Grandmillennial Style

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It looks like Southern Living Magazine to me. Too symmetrical and what’s the point of those 2 random chairs sticking out from the table?

I'm laughing because that room is essentaily set up to serve no purpose, and it is the same size as my dining room. What a waste of space and money.

[EyeCandyOP]

Whoa. I didn't realize people would think the thread was about the picture. It was about the article.

I'm thrilled that younger people seem to be embracing traditional style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am a millennial; this is my style.

I desperately hope traditional does not become trendy.

I have been buying the highest quality furniture, barely used, from consignment and estate sales and Craigslist for YEARS. I get this stuff for pennies and its good enough to last forever. And I adore the way it looks, of course. I try to mix in some modern things so it isn’t stuffy.

Don’t do it! Don’t try this style! It’s too grandma!

There is huge value in preowned brown wood furniture. My family is still using a dresser made in the 1720s for holding clothes. The "mix" and the soft goods that you select are key.

Totally agree, but it depends on the brown furniture. I have a few handmade brown pieces that I treasure, but lots of brown furniture in the mid-late 20th c was just mass produced. But it's still a step above Ikea because it's solid wood and you can't see the screws.

[Anonymous]

EyeCandyOP wrote:Whoa. I didn't realize people would think the thread was about the picture. It was about the article.

I'm thrilled that younger people seem to be embracing traditional style.

+ 1

[Anonymous]

I hate it, especially since so many of them incorporate that horrible blue and white chinoiserie in really matchy matchy ways. As a result, it tends to look really juvenile and not visually interesting. That's the kind of thing that should be used sparingly.

[Anonymous]

I like color and a vibrant mix.

But if these people came up with the term “grandmillenial” and use it proudly then I cannot trust any part of their taste.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

EyeCandyOP wrote:I just read an article in the Washington Post about grandmillennial style and wonder what people think of it. I like that we've seen some more traditional prints and furniture pieces coming back - I have to admit that I wasn't a huge fan of the more paired down looks that were popular for a while (the article mentions modern farmhouse, but I also think of the "West Elm" look).

This was the pretty picture at the top of the article.


In a way, I think it's just a traditional look that maybe some younger people are rediscovering...I'm all for it.

To me the whole room looks cheap. The tables look cheap and like that low end Bombay store stuff. The 4 blue and white urns/stools look like they were picked up at target. The 4 lamps with the orange shades look like they
were picked up at Target for $20. The two mirrors look like cheap Restoration Hardware knockoffs bought at Lowes.

I do, however, really like the flower arrangement in the center of the room. I also like the books stacked on the central table.

I kind of like what it's going for - though I find the execution here a little boring - but maybe everything seems just a little bit too small or something? It's not quite sumptuous or full enough, I think.

[Anonymous]

Grandmillennial Style? More like Grandma Style.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Grandmillennial Style? More like Grandma Style.

My grandma's house was all MCM.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Grandmillennial Style? More like Grandma Style.

My grandma's house was all MCM.

So was mine.

[Anonymous]

More Ben Pentreath:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/a-georgian-house-in-london-by-ben-pentreath

He really has the old + new together amazingly well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More Ben Pentreath:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/a-georgian-house-in-london-by-ben-pentreath

He really has the old + new together amazingly well.

It is nice, but you need a grand historic home to really pull this off. It would look silly if I tried to recreate this in my late c 1990s middle class American house.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More Ben Pentreath:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/a-georgian-house-in-london-by-ben-pentreath

He really has the old + new together amazingly well.

It is nice, but you need a grand historic home to really pull this off. It would look silly if I tried to recreate this in my late c 1990s middle class American house.

You can say that about most interior designs one way or another. They're never meant for middle class suburban housing. Even the MCM stuff isn't.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:More Ben Pentreath:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/a-georgian-house-in-london-by-ben-pentreath

He really has the old + new together amazingly well.

It is nice, but you need a grand historic home to really pull this off. It would look silly if I tried to recreate this in my late c 1990s middle class American house.

you also need a lot of space to pull of knick-knack-y without it feeling cluttered.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:More Ben Pentreath:

https://www.houseandgarden.co.uk/gallery/a-georgian-house-in-london-by-ben-pentreath

He really has the old + new together amazingly well.

This look just keeps getting worse.