The 15 Interior Design Trends To Avoid

Listen… not everything that ends up on Pinterest deserves to stay in your home forever. Some things had their moment, and now that moment is so gone. Just like last season’s jeans (yes, I’m looking at you low-rise), design trends age out too. So if you want your home to look fresh, chic, and expensive — here are 15 interior design trends that need to retire immediately.

1. Shiplap Everywhere
We loved Joanna Gaines, we binged Fixer Upper, but shiplap in every single room? Stop. It’s farmhouse fatigue, darling.

2. Matchy-Matchy Furniture Sets
The sofa, loveseat, and chair all in the same fabric? Yawn. Your home isn’t a hotel lobby. Mix it up.

3. Gray Everything
Walls, floors, furniture — fifty shades of blah. Gray is safe, but it’s also flat. Bring back warmth, texture, and personality.

4. Over-the-Top Word Signs
If your walls say “Live, Laugh, Love”… I’m begging you, take them down. We know we’re supposed to live. We know.

5. Tuscan Kitchens From 2005
Brown granite, dark cherry cabinets, wrought iron scrolls… girl, it’s giving Olive Garden. Time to move on.

6. Fast Furniture That Falls Apart
You know the kind. Flat-pack pieces that wobble after three months. Invest in fewer, better things.

7. Open Shelving in Kitchens (Everywhere)
A shelf or two? Chic. An entire wall of dishes collecting dust and grease? Exhausting.

8. Too Many Pillows
Yes, I said it. If you need to remove 12 pillows before you can sit on your sofa, you’ve gone too far.

9. Edison Bulb Mania
The exposed bulb look is over. What once felt “industrial chic” now just feels like your local dive bar.

10. Faux Distressed Furniture
If it’s actually antique, amazing. If it’s mass-produced “distressed” with a sander, please no.

11. Sliding Barn Doors (In Condos)
A barn door in a city condo? Make it make sense. Leave them for actual barns.

12. Overdone Minimalism
All white, all beige, nothing personal? It’s not serene, it’s soulless. Add some life, darling.

13. Granite Countertops (Speckled Ones)
That busy brown granite your aunt put in her kitchen in 2004? Retire it. Quartz and marble are running the show now.

14. Oversized Recliner Sofas
Comfortable, sure. Chic? Absolutely not. Nobody needs a sofa that looks like a puffy winter jacket.

15. Copy-Paste Pinterest Rooms
If your living room looks identical to 3,000 others online, where’s you in the design? Cookie cutter is out. Personality is in.

So there you go — 15 tired trends that need to be shown the door. Design isn’t about chasing every fad, it’s about creating a space that feels like YOU… but elevated. Think chic, timeless, a little glam, a little sass. Because darling, your home deserves to be as fabulous as you are.