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[quote=Anonymous]Yeah, I have definitely swung more traditional although that particular photo doesn't do it for me.

I think a lot of it is about a decade or two of people buying much more from in stock choices at retailers like Pottery Barn and CB, so fabrics are almost all solid and in gray, beige, etc. West Elm can't get couches to you cheap and in six weeks unless they only offer a few stock fabrics. People used to use upholstery/drapery workrooms much more I think. So part of it imo is just millennials getting to the point where maybe they are working with a designer who can help them put together a fabric scheme and just that makes the room look more "traditional" on its own. And maybe it's also about Etsy and other online sellers figuring out how to connect people to workrooms.

Like, there was a point where everyone used skirted round tables because it was cheap to just use the plywood table and the cover was another chance to introduce or repeat a fabric in your room. But today, it would be much easier to buy an antique mahogany tilt-top table on eBay or Craigslist and many people wouldn't know where to start with picking a fabric and having a cover made.

Of course, Ballard has been offering more fabric choices direct to consumers for a long time but I think that was and remained a mostly regional phenomenon that was always more popular in the South, and the style reflected that. People here don't like things so bright.

What's good about the difference between now and the 80's, imo, is in the 80's lots of manufacturers were making replicas of what were very expensive antiques. Now, the antiques are cheap and easier to buy thanks to the internet, 1st Dibs, etc so one can put together a mix of authentic pieces from different periods instead of buying a cherry "colonial" dining room set from a department store. They're both "traditional" but very different. I still don't like the example photo, but what brings it to life is the deco mirrors.

Also, major negative points for the article allowing the use of the word "timeless," even in a quote. It's so not "timeless!" Sort of Victorian, chintzy 80's, etc. NOT "timeless." Only a rock is "timeless." It's so irritating. [/quote]

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