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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;lizjewel, post: 4295113, member: 13874&quot;]Brown furniture can be charming. It depends on what one does with it. Not changing its color or character but accessorizing it with colorful friendly accents.</p><p><br /></p><p>Speaking of trends, it has now been officially established that the Minimalism fashion is seriously on the wane, and that Maximalism is returning in a big way:</p><p><a href="https://thewalrus.ca/more-is-more-the-end-of-minimalism/?utm_source=pocket-newtab" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://thewalrus.ca/more-is-more-the-end-of-minimalism/?utm_source=pocket-newtab" rel="nofollow">More is More..</a> courtesy The Walrus [Canada] via Pocket.</p><p><br /></p><p>This trend is already in full view if we but look around in &quot;new stores&quot;, including online.</p><p><br /></p><p>When the major stores stop flogging <i>minimalism</i>, as in beige/gray/white with black trim, and discount stores hawk the same looks at big price drops, we just know that the look is passé. Example image below in an email from a wellknown discount store chain the other day. Note the neutral colors throughout. Makes even nice &quot;brown&quot; furniture look dull!</p><p>[ATTACH=full]346566[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>I, once an original Swede, have never been fond of minimalism.</p><p><br /></p><p>When returning home from studies in England in the early 1960s I was shocked to discover that my parents had traded in (probably donated) my favorite bordeaux color mohair plush three-seater sofa for a gray (itchy!) wool covered Mid-Century Modern couch on spindly splayed legs with a hard seat!</p><p><br /></p><p>I was furious. How could they do that to my fondest childhood memories, being curled up in the soft mohair pillows with my little sister and brother reading a fun book to them. My childhood memories would not stand for that kind of brutal redaction.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]346563[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>Oh well, I was on my way out on the continent the following month anyway so didn&#039;t have to suffer the gray MCM look for too long. But, just the same. That&#039;s one big reason I positively detest the minimalism boring look of the mid-20th century.</p><p><br /></p><p>I still embrace the More Is MORE look! I inherited my love for cabbage rose motifs in abundance from my mother who had them everywhere. They were colorful, lively and HUGE in and around our home while growing up. I e, they spelled comfort, safety, in an otherwise gray and uncertain world in Europe of the 1950s. And I repeat the motif wherever I live now too:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]346562[/ATTACH]</p><p>My &quot;pub&quot; corner of the Great Room.</p><p><br /></p><p>Here&#039;s to <i>Maximalism</i>, complete with brown furniture, cabbage roses and comfy seating, be it old or new![/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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