If you're one of the many who are cringing at your floor-to-ceiling grayscale rooms from the 2010s, Tuscan-style kitchen from the 2000s, mauve wall-to-wall carpeting from the '90s, translucent '80s glass-block windows or '70s olive green and sunflower yellow decor, you're not alone.
Anyone who's ever owned a home has craved an update at some point. With the combination of ever-increasing material and labor costs and trends moving at the speed of light, it can be overwhelming to plan a remodel or renovation for fear of your interior design looking dated within a few years.
Thankfully, Drew Scott and Jonathan Scott are here to help. The HGTV staples tell Parade their brilliant secrets to keeping your interior design looking both classic and current forever, and we're here to share. (You're welcome!)
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Jonathan and Drew Scott's Top 3 Secrets to Keeping Your Home From Looking Dated—Exclusive
1. Don't Go Bold on Big-Ticket Items
"When we look at our homes, for most people, your home is your retirement plan. It's your biggest investment, and so you want to make sure that you're putting money into it in the right way," Jonathan says (pretty much reading all of our minds). "So I always love to focus on a classic aesthetic, something that we know is going to last for a long time. A little easy rule of thumb is, the more bold you go with something, the quicker it will go out of style. So try and think of big-ticket items, like the stone on your countertops, the color of your floors and the color of your cabinets, and go with something that's maybe a little bit more neutral and will last."
"When we're doing new kitchens, color is back," Jonathan continues. While Day-Glo brights and Crayola-inspired kitchens may work for some people, for most of us—especially those of us on a budget—it may be better to keep your major components slightly muted to maintain resale value later.
"Subtle color and wood tones, things like that are timeless," Jonathan explains. "When people are planning out their kitchen, it's nice to to look through what you like, but it's good to check on trends and see where things are going, so you can get ahead of a trend curve instead of being on the tail end of it."
If you want to incorporate brighter colors in your kitchen, accessories are a great way to brighten and spruce up your space without a major rehaul. Think decorative bowls and towels, a statement clock, colorful cloth napkins for your tablescape or a bold utensil crock for your countertop.
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2. Add Pops of Colors and Patterns That Are 'Easy Peasy' to Revamp
"If there's a space that you wanted to add a little pop, go for it with a peel and stick wallpaper," Drew advises. "It's so great, because old traditional wallpaper can be a mess to take off or or even to apply, but something like that, you can transform the look of a space. If you have a small feature wall or somewhere that you want to focus on, or even the back of some open bookshelves—you could put some paper in the back, and then it looks great. But if you decide seasonally you wanted to swap it out, it's easy peasy."
You can also add in pops of color with things like vases, artwork, throw pillows and blankets, which are easy to swap out when you want a fresh feel without breaking the bank.
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3. Embrace Tech
"One thing I would say, aside from just aesthetics, is we're in a Star Trek age. We're in a techie age, and your home should make your life easy," Drew tells us. "There's so much affordable automation for your home that can really make life easy that you don't think about—sometimes, just having to get up and walk across your room to shut the curtains all the time is monotonous and time consuming, especially if you're exhausted. There are things that you can do that can control your whole house very inexpensively, like to turn on and off lamps. One thing in our living space that I like: I can push one button or use my voice, and then all the window coverings shut. It's stuff that sounds super expensive and whatnot, but it doesn't have to be."
"I wish I could use that with you," Jonathan jokes to his twin. "And just say, 'Drew, be quiet.'"
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