Do I follow this trend?

Dear q/a How do you decide what trends to follow?

Trends comes into our lives and add excitement- encouraging and enticing us to add any thing from a certain color to our rooms, a lacy fabric, or dark thick accents. Months after we have succumbed to these trends, some fall in love their trendy pieces while others have moved onto the next new thing. A small percentage are content with their choice for years, but the majority have grown to hate their new additions and are lost at what to do now.

Don't get me wrong, I think change is great. It can produce a positive beautiful environment, but depending on the type of change, how it's executed, and why, it can also create a long lasting negative response that may require a time consuming repair. I'm just saying-Don't purchase/paint/re-upholster/glue the next hot item somewhere simply because it is that... the next hot item. Chances are you won't be pleased after some time as passed. Only follow the trends you truly care for.

I think we should try to only surround ourselves with things we love (of course, each person only has so much control over this- annoying co workers or in laws aren't really negotiable) and if what you love just so happens to be the trend at the moment- all the better for you! Pleasing loved objects generate harmony and peace within ourselves and our atmosphere. If you are feeling like your space needs a revamp from a misguided impulsive pressured-into change- Go back to your roots and find something you love.

Various motifs, arrangements, colors, fabrics etc will always cause us to have a positive reaction whether it because of a memory, the feel, the smell, or simply because it is pleasing to our eyes.

I personally love the Paisley.
(FYI- Originated in India- kidney shaped design- believed to be a stylized floral spray)

I could place this motif in every room and be happy. I find it soothing, beautiful and interesting. The Paisley is my "go to" when I need a pattern I love. It becomes a trend every couple of years, used in an unexpected color pallet or paired with modern straight furniture to make it "new," but this is a classic enduring design; recognized as far back as 1888, the design will always have a high held position in design
whether it's a more extreme abstracted stylized form

or the more traditional ornate Indian design.

It may not be "the" pattern for everyone, but it works for me.

That's what you need to figure out for yourself. Who cares if it's not #1 on the "chic" list? Find what you love and keep it in your back pocket to pull out when you need a return to the familiar and comforting.