I’m an interior designer – the five trends the experts were wrong about including one that makes your home look tacky

All that glitters

The first décor trend that Nick says the experts - including himself - were wrong to rave about was gold.

Especially "cheap gold accessories" which can make a home look tacky.

"I am guilty of this... in my defense and the defense of countless others who have bought into the accessibly priced (we're not going to say cheap, we're going to say accessibly priced) brass or gold items, they're really fun!

"I really love gold as a metal... but I will say that a lot of the cheap gold accessories and the cheap brass stuff which was so prevalent over the last few years is starting to look a bit tired because its cheap."

The lack of investment in proper metals ages poorly, and starts to "look like some of the rhinestone stuff we see at Home Goods," he explained.

Into the Woods

"Reclaimed wood was a really, really big part of sort of that rustic, wood style, that really fit with industrial or farmhouse (trends) because it kind of felt very lived in," Nick said of the recycling wood trend.

"For that reason, as a trend, we thought it was going to last a really long time because it had all the making of something that would be a great trend, or something that felt like there was a certain timeless quality to reclaimed wood."

For those who live in urban or suburban areas, he said there's a "sense of place" mismatch as the area doesn't match the interior.

"Ultimately, was just not here to last. And, we were wrong. We thought it was great, and it turned out maybe not so much."

Colorful Terrazzo

"Still kind of love this, not gonna lie," Nick admitted about terrazzo, a cast of crystals, glass or other beautiful stones inset into a hard, cement-like binding.

It is typically used on walls or floors, but terrazzo accessories also came into fruition as a decor option.

"I think there's been really creative sort of uses for this stuff that I actually still really enjoy."

In 2021, he confessed, the trend appeared in a "trends I love" video done by the interior designer.

He explained that while the funky fun version of terrazzo seemed like a great idea, it is beginning to look juvenile.

A more natural stone, Nick continued, is something that will actually look great regardless of its age.

Follow the Light

Exposed lamps with shadeless, lantern-like covers took over the decorating seen for awhile, according to nick.

"I think there was a time, 2015, we'll call it, where this is sort of like what everybody seemed to be putting into their homes, their new builds, their renovations, their kitchen island, or their peninsula, right?"

"You can't look at a real estate listing from a house that was renovated 5, 6, 7 years ago, and not see the sort of lantern style, open pendant that you see that is very, very, very, very popular, or at least was."

Nick confessed that he doesn't mind the look of an open lightbulb, its simply the lantern shape itself that is played out in 2022.

Fifty Shades of Grey

"Grey flooring, grey furniture, grey paint on the walls, grey ceiling, grey décor, grey, grey, grey," Nick described the all grey everything trend.

"Now, it is very much looking really dated."

When it comes to why this trend is showing grey hairs, Nick said its because, as a mix of neutrals black and white, its just another neutral.

"It's a beautiful neutral, a great neutral," although, when combined with the silvery and blue undertones that are common in grey décor, it makes a room feel "very impersonal, very chilly."

While the all-white look sometimes also delivers the same "very unwelcoming and very sterile," its the creamy undertones in the color palette that make it a more timeless alternative.

The design expert said a décor arrangement so unfriendly and forced does not "stand the test of time."

Nick admits easy to get "sucked into the excitement" of "overspending" on these trends, only to find that they don't age well.

Still, he said anybody who gets enjoyment from these trends should continue to enjoy them.