I'm surprised that chrome is seen as a trend because I've always seen chrome pieces/fixtures in all sorts of designs, Same can be said about Brass, Titanium, Steel etc They are all classic designs because they last a very long time
I think the word "trend" gets thrown out quite a lot and have a negative connotation. By definition (at least this is how I use it), a trend is simply something that is currently popular (mass adoption, everyone selling it), but it can either be a fad or a timeless element. Chrome would be the latter - they’re design elements that are consistently seen throughout history and can increase and decrease in popularity but are never outdated as such. That said, they can also be overdone or poorly done. Fad on the other hand, rises in popularity very quickly and in turn fades out just as fast.
We have crome as our primary metal throughout the entire house. The main drawback is the ease at which every piece of chrome gets covered with fingerprints. Annoying, but one learns to navigate using the door handles, faucets, and knobs with the most delicate touch possible.
0:46 Man, you always have the best inspo pics, you're the only creator I watch on youtube for whom I always have to pause and google lens things to add to my Pinterest!
I don’t follow trends and never have. The only good thing about trends, for me, is if a look or design element I like happens to be trending, those items become more plentiful and easily attainable. However, nowadays, everything is extremely expensive and usually of low quality. I just buy what I love and hold onto it.
Taubmans in Aus has a wonderful colour set for this year, deep and rich colours. The Moore colours have a wonderful colour of the year which I would like.
XO MaCenna just finished her kitchen renovation with dark wood with reeded glass in French Provincial style and it’s quite beautiful. I’m not in to dark wood as I lived through the 70’s yet it can be done today in a classier way than the 70’s and XO MaCenna imo did it well.
Hola from Panama, your videos just keep getting better and better! "Before you drape everything in orange and brown paisley, let's have a little chat" ROFL! Love it. I find these videos soothing. I enjoy the visuals and the audio, and the light humor is delightful, thanks.
Great video! I’ve always used a mix of metals - silver, brass, bronze, chrome. I mix wood color and pattern too. Love burl wood! I have a mix of furniture styles - mid century, arts and crafts and modern. I really like finding things from different eras that work together.
Everyone thinks they can charge a fortune if they claim it's vintage 😱😱😱. I love mid century modern I don't own any pieces, but some day I will. I do have a lovely 60/70's sideboard that I have in my living room. It has chrome door knobs 😊
What a fine lesson! You are an excellent teacher, as well as designer. Design academies would love to hire you or hire you for events. Publishers would love to sign you on. 😊
Looking around my room, I already see several pops of red: My son's RC car, my Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner, the open Monopoly box, my sunglasses, and a dog toy. Guess I'm on trend!
Isn't that depending on the primary or secondary colours in the context? Plus, it's just a minor stuff, and that's not really the point that he wants to make here.
From an artists perspective - kind of depends on the temperature bias of the colours. Opposite colours on the colour wheel in colour mixing terms means that they'll cancel each other out when mixed to produce a grey/black. A warm blue and an (earth) orange are very famous neutralizers. But a a warm to mid red and a more green leaning blue, like a cyan are also pretty much bang on opposite one another.
@@Riri-qi2fu Does color theory matter in design? Hmmm. Maybe not to everyone, but I'm trying to better understand it myself so when I hear someone say opposite of what I think I know I have to ask the question.
@@juliem.3936 I think color theory is important for UNDERSTANDING color, but not necessarily as "rules" you have to follow. Reynard was not technically correct when he said red and blue are opposite each other on the color wheel, but the idea is there. They are colors that sort of oppose each other and create a lively color scheme.
I have just had black interior/exterior window/door frames installed, after always having white. Initially I was going to go with a black exterior and a white interior, but I didn’t want to look at the windows and see the colour difference around the edges. Also I was advised that if the white ever scratched you would see the black coming through (not sure how correct that is, but that’s what I was told) My windows/rooms don’t feel any smaller with dark frames, but they are decent sized rooms to begin with. I would take a photo of your house and photoshop it with black frames, even if it’s just a rough view, it will give you something to work from
Wirbout starting the vid just yet i am guessing dark wood will be included in this vid? We have picked a walnut kitchen for our reno who seems to be making a comeback!
@reynardlowell, would you discuss the low back sofas ( the chesterfield type), please? Low their look, but I haven't seen anyone actually using them. I really want to see examples of sofa tables and art combo's with a low back sofa
I love your kitchen table mixed with the dark grey and soft white curtains. All of the tonalities & shapes complement each other. Can you tell me more about the bench? It looks like you have storage underneath. 8:48
It looks pretty close to the Black Kennedy Metal Floor Lamp (which is out of stock) by Temple & Webster, an Australian homewares and furniture retailer (and is actually found on Reynard Lowell’s own site).
@@robintay1449 My pleasure! Too bad it doesn’t appear to be available from that retailer. (Make Reynard an offer-maybe he’s in the mood for a refresh and will sell you his. 😉)
7:45 shows the absolutely ridiculousness of following trends "this tone of wood is good, that tone of wood is bad", "but wait now the previous tone of wood is good again". Don't change the structure of your home if you're a décor junkie, just change the décor, eventually, what you liked will be be "on" again.
Thank you so much @reynardlowell for sharing your amazing videos! Keep up the good work! .. However, I have a question/wish for you that I hope you will answer.. 🙏 We have just moved into an apartment where we are "geographically" challenged to such an extent that it is almost giving me a headache. 😅 The only place we have the opportunity to put our TV furniture, is at a 225cm. wall, (which sometimes divides the space with an inward-facing door from the entrance hall). We live in Denmark and would, (of course), like to decorate our apartment with a scandinavian/minimalist style, but we find it difficult to see how this could be done without it becoming "crowded". We sincerely hope that you would be able to give us a tip? 😊
I currently live in a concrete block home. I use the same principles to decorate as when I lived in a weatherboard, tongue-and-groove-filled cottage: take inspiration from the location (city, country, coastal, bush) and style of home (current home is coastal/tropical); choose a colour palette (from a photo, art, rug, or colours you like); mix shapes and materials but make sure there is repetition/rhyme too. I don’t think concrete houses are that different to any other house 🤷♀️
The scalloped ceilings are very traditional in Spain, i think that they are amazing 😍. The rest of the scalloped examples you gave are definitely not for me.😜
Thank you for the very watchable, professional update; but I'm afraid this "antique" is not keen on any of these new trends, (not even the other "antiques") ☺. Give me light, muted, natural materials and colours every time.
I saw a chrome drawer at IKEA recently 🤮 I can get behind the rest, except for the irregular shapes and the burl wood maybe. The wood can be so overdone and "too much" for a space.
Ugh... trends. All these look terrible, or I should say will look terrible in 3-5yrs, 70s inspired, less. Do anything with timeless style elements and taste, then you'll always be aokay,
Some of these trends, particularly the use of color and antique furniture, never went out of style. They were always present in elegant homes, not the kind of homes which are displayed in this video. Just take a look at British House and Garden magazine site and you'll see what I mean. By the way, I find the speaker's foreign accent too strong to comfortably follow.
I like dark brown wood and medium brown or red wood. The light wood doesn’t have enough character for me. Personally I use oak and acacia wood in furniture. Teak and walnut is also nice.
@@BringBackClassAndMaturity well English is not my native tongue, and dark wouldn't express exactly what I wanted to mean in my language, so I don't know if I invented that word or it's meaning isn't appropriate here Anyway, leave dark wood in the past where it belongs.
I like most woods except I'm not a big fan of oak. Tiger oak is good though. The darker woods are rich and classy. A piece here and there is enough. No need to do a whole room in dark wood. Too gloomy.
I'm just glad the grey trend is over!
The burl wood items are stunning.
I think chrome is a classic, and very durable for fixtures in kitchen and bath.
I'm surprised that chrome is seen as a trend because I've always seen chrome pieces/fixtures in all sorts of designs, Same can be said about Brass, Titanium, Steel etc They are all classic designs because they last a very long time
I think the word "trend" gets thrown out quite a lot and have a negative connotation. By definition (at least this is how I use it), a trend is simply something that is currently popular (mass adoption, everyone selling it), but it can either be a fad or a timeless element. Chrome would be the latter - they’re design elements that are consistently seen throughout history and can increase and decrease in popularity but are never outdated as such. That said, they can also be overdone or poorly done.
Fad on the other hand, rises in popularity very quickly and in turn fades out just as fast.
I’ve had chrome for 50 years 🤷♀️
We have crome as our primary metal throughout the entire house. The main drawback is the ease at which every piece of chrome gets covered with fingerprints. Annoying, but one learns to navigate using the door handles, faucets, and knobs with the most delicate touch possible.
So happy to see drapes and a roman blind together! Was trying to figure out how to negotiate that.
0:46 Man, you always have the best inspo pics, you're the only creator I watch on youtube for whom I always have to pause and google lens things to add to my Pinterest!
Really enjoyed the history lessons of the trends!
I came here to say the same thing!
NEVER CLICKED FASTER! Love from Serbia, Reynard! favorite youtuber for well over a year
That walnut table is gorgeous!
I don’t follow trends and never have. The only good thing about trends, for me, is if a look or design element I like happens to be trending, those items become more plentiful and easily attainable. However, nowadays, everything is extremely expensive and usually of low quality. I just buy what I love and hold onto it.
Another great video! Thank you, Reynard!
Taubmans in Aus has a wonderful colour set for this year, deep and rich colours. The Moore colours have a wonderful colour of the year which I would like.
XO MaCenna just finished her kitchen renovation with dark wood with reeded glass in French Provincial style and it’s quite beautiful. I’m not in to dark wood as I lived through the 70’s yet it can be done today in a classier way than the 70’s and XO MaCenna imo did it well.
Hola from Panama, your videos just keep getting better and better! "Before you drape everything in orange and brown paisley, let's have a little chat" ROFL! Love it.
I find these videos soothing. I enjoy the visuals and the audio, and the light humor is delightful, thanks.
I really like your content. Not overdone, realistic and interesting. Thanks so much!😊
Keep it white, I did that always. I am from Holland. There was a architect called Jan de Bouvrie who was fantastic
I love chrome fixtures in the bathroom.
Great video!
I’ve always used a mix of metals - silver, brass, bronze, chrome. I mix wood color and pattern too. Love burl wood!
I have a mix of furniture styles - mid century, arts and crafts and modern.
I really like finding things from different eras that work together.
Vintage bait is so real! Glad someone is talking about it 😊
Everyone thinks they can charge a fortune if they claim it's vintage 😱😱😱. I love mid century modern I don't own any pieces, but some day I will. I do have a lovely 60/70's sideboard that I have in my living room. It has chrome door knobs 😊
All in on antique
What a fine lesson! You are an excellent teacher, as well as designer.
Design academies would love to hire you or hire you for events. Publishers would love to sign you on. 😊
Looking around my room, I already see several pops of red:
My son's RC car, my Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner, the open Monopoly box, my sunglasses, and a dog toy.
Guess I'm on trend!
Repetition applied as well 👍
New video - good times!
For me, chrome was always the way to go. A pet peeve of mine are black kitchen and bath fixtures...ugh!
@reynardlowell What lamp do you have in the back ground? I love it but cant find it anywhere. Thanks for the content!
I thought red was opposite green and blue was opposite orange on the color wheel. 🤔
Speaking as a muralist, I would have to say you are absolutely correct.
Isn't that depending on the primary or secondary colours in the context? Plus, it's just a minor stuff, and that's not really the point that he wants to make here.
From an artists perspective - kind of depends on the temperature bias of the colours. Opposite colours on the colour wheel in colour mixing terms means that they'll cancel each other out when mixed to produce a grey/black. A warm blue and an (earth) orange are very famous neutralizers. But a a warm to mid red and a more green leaning blue, like a cyan are also pretty much bang on opposite one another.
@@Riri-qi2fu Does color theory matter in design? Hmmm. Maybe not to everyone, but I'm trying to better understand it myself so when I hear someone say opposite of what I think I know I have to ask the question.
@@juliem.3936 I think color theory is important for UNDERSTANDING color, but not necessarily as "rules" you have to follow. Reynard was not technically correct when he said red and blue are opposite each other on the color wheel, but the idea is there. They are colors that sort of oppose each other and create a lively color scheme.
On a color wheel, RED and green are opposite, whereas BLUE and orange are opposite.
Hi Reynard , what’s ur opinion on black window and door frames vs white or off white ones . Which should I go with for my contemporary farmhouse.
I have just had black interior/exterior window/door frames installed, after always having white.
Initially I was going to go with a black exterior and a white interior, but I didn’t want to look at the windows and see the colour difference around the edges.
Also I was advised that if the white ever scratched you would see the black coming through (not sure how correct that is, but that’s what I was told)
My windows/rooms don’t feel any smaller with dark frames, but they are decent sized rooms to begin with.
I would take a photo of your house and photoshop it with black frames, even if it’s just a rough view, it will give you something to work from
@@ItsOnlyWarPaint thank you 😍
Please do a video of your house tour.
What a cutie, and soothing voice! 🤭
Antique furniture…I feel like dancing…we just inherited a 200 years old Grandpa’s clock in perfect conditions💃🏾😎🤗
Wirbout starting the vid just yet i am guessing dark wood will be included in this vid? We have picked a walnut kitchen for our reno who seems to be making a comeback!
Yup you guessed it right!
That striped shower room made me dizzy. Scalloped ceiling would be covered in cobwebs and dust.
@reynardlowell, would you discuss the low back sofas ( the chesterfield type), please? Low their look, but I haven't seen anyone actually using them.
I really want to see examples of sofa tables and art combo's with a low back sofa
I love your kitchen table mixed with the dark grey and soft white curtains. All of the tonalities & shapes complement each other. Can you tell me more about the bench? It looks like you have storage underneath. 8:48
I shared them in this video - ruclips.net/video/ElyfPtWULlU/видео.html
It's basically IKEA drawers with 2x4s and a wood panel + bench cushion.
@@reynardlowell I suspected this might be the case. Thanks for the link 👍
Where can I find the black floor lamp in the background? Thank you.
It looks pretty close to the Black Kennedy Metal Floor Lamp (which is out of stock) by Temple & Webster, an Australian homewares and furniture retailer (and is actually found on Reynard Lowell’s own site).
@@jeff__w Thank you!
@@robintay1449 My pleasure! Too bad it doesn’t appear to be available from that retailer. (Make Reynard an offer-maybe he’s in the mood for a refresh and will sell you his. 😉)
I dont understand following trends. You are the one that has to live in it, so do what works for you.
The operative word is trend. I look for timeless.
Not into chrome, stripes, dark woods or bright colors Love curves and 70s low puffy furniture. Crazy about Art Deco.
Complementary colors: red and green, orange and blue
7:45 shows the absolutely ridiculousness of following trends "this tone of wood is good, that tone of wood is bad", "but wait now the previous tone of wood is good again". Don't change the structure of your home if you're a décor junkie, just change the décor, eventually, what you liked will be be "on" again.
Thank you so much @reynardlowell for sharing your amazing videos! Keep up the good work! .. However, I have a question/wish for you that I hope you will answer.. 🙏
We have just moved into an apartment where we are "geographically" challenged to such an extent that it is almost giving me a headache. 😅 The only place we have the opportunity to put our TV furniture, is at a 225cm. wall, (which sometimes divides the space with an inward-facing door from the entrance hall).
We live in Denmark and would, (of course), like to decorate our apartment with a scandinavian/minimalist style, but we find it difficult to see how this could be done without it becoming "crowded".
We sincerely hope that you would be able to give us a tip? 😊
Ok I’m 100% in but please post about this again on the day because I’m stupid and forget everything.
6:39 “Who doesn’t love a mushroom lamp?”
Um, me?
What experience do you have decorating CONCRETE HOMES?
I currently live in a concrete block home. I use the same principles to decorate as when I lived in a weatherboard, tongue-and-groove-filled cottage: take inspiration from the location (city, country, coastal, bush) and style of home (current home is coastal/tropical); choose a colour palette (from a photo, art, rug, or colours you like); mix shapes and materials but make sure there is repetition/rhyme too. I don’t think concrete houses are that different to any other house 🤷♀️
@@lisa34478 WILL DO, THANKS !
The scalloped ceilings are very traditional in Spain, i think that they are amazing 😍. The rest of the scalloped examples you gave are definitely not for me.😜
Disco balls at the roller skating rink were made of mirrors, not chrome.
I like some of the scalloped and uniquely shaped furniture, but too much of it does look odd.
I have chrome lamps and they are such a pain to clean.
The scallops in the ceiling are traditional Catalan way of building. Trendy or not, you're lucky if you live in a building that has them.
I agree. The Catalan vault are beautiful.
Catalan vaulted ceilings are 😍, but the example he showed was very low and just looked like it was closing in the space.
Thank you for the very watchable, professional update; but I'm afraid this "antique" is not keen on any of these new trends, (not even the other "antiques") ☺. Give me light, muted, natural materials and colours every time.
I think I will pass on the chrome
I saw a chrome drawer at IKEA recently 🤮
I can get behind the rest, except for the irregular shapes and the burl wood maybe. The wood can be so overdone and "too much" for a space.
Everything (other than music) should stay in the 70s. I didn't like it then and I still don't. Yuck.
I don’t like chrome, sad when georg jensen converted to horrid chrome from stainless steel.
The 70's were awesome - let's bring back wood paneling and conversation pits!
Please don't!
No thanks
💯 yes plz!!!
Ooh yes, lets! Along with clerestory windows, mustard, orange, olive green and chocolate brown colours, and rich teak woods. Best decade ever!💖😊
@@feedogmummy496 OMG... just remembering those things made me swoon! Now I need to mix a Harvey Wallbanger and go listen to Kool and the Gang! ❤
Hate chrome
Ugh... trends. All these look terrible, or I should say will look terrible in 3-5yrs, 70s inspired, less. Do anything with timeless style elements and taste, then you'll always be aokay,
Some of these trends, particularly the use of color and antique furniture, never went out of style. They were always present in elegant homes, not the kind of homes which are displayed in this video. Just take a look at British House and Garden magazine site and you'll see what I mean. By the way, I find the speaker's foreign accent too strong to comfortably follow.
In effect, you are saying that you probably shouldn’t watch them. Not a civilized comment in my opinion.
Use subtitles, it's an option.
Dark wood is the worst. It makes the space small and unlighted. It was kicked out for a reason.
"Unlighted?" I think you mean "dark." You should check out Paul Thompkin's "king hat" comedy bit.
I like dark brown wood and medium brown or red wood. The light wood doesn’t have enough character for me. Personally I use oak and acacia wood in furniture. Teak and walnut is also nice.
@@BringBackClassAndMaturity well English is not my native tongue, and dark wouldn't express exactly what I wanted to mean in my language, so I don't know if I invented that word or it's meaning isn't appropriate here
Anyway, leave dark wood in the past where it belongs.
Light wood has no soul though, IMO
I like most woods except I'm not a big fan of oak. Tiger oak is good though. The darker woods are rich and classy. A piece here and there is enough. No need to do a whole room in dark wood. Too gloomy.
The disco era was the 70’s. Where you are filming lacks style and intentional design.😊
I think I will pass on the chrome