Do Tell: Which Design Trends Need to Take a Break?

  {Lacquered Walls, Peacock Blue, and Skirted Tables: Trends or Classics?}

Being at High Point Market this week, I am definitely thinking about what is new and what is next in the world of interior design. I realize that as a style blogger who focuses heavily on interior design and someone whose full-time job is in the home furnishings industry, I can get a little jaded and have a harder time finding things that feel new and fresh than most people. For example, I have been over the whole industrial look for a good while now, yet it is still going strong through mass-market retailers like Restoration Hardware, so it seems plenty of people still love this style. As in fashion, there are things in interior design that never go out of style or that come and go every few years like leopard print, polka dots,etc.  I am dying to know: which design objects and trends would you like to see go away—or at least take a little break? Keep in mind, I actually really love all of the things in this post and have several of them in my own home, but I am wondering if they have all become ubiquitous. What are your thoughts on the matter?

{Brick Layer’s Coffee Tables—There are so many incarnations of this type of table!}

{The Wildly Popular Hicks Pendant – I have loved this piece for so long and have one in my breakfast room, but I have been seeing it everywhere lately. Could the Hicks be the equivalent of an “it handbag”? Every stylish girl has to have one? }

{The Bold Use of Greek Key—It’s so classic and is a perennial favorite of mine, but has it become overdone?}

{Fiddleleaf Fig Trees: Could these be the trendiest trees in existence? I love the look so much, but decided not to buy one when the owner of our favorite nursery told us how finicky and high maintenance they can be. They are so gorgeous, though and they remind me of my happy place—Southern California.}

{Chevron or Zig Zag—Specifically in Pillows and Rugs}

{While we’re on the subject or rugs, how about Beni Ourain rugs?}

{Massimo Vitalli-Style Aerial Beach Photography—The images are stunning, but they’re starting to pop up everywhere.}

At the end of the day, the most important thing I advocate when it comes to design is to do what you love. It doesn’t matter if other people say something is in or out. What matters most is that you love the items in your home because you’re the one who has to live with them!  Every item in this post is something that I love, but is starting to feel a little saturated to me at the moment. I don’t want any of these things to go away completely and they are all classic and iconic in their own way, so I don’t think they will, but in my opinion, I’d like for them to sit out the next dance. Have a drink, go mingle—we’ll be here ready to the dance the night away when you return. Do you feel the same about any of these pieces? Is there anything else you’d add to the list?