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When I watch the design shows going all over town filling their carts with tsotchkes, it makes me cringe. To me they are just impersonal dust catchers.
I have a few colorful things sitting around that mean something to me, but no random shiny things from Home Goods.
Maybe that makes me a dull girl?
To my taste, most interior designers over-accessorize. I was looking at photos of both the Kips Bay and North Jersey show houses just the other day. My reaction to every single room? Take a shopping cart in there, load up half the junk on the table tops, shelves, and walls and the room would look much more attractive.
All that STUFF to me is distracting. I'm not a monk but I like rooms to appear calm and act as a backdrop for other activities going on there. I love fresh flowers, a large plant, and/or a fruit bowl; I like a strategically placed artistic object or personal memento; I actually have what I consider to be a lot of framed, original art on my walls. I'm not even against a collection of objects meaningful to the owner gathered together in a tasteful display. What I don't like is "stuff" bought just to fill up space: a jumble of pillows; objects placed on top of piles of books; "wall hangings" purchased to fill a blank wall; kajillions of photos scattered everywhere; objets d'art that have no special meaning to the owner; vases, vases, and more vases. I wouldn't want to clean that either.
Many designers are paid on commission related to what they've bought for a room. Something tells me that's where this trend started. That, and the fact that many people are just inordinately attached to inanimate objects.
Designers in a TV shows promote stuff and get gratification. People buy all kind of shiny, useless junk. Its a good business.
They just need to say: its in... and people will buy it. For some design shows are a gospel, they go with the trends and make their home looks like everyone's else.
It starts with ... what kitchen color is in? What granite is in? What is the newest trend in interior colors? Are pillows on the couch in???
It seems to me that people don't want to decorate their homes to their taste. They focus on being trendy, keep up with Jones and prepare their home for resale... even before they buy it.
To my taste, most interior designers over-accessorize. I was looking at photos of both the Kips Bay and North Jersey show houses just the other day. My reaction to every single room? Take a shopping cart in there, load up half the junk on the table tops, shelves, and walls and the room would look much more attractive.
All that STUFF to me is distracting. I'm not a monk but I like rooms to appear calm and act as a backdrop for other activities going on there. I love fresh flowers, a large plant, and/or a fruit bowl; I like a strategically placed artistic object or personal memento; I actually have what I consider to be a lot of framed, original art on my walls. I'm not even against a collection of objects meaningful to the owner gathered together in a tasteful display. What I don't like is "stuff" bought just to fill up space: a jumble of pillows; objects placed on top of piles of books; "wall hangings" purchased to fill a blank wall; kajillions of photos scattered everywhere; objets d'art that have no special meaning to the owner; vases, vases, and more vases. I wouldn't want to clean that either.
Many designers are paid on commission related to what they've bought for a room. Something tells me that's where this trend started. That, and the fact that many people are just inordinately attached to inanimate objects.
Oh, you guys should see my house ... 1950s thrift shop artifacts on nearly every horizontal surface! Of course none of it is trendy ... in this century, anyway.
I like accessories but don't like knick knacks. I think there is a difference. Yes, some of those design shows go a bit overboard. I really don't like clutter so to have every end table crammed with junk would annoy the heck out of me. I also wish designers would stop karate chopping pillows.
When I watch the design shows going all over town filling their carts with tsotchkes, it makes me cringe. To me they are just impersonal dust catchers.
I have a few colorful things sitting around that mean something to me, but no random shiny things from Home Goods.
Maybe that makes me a dull girl?
Oh, you guys should see my house ... 1950s thrift shop artifacts on nearly every horizontal surface! Of course none of it is trendy ... in this century, anyway.
I have two little groups of small cast iron dogs sitting around, but I collected them, and so they don't bother me.
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Of course none of it is trendy ... in this century, anyway. 
