in the US when the wall-to-wall carpet has endured the 10-year life and must be replaced should it be replaced with carpet every 10 years or laminate flooring that will last 25 years?
please be aware the subfloor here is either plywood or concrete and must be covered with a flooring. I suppose I could finish the concrete, however that would be quite cold in the winter. I personally buy secondhand furniture because I enjoy refinishing furniture, but when I buy new, I buy quality furniture I bought 30 years ago is still being used in living room. the key is to buy quality classic pieces. Just like clothing.
@@amandak.4246 I would too! However, laminate flooring is more affordable and easier to install and still has a long wear life. Modern wood flooring is not as hard as year gone by. I have had, installed and cared for laminate and tile. Modern laminated can last as long or longer than the roof on the home. I know of know one that rips out flooring or rips off their roof on a whim. New roofing can cost more than $30,000 US to re-shingle. new bath room tile can cost $10,000 US, new kitchen can be $45,000 to completely remodel.
Now Vinyl flooring is very questionable.
Linoleum (note this is different from vinyl) is also a great option if you have a subfloor and not as much as wood/tile
Laminating hardwood floors?! I literally feel sick.
We put laminate flooring over our 18 year old hardwood floors. It was a difficult decision for sure. We have dogs and the floors were in bad shape. My hope is that one day someone will discover this beautiful wood under old laminate and have them refinished. We had one company wanting to take all the wood out to lay the laminate. So we found another company who agreed to play it on top. I can totally understand your reaction though.
Great video! I agree with all the points you made.
Please do a video on the sustainability of pets
Cheap substitues are what they say cheap and often nasty, classy is not in. but cheap imitation is in, and this is a worry for me, thank you for sharing.
I am a HUGE maximalist and it drives me nuts seeing trendy maximalism because it not done with love. It just looks like an accumulation and not actually curated.
Also marble comes in and out of trend every so often. I remember when I was a kid we had a marble dining table and that thing was a nightmare. It was beautiful but moving it was hard because of how heavy it was and we would always cut and smack ourself with the edge. We moved out of our childhood home, we left it behind because it was too much of a hassle. Not to mention the upkeep of marble sucks. It stains easily and there’s a lot of cleaners you can’t use on it because it’ll corrode the surface.
awesome video :)
I get covering surface with that plastic cover if it's damaged, stained and in bad condition and you can't afford to fix it. Even painting the floors as long as it's done with the proper way.
BUT doing it over and over again because you're bored or sth, meh. Wasteful and unnecessary.
I'm quitting aaaallll paraffin candles, they're not good for me, they're not good for the house and they're not good for the environment.
I Will sometimes get clean candles that don't release toxic fumes while burning like soy or olive oil.
I love the look of having dozens of candles in the room, but I think it's wasteful so I'm not doing it. I have thought about getting electrical candles that are rechargeable but I'm not sure and I don't know how long they actually last, three years or thirty years.
The fluffy sofa would be so amazing but I want to use my sofa so no point.
Etsy is full of industrially produced items too by now.
I can't have live candles because i have a cat and he can't leave stuff alone😺
I personally can't stand alot of the tiktok interior design trends right now. they just breathe factory to me.
Soy candles are better than the petroleum ones for your indoor air. Beeswax candles are the best but I'm now wondering about the sustainability of beeswax? I don't want to contribute to a harmful industry for bees as they are so important to life on this planet. Must research that one.
I anti haul new cars, phones, appliances, etc...
Using literal bleach on wood and making it unfinishable in the future
I almost got caught up in the “plants for aesthetic” trend. But now I’m focusing on only buying plants I can actually use in my home for either food, teas, or air quality. You start to learn so much about our earth and how it was meant to provide for us when you start to research the use and different qualities of certain plants. It really shouldn’t be such a fight to get people to take care of her in return.
such a good video! id love to be youtube friends
I genuinely don't understand why people think furniture sets looks bad. But maybe it's just me, growing up in a family that had furniture sets since ussr times and kept retelling stories about stading in line for multiple hours just to set a chance to finally buy that good quality bedroom furniture set and how big of a deal it was xD
I have only get the opportunity to have one furniture set in my life. Those are expensive (at least in my country) so buying one was an achievement.
I don't really care for furniture sets either. They can look really dated depending on the one you buy, and I find them to be over priced. But I wouldn't antihaul them
I personally just don't feel comfortable in a very clean, ikea-catalogue-looking space. I prefer to have many individual pieces that I each love. They're still one style: what unites them is that I love them and I just feel like my home is a nice reflection of my style because of it
Chomaya, she does say that she doesn't like them, so I see that as a personal opinion. What I think she's anti-hauling about them is buying a set in a furniture store that probably sells mass-produced items, and having to buy them all at once. I myself would anti-haul buying most furniture new. Every piece of furniture in my home is second-hand and it's so much more fun to shop for that special piece at thrift stores, etc. That's my opinion, anyway. If you like furniture sets, that's absolutely your right. ♥It's just more sustainable to buy quality furniture. And in my opinion, you will not really find much quality furniture in big stores like Ikea, The Brick, Leon's, etc. ( I live in Canada, so you may have better furniture stores where you live.)
P.S. I also grew up in a family with furniture sets and I hate them now. LOL Also was around in the 70s and I hate that style as well. I guess we are all affected differently by what we grew up with. ♥
@@jemma50 I think it's cool that she has a defined taste about that, I just noticed that a ton of people call furniture sets "unstylish", "cheap-looking", and dislike them in general. It makes me think that for some of them it's not a thought out choice. Just back in the day people would be bragging about being able to afford a whole furniture set, but now you can get matchy-matchy furniture for your whole home from ikea, so people are bragging about the fact they have time to browse second hand marketplaces and hunt for pieces around neighborhoods. But do all of them genuinely hate furniture sets or they are just being "cool"?
I agree with everything you said, Gittemary. May I add a couple of thoughts? Plastic plants!! It seems I'm seeing many artificial plants in stores these days for people to put here and there and not have the worry of taking care of them. They are plastic and will end up in the landfill someday. They don't clean your air and perhaps they will even gas off in your indoor space. Instead, use twigs or long grasses in a vase (second hand:)) that will compost when you tire of them. Secondly, on so many decorating channels, it is recommended that you toss your mother's old couch or your aunt's old dresser, etc. Yikes! I have several of these pieces in my home that are literally decades in age and over a half century old that I love. They have meaning to me and personality. Yes, maybe they are 'out of style' but I get compliments on them alot too. In addition, old furniture tends to be very well made, sturdy, meant to last many lifetimes so why throw them away in the landfill? Keep them and update an old fashioned table by putting a cheeky tablecloth and centerpiece on it to bring it into the 21st century. If a sofa has a worn fabric but the bones are good, then recover it even though that might cost more than a new, cheap, modern one that won't last. Use creativity rather than consumption to keep loving your decor :)
Yes! Thank you for naming all of these. I am a total believer of collecting over time instead of buying mass produced all at once from a store, because then a room has more stories and history, (like I got this from traveling here…etc) The house trend thing is so weird because who has the money to just change over so many structural things before it’s out of trend again - as a homeowner, people looking at your house to buy tend to use it against you and call your home outdated because of this. Thanks for voicing these, I’m not alone. Love this video!
Just thrifted a cabinet for our vinyls, was only £35 and it looks awesome 😁
Also I have never seen a lot of the interior trends you mentioned in this video 😂 I must have just been in my own little interior Pinterest bubble 😂
Me too 🤣but I'm not on Instagram and as you said it's easy to create your own bubble on Pinterest where you only see what you choose to see.
Aw I love my furniture set in my bedroom. My wife and I picked the one that we both loved the look of, and we’ve had it for 6 years now with no intention of changing it. It suits us and our personalities :) my parents had theirs for 20+ years and gave it to a younger person when they downsized to get new life. My grandmother’s has been in use for 50+ years and she still loves it. Personal preference I guess!
I also love a furniture set in the bedroom. We are on our second set after 40 years of marriage and it will be our last. It is a well made set and my daughter has expressed a wish to have it one day. I'm hoping it will be in our family for a long time after I'm gone.
Can relate to breaking stuff:) my family by now knows to only get me camping plates and cups. They are very durable. My mom tried and bought me this beautiful ceramic cup to take to work. Broke it in a week. She them got me a stainless stell one and I am using it for nearly 3 years. It is as good as new. Can recommend:) my antihauling is kitchen gadgets. Like hamburger press or an apple slicer. They take up so much space and are barelly used
I can understand different furniture and decor being a trend unfortunatley, but tiles? Really?
I dont even know how people can afford these trends in the U.S. with our broken economy.
Ive never followed any of these trends, 90% of my furniture and home decor is secondhand or I DIYed it myself. Even if I do have to buy something new, it just seems like common sense to buy something durable that looks nice and goes with the style I have always liked for years instead of what's on trend.
I think one of the only ways we would see change for wanting to do better for the environment is if so many people would just stop following trends and get into a different mindset. Companies really have brainwashed so many consumers to just buy and throw away constantly. Its like no one learns that maybe since this thing broke... They should get something better quality next time. How hard is it to understand that?
I know i have missed a few vids but APARTMENT??? Didnt you buy a house last year?
I'm loving the earrings!
YES the plant “trend”🌿 Buying and killing loads of plants is terrible and not sustainable! For 2022 I did a “no buy” plant year where I propagated and started from seeds, but didn’t acquire any new plants and I highly recommend it! I think I have a good number of plants and they’re ones that suit my home and do well in this environment.
I got all my plants from plant swaps and its so great! The community is just so great and it's so much more fun than just buying the plant 😁
Fake plants?! I'll never understand that.
This was great! Hope your move goes smoothly and can't wait to see how you style it.
Completely agree about the squiggels. i love the wall painting but the mirrors and carpets look kind of childish and repetitive. People surely will grow out of it. Everyone buys the same, so - boring very soon. And I really want to learn to "marble" wooden or painted surfaces. It's a really traditional technique and somehow even more special than the real thing, at least when Giotto painted it. 😉
In the early 00s I knew a lot of young people who spent thousands of dollars removing "popcorn ceilings" in their houses just because it was unfashionable. I never understood it! My first 2 homes had those ceilings and it never bothered me one bit nor did it seem to harm the resale values at all. I feel like (for me) that money was so much better spent on travel and experiences or more practical improvements like a new HVAC system.
I unfollowed (and later deleted my social media) so many home decor accounts because of their constant feeding of discount codes and mood boards for basically mass produced junk sold at big box stores or Amazon in the US. You don't need to change a rug or lights or a sofa because of a stupid social media trend. There is enough junk in thrift stores that is poorly made because someone bought it and 6 months later threw it out.
Ok, I know this video is 9months old, but what I have been anti-hauling is cat furniture. There is a lot of cute furniture for cats - like cardboard scratching posts that look like sofas, cat trees with wonderful designs & colors, holiday themed cat toys, etc... I know my cats won't use a lot of these things, I know the current cat tree is still going strong. My cats don't like cat beds - they sleep on the bed with me or on the couch. Know your pets & get them what they would actually use & use it till its finally gone/gotten to a hazard for the pet.
1) Carpet trend! That's another bad thing. The carpet industry comes up with different trends, usually artificial fibers, and they have a short life because they are bad quality. 2) Also organizing containers trend! People haul new containers just because there's always something prettier, cooler, supposedly more practical, but often less sturdy, on the market. So, perfectly nice boxes/organizer get thrown away just because of that. 3) Industrial "artwork"! Cheap, impersonal, and again they don't seem to stay around for a long time. So much waste, so much pollution. I prefer to own things that have special meanings for my family and I. I've had many of them for decades, and many belonged to my parents and grandparents. Top quality because even inexpensive things were made better back then, they are timeless and beautiful. They are part of my home, history and personality. And if I needed something more, I'd buy vintage or something made by a small business, like an artist.
I never buy plants. Most can be split indefinitely. People coming by get sprigs, we get them from others.
I'm antihauling anything laminated fibreboard (that basically grants me from skipping Ikea). What I don't like is that wooden furniture panels are a PITA to get nowadays. It's a glued sandwich of pine planks and some decorative layer of real wood, beech, oak, cherry, walnut.... Today it is glue with some woodchips inside, breathing flumes of formaldehyde. No thanks...
I think it’s also kind of funny how when minimalism was trendy there were so many “minimalist” aesthetic home decor items for sale, very much the same vein as selling lots of zero waste products for the aesthetic, totally missing the point
So real tho im a maxamalist who is zeo waste and spends a max of $15 a month on random stuff i want (aka decor and stuffed animals). I just thrift!!!!
LOVE your encouragement for us to have LOOONNNGGG-view lens, Gittemary!!
We did tiny house living when our kids were little so when we were planning to move into a normal sized house a little over a year ago, I did a lot of thinking and reading about how to decorate a cohesive house that wasn't fast furniture minded. I didn't want to follow trends and have to redo everything or live in a super dated house in another decade. Ultimately, I decided to go in the time capsule direction. Our house was built in 1962, so I focused my thrifting on pieces from that decade. I ultimately purchased (second hand) newish couch/chairs that fit with the 1960s tables/dressers/chest/lamps etc. because having comfortable modern seating brought my 1960s style into the present without following a specific trend. I also love the book The Pattern Language for thinking about Home Decor/Design.
I am feeling guilty now. I have depression & the other week I walked to the supermarket to get things and really wanted some flowers. The way into the supermarket is through their plant and flower section (what a coincidence! It's as though they want us to buy them!) so I usually just look at them as though I was in a botanical garden 🤣 and walk past to get the things I need. But I was feeling low and struggling with the dark weather of January and wanting to feel happier... And I bought 2 pots of hyacinth bulbs.
I know how to care for them, and they'll go out into the garden to flower again next year and the year after... They bring me happiness now as I see them growing each day and turn the pots to make sure they get even amounts of sunshine on each side. But. I brought 2 plastic pots into my home. And I have plenty of plant pots in the shed already. It would have been better for me to take time in the autumn and plant bulbs for the house, but I didn't. So I do feel guilty.
Well, all I can do now is plan to - and carry out! intentions to do better this year. To use the pots I have and plant bulbs to grow and give me pleasure instead of buying them ready prepared.
i absolutely agree with all you have mentioned! especially with plants, I have sooo much to add but ill summarize it to this… when buying plants to plant outside, try to buy plants that are a zone higher and lower than the one you live in. example, i live in zone 9b, i do not buy plants unless they are zoned ATLEAST 8-10. This allows my plants to live without a struggle and they will not die if we have a sudden freeze or long heat wave. this saves water and saves you from having to repurchase them next yr.
A short summary of this video could be: if something is a trend, be highly suspicious and moderate your engagement with it.
The point about marble napkin rings and small dishes is a really good one. I hope that we're now at a point where consumers are becoming more thoughtful about the impact of the manufacture of a product, and therefore can make a judgement if that is reasonable for the likely lifespan of the product.
Plants - I'm really happy you're highlighting this! I recently went to an Ikea and was blown away at the broad variety, maturity and specialities of houseplants they are selling - with the crushing realisation of the resources poured into mass-growing these, as well as the majority ending up in landfill after 6 months. I'm a plant lover, I have 10 indoor plants: 4 are rescues/obtained from cuttings; 3 were gifts; 3 were bought from new as small plants (cup-sized pots). It's fun for us plant-lovers that more exotic and unusual varieties are more available due to the current trend, but it's gross that this is accompanied with greater wastage. Buy your plants from specialist nurseries, at least, who will be interested in viable plants and can tell you how to care for them - or pick up the sad plants from the reduced shelves, and give them a chance of avoiding landfill.
It’s crazy how so many people do these trends because it’s a trend. I balk so hard at people who do colors based on current trends and it’s all this bland stuff. If you genuinely like it, cool, good for you, but I love some bold colors. I can’t imagine not carefully curating all the items that come into my home and just buying crap cause a bunch of other people say I should.
I left out some of your videos, and I am like 2 minutes into the video, than the realization that something changed. The intro, your vibe. Still awesome, different, change is good, sometimes sad, necessary. 🌱🐞
Great video, thank you! For a long time it seemed that minimalism and sustainability were indissociable in the sustainability movement, and as a maximalist at core, it seems quite unrealistic to try to fit in minimalism... I acquired every bits and pieces in my home over time, mostly second-hand, and I love every single item deeply. I have a connection and a history with it that makes it more than just any random piece of decor. I also think that when you have this kind of connection to an item, you will take care of it, and it will last longer than and random stuff you don't care about. So, thank you for showing that maximalism can be okay 🙂.
I have been watching home organization videos from US for more than 5 years. Indeed, the importance I have been seen put on trend is wild. I had to unfollow some channels because I just got angry with every new video. There are several fast (so many disposables that would make you cry because it goes beyond anger) ways to transform homes (walls, furniture, decoration, house equipment, lights, appliances, you name it) and a worse competition mindset between people to have the Instagramable picture perfect house (the picture perfect family is assumed). Oh and I have always got this feeling that their houses should give upper middle class vibes. The plant thing is not as bad for me when I see them buying plastic ones. I mean, I prefer for them to have plastic succulents that would by no means survive in the north of the planet.
So... You're anti-hauling decor and interior design trends period? I love it!