We want our homes to look beautiful. If not for a sense of pride or vanity when showing it to others, then for our own pleasure. Coming home after a day of hard work to a home that’s cozy, practical, and visually pleasing can help us de-stress greatly.
Unfortunately, we can’t all be interior designers and home decor experts. Sometimes, people’s attempts at following trends can go awfully awry. Other times, the trends themselves are questionable. TikTok creators Ethan Gaskill and Robert Gigliotti decided to call out the home decor trends that they find questionable. This prompted other people to share their interior design icks as well – check them out below!
#1
Overly industrial/minimalistic spaces.
This got really popular with the Kanye and Kim house, everything was concrete or plain metal. It feels so cold and detached, it’s not comfortable.
Image source: robertgigs, Maria Orlova
#2
Overdoing the theme.
I love a beach house, but people get too literal. You don’t need a ‘beach’ sign to prove that you like the beach.
Image source: robertgigs, booking.com
#3
Following the home decor bandwagon.
I feel like social media said white kitchens are horrible, I still think a white kitchen can be so beautiful. Also when shiplap got put into every single home. It’s gorgeous in a beach cottage or in a lake house, I don’t know why it got brought into high rises in like Denver or Los Angeles. Follow trends carefully and ask yourself ‘is this right for my space?’ and ‘am I just getting this because it’s trendy or do I love it?’
Image source: robertgigs, Mark McCammon
#4
Lucite furniture.
I in general don’t like clear furniture or clear surfaces. Lucite is better suited in your bathroom drawers, to help organize your products, not to be used to dine on or as a coffee table.
Image source: robertgigs, southeastflorida
#5
Indoor furniture that looks like outdoor furniture.
That powder coated black steel silhouette or any furniture that looks too concrete or bulky. They look like they’re meant to be on someone’s back patio with a fire pit between them.
Image source: ethancgaskill, Gül Işık
#6
Faux marble curtains, bedspreads, ect.
Anything that is printed in marble. I don’t know why this became such a thing. I fell like marble is the new galaxy print.
Image source: ethancgaskill, ClassyCushionsShop
#7
Displaying toiletries as decor.
Toiletries, nail polish, makeup if you’re over 14 years old. I don’t need to see your Essie nail polish collection stacked like it’s a spice rack.
Image source: robertgigs, Travis Wise
#8
Furniture that has technology built into it (charging ports, recliners, ect.).
It has never sat right with me. In theory it seems like such a good idea, having a charging port that close to you is great, but what happens a year later when the fuse burns out on that? Or the plug type changes?
Image source: ethancgaskill, techsofa.com
#9
Jonathan Adler.
Specifically the drug pillows or drug coasters and drug jars. Are you showing off that you do pills? Is that funny?
Image source: robertgigs, jonathanadler.com
#10
Color coded book shelves.
A home needs character, needs charm, mix-match looks good, don’t do smallest to largest, just put them in order of weather you’ve read them or not.
Image source: ethancgaskill, Juhan Sonin
#11
Using too many iconic designer pieces.
Too many notable pieces. When everything is just a name. This relates to fashion too, if someone’s wearing designer everything it can get tacky.
Image source: ethancgaskill, benundseinstein
#12
(Bad) vinyl flooring.
House flippers are buying the coolest homes and absolutely destroying them, and the flooring is the one that I see most often. These really high contrast, printed looking vinyl wood floors – it’s bad. Your floor doesn’t need to make a statement.
Image source: ethancgaskill, Beazy
#13
Mass produced quirky art prints.
These are the new ‘Live, Laugh, Love’ signs. They’re always a food pun or a cowboy hat. An art print of 12 pickle jars? You can do better
Image source: ethancgaskill, PrettiestPrintable
#14
Oversized objects.
Those chain link marble things, they can be wood too, oversized glasses, paper clips, even those hand chairs. They bother me for some reason, they’re very tacky.
Image source: ethancgaskill, HandShapedChairs
#15
Hardware store supply furniture.
That’s the wood pallet coffee tables, using cinder blocks as night stands, or God forbid you take that polyurethane and make that foam cloud mirror. I don’t want my home to look like that, leave it to the bars.
Image source: robertgigs, Tamilles Esposito
#16
White/cream boucle.
It never looks good, it collects dust, it does not hold up over time. It looks like it always has clumps of hair in it.
Image source: ethancgaskill, mk. s
#17
Uninspired coffee table books.
There are so many coffee table books, and I see only this Tom Ford coffee table book. There are so many, I think I thrift 10 a week with the coolest imagery in it and they’re inspiring.
Image source: ethancgaskill, MathildaHomeStore
#18
‘Quirky’ candles.
Specifically these cube-ball candles or the squiggle candles in general. I feel like they’re always collecting dust, no one ever lights them.
Image source: robertgigs, HelloWenStudio
#19
Peel and stick / amateur DIY project.
Overly DIY’ed spaces. I don’t want to have the edges of my countertops peeling. It just feels so temporary.
Image source: robertgigs, Curtis Adams
#20
Making everything a moment.
Your appliances don’t need to be a moment. Now I’m seeing squiggle light switch covers, your light switch doesn’t need to be a moment. Some things can just be simple.
Image source: robertgigs, PrintedWeird
#21
Washable rugs.
In theory this is a good idea, but you end up with a very weird piece of fabric on the floor that looks wrinkly.
Image source: robertgigs, PadaWorks
#22
Using dining room chairs as accent chairs.
Using the chairs as a wrong function. You can’t tell if it’s a dinning room chair or a living room chair, they’re a little to flimsy to be either or.
Image source: ethancgaskill, Artem Lysenko
#23
A pop of color (in an all white/beige/grey space).
I’m talking about those all neutral rooms with three teal pillows. Color intertwined throughout your space is way better.
Image source: robertgigs, Max Vakhtbovycn
#24
‘Boho chic aesthetic.’
It’s so trying too hard. The whole aspect of bohemian style is going with the wind, travelling, eclectic and this is too much. It looks like a lot of nail salons. Just go more simple, you don’t need to nail a basket to your wall.
Image source: robertgigs, Alyssa Strohmann
#25
Waterfall edges on a kitchen island or a countertop.
To me this just reads cold and heavy. Even worse – when they do it only on one side.
Image source: robertgigs, Point3D Commercial Imaging Ltd.
#26
Grommet curtains.
Curtains with those really thick, metal or plastic circles at the top. It’s like you have a shower curtain hanging in your living room.
Image source: ethancgaskill, gorden murah surabaya
#27
Fake food decor.
Croissant and baguette lamps, egg shaped pillows or cheese block candles. Every food object has become a pillow.
Image source: robertgigs, DoubleDutchCrochetCo
#28
Big box store / mass produced art.
The fake Van Gogh paintings, the Banksy prints. It’s like home staging. We know that those aren’t original, you know that, you’re not trying to fool anyone into believing that, but there’s just such better artwork. Support local artists, print a piece of art from your travels.
Image source: robertgigs, DigitalArtLondon
#29
Bedroom sets (all from the same exact collection).
In theory it seems like the obvious solution having a very cohesive space, they all go together, but it feels way less unique and is so much more expensive.
Image source: robertgigs, Jonathan Borba
#30
Tambour.
It doesn’t fit the vibe of many homes and it’s way too overdone. Every piece of furniture has it now. Unless you’re into loom or really japanese looking style home.
Image source: ethancgaskill, scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com
#31
Fake vintage/retro appliances.
I hate things that are like a ‘groovy’ or retro design. Even if it’s authentic, I’m really not a fan of that style.
Image source: ethancgaskill, ready made
#32
Letting your personal interests be your interior design ‘style’.
You don’t need too much of one particular thing or style in a space. Your home can speak to your interests in more subtle or timeless ways. You can love fashion, but you don’t need to display your Gucci and Hermes boxes as decor.
Image source: robertgigs, Ron Lach
#33
Keeping old Aesop / Le Labo soap bottles and refilling them with cheaper alternatives.
If you want an attractive soap situation in your bathroom there are plenty of cool refillable soap dispenser options.
Image source: ethancgaskill, aesop.com
#34
Patterned tiles.
They’re giving AirBnb core, trying to be quirky. They look cheap to me.
Image source: robertgigs, Orhan Pergel
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