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 would love for 90s colonial to come back, please.

I didn't like the "Tuscan" (what a terrible abuse to Tuscany) look when it first emerged. But I guess it will eventually come back into fashion.

Unfortunately, gray is still going strong here.

I am of the opinion that anything can look timeless if it’s done well. If you like it, who cares if it’s not trendy!?

Anonymous wrote:We had our then new house interior painted then-trendy, "khaki" in 2005. Now, it looks dated!

We are piecemeal repainting. What's a good neutral? I really thought gray was still a modern and current neutral and I swear I see it in decor magazines.

We wanted to paint our creamy “SW desert fawn” builder paint grey and never got around to it - I’m so glad we didn’t! I’m sure there are way better warm neutral paint colors than what we have now but at least we don’t have a cold, sterile home.

I googled and fell in love with the John Saladino rooms a PP mentioned. Can anyone recommend any designers or room inspiration with similar aesthetics? His rooms are all very cozy.

Ha! I grew up on a farm and wth with the barn doors and reclaimed wood?

We had our then new house interior painted then-trendy, "khaki" in 2005. Now, it looks dated!

We are piecemeal repainting. What's a good neutral? I really thought gray was still a modern and current neutral and I swear I see it in decor magazines.

I doubt it will come back in the same way, but maybe some variation on the theme, like in fashion. A neighbor of ours combined Tuscan-ish tumbled limestone tile with sleek dark cabinets and high end appliances. It looks sharp. A good designer can help you do this if you want to mix current trends with Tuscan/old World.

But I agree that you should do what you love. Your house, your money, your enjoyment.

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

This. And do people really redo their kitchens every few years?! That's nuts. I like the farmhouse/clean lines look but not gray. If I ever get the funds to redo my tiny galley kitchen it will be a deep yellow with white or light-wood cabinets. (I actually love dark wood but I have a very small house and have learned the hard way that white looks a lot better.)

Anonymous wrote:Warm colors are definitely stylish again. Grey everything has been out for a few years now.

+1

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

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.

I don't know but they are still building lots of new "Tuscan" style mansion things and McMansions out in CA.

I’m just over all of the trends. I generally love MCM but it feels so overdone now. Everything feels like a caricature of itself. Like— you know a room with a MCM couch is going to have some kind of geometric throw pillow, probably with peachy/blush tones, and a succulent and/or snake plant. Or a more traditional room will be all blue and white and look like Pottery Barn and Serena and Lily had a warehouse sale.

I’m fighting this in my own house. I want it to be interesting without feeling kitschy and without going back op far into any single trend or direction.