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I am a millennial. This post is directed more towards millennial
I dabble in real estate - developer/investor, so have a large sample
I know traditional can mean a lot of different, so my definition of traditional = not contemporary modern.
To me, it seems like young adults these days when they buy their first house, everyone wants a new contemporary modern home. They want sleek/boxy designs. Everyone wants their color scheme to be grey/white. The days of brown are gone. In my sample, I don't know a single person aged 25-35 who has purchased/renovated a brand new home in 2016 that has chosen a brown finish with classical designs. Everything is light and shades of white. Does anyone see traditional making a comeback?
You clearly have no idea what you're talking about, or lack the ability to communicate in a clear and concise manner.
As has been noted in another thread, buying a home has more to do with income and "available stock". If every millennial was buying "new contemporary" where are they being built?- especially since there seems to be an overwhelming urge for millennials to be "in-town". What happens to that "old stock" (the traditional home).
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Not exactly a millennial here....I'm 58. So I've been through several generations of style. I remember when I bought my first house in 1982, gray was hot. The house we bought had all the rooms painted gray with white trim.....similar to today. I got tired of it and went with a variety of colors over the years. Styles and colors change.
But....good design never goes out of style. My 99 yo MIL just moved out of her 60 yo home. In the 1960s she hired a top notch interior design firm from manhattan to decorate her home. Beautiful silk and linen fabrics, quality furniture with simple lines and classic accessories, light fixtures, colors a beautiful olive green, gold and ivory. Plenty of her family antiques were part of the design.
Her home never really went out of style. It always felt classic and comfortable. I find the most interesting interior design to be a mix of inexpensive trendy items, traditional pieces and contemporary pieces. I haven't been able to pull it off well. I think it takes a deft hand.
Paint is cheap, you can always change that. And yes, eventually everything comes back in style. Just play with it. Really, just pick what you love and what feels like home to you, not necessarily what's in style.
I'm a millennial and wanted traditional touches when we purchased our house. Now our cabinets wound up already being painted but I did not want the sleek/boxy/new look. Nor have any of my friends...not to say that no one does but I don't think it's as prevalent as you think. Or at least not in all of the markets.
But....good design never goes out of style. My 99 yo MIL just moved out of her 60 yo home. In the 1960s she hired a top notch interior design firm from manhattan to decorate her home. Beautiful silk and linen fabrics, quality furniture with simple lines and classic accessories, light fixtures, colors a beautiful olive green, gold and ivory. Plenty of her family antiques were part of the design...
Really, just pick what you love and what feels like home to you, not necessarily what's in style.
That's all there is to it, really. A comfortable and attractive home, not shelter magazine trends, are what most of my Gen X and Millennial friends are looking for.
(The outliers want minimalist concrete and glass cubes at Ikea prices. Not going to happen.)
A good interior decorator will go a long way toward making a home feel timeless, with quality furniture, fabrics, and art integrated into family pieces and antiques that look like family pieces.
There are two (yes, two!) modern homes in my township. Everyone knows of them, as they stick out like a sore thumb (even though they are so cool). And they are owned by a doctor and a lawyer in their 50s.... not millennials.
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