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3 days agoDesigners Are Already Retiring These 6 Home Trends (Are They in Your House?)
Some design trends are predicted to fade quickly, emphasizing the importance of balance and restraint in home decor.
My first pair of Hunter rain boots actually came from my grandmother, who has an incredibly sharp eye for great shoes (and zero patience for flimsy ones). When I was a teenager, she bought me a pair of tall Hunters in a glossy light silver. They were practical, of course, but also strangely cool-metallic enough to feel a little dramatic, subtle enough to still work with everything in my wardrobe.
What I'm doing here is giving you fashion options. What boots should a man, a man who takes some amount of pride in how he looks, own? And sorry to be one note, but I'm also going to tell you to avoid the "trends" here. We're in a vacuum of trends at the moment. I've talked about this in other stories, and I try to avoid talking about it at parties
In the equally celebrated and reviled Nashville neighborhood of 12South, if you dodge the roving gangs of bachelorette parties indulging in mid-morning margaritas, you can stumble onto this slice of retail gold. I'm not talking about Imogene and Willie (though I could be) or the new Todd Snyder outpost. I'm not talking about the perfect pint of Guinness at Locust or the assorted scents of Ranger Station's flagship. There's only one store that has a cortado-colored Porsche 911 on full display in open bay windows.
"Traditional design is all about timeless appeal, so I focus on materials that have endured across generations, like marble and richly grained woods," says Cathleen Gruver, lead interior designer at Gruver Cooley.
The kitchen of Diane Keaton's character in "Something's Gotta Give" is timeless, chic, and continues to inspire home remodelers even after 22 years since the film's release.