If you think about your grandparents’ home or the home of someone from another generation, you probably can recall a display or table with a collection of tiny collectibles. From ballerinas to clowns (why did people collect little clown statues?), we couldn’t collect enough of these small figurines.
Suddenly shelves were covered in dust-attracting figurines and we finally got the answer to the age-old question — is there really such a thing as too much of a good thing? Looking at our cluttered collections, we have to say yes. These old-fashioned figurine collections instantly age your home.
Distressing to Look At
Blame it on trends like “shabby chic” or the latest “farmhouse chic” look, but for years now, home decor shops have been filled with intentionally “distressed” wood furniture. The trend, quite frankly, is a bit distressing.
While it can be great for the environment to reuse or repurpose old pieces of furniture, purposely buying a scuffed-up and chipped-painted piece of furniture is a bit silly. Distressed wood furniture is also hard to match if you decide you no longer want to rock the shabby farmhouse look.
Busy Busy Busy
We get it. A bare wall can look cold and sterile. In fact, one of the best ways to add some character or pizazz to your home is by adding carefully curated artwork.
One of the most recent home decor trends is to take a bare wall and cover it in a variety of differently shaped frames and artwork. Known as a gallery wall, this trend can sometimes be executed in an elegant way, it often looks cluttered and too busy, especially if you're using artwork in a variety of colors or different frames.
Float Away
While there are definite examples of cringe-inducing bathroom design trends (looking at you, carpeted bathrooms!), there are some that have a place on this list less because of how they look, and more because of how they function.
Vessel sinks look great and modern on the vanity of your bathroom. The problem? As soon as you turn the faucet on and begin washing your hands or face water tends to spill everywhere. This spilled water quickly leaves your bathroom looking like a splash zone and makes the perfect environment for mold to grow around the base of your sink.
Toilets Get Cold Too
In case most people don't have enough work trying to find the perfect accessories for their everyday outfits, there was a time when toilets also required accessorizing. Suddenly, shops stocked everything from little rugs to go around the base of the toilet to carpeted covers for the lid of your toilet.
Why on earth did we feel the need to blanket our toilets in a shaggy carpet? Let’s not even get into how unhygienic it is to have an absorbent rug in an area prone to erm, let’s just say spillage. Yuck all around!