Will old world / Tuscan come back?

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Anonymous wrote:Grey has been over for three years in the big cities, and is dying its last breath in flyover country. The only place it still shows up are model homes and kitchen design centers....

Warm kitchens have been trending for five years- first with the introduction of warm walnut matched against the then-reigning cooler white Cabinets. And for the last three years, it’s just all warm woods, plus the whites are leaning towards creamy white, and other warm colors are being used.

So there is plenty of room to have a warm kitchen right now.

Tuscan, on the other hand, is not coming back. That trend was only every big, again, in model houses, housing developments and design centers. The places where trends go to die as they are scooped up by the risk averse. Any designer worth two cents hated Tuscan when it was happening. So no, not happening any time soon.

Gray is alive and well in real estate listings.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's YOUR house, do what you like and don't worry about what's popular.

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If you want your house to look like Macaroni Grill, you're free to do that.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's YOUR house, do what you like and don't worry about what's popular.

+1

If you want your house to look like Macaroni Grill, you're free to do that.

Came here SPECIFICALLY to reference the Macaroni Grill. That is exactly what "Tuscan" circa 1999 became in the US. I am unconvinced people learned from it, either.

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Anonymous wrote:I would love for 90s colonial to come back, please.

Here in the DC area, this will never really go away. Colonial/Federal/Georgian is all alive and well here. It's our local flair, plus we naturally have clay soil which is why the bricks were so popular here.

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Anonymous wrote:The Tuscan themed kitchens from 20 years ago are so overdone and fake. Google some of the Spanish Eclectic or Spanish colonial revival styles of the early to mid-20th century and their kitchens. There are some gorgeous and mindful kitchen renovations in some of these homes that could provide great "mediterranean" inspiration without going full Tuscan themed.

I love the California Spanish colonials of the 1920s-1930s. They're so light and airy and often have wonderful tilework. I have no idea why people fell for the rather brown and gloomy bulked up "Tuscany" look.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Tuscan themed kitchens from 20 years ago are so overdone and fake. Google some of the Spanish Eclectic or Spanish colonial revival styles of the early to mid-20th century and their kitchens. There are some gorgeous and mindful kitchen renovations in some of these homes that could provide great "mediterranean" inspiration without going full Tuscan themed.

that style is really an American thing. Real Tuscan kitchens aren't as gaudy.

I love the spanish/med. look. I lived in CA for many years, and miss that look. I hate a lot of the style of homes in the DC area.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Tuscan themed kitchens from 20 years ago are so overdone and fake. Google some of the Spanish Eclectic or Spanish colonial revival styles of the early to mid-20th century and their kitchens. There are some gorgeous and mindful kitchen renovations in some of these homes that could provide great "mediterranean" inspiration without going full Tuscan themed.

that style is really an American thing. Real Tuscan kitchens aren't as gaudy.

I love the spanish/med. look. I lived in CA for many years, and miss that look. I hate a lot of the style of homes in the DC area.

You would love our house. Former owners went full Tuscan / Med look.

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Parents are building a house and doing all light gray on the walls. I agree it’s dated and felt like they were just a bit behind the trend but alas we must all do what we like. There last place was very Tuscan-ish. I’m surprised that they didn’t go with beige walls.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Tuscan themed kitchens from 20 years ago are so overdone and fake. Google some of the Spanish Eclectic or Spanish colonial revival styles of the early to mid-20th century and their kitchens. There are some gorgeous and mindful kitchen renovations in some of these homes that could provide great "mediterranean" inspiration without going full Tuscan themed.

I love the California Spanish colonials of the 1920s-1930s. They're so light and airy and often have wonderful tilework. I have no idea why people fell for the rather brown and gloomy bulked up "Tuscany" look.

My parents owned one those those. Agree it’s totally different from the Tuscan look. There was lots of Stucco outside, dark wood beams, high ceilings. It was all off white stucco and brown wood, not that red tile or pinkish stuff popular in other “Spanish style.”

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Anonymous wrote:I’m so so so tired of farmhouse and clean lines everywhere. I’m 34 so probably an outlier in my age group who still seems to be lapping up farmhouse. Will we ever go back to bronze, ornate finishes? Perhaps with neutral colors instead of all the jewel tones and reds Of yesteryear? A girl can dream!

It never went away. Decorate for yourself; not the showroom floor.

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Nope. Never. Decorate for home you have. Colonial exterior and Tuscan interior is just confusing.

[Anonymous]

Warm is in. It depends on your home. If your have lots of warm woods you might update walls with a color like Elmira White which has both beige and gray. You can bring other Tuscan colors in with art, flowers, or rugs.

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Anonymous wrote:Nope. Never. Decorate for home you have. Colonial exterior and Tuscan interior is just confusing.

This. At least don’t fight against your home’s style. Ours is midcentury and we mix things up, but we have a lot of midcentury as a base.

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I'd like that kitchen in California.
It would look out of place in most houses around here.


I wouldn't count on "tuscan" coming back, but a more ornate style with richer colors never really left. We don't have to go back to sponge paint and Pier 1, but we can happily spend time looking at John Saladino rooms for inspiration imo. I would happily live in any of those rooms today. Amelia Handegan is another good jumping off point.

Totally agree.