IKEA's Retro Resurgence | What Is Going On?
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- Опубликовано: 14 май 2024
- In this video, I'm talking about how colour is coming back into interior design in a big way! The fact that IKEA manufactures so many colourful products signals its desire to appeal to Gen Z and the younger market overall. Let me know your thoughts in the comments section! How do you feel about this much colour? Are there any standouts from the collections?
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Your channel banner picture resembles the IKEA lamp with the three colors in the metal shade 😃
2 mins in . ...you got me with they think i need a sweed on staff...you are funny and i love it
AMEN! But I still love turquoise and chartreuse accents.
I think the IKEA is targeting under 30s
As an older millennial who has been sick of the gray everywhere for a very long time, I love seeing more color. Maybe not these exact colors, but it's still a nice change.
I'm a Boomer, and I second that! Soooo done with gray and those insipid muted gold and aqua ... We need to emerge from our collective borderline depression and bring back colors!
Yes, as a Gen Xer who furnished my apartments with IKEA’s midcentury furniture 20 years ago, I’m glad to see them moving away from the horrible farmhouse aesthetic and back to their classics.
Is it just me, or does design reflect society's mood?
Exactly! Color is good, but egads. Ugly colors!
Agree, gray needs to go.
You’re right about the shag rug. My hubby thought he lost his wedding band trail running, but a couple of years later we found it in the bedroom rug 😂
I got contacts in the 70s and managed to lose one a few times in my shag rug. It helped that the contacts were blue and the rug was burnt orange.
I once lost my mother's RED necklace in a shag rug that was black and white. The beads were small, but still...😂
😂😂😂
I lost my puppy in my shag rug… 😂 No seriously, he was teeny, and the shag was LONG.
Good lord 😂
4:08 “It’s as impractical as having a concrete clock in your living room that is perpetually at twelve:eighteen because you forget to change that battery.” Getting ahead of the trolls and making people (or, at least, me) laugh at the same time; you are an efficient man, and I love you for it.
ha ha - I totally laughed my butt off at that one! I love this guy!
Only now realized that the clock is at 12:18 😂😂😂
FINALLY somebody else has noticed it! Thank you ;')
My grandmother and great grandmother always reminded me that “just because it’s in style doesn’t mean that it looks good.”
“You put grandma in that chair, and she ain’t ever leaving your apartment.” LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Did you notice how short the legs are on that chair? You aren't going to get anyone over the age of 16 out of it.
I'm 67, not a grandma, but that was the first thing I thought. I would never get out of that chair!!!🤣
You put anyone who is physically disabled in that chair and they are never leaving too :D it is basically a guest trap
@@purpleworm4725 If you find a burglar in your house, don't overreact. Offer him a seat, and just wait until the police arrive.
Wait a minute! I’m 78 and I can get out of that gorgeous yellow chair. Believe it or not. Tried it last week. I adore the return of color! The wonderful orange-red Ekero chair is my favorite IKEA chair… And yes, by the way, anyone can get out of it!
1:53 Swede here, can confirm we don't care about pronunciation ♥️
It's very kind of you to relieve Nick's mind!
Thats because you're mature and cool
Same! And also the pronunciation isn’t that bad either I’d just have the first vowel be long.
I don’t know if tesammans even is a real word. Maby slang for tillsammans?
@@msFalke I’d say it’s dialect for tillsammans (together). That’s what we say here in Värmland for example.
I nearly choked on my water when you mentioned the "big cement clock that is perpetually stuck on 12.18" and call me stupid if you want but I somehow always assumed that you had a very strict filming schedule. I don't even remember when it stopped working but this is the funniest jab at your own decor
I now want a big concrete non-functional clock. I did not before.
I’m going to make a wild guess but I think it stopped working at 12:18
@@legitenoughtoquit that's a good one, I'll give you that
I actually stopped shopping at IKEA years ago because there was zero color. I'm not into these colors necessarily, but i am happy to see color make a return!
I'm a bold, arty, tropical, neon, kitsch kinda person so the last ten years of home design has been my own personal version of hell😅
Hit up antique malls, save stuff made decades ago from a landfill. They are probably made better as well.
@@paulas_lensthat's what I've been doing for years because Ive always hated these boring sleek designs they started in the mid 00s and ramped up in the 2010s
I am 37 year old I am happy to see more color everywhere. After years of beige, brown, white, grey and then beige and brown again I am happy that people are remembering that there are other colors out there. I have that avocado green watering can in my daughters room. It's cheery and I like it.
You can always put a touch of color in your beiges/greys. A lot of interiors have yellows or blues to break the tamed shades of browns/greys
This all takes me back to the United Colors of Benetton from the 80’s! 😊
Benetton and Esprit where no color is too bold or too bright!
Read this comment as he talked about that Tessans blanket and had the exact same thought!
Yass
Yeah the time when people wasn't afraid of color or what people would say about them.
Totally!
If you dont like it...dont buy it. Decorate how you want to live. ANYTHING is an improvement over the gray era.
As a younger millenial, I am SO HAPPY to finally see colourful stuff at Ikea, I hope they release more!
the Tessamans collection is a collaboration with the Dutch-based design studio Raw Collor.
Here in Europe, I can see a group of color lovers, that are definitively not Gen Z. But arty people inspired by the Bauhaus who love bold & bright colors. (mostly primary colors but pastels are a hit too!)
Anyway, the collection sold out so quickly in Amsterdam that I haven't had time to have a look at it.
Finally time for some colors, yeah!
There are colors and then there are COLORS. Maybe the people in Amsterdam have been smoking too much you know what.
This is how I feel! I’m a painter and ceramicist and love color. I draw inspiration from many of the artistic and design movements under the ‘Modernism’ umbrella. I think intentionally placed colorful pieces from different styles and eras can really make a room pop. Some of these pieces could enhance a space without being cluttered by the same palette.
Yep Europeans have never been afraid of colour. Love it.
studying the bauhaus in high school is what pulled my out of my emo phase and fall in love with color again, haha
As the retro trend advances through the decades I'm getting a little anxiety. I'm giving advance warning that, when Dusty Rose and Country Blue comes back, I'm going to find a cave to hide in.
That hideousness was around 1989-1993ish … a 50 years trend turn around puts that at about the late 2030’s/early 40’s … sooo about 20 years from now. I guess when I’m 83 years old, that might be a soothing color scheme with happy geese with floating ribbons motifs and big Laura Ashley mauve & hunter green rose floral patterns with intertwining greenery!
@@MomCat6000 You paint a vivid memory picture. I'm starting to feel an attack of hives coming on.
People have told me that my hatred of mauve is unnaturally virulent.
Sea Foam Green, too.
And they will call it colonialcore
Hunter green and burgundy 😢
I have an avocado bathroom. Not intentionally. Bought my house 2 years ago and can't afford to remodel yet. Any young person visiting loves it !
I am GenX and I would keep it! 😉
the donut lamp looks like a werther's caramel candy
To me it looks like hemorrhoid pillow 😭😭😭😭
@@drakedrones now i can't unsee it
Or a bagel?
It gives me those vibes I can almost taste it
That first piece - the orange side table - looks more like corrugated roofing than ruffles.
But it has useful storage for crumbs and bits of dog biscuit that fall down the corrugated iron gaps, so that's a feature.
That’s EXACTLY what I thought too!
Agree. I live in the country, so I got barn roof vibes.
Maybe that's what I love about it! It has that industrial flare!
I like the industrial vibe. Plus I see metal furniture and think... I can always spraypaint it if I need a new finish.
"Is this an animal print? I mean what poor animal has this? " I'm still laughing. Love you Nick
The 70’s is everywhere and it’s pulling me in. I got new glasses last year, new haircut two years ago, and new clothes yesterday… I swear I’m not trying but my husband keeps saying, “you’re in your 70’s era!!” IT’S NOT MY FAULT IT’S WHAT I’M BEING SERVED!
Not a bad thing, go with it if its what you like :)
I was so tired of grey everywhere, I think all these colors are very refreshing. I don't like it as a total look, but a few pop of colors in a middle of older wooden pieces... Love it ! That's good news
I mostly buy old furniture in good condition because I've never liked these monotone shades being popular. I can't stand that everywhere has boring bland white or beige walls and everything is sharply shaped and lacking design...gimme some color and personality PLEASE. I feel like I'm walking into a mental ward everywhere I go from how sterile everything looks.
Don't forget the nostalgia of those who were kids in the 70s! Those "kids" are now in their 50s, and some of IKEA's richest consumers.
I was a 70s kid and this stuff doesn't take me back at all. It misses the mark for me.
I dont think that people arround 50 are really purchasing furniture in IKEA
@@daniellaronero3139 Everybody in my city--LA--purchases furniture at IKEA. Maybe not all their furniture. But some of it.
@@daniellaronero3139 Not necessarily furniture, but decor.
Closer to mid 60 - 70 yrs old.
The colors in part 1 of this video give me Fisher-Price day care vibes!
Yes. Toddler design heaven
When my kids were little, in the 80s, I used to joke that my house was decorated in Early American Fisher Price! Happy memories ...
😂
I thought that too 😂!! If I run a day care I would love these but not in my home 😅! Maybe for the kids room.
Exactly what I thought! 😂
Older millennial here, I love this new trend and i love switch from greige to colors; and what is more important from perfect boring empty minimalism to colorful livable cozy places!
"As impractical as a concrete clock set perpetually at 12:18 because someone is too lazy to change the battery "😂 Nick himself is not even safe from his own sarcasm!
Me looking at his clock in the background 😂😂
There was 4 colors in the 70's period. Avacado, Brown, Gold, and Orange.
Pretty much describes vomit.
I just realized that my living room consists of brown, gold, (burnt) orange and dark green. 😅
@@kepckatherinec805 Orange? No.
True. We just replaced our 70s-era stove (brown, analog flip-tile clock).
Yes I ❤it all
As someone who grew up in the 1970's, I am not ashamed to say that I am appalled by burnt orange (and avocado green).
Don't forget Harvest Gold.
Thank you! This collection makes me nauseous.
@@SarahGreen523
And Coppertone. My mom had Coppertone stove and oven in the kitchen.
Totally agree. The 70s color schemes were awful
Yeah, I hear that!
I’m 19 and I am loving this so much, 70’s and late 60’s space age is SO GOOD I’m so excited
I'm very happy to see back colours in interior design. Nothing gives me less joy than a beige world
I grew up in the seventies and I love this. Post modern with a total new feel. Hurrah lots of color and no more greige
Mobile, check alexander calder, but you need space
Thank you, I grew up in the 90s and I love it. It’s so cheery, obviously we are not painting the whole room avocado green, it’s just 1 or 2 chairs, perfect cheery accent pieces.
@@pd4887 Yes, exactly; pops of color. Take small bites!
I like the metal trend. It's durable, recyclable, and the white never yellows! I have some metal side tables from Ikea that look exactly the same as when we bought it 8 years ago. Meanwhile the melamine shoe bench has yellowed and stained in less than half the time.
Omg… The lavender pitcher… I went to IKEA this weekend and I was so enamoured with that thing that I kept thinking about it for the rest of the day… I was hypnotized by that colour. I may have to go back there and buy it.
Do it!
When I see makeovers on HGTV I see: white, white, white, a little wood, wicker. The same kitchen counter white with a little gray lines and perhaps waterfall. Over, and over and over. I probably would not purchase these items, but at least it has character.
the reference to the clock in your background is an awesome easter egg!
I wish he would move the clock hands just to see if anyone would notice!
YES I was hoping someone else noticed!!! 😂
It’s hilarious
8:39 The donut lamp…blowup hemorrhoid ring…can’t unsee it!
I don't get what so appealing about that lamp. I've noticed quite a few people on Reddit obsessing over it. It's just looks like a donut or a life .ring
😂😂😂
I find the 3 layer lamp truly ugly and foresee it filling out landfills soon.
@@Blue_Star_ChildAnd I see three times the surfaces for dust to collect 😂
Yeah it is butt ugly.
The 70s are in again because it reminds us of our grandparents' houses, and since adulting fucking sucks we really just want grandma to bake us cookies and give us a hug again. But she's been gone for 20 years, so we just buy some table or whatever.
Yeah the ones that had nice grandparents should be grateful and have them in their memories. I didn't have that luxury and would have love to have loving grandparents to help me through my toughest years.
Listening to foreign speaking people miss pronounce ikea names is a national sport here in Sweden.
Shout out to all that clicked just for that thing alone.
So no don't ever change. 😊 It's too much fun.
I have nothing against colour and blue, orange and yellow are all happy, beachy things, but a lot of this stuff is reminding me of primary school. I'm in my 50s so was a kid in the 70s and I swear they used to store books on metal carts like that in my classroom.
Truth!!! 😂😂😂😂
Primary school was the first thing That came to me too!
So glad metals are replacing plastic and particle board, getting away from chemicals with design 🙌🏻 love ya Nick
So true!!
The beauty of multi-coloured metal decor and furniture items, is that Rustoleum exists.
Burnt Orange has always been a favorite of this 70s child. Nice and warm.
that cheese grater chair looks like it was born to be “laundry chair”
Or, as my stepdaughter calls it, the chairdrobe.
@@lindaegan2296
I have a sofabedrobe
Oh gawd! I was married in 1974 and the vomititus colors of orange and Avacado green were gross then and they still are today somethings never change. I collected Shaker and primitive painted furniture. My three children have some pieces along with tradition things. I find my old style looks fabulous still today. My home a 200+ historic one is on house tours from time to time. It works and I’m still happy at almost 70. Love to you Nick😊
Yeah, I was married in 1975 . I’ve always hated orange in most any tint or hue, and though green is my favorite color, not avocado green. And the two colors together I found absolutely distressing! I didn’t mind the harvest gold though, and actually purchased a refrigerator in that color. I was SO relieved when 1980 brought the natural and organic, neutral colors and shades of brown and off-white.
I graduated in 1974 as well as got married and I HATED the Spanish wrought Iron crap, the BOHO crap and the MODERN crap. I still HATE IT and always will!!
I'm a Gen X and grew up in the 70s; those colors are an abomination.
I do love Shaker style and Arts and Crafts style of furniture.
As a late 30s woman I cringe so hard with some of the “Y2K” fashions being redone. I’ve come to the conclusion if you were around to see these styles live and die, they’re never going to come back as appealing in your eyes. Which is why I hate tribal tattoos but rather love a lot of this collection!
I am also an older Gen-X. The house we bought in 1999 came with avocado green kitchen counters. They’re still here. They need replacing, but I like them. lol The orange is ok in small amounts as decor, though I don’t currently have anything that color in my house. Harvest gold is an absolute no.
My mother had a 1950’s style pink kitchen the whole time I lived at home, and my grandparents’ house remained firmly in the 1950’s, so I didn’t live with it to now hate it. Mom did have some harvest gold small appliances, so there’s my issue with that color. lol
As a Swede, I find it so funny and endearing to hear your version of the IKEA names!
That donut lamp looks like a buttered rum lifesaver. 😂
As a 70s kid, I can honestly say my grandmother pulled it off beautifully. Nothing was overdone regardless of color or design.
I always thought my grandmother had a lovely house. Even the giant mural she painted of leopards on the wall over her organ. It was a pop of whimsy in a fairly traditional room design. She did a couple wild things and the rest was very classic. It really worked.
I wish I could take a pic and post it here. My Gen Z son loves the 70’s look. Like psychedelic 70’s. Orange, yellow, green & brown. Including an alcove with swirling trippy mod wallpaper. Yes they do love it. But as a Gen X I do love it too, for him, in his room.
Don't let him have a disc ball or you will have a mental breakdown.
Convince your son to watch the original Mobile Suit Gundam anime from 1979, it has lots of psychedelic imagery as a consequence of being made in the 70's.
lol in his room... OVER THERE. 😂
😂 “I love that for you.”
I was a 60s teenager so I get the psychedelic look, but as a Boomer grandma, yes, it belongs confined to his room.
I’m 63 years old and an artist. I love love love all of these trends.
I am a 60 yr old artist and I do too!
Most people play safe with whites and neutrals yet forget that those form great background colours, a foil for wonderful expressions of colour. Neutrals are easier to sell to a wider audience, so it will be interesting to see if this trend lasts because people get tired of intense colour and pattern very quickly.
Remember those sweaters Bill Cosby used to wear as "Doctor Huxtable"? A lot of these products give me that vibe, especially that throw
That's true!!!😅
Coogi sweaters
Yesssss!!! I love that shag rug and in part bc it gives me Coogi sweater vibes. I bought the blue one actually.
The beige children generation are fighting back.
The bold colors are *not* the problem with these collections.
😂
I love watching Nick for the humour…”I feel if you put Granma in this chair she ain’t never leaving your apartment..!” 😂😂😂
Being a Dane in my mid forties, the fabrics and furniture give me really strong summer in the Nordics, visiting the family summer cabin and walking to the beach in my childhood - the patterns and colours were so cringe to me as a teen, but by now it's all just nostalgia.
None of this will ever make it into my home, not in a million years, but I could absolutely appreciate visiting someone else and and enjoying the happy vibes and the lack of mildew funk that is otherwise stuck in my memory and forever associated with yellow and orange flower patterns for me because, well, damp summer cabins in the Nordics 😅😅
What a fun video!
Hated everything. I watch because you are sooooo entertaining!
same.
me too!
I had a great belly laugh over “she ain’t gettin’ out if it”😂😂😂 I’m 63 and not a grandma yet - but I, for a fact, would probably struggle with that one (even though I’m only 5’1” tall!)
*of
Arms, let's have arms on chairs. :)
Loving the orange, green and darker wood!
I love this! This is the first time I've wished there was an IKEA in New Zealand. Give me all the colour! 😍
I'm a huge fan of colour and texture. Imight not be to everyone's taste but I love that colour is making a comeback especially now that I'm getting my own place.
Not only do I still keep the neutral large pieces but I can now add small pops of colour for decoration
That's called "taste"!
@@karenk2409 To each their own.
You should decorate according to your own taste and style. If you love red, use some red.
We’re not chained to what HGTV or some decorator says to use. It‘s your place and your choice. Period.
@@karenk2409 Taste is subjective
Oh, good grief! I lived through this once. All you need is to add hot pink and you have every Barbie play house from 1966 to 1972.
IKEA is fast fashion now. You get the instant gratitude by looking at these
These Genz’s are nesting with their partners and are decorating on a budget either thrift of affordable vintage-ish things. My son is that guy: the mustache, the nail polish and vintage obsession. Spot on IKEA!
That throw blanket looks like a beach towel.
"I'm just as delightful over there" and "it's really a cheese grater for your bum" and "highlighter yellow" love you, Nick! I second the motion in the comments to never bring back harvest gold, burnt orange, and avocado.
I literally chuckled when he said all of those 🤭
The avocado green was the only home decor color I actually liked from the late 70's. I can't stand anything burnt orange to this day though.
I have avocado green 1970s Mikasa dinnerware (Duplex by Ben Seibel) and it is the best thing ever. I loved Ikea's bold Marimekko like patterns for duvet covers in the 80s -- if they bring those back I'll be thrilled.
I love harvest gold and burnt orange, but I grew up with them in my parents old house. All the common rooms were really light and airy so it felt very warm and inviting. They also had a lot of contemporary/modernist furniture so it didn't feel all closed in like some other spaces with those colors did at the time. Then the 90's happened and my mom went all in on country blue, golden oak and geese when we moved out of the city.
@@sissymarie2912 🤗
"If you can, go nuts" - truly one of the most inspiring quotes i've ever heard
As a knitter I LOVE that throw! The color and pattern is very on trend and it’s so easy to add a little something fun without risking it with a large piece.
My thoughts too! As someone who loves all yarn crafts and textiles, the colour combinations and patterns are gorgeous!
The windchime piece is probably a reflection of kinetic artwork. In the similar vibe with alexander calder’a work. Considering the retro pieces and vibes.
I thought so too. But Mr. Calder would shudder at this mobile.
That was what I thought.
Agreed. I like the Calder Mobiles but the IKEA version seems very juvenile to me in comparison. I wish I liked it because the price point is great.
Thank you, I was looking for Calder's name
It's a down-the-line-of-retail version of it imo
Good call
I (33) love this new Ikea line and the newly remanufactured items. Maybe not all at once, but individually as accents, these are fun! Me from 10 years ago when I was trying to find interesting accents at a reasonable price is so happy!
Wake up honey we driving to IKEAAAA. I didn't know this was happening, thanks Nick!
Im going toooooo
Omg, that sunflower pattern is giving me flashbacks. Wallpaper in 1973.
Nick! PLEASE make a video on how to style open shelving.
Also, we love a long video! Would love to see more vids like this one. I could hear you talk for hours and hours, I swear ❤
Yes! You make me laugh & your style is very entertaining.
Hahahaha….you must be new here. Open shelving?….hahahaha. He hates it.
@@missmayflower I’ve binge watched all of his videos. He says small amounts of open shelving are okay. But I want to know how to style that small amount of it 😭
Just brilliant. Lovely to see the largest retailer of Bauhaus inspired furniture going back to its roots. Bring it on IKEA.
I think that the abundance of colour is why people were happier in the 70s and 80s. I hope that this will lift the spirits of Gen Z.
Trends are driven by money remember. People will buy these and hate them soon when the next trend arrives. I am 50 and remember when IKEA arrived in the UK I loved it! . My house has been through several interior design incarnations and I have had fun doing many trends and regretted it - I did Laura Ashley once ha. I like different looks from English Cottage Eclectic to Japanese Minimalism. However what I can live with and suits my lifestyle is altogether different. I have settled on quality classic design pieces which I love and are timeless, a white wall and neutral accent colours. A bit like your place. find them peaceful and I feel at home finally with my design taste. Love the channel
I got a bit of a chuckle out of this vlog, I lived through all of those decades and all I can say is ewww. I did buy an actual teak veneer table and chairs from IKEA in 1973, that was a very nice piece. That orange colour always reminds me of the orange shag rugs of the era and a friend actually put it up the wall in his bathroom. I did get a laugh out of the April fools vlog that mentioned that. When you live in an old farm house with many critters, two mechanics and not much money, comfort and practical is the trend.
Back in 1965 I baby sat for a family of three rambunctious boys. One evening (while the boys were arm wrestling in their mutual bathroom over which one could brush his teeth first), I needed a toilet trip of my own. I decided my only option was to use the master bathroom. To access that toilet area, I had to walk through the master bedroom, which I hadn’t yet seen. The wall to wall carpet in the bedroom was a shag of long fibers, some turquoise blue, others chartreuse green. That color scheme and carpet type were not unusual for the era. What traumatized me was that this carpeting was not only wall to wall, it was ceiling to ceiling. The carpet covered the floor and ran up all four walls, ending at the intersections with the ceiling. I felt liked I’d been swallowed by a sea monster from a Peter Max poster. I decided that I didn’t want to see what decorating nightmare awaited in the master bathroom. I fled into the hallway and waited for my turn in the boys’ bathroom. Messy as it was, I felt much safer there.
I am EXTREMELY disappointed to not get a description of that master bath! I knew of the trend to completely carpet every surface but have only seen it applied to panel vans, where it made some sense in case you bounced into the ceiling!
@@kepckatherinec805this was for sound-proofing, much like the van reference
You nailed it with teenage bedroom vibes.
I'm a Gen-Xer and a lot of this is perfect for my 1980s Memphis Design themed guest room. I also keep finding weird 80s stuff in the local Goodwill.
Nick is an amazing and talented designer. But honestly I could listen to him talk about peanut butter, the weather, or ancient history. He has a gift.
Congratulations on your new home. Moving is stressful too, so take good care of yourself and puppy- lots of time to unpack too.
I must have missed the announcement he was finally selling.
@juliemarkham4332 he announced in his newsletter the purchase of a house.
"I would need the chair after looking at that rug". Mike drop! 🤣
That one chair is nostalgic for sitting in the grocery cart as a child.
Nick, you are the *best*. Your dry humour cracks me up. Thanks for the video. Love it.
I'm old and I get a little bit offended when people throw a bunch of colors together that just don't go together and then they say it's retro or Boho. No, we actually had pretty good taste most of the time. It seems a lot of junk that was indestructible ended up in thrift shops. The stuff isn't messed up because nobody ever used it.
I don't know your age but I remember the 80's and 90's and everything was terrible. No taste at all.
The 80's were terrible too
@@lisabrightly Same. The 80s style was horrid. It was nothing like in the movies or stores or all the things that survived till today. It was brown, dark brown or black wood, "ethnic" patterns, purple, ruby... urgh
I LOVE, LOVE color….the bolder and brighter the better. BUT I don’t decorate with lots of bold color because I get sick of it very quickly.
Older GenX here. That lavender, mint, peach pink or coral was every OP swimsuit I owned in the 80s.
I had a windbreaker in those colors in the 80s!
As a 70-year-old Boomer,I love seeing some color and emphasis on creativity again in furniture. Beige has had its day.
I had those colors in my bedroom. I sewed curtains made from sheets. A shag rug, a bean bag chair and a Stereo turntable for my 16th birthday. I paid for everything else, because I worked after school. Does anyone remember the 20s resurgence when The Great Gatsby movie of the 70s came out, let’s bring that back.
Exactly. For those of us actually alive back then, we loved "antiques" with real wood and things made with great craftsmanship.
Oh there's definitely a 20s resurgence... But I don't like 20s furniture I like 20s clothes and that came back in the 10s and went away again
Rite on 😂
Also Bugsy Malone with Jodie Foster.
The styles from Bonnie & Clyde with Faye Dunaway & Warren Beatty were a big influence! And who can forget the looks from The Sting with Paul Newman!!
"Everything old is new again" will always apply, just give it time. :)
I do like orange, so that is the color of my car exterior. Easy to find in a parking lot! In my house, it is a combo of old family furniture, furniture I brought home from Europe and Ikea. And it all works.
I do like the orange doughnut on a corner shelf, Light illuminating the corner softly.
As a Boomer who loves color, I’m just glad I’ll not be around the next time white/beige/gray farmhouse style comes back around! 😂
Thanks for another great commentary of ikea, love your honesty
So glad people are embracing colour again. I know that sunflower print is 60s/70s but it always reminds me of the 90s sunflower print that was everywhere. The one on the navy background. I loved that in my late teens/early 20s. Wouldnt go near it now though. It's interesting to reflect on how your own taste evolves and matures. Thanks for a great vid! x
Well, I had FUN watching this one! Flashbacks to my bedroom in 1968 lots of orange (*love that flower power pillow,IKEA!).. then hop forward to my bedspread quilt married in 1973..I was big into yellow! Somehow tho we blended lots of plants. Does anyone remember the natural woods look with ferns and hanging plants ( now the boho hangers) I'm not offended like lots of commenters seem to be about these colors! Live long enough to see them come back twice lol Great memories and none of that is my color today,(*so not me now) but I keep up on trends for my grand kids and I love seeing things come back in style! My house is not "bright", but my sunny thoughts of this video are 😂 Thanks, Nick! So much fun watching!👍🏻
I'm 72 and I redesigned my bedroom boho. I change it with the seasons. I love it!
I love it as well.
Feels like college dorm-style. Not my style, but fun to see.
Cheese grater: my mom has had an OG one on her balcony for most of my life and with a thin cushion, it's super comfy. The ergonomics and size are just right.😊
I have one as well (I call it my shopping trolley chair 😂) and really like it! I drape a faux sheepskin over the entire chair, and add a thin pillow on the back - perfect!
As someone who loathes gray and is heartily sick of it, I welcome the color resurgence and I’ve grown very fond of burnt orange, harvest gold, and avocado furniture and accessories. Now can we ALSO have new cars that have colors other than white and gray with plastic gray-only interiors? Bring back velour seats and glamour moondust 70s paint hues!
That mint green and lavender was in every baby's nursery in the 80s.😂
As a 1958er, this was really fun!!!!
Those pastel stools and crates match the Sharp boombox I got for Christmas in 1986. Loved that palette then, love it now.
You are definitely a delight, Nick. Thanks for making my day once again. I love how many times you say you don't like something when you don't like something.
nostalgia, love it, love color, it cheers me up when i look at it. The white look was way to serious, and said to me, "don't have fun, we can't make a mess."
Yeah color! As a collector of "interesting" lamps I do really like the lamp.
IKEA is having fun with these new collections!