Interior Design Trends Age Fast
It’s time to redecorate your home! But before you do so, you should read this list. There are so many décor trends people have some to regret this year. Sometimes the trend turns out to be higher maintenance than anybody thought, or sometimes it just plain looks bad. This list will help you decide which trends are really worth your time.
All-White Rooms
White-on-white kitchens and living rooms look great in catalogs, but in real life? They’re impossible to keep clean. Every fingerprint, coffee spill, or children’s juice accident stands out. People are starting to realize that living in a showroom-like environment isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Bouclé Overload
Sure, bouclé chairs looked cozy and chic in 2023, but now they're everywhere, and they’re not aging well. The fabric snags easily, stains like crazy, and doesn’t hold up to pets or kids. Consider if it’s really worth the money you’d be spending on it.
Wall-To-Wall Beige
There was a moment when beige was everywhere, but that moment really seems to have passed. Everything beige blends together with no personality, and the room just looks dull as ditchwater. Try warmer tones instead.
LED Color-Changing Lights
These seemed so fun at first, but then people realized that they make the place feel more like a teen's gaming setup than a relaxing home. The novelty wore off, and now most folks just leave them on plain white (or remove them altogether).
Japandi Minimalism
Japandi, a mix of Japanese and Scandinavian minimalism trends, was supposed to be serene and calming. But for many, it turned out to be cold and sparse instead. People are finding that minimal spaces feel just plain impersonal after a while.
Oversized Chandeliers
Some people have a flair for the dramatic, and that flair led them to buy massive chandeliers and set them up in living rooms or over kitchen islands. But then they found out that the chandelier massively overpowers the space – and is a nightmare to keep clean.
Faux Brick Accent Walls
Faux brick was huge not so long ago, but now it’s a trend that’s coming to an end. The panels often look plastic up close, and they can damage the drywall if they come away. Plus, people just keep asking the question: Why would you want faux brick when you could have real brick?
Floating Shelves
Floating shelves were all over the place on Pinterest in 2025, but though they look good they’re not always practical. They need a lot of cleaning, and worst of all, they can sometimes sag. Folks are going back to cabinets or shelving that’s actually functional.
Maximalist Gallery Walls
At first, they were a creative way to show off a person’s artsy personality, but now gallery walls feel just plain chaotic. Turns out, you don’t need to frame and hang up every piece of artwork that crosses your path.
Open Bathroom Shelving
Open bathroom shelving looks beautiful in Instagram shots, but in real life, open shelves in the bathroom just collect dust and show off every ugly product bottle. There’s nothing relaxing about seeing your extra toilet paper and half-used lotion bottles on display.
High-Gloss Cabinets
These are a big trend that, to the joy of many, is finally sliding out of the mainstream. High-gloss cabinets are quite simply a nightmare to keep clean, and people are sick of it. Many are moving toward matte finishes or natural wood for their cabinets now.
Ultra-Low Furniture
This is another huge trend that people are slowly realizing it might not be all it’s cracked up to be. Ultra-low furniture seemed stylish at first, and then people found out how difficult it was to actually get up from those low seats. Now they’re finally prioritizing comfort over style.
Barn Doors Inside
Barn doors were absolutely massive a while back, but now they’re sliding (geddit?) out of style. They don’t block sound well, never quite feel secure, and well… they make your house look like a barn. People built them in 2025 and regret them now.
Word Art
What’s the deal with word art? Why do you want to read your walls? So many people plastered “live, laugh, love” all over their walls and came to regret it as the trend died out. Save that sort of thing for your notebooks.
Concrete Everything
In 2025 concrete became the in thing to use on everything from floors to coffee tables. But it’s cold, prone to leaving ugly cracks everywhere, and requires constant sealing. People are finding it totally impractical in daily use, especially in houses with kids.
Matching Furniture Sets
It’s easy to see how this became a trend, after all, when you’re in a showroom all the matching furniture is grouped together. But that’s the problem with it… too much matching furniture makes your living room look like a showroom. And you don’t want that.
Faux Plants Everywhere
A few faux plants? Fine. A jungle of plastic greenery? Not so much. People are realizing fake plants don’t actually look much like the real deal, and they still collect dust. Plus, they kind of look a bit tacky. Try buying some succulents instead! They’re easy to care for and they look great.
Mirrored Furniture
Think twice before buying that mirrored coffee table. It’s going to be an absolute pain to clean, because it collects fingerprints, scratches, and smudges galore. Leave it uncleaned for a couple of days and suddenly you’ve got an eyesore in your living room.
Wallpapered Ceilings
Some people loved this idea and some people thought it was ridiculous. But folks wanted to seem bold and bohemian, so they tried it out and were usually disappointed with the results. Wallpaper on the ceiling made a room seem so much smaller.
Too Much Rattan
There was a big trend for rattan in 2025, but homes overloaded with it are starting to feel more like tiki lounges than actual living rooms. Harsh, but fair. If you love rattan, try and restrain yourself and keep just a few accent pieces here and there.
Painted Floors
It seemed like a fun DIY idea at first - paint over old wood or concrete for a fresh look. But painted floors chip fast, show wear like crazy, and require touch-ups all the time. People are realizing they’re more trouble than they’re worth, and regretting the ones they already have.
Overly Themed Rooms
Have you ever dreamed of a beach-themed bathroom, with seashells everywhere and little boat decorations? Beware. “Theme” rooms have really had their day. People nod politely at them but don’t actually approve.
Dark Paint
Were you a gothic teenager who wanted every room in the house to be black? Turns out you can’t really do that in real life. Painting a room black (or something similar, like navy) just makes the house look small and cramped. It’s time to explore other colors!
Resin Art Furniture
There was a time when everyone wanted resin art tables in their house. “River” tables, with a stream of resin running down them, were particularly popular. But it turns out resin isn’t actually all that great. It yellows over time and scratches easily.
Open Floor Plans
Open floor plans were once the dream, but the reality? Zero privacy, noise and cooking smells everywhere, and no way to hide the mess. It’s especially bad if you have a house full of noisy kids. With an open plan house, you’re going to be hearing them all the time.
Minimalist Bedrooms
Minimalism is the order of the day on Pinterest and Instagram, but what’s good for social media isn’t always good in reality. People soon got sick of their bedrooms looking like showrooms or movie sets, and started actually putting things in there again.
Colored LED Bathroom Mirrors
These futuristic mirrors with built-in LED borders and touch controls were all the rage - until they started breaking or flickering, requiring a lot of know-how to fix. Plus, the lighting is often too harsh or weirdly tinted. Do you really need lights on your mirror? People lasted without them for thousands of years.
Open Kitchen Shelving
Open kitchen shelving is supposed to show off all your nice kitchen mugs and plates – but trouble is, most people just don’t have all that many nice mugs and plates. So open kitchen shelves basically just look like cluttered display units if you don’t do them right.
Terrazzo Everywhere
Terrazzo had a huge resurgence in 2025. People were using it everywhere, especially on countertops. But now it just seems overused in the eyes of many, and people are regretting filling their house with it quite so much.
Oversized Furniture
Giant U-shaped couches lure a lot of people in - but they often overwhelm a room and eat up all the floor space. Plus, rearranging them is a nightmare. People are realizing a couple of well-proportioned sofas are all they really need for a living room.
Tiled Countertops
This revival was short-lived in 2025. Tiled kitchen or bathroom counters might look charming at first, but the grout is a cleaning nightmare and the whole thing stains like crazy. People quickly realized why these tiles disappeared in the first place.
Industrial Everything
The industrial look comes back every few years, people love it, and then they’re back to hating it again. Wash, rinse, repeat. Concrete floors and exposed ductwork looks cool in pictures, but it’s not so fun to actually live with. It’s so cold and harsh. What happened to cozy homes?
Excessive Accent Walls
Accent walls look good until you go overboard. Some people have as many as five in one house! Think of all the wallpaper and paint that went on that. Walking from one accent wall to another just tires out the eyes and brain.
Backlit Everything
Backlit shelves, backlit headboards - it all felt very high-tech and kind of luxurious at first. But in practice, it just makes everything look like a nightclub, and sometimes a tacky nightclub at that. These lights also tend to break constantly. Not good!
One-Color Rooms
This is another one you can blame social media for. Doing a whole room in one color - like all gray, all blue or all pink - looks cool in photos. But living in it? Kinda dull. Without some contrast or texture to break up the color, the space ends up feeling flat and lifeless.
