In our grown-up pursuit of “timelessness” (which will get extra intense as we become older), it certain is enjoyable to see a time capsule of our youth. The yr was clearly 2013, and two “web well-known” bloggers collabbed on what now looks like OG classic influencer content material. Once I came upon Bri Emery’s house from 2013, I gasped after which needed to gossip about it with you. A lot to speak about. It nonetheless pops so arduous and is filled with items that I like, whereas additionally simply screaming “2010’s blogger time capsule”. It’s an actual lesson in the place to usher in tendencies in addition to demonstrating the facility of classic and colour. This was my final “blogger collab,” the place I designed/styled well-known blogger’s properties (who can be referred to as influencers now) to cross promote, garner press, extra followers, and many others (I embellished Cup of Jo’s house, Oh Pleasure’s (a number of instances), Nicolette Mason after which Bri Emery, aka DesignLoveFest, Inexperienced Wedding ceremony Sneakers nursery, and plenty of extra). Bri redesigned our web site (which has since been redesigned and is DESPERATE for a new redesign – coming quickly, I hope), and I designed/styled her residing and eating room. If you wish to learn the unique submit, test it out -it’s a humorous learn.
That’s Bri, aka DesignLoveFest, and when you haven’t seen her new kitchen in upstate New York, you MUST. She, like most OG design/model bloggers, made lots of life shifts, and after taking a protracted artistic/private sabbatical from social media, she is posting once more and collaborating with different outdated buddies (which is so enjoyable to look at on tales). She has all the time been wildly artistic and such a visionary, so I’ll comply with her ceaselessly. I dream of doing a “Bloggers: The place Are They Now” sequence as a result of a lot of the OG crew that basically took off within the 2010s, have modified careers and are thriving in such completely different and fascinating methods (I believe like 10 of us are nonetheless right here, spoiler – social media brought on burn out actually quick). That’s a complete different story, however at present let’s have a look at Bri’s 2013 house transformation:
I swear we didn’t attempt to take low-light befores again then… However right here’s the tremendous vivid after! LOL
My first intestine response: this room is undeniably nonetheless so enjoyable. If I walked into this house now, I’d suppose this particular person has a lot model and creativity, an eclectic, even eccentric, viewpoint, and we’re about to have enjoyable. After which, in fact, I’d need to edit it a bit, tweak it for 2025. So let’s speak by the principle tendencies that have been large then:
2013 Pattern #1: Shiny White With Pops Of Shiny Colours
I used to be so responsible of this, doing it again and again in that decade (and nonetheless am!). The components: all white partitions, large pops of colour, drenched in pure mild. And the factor is, this nonetheless actually works in Southern California. After all, now we’d do a hotter impartial, and make use of darker, extra refined greens and plenty of muted pinks. Heck, my brother and SIL needed a model of that of their bed room (see right here). I believe for probably the most half it really works, it’s simply a number of the colours right here that make it really feel a bit 2013. I’d positively eliminate that scalloped pillow on the couch and cut back the quantity of scorching pink (the classic ottoman might be extra of a impartial).
2013 Pattern #2: Fig Timber And Whimsical Vegetation Galore (In Whimsical Pots!)
Once more, I nonetheless like fig bushes, however my goodness, they have been EVERYWHERE within the 2010s (largely due to me, I believe – keep in mind DesignStar?), so I actually don’t suppose we would have liked two right here. And whereas having vegetation galore is extra widespread than ever, I don’t suppose doing it like that is working. I believe it’s only a bit messy, the pots are a bit eclectic, and it feels usually excessive. If I might do it once more, I’d do one large fig tree and a smaller inexperienced plant on the espresso desk. Additionally, undecided we want an ornamental piñata…
2013 Pattern #3 Palm Springs Model Mid-Century Classic All the pieces In Shiny Colours
Once more, I don’t thoughts this development!! Mid-century is rarely out, and I don’t suppose that there’s an excessive amount of of it right here. It’s simply mixed with the large saturated colours and the Moroccan rug and brass that make all of the items really feel 2013. However sure, within the 2010s, earlier than any of us had a funds to purchase funding items from grownup shops, we purchased something from the Rose Bowl flea market, which was filled with midcentury classic from Palm Springs. None of those are dated; it’s simply throughout the context of a lot stuff and vivid colours that it screams 2013.
What’s Not Working?? What Would I Get Rid Of?
That’s fairly simple – the black chair with the extra Navajo-inspired woven sample looks like we have been attempting arduous to dip into that subsequent development (I’m undecided what to name it, I apologize if I’m not correct right here). On the time have been actually seeing the rise of African mudcloth and Aztec-style prints, and now we all know higher and to by no means purchase them in a mass-produced vogue. Buying from the precise individuals whose tradition these textiles belong to ought to all the time be a precedence, like with my Boro materials. I do like the concept of the sample, nevertheless it belongs someplace with much less vivid, saturated colours or fashionable items. I’d additionally nix the gold drum desk (very 2013), and I’d cut back the quantity of stuff by 1/third AT LEAST. And I actually, actually don’t like that colourful pillow on the couch.
I believe this was throughout my “miniatures” section that I’ve by no means actually grown out of, TBH, however I don’t pressure it on my buddies as a lot now. These flowers are WAY too large and busy in right here, IMHO.
I nonetheless love these classic lamps and would use them in the appropriate venture now. The artwork was from the flea market, and the Blu Dot desk is so easy that it’s arduous to name it in or out, however the collective vignette simply feels very 2013 because of the colour palette. Now I’d change the drum shades to be extra tapered or pleated (or a colour).
Nothing actually dated right here besides all my EHD classic whimsy, which I nonetheless love, nevertheless it’s a youthful model of me. That lamp remains to be fairly darn cute.
The midcentury shelving unit is rad nonetheless, simply must be styled with much less stuff and with extra grounding colours (i.e. much less teal and yellow). So many vegetation shoved on this shot!!!
I actually suppose the offender right here is usually simply the equipment and the styling, each of which have been clearly 100% on me. And in lots of methods, that’s refreshing as a result of these are the issues which are much less of an funding and simpler to alter.
I nonetheless actually like this!!! It’s only a bit an excessive amount of, too many small tendencies that inevitably learn as 2013, and an excessive amount of “stuff”. However these are virtually all within the smaller items and can be really easy to tweak to make them work.
It’s visually so enjoyable and stimulating,g so whereas it looks as if I’m tearing my very own work aside, it’s really very easy to see that with just a few tweaks it might really feel 2025 actually simply.
We stored with the identical kinds and colours within the eating room – that classic eating set remains to be so rad, and Mid-century teak is having an enormous comeback proper now, so do NOT promote your stuff, individuals.
Moreover me holding the plant hostage in that cage, I believe most of this works, however perhaps simply an excessive amount of altogether.
The Brendan Ravennhill mild fixture had simply launched, and Max Wanger’s images was so widespread (they each pioneered a LOT of copycats).
Whereas I wouldn’t return to 2013 Emily, I believe this room really has lots of timelessness.
The Classes In Traits And Timelessness:
- You won’t be able to keep away from leaning into some fashionable design components if you’re tremendous into design (nobody is proof against the zeitgeist), however if you wish to keep away from wanting dated, purchase the prime quality model of it or simply do it in equipment that aren’t as a lot of an funding to alter out. I believe the squiggle or amorphous shapes are nice present examples – deliver them in in restricted quantities to keep away from wanting dated actual quick.
- Shiny colours will all the time be extra prone to be “dated”, however that doesn’t imply we must always keep away from what we love proper now. Will they name 2022 the yr of darkish moody inexperienced every part? Yep! However I don’t know the way you keep away from any colour tendencies with out simply being so boring. Will heat pinks, browns, and burgundies even be much less thrilling in 10 years? In all probability, however once more, there isn’t a such factor as timeless colours, and for probably the most half, there’s a approach to make them nonetheless work with styling. A well-designed room with high-quality supplies carried out in a balanced means will seemingly nonetheless be very fairly in 20 years. Positive, there are some navy blue tones that really feel more energizing than others, however for probably the most half, blues, greens, and neutrals are timeless (coming from somebody who has and can all the time love blues and greens, so I’m very biased). Though when you dwell in Texas or Arizona it’s seemingly hotter tones that really feel timeless there. It’s so nuanced, people. Good luck! LOL.
- An excessive amount of stuff can actually overwhelm a room (and on this case, make it really feel dated). I believe this may be blamed on youth, particularly once we are youthful and we are able to’t afford the costlier design components, however we love to buy, we’re drawn to smaller issues that we love, as a result of it’s what we are able to purchase. Nothing fallacious with this, however simply know that displaying all of it, on each floor, particularly when they’re all tremendous eclectic, can simply look a bit cuckoo. I needed to study this lesson again and again and over.
- Genuine Classic will all the time be in model – it’s simply context, styling, and colour mixtures that may make the items look dated to the particular period that it “got here again” in.
For probably the most half, I believe that this room might be tweaked so quick to make it really feel “in” proper now – the principle “dated” culprits are within the accessorizing, which feels fairly innocent to me. Ideas????
**Design by Emily Henderson (me!)
*Images by Laure Joliet
