Hola my friends.... A few of you reached out with help to get my post delivered....thank you! I will get on it and hopefully there is a good solution. Blogger is kind of "old school" and most people have moved on to a better platform but as usual...here I am stuck in the "past" :) Today I am joining some of my respected blogger friends to discuss Design Trends of 2023. Classic Casual Home Cindy Hattersley Carla Aston Designed Life on Virginia Street Most Lovely things Now we know that if it is trending too hard then we actually need to stay away from it :) The thing I like to stress to people is that the reason you hire a designer.....is to get a curated look that not everyone has....that is just my opinion....ha ha. Anyway lets get to the reason for this post! I am not sure I would describe these as "trends" per se....because things/looks actually make it full circle in design. The first trend I have noticed and I mean EVERYWHERE are fabric covered lampshades! They were allover in the 3 showhouses I went to during the holidays. Whitney Parkinson Jared Hughes I found these below on Etsy....and I saw so many different sellers! 1. Lampshade 2. Lampshade 3. Lampshade 4. Lampshade The next thing are wall murals.... There are so many out there now including peel and stick! 1. Birds 2. Blue Trees 3. Leaves Morris and Co wallpaper has been front and center. I have seen so many designers use their papers and I have fallen in love with quite a few! I about died when I saw this graphic on their website..... I know...I am known for my love of black and white and I do still love it but to make it warm you really need to mix your textures! The last thing I am seeing is brown....as in "brown is the new black" haha And when I say brown.....that covers a lot of territory! You can see the variations in the colors above. Of course my favorite is not included in the above and that would be SW URBANE BRONZE. Take a gander at it in the walls of my sisters office. And her bookshelves.....you can see it looks different depending on the light! So to recap: Fabric Lampshades Wall Murals Morris and Co wallpaper The Color Brown Now you need to grab your coffee and shuffle over to my talented friends and see what they have to say. What is good is that we live in different parts of the country so I know we will see a range of perspectives! Shaygettingonthebandwagon