![]() ![]() About 90% of my clients wanted either (1) Texas Tuscan or (2) Pottery Barn. In case you’re curious, the second most-requested look back then was Pottery Barn. And while this isn’t exactly what Texas Tuscan would look like, it still has that same feel to it. And this is when just about every new client I met with had one of two requests, and the most popular request was Texas Tuscan. I remember this era well because again, this is when I had my interior decorating business. This next one is a perfect example of what I meant by dark, heavy and overdone. So those two categories seem to dominate.īut with that said, there are many elements in this room that would look right at home in 2023 with just a few minor updates. And second, the ones that don’t seem overdone seem very plain. First, so many of them seem dark and the furnishings seem very heavy and overdone. What I did notice about so many of the rooms in this magazine is that the rooms seem to fall into two different categories for me. It’s definitely not my personal style, and the colors seem too heavy and dark for me, but it doesn’t seem outdated. If I walked into this room today, I wouldn’t necessarily think it was outdated. Window treatments today seem to have been much more simplified with window shades and/or simple curtains and drapery panels. We just don’t see many (or any) window treatments like those today. See that swag thing (I forgot what those are called) on the left window below? I remember making one of those for a client, and in 2006, my interior decorating business was one year old. The main thing I’d want to change is the window treatments. While there are definitely things that I think should be changed in this room, I don’t see it and immediately think “outdated”.Īt least for me, I think the wall color is still very pretty and fresh. I have to admit that it starts off strong with me. So in that pre-social media, pre-iPhone world, when most of us were still getting all of our design and decorating ideas from magazines and HGTV, here’s a taste of the most stunning rooms ever. And the very first iPhone was still about six months away from being introduced to the world. Myspace was the most popular social media website. Pinterest wouldn’t come into existence for another two years, and we were still four years away from Instagram. That was the year before I started this blog. This special publication is dated Fall/Winter 2006. Would these rooms stand up to that label today? Are these designs timeless? Or would these rooms look outdated today? Is there even any such thing as timeless design? Let’s take a look at a few of them, because I’m curious to know what you think.įirst, let me give you some background and some perspective. So yesterday, when I came across this again, I was curious. I thought that the claim made on the front cover was 100% accurate at the time. I was in Barnes & Noble, and I saw it, flipped through it, and was absolutely captivated by it. ![]() And as you can see, the cover literally says “The Most Stunning Rooms Ever”. At first, I thought it was Elle Decor, but it’s not. I think it’s a Better Homes & Gardens special publication. ![]() I mean, the chances of me looking at any of those magazines again was slim to none.īut one caught my eye. I didn’t take the time to look at them, because I just wanted to get the room cleared out. There were probably 300 of them, at least. It’s a big job because that room is large, and it has accumulated a lot of stuff! But yesterday, while purging and packing up the room, I came across my stash of design magazines. I’ve been working in the studio this week, clearing out the room, packing things up, and getting ready to paint the ceiling, walls, and floor. ![]()
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