When I first felt this desire to design tiles, it wasn’t because I thought it was a good trend to be in. After all, when you get to a certain stage of your life you realise you don’t find trends that important any more. For instance, I did the platform shoes trend twice (and this will give you some idea what the certain stage of my life is) and I don’t want another pair, no matter how on trend they might be.
However I do have a brass pineapple bought in the Eighties, long before they became a trend about 3 years ago. I suppose I could get a (smallish) fortune for it on Ebay but I bought it because I loved it, I still love it, and I will still love it when the trend finally dies out.
So if I told you that all things hand-made are now a trend, all of us who are making or designing would say ‘Thank goodness ’ because that’s a trend that should be a part of everyone’s lives. There were incredible waves of creativity back in the Eighties and how many of those makers went under, or went underground, when the trend died? It’s so nice to see it back!
The absolutely great thing about interior design these days is the trend (that word again) for mixing periods and styles, and a desire for bringing something unique into one’s home. We feel encouraged to be bolder in our choices – even if, or maybe because, everybody else is doing it. This does not encourage me to buy a brass hall table with ostrich legs, but it seems a lot of people are buying them, and that’s by no means the wackiest item I have found in my blog and internet explorations. Now, how long this trend will last, I don’t know, but it was Coco Chanel who said: ‘Fashion fades; only style remains’. She was a wise bird so just buy things that you love, trend or not. Your style is your style.
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