Why Does Millennial Grey Look So Bad?

Millennial Grey looks awful
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[@thedapperturkey]

I mean I really enjoy minimalism but there's a difference between boring and dead and minimalism.

[@PhattyBolger]

Using grey as a base and adding colours on top is a fairly standard practice. It's just when people have nothing but grey is when it's weird.

[@Aeduo]

Minimalism as a choice seems to often be taken to a bit of a ridiculous extreme. Where it becomes more of a badge of how productive one is because of how devoid of distraction their workspace is, because they've stripped it of all joy. And they've spent a bunch of money on monitor mounts and cable tracks and other nonsense to make sure there's absolutely nothing there, let alone intentionally _adding_ anything that isn't entirely functional, but can make things more enjoyable or give themselves something to take a break with occasionally.

[@alface935]

True

[@RealLifeIronMan]

As someone with ADHD and OCD, minimalism tremendously reduces my anxiety.

[@alface935]

@@RealLifeIronMan Yes

[@PhattyBolger]

People seem to forget that people in the 70s often turned their homes into colourless boxes too- with polystyrene tiles on the ceiling. In fact, that standard kind of lasted up until about 10-15 years ago. Before "Millennial Grey" it was "Boomer Beige". But when it comes to bad interior design, I don't think anything beats the modern boomer grey crushed velvet and rhinestone trend.

[@uppishcub1617]

Beige at least gets cozy after a few years of yellowing

[@glasscardproductions4736]

Also the wood boards EVERYWHERE. crowning the corridors, propping up the parlour, lining the loo! It was like living in a lumber yard!

[@whitewolf262]

Nah bro, the 70s LOVED orange carpet and avacodo green walls

[@THESLlCK]

@@glasscardproductions4736 and it still looks GREAT. Millenial sadscapes don't even look good while in fashion

[@desu38]

I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to *you!*

[@tagesylvan3732]

This might sound weird, but I don't think a public bathroom really needs to have personality. The most important thing for a public bathroom in my opinion is that it feels sterile and clean. As for other examples listed in this video, I think any style that fails to have very strict requirements and definitions will always be interpreted as loosely as possible.

[@raiisleep]

That one feels like a mildewy prison cell, not a lab clean room

[@MapleovBacon]

It's easier to shit in a bathroom that feels lived in, rather than worrying about staining every surface like the one in the video,

[@carlosnava1471]

@@MapleovBacon Then keep the bathroom clean, I guess? I don't want to sound adversary though, but it seems weird to me to not want a bathroom where stains are very easily located.

[@MapleovBacon]

@@carlosnava1471 You're one of those people who can actually shit in public restrooms, huh?

[@Seraphiel29]

Facts! It's a bathroom, who cares about personality? I just want to feel comfortable being able to shit in it.

[@thenew4559]

It's just a type of interior design that tries not to be offensive or unpleasant to anyone, and therefore also appeals to no one.

[@bobby_greene]

The cheese pizza and vanilla ice cream strategy

[@spinach001]

​@@bobby_greene me who lives in a maximalist home and likes vanilla ice cream

[@Broomer52]

Theirs a phrase I grew up with that has remained true “when you try please everyone, you please no one”

[@thenew4559]

@@Broomer52 exactly.

[@thenew4559]

@@spinach001 French vanilla ice cream is top-tier. Regular vanilla is a bit bland on its own though, in my opinion.

[@PlasmicDynamite]

I had my room painted grey, mostly because I couldn’t decide on a color and didn’t want to regret my decision later. Turns out it makes the colors of everything else in the room pop. Making everything inside the room also grey kills that appeal.

[@ryer9646]

I am currently studying architecture and I think this is really the core of why this trend started, and why it is hated now. The grey and neutral tones very much are a canvas, meant to dray the eye to any bit of color in the room. The problem is when people don't add that color... It winds up falling flat, and it gives the original idea a bad rap.

[@maggiem6209]

I accidentally discovered this when I moved into my dorm. My teal and red furniture popped and made the space more lively and comfortable. I still prefer to scheme my rooms in tricolor or bi color, non-gray pallets, though.

[@comet.x]

black white and grey go with every color! Can't ever go wrong unless you just forget to add another color

[@user-do5zk6jh1k]

It's a good idea for selling a home because it can work for everyone. Some people just don't decorate their home though and leave it looking like it did on day one.

[@flavourruling2162]

I would NEED extras to make the space pop. My grandparents have a modern condo setup with a Millenial Grey style - but my grandmother wanted colour, and I’m grateful she did. They’ll never change the colour of the walls or the hardwood or tiles or anything, they’ll keep it grey, but they make the grey invisible almost, like the grey is what is out of place, and not the colours - it’s so weird to explain

[@wolfschadow6399]

I think a big contributor to milennial grey and minimalism are phones and the internet. Not as a dismissive boomer rant, but rather as a contrast to the massive saturation of colour and sound that is common on the screen today. So since the screen is so busy, it is better to have a simple surrounding that has less visual noise, so both the eyes and the brain can have a calm environment.

[@sboinkthelegday3892]

As a big fan of New-Sincerely alternating jumpers between Millennial Grey and 70's Wallpaper Chic I can only agree. The whole meme resurgence part seems more like zoomer backlash, to once again say "everything the previous gen likes is ugly", while flaunting victimhood over how downtrodden "every new generation" always is by the previous one. As part of New Sincerity, I'll happily go back to early 20th century where canned food "craze" actually caused a funny thing happen where people DIDN'T STARVE AS MUCH. Sorry for not being able to "afford" hipster brewery handmade cans, and sorry for not deliberately making prosperity unprofitable for no other reason than "then at least you're not a soulless corporation". My point is, isn't that the idea? To get people to do things "only for the money" because we pay money when they do the CORRECT thing? The worst idea I actually blame zoomers and not millennials for, is the genuine adoption of "selling out" becoming its OWN mass-produced thing. Kinda just taking anything and calling it "that's corporate so it's automatically bad". Kinda like reverse "everyone poorer than me is a loser" when the value judgement shifts AWAY from wealth and into moralist bragging rights.

[@PhattyBolger]

In my case, it's because my mother (a boomer) told me grey is nice.

[@eggsandbacon892]

My real question is what's wrong with it? I'm a "zoomer" (god I hate that phrase, I feel like I'm part of a team of heroes from a children's cartoon), and I personally think its ideal, especially if you feel like decorating your house with stuff other than grey when you have the money. I feel like most of these people aren't artists or know colours well if they're complaining that they're "corporate" and "boring" since you can do some cool stuff with a monochromatic colour scheme. I gues maybe for public spaces, but not for homes. Then again, it's fucking TikTok, I wouldn't be surprised if 3 years from now people are probably gonna start drooling for this style and forget they hated it as soon as it's popular again.

[@Aeduo]

Modern UI design is lots of solid color and white/gray/black, so I dunno about that so much.

[@Aeduo]

@@sboinkthelegday3892 I mean yeah we should be judging people for having excess when people don't have even basic needs. But also austerity shouldn't be a goal. If one wants to have some things that make their living or work space enjoyable and not entirely utilitarian, that should be fine too. We're not so strapped for labor that everyone needs to be at full productivity and zero distractions at all times.

[@facelessgreen8997]

In Poland, most places for rent just have whatever was the cheapest, resulting in a mishmash of everything and nothing. I call it Post-communist Cheap.

[@KarlSnarks]

"What is your favorite design style?" "Post-Communist Cheap darling, so hot right now"

[@danielf.285]

The problem with Maximalism is that you reaally have to know what you are doing, or else it will look like a hodgepodge of various items.

[@dr.robertnick9599]

Hodgepodge

[@danielf.285]

@@dr.robertnick9599 much obliged

[@pinkfoxboi1331]

I just think it looks like hording and seems way to hard not to make cluttered vibes with it

[@DistortedSemance]

Leading the eye, creating focal points, and using a hierarchy of forms is the key. Same techniques that are used in graphic design, fashion, etc.

[@Marylandbrony]

If anything, maximalism looks like a young person trying to replicate the visual vomit better known as a baby boomer or even silent generation houses.

[@MatameVideos]

Minimalism in interior design shouldn't mean boring and corporate. You can have minimal objects and make sure that every single one of those is unique and colorful. Grey is also a lovely background for more colorful decorations and furniture. I think that simple designs and basic colors work very well to balance things out. For example if you have minimalist furniture is a great opportunity to have them in bold colors as they wouldn't look oversaturated. In contrast having very tame colors (greys, earth tones) allows you to choose more extravagan designs since the design is speaking for itself and the colors won't distract you from the shape.

[@crowickedone4037]

I'm so glad that this is getting mocked. I have mocked it for years, the day we go back to classicism will be GRAND

[@axelprino]

I really don't see what's the problem with having an aggressively minimalist and muted looking bathroom/restroom, it's the one room where you want that clean looking aesthetic, specially in a place like a restaurant where giving off the impression of cleanliness is vital. It's not like you go to the bathroom to be visually stimulated.

[@jacoblyman9441]

No kidding, any doilies or decor in a bathroom has the risk of trapping bacteria from fecal material and just smelling bad. Festering there. If there is any place for minimalism it makes sense in a bathroom.

[@Aeduo]

I'd agree with this, but the example there was basically doing just that but with gray objects, kinda defeating that point. :p I would much prefer a bathroom with porcelain fixtures and tiles and all that which if a mess is bad enough, it could all just be hosed down. :p

[@terig8974]

Yes. To me an ideal bathroom would be a blocky concrete cavern with black iron fixtures and a few suspend house plants. Actually, that's what I want my entire house to be just with some natural wood shelving for coziness.

[@katlicks]

You can still have thematic and good looking bathrooms with plain cleanliness obvious where it matters (White floor, brightly lit, consistent coloration on surfaces) You can have dark colored walls and fancy designs, as well as plants. The immediate things to look for is the ability to discern stains/uncleaned messes quickly and easily, as well as an ease of cleaning (A flat surface like tile or porcelain is far easier to sanitize consistently and effectively than a textured surface or a complicated pattern that isn't light.)

[@mynameisreallycool1]

I thought the bathroom was mostly fine, but I think the difference between the rest of the restaurant versus the bathroom was too stark. It doesn't have to be super maximalist and have tons of colors and decor that makes you feel like you're pooping inside a rainbow, but I think painting the walls yellow or red, adding white tile for the floor, and maybe replace the picture in the bathroom with a new picture that feels a bit more on theme for the restaurant would make the bathroom make more sense without it being over the top. I don't know.

[@terrablemaxis]

That colour of the toilet in the mexican restaurant should be in white or grey colour. I remember my art teacher said that it’s best to have these 2 colours to show people that it’s clean and helps cleaners to find dirty stuff there.

[@smaza2]

young millenial here. I remember being a kid (late 90s - early 2000s) everyone was complaining about houses that, in the 60s and 70s, got repainted to hide beautiful floorboards and timber and brick walls with flat white paint, and either polystyrene or bland popcorn stucco ceilings. these things have been going on forever. hopefully when this wave of soulless minimalism goes away it takes at least another 40 years to rear its boring head again

[@circleinforthecube5170]

drop celing with wooden trim still looks interesting. the 70s really wasnt that minimalistic and gen z prefers it

[@clispyleaf]

Ugh lol my whole house (rented) is millennial grey. And so poorly considered. They destroyed many aspects of historic beauty that it posseses.

[@Ivanhoenn]

I work flipping houses and rentals, and the color we ALWAYS use when we repaint is called 'Soulful Grey', and it's basically that bathroom color. We use it because it goes with basically everything, and then we usually put down grey pvc plank floor and paint cabinets white. Grey hellscape is definitely an apt way of putting it 😂

[@darianstarfrog]

Ew

[@Tadfafty]

I don't understand why anybody would want white cabinets, unless they are metal.

[@maggiem6209]

That just makes me lose my goddamn mind. My soul feels like it's suffocating in that scheme. First thing I do looking at a rental property is immediately ask if I can paint.

[@BunnnyRabbits]

as a renter I fucking hate this like my life is depressing enough already stop insisting on everything being grey

[@comet.x]

people in the replies really missing the 'it goes with everything' bit. it's like calling a blank canvas a soulless artwork. like no shit it's soulless there's nothing on it yet

[@powder_kat]

house flipping is 💯the biggest culprit.🤮

[@jollygrapefruit786]

I mean when I was designing my house I went with washed out blue walls, and white trim to contrast my dark stained hardwood floors, with grey and black furniture. I think it works so well because you can easily change your theme without having to paint and get new furniture for it to work.

[@bobwilliam2634]

100% This. For people who can't afford to repaint/retile their walls and floors every year to chase trends a muted color scheme makes sense as it goes with pretty much anything. You can always jazz things up with new colorful furniture, decorations, art.etc. Crazy bold colors for walls, floor and kitchen counter tops are nice and unique, until you want to redecorate in a budget.

[@jollygrapefruit786]

@@bobwilliam2634 exactly

[@Aeduo]

I could see the benefit of a blank canvas kind of space, as long as you're capable and empowered to actually do what you want with it. Which is often not the case in workplaces or rentals. You just have to live with the bland they've given you. Although beige seems _far_ more common here than gray.

[@chaincat33]

The reason for the grey is because it's considered an inoffensive color. Whatever that means. The actual reason is that no one, supposedly, will actively dislike grey. Going all in on colors means if you don't like the colors, it doesn't work. But going in on grey means everyone will have the same lukewarm feeling from the room or house. But now, we're all sick of it, and actively hate it.

[@angledcoathanger]

I used to live in an apartment exactly like this, grey "floorboards" and all. It was also built very cheaply. I hated it, but now that I live in a kind of weird looking old house with a lot of character, I have to admit that it was far, far easier to make the old apartment look tidy. They grey kind of soaked up clutter. We have to keep things so clean now, because it easily looks chaotic, even if we just leave a couple mugs out on the counter

[@KarlSnarks]

Still, would prefer characteristic over cheap and corporate ;)

[@WMan37]

I like Millennial Grey in my own home (though to be fair I myself, am a millennial), I don't want to see it when I go outside or to a McDonalds, because the outdoors are meant to be a colorful adventure. Millennial Grey is meant to rest your brain that is constantly overstimulated by the internet and your surroundings, and on top of that is a blank canvas to get yourself some rad neon lights for certain rooms that won't clash colors with the pre-existing wall theming that you can turn on and off to give a room a different vibe, switching from blue, green, or violet to a cozy orangeish fire color with just a choice of light bulb. Anyone that does not take advantage of this misunderstands the entire point of Millennial Grey. Of course, corpos being what they are, completely missed the point of Millennial Grey and made it soulless like a politician repeating a meme they heard once to try to relate to kids which has the effect of making the meme itself far less palatable.

[@arisu9085]

Being a bit controversial here, as someone who grew in a house with a hoarder parent, where the space feels tiny and claustrophobic due to the amount of random stuff around, this grey boring look feels a lot nicer to me. It is devoid of personality, but also feels more spacey and clean, you just gotta do you own tweaking to make it feel like yourself, that is of course, if you enjoy this minimalist aesthetic

[@hismajesty6272]

I was recently downtown in my city (it’s a beautiful place with only a few buildings over 3 stories), and I thought of how wonderful it is that the buildings had a somewhat uniform style, but unique designs and colors that made each distinct but not clashing. It’s a lively atmosphere, and more places need that.

[@DistortedSemance]

Really the undercurrent of all these shifting trends seems to be "it was cool until poor people started doing it".

[@bigbaz4632]

I think it's just it was cool when it was niche and now it's overdone. It's like any outdated meme trend such as Ugandan knuckles or big chungus.

[@cobinasaur]

If you want modern-looking monochrome, then at least make everything look futuristic. Don't just give us these lazy squares and rectangles.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

‘Everything is chrome in the future’ -Spongebob

[@conspiracypanda1200]

That's just Gamers™ with all the RGB lights, wall panels and add-ons rn

[@JohnDoesSports]

I have a dedicated gaming room where I have a desk that's covered in RGB lighting. But having that kind of lighting anywhere else simply doesn't feel appropriate.

[@Solotocius]

Well tbf, squares and rectangles ARE very futuristic in the sense that those shapes are extremely rare to find in nature

[@buckie_tooth]

I'm a 29 year old millennial, currently searching for my first home, and a lot of them have the same tired grey renovation look. I honestly thought it was because those colors were easy to paint over when you do move in lmao. Although I have a few older millennial/younger Gen X friends and family that keep their houses exactly how they look post renovation, and they just add the stupid Live Laugh Love pintrest shit everywhere instead of repainting.

[@erictalaveramartinez4160]

I like calming ambiances. Visual noice is really upsetting for me.

[@magnuserror9305]

I by far prefer minimalism. The clean look is super nice.

[@Lakeside_Flower]

I’m loving this much more in-depth explorations! Please keep it going, I happy to see you grow your content style.

[@trippykay]

god i cant wait to have my own house and fill it with deep, warm stained wood furniture, and rainbow colored walls and carpets, and more plants than in the backyard. colorful maximalism makes me happy. minimalism feels like a high income style tbh. it feels hollow, like "look at how much money i have! i can afford to buy huge rooms and fill them with NOTHING except overpriced bland ugly stuff!" my maximalism is funded by thrift stores. i recently tried to buy some broken chandelier strings but the thrift store owner gave them to me for free as they were "trash." they are now hanging from my curtain rods and make a lovely sound when the wind blows in from the open window. i made myself a lamp for less than 5 dollars with only thrifted items- a broken lampshade and base, a green glass bottle, fake plants and wooden beads, and some tissue paper. i cut the glass bottle on the bottom and replaced the lamp base with it, filled it with beads and fake plants, and then mod-podged bits of yellow, green, and blue tissue paper onto the ripped lampshade. it is beautiful and nobody believes it cost less than 5 dollars to make.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

even the cheapo 70s-90s stuff can be really really beautiful, i love wood panel walls and 70s contemporary railings they all have nice honey knotty pine or honey oak wood themes

[@trippykay]

@@circleinforthecube5170 YESS i love wood panel walls!!!! especially with some beautiful wallpaper that matches the wood stain. I have actually been working on furniture restoration as a personal hobby, theres a lot of really nice solid wood furniture that you can find on the curb on trash nights in rich neighborhoods. i empty the trunk of my kia sorento and drive around at 2 am on trash nights to nab whatever looks salvageable. i really need to get a better ROS to take off old finish though....

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@trippykay if it was good enough for mr krabs its good enough for me, even fake particle board furniture from the late century era looks really nice although flimsy

[@Solotocius]

It's tour opinion and I respect it, but please keep in mind that there are also people who like and/or prefer minimalist styling (me included), and thus generalizing it as "soulless corporate" is a pretty disrespectful way of defining it.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@Solotocius yeah but i hate how it utterly replaces EVERY OTHER style, i understand you like it but i cant like the styles i enjoy at all because they were all replaced, atleast what you like is literally everywhere

[@louisinese]

The old Teal roof that McDonald’s use to have near me matched perfectly with the roof of the strip mall directly across from it. Now they redesigned it. Uncool man 😂

[@johnlienhart2717]

Honestly it just seems like the natural backlash of all artistic trends. But compounded by the internet collating examples and an association with corporations. There's 100% a timeline where people are bitching about rooms and buildings that are too much.

[@loverrlee]

Depending on who you ask that is also this time line! It’s just a difference in design preference. Always has, always will be this divide in style choices. 😂

[@J5L5M6]

Yeah, I was born in '85 as pure a Millennial as they come. I remember in the '90s and early 2000s when everyone was painting our environments tan or beige to get rid of wood paneling and soft rose colored walls left over from the '70s and '80s. I think the rapidness which the Internet allows things to be overblown has prevented people from realizing that taste and trends change over time.

[@jacobp.2024]

I love this kind of design. It's clean, it's not in your face with pastel yellows and reds, it's comfortable, inexpensive, and luxurious relative to the alternatives. At worst, millenial grey is as inoffensive and easy to personalize as it gets. You can fix an earth tone room with contrasting furniture, paintings, things that you value. Good luck with fixing rose wall paper. To me, millenial grey is a welcome shift from the fugly and obtrusive design choices of the past.

[@circleinforthecube5170]

designs that offend no-one also attract no-one

[@justaserbiandoomer497]

​@@circleinforthecube5170 judging by this comment section, they obviously attract people including myself. Idk why so many people are offended that others have different tastes than them

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@justaserbiandoomer497 because it almost always REPLACES something else and is erasing 70s-90s styles from existence entirely, you can prefer something else but dont force others to conform to it

[@Solotocius]

​@@circleinforthecube5170fair enough

[@Blue2x2x]

NPC Grey Minimalist VS Clown World Maximalist (There's is no between, Middle Ground Average is dead)

[@Crygear]

The skeletons of middle ground will curl out of the minimalist and maximalist body like a dark souls boss as mediocrity is winning.

[@LeifMaelstrom]

My house was millinials grey when I bought it. It was suffocating. Since then I have changed all the walls to be a lovely alive egg shell yellow with bright ass accent walls and a white ceiling. One day I'm gonna kill these blue grey floors and replace them bamboo.

[@rtmpgt]

I kinda like this aesthetic, especially with more modern home designs, however I tend to recommend that you add accessories to add some "pop" to your space. The entire point of this look is to make the things you put in the space look less disjointed. It's designed to work as a backdrop to the rest of your life really.

[@grognardgaming8952]

So I actually LIKE all the "millennial" grey. My house interior is different shades of grey and my wardrobe is pretty monotone. Grey is a relaxing neutral tone that doesn't try to make you feel any way, doesn't require anything of you. It also allows you to use color in the environment to pull attention much more effectively too. A red rose surrounded by bright colors might be easy to glance over but in a more minimalist setting it is unavoidable. Not sure if this has anything to do with my ASD but the increase in neurodivergence in recent generations might be a driving factor of the trend.

[@TaimatCR]

As a millennial that just renovated an old house I can say this is accurate and I don't like it now that I'm aware of it 🤣at least I do have some blue accents here and there as well as some walnut red oak like wood, but I was always thinking is this too gray does it need some color? Guess I was right and now need to add some extra stuff

[@Helios2737]

Just do whatever you want if it's your place, you don't "need" to add anything unless you actually want to

[@TaimatCR]

@@Helios2737 haha yeah I know, but as I wrote on my comment I always thought it needed some more color to contrast that's all

[@Wohlfe]

I plan to paint my walls in a light gray/beige mix, it's calming and the neutrality makes the things I want people to notice stick out. As long as it achieves what you want don't sweat what random people on the internet say.

[@seitanbeatsyourmeat666]

There’s nothing wrong with gray… or any color. Don’t let others tell you there is

[@mushmush4980]

I love it when meme channels start flexing their sociology and cultural studies degree out of nowhere

[@illford]

Where did you pull taht from? It doesn't say what LIMC's degree is anywhere, i mean a lot of this stuff is good research and observation but idk if he has a degree in sociology and cultural studies, though that may just be because in my country i don't think it's very common.

[@mushmush4980]

@@illford my source is comedic exaggeration

[@Helios2737]

Tbh even if I get what people are saying about minimalism going too far, maximalism doesn't even look like design it looks like rainbow vomit covered every inch of your house

[@bigbaz4632]

Maximalism looks like an over done, super cluttered mess. Seriously, who needs that many paintings in an example shot?

[@TheCarpenterUnion]

Ya I agree. I find myself swaying away from the minimalist trend, and have a pretty good balance between the two in my house, I think

[@rgonzalo511]

Minimalism imo is a result of how stressed out we as a people are...specially the youngest generations. Its blandness and emptiness incites a sort of peace of mind and no strong emotions. Perfect for the ever stress internet obsessed generations

[@kooolainebulger8117]

i am a zoomer, and i have it as my goal to become as much of a curmudgeon as possible, with the dated look of wooden furniture, a "study" as opposed to an office, and other such borrowings from older trends

[@cmnidit4444]

So you want to be a hipster?

[@fairfelis7]

I'm 27 and i want that. I think it's called cottagecore / (victorian/edwardian cluttered dated stuff)

[@fairfelis7]

@@cmnidit4444 i think they mean cottagecore / grandmacore. With dated cluttered look and stuff from the victorians/edwardians

[@kooolainebulger8117]

@@cmnidit4444 ewww

[@whatzittooya9012]

@@cmnidit4444 Nah. Hipsters are all about liking avant-garde stuff "before it was cool." This is liking stuff after it was cool.

[@grigori7834]

Exactly what i saw when looking for a house. It felt like there was a flipper's playbook for every goddamn kitchen. All of them sucked.

[@highpeacetess]

It's that pattern trend at 00:47 that really makes me run😬 🏃‍♀️ I manage vacation rentals and everyone got this pattern for every room in 2018 😒😂😂😂

[@Mayakran]

It’s an especially terrible idea in the American Pacific Northwest where it’s gray outdoors for over half the year. Never thought I’d miss beige.

[@crystalking2468]

my room is a mix of both, where the floor panels, desk and windowsill are gray, whereas the walls are a nice shade of blue

[@burnttoast1076]

What is important is that a house is clean. Judging colors too much makes people not open their homes to others.

[@caleblee1780]

A big part of the appeal for minimalism is because society is so stressed already and over saturated with stimulation. So when you come home you want things to be quiet.

[@chosenone6158]

But I like millenial grey...

[@uppishcub1617]

I would say its ok to be wrong, but in this case its really not.

[@Dingleeater]

That's A-okay, nothings wrong with having your own opinion

[@rgonzalo511]

​@Will Rivers yeah you

[@xerofour]

just painted my whole house white on the inside, then i covered the old hardwood with gray vinyl and put gray couches and gray end tables i was born in the mid 90s

[@PhattyBolger]

Replace "gray" with "beige" and "90s" with "40s" and you've described every home in the 70s.

[@xerofour]

@@PhattyBolger well my dad taught me everything I know and he was born is 68 so that adds up

[@GetOfflineGetGood]

I feel like the bathroom in the beginning looks like a doctor's office that will refuse to give you an appointment if you didn't pay your $20 copay last time you were in

[@princegoatcheese9379]

This is why I painted my bedroom walls red

[@stevens1041]

If your Mexican restaurant bathroom looks like that, the tacos are about to be trash.

[@juniorthethird08]

Neutral colors match with most other colors. Therefore it’s easier to add decor of any color and change them to whatever you want. It’s like a blank canvas for decor.

[@KarlSnarks]

I'd rather have some warmish white than grey as blank canvas. much more 'airy'

[@Joshs4stro]

i like minimalism more, but with actual colours and things that mean things and don’t look like they were generated by an ai

[@cliptrashbin2389]

As a son of a house flipper for some reason people get mad if they see color and for some reason grey is the one color that doesn't piss people off

[@buckie_tooth]

Do they use grey because the thought process is that it's easier to paint over? Tbh I'm looking for my first home and I'm drawn to the grey looking ones versus ones that have multicolored rooms, because I'm thinking it will be easier to go from grey to whatever color I want than from say bright red or orange to a cool tone.

[@cliptrashbin2389]

@Bunny Mené yeah grey is very easy to color over and also it makes people happy because white gives off that feeling my house is gonna get dirty quickly so grey makes a very good color that offends nobody because you can color over it or keep it

[@AlbertBalbastreMorte]

I love it. My parents have a grey flooring and it looks so smooth.

[@RobKaiser_SQuest]

The peak of interior design is anything that's super dated but has been well-maintained so it isn't gross

[@J5L5M6]

Agreed. Even when I encounter a design vocabulary that I never appreciated, if the piece of furniture, office, automotive or home has been well kept, it's like meeting a time traveler. I can't wait to see/hear what stories they tell about the period they're from! -A Millennial

[@EllieBellie_111]

I was interested in minimalist house styles and decor because I cannot afford much more.

[@JamesGree]

Heck. I designed my work room in this colour scheme to enhance my RGB lighting. I actually quite like it so long as it's not overused.

[@jemm113]

I think the term “Corporate Minimalism” would better reflect the bland gray aesthetic better. Normal people would gravitate towards a more colorful, if still minimalist design. It seems only corporate marketing actually embraces the all gray look.

[@Z3N1TY0]

1:18 those cubicles make me hungry, looks like mcdonalds architecture

[@sadcena7204]

I'm glad people notice this because when we did renovation on our house 3 years ago my mom was talking about how much she hates that grey was in style for interior design.

[@Odood19]

I miss my gray apartment in college. The black and white marble counters and gray wood floors matched my silver laptop. If i wanted color, i could turn on the tv.

[@LeighsLittleLife]

I’ll admit that many of my rooms are painted grey, but that’s largely because when we bought it, I thought the beige walls looked awful with blue carpet. The furniture, textiles, and wall art have plenty of color, though.

[@justaserbiandoomer497]

People who hate on minimalist esthetics when they realize people have different opinions and tastes: 🤯

[@le9038]

This is why we need to go back to the design our grandmas houses were built upon...

[@inn5268]

What if your grandma lived in a Bauhaus type house

[@lúki-ang]

I don't mind minimalist design in say, an office or somewhere I'm only visiting but I wouldn't want to live in an environment like that all the time.

[@shatifan_the_slime4445]

at this point, You really wouldn't know that the building next to you is a fast food joint if it doesn't have that ever changing logo

[@vorpalweapon4814]

you gotta make more of these, LIMC

[@Rose-xe5fy]

It's sad when even Mexicans have given in to blah gray! My favorite Mexican homes in Mexico and Mexican restaurants have been colorful, including textured colorful tiles and sinks in the bathrooms!

[@svenbenglen7599]

so many things will be remembered as lineonium floors and drop ceilings are today

[@Allison_Hart]

this...hurt my feelings in a way i think they needed to be hurt. thank you.

[@EW-ed6kd]

I could never do this style. I tried to achieve it when I moved, but it’s quickly fallen apart. I just love to fill my room with things that make me happy. Sure, the grey bedding, black accents, and white lights looked clean, but it wasn’t me. Now I have stuffies all over my bed, my collection of Dalmatian books on my shelf, backpacks on my walls, pictures of my pets, etc. Essentially, it’s clean but looks junky. But life is short and I want to be comfy in my room! That said, I don’t think the millennial grey tend is ugly. It’s very clean and feels more high-end. I don’t know. Just stop following trends and decorate how you like.

[@jondoesit1240]

Yeah I agree. The clean look can look pretty nice, but it gives your room or house no personality.

[@illford]

@@jondoesit1240 Depends highly on the decorations imo. I'd willingly have the walls and tables be grey but with a bunch of stuff i own everywhere. Brightly coloured walls can hurt my eyes a bit since if i look at colour for too long my eyes will hurt.

[@comet.x]

except the bathroom. i want my bathroom to feel squeaky clean and sterile

[@davitdavid7165]

Another thing to consider is that this sort of design is cheap. Beuty, in all of its forms often has a price and in this society nobody wants to pay for it

[@zed7038]

No one *can* pay for it because capitalism is taking its dying breathes and wages have been stagnant for decades. People could afford custom paintjobs with expensive paints back in the colourful era as one person earned enough to run a family. That's not the case anymore.

[@davitdavid7165]

@zed7038 that applies to people, but not to the corporations who stole that money. In this world you are either dirt poor and can't afford to care or extremely profit oriented and don't care. I think this is more nuanced

[@slyseal2091]

LIMC acts like those funny mcdonalds chairs were the norm. Before this, most office buildings and restrooms looked like and thus inspired the backrooms. Meaning: unfurnished from the day that the company started renting them. My walls aren't gray because I like 'em that way, my walls are grey because painting them is a gigantic hassle.

[@juan-ij1le]

@@zed7038 it not that expensive too get paint

[@zed7038]

@@juan-ij1le It's the painting work that's expensive, assuming you even own your home which most people don't. When you don't have the time to paint your house yourself you'll have to hire someone and that costs a lot of money.

[@supremechaosbeing2696]

it's very neutral, so nobody hates it, exactly. THAT'S WHY WE HATE IT!

[@sirpibble]

We have a family piano my grandparents got about 60 years ago It has a nice natural wood finish My mom just had it painted gray and I'm furious

[@turkeyidk4080]

Dang that sucks. Hate it when people paint vintage or antique furniture boring colors

[@fyretnt]

15 year old here, I choose to decorate my bedroom with vintage furniture (80s and before) hell, my desk is quite literally from the 1910s-1920s and my dresser is from the 70s. It’s less boring, I like the wood style, and it’s cheaper than new stuff cause no one wants it

[@circleinforthecube5170]

90s stuff is actually pretty good too, its right before everything got worse and still had cool honey oak warm color wood

[@fyretnt]

@@circleinforthecube5170 yup I agree

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@fyretnt also 50s-90s modern architecture feels much better than all modern architecture, right combination of minimalist and maximalist ideals

[@Unguided]

Only grey I want is brutalist concrete.

[@x3peeps]

What about the GenX coffee latte yellow color in their homes?

[@Oblivius33]

TLDR; don't blame the looks, blame their industrial scale over use for the sake of profits.

[@jacobusburger]

I legit walked into a recently renovated McDonalds at night and thought I fell into the backrooms lol.

[@bayersbluebayoubioweapon8477]

I hate my millennial gray home. My landlord has no taste.

[@JonborgVA]

As someone who works in the Real estate Marketing business its crazy how many grey houses I visit in a day

[@tnk4me4]

Turning your cozy homes into limnal spaces since 2006

[@suwakomoriya5145]

All that matters is how the objects in the room complement the wall and aren’t the same color. I believe any color can “work” if you know what you’re doing.

[@pickeljarsforhillary102]

It used to be where you could tell a DQ from a McD from a TacoBell from a Pizza Hut by the building alone. Today they are all bland copypasta architecture.

[@dtheguy]

Two vids in a day damn

[@ryder1658]

minimalism is a starting point. People who complain about this type of thing probably put ketchup on icecream or something. You build flair on top of less gawdy things. Anyone who starts with "it's giving" probably has fake vines in their room, or a blue led lightstrip and then complains about insomnia.

[@unfortunatelyiamsane]

i feel targeted

[@circleinforthecube5170]

except blank surfaces are objectively worse, they confuse and scare the part of our brains that sees faces

[@Solotocius]

​@@circleinforthecube5170there's nothing "objective" about this

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@Solotocius then dont replace everything else! your going around comments complaining about it but you fail to realize we dont have the option to enjoy anything other than gray these days

[@circleinforthecube5170]

@@Solotocius maybe its not objective, im just tired of everything i like getting turned into grey

[@promaster424]

Damn, people really like the shmit on other generations

[@dependent-ability8631]

what else are we gonna do with our days? solve societal problems? not in my corporate hellscape

[@promaster424]

@@dependent-ability8631 I hate how true this is

[@tafellappen8551]

Me, completely oblivious to fashion and design trends: ah yes that sure is A design of all time. What A part of the visible light spectrum i am viewing, truly.

[@cyberpunk-2O77]

Grey and pink are such soft, warm colours psychologically. People should relax

[@poshmartine]

You can now choose gray or grey.

[@Ben-rz9cf]

I like minimalism but i prefer blacks and cherrywood, frosted glass. Grey and beige should be used sparingly lest you make a place that looks and feels like a mental hospital.

[@maddmaxxpain]

Beige everything is the true enemy here. I can dress up the gray with new light fixtures, furniture, and shelves. All my stuff is colorful, but needs to make sense. The warmth of gold tones is nice, but can easily look dirty or stuffy. There’s gotta be an in-between that works for me somewhere, someday.

[@Dr._Nicolas]

Brands catch up with the trend? pack it up boys time to paint houses with our hands

[@cumnmrmptaaa4234]

Had to move out of my apartment last month into a new places, the amount of dank ass grey painted grey floor apartments was insane. I can't fkn stand it, it looks so bad. It's not minimalist in my opinion. It reminds me of a jail cell. Finally found somewhere with brown flooring and pure white walls. Thank god

[@rogerwilco2]

Over the last 20 years, nearly all houses I have seen for sale have mostly grey tones, with an orange or green accent in a cushion or so.

[@aguspuig6615]

customers when there arent whimsical creatures drawn in the walls of the bathroom, they become unable to take a shit i guess