I'm an interior designer and these five trends are making your house look boring and dated
An interior design expert has revealed five trends that are making your home look dated.
Alessandra, who runs the Virtual Edit studio between Essex and London with her friend Emily, shared the advice in a video posted on her channel TikTok @the.virtual.edit.
The clip, which racked up more than 185,000 views, ruffled a few feathers in the comments, with some claiming to have these features in their homes.
Speaking to her followers, Alessandra revealed it's time to ditch the 'millennial grey' interiors which had a chokehold over the generation for many years.
Committing to the aesthetic meant drenching your home in every shade of grey imaginable, resulting in what the designer felt becomes fairly boring looking monochromatic space.
Alessandra said: 'It was grey everything, grey sofa, grey curtains, grey walls, stainless steel accents, grey artwork.
'Everything was mirrored, and lots and lots of grey textures on top of each other, faux fur, velvet, crushed velvet, it was a lot.'
Millennials have claimed the all grey interior choice was a direct reaction to the decorating choices of boomer parents, which was more loud and Mediterranean with warm golds, oranges, and terracottas.
Matching furniture
Alessandra claimed that matching furniture sets are also out of date and can make your home look old-fashioned.
She added: 'Number two is matching furniture sets, we wanted everything to be so cohesive, everything had the same hardware and all the same wood.
'I get the appeal everything was built to be easy and work in harmony together.'
However the interior expert said mismatched furniture can also complement each other nicely without matching too much.
Some people in the comments revealed that matching furniture used to be a sign of wealth and it meant you were able to afford to buy the full matching set on the same day.
Live Laugh Love signs
Meanwhile another interior faux pas is the 'Live, Laugh, Love' signs that became popular around 2010.
Alessandra said: 'The live laugh love is the noughties equivalent of home sweet home from the 90s.'
However she said there was still a place for slogan artwork in the house, saying it can be done in a trendy way in children's bedrooms.
Black hardwear
Elsewhere, she claimed matte black hardware on kitchen cabinets and bathroom taps is no longer in fashion.
She said: 'This was a really big thing during that farmhouse revival, people were coming away from stainless steel, brass was just on the emergence but hadn't really come true yet.
'Everyone was turning to black hardwear as a quick and easy way to update a kitchen or bathroom.
'There is time for it, it is a cool trend but it is very much just going to be a trend.
'Taps are something that stay with you for 10 to 15 years, to commit to them in such a sharp black is not really a timeless decision.
'I think the reality is as soon as property developers start putting this black hardwear into their kitchens and bathrooms that's how you know the trend is on a steady decline and it's not an easy one to fix.
'With those long lasting decision like taps and hardwear it's always best to just go with a timeless decision.'
The clip, which racked up over 185, 000 views, ruffled a few feathers in the comments with some claiming to have these features in their homes
One big light
Finally, Alessandra claimed the biggest faux pas of all is 'using the big light' in the middle of a room.
'This is a hill that I will die on and one of my worst interior trends is having a fixation around one big light.
'For me one of the worst is spotlights in places that should be ambient lighting, like living rooms and bedrooms, the only places spotlights should be in is bathrooms and kitchens', she added.
Many rushed to the comments with their own thoughts on the interior suggestions.
One person said: 'Watching this from my 'grey' home with matchy matchy furniture'
Alessandra replied: 'Watching this from my home with my one feature wall, girl we live and learn.'
Another added: 'Matching furniture was considered a luxury when I was young. Meant you could afford to go out in 1 go & buy it new.'
A third said: 'And this is why you shouldn't decorate based on trends. Our house is colourful and playful with touches of all of these things, but nothing so heavy it could be considered 'dated'.
To which she replied: 'Preachhhh! The most important thing in your home is that it represents YOU and is a space you want to spend time in'
A fourth added: 'Biggest regret putting black hardware in the bathroom when we renovated 7 years ago. Need it gone.'
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