03/11/2024
Trending: Current style; vogue.
The general direction of something.
I really dislike the question "What's trending today?". Why should we put so much thought and time into what is trending than loving what we love and what we have. Is it the store's way of making us question what we are doing so that we will by the "new trend"? Or maybe we think we need to keep up with our favorite "influencer or trendsetter". I often wonder how much money is spent by the changes of trends when it comes to places like Hobby Lobby, Home Goods, etc.
I can honestly say that all of my homes (five to date) have been decorated in red, gold, blue and green, Colors that make me feel good. We still have Reid's forty year old lazy boy (which was reupholstered after 20 years using a red tweed) and I have always kept my favorite pieces of furniture whether they were in style or not.
We have been hanging pictures and art throughout our home this week and I had my large portraits of Chase and Whitney as children sitting in the dining room area. My intentions of hanging them was not complete until...... Izzy ask, "Is that my Mama?" Well, of course I immediately pulled out a nail and hammer looked at the sides of a cabinet and decided my grandkids needed to see pics of their parents as children. Do the portraits look like they should be hung there? NO, but oh the feeling that I get when the girls look up at them. Sheer delight!
Don’t worry about following trends….. if you love the memory of an item, use it! Have fun!
