People seem to forget that people in the 70s often turned their homes into colourless boxes too- with polystyrene tiles on the ceiling. In fact, that standard kind of lasted up until about 10-15 years ago. Before "Millennial Grey" it was "Boomer Beige". But when it comes to bad interior design, I don't think anything beats the modern boomer grey crushed velvet and rhinestone trend.
I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to *you!*
Minimalism as a choice seems to often be taken to a bit of a ridiculous extreme. Where it becomes more of a badge of how productive one is because of how devoid of distraction their workspace is, because they've stripped it of all joy. And they've spent a bunch of money on monitor mounts and cable tracks and other nonsense to make sure there's absolutely nothing there, let alone intentionally _adding_ anything that isn't entirely functional, but can make things more enjoyable or give themselves something to take a break with occasionally.
This might sound weird, but I don't think a public bathroom really needs to have personality. The most important thing for a public bathroom in my opinion is that it feels sterile and clean. As for other examples listed in this video, I think any style that fails to have very strict requirements and definitions will always be interpreted as loosely as possible.
@@MapleovBacon Then keep the bathroom clean, I guess? I don't want to sound adversary though, but it seems weird to me to not want a bathroom where stains are very easily located.
I think a big contributor to milennial grey and minimalism are phones and the internet. Not as a dismissive boomer rant, but rather as a contrast to the massive saturation of colour and sound that is common on the screen today. So since the screen is so busy, it is better to have a simple surrounding that has less visual noise, so both the eyes and the brain can have a calm environment.
As a big fan of New-Sincerely alternating jumpers between Millennial Grey and 70's Wallpaper Chic I can only agree. The whole meme resurgence part seems more like zoomer backlash, to once again say "everything the previous gen likes is ugly", while flaunting victimhood over how downtrodden "every new generation" always is by the previous one. As part of New Sincerity, I'll happily go back to early 20th century where canned food "craze" actually caused a funny thing happen where people DIDN'T STARVE AS MUCH. Sorry for not being able to "afford" hipster brewery handmade cans, and sorry for not deliberately making prosperity unprofitable for no other reason than "then at least you're not a soulless corporation". My point is, isn't that the idea? To get people to do things "only for the money" because we pay money when they do the CORRECT thing? The worst idea I actually blame zoomers and not millennials for, is the genuine adoption of "selling out" becoming its OWN mass-produced thing. Kinda just taking anything and calling it "that's corporate so it's automatically bad". Kinda like reverse "everyone poorer than me is a loser" when the value judgement shifts AWAY from wealth and into moralist bragging rights.
My real question is what's wrong with it? I'm a "zoomer" (god I hate that phrase, I feel like I'm part of a team of heroes from a children's cartoon), and I personally think its ideal, especially if you feel like decorating your house with stuff other than grey when you have the money. I feel like most of these people aren't artists or know colours well if they're complaining that they're "corporate" and "boring" since you can do some cool stuff with a monochromatic colour scheme. I gues maybe for public spaces, but not for homes. Then again, it's fucking TikTok, I wouldn't be surprised if 3 years from now people are probably gonna start drooling for this style and forget they hated it as soon as it's popular again.
@@sboinkthelegday3892 I mean yeah we should be judging people for having excess when people don't have even basic needs. But also austerity shouldn't be a goal. If one wants to have some things that make their living or work space enjoyable and not entirely utilitarian, that should be fine too. We're not so strapped for labor that everyone needs to be at full productivity and zero distractions at all times.
I had my room painted grey, mostly because I couldn’t decide on a color and didn’t want to regret my decision later. Turns out it makes the colors of everything else in the room pop. Making everything inside the room also grey kills that appeal.
I am currently studying architecture and I think this is really the core of why this trend started, and why it is hated now. The grey and neutral tones very much are a canvas, meant to dray the eye to any bit of color in the room. The problem is when people don't add that color... It winds up falling flat, and it gives the original idea a bad rap.
I accidentally discovered this when I moved into my dorm. My teal and red furniture popped and made the space more lively and comfortable. I still prefer to scheme my rooms in tricolor or bi color, non-gray pallets, though.
It's a good idea for selling a home because it can work for everyone. Some people just don't decorate their home though and leave it looking like it did on day one.
I would NEED extras to make the space pop. My grandparents have a modern condo setup with a Millenial Grey style - but my grandmother wanted colour, and I’m grateful she did. They’ll never change the colour of the walls or the hardwood or tiles or anything, they’ll keep it grey, but they make the grey invisible almost, like the grey is what is out of place, and not the colours - it’s so weird to explain
Minimalism in interior design shouldn't mean boring and corporate. You can have minimal objects and make sure that every single one of those is unique and colorful. Grey is also a lovely background for more colorful decorations and furniture. I think that simple designs and basic colors work very well to balance things out. For example if you have minimalist furniture is a great opportunity to have them in bold colors as they wouldn't look oversaturated. In contrast having very tame colors (greys, earth tones) allows you to choose more extravagan designs since the design is speaking for itself and the colors won't distract you from the shape.
In Poland, most places for rent just have whatever was the cheapest, resulting in a mishmash of everything and nothing. I call it Post-communist Cheap.
I really don't see what's the problem with having an aggressively minimalist and muted looking bathroom/restroom, it's the one room where you want that clean looking aesthetic, specially in a place like a restaurant where giving off the impression of cleanliness is vital. It's not like you go to the bathroom to be visually stimulated.
No kidding, any doilies or decor in a bathroom has the risk of trapping bacteria from fecal material and just smelling bad. Festering there. If there is any place for minimalism it makes sense in a bathroom.
I'd agree with this, but the example there was basically doing just that but with gray objects, kinda defeating that point. :p I would much prefer a bathroom with porcelain fixtures and tiles and all that which if a mess is bad enough, it could all just be hosed down. :p
Yes. To me an ideal bathroom would be a blocky concrete cavern with black iron fixtures and a few suspend house plants. Actually, that's what I want my entire house to be just with some natural wood shelving for coziness.
You can still have thematic and good looking bathrooms with plain cleanliness obvious where it matters (White floor, brightly lit, consistent coloration on surfaces) You can have dark colored walls and fancy designs, as well as plants. The immediate things to look for is the ability to discern stains/uncleaned messes quickly and easily, as well as an ease of cleaning (A flat surface like tile or porcelain is far easier to sanitize consistently and effectively than a textured surface or a complicated pattern that isn't light.)
I thought the bathroom was mostly fine, but I think the difference between the rest of the restaurant versus the bathroom was too stark. It doesn't have to be super maximalist and have tons of colors and decor that makes you feel like you're pooping inside a rainbow, but I think painting the walls yellow or red, adding white tile for the floor, and maybe replace the picture in the bathroom with a new picture that feels a bit more on theme for the restaurant would make the bathroom make more sense without it being over the top. I don't know.
It's sad when even Mexicans have given in to blah gray! My favorite Mexican homes in Mexico and Mexican restaurants have been colorful, including textured colorful tiles and sinks in the bathrooms!
young millenial here. I remember being a kid (late 90s - early 2000s) everyone was complaining about houses that, in the 60s and 70s, got repainted to hide beautiful floorboards and timber and brick walls with flat white paint, and either polystyrene or bland popcorn stucco ceilings. these things have been going on forever. hopefully when this wave of soulless minimalism goes away it takes at least another 40 years to rear its boring head again
I like Millennial Grey in my own home (though to be fair I myself, am a millennial), I don't want to see it when I go outside or to a McDonalds, because the outdoors are meant to be a colorful adventure. Millennial Grey is meant to rest your brain that is constantly overstimulated by the internet and your surroundings, and on top of that is a blank canvas to get yourself some rad neon lights for certain rooms that won't clash colors with the pre-existing wall theming that you can turn on and off to give a room a different vibe, switching from blue, green, or violet to a cozy orangeish fire color with just a choice of light bulb. Anyone that does not take advantage of this misunderstands the entire point of Millennial Grey. Of course, corpos being what they are, completely missed the point of Millennial Grey and made it soulless like a politician repeating a meme they heard once to try to relate to kids which has the effect of making the meme itself far less palatable.
That colour of the toilet in the mexican restaurant should be in white or grey colour. I remember my art teacher said that it’s best to have these 2 colours to show people that it’s clean and helps cleaners to find dirty stuff there.
I also really loathe when they take a house that was built in 1880 and they paint everything. All that beautiful hardwood, with latex paint slathered all over it.
I mean when I was designing my house I went with washed out blue walls, and white trim to contrast my dark stained hardwood floors, with grey and black furniture. I think it works so well because you can easily change your theme without having to paint and get new furniture for it to work.
100% This. For people who can't afford to repaint/retile their walls and floors every year to chase trends a muted color scheme makes sense as it goes with pretty much anything. You can always jazz things up with new colorful furniture, decorations, art.etc. Crazy bold colors for walls, floor and kitchen counter tops are nice and unique, until you want to redecorate in a budget.
I work flipping houses and rentals, and the color we ALWAYS use when we repaint is called 'Soulful Grey', and it's basically that bathroom color. We use it because it goes with basically everything, and then we usually put down grey pvc plank floor and paint cabinets white. Grey hellscape is definitely an apt way of putting it 😂
That just makes me lose my goddamn mind. My soul feels like it's suffocating in that scheme. First thing I do looking at a rental property is immediately ask if I can paint.
people in the replies really missing the 'it goes with everything' bit. it's like calling a blank canvas a soulless artwork. like no shit it's soulless there's nothing on it yet
i think the best way to go is by splitting the difference between minimalism and maximalism bright colors, but a limiting color palette, like only using warm colors or only using cool colors, as well as having a distinct theme, like a beachy feel or more of a natural, biological aesthetic, stuff like that
I'm a 29 year old millennial, currently searching for my first home, and a lot of them have the same tired grey renovation look. I honestly thought it was because those colors were easy to paint over when you do move in lmao. Although I have a few older millennial/younger Gen X friends and family that keep their houses exactly how they look post renovation, and they just add the stupid Live Laugh Love pintrest shit everywhere instead of repainting.
Minimalism imo is a result of how stressed out we as a people are...specially the youngest generations. Its blandness and emptiness incites a sort of peace of mind and no strong emotions. Perfect for the ever stress internet obsessed generations
I could see the benefit of a blank canvas kind of space, as long as you're capable and empowered to actually do what you want with it. Which is often not the case in workplaces or rentals. You just have to live with the bland they've given you. Although beige seems _far_ more common here than gray.
Do they use grey because the thought process is that it's easier to paint over? Tbh I'm looking for my first home and I'm drawn to the grey looking ones versus ones that have multicolored rooms, because I'm thinking it will be easier to go from grey to whatever color I want than from say bright red or orange to a cool tone.
@Bunny Mené yeah grey is very easy to color over and also it makes people happy because white gives off that feeling my house is gonna get dirty quickly so grey makes a very good color that offends nobody because you can color over it or keep it
Being a bit controversial here, as someone who grew in a house with a hoarder parent, where the space feels tiny and claustrophobic due to the amount of random stuff around, this grey boring look feels a lot nicer to me. It is devoid of personality, but also feels more spacey and clean, you just gotta do you own tweaking to make it feel like yourself, that is of course, if you enjoy this minimalist aesthetic
I used to live in an apartment exactly like this, grey "floorboards" and all. It was also built very cheaply. I hated it, but now that I live in a kind of weird looking old house with a lot of character, I have to admit that it was far, far easier to make the old apartment look tidy. They grey kind of soaked up clutter. We have to keep things so clean now, because it easily looks chaotic, even if we just leave a couple mugs out on the counter
So I actually LIKE all the "millennial" grey. My house interior is different shades of grey and my wardrobe is pretty monotone. Grey is a relaxing neutral tone that doesn't try to make you feel any way, doesn't require anything of you. It also allows you to use color in the environment to pull attention much more effectively too. A red rose surrounded by bright colors might be easy to glance over but in a more minimalist setting it is unavoidable. Not sure if this has anything to do with my ASD but the increase in neurodivergence in recent generations might be a driving factor of the trend.
The reason for the grey is because it's considered an inoffensive color. Whatever that means. The actual reason is that no one, supposedly, will actively dislike grey. Going all in on colors means if you don't like the colors, it doesn't work. But going in on grey means everyone will have the same lukewarm feeling from the room or house. But now, we're all sick of it, and actively hate it.
Where did you pull taht from? It doesn't say what LIMC's degree is anywhere, i mean a lot of this stuff is good research and observation but idk if he has a degree in sociology and cultural studies, though that may just be because in my country i don't think it's very common.
A big part of the appeal for minimalism is because society is so stressed already and over saturated with stimulation. So when you come home you want things to be quiet.
I like minimalism but i prefer blacks and cherrywood, frosted glass. Grey and beige should be used sparingly lest you make a place that looks and feels like a mental hospital.
god i cant wait to have my own house and fill it with deep, warm stained wood furniture, and rainbow colored walls and carpets, and more plants than in the backyard. colorful maximalism makes me happy. minimalism feels like a high income style tbh. it feels hollow, like "look at how much money i have! i can afford to buy huge rooms and fill them with NOTHING except overpriced bland ugly stuff!" my maximalism is funded by thrift stores. i recently tried to buy some broken chandelier strings but the thrift store owner gave them to me for free as they were "trash." they are now hanging from my curtain rods and make a lovely sound when the wind blows in from the open window. i made myself a lamp for less than 5 dollars with only thrifted items- a broken lampshade and base, a green glass bottle, fake plants and wooden beads, and some tissue paper. i cut the glass bottle on the bottom and replaced the lamp base with it, filled it with beads and fake plants, and then mod-podged bits of yellow, green, and blue tissue paper onto the ripped lampshade. it is beautiful and nobody believes it cost less than 5 dollars to make.
even the cheapo 70s-90s stuff can be really really beautiful, i love wood panel walls and 70s contemporary railings they all have nice honey knotty pine or honey oak wood themes
@@circleinforthecube5170 YESS i love wood panel walls!!!! especially with some beautiful wallpaper that matches the wood stain. I have actually been working on furniture restoration as a personal hobby, theres a lot of really nice solid wood furniture that you can find on the curb on trash nights in rich neighborhoods. i empty the trunk of my kia sorento and drive around at 2 am on trash nights to nab whatever looks salvageable. i really need to get a better ROS to take off old finish though....
@@trippykay if it was good enough for mr krabs its good enough for me, even fake particle board furniture from the late century era looks really nice although flimsy
It's tour opinion and I respect it, but please keep in mind that there are also people who like and/or prefer minimalist styling (me included), and thus generalizing it as "soulless corporate" is a pretty disrespectful way of defining it.
@@Sonilotos yeah but i hate how it utterly replaces EVERY OTHER style, i understand you like it but i cant like the styles i enjoy at all because they were all replaced, atleast what you like is literally everywhere
i am a zoomer, and i have it as my goal to become as much of a curmudgeon as possible, with the dated look of wooden furniture, a "study" as opposed to an office, and other such borrowings from older trends
I was recently downtown in my city (it’s a beautiful place with only a few buildings over 3 stories), and I thought of how wonderful it is that the buildings had a somewhat uniform style, but unique designs and colors that made each distinct but not clashing. It’s a lively atmosphere, and more places need that.
Honestly it just seems like the natural backlash of all artistic trends. But compounded by the internet collating examples and an association with corporations. There's 100% a timeline where people are bitching about rooms and buildings that are too much.
Depending on who you ask that is also this time line! It’s just a difference in design preference. Always has, always will be this divide in style choices. 😂
Yeah, I was born in '85 as pure a Millennial as they come. I remember in the '90s and early 2000s when everyone was painting our environments tan or beige to get rid of wood paneling and soft rose colored walls left over from the '70s and '80s. I think the rapidness which the Internet allows things to be overblown has prevented people from realizing that taste and trends change over time.
As a millennial that just renovated an old house I can say this is accurate and I don't like it now that I'm aware of it 🤣at least I do have some blue accents here and there as well as some walnut red oak like wood, but I was always thinking is this too gray does it need some color? Guess I was right and now need to add some extra stuff
I plan to paint my walls in a light gray/beige mix, it's calming and the neutrality makes the things I want people to notice stick out. As long as it achieves what you want don't sweat what random people on the internet say.
I love this kind of design. It's clean, it's not in your face with pastel yellows and reds, it's comfortable, inexpensive, and luxurious relative to the alternatives. At worst, millenial grey is as inoffensive and easy to personalize as it gets. You can fix an earth tone room with contrasting furniture, paintings, things that you value. Good luck with fixing rose wall paper. To me, millenial grey is a welcome shift from the fugly and obtrusive design choices of the past.
@@circleinforthecube5170 judging by this comment section, they obviously attract people including myself. Idk why so many people are offended that others have different tastes than them
@@justaserbiandoomer497 because it almost always REPLACES something else and is erasing 70s-90s styles from existence entirely, you can prefer something else but dont force others to conform to it
The old Teal roof that McDonald’s use to have near me matched perfectly with the roof of the strip mall directly across from it. Now they redesigned it. Uncool man 😂
My house was millinials grey when I bought it. It was suffocating. Since then I have changed all the walls to be a lovely alive egg shell yellow with bright ass accent walls and a white ceiling. One day I'm gonna kill these blue grey floors and replace them bamboo.
I kinda like this aesthetic, especially with more modern home designs, however I tend to recommend that you add accessories to add some "pop" to your space. The entire point of this look is to make the things you put in the space look less disjointed. It's designed to work as a backdrop to the rest of your life really.
Another thing to consider is that this sort of design is cheap. Beuty, in all of its forms often has a price and in this society nobody wants to pay for it
No one *can* pay for it because capitalism is taking its dying breathes and wages have been stagnant for decades. People could afford custom paintjobs with expensive paints back in the colourful era as one person earned enough to run a family. That's not the case anymore.
@zed7038 that applies to people, but not to the corporations who stole that money. In this world you are either dirt poor and can't afford to care or extremely profit oriented and don't care. I think this is more nuanced
LIMC acts like those funny mcdonalds chairs were the norm. Before this, most office buildings and restrooms looked like and thus inspired the backrooms. Meaning: unfurnished from the day that the company started renting them. My walls aren't gray because I like 'em that way, my walls are grey because painting them is a gigantic hassle.
@@juan-ij1le It's the painting work that's expensive, assuming you even own your home which most people don't. When you don't have the time to paint your house yourself you'll have to hire someone and that costs a lot of money.
Now that's just how you know the mexican place is mid. If you want the food to be good the walls and mirror should be completely tagged up. That's how you tell a restaurant is good.
I'm glad people notice this because when we did renovation on our house 3 years ago my mom was talking about how much she hates that grey was in style for interior design.
Agreed. Even when I encounter a design vocabulary that I never appreciated, if the piece of furniture, office, automotive or home has been well kept, it's like meeting a time traveler. I can't wait to see/hear what stories they tell about the period they're from! -A Millennial
Or, and apologies for this tired cliché suggestion: Decorate your space with what brings YOU joy. As for corporations and companies, well what are you going to do? Some CEO or self styled 'expert' is going to posit some décor sells more than another and that is what we will get for several years until the next 'brilliant' idea does a fad sweep. Still waiting for my tastes to surge... paint it all in Musou Black with burnished silver accents and call it good. Beyond that, deep, rich hues of Red, Blue and Purple are glorious... never, ever want to see a washed out pastel again if I can help it.
just painted my whole house white on the inside, then i covered the old hardwood with gray vinyl and put gray couches and gray end tables i was born in the mid 90s
Corporate minimalism is boring, I hate designs that try to appear perfect and inoffensive, lacking in any personality whatsoever. White noise. The music they play is also empty and inoffensive, it feels so much like nothing that it's somewhat hard to listen to. It feels depressing. I prefer things with personality, character. It need not be perfect, in fact, the lack of perfection is what makes it special. I too prefer designs to feel human. I don't want what the marketers think will appeal to the majority, I hate feeling marketed to. Yet we are always being marketed to; no one is immune to propaganda. We live in an oligarchy disguised as a republic. The rich and the corporations control behind the scenes, silencing and influencing. Ever heard of the Panama Papers? They killed the person who leaked them and have done well with damage control. We are but pawns in a larger game of chess, capable of rising the ranks should we sacrifice our humanity.
Tbh even if I get what people are saying about minimalism going too far, maximalism doesn't even look like design it looks like rainbow vomit covered every inch of your house
I’ve never liked this style, not even when it was popular, as I’ve always been a maximalist, but even I know VERY well that the maximalist homes of today are going to go out of fashion too. All trends run on a cycle, and seeing super bright 70s vibes homes now, I know for a fact well think they’re garish and extra in just a few years. We might even come up with some sort of seemingly logical reason, like saying that corporations turned it into a capitalist heaven by mass producing nostalgia that we lined our shelves with, but ultimately we’ll swing back again when empty and decluttered rooms feel devoid of personality. The middle ground I think most of us eventually reach when we’re too tired to redesign our houses always ends up being a mix of the two, simple furniture and sentimental adornments. Nothing too extreme, just the important stuff. That being said I’d rather culture continue to experiment and evolve, even if it results in some cringe bathrooms and house flips. I feel like extremes are often used to define the decades they’re from for good reason. Even though the swing back and forth is predictable, we still somehow manage to make it unique each time, which is honestly just so cool to me. Sometimes I think we’ve done all that can be done in art and then I see some new shit and it’s like wow humans can still pull it off after the thousands of years.
I think the term “Corporate Minimalism” would better reflect the bland gray aesthetic better. Normal people would gravitate towards a more colorful, if still minimalist design. It seems only corporate marketing actually embraces the all gray look.
Am i the only one who more or less likes "modern" minimalism. I prefer sleek, modern and somewhat futuristic styles with items better emphasized in a more strategic manner. But i do have a few kitsch items, photos of my dead relatives,souvenir Moai and statue of liberty, old books and toy cars & a packet of gulf war trading cards. If anything having way too much stuff stops making a room be practical for a living and more like living in a crazy chain restaurant. In the words of the terminator "I'll be back".
I feel like the bathroom in the beginning looks like a doctor's office that will refuse to give you an appointment if you didn't pay your $20 copay last time you were in
I personally think this grey minimalist aesthetic is for people who just aren't particuarly materialistic and so don't care what their house looks like and want something that looks clean and easy to mantain. Its not a common trend beyond house builders. Most regular homes have a lot more color and personality.
@Li F In my experience, most wealthy people are not materialistic, despite what people think. They chase money and presteige, they don't really care about things so it makes sense they are willing to tear out a house and replace it with whats in vogue.
I mean, I absolutely adore the slightly depressed middle-aged man vibe of millennial grey, where there isn't really anything to improve on, and every day is a repetition of the one before with minuscule changes but maybe its just me.
I’ll admit that many of my rooms are painted grey, but that’s largely because when we bought it, I thought the beige walls looked awful with blue carpet. The furniture, textiles, and wall art have plenty of color, though.
I could never do this style. I tried to achieve it when I moved, but it’s quickly fallen apart. I just love to fill my room with things that make me happy. Sure, the grey bedding, black accents, and white lights looked clean, but it wasn’t me. Now I have stuffies all over my bed, my collection of Dalmatian books on my shelf, backpacks on my walls, pictures of my pets, etc. Essentially, it’s clean but looks junky. But life is short and I want to be comfy in my room! That said, I don’t think the millennial grey tend is ugly. It’s very clean and feels more high-end. I don’t know. Just stop following trends and decorate how you like.
@@jondoesit1240 Depends highly on the decorations imo. I'd willingly have the walls and tables be grey but with a bunch of stuff i own everywhere. Brightly coloured walls can hurt my eyes a bit since if i look at colour for too long my eyes will hurt.
It used to be where you could tell a DQ from a McD from a TacoBell from a Pizza Hut by the building alone. Today they are all bland copypasta architecture.
Neutral colors match with most other colors. Therefore it’s easier to add decor of any color and change them to whatever you want. It’s like a blank canvas for decor.
People seem to forget that people in the 70s often turned their homes into colourless boxes too- with polystyrene tiles on the ceiling. In fact, that standard kind of lasted up until about 10-15 years ago. Before "Millennial Grey" it was "Boomer Beige". But when it comes to bad interior design, I don't think anything beats the modern boomer grey crushed velvet and rhinestone trend.
Beige at least gets cozy after a few years of yellowing
Also the wood boards EVERYWHERE.
crowning the corridors, propping up the parlour, lining the loo!
It was like living in a lumber yard!
Nah bro, the 70s LOVED orange carpet and avacodo green walls
@@glasscardproductions4736 and it still looks GREAT. Millenial sadscapes don't even look good while in fashion
I used to be with it, but then they changed what "it" was, and now what I'm with isn't "it", and what's "it" seems weird and scary to me. It'll happen to *you!*
I mean I really enjoy minimalism but there's a difference between boring and dead and minimalism.
Using grey as a base and adding colours on top is a fairly standard practice. It's just when people have nothing but grey is when it's weird.
Minimalism as a choice seems to often be taken to a bit of a ridiculous extreme. Where it becomes more of a badge of how productive one is because of how devoid of distraction their workspace is, because they've stripped it of all joy. And they've spent a bunch of money on monitor mounts and cable tracks and other nonsense to make sure there's absolutely nothing there, let alone intentionally _adding_ anything that isn't entirely functional, but can make things more enjoyable or give themselves something to take a break with occasionally.
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As someone with ADHD and OCD, minimalism tremendously reduces my anxiety.
@@RealLifeIronMan Yes
This might sound weird, but I don't think a public bathroom really needs to have personality. The most important thing for a public bathroom in my opinion is that it feels sterile and clean. As for other examples listed in this video, I think any style that fails to have very strict requirements and definitions will always be interpreted as loosely as possible.
That one feels like a mildewy prison cell, not a lab clean room
It's easier to shit in a bathroom that feels lived in, rather than worrying about staining every surface like the one in the video,
@@MapleovBacon Then keep the bathroom clean, I guess?
I don't want to sound adversary though, but it seems weird to me to not want a bathroom where stains are very easily located.
@@carlosnava1471 You're one of those people who can actually shit in public restrooms, huh?
Facts! It's a bathroom, who cares about personality? I just want to feel comfortable being able to shit in it.
It's just a type of interior design that tries not to be offensive or unpleasant to anyone, and therefore also appeals to no one.
The cheese pizza and vanilla ice cream strategy
@@bobby_greene me who lives in a maximalist home and likes vanilla ice cream
Theirs a phrase I grew up with that has remained true “when you try please everyone, you please no one”
@@Broomer52 exactly.
@@spinach001 French vanilla ice cream is top-tier. Regular vanilla is a bit bland on its own though, in my opinion.
I think a big contributor to milennial grey and minimalism are phones and the internet. Not as a dismissive boomer rant, but rather as a contrast to the massive saturation of colour and sound that is common on the screen today. So since the screen is so busy, it is better to have a simple surrounding that has less visual noise, so both the eyes and the brain can have a calm environment.
As a big fan of New-Sincerely alternating jumpers between Millennial Grey and 70's Wallpaper Chic
I can only agree.
The whole meme resurgence part seems more like zoomer backlash, to once again say "everything the previous gen likes is ugly", while flaunting victimhood over how downtrodden "every new generation" always is by the previous one.
As part of New Sincerity, I'll happily go back to early 20th century where canned food "craze" actually caused a funny thing happen where people DIDN'T STARVE AS MUCH. Sorry for not being able to "afford" hipster brewery handmade cans, and sorry for not deliberately making prosperity unprofitable for no other reason than "then at least you're not a soulless corporation".
My point is, isn't that the idea? To get people to do things "only for the money" because we pay money when they do the CORRECT thing? The worst idea I actually blame zoomers and not millennials for, is the genuine adoption of "selling out" becoming its OWN mass-produced thing. Kinda just taking anything and calling it "that's corporate so it's automatically bad". Kinda like reverse "everyone poorer than me is a loser" when the value judgement shifts AWAY from wealth and into moralist bragging rights.
In my case, it's because my mother (a boomer) told me grey is nice.
My real question is what's wrong with it? I'm a "zoomer" (god I hate that phrase, I feel like I'm part of a team of heroes from a children's cartoon), and I personally think its ideal, especially if you feel like decorating your house with stuff other than grey when you have the money. I feel like most of these people aren't artists or know colours well if they're complaining that they're "corporate" and "boring" since you can do some cool stuff with a monochromatic colour scheme. I gues maybe for public spaces, but not for homes. Then again, it's fucking TikTok, I wouldn't be surprised if 3 years from now people are probably gonna start drooling for this style and forget they hated it as soon as it's popular again.
Modern UI design is lots of solid color and white/gray/black, so I dunno about that so much.
@@sboinkthelegday3892 I mean yeah we should be judging people for having excess when people don't have even basic needs. But also austerity shouldn't be a goal. If one wants to have some things that make their living or work space enjoyable and not entirely utilitarian, that should be fine too. We're not so strapped for labor that everyone needs to be at full productivity and zero distractions at all times.
I had my room painted grey, mostly because I couldn’t decide on a color and didn’t want to regret my decision later.
Turns out it makes the colors of everything else in the room pop. Making everything inside the room also grey kills that appeal.
I am currently studying architecture and I think this is really the core of why this trend started, and why it is hated now. The grey and neutral tones very much are a canvas, meant to dray the eye to any bit of color in the room. The problem is when people don't add that color... It winds up falling flat, and it gives the original idea a bad rap.
I accidentally discovered this when I moved into my dorm. My teal and red furniture popped and made the space more lively and comfortable.
I still prefer to scheme my rooms in tricolor or bi color, non-gray pallets, though.
black white and grey go with every color! Can't ever go wrong unless you just forget to add another color
It's a good idea for selling a home because it can work for everyone. Some people just don't decorate their home though and leave it looking like it did on day one.
I would NEED extras to make the space pop. My grandparents have a modern condo setup with a Millenial Grey style - but my grandmother wanted colour, and I’m grateful she did. They’ll never change the colour of the walls or the hardwood or tiles or anything, they’ll keep it grey, but they make the grey invisible almost, like the grey is what is out of place, and not the colours - it’s so weird to explain
Minimalism in interior design shouldn't mean boring and corporate. You can have minimal objects and make sure that every single one of those is unique and colorful. Grey is also a lovely background for more colorful decorations and furniture. I think that simple designs and basic colors work very well to balance things out. For example if you have minimalist furniture is a great opportunity to have them in bold colors as they wouldn't look oversaturated. In contrast having very tame colors (greys, earth tones) allows you to choose more extravagan designs since the design is speaking for itself and the colors won't distract you from the shape.
The problem with Maximalism is that you reaally have to know what you are doing, or else it will look like a hodgepodge of various items.
Hodgepodge
@@dr.robertnick9599 much obliged
I just think it looks like hording and seems way to hard not to make cluttered vibes with it
Leading the eye, creating focal points, and using a hierarchy of forms is the key. Same techniques that are used in graphic design, fashion, etc.
If anything, maximalism looks like a young person trying to replicate the visual vomit better known as a baby boomer or even silent generation houses.
In Poland, most places for rent just have whatever was the cheapest, resulting in a mishmash of everything and nothing. I call it Post-communist Cheap.
"What is your favorite design style?" "Post-Communist Cheap darling, so hot right now"
I really don't see what's the problem with having an aggressively minimalist and muted looking bathroom/restroom, it's the one room where you want that clean looking aesthetic, specially in a place like a restaurant where giving off the impression of cleanliness is vital. It's not like you go to the bathroom to be visually stimulated.
No kidding, any doilies or decor in a bathroom has the risk of trapping bacteria from fecal material and just smelling bad. Festering there. If there is any place for minimalism it makes sense in a bathroom.
I'd agree with this, but the example there was basically doing just that but with gray objects, kinda defeating that point. :p I would much prefer a bathroom with porcelain fixtures and tiles and all that which if a mess is bad enough, it could all just be hosed down. :p
Yes. To me an ideal bathroom would be a blocky concrete cavern with black iron fixtures and a few suspend house plants. Actually, that's what I want my entire house to be just with some natural wood shelving for coziness.
You can still have thematic and good looking bathrooms with plain cleanliness obvious where it matters (White floor, brightly lit, consistent coloration on surfaces)
You can have dark colored walls and fancy designs, as well as plants.
The immediate things to look for is the ability to discern stains/uncleaned messes quickly and easily, as well as an ease of cleaning (A flat surface like tile or porcelain is far easier to sanitize consistently and effectively than a textured surface or a complicated pattern that isn't light.)
I thought the bathroom was mostly fine, but I think the difference between the rest of the restaurant versus the bathroom was too stark. It doesn't have to be super maximalist and have tons of colors and decor that makes you feel like you're pooping inside a rainbow, but I think painting the walls yellow or red, adding white tile for the floor, and maybe replace the picture in the bathroom with a new picture that feels a bit more on theme for the restaurant would make the bathroom make more sense without it being over the top. I don't know.
It's sad when even Mexicans have given in to blah gray! My favorite Mexican homes in Mexico and Mexican restaurants have been colorful, including textured colorful tiles and sinks in the bathrooms!
at this point, You really wouldn't know that the building next to you is a fast food joint if it doesn't have that ever changing logo
Ugh lol my whole house (rented) is millennial grey. And so poorly considered. They destroyed many aspects of historic beauty that it posseses.
young millenial here. I remember being a kid (late 90s - early 2000s) everyone was complaining about houses that, in the 60s and 70s, got repainted to hide beautiful floorboards and timber and brick walls with flat white paint, and either polystyrene or bland popcorn stucco ceilings. these things have been going on forever. hopefully when this wave of soulless minimalism goes away it takes at least another 40 years to rear its boring head again
drop celing with wooden trim still looks interesting. the 70s really wasnt that minimalistic and gen z prefers it
It’s an especially terrible idea in the American Pacific Northwest where it’s gray outdoors for over half the year. Never thought I’d miss beige.
I like Millennial Grey in my own home (though to be fair I myself, am a millennial), I don't want to see it when I go outside or to a McDonalds, because the outdoors are meant to be a colorful adventure. Millennial Grey is meant to rest your brain that is constantly overstimulated by the internet and your surroundings, and on top of that is a blank canvas to get yourself some rad neon lights for certain rooms that won't clash colors with the pre-existing wall theming that you can turn on and off to give a room a different vibe, switching from blue, green, or violet to a cozy orangeish fire color with just a choice of light bulb. Anyone that does not take advantage of this misunderstands the entire point of Millennial Grey.
Of course, corpos being what they are, completely missed the point of Millennial Grey and made it soulless like a politician repeating a meme they heard once to try to relate to kids which has the effect of making the meme itself far less palatable.
That colour of the toilet in the mexican restaurant should be in white or grey colour. I remember my art teacher said that it’s best to have these 2 colours to show people that it’s clean and helps cleaners to find dirty stuff there.
I'm so glad that this is getting mocked.
I have mocked it for years, the day we go back to classicism will be GRAND
One of these days it's going to happen
I also really loathe when they take a house that was built in 1880 and they paint everything. All that beautiful hardwood, with latex paint slathered all over it.
I mean when I was designing my house I went with washed out blue walls, and white trim to contrast my dark stained hardwood floors, with grey and black furniture. I think it works so well because you can easily change your theme without having to paint and get new furniture for it to work.
100% This. For people who can't afford to repaint/retile their walls and floors every year to chase trends a muted color scheme makes sense as it goes with pretty much anything. You can always jazz things up with new colorful furniture, decorations, art.etc. Crazy bold colors for walls, floor and kitchen counter tops are nice and unique, until you want to redecorate in a budget.
@@bobwilliam2634 exactly
i like minimalism more, but with actual colours and things that mean things and don’t look like they were generated by an ai
house flipping is 💯the biggest culprit.🤮
I work flipping houses and rentals, and the color we ALWAYS use when we repaint is called 'Soulful Grey', and it's basically that bathroom color. We use it because it goes with basically everything, and then we usually put down grey pvc plank floor and paint cabinets white.
Grey hellscape is definitely an apt way of putting it 😂
Ew
I don't understand why anybody would want white cabinets, unless they are metal.
That just makes me lose my goddamn mind. My soul feels like it's suffocating in that scheme. First thing I do looking at a rental property is immediately ask if I can paint.
as a renter I fucking hate this like my life is depressing enough already stop insisting on everything being grey
people in the replies really missing the 'it goes with everything' bit.
it's like calling a blank canvas a soulless artwork. like no shit it's soulless there's nothing on it yet
i think the best way to go is by splitting the difference between minimalism and maximalism
bright colors, but a limiting color palette, like only using warm colors or only using cool colors, as well as having a distinct theme, like a beachy feel or more of a natural, biological aesthetic, stuff like that
I'm a 29 year old millennial, currently searching for my first home, and a lot of them have the same tired grey renovation look. I honestly thought it was because those colors were easy to paint over when you do move in lmao. Although I have a few older millennial/younger Gen X friends and family that keep their houses exactly how they look post renovation, and they just add the stupid Live Laugh Love pintrest shit everywhere instead of repainting.
ye nobody repaints idk why they started making that lie up
Minimalism imo is a result of how stressed out we as a people are...specially the youngest generations.
Its blandness and emptiness incites a sort of peace of mind and no strong emotions. Perfect for the ever stress internet obsessed generations
I've come to refer to this as "mental illness gray" because this color looks exactly how mental illness feels
People who hate on minimalist esthetics when they realize people have different opinions and tastes: 🤯
I could see the benefit of a blank canvas kind of space, as long as you're capable and empowered to actually do what you want with it. Which is often not the case in workplaces or rentals. You just have to live with the bland they've given you. Although beige seems _far_ more common here than gray.
As a son of a house flipper for some reason people get mad if they see color and for some reason grey is the one color that doesn't piss people off
Do they use grey because the thought process is that it's easier to paint over? Tbh I'm looking for my first home and I'm drawn to the grey looking ones versus ones that have multicolored rooms, because I'm thinking it will be easier to go from grey to whatever color I want than from say bright red or orange to a cool tone.
@Bunny Mené yeah grey is very easy to color over and also it makes people happy because white gives off that feeling my house is gonna get dirty quickly so grey makes a very good color that offends nobody because you can color over it or keep it
Being a bit controversial here, as someone who grew in a house with a hoarder parent, where the space feels tiny and claustrophobic due to the amount of random stuff around, this grey boring look feels a lot nicer to me. It is devoid of personality, but also feels more spacey and clean, you just gotta do you own tweaking to make it feel like yourself, that is of course, if you enjoy this minimalist aesthetic
I used to live in an apartment exactly like this, grey "floorboards" and all. It was also built very cheaply. I hated it, but now that I live in a kind of weird looking old house with a lot of character, I have to admit that it was far, far easier to make the old apartment look tidy. They grey kind of soaked up clutter. We have to keep things so clean now, because it easily looks chaotic, even if we just leave a couple mugs out on the counter
Still, would prefer characteristic over cheap and corporate ;)
Honestly I still feel like the newer McDs look better than the old ones. They at least _look_ clean and don’t pollute the visual environment as much.
So I actually LIKE all the "millennial" grey. My house interior is different shades of grey and my wardrobe is pretty monotone. Grey is a relaxing neutral tone that doesn't try to make you feel any way, doesn't require anything of you. It also allows you to use color in the environment to pull attention much more effectively too. A red rose surrounded by bright colors might be easy to glance over but in a more minimalist setting it is unavoidable. Not sure if this has anything to do with my ASD but the increase in neurodivergence in recent generations might be a driving factor of the trend.
The reason for the grey is because it's considered an inoffensive color. Whatever that means. The actual reason is that no one, supposedly, will actively dislike grey. Going all in on colors means if you don't like the colors, it doesn't work. But going in on grey means everyone will have the same lukewarm feeling from the room or house. But now, we're all sick of it, and actively hate it.
It's that pattern trend at 00:47 that really makes me run😬 🏃♀️ I manage vacation rentals and everyone got this pattern for every room in 2018 😒😂😂😂
I love it when meme channels start flexing their sociology and cultural studies degree out of nowhere
Where did you pull taht from? It doesn't say what LIMC's degree is anywhere, i mean a lot of this stuff is good research and observation but idk if he has a degree in sociology and cultural studies, though that may just be because in my country i don't think it's very common.
@@illford my source is comedic exaggeration
A big part of the appeal for minimalism is because society is so stressed already and over saturated with stimulation. So when you come home you want things to be quiet.
it's very neutral, so nobody hates it, exactly. THAT'S WHY WE HATE IT!
I like calming ambiances. Visual noice is really upsetting for me.
I by far prefer minimalism. The clean look is super nice.
I like minimalism but i prefer blacks and cherrywood, frosted glass. Grey and beige should be used sparingly lest you make a place that looks and feels like a mental hospital.
god i cant wait to have my own house and fill it with deep, warm stained wood furniture, and rainbow colored walls and carpets, and more plants than in the backyard. colorful maximalism makes me happy. minimalism feels like a high income style tbh. it feels hollow, like "look at how much money i have! i can afford to buy huge rooms and fill them with NOTHING except overpriced bland ugly stuff!"
my maximalism is funded by thrift stores. i recently tried to buy some broken chandelier strings but the thrift store owner gave them to me for free as they were "trash." they are now hanging from my curtain rods and make a lovely sound when the wind blows in from the open window. i made myself a lamp for less than 5 dollars with only thrifted items- a broken lampshade and base, a green glass bottle, fake plants and wooden beads, and some tissue paper. i cut the glass bottle on the bottom and replaced the lamp base with it, filled it with beads and fake plants, and then mod-podged bits of yellow, green, and blue tissue paper onto the ripped lampshade. it is beautiful and nobody believes it cost less than 5 dollars to make.
even the cheapo 70s-90s stuff can be really really beautiful, i love wood panel walls and 70s contemporary railings they all have nice honey knotty pine or honey oak wood themes
@@circleinforthecube5170 YESS i love wood panel walls!!!! especially with some beautiful wallpaper that matches the wood stain. I have actually been working on furniture restoration as a personal hobby, theres a lot of really nice solid wood furniture that you can find on the curb on trash nights in rich neighborhoods. i empty the trunk of my kia sorento and drive around at 2 am on trash nights to nab whatever looks salvageable. i really need to get a better ROS to take off old finish though....
@@trippykay if it was good enough for mr krabs its good enough for me, even fake particle board furniture from the late century era looks really nice although flimsy
It's tour opinion and I respect it, but please keep in mind that there are also people who like and/or prefer minimalist styling (me included), and thus generalizing it as "soulless corporate" is a pretty disrespectful way of defining it.
@@Sonilotos yeah but i hate how it utterly replaces EVERY OTHER style, i understand you like it but i cant like the styles i enjoy at all because they were all replaced, atleast what you like is literally everywhere
i am a zoomer, and i have it as my goal to become as much of a curmudgeon as possible, with the dated look of wooden furniture, a "study" as opposed to an office, and other such borrowings from older trends
So you want to be a hipster?
I'm 27 and i want that. I think it's called cottagecore / (victorian/edwardian cluttered dated stuff)
@@cmnidit4444 i think they mean cottagecore / grandmacore. With dated cluttered look and stuff from the victorians/edwardians
@@cmnidit4444 ewww
@@cmnidit4444 Nah. Hipsters are all about liking avant-garde stuff "before it was cool." This is liking stuff after it was cool.
I was recently downtown in my city (it’s a beautiful place with only a few buildings over 3 stories), and I thought of how wonderful it is that the buildings had a somewhat uniform style, but unique designs and colors that made each distinct but not clashing. It’s a lively atmosphere, and more places need that.
Really the undercurrent of all these shifting trends seems to be "it was cool until poor people started doing it".
I think it's just it was cool when it was niche and now it's overdone. It's like any outdated meme trend such as Ugandan knuckles or big chungus.
Honestly it just seems like the natural backlash of all artistic trends. But compounded by the internet collating examples and an association with corporations.
There's 100% a timeline where people are bitching about rooms and buildings that are too much.
Depending on who you ask that is also this time line! It’s just a difference in design preference. Always has, always will be this divide in style choices. 😂
Yeah, I was born in '85 as pure a Millennial as they come. I remember in the '90s and early 2000s when everyone was painting our environments tan or beige to get rid of wood paneling and soft rose colored walls left over from the '70s and '80s. I think the rapidness which the Internet allows things to be overblown has prevented people from realizing that taste and trends change over time.
As a millennial that just renovated an old house I can say this is accurate and I don't like it now that I'm aware of it 🤣at least I do have some blue accents here and there as well as some walnut red oak like wood, but I was always thinking is this too gray does it need some color? Guess I was right and now need to add some extra stuff
Just do whatever you want if it's your place, you don't "need" to add anything unless you actually want to
@@Helios2737 haha yeah I know, but as I wrote on my comment I always thought it needed some more color to contrast that's all
I plan to paint my walls in a light gray/beige mix, it's calming and the neutrality makes the things I want people to notice stick out. As long as it achieves what you want don't sweat what random people on the internet say.
I love this kind of design. It's clean, it's not in your face with pastel yellows and reds, it's comfortable, inexpensive, and luxurious relative to the alternatives. At worst, millenial grey is as inoffensive and easy to personalize as it gets. You can fix an earth tone room with contrasting furniture, paintings, things that you value. Good luck with fixing rose wall paper.
To me, millenial grey is a welcome shift from the fugly and obtrusive design choices of the past.
designs that offend no-one also attract no-one
@@circleinforthecube5170 judging by this comment section, they obviously attract people including myself. Idk why so many people are offended that others have different tastes than them
@@justaserbiandoomer497 because it almost always REPLACES something else and is erasing 70s-90s styles from existence entirely, you can prefer something else but dont force others to conform to it
@@circleinforthecube5170fair enough
The old Teal roof that McDonald’s use to have near me matched perfectly with the roof of the strip mall directly across from it. Now they redesigned it. Uncool man 😂
ohemgee like lets take this wall down and make this into an open concept, grey neutral tones...
1:18
those cubicles make me hungry, looks like mcdonalds architecture
this...hurt my feelings in a way i think they needed to be hurt. thank you.
My house was millinials grey when I bought it. It was suffocating. Since then I have changed all the walls to be a lovely alive egg shell yellow with bright ass accent walls and a white ceiling. One day I'm gonna kill these blue grey floors and replace them bamboo.
I kinda like this aesthetic, especially with more modern home designs, however I tend to recommend that you add accessories to add some "pop" to your space. The entire point of this look is to make the things you put in the space look less disjointed. It's designed to work as a backdrop to the rest of your life really.
not gonna lie, the bedroom in 2:35, the room in 4:38 and the kitchen in 6:10 all look extremely cozy and inviting
Yeah, I guess I like millenial grey
Another thing to consider is that this sort of design is cheap. Beuty, in all of its forms often has a price and in this society nobody wants to pay for it
No one *can* pay for it because capitalism is taking its dying breathes and wages have been stagnant for decades. People could afford custom paintjobs with expensive paints back in the colourful era as one person earned enough to run a family. That's not the case anymore.
@zed7038 that applies to people, but not to the corporations who stole that money.
In this world you are either dirt poor and can't afford to care or extremely profit oriented and don't care. I think this is more nuanced
LIMC acts like those funny mcdonalds chairs were the norm. Before this, most office buildings and restrooms looked like and thus inspired the backrooms. Meaning: unfurnished from the day that the company started renting them. My walls aren't gray because I like 'em that way, my walls are grey because painting them is a gigantic hassle.
@@zed7038 it not that expensive too get paint
@@juan-ij1le It's the painting work that's expensive, assuming you even own your home which most people don't. When you don't have the time to paint your house yourself you'll have to hire someone and that costs a lot of money.
Now that's just how you know the mexican place is mid. If you want the food to be good the walls and mirror should be completely tagged up. That's how you tell a restaurant is good.
Also there should be dead flies in the windowsills. No that isnt sarcasm, if you know you know. Hope this helps.
And a stain on the wall where a broken pipe is best case scenario.
I can't wait for whatever hellscape zoomers will present us in two decades.
customers when there arent whimsical creatures drawn in the walls of the bathroom, they become unable to take a shit i guess
NPC Grey Minimalist VS Clown World Maximalist
(There's is no between, Middle Ground Average is dead)
The skeletons of middle ground will curl out of the minimalist and maximalist body like a dark souls boss as mediocrity is winning.
What is important is that a house is clean. Judging colors too much makes people not open their homes to others.
We have a family piano my grandparents got about 60 years ago
It has a nice natural wood finish
My mom just had it painted gray and I'm furious
Dang that sucks. Hate it when people paint vintage or antique furniture boring colors
idk maybe I get visually overstimulated but i'd prefer millennial gray to maximalism in almost all cases, especially if it's for a living space
I’m loving this much more in-depth explorations! Please keep it going, I happy to see you grow your content style.
I'm glad people notice this because when we did renovation on our house 3 years ago my mom was talking about how much she hates that grey was in style for interior design.
You can now choose gray or grey.
Only grey I want is brutalist concrete.
The peak of interior design is anything that's super dated but has been well-maintained so it isn't gross
Agreed. Even when I encounter a design vocabulary that I never appreciated, if the piece of furniture, office, automotive or home has been well kept, it's like meeting a time traveler. I can't wait to see/hear what stories they tell about the period they're from! -A Millennial
Or, and apologies for this tired cliché suggestion: Decorate your space with what brings YOU joy.
As for corporations and companies, well what are you going to do? Some CEO or self styled 'expert' is going to posit some décor sells more than another and that is what we will get for several years until the next 'brilliant' idea does a fad sweep.
Still waiting for my tastes to surge... paint it all in Musou Black with burnished silver accents and call it good. Beyond that, deep, rich hues of Red, Blue and Purple are glorious... never, ever want to see a washed out pastel again if I can help it.
just painted my whole house white on the inside, then i covered the old hardwood with gray vinyl and put gray couches and gray end tables i was born in the mid 90s
Replace "gray" with "beige" and "90s" with "40s" and you've described every home in the 70s.
@@PhattyBolger well my dad taught me everything I know and he was born is 68 so that adds up
Corporate minimalism is boring, I hate designs that try to appear perfect and inoffensive, lacking in any personality whatsoever. White noise. The music they play is also empty and inoffensive, it feels so much like nothing that it's somewhat hard to listen to. It feels depressing.
I prefer things with personality, character. It need not be perfect, in fact, the lack of perfection is what makes it special. I too prefer designs to feel human. I don't want what the marketers think will appeal to the majority, I hate feeling marketed to.
Yet we are always being marketed to; no one is immune to propaganda. We live in an oligarchy disguised as a republic. The rich and the corporations control behind the scenes, silencing and influencing. Ever heard of the Panama Papers? They killed the person who leaked them and have done well with damage control. We are but pawns in a larger game of chess, capable of rising the ranks should we sacrifice our humanity.
Tbh even if I get what people are saying about minimalism going too far, maximalism doesn't even look like design it looks like rainbow vomit covered every inch of your house
Maximalism looks like an over done, super cluttered mess. Seriously, who needs that many paintings in an example shot?
Ya I agree. I find myself swaying away from the minimalist trend, and have a pretty good balance between the two in my house, I think
I thought millennial Gray was caused by Andrew Hussie And his 100 gray troll characters
I’ve never liked this style, not even when it was popular, as I’ve always been a maximalist, but even I know VERY well that the maximalist homes of today are going to go out of fashion too. All trends run on a cycle, and seeing super bright 70s vibes homes now, I know for a fact well think they’re garish and extra in just a few years. We might even come up with some sort of seemingly logical reason, like saying that corporations turned it into a capitalist heaven by mass producing nostalgia that we lined our shelves with, but ultimately we’ll swing back again when empty and decluttered rooms feel devoid of personality. The middle ground I think most of us eventually reach when we’re too tired to redesign our houses always ends up being a mix of the two, simple furniture and sentimental adornments. Nothing too extreme, just the important stuff.
That being said I’d rather culture continue to experiment and evolve, even if it results in some cringe bathrooms and house flips. I feel like extremes are often used to define the decades they’re from for good reason. Even though the swing back and forth is predictable, we still somehow manage to make it unique each time, which is honestly just so cool to me. Sometimes I think we’ve done all that can be done in art and then I see some new shit and it’s like wow humans can still pull it off after the thousands of years.
I think the term “Corporate Minimalism” would better reflect the bland gray aesthetic better. Normal people would gravitate towards a more colorful, if still minimalist design. It seems only corporate marketing actually embraces the all gray look.
Am i the only one who more or less likes "modern" minimalism. I prefer sleek, modern and somewhat futuristic styles with items better emphasized in a more strategic manner. But i do have a few kitsch items, photos of my dead relatives,souvenir Moai and statue of liberty, old books and toy cars & a packet of gulf war trading cards. If anything having way too much stuff stops making a room be practical for a living and more like living in a crazy chain restaurant.
In the words of the terminator "I'll be back".
if having photos of dead relatives is kitsch than minimalism really is soulless
This is why we need to go back to the design our grandmas houses were built upon...
What if your grandma lived in a Bauhaus type house
Mental illness grey
I hate grey it looks like cheap poured concrete and mass produced warehouses that induce depression.
I feel like the bathroom in the beginning looks like a doctor's office that will refuse to give you an appointment if you didn't pay your $20 copay last time you were in
If your Mexican restaurant bathroom looks like that, the tacos are about to be trash.
I personally think this grey minimalist aesthetic is for people who just aren't particuarly materialistic and so don't care what their house looks like and want something that looks clean and easy to mantain. Its not a common trend beyond house builders. Most regular homes have a lot more color and personality.
@Li F In my experience, most wealthy people are not materialistic, despite what people think. They chase money and presteige, they don't really care about things so it makes sense they are willing to tear out a house and replace it with whats in vogue.
Millennial Grey is not a representation of Millennial taste, but of the world they we are forced to live in
facts
I mean, I absolutely adore the slightly depressed middle-aged man vibe of millennial grey, where there isn't really anything to improve on, and every day is a repetition of the one before with minuscule changes
but maybe its just me.
it feels very realistic and honest tbh. I feel if your house is ultra vibrant it's a bit odd
I’ll admit that many of my rooms are painted grey, but that’s largely because when we bought it, I thought the beige walls looked awful with blue carpet. The furniture, textiles, and wall art have plenty of color, though.
Exactly what i saw when looking for a house. It felt like there was a flipper's playbook for every goddamn kitchen. All of them sucked.
I could never do this style. I tried to achieve it when I moved, but it’s quickly fallen apart. I just love to fill my room with things that make me happy.
Sure, the grey bedding, black accents, and white lights looked clean, but it wasn’t me. Now I have stuffies all over my bed, my collection of Dalmatian books on my shelf, backpacks on my walls, pictures of my pets, etc. Essentially, it’s clean but looks junky. But life is short and I want to be comfy in my room!
That said, I don’t think the millennial grey tend is ugly. It’s very clean and feels more high-end. I don’t know. Just stop following trends and decorate how you like.
Yeah I agree. The clean look can look pretty nice, but it gives your room or house no personality.
@@jondoesit1240 Depends highly on the decorations imo. I'd willingly have the walls and tables be grey but with a bunch of stuff i own everywhere. Brightly coloured walls can hurt my eyes a bit since if i look at colour for too long my eyes will hurt.
except the bathroom.
i want my bathroom to feel squeaky clean and sterile
Grey and pink are such soft, warm colours psychologically. People should relax
I don't mind minimalist design in say, an office or somewhere I'm only visiting but I wouldn't want to live in an environment like that all the time.
Heck. I designed my work room in this colour scheme to enhance my RGB lighting. I actually quite like it so long as it's not overused.
I hate my millennial gray home. My landlord has no taste.
I legit walked into a recently renovated McDonalds at night and thought I fell into the backrooms lol.
I was interested in minimalist house styles and decor because I cannot afford much more.
Grey look so bad
my room is a mix of both, where the floor panels, desk and windowsill are gray, whereas the walls are a nice shade of blue
This is why I painted my bedroom walls red
It used to be where you could tell a DQ from a McD from a TacoBell from a Pizza Hut by the building alone.
Today they are all bland copypasta architecture.
But I like millenial grey...
I would say its ok to be wrong, but in this case its really not.
That's A-okay, nothings wrong with having your own opinion
@Will Rivers yeah you
Neutral colors match with most other colors. Therefore it’s easier to add decor of any color and change them to whatever you want.
It’s like a blank canvas for decor.
I'd rather have some warmish white than grey as blank canvas. much more 'airy'