Gen Z vs Millennial Interior Design Trends | What Were We Thinking!?

[@stanksalvala]

This is a good reminder that every generation goes through a stupid phase, but also the foam mirrors are on their own level of nope.

[@soulsticegirl1969]

The ugliest DIY home decor project ever!

[@hamwithcheese586]

Mason jars will always be practical, it’s part of why they took off. Can’t say the same for the plastic post modern crap Gen Z seems to love.

[@OldLadyInFL]

My millenial son made cardboard furniture and design elements out of toilet paper rolls. Foam mirrors are great next to that.

[@653j521]

@@theophany150 What purposes are those? :)

[@Jfleshman1209]

Foam mirrors remind me of the 90's.

[@lauren_sunshine]

I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of my fairy lights. I have the waterfall kind but I put them across the ceiling, like stars. If you like the look of them outside but not inside, I’d recommend adding more plants to your home, so you can live in a magical forest like me 🧚🏾✨

[@NooraTiistola]

I just recently bought waterfall fairylights for my office space and a sun powered lightbulb string for my balcony... yes I am a millenial.. no I won't get rid of my magical lights :D

[@marinasaburova]

Saaaaame omg, I love my fairy lights, as a gen z lol

[@teddybrooks6149]

Felt as a girl who is afraid of the dark I don’t like being in complete darkness

[@rebeccaorlando9815]

I agree! As someone who dislikes most “trends” in decor, I feel fairy lights are quite timeless. They’re cozy and whimsical.

[@Piiiiiiiiit]

fairy lights and just alternative light sources in general make a space feel so much more warm and welcoming to me. overhead lights feel so harsh and overwhelming by comparison.

[@KaLiiWi]

35 year old watching this with my fairy lights on and thinking of my freshly renovated bathroom with hexagon tiles. Love them.

[@AS-pu8yn]

Hexagons make me think honeycomb... its cute

[@kipporah]

A man, I missed the hexagon style but I did want the stripe tiles, you know plain colors with one strip of a color. Oh well, as I sip out of mason jar and started using them to grow indoor gardens.

[@natalieann80]

Twinkle/fairy lights are amazing. You keep them!

[@brianat4456]

I looked up at my twinkling lights too 😂

[@BrynDonovanWriter]

Sounds lovely!

[@skeleton5459]

i saw a thing going around tik tok saying millennials likes minimalism because we grew up around clutter. i thought that was very true. i remember being a teen and couldn't wait to get a place of my own just so i could live clutter free and yes i have a chevron rug. lol

[@oakleywyatt1717]

Early 2000s “tuscan” kitchen style still haunts me! so chunky and excessive

[@helloarlene]

I relate to this comment so much. Definitely a minimalist now in style and fashion once I moved out and escape from any clutter.

[@AndromedaCripps]

This tracks with my personal experience. Very cluttered childhood home and my millenial sister doesn’t let any “junk” pass her threshold 😂 But doesn’t track for me as a Gen Z, I like a *little* clutter, I think it makes a home look lived in. But I will not be keeping as much crap as my parents 😂😂😂

[@user-vr2qp2hi8z]

from my perspective, as someone from gen Z, I associate minimalism with paying more for less in a dystopian way. Don't want the whole tuscan kitchen disaster either though. I'll take the little bronze frog spigot though, but only because it's shiny and I can name the frog.

[@elokin300]

I find this kinda funny because my dad is a boomer (who would’ve raised a millennial if he had a kid when people typically do) and my mom is in gen x. My dad is practically a hoarder, but my mom keeps him in check and is almost a minimalist herself. She controlled how I got to decorate my room as a kid, so now I want a more cluttered room.

[@TheOnlyAnnakins]

In defense of the mason jar; they’re an all-in-one plastic free drinkware and kitchen storage system. I’ll admit that they’re not the most “aesthetic” but in this economy, few things as practical and cost effective

[@calliea3336]

I would like this one to come back, not for decor, but practicality. I’m so sick of plastic everything!

[@Karre_Z]

i am a gen Z that has been eyeing on those squiggly mug but still chose mason jar, simply because the price lol. Yep, he is right, gen Z is poor. I can't justify a $15 mug when I could get like 12 mason jars for the same cost

[@leopardshadow333]

They can also be purchased cheaply new or even cheaper secondhand. Almost every single estate sale I go to has at least one old box of Mason jars for sale, usually for

[@euphenasiusamdignemon5375]

Our glassware are mason jars They look great and Ill never believe otherwise

[@julieta2307]

Yesss! And now you can buy plastic lids for smoothies and such 😊

[@marinaaaa]

This is hilarious! When you said “we may not have Lived, Laughed, Loved our way through it” about the farmhouse, I died. As a later millennial, you roasted my entire design aesthetic. Gold pineapples, mason jars and twinkle lights had a chokehold on me and hexagons would have definitely been in my imaginary dream house.

[@rmags3327]

You will pry my fairy lights from my cold dead hands! But seriously, I would love you to do Gen X. We need 90s and early 2000s style RIPPED APART

[@LilyBecca]

I feel like the stuff that was in style during that time was not Gen X. I always hated all of it. Everything was so gross. I think of particle board and nasty carpet. Navajo prints and marble looking prints. I always preferred a more traditional look with real wood or a minamalistic 50's style, or Frank L. Wright style.

[@mekkio77]

Gen X: Hey, are you going throw that away? Can I have it? (Then repurposes it somehow by tossing on a throw, adding a stencil, patching it up, spray painting, or just leaving it as is in order to have a story to tell.) That one microwave with the fake wooden paneling managed to go through so many homes during Gen X's style hay day.

[@heidigregory1887]

Yes, please do a Gen X version of this!

[@the_potato_herald]

the absolute best soft lighting option, especially in small apartments where i cannot really spare space for too many table lamps

[@herefortheplants9543]

@@the_potato_herald This! I also had fairy lights around the perimeter of my college twin bed because I didn't have the space for a table lamp! I had a tiny desk that barely fit my laptop.

[@magdelineadler4284]

As an older GenZ (on the cusp) I really love all the mushroom lamps I see online. Hopefully once the trend dies down they'll become more affordable. I actually never heard of foam mirrors, I mostly see moss mirrors, and decorating mirrors with fake plants.

[@humanbean7884]

The foam mirror was a few years back, when that cloud mirror was super trending and unaffordable

[@whightfury4666]

Same, i love the whole mushroom and moss lamps and mirrors as a gen z, but ive always had a love for the large bulb fairy lights, and using mason jars with lil plaid cloths on the top for food storage. If i ever get a house, which i doubt, id love to decorate with a bit of a mix of the two with my own favorite aesthetic

[@alexmcginness8859]

I found an affordable vintage one from the 50s to use on my nightstand and I love it so much!

[@holybathook]

I feel like the mushroom lamp is universal. Millenial and I wish I could drop the cash for 2.

[@koya5001]

Whahaha, is it already starting? As an older GenZ. 😂😂 just five year younger than me, and already separating yourself from the later born GenZ’ers. 😂 you’re cracking me up.

[@CeresAzalia]

I'm a middle-millennial. Born at the end of the 80s, not so young, but not as old as the so-called "elder millennials." (Who also aren't old!). I am a mid-century modern/scandi girlie, no shame. I get overwhelmed by clutter, and the love of the look was kicked off by desiring a clean space that wouldn't make me feel like the walls were closing in on me. I will say that before I discovered Mid-century, I was into minimalist traditional Japanese decor for the same reason. I pivoted once Mid-century was introduced to me, but the under-pinning of minimalism is key for me. That said, I love the quirky stylings of the Gen Z group. Their style, "post-modern", doesn't feel like a massive departure from ours, in my opinion. To me, it looks like they just took scandi or Mid-century and then added tons of pastel colors and quirky wavy lines. It feels familiar, though. In its baseline. Some minimalist ideologies are still present, even in amongst the colors and shapes. I will defend these things: Mason jars. I don't even love the aesthetic, but I can get a 12 pack of Mason jars that I can store food in or drink out of for half the price of a glassware set. Should I invest in nice glassware? Debatable when my kid and husband keep breaking all my nice glasses, damnit. In this economy, I'm going for what's cheap, practical, and multi-use. Not necessarily what's most trendy. I never really got using them as an aesthetic choice, but I'll always understand using them because you're broke as fuck and they're a cheap multi-purpose solution. Fairy lights/LED strips - look, we need whimsy. We need fun. And I detest the idea that growing up means everything has to meet a certain "adult" quotient in order for it to be respected. We are living through unprecedentedly hard times. For millennials, we were promised a life of plenty and given war and strife instead. Gen Z didn't even get to SEE the "life of plenty", it's just a shitfest all the time. So if someone wants twinkle lights or fun synthwave/cyberpunk lights all over their room, regardless of their age, I say go for it. Life is too short and too hard to worry about how something feels "juvenile" to someone else.

[@elizabethtangora4353]

I gasped when you brought out the gold pineapples. I had forgotten completely but my god what a chokehold those pineapples had.

[@thtambitiousgrl]

Floridian here, there were several reasons it had a chokehold on people 😅

[@angelasands1643]

@@thtambitiousgrl I saw one sitting at the front desk at a hotel the other day.. had me wondering lol

[@Raindropsundropgumdrop]

​@angelasands1643 symbol for hospitality. If you turn it upside down however...

[@erinnadia0409]

Honestly core memory unlocked! I had one of those in my house in the early 2010s 😅😂

[@MichaelJenkins910]

What I see in Gen Z homes and living spaces is a really fun kind of eclectic maximalism that recalls the boho/60s fusion many of us had in the 90s. Yet again, everything comes full circle.

[@Karmabell80]

Gen Z has homes???

[@connectionfailure86]

Yeah, that's it. Gen Z design is a kind of "rewind" of 90s style.

[@soloheroina]

@@Karmabell80 no, just one room in the apartment we share with our 4 roommates.

[@kipporah]

That's what I thought it looked like a new version of the 60's which reminds me of Grandma if the Generation Z will do it right and will be very awesome. (Please don't bring back the goth's though, NO)

[@ZZ-qy5mv]

I think if it as 60s style in the 90s. I suppose this is the 3rd round?

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

I feel like our parents back in the 90’s/80s loved to collect/ hoarder things, so us millennials really went milimalistic because of that specific reason, we wanted clean spaces, clean lines etc. But gen Z now wants to put some colors and shapes into these clean lines, it’s funny because they directly influence each other

[@Divionist]

That's how I see it too. I'm from 96' but my parents are Gen X and there's clutter everywhere. I'd say I'm more into the minimalist/clean and tidy look of millenials, but I'm also a bit into some of the colors and quirky styles from Gen Z (If they could be well incorporated).

[@HAIRHOLIC_1]

@@Divionist tell me about it 😫 my mother is also a gen X, I don’t know what’s with them but back in the day everything seemed like it needed to be collected and displayed. We had the house full of cassettes, CD’s, DVD’s, VHS, then we had the buffet full of displayed glassware, platewear, cookware, little fairies, puzzle frames pictures, flowery sofa covers, flowery curtains, flowery bed sheets, 10thousand flowery cushions, 20thousand plush toys etc etc etc. I mean everything was so cluttered and busy feeling. Made cleaning and dusting 10x harder. Now that I have my own place I don’t want anything lying around, everything has to have its place tucked away. I have few decorative items here and there and that’s about it. I get anxious when I see busy wallpapers or curtains, it really triggers me now 🤣 talk about PTS.

[@Ayelet.M]

True. My parents, and grandparents are hoarders and I discovered minimalism in college, also because I couldn’t afford nice and shiny new things but also I needed the clean space for my mental health. Now I still see myself as a minimalist and when I buy anything for the house, it’s good quality pieces (second hand or vintage). My partner on the other hand is a hoarder but we manage to balance it 😅

[@ch1ckmom217]

@@Divionist As a Gen X, let me tell you that not all of us like clutter. I have always hated clutter, I can't stand it, however I could never be as minimalistic as a millenial, I also don't like the whole beige thing some of you millenials got going on. While I think that the foam mirror is the worse thing to have, I do thank Gen Z for putting some color into their lives. Yes, it doesn't have to be overdone but seriously millenials, what where you thinking about only having beige or grey, it's too sad.

[@jaxsienplays9884]

So yall became boring

[@Patchouliprince]

As a Gen Z my home is entirely decked out in fantasy foresty elements, lots of mushrooms and plants and twinkly lights. I want to escape the hell that is the real world so my home reflects that. But I’m also obsessed with mid century modern so that is a theme running through my home too

[@yunglynda1326]

as a younger millennial i vibe with this!

[@arttrippin]

I'm Gen X but agree. I feel for the younger generations, inheriting a total mess of a world with a collapsing economy and on the brink of war and climate apocalypse. It makes sense to want something escapist! Enjoy your fairy shit, bbs! Live it up while it's goin down!

[@TheGlejjd]

same@@yunglynda1326

[@haggisa]

Cosy Rachel Maksy vibes are the best.

[@sabsab878]

As an older millennial: your home sounds awesome

[@1983simi]

I'm not sure if this is a Europe-only thing, but tbh, the Gen Z blob trend looks insanely close to what we teens/early 20-somethings would put into our spaces in the late 90s to early 2000s. We had the blob tables, blob stools, blob rocking picture frames (my mom still has an old one of mine), blob carpets, etc), along with some blowup comfy chair and a lava lamp. The aesthetic looks eerily similar with the only difference that our stuff was very saturated neon-esque poppy colors, while GenZ seems to be more into pastels. But the vibe is very very similar. I always thought of that style as very closely related to Euro-Techno aesthetic. Lots of poppy colors, lots of plastic, lots of rounded shapes or actual plastic or foam spikes. It was just 'young people interior design' in the early 2000s at least where I lived. Scandinavian and Mid-Century for us was more a 'rich people' thing. Nobody I knew would ever be able to afford interior design like that back then.

[@nriamond8010]

Absolutely! I'm seeing those styles and thinking "Wait, that looks oddly familiar to what I liked as a teenager 20 years ago ..."

[@ShuShuMcJ]

I had the same thought! It was bringing back the late 90s early 2000s for me with the blow up chairs and lava lamps and lots of colors and rounded shapes (which was a nod to the flower power of the late 60s-70s). It's all in cycles, but it seems that this cycle keeps coming back for teens specifically.

[@rockymtnsteeze1815]

It is called Y2K. I had a lot of Y2k stuff as a teen. Gen Z seems heavily influenced by the 90's and early 2000s. They even like the music. Almost all of them like 90's and early 2000s music. If you google Y2k aesthetic you will see it. Thinking about this, i wish I knew what happened to this computer desk I use to have.

[@cs4887]

Very good point!! I walked into a clothes shop the other day and it 100% felt like I had gone inside a time machine!! The Tshirts, trousers, jumpers, denim, colours.... everything screamed 90s

[@kristyl933]

Yes! Same as the late 90s in Australia. I had a fluorescent green blow up lounge. Very bubble pop. And everyone had those glass bubbles and glass teardrops hanging everywhere 😁

[@AndiSupreme]

(mid-to-young millennial) Going off my personal experience with why I was drawn to them, I feel like the thing with both twinkle lights and neon strip lights is that these both REALLY took off for dorm/apartment living, where light sources are often scarce or the placement of the lighting sucks. They're budget-friendly ways to light a space that both took off and became more exaggerated aesthetic trends as more people started doing them on purpose, or trying to make these budget-friendly lights into A Vibe. It just happens that neon strip lights for Gen-Z better cater to the sort of retro aesthetic they're bringing back.

[@jdthewanderer]

I can admit that you're right - Gen Xers are used to being ignored - but you still need to do a Gen X follow up! It's a gold mine of futons and hemp. A million tie dyed tapestries are crying out to be seen!

[@ninaradio]

Or the high-end Gen X trend that was “shabby chic”

[@Xandycane]

Or a response to the lighting, blacklights with special posters and highlighter "artwork". 🤣

[@tamarah2085]

Agreed! And as a Gen Xer I’ll also admit to sponge painted walls 😂

[@eskimberly7424]

I’m Gen X and yes, we’re used to being ignored. I have little, if any, memory of our style. Would love to see a video about the Gen X style.

[@Reverse_Cowgirl-cat]

​@@Xandycane this is what I was thinking lol.

[@lenina61]

came for the design insight stayed for the awesome socio-cultural commentary

[@alisonsalyer1849]

Me too. Plus, the sass. Love it. Great channel.

[@amos4395]

This might be his most relatable sassiest video and confirms we’re besties in my mind!! As a geriatric (tho I identify as the jazzier ‘elder’ prefix lol) millennial, I giggled the entire time for just how loud I was called out!! This is hilariously accurate!! Keep the sass coming!

[@ginafarley6190]

And the snark ❤️here for that too

[@humminahummina]

I’m taking a shot for every time he says stupid and blob

[@Nick_Lewis]

I'm just glad you stayed!

[@iTod06]

I've never felt more at home in a video or comment section. Love you, millennials

[@alisonsalyer1849]

"It's kinda like hair extensions . . . stuff you shouldn't see." Pure gold! 😂

[@jennifergraham3752]

Summing up the boomer style as simply “Tuscan Kitchen” was the best 😂. Gen x here 👋 hey over here👋👋👋. I grew up in a house with wallpaper on every wall and rebelled by having white walls and a scandi, mid century, eclectic mix. My Gen z daughter DESPISES white anything and has embraced a Dark Academia / post punk look in her room. Your comparisons are spot on Nick

[@soulsticegirl1969]

Wallpaper had to be better than faux wood paneling??? I hope???

[@jennifergraham3752]

@@soulsticegirl1969 oh don’t worry there was also some faux wood panelling involved. Also did I mention that some of the wallpaper had a gold foil backing 😬

[@dianeyoung8130]

I feel like gen-x was tuscan kitchen, boomer was more traditional? Like a john hughes movie

[@jennifergraham3752]

@@dianeyoung8130 I think you might be right on that. More like the house in Home Alone

[@marylou8891]

Shush, shush, take your hands down, get back on the couch, grab some popcorn, sit back and watch gen z, millenials and boomers fighting it out between each other. See? We aren´t called "X" for nothing after all!😉

[@evan]

I like both the LED strips AND the twinkly lights. I just appreciate the vibes

[@cvonsutphen]

As a Gen X'er, I feel Millennials did things better. I remember being young, poor and stupid but I did my best to create a "vibe" with hand me downs and thrifted pieces. I really appreciated this video because it explains so much about the styles I see in Big Box stores and who they are being marketed for... Not For Me. I love my rustic-vintage-cottage style and will probably die owning the same furniture pieces, and that's okay with me.

[@jocelynsmyth6604]

I'm an 88 baby, and I've notice a lot of 80s babies can be very similar - we have a lot of old vintage pieces that have even passed down, which I love. But I can also admit... I do lean towards that millennial grey a lot

[@Sleepingvampires]

Having been born in 1980 I feel more like Gen X. Maybe Gen X gets shabby chic, though I do like MCM and other minimalistic styles. Many parts of the minimal aesthetic age fairly well, they can be built upon to give you a home you can feel comfortable in. I will admit to a gray and white hexagonal bathroom, but it is Edwardian inspired, and is in fitting with my turn of the century house. I love the mix of hand me down, vintage and new that is my furniture. It is functional and well made.

[@phoebeel]

I prefer vintage furniture anyway. Its made of actual real wood, not cardboard, it will last the next 100 years and you can paint it every 10 years to keep it fresh and make the house look different. New furniture is made to fall apart

[@69SalterStreet]

Yeah. I have a very fantasy inspired house and I will also die with the same stuff everywhere. In my case it’s wizards and crystals and castle shit. I likes what I like. 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@activatedcharcoal]

Gen X was all about vintage, eclectic, atomic age and repurposed industrial aesthetic. Not minimal by any measure, but lots of fun!

[@jeanettepugh6017]

“Don’t get a blobby couch.” Best home decor advice ever!

[@Scottycanuck]

Gold pineapples plus cactus-themed everything 😅

[@quietlychaotic]

I'm the Millennial with the mason jar mugs with handles (my partner had them when we moved in together and I haven't managed to break one yet!) on my hexagon side table. I'd always assumed my love of hexagons and those prism-shaped decorative terrarium things was me restraining my Dungeons & Dragons nerd side. I see something that reminds me of dice, and I want it. I just don't want my home to look like a toy store. I also put fake vines with built-in fairy lights in my bedroom last spring. I knew it was silly, but i want some elf princess whimsy in my life.

[@blumoon187]

Dude I use mason jars as drinking glasses partially because of the aesthetics, but mostly because they are sturdy AF, cheap to get a whole bunch, and my partner and I are clumsy.

[@liseb2667]

This! We do too! My daughter has been drinking out of a "real glass" since age 2 because we just use mason jars. Our friends were always surprised we didn't have plastic cups.

[@KateRunsIntoWalls]

Yeah seconding this, I do not buy plastic cups and pretty much only use glass and ceramic cups/mugs. Double walled glass mugs are especially amazing, and Mason jars is a very easy and convenient large cup, and not as much of a stylistic choice for me

[@blumoon187]

@@KateRunsIntoWalls they're a little hard to find, but 12 oz straight walled mason jars are a perfect standard size drinking glass. I have a whole bunch I raided from my mom's basement after my grandmother downsized.

[@VeLilRockGirl]

I may be old fashioned then, but there are some millennial trends that still look nice to me. The hexagon mirrors or tiles look cute, the fairy lights seem appropriate for creating a relaxing atmosphere (I was planning on setting some at the nursery), and the chevron shapes feel clean and nice too. I honestly don't have any of those at home, but I wouldn't mind it.

[@raquels.]

Same! I'm a millennial through and through and felt identified by every millennial part of this video except the pineapple 😂 And I still love all these things!! I live farther north where it's darker, and those fairy lights are what light up my mental health every winter. I'm never giving them up!

[@braria9855]

Btw as a mom, there are 0 blue wave - red fairy lights !! I found these after I was no longer breastfeeding that much but I would certainly get some second way around!

[@maggiecearley3061]

Chevron shapes will never go out of style imo :)

[@trangelayo]

I'm Gen Z but my design style is basically of a millennial. I just think the minimalistic millennial design trend feels more timeless and classy compared to the current Gen Z style.

[@heybuddyyouincapetown]

i think one important aspect that you touched upon in the beginning is that gen z doesn't have a lot of money. yes, we're still young, but in general we are less wealthy. which means less money is spent on interior design, except for those few who can afford anything. and those gen z-ers who can afford anything-and posting it to social media-are kind of treating design trends like fast-fashion micro trends. while the majority of gen z are slowly accumulating furniture (something thrifted, something from the street, something inherited/fb marketplace, some ikea). the slow process forces us take into account how we'll feel about the same furniture in 5, 10 years. the affluent ones are diving headfirst into whatever design trend suits them in the moment, and can dump it the next year. idk. maybe it was the same for millennials. but it feels like what's trending as "gen z design trends" aren't at all reflective of anyone my age that i know, except maybe in smaller affordable details (like the wonky candles last year). or maybe it's geographical, since i'm in europe.

[@Michaela1942]

As part of "the silent generation" (that's pre/during early WW2,)we grew up with first traditional & blond furniture and then "Danish modern." I personally remember the blond woods rather fondly and to this day dislike what you would call "mid-century modern" and we called "Danish modern." It was everywhere and my parents got rid of some very nice pieces to flood our house with pieces similar to what I see behind you, Nick dear. Of course, as young adults we had our crazy stuff. For instance, my "practice" husband and I had a bright, bright, bright orange/yellow weave cloth couch in the early/mid 60s that we loved. I also had a dress of similar design.

[@iboofer]

Thank you for your insight, we get to hear these voices less and less with time and they're a vital firsthand connection to the past.

[@almalexiel]

What would you call the style of the furniture that got replaced for the mid-century/Danish modern pieces? Were they similar to traditional English-style furniture? I'm a millennial but I still have fond memories of the old furniture we used to have, made of heavy, sturdy wood and curved moldings. We used to climb on those and they would endure everything. And boy were they heavy to move around. Nothing like the IKEA stuff that needs to be screwed to the wall and is made of chewed up cardboard/wood/I don't really know.

[@AlexandriatheRed]

The release of Mad Men in 2007 and its subsequent popularity through 2017 was a HUGE factor in the push for mid century modern. It affected interior design AND fashion.

[@johnnyritenbaugh1214]

Strengthened by Great Gatsby release in 2013. Every college girl I knew at the time wanted a Gatsby party where they could cry their eyes out to "Young and Beautiful" in full costume. 😅

[@AlexandriatheRed]

@@johnnyritenbaugh1214 Gatsby is set in the 1920s, nowhere near mid-century. You may be thinking of Art Deco interior design popular from the 20s-late 30s.

[@fantasticworld7485]

Nick! I am a Millennial from Saudi Arabia, and I laughed a lot! We are the same! Add to the pineapple thing the artichoke shaped everything!

[@KarenBurroughs-g8i]

Very fun! As a boomer, I burst out laughing at the "Tuscan Kitchen remark!" Thankfully, my budget has not allowed me to succumb to the shifting winds of trends and I feel very comfortable in my own style - refreshing it occasionally - but it has stood the test of the decades - neutrals, woods, texture.

[@humanbean7884]

I'm so glad my boomer parents weren't into the Tuscany style (though Tbf I don't think it was popular in my country anyway) though ;)

[@mbdistressed]

I bought a house with an early 2000’s Tuscan kitchen lol

[@TomJohnson67]

It's funny how trends go in a circle. The other day, I saw some trendy bathrooms being advertised and to my shock, they were almost the same colour as the 1970s avocado bathrooms.

[@marymarymillidweeb2661]

When I came home with platform shoes in 1975 my mother said she had shoes like that in 1936. Sure enough she had a picture of her wearing 2" platform shoes. History does indeed tend to repeat itself!

[@MyFocusVaries]

Nooooooooo!!!

[@lilysgram5886]

It wasn’t good the first time!

[@nataliebutler]

My Mum installed one of those in the 90s! I guess she was reliving her youth 😄

[@kathleenramirez1928]

We had mushroom everything in the 70s

[@littleraeofsunshine]

You have the most delightfully uplifting roast on KZbin currently. But this millennial is keeping her twinkle lights ✊🏻 (also much easier on the eyes than lamps for my hypersensitive eyes)

[@bethreisman8869]

I’m a boomer. In the very large golfing community I live in in Scottsdale AZ, there are entire villages (neighborhoods) that were “Tuscan”, high end, architect designed, professionally decorated. You can date these homes using this method. 😂😂

[@realMacMadame]

I'm not sure I could take that. I wasn't into Tuscan anything when it was "the latest thing" let alone now! This boomer loves Art Deco.

[@kunibob2]

I've only been to Scottsdale twice, but it's the first part of the world that comes to mind when I hear the world Tuscan. Even before Tuscany, oddly. 😂

[@longtimelo]

@@kunibob2 Weird and cringy to have that style in Scottsdale of all places. And how do you even undo all of that if you buy one of those houses? Where to begin?

[@natatatt]

This is so true. My relative bought a place in Scottsdale a few years ago and it is aggressively Italian style (meaning, wayyyy more Italian-inspired decoration than actual Italian homes).

[@jess8189]

Yep. Grew up in Cave Creek, just north of Scottsdale. Tuscany had nothing on our stucco, stone, architecture.

[@sarahwbs]

I'm Gen X and my style is "whatever cheap and/or used furniture and decor I could afford at the time".

[@tamaramartin4015]

Yup 😂 Or, in my case, rebellion against the boomers 😂

[@nataliebutler]

I'm a Xennial (better term than elder millennial 😂) and I'm the same. Whatever I could find cheap at the time. The end result is quite bohemian, in a traditional way rather than Instagram sort of way.

[@whiteserpent6753]

Yeah, that's about right. I have a whole lot of that myself, and one of my problems is that I actually still love those individual pieces although they don't necessarily go together that well. I have one room where actually I found the whole set that matched an unlabeled piece I had (so exciting! 10 years of searching! I found a complete set of dining room furniture that's at least 70 years old!), and today everyone gripes about things being matchy-matchy and how it's lazy, looks like a furniture store, and doesn't really demonstrate your taste and style. Oh really?

[@cydonia3167]

Exactly! I really felt like I had "made it" when I could afford a new couch from Ikea.

[@lorimiller623]

Yes--mid-90s estate sale.

[@suna2317]

When I first heard about ‘millennial gray’ I never felt so called out 😂 my first apartment was millennial gray and white everything. As I’ve grown up I’ve moved to loving the mid-century modern style and since moving to an east-Asian country I’ve been loving some of the traditional decor with warm tones. I like coming back to my apartment and feeling relaxed and cozy. I love some gen z organic shaped wooden furniture though, it’s very unique and opens up the space.

[@kp70712]

As a gen X’er we don’t even care if we are included we just continue to keep our style full of irritation, bitterness and alcohol.

[@JaimeLeighArt]

I literally just laughed out loud! Nailed it 😂😂

[@slbarbieri1725]

I'm Gen X who gave up Alcohol (leg and muscle cramps are not worth it!) I agree but with menopause kicking in I'm going to swap alcohol for Xanax!

[@cvonsutphen]

🤣😆Amen!

[@ellensmith699]

😂😂😂

[@vaderladyl]

I agree on the alcohol, but the rest..eeh. I have no use for negative vibes in my life

[@wendyrichards7458]

It's true that everyone ignores Gen X, I don't think we care though. Actually I think a lot of us rather like it, just watching from the sidelines with our popcorn..lol.

[@dominaevillae28]

🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿🍿

[@paulas_lens]

😂

[@llamasugar5478]

I had my gen X status confirmed when I saw a fashion article headline “BlendI In, Or Stand Out?” and immediately thought, “Blend in, for sure.” I’m not sneaky, just overlooked. 🕶️🍿

[@ashnatiwari]

😂

[@artemaeus]

As a millennial, I wish we were ignored more. I feel bad for gens z & alpha, who seem to be getting a lot of heat rn, lol.

[@majawozniak4929]

28 here 👋 I think both millennial and gen z trends were cute for its time and is/was what makes your home fun and what makes you happy. Who cares if it looks stupid for someone else. I don’t understand why our home must look universally good for every one

[@andym5558]

"Boomers Tuscan Kitchen" Laughed so hard at this as boomer who lived through tuscan kitchens. As always, thank you for your wonderful sense of humor.

[@louannhuber2651]

I’d hate to be someone who paid $50k for a Tuscan kitchen.

[@OldLadyInFL]

When everyone was doing Tuscan, I was still doing yellow kitchens with gingham curtains.

[@louannhuber2651]

@@OldLadyInFL smart

[@writerinfact1768]

@@OldLadyInFL Oh, wow. Both my grandmothers had green and yellow kitchens, with painted white cabinets, including the tilt-out flour bin. Haven't thought about that in years!

[@user-vr2qp2hi8z]

oh my god, that style has a name? I could never live with a tuscan kitchen. Not sure what anyone else in gen Z would go for, but at the very least I'd definitely scrap the granite for wood 100%. sorry to say I'm sick of seeing it everywhere, too glitzy for me.

[@TheORealWitch]

In defence of the fairy lights on the bedroom (yes, I am still single), I really like the warm and dim light it gives out at night. I find it relaxing. I can listen to music, or meditate, or just lay down and think. (Not read, it's too dark for that) it can be really cosy and calm me down after a stressful or tiring day. (Neon reminds me of parties and they can be too hash, I cannot describe it better, as a light source to calm me - I can appreciate them, but I would be buzzing instead of relaxing)

[@Millelykkeandersen]

A few thoughts from a Scandinavian. I grew up with a house full of jars because my mum would kever throw out free plastic free kitchen storage. We used rhem for left overs, nuts seeds etc and to protect little tea light out in the garden wirh along with canning and pickling loads. We are generally obsessed with candles and I know many who light their homes with candles and fairy lights in the evening for the added free heat and relatively cheap lighting because electricity is expensive, and we prefer small cosy lights. Also to bring that special "hygge" feel in the winter months because it is just so depressingly dark alllll the time... And many of us learned how tk braid those baskets in school. I grew up around the basket (not pendant) because its great for adding texture and warmth to scandinavian decor and because its super practical, easy and cheap to make new ones.

[@NicolewithouttheH]

I still stand by that fairy lights are cute in a dorm room 😂

[@OldLadyInFL]

I'm a boomer. I put strings of fairy lights into decorative bottles and use them as night lights. I'm night blind, so they guide me at night. I love the twinkly ones just because....they're twinkly!

[@elizabethwinters5361]

​@@OldLadyInFLfairy lights on the balcony. Two moon lamps, one in colors. So peaceful!

[@FairbrookWingates]

As Nick says, when you're young-ish, that's the time to play with these things. Generally if you're living in a dorm you're just the right age to enjoy fairy lights without judgement. ;) I always wanted to have them in the dorm or my first apartments. Just never did though.

[@bridget7539]

I had purple rope lights in my dorm room and my boyfriend (now husband) thought I had the coolest sense of style lmao

[@GoogleUser-wx8mw]

@@OldLadyInFL So glad you said that. I'm a boomer who just last weekend purchased my first two strands of fairy lights (the super small, real fairy lights, not the larger lights Nick showed). I have a small white tree in my classroom that I decorate for holidays and it just needs a little light/twinkle without a lot of ugly wires. I have no idea what I will do with the other strand, but I'm sure they are going to be fabulous inside something . . . I'm on a mission to see what YT and Pinterest folks are doing with them. A night light sounds nice. 🙂

[@florafinching]

"Trends are all kind of a little bit stupid. " Amen! 😄

[@ambry99]

My spouse and I are both 30. We just bought our first house together. We've been thrifting and shopping for homegoods. He keeps finding mid-century modern pieces and I keep picking out "boho" styles. Just found this video and I feel called out and seen and heard 😂

[@addaptinginthedark]

Nick: I think mason jars are finally done. Me: *guiltily sips water out of my mason jar*. (I do think they look dumb at weddings)

[@MyFocusVaries]

I do a lot of canning, so I have a lot of jars. I use them for outdoor glasses because they're TOUGH! And I own them already 😊 And if you get married in a barn, they work.

[@sarahmadden3636]

I have them as my every day drinking glasses because the kids kept breaking my nice ones. So far so good:)

[@pinkpingu1189]

I still think they are great for weddings aswell. Simple, easy, cheap and look cute

[@RenayOpish]

@sarahmadden3636, also they have lids, so when I inevitably lose my water bottle, I can grab a mason jar and lid!

[@OldLadyInFL]

@@MyFocusVaries Yes, but do you have an entire set of 8 mason jar mugs with handles, and lids with holes to put straws through?

[@dg8273]

Small hexagon tiles were the choice for floor tile in the 1920's. I would say they're classic.

[@lindsaymorrison7519]

I think the small ones are pretty classic too but when they get big, they look silly

[@KraftyPaws]

I'm still using them in my new shower floor 😅

[@BewareTheLilyOfTheValley]

Hexagons are the bestagons 😂

[@helengraves7850]

I have them in the bathroom, along with subway tiles on the walls! This is because we live in a 1927 apartment building, but really they still look great.

[@ZZ_The_Boxing_Cat]

Yeah I once rented an apartment and everything was original (built in the 1920s) except for the kitchen. The faucets were awesome and the hexagon titles on the floor. The walls were the common square titles (found in showers today) The titles were around the entire bathroom (white) & the top was a narrow trim tile (blue)

[@karmagrace2877]

Thanks!

[@architectsneedunions]

Great comparisons. Young millennial here (1992). In the 2010s I had neither the space nor the money or patience for any of these trends, except the twinkle lights. I was OBSESSED and had them in white, blue AND pink, in my dorm rooms and later bedrooms. No regrets ^_^ Now that I'm in my 30s it feels alienating to call the younger trends Gen Z trends. These trends mostly surfaced just before and during covid, when the very oldest members Gen Z were 24. There aren't too many 24 year-olds with the space and budget to curate entire living spaces like the ones we've been seeing. These newer trends are more of younger millennials, who are only now in the early 2020s able to curate their living spaces or who have been working as designers, photographers, editors etc. for a few years already. These vibes, designs and products were not invented by people barely out of their early 20s. But because they came after the mid-century modern stuff of the elder millennials, they were lumped in with the younger generation. I think that actual Gen Z trends are what we will start seeing in the mid 2020s. Of course the line between generations is blurry, it's not a hard cut in 1996.

[@RunningXuphill]

Thank you for this!! I have been so confused about this for a long time and thought it was just me. The so called Gen Z aesthetic for interior design, seems like something Millennial creatives and Millennials who love art like myself have been playing around with for a longer time. Might be because I am a '92-baby as well though :)

[@mjjae8122]

Even if they’re being made by older people the demand and style is definitely preferred by gen z which is where the demand is coming from, honestly I follow a ton of designers who are gen z and have these aesthetics, by 2020 most people in design school would have been gen z (obviously some people go to school older but average college age is 18-24). So it makes sense thats around the time we would see a strong shift in interior design!

[@Rumade]

I agree completely. I was born in 1989 and the majority of my friends were living in horrible house shares well into their late 20s, because we live in and around London and the rent and house prices are way too high. Very few people are actually doing interior design in their 20s, because people don't own homes.

[@mickb.8925]

It's all relative really. I'm an old gen z (1999) and I still have a gold pineapple in the back of my closet somewhere, the chevron is all gone now but I had lots, also had many hexagon things (mirror, necklace, earrings), ... . Of course this was all just decor I had as a teen and most millennials would've had these things in their 20s. Now that I'm in my twenties, I do have the blobs and mushrooms and such but the younger gen z also has these things but just as a teen.

[@theapplebauce6254]

Im kinda the same, 92 here too. I reeeeeeeally feel the "age gap" between the generations lol all my siblings are younger and the youngest is 18. They make me feel way more middle aged than I actually am haha. My sisters really do because theyre the ones who keep up with the trends a bit and Im always getting flash backs seeing their clothing trends and my God some of the hair trends give heavy spice girls vibes haha

[@Kexkrummel]

I feel like European gen Z prefer far more subtle designs. I have also not seen that many mushrooms at European gen Z houses, but therefore we all have at least one framed image or drawing of a frog 😅

[@OldLadyInFL]

What? No house hippos?

[@onetuliptree]

Cute! I bought a house that has frog decor outside. 🐸

[@user-jo7xn5hf6b]

This was surprisingly insightful! I am GenZ but growing up what I saw on the internet was mostly millenial homes so I really went through all these phases as well, even though I did not own everything myself I for sure loved for example the gold pineapple and fairy lights haha And now I feel myself more and more drawn to the fun and colourful GenZ interior style and I feel kind of called out because I was planning on crocheting something in a pastel checkerboard style lol

[@lu_re7198]

The gen z rooms make me think of romper rooms. The squiggle lines, padded furnishings and color schemes are absolutely perfect for a daycare facility! 😍

[@jnmsks6052]

Yes, as someone who is Gen X, looking from the outside, the Millennial trends are preferable because they look like they could belong in a house where adults live. The Gen Z stuff looks great for kid's rooms or playrooms, but that's the limit.

[@DanGellert]

They remind me of the Teletubbies.

[@imathumb]

im a "geriatric millenial" and ive totally found that postmodern style is brilliant for camouflaging my kid's bright toys scattered around the living room! it's genius for that! 😄

[@shelly410]

I was going to say the same thing! Reminds me of preschool and kindergarten classrooms. Very kiddish looking.

[@cassiegreene9528]

So true! Everything is kind of soft and 'happy, happy'. Well said.

[@SeaWitch115]

Born in the middle of millennial generation here, does anyone remember how popular rope lights were in 1999-2003. The neon led light strips reminds me so much of the rope lights.

[@madeleinezapletal600]

Yep I remember rope lights and inflatable chairs!

[@AndromedaCripps]

I was born then, but I had some old rope lights in my college dorm passed down from my 10-yrs older brother 😂

[@mjjae8122]

If you’re talking about the neon rope lights I do have them in my apartment and I’m gen z 🫣

[@Chivopuro]

Oh god yeah - they also had this really terrible plastic smell if you had them on for too long. My dad had a bunch in his office. That melting plastic thing wouldn't happen now since LEDs give off very little heat

[@elissamarcus]

Had pink ones in my dorm bathroom!

[@aquariusgirl8454]

I'll continue to have my twinkle lights surrounding my plants indoors. I love the look & cozy atmosphere too much to only have it during Christmas❤ This year will be the 1st year I have my twinkle lights at night all year long🤣

[@Arc1ight]

Ahh cozy that should explain our whole personality 😂

[@windycitydreaming]

@@Arc1ight We just want a place where we can feel safe and unbothered lol

[@ayachitsure]

As someone born in 1996, I have the distinct pleasure of remembering the Mill trends as being for "old people" and Gen Z trends as being for "these dumb kids". Your videos always validate me in that there's really no use in being caught up in trends--just focus on creating a beautiful home filled with things that fill you with joy and will last!

[@dessieangel1021]

That’s how I feel! I’m born Dec 1996, and this is my perspective. Millennial trends I saw in passing since I was too young and broke to participate, and Gen Z stuff leave me confused. I agree with thrifting and hand me downs though. And Cottagecore have a stronghold on me (but I think that’s leftover from the farmhouse that I was interested in) as I stumbled upon that trend. Too old and too young

[@annaifos]

lol I came here to say exactly this

[@nemmiril]

YUP. I’m still in the “buying things that are cheaper” stage of life so IKEA minimalism is next to my parents old pink armchair that I inherited. Also I guess my house is minimalistic mostly cause I can’t afford to fill the space yet.

[@Ale.smith1123]

I was born 1996 as well & I feel the same way

[@gray_girl]

@@dessieangel1021SAME!! I’m a 1995er, have never seen or cared for a gold pineapple (amongst my millennial friends either, maybe it’s an older millennial thing??) but I love the bold colors and designs and patterns GenZ uses. I remember chevron being big in like 2012 and I kind of hate it. I also love pastels and thrifting, and the cottage core vibe. Guess I’m closer to Zoomer design wise.

[@MeikoMassun]

"Do I like this shape? Nah" *hexagon lamp in the background*

[@jo-nc6qp]

I was searching for this one 🙄

[@jibarabicha4853]

I still have the twinkle lights in my living room and it gives such cozy little vibe. I’m not ready to let them go 😂

[@CrunchyConservative]

Right?! I turn on the fairy lights in my living room almost every evening, and it makes everything feel calm and snuggly. When he says, “You do you,” I think, “Thanks, I will!”

[@jennysegal1211]

lmao same

[@danielled1720]

I love your videos! I would also like to address the flip side of the coin. As a senior citizen, I want to say thank you to these younger generations plus the X generation. You came up with some awesome ideas over the decades that allowed me to purchase some beautiful items for my house.

[@OldLadyInFL]

This is true! I"m a boomer who doesn't want to be a boomer. I love a lot of the GenX and Millenial trends he mentioned. I thankfully did not get into the weird wall painting of the 90s with the glazes and feather painting and such. Some trends just need to die forever.

[@elizabethwinters5361]

Yesss!!

[@blazertundra]

I feel like for us younger millennials, we were a blip on the trend timeline. Cottagecore hit hard for this specific group thanks to LOTR movies releasing at just the right time in our lives. Lots of floral patterns, greens, whites, houseplants, and natural wood. It's more of an Arts and Crafts trend than MCM.

[@ndubld]

Thanks for the laugh. Mushrooms are recycled from the 70s. Wonky checkerboard was hot in the late 60s, so were blobs.

[@PJPerdue1293]

That's true! (Boomer here.) When I was a little kid in the 1960's, psychedelic checkerboard and blobby everything were really trendy.

[@HeidiMills-b9c]

Nick, serving interior style stand up while sitting in his living room. Favorite.

[@analimalimon.]

The video I didn't know I needed. Thanks for this, I had so much fun watching it!

[@murielbaith5445]

Gold pineapples are a symbol of hospitality. Mushrooms were popular in the 1960s...and again!

[@anna.owo.]

Upside pineapples are the superior symbol of hospitality, in a more physical way. Jk

[@LovelyyVic]

Older gen z here! I absolutely love Mid century modern, Boho and Scandinavian interior design mix with the academia/cottage core styled things. I feel like with most of us because we were entering adulthood when covid happened, i think we wanted our spaces to represent the outdoors which is why you see a lot of mushrooms and house plants being a huge thing. But also we all had older millennial/gen x parents who definitely like having everything painted white, black, and grey which is why there is a lot of post modern design, maximalist stuff out there. We are wanting to rebel against those greyscale colors

[@michellerobertson874]

You seriously are the most hilarious interior designer I’ve ever come across. So funny. I come to you when I need a laugh, along with some insightful advice and commentary. Keep it up. Thanks!!

[@susandamsen1218]

I am a Boomer who grew up in a Danish Modern home. I love Mid Century/ Scandi and don’t care what’s in style. One of the nice things about being older. 😊

[@StrawberryShortcake12335]

As a GenX, I associate MCM with the smell of cigarettes.. Everyone smoked in the 50’s and by the time I was born our grandparents houses reeked of cigarettes. Intellectually, I think it’s a great design, but I can’t get past the association. (Pink tile bathrooms “smell” like cigarettes in my mind too.)

[@scoutz8652]

Well, this video just confirmed I'm the most basic millenial :D I still love almost all the millenial trends you mentioned, except the gold pineapples. I feel both focused and relaxed when looking at a MCM-inspired interior, whereas the Gen Z spaces kinda give me anxiety with all the colours and shapes coming at me at once (no judgement, you do you). Thanks for the video Nick, this was fun!

[@channelpink4376]

I never cared for the gold pineapple thing myself.

[@scofieldvictoria]

I never understood the pineapple thing. That can go

[@Me265024]

How about all the animal shaped lamps in gold and black? I still see them around. One was funny, now its getting jumanji.

[@raquels.]

Your comment is 100% how I feel!!

[@ArianeEvangelina]

I agree with your analysis of the gen Z decor. I’m gen Z and looking at some of this is giving me a headache…

[@lochjess2]

Mason jars are awesome and I will die on this hill. I use them for jam making/canning, liquid measuring, vases, drinking glasses, and food storage. They are classic, cheap, and sturdy, and come in lots of sizes, but have 2 universal lid sizes. Iconic.

[@nonamenoname1133]

Millennial here. As age, medication, and surgery have come into my life, I have become way more photosensitive and white on white decor has gone from being builder basic to AAAAAAHHHH THE LIGHT MY EYES AAAAAH. As a result, the new house is a lot more of a bear den than 20 y/o me would have expected. The new house is also a dramatic reno from older GenX kitsch, but you'd be surprised that most things look less dated and more on-trend when you sit down and dust and clean it.

[@richheruk]

Watching this from my hexagon and chevron tiled bathroom.

[@LeighMerrydayPorch]

This Gen-Xer laughed through this whole thing. You're a gem, Nick. I especially loved how you gave style tips for the kids who you know can't resist the colored lights - even though we all know better. Kind + funny. Thanks!

[@deedsh6280]

Boomer here, but loved this video... All that is popular and edgy has a timer clicking. We had our share, and you noted this point kindly. Yesterday's avocado is today's olive or green tea or.?.. Time will tell, but pictures will mock. All of us will be there someday. :) Adventures in trending and the human need for something different from that which preceded us.

[@kr3532]

I feel old saying that I hate the blobs and pastels, reminds me of a playroom. But all the power to anyone who likes it!

[@opinionated2]

Don't feel old and don't be ashamed of yourself. Nick said we were all stupid once, so it's not a crime to say that the Gen Z style looks stup[d. Actually, it's hideous.

[@szinga]

I agree. might be my old age but at least our millenial shapes looked classy and sophisticated

[@ChantelleHale]

I think pastel is gorgeous and I love it... but I'm not about it for decor or anything further than accessories that can easily be changed out. I think more expensive things that are harder to replace, like furniture and rugs and whatever, pastel is going to date really quickly. Not about the blobs though, but I am solidly a millennial so many of these millennial trends I was like "Yeah, I was fully on board with that in its time."

[@Katsandkatsandkats]

I think that style is going to age at rapid speed. There is no way Gen Z will be happy with it for very long. It’s very juvenile, which is fine for 18-25 year olds, but no way they’re turning 38 with little foam blob pastel pink mirrors and smiley faces everywhere.

[@Carolinagirl1028]

​@@KatsandkatsandkatsTrue. This was almost as much comparing two age groups of people as it was two generations IMO. I am an elder millennial and once older I had the more modern, simplistic design but when I was a teenager I had all the 90s/early 2000s trends of lava lamps, glow in dark items, inflatable/bean bag furniture, etc. All things I grew out of just as I feel the current Gen Z trends are things they will grow out of.

[@llm5726]

I’m a mid-Boomer who spent my teen years in a avocado/harvest gold house built in 1967. Decor was mid-century modern with very uncomfortable furniture. House my husband and I bought when our kids were little was built in 1968, so we were right back in avocado/harvest gold finishes. With limited financial resources, I tried to get away from it as much as possible with furnishings, paint and accessories. Never had the chance for a Tuscan kitchen, and so thankful I missed that phase! Our elder Millennial son and DIL are still in the “Live Laugh Love” and twinkle lights phase. Not sure they’ll ever leave! Love your commentary, as we all get called out for bad design decisions-although many were the result of financial limitations. Note: husband and I have, over the past ten years completely stripped everything out of our house and started over. There is no avocado green or harvest gold anywhere!

[@ClineFamilyof5]

Thank you for acknowledging GenX, even it was only to say that we are always forgotten

[@1Skorpia]

We are pretty happy bout it. We just watch people make fools of themselves advertising everything on social media.

[@theladynextdoor313]

@@1Skorpiayep!! 😂

[@sandralee5502]

I thought GenX liked mid-century because of the Brady Bunch.😂

[@mamaahu]

This is hysterical! And so brilliant and loving at the same time. You definitely show your expertise and affection. Taking ourselves so seriously when we do and then being able to laugh about it? That's the story of living a life on the blue marble! Thank you tons for this one. Luckily? I have lived long enough to have been through everything but am stopping at blobs.

[@JuliaMarieSheehan]

Hey Mamaahu - Sounds like we might be of the same vintage. I love my 'Danish modern', now MCM, and had a teakwood hope chest for my 18th birthday. Too bad my/our generation didn't have a name.

[@passionatelinguist]

This is hilarious - I'm turning 40 this year, and I absolutely adore the minimalistic Scandinavian style, hexagons, chevron pattern, basket light pendants, and twinkly lights :D this video could not be more accurate! LOL and I do wholeheartedly believe that all those things are SOOOOO much better than what gen z is into these days. I think the wavy mirrors, blobs, and funky checker board patterns are incredibly hideous, and I would never put them in my home. I'm not so crazy about the gold pineapples and mason jars though, never have been. And Nick, sir, how dare you, twinkly lights are absolutely a legit year-round source of light, and not exclusively Christmas decoration! LOL (unless they're colorful and not just white/yellow) I had a great time watching this video

[@skellymom]

Gen-Xer here: Love my fairy lights in the dining room! Whole wall of small bulbs cascading down to the floor over my canvas art wall. Its really nice to have when company is over for dinner.

[@devonpfaff911]

I audibly said 'holy crap - we did!' to hexagon. . .I had that exact mirror in the example photo. What I love about Gen z style is the unapologetic use of color and shape. I love it - I'm a full blooded millennial, and I always am in awe of the Gen Z boldness and daring approach to interior. It's amazing :)

[@OldLadyInFL]

Even the danged dining tables were hexagons!

[@bridget7539]

Hexagons are a very underappreciated and efficient shape!

[@quietlychaotic]

I still have the hexagon mirrors! IKEA sold them in a 2-pack.

[@sarah345]

You need the gcp grey video on why hexagons are the bestagons…

[@CelticWreck]

The gold pineapple!!! 🤣 I’m dying That is just so accurate.

[@katherineharper-sj4ys]

Nick, I am a boomer. You are so right about us not liking ornate furniture. I remember helping my grandmother clean and my job was to dust all of the curlicues in the dining room. Swore I’d not have any of that when I had my own place. However it was not Tuscan that I gravitated to but the clean lines of mcm and very old simple wooden furniture. Enjoyed hearing from you on this interesting topic.

[@piahyer8023]

I grew up in Norway, and at home we were mid-century modern all the way. We even had a mid-century modern architect designed home. We were not rich in any way, ordinary middle class, but I guess my parents had good taste - in my opinion that is. I wouldn't like the exact same sofas etc. for today, but when we sold the house back in - 98 the furniture did not look dated like in so many other houses I've visited.

[@crinklescat1871]

lol I’m a millennial, and you can pry my fairy lights from my cold, dead hands. However, I just turned 34 and we’re just now getting to really get quality furniture. But we were too poor back then to follow trends lol. And even now most to all of our stuff is thrifted. Got an amazing sofa at habitat for humanity restore for $70 and a beautiful quality coffee table that even lifts up for extra storage (for only $50!) The rest we buy and customize ourselves 🤷🏻‍♀️. I do want a mushroom lamp but ima wait til they go outta style to get it on sale. We did shell out on a good mattress. But lots of ikea we customized and yard sale, thrift stuff as well. No particular aesthetic for our home except for it’s comfortable for us. It’s kind of weird but it’s our personal sanctuary so it’s got all of our nerdy fandom stuff out and we are comfortable in it.

[@demonninetaledfox]

As a Zillenial it was interesting to watch this. A lotta trends I clearly remember but am a little too young to have actually done and stuff I am currently doing in my home as well as other decor trends that confuse me. However you will pry the mushrooms and fairy lights from my cold dead hands

[@malariejean5820]

Elder millennial here. I am definitely guilty of going to antique stores trying to find "cool" antique mason jars *facepalm* Also - you forgot the rice paper lamps for us millennials. Everyone had that thing in the early 2000's.

[@16demolka]

I still have and love them! They’re essential when you have kids. Mine would probably smash 5 glass shades a year. Paper lamps are perfectly safe

[@Spenceco1]

Yes! I had the rice paper ceiling light in my bedroom as a teen. Peak 2000s decor.

[@katella]

I'm a boomer and grew up in our homes full of mcm furniture and art. My parents always decorated with high quality mcm furniture and I've hung onto quite a lot of it through the years.

[@jennifergraham3752]

You are so lucky!

[@VolcanoGroupie]

Yes, absolutely. Boomer here and I grew up in a Danish Modern (aha MCM) home. But I went the other direction and have old school Restoration Hardware furniture.

[@MinkaSchlossberger4ever]

Me, too... Danish teak design, blue/turquoise/purple stripes in wool Bouclé ....some antiques or selfmade coffeetables...my father was a painter...so gigantic, bold or dark oilpaintings....nothing else as decor....and Brecht/Weil Music .....ürghhhh..........but years later I saw some very similar pictures at the Guggenheim.....and nowadays..people are in awe of my late fathers paintings. I kept two small ones....as an hommage of my fathers work, and my mothers looks. But I hate scandi and MCM since then....if You mean mid-century modern, not 1900 ....because the style of Europe around 1900 ....I love!!!

[@cynthiajohnston424]

@@VolcanoGroupie Same here ! Fortunately , my parents knew quality & had conservative tastes in color & design ; they made subtle interior changes over the years w/ a nod to a trend now 'n then . My tastes are traditional , subdued Eng. Country , reflecting my house & my lifestyle .

[@OldLadyInFL]

I still have my grandmothers' furniture and some antiques I collected myself. I love traditional style, and am so glad I grew up with beautiful furniture and decor items that are still timeless today.

[@dwilliams21]

I like the term "Xennial" (which I pronounce x-ennial) for those who had an analog childhood and a digital adulthood. This was fun, Nick, thank you!

[@AdrienneEESantiago]

As a millennial I laughed so much during this video and also felt extremely called out! Thanks much!

[@YanickFM]

Whyy did you have to call out my diy basket pendant with an Edison bulb from 2016-ish so specifically 😂

[@thelaundress11]

So I’m a GenX (Oct 1980 so on the cusp, but I cling to the title proudly) could you do a video for us?? I was trying to relate to some of this but I fall into the category of outdated Boho interior in my house (based on another of your videos). I’m interested in what “my” generation did b/c most of my friends are younger and I never really stopped to think about interior design having generational differences like this, but after this video they are very noticeable esp after watching KZbin content from young creators and seeing their living spaces in videos. I just stumbled on your channel last night and have since been binge watching and can’t get enough!! Love your channel.

[@Kellytalk]

Interesting take on the shifting design landscape between Millennials and Gen Z. It's a thought-provoking reflection to see how trends evolve over time. As a baby boomer, I can relate to the nostalgia of witnessing trends come and go. While our era had its unique charm, seeing how each generation brings its flair to the table is heartwarming. Embracing change and appreciating the beauty in every trend, even as they decompose with time, makes the journey so delightful!

[@vaderladyl]

Yes, you can find something beautiful on each style.

[@writerinfact1768]

Also a boomer - and I admit that my personal style has advanced from Goodwill treasures to something recognizable as actual furniture - it looks more like a medieval castle than anything else. I guess I'm simply reverting to a former life ...

[@lilywindermere5358]

Early Gen X here. Back in the 90s, post-college and starter marriages, my husband and I were both of the sparse all-black with just a dash of cobalt blue or malachite green floor-dweller design school. When we got together, our apartments meshed seamlessly into the void. We had a futon on the bedroom floor and another on the living room floor, a few pieces of black flat-pack furniture, workout equipment in the dining nook, framed surreal black and white photo posters, and our lighting came from those ubiquitous black halogen torchieres. Most of our money and space went to a kick-ass stereo system with the biggest Sony Trinitron and best computer system we could afford and the '99 black Camry we are still driving!

[@kristinapreedy7069]

You drew a great picture - I can see it!

[@betmo]

exactly

[@vaderladyl]

Of yes, the all black furniture craze. I remember that.

[@pjalexandra]

I avoided the black furniture but i remember it well. Your description made me think I was heading over to a friend's for dinner. Well done on keeping the Camry running.

[@cmonyoureds]

We still have the black leather sofa, black billy bookcases, and tons of secondhand wood furniture... and a sprinkling of art and vintage movie posters.. gen x decor to me is whatever floats your boat and you just love.

[@koalaeucalyptus]

I gotta say, this was an EXCELENT video is so many levels! I loved seeing the parallels, but you knowwhat? Most of those things from both generations have their charm. I think I could see most of them in decor right now, if in moderation, and would not think it ugly/strange. Millenials and Gen Z are definitely very close in many ways! But we all have to agree that foam mirrors are simply... NO.

[@sailormercuryLSR]

I thought the mushrooms was subtle way to say you were a raver who likes recreational psychedelics 😂

[@danielled1720]

Your comment is hilarious! I'm also wondering if the mushroom craze was from all the Mario video games they played.

[@bacardibabebm]

I think it's both or neither depending on the home... just like the millennial pineapple 🍍 in some spaces it did/does have secret meaning...in others it's just an ugly gold pineapple.

[@nataliebutler]

I get the impression a lot of 'older' people assume that. I love the mushrooms (and I'm older) but I've never even been to a rave.

[@nataliebutler]

​@@bacardibabebmThe pineapple had a secret meaning? I think a lot of people, including me, didn't know that.

[@soulsticegirl1969]

I see it as a 70s thing back for another round like so many things Gen Z has brought back. At least they’re not as ugly as the 70s version- unlike the hairstyles and choice of frames for glasses 🤢

[@MorganGale]

I find this really interesting because as a zillennial (1997) I'm definitely a mix of these two styles. I love MCM and postmodern but wouldn't go 100% in either direction!

[@geonrose]

such an adorable delivery. very fun video. thanks

[@mathildakd1]

I see a little "millennial hexagon lamp" in the background there Nick..!

[@carolinechow1702]

I`m Gen X, and yeah, we just do whatever we like without following trends...although still love art deco and comfortable chic (not shabby chic).

[@MyFocusVaries]

But we did shabby chic to death in the late 80s. (I'm a mature Gen X)

[@eklectiktoni]

Ah, a fellow Art Deco loving Gen Xer. :-)

[@betmo]

me too...love art deco

[@1Skorpia]

​@@MyFocusVaries Sharon Osbourne level😂

[@channamasala1]

Eh, I associate Modern Farmhouse with young Gen Xers (I’m at the tail end of Gen x myself)

[@doyoumind5915]

I feel so called out and I love you for it! I found your video hilarious and informative! I want to watch more LOL

[@karenk2409]

Having lived through 7 decades, I grew up as a military brat, so white walls are almost always my go-to. Living room is traditional with Asian accents. Bedroom is boho with macrame and a lighted birch tree in the corner. Dining room is formal, because I actually cook and enjoy serving a well-presented nice meal on china. Over the years, I've had every kitchen that Nick describes. It's all been fun!

[@drea4195]

I'm a GenX whose family moved a lot -- those endless white walls are the trauma that no therapist has yet touched 😅

[@nataliebutler]

I'm a Xennial. Never got the gold pineapple, but I love the mushrooms everywhere, the hexagon tiles and still love fairy lights. 💫