So Stylish
It’s funny how fashion works. I’ve been reading some home decorating forums, where there have been many discussions about “style” — threads on being able to name one’s style, people asking if some particular paint color is going to go with their rug1, questions like “can I use this table even though it’s not MCM (mid-century modern)?”
There’ve been a few threads recently about hardwood flooring vs. wall-to-wall carpet. The current consensus is that carpet is “yukky” and “dirty” and that hardwood is “much easier to care for.” And I’m amused by this because not too long ago, wood was the “low end” covering and people rushed to put carpet in. Plagioclase’s mother had beautiful hardwood in her house that she kept covered by carpeting because it was more stylish (made the new owners very happy to see the nice-quality wood underneath, though).
It’s all a cycle, isn’t it? We’ve gone through the new-neo-Victorian stage, are careening past the new-neo-Deco era, and are running headlong into “neo-modern-retro.” I figure in about 5 years or less we’ll start to see gray and pink again, with “vintage” Nagle prints all over the place.2
Wonder why we didn’t get the new-neo-new-colonial? Could it be because we don’t feel like celebrating like we did in the mid-70s?
