17 Underrated Design Trends Worth Embracing
BuzzFeed • • business
Key Points:
- Many modern homes follow a cookie-cutter style with white walls, gray floors, and matte-black kitchen hardware, leading to a lack of personality in design.
- BuzzFeed Community members advocate for the return of "ugly" but charming trends like sunken living rooms, parlors, vintage colored tile bathrooms, and entryway shelves that add character and warmth.
- Nostalgic features such as closed kitchen floor plans, carpeted bathrooms with wall heaters, attics used as functional rooms, and bold colors are praised for their coziness and distinctiveness compared to sterile modern designs.
- Some appreciate midcentury modern elements like shiplap and glass blocks, while others prefer styles from the '50s and '60s over the '70s, which are often seen as less appealing.
- Overall, the community calls for more color, texture, and defined rooms in homes to break away from the overly neutral and open-concept trends dominating contemporary housing.