Even though back in the ’90s, carpeted bathrooms were all the craze and the ultimate sign of luxury, there are fewer things more disgusting and impractical than covering your bathroom with carpeting.
Yes, they looked fantastic when you saw them in a movie, and maybe it seemed comfy to get out of the bathtub and step onto a fluffy carpet. But folks, mildew and bacteria are no joke. And they will come for you if you have a carpeted bathroom.
It's Over for Glow-in-the-Dark Stars
We all loved glow-in-the-dark stars when they first came out decades ago. As a kid, and even a teenager, covering your bedroom ceiling in them made you feel like you were sleeping in space. But folks, it's time to get over it. And especially, it's time to realize how much damage these little stars actually did to a perfectly good paint job.
If you want to be a cool parent and indulge your kid with these glowing stickers, keep it in their bedroom. And preferably, to a very small section of it, if you don't want to spend days covering up the paint afterward.
Hell Is Full of Potpourri
If you want to keep a small basket of potpourri in your bathroom, go for it. But that's it, that's all the potpourri you should ever have lying around the house. Yes, potpourri baskets were beautiful to look at and smelled great, but they also gathered huge amounts of fluff, dust, dirt, and pet hair like you couldn't even imagine.
So, unless you're planning to have a closed basket of potpourri with a few holes on the top so you can enjoy the scent, just avoid this decor trend altogether.
Beaded Curtains Are Only for Palm Readers and Psychics
The famous beaded curtains trend originated back in the '60s, in Asia. The noisy bead strings, which were supposed to have a soothing effect every time you passed through them, were used as room partitions back in the day. But once the trend hit the U.S., people just went crazy. They were everywhere, and it was too much.
Having one set somewhere around the house for decoration purposes is fine, but you do not want to have beaded curtains as an actual replacement for a door. Why? Because your house won't look "'90s cool", it'll look like a convention of palm readers lives there. Besides, people tend to forget how annoying it was to have to untangle them every time you passed through.
The Disastrous Waterbeds
The infamous waterbed was all the rage back in the late 1980s, but this innovative, and terrible, idea first originated back in the 1800s, when Scottish physician Dr. Neil Arnot invented a "hydrostatic bed for invalids", with the intention to help with bed sores.
But through the years, the waterbed evolved to become a groovy house trend associated with excitement, and even debauchery. And if you've ever had the displeasure to sit or sleep in one, you know these beds should've stayed back in the 1800s.