Finally a designer who makes sense. People always forget function before design. Before I purchase anything, I always consider how easy it is to maintain and to CLEAN.

I'm so excited to see you on this platform! So glad you pointed out that the foam is toxic. This is especially important to know with households that have smaller children and animals. I'm really not sure how that was ever considered as a trend. 🙄

I worked as a material engineer many years ago. You are so right to emphasize cleaning, and longevity of a product based on what material it is made of. Objects that are hard to clean or deteriorate are not items you want to invest your money in. It is important to think about, materials, size function and aesthetics when picking items for your home. Thank You, Design Daddy for another helpful video.

I love that you talked about cleaning, maintenance, and longevity. I used to watch a lot of home design shows and came to the conclusion that, if Hell exists, thousands of interior designers would be there, forced to live in rooms they created.

The spray foam furniture trend needs to end

The boucle fabric!!!! Ugh! I almost got one for our home until I saw one in person and it felt/looked or will look “dirty” in the long run…

I’m so happy you’re making longer format videos, Phoenix. We desperately needed a cool new design channel on KZfaq. I’m looking forward to watching tour channel grow.

This is a very helpful way to protect us in spending a lot in inappropriate designs for our home. Appreciate it so much. 🥰🥰

I love Zellige tile work!! But like everything, it needs to be used in balance with the other materials and textures used in the space. The same could be said for the architectural style of the home. My personal style feels more time spanning then time period/trend specific though. I enjoy spaces that feel like they’ve always existed and will continue to exist in the future with a nice blend of old & new, timeless & trendy.

Finally the voice of reason…. Yay! I thought there were problems when I first saw these trends so thank you for pointing out the lasting maintenance problems!

Was really wanting to put some Zellige as kitchen backsplash and now I’m rethinking my whole life

The other problem with concaved curved sofas you didn't mention is they're uncomfortable for 'unrelated' people to sit together on because it points legs at each other. Even if there's some space at the bum, the knees maybe touching or uncomfortably close. Or, to keep a more comfortable distance, less people can sit on a large sofa than a similarly sized rectangular sofa. Also, the more acute the curve, the less one is able to lay on the sofa without hanging over the curve.

I love love love this youtube video! At last an expery who points out that good design is not only aesthetically pleasing, it is also has longevity and durability built in Thank you!

I just found you on KZfaq. Every room on social media has wooden beads or chains and a Tom Ford book. It feels like there is a checklist. That’s all. Thanks!

disagree with curved sofas and the tiles BIG time. some people have bigger spaces like people lvining outside the city! and irregular tiles are noooot hard to clean and does nooot look messy if its goes with the rest of the interior in balance

Curved sofas are pretty, but how do you curl up and take a nap on it? That's almost my favorite thing to do (if i could get paid to nap, i'd be set), and i just don't see how you could do that on one of those. Great job on your first video; i especially appreciate your emphasis on the maintenance involved with these items, because i think that sometimes gets overlooked in the excitement of the new.

Not only does Boucle look itchy, but it also looks like a cheap old sweater with lots of pilling used to cover up furniture

So glad you are on KZfaq now!! ❤❤❤

So happy you’re on KZfaq. Love you advice and I agree with it.

Thanks so much for this video, so helpful!

Hell Ya...I f'n agree!! I appreciate your tactful way of stating things that are a misstep in design and honesty on why!!

Design daddyyyyyy! I’m so glad you’re on KZfaq! Your tiktoks always leave me wanting more!!!

PLEASE…get your own TV show ASAP! You are AMAZING!❣️❣️

Very informative video. Bonus~an appearance by Queen! You rock! 🤘🏻

Loving already!

The glass pendants carried me away because they look so gorgeous, so I bought a beautiful pair. I was so excited with it that I did not even give my husband to wind down when he arrived home. I pushed him to install them right away above our dining table. Dinner time came and I switched them on. Gosh, after 2 minutes, the blaring brightness gave me a very, very terrible migraine. Good thing my husband is a sweet person. He removed them right away 😅😂😊

this was an awesome assessment

🤗🤗 so happy to see you in youtube!!!

I have been watching you from Facebook and my ,I struggled to find you here but here I am, I love love your opinion and am here to stay.

I'm so glad you said it about the curved sofa! OMG horrible unless you have the square footage for it. And boucle 😫🤮

Well welcome to KZfaq. So glad you’re here. Let’s see your style dear. Can’t wait for more videos.

Excellent Video! Thank you.

Bravo! Totally agree

Thank you ❤

Thank You! People do NOT consider maintaining these looks. I once saw a complete bath done in Carrera, it was never properly sealed and completely ruined in less than a year. Just because it looks great in the showroom does not mean you want it in your home. Ever try to keep chocolate colored porcelain clean?? Or shiny stainless steel? Matte black faucets?

Nice video - some good nuggets in there 👍 :) But, I have to say some of the trends here have been and gone already. Also, it really underlines the difference between a professional designer’s world (especially a commercial designer, who has a much larger more experimental canvas to work with) and the average person’s. I love to follow design, and I don’t know anybody in the real world with a disco ball or a giant curved sofa, foam furniture or a DIY travertine side table 🤷🏻‍♀️ Just my own experiences though and in full disclosure, I do have friends who do some pretty weird and wonderful stuff with their DIY so who knows where it will go! :D

When I was in college, poor students were making doorway curtains out of the aluminum tabs on pop cans. They bent them into long chains meant to hide the dirty dishes in their kitchens, etc. Even those make more sense than spray-foam furniture. Ha!

Omg. You’re so new here!!!!! I love your videos!! I’m here from Facebook!! Please please show us how to decorate with flowers! Also for me I would like a spa decor video 🥰

Love the Queen reference 😊

I totally agree with you for all these trends I don't like them !!!

Actual curved furniture, boucle fabric, and mirrored balls are classic items but they have a place and a setting, they seem new because they have been overly featured on social media. The rest are not even trends but niche fads that are contributing to waste and the filling of landfills and destroying otherwise useful items.

Until this video I had never heard of the foam thing, Thank God!

I like the Zellige tiles. I don’t think imperfect things are messy, but I guess “clean” has never been my thing.

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! I too did not understand the spray foam furniture !! WHY??? I have had a long career in fashion and I can tell you a boucle jackets will look like a dirty standard poodle after a few weeks. I can just imagine what a large boucle piece of furniture will look like after a few weeks.

Welcome to KZfaq :) This is a good first video, even if I had no idea about these trends (I', 40 and I don't do TikTok). I do however like to change the look of my home at least twice a year using decoration (throws, couch covers, deco pillows, small items). I learned that large expensive items (like couches and other furniture) should have a nice neutral shape and a neutral color, because you can change the way they look with decor. For example, I have 3 couch covers in grey, beige and dark red, matching rugs with different patterns and about 20 pillowcases in different covers. In less than a day I can change my living room. Good luck with your future videos :)

Agreed! Let's leave the plaster decor to Dorothy Draper and the curved sofas to Billy Haines. And those melting disco balls look like disco whoopee cushions! Thank you for mentioning practicality and timelessness. (Now, if we could all get past the shiplap...)

I'm not on social media so I didn't know about any of these trends, but they're all horrible.

So glad you’re finally here

Seeing these melted disco balls is a first for me and frankly, I could've done without them.

We’re building our house right now and I agree with you 100% . That spray foam i can’t believe they use it as furniture 🤣that is use in our house insulation the guy who spray the foam use a mask while spraying just happen now while I’m watching😂😂😂

Interesting. Wasn't even aware of these 'trends.' Not much into social media trends, obviously for good reason!

I agree with all of these except for boucle. I think it really depends on the quality of the item and how often it is used. I think excessive boucle would be an issue but used sparingly can be a really beautiful way to add texture

I believe they seal the joint compound with mod pog

Jesus, and here I thought the "refurbishing" trend of taking vintage wood furniture and painting it with house paint was bad

First video 😮 so good! 🎉

Yes I agree with all of these 🎉

Just found you.... you're speaking my mind......the foam, curved sofas, boucle, travertine, disco ball (why do you need this in your home)! Great video

New subscriber here 👋🏻. Because i agree on everything you've said. None of these trends make sense to me. They are beautiful but way too trendy. I'm staying away from the trends, unless thrifting vintage items is a trend, that's probably the only trend i follow.

I like the thought of zellige tiles in my 200 year old farmhouse. Nothing was build square or perfect in the house, so I feel like it will blend in the kitchen. Regular tiles would definitely feel out of place.

The only time a curved sofa is gunna work is if you have a curved wall. I’ve seen apartments where the living room’s main wall was curved, making it difficult to put in a full sized couch. But otherwise, yeeaaaah

Hallelujah! Thank you for calling B.S. on all this crap. 😂 I was unaware of the disco ball trend...blissful ignorance!

I actually agree with the whole list except I am very surprised that zellige is in it. Maybe this looks like a trend in the USA where you do not have a strong tile tradition at all but please consider that this "trend" is a style of handmade ceramic tiles that has been around for centuries in north Africa where they tile everything and they know how it's done. They chip more easily than gres tiles and they cost more but they are not more difficult to clean. I think you don't know this product and you just happen not to like the way it looks.

Foam mirrors and furniture, absolutely disgusting in my opinion.

The foam furniture look like tumours.

Interesting channel, glad I found your video in my recommendations, a new subscriber here, greetings from Ukraine ❤

Foam spray furniture? I thought the plaster was bad - and never heard of, but I never heard of this and am baffled - WHY? Just why??? BARF! Only time I used that foam spray was to make a Halloween decoration of a faux pile of burning embers, then I set a plastic witch cauldron on top. But for furniture? Ugh!

The foam trend instantly made me an old grump because for the first time, I could completely blame it on the younger generation. I guess that’s how the generational divide started, when Sokrates grumped about the youngsters making wavy columns or whatever

I would not fight you on any of these..for all the reasons you addressed

Since I do not follow social media personnel regarding decorating my home, I never knew many of these trends existed. Plaster, Foam Spray, Travertine Tables, Disco Balls? Why would anyone want this mess in their homes? The tiles are just ugly and look like somebody didn't know what they were doing.

Designers are trying to get rid of bouclé or Sherpa. It’s been around for a very long time. It’s warm and cozy and looks very neat in small doses. I am thinking similar pieces come from top furniture stores to walmart for nearly the same-look piece and that is what people don’t like. Similar to the slipcover furniture at Pottery Barn very similar to IKEAs slipcover furniture. I don’t want to see this trend go… I like the cozy and warm factor.

Everything you said in the video...AGREED. The end.

That foam spray furniture is horrific, and the ugliest stuff I’ve ever seen. Hard hard pass

The curved sofas look nice, but they seat fewer people than a straight sofa. You end up clonking knees with others sitting there!

The expanding foam DIY's were hideous. How did anyone think it looked good 😝

I absolutely hate people who use books as decor. Worst of all when they take book covers off because they want the solid colour to match the decor or even worse they turn them around so the spines of the books are not seen! Ugh! Books are for reading and if you do have these books because they represent your interests, then let them be seen properly. I love seeing books on shelves that display someone’s interests such as Art, Music, History, Architecture, or photography in large coffee table books, if that’s what you are interested in. On shelves if it shows novels, such as great literature, or science fiction, Manga’s, Biographies, Gardening, gothic novels even childhood books that mean something to you. This is wonderful and gives your home personality and let’s guests know what your interests are. Who you are and also creates dialogue. People should be proud of their books and for goodness sakes read them!

Your name, Phoenix Gray, reminds me of "the phrase rise like a phoenix from the ashes is based on a story that goes back thousands of years". I think the phoenix would be gray, at first, from the ashes.

Grey!!!!

Curved sofas are form over function. I guess I've been under a rock, because this video is the first time I've seen spray-foam decor, lol.

The disco ball is not new. I'm a boomer and this was trending when Donna Sommers was singing in the 70s. That designer took that idea from Studio 54; and so did Beyonce. It would be nice if they were honest about it, instead of marketing it to people who do not know and/or are not old enough to know music and entertainment history. It would also help, for once if they were slightly original. Ms. B. Churchill

Boucle fabric snags so easily. Not a great idea. Great for a Chanel jacket, not to sit on.

I could never find a designer that would appreciate my well made furniture that is always going to be in. Real wood. Not painted. I don't make my own craft furniture. Good job.

So glad I am not a TT user...Boucle is so bad, a REAL NO NO.

Agree 100%

Where in the world do you put a melting disco ball 😗

Please tell us country farm style is going away so is radon and signs with wordings

The years not over yet and most of these things are 21/22

To be fair most of these trends came out around 2018 and left straight after the pandemic. I don’t think people are doing them in 2023.

I agree! These are hideous. I hate those disco balls. They're stupid looking!

3D tiles on kitchen backsplash or shower wall. Fine if you're rich enough to pay a cleaner to do it but who else has the time to clean all that?

Can you do a video on some timeless design styles? I’m renovating my house right now and so overwhelmed with what flooring (budget friendly - wood look) to pick for the house (I’m leaning towards wood laminate) and also tiles for bathroom (tub/shower surround and floor) that are classic and budget friendly and easy to clean! And tiles for backsplash in kitchen. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Those melting disco balls look like some space Pacman aliens straight out of early Star Trek. Ugh!

Foam spray trend is horrid

Boucle sofas are as practical as wall-to-wall shag carpeting. Anybody who recommends either should have their license to give decor advice revoked.

Painting a kitchen two-toned when style of the house doesn’t quite support it. I dont like that!!

i kind of hate all trends, but some i can understand. the foam furniture i don't get it, it's repulsive.

Interesting but oh dear is that a fake plant behing you in the unrealisticly small pot? Hope I'm wrong. Lol

Color pop! It's just a lame way to add color that's only disruptive. It's important to have good balance of the colors.

This is so entertaining. Hilarious and useful info. Thank you ❤ You also have one of the least annoying voices on KZfaq.

Spray foam is hideous

And how do you kickback and lay down on a curved sofa, can't be done