The viral trend that will make guests cringe and your home look ‘cheap', according to interior designer
So if you want a pad that will impress, you've come to the right place and will need to listen up and take notes.
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Posting on social media, Aoife Maria, an interior designer from Ireland, shared the viral trend that she would never buy into, leaving many totally stunned.
So if you're debating whether to buy a matching furniture set for your dining room or bedroom, you'll need to prepare to be attacked.
In a short clip that was recently shared online, the interior pro said: 'I think everyone knows this by now, but never get a matching furniture set.'
Matching furniture sets are co-ordinated collections of furniture pieces designed to complement each other in style, colour and material.
The idea is to create a cohesive and uniform look in a room - but Aoife believes these sets have the opposite effect and instead make your home look cheap.
She continued: 'There is no excuse for your dining table to be matching your dining chairs, or your bedside locker to be matching your bed.
'When every piece of furniture looks like it's come from the same showroom, it can fall a little flash and definitely not high end. It makes it look cheap.'
Instead, Aoife advised homeowners to pick a 'statement piece', whether that's a bed or a dining table.
She then stressed the importance of ditching matching chairs and bedside tables, as she stressed: 'I promise you, if you go for the dining table you love and mix it with some other dining chairs, it's going to look so much better.
'This is because it actually gives the overall interior a more well thought out and bespoke feel.'
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Big divide
The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @ stylesosimple, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 915,700 views.
Not only this, but it's also amassed 24,200 likes, 390 comments and 3,185 shares.
But social media users were left totally divided by Aoife's claims and many eagerly flocked to the comments to share their thoughts.
One person said: 'I disagree. Mismatch sometimes looks tacky.'
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Another added: 'Unmatching furniture gives me anxiety.'
Meanwhile, someone else wrote: 'But I LOVE my matching dining set.'
However, at the same time, one interior enthusiast beamed: "OMG YES. I can't stand to see a everything bedroom the same, looks like I just walked into a furniture store."
A second chimed in: "This is actually good advice…. Homes with items purposefully selected always seem more interesting."
Whilst another user agreed: "Agree!! 100%."
Trends interior designers hate
IF you want to ensure that your home looks glam, here are the trends that interior designers can't stand.
NO YELLOW: According to Bilal Rehman, yellow paint in a bedroom is a big no no.
He said: 'If you want everyone to know you're a horse girl then yellow is perfect for you.'
SIGN OFF: Kelly Hoppen shared her honest thoughts on Live, Love, Laugh signs.
The interior pro explained: 'Another gripe of mine - Live, Laugh, Love - those kinds of wooden things that sit on book shelves and floating shelves, that's so 10, 12, 15 years ago.'
NO GREY YAY: Julie Provenzano explained that grey interiors have been overdone.
She stressed: 'We took a good thing and we overdid it to the point that it now feels copy, paste, basic.'
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