Writer Holly Amaya said it best in her article Out with the Old: The 10 Tired Interior Design Trends You Need to Ditch in 2018: “Figuring out what makes for good design is an admittedly subjective exercise. Ask a dozen experts their thoughts on say, why faux Mid-Century Modern is still popular in American interior design long after “Mad Men” has left us, and you’ll likely get a dozen different options. Nevertheless, some home design trends manage to rise to mass acceptance [thanks to unstoppable forces like HGTV and Pinterest]…and tend to take on a life of their own. And sometime they just don’t die, even when they absolutely should.” (1)