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Although a majestic Victorian house certainly has more than its fair share of classic charm, there is a very nice difference between having a beautiful older house and a person who simply looks like it was not updated in ages. However, it is not only the overall architecture of your house that keeps stuck in the past - in many cases, a handful ofApparently minor design details Can conspire to make your home look like a relic of a bygone era. With the help of interior designers, we gathered the decorative elements dated from the house that hide in your home - and what you can do to update them.

If you want to help make your home request in today's world, your tile counters are more than happy to force.

"Everyone hates them, but it was a craze in the 80s," saidKaren Gray-Plisisted, founder of the full service decoration and the staging of the houseKGP design solutions. If you wantBring your home back to the modern eraIt recommends opting for quartz, natural stone or concrete meters.

Although too much incompatible furniture can make your home a little chaotic, go too far in the other direction can make it seriously obsolete.

Caitie Smitheof the Furniture and Family Design SocietyWalter E. Smithe In Chicago says that the excessive trend "feels boring" in addition to old-fashioned appearance. Today, "the trend is now to make a feeling of space prevented" with complementary pieces instead of matching the assorts, she says.

It could have been considered once a necessary element of a complete berth, but today, having a bed skirt gives your room aconviviality.

"Bed skirts are ideal for hiding everything you've pushed under your bed, but that's all that's good for them," saysGeorgina Horspool, a lighting designer withAlexander Joseph, a British company specializing in luxury lamps.

Unless you want your home to have a distinctly dated atmosphere, you will better keep these evenings in the drawer where no one can see them.

"Laces doiles are fortunately not considered an indispensable article," says Horspool, which recommends decorative alternatives such as more modern alternatives to prevent damage to your furniture.

The era of the pink bathroom has become part, but many houses always have these heads at a time that has long been spent.

"The pink, green and blue bathrooms are a sure sign of an obsolete house," says Horspool, who notes thata more neutral palette And the devices can help bring up an up-to-date bathroom.

Memphis's design movement may have people conducted in the 1980s to believe that when it comes tohouse decorationYou can never have too much color, but the 80s have long history. And by the current standards, too many shades or competing patterns in your home can make serious obsolete, saysRachael Grochowski, principal and founder ofRhg a + d, a multidisciplinary architecture and an indoor business in New York.

For a more modern look, Grochowski suggests "unifying with a thematic color" and adding minimal color points of complementary color to stand out from the main hue.

We often forget details that can make your home seriously behind time? Non painted trim work.

"From the plinth or architrave in untreated naked wood - especially pine: the worst! - Long live an unfinished aesthetic, adding to a tired and dated finish," saysAnnabel Sewrie, owner and designer in the United KingdomBamble design. Fortunately,everything you need is a small painting to put them at speed.

If you want your home to have a definitely modern feeling, it's time to split the wall mounted carpet for good, saysColin Haentjens, interior designer withThe buttons company.

Instead, he suggests using "rug of all sizes, or even several rugs to throw that can overlap. "

This choice of design creates an aesthetics in your bedroom that gives the impression that "your taste - or situation - has not changed since you have reached your bonus between the mid-1980s and the end of the 90s , "saysDenise Gianna, Owner ofDenise Gianna Designs In Beacon, New York. To make your space more modern, opt for "color" original, color or bedding with patterns, "she suggests.

This collection of nautical memories-Particlely the basket of shells in your bathroom-cries, "I'm stuck in the past! If you can not be part of the ways with the under the theme of the sea, at least until "a fabulous seashell like an accent and not in a bathroom," says Gianna.

Popping silk flowers in all the vases in your houseHave you look like a green thumb-It is simply resembling you have not redecorated for decades. And if you are still in the partial use of false plants, avoid those who try to go for the real thing, says Gianna. "False plants made from interesting, improbable materials, as felt or stone," can actually help bring your space in the modern era, she says.

At one point in time, a room has not been fully decorated without heavy curtains, cantonnaires and corresponding kiss. But in recent years, these weight window accents have fallen in disgrace. How should you replace them? "Simplify windows with adjustable shades in interesting textures and add clean, linear drapery panels", interior designerLori wilessaid. This will provide privacy without closing the sunlight.

Special Decor Tuscany Cuisine with rustic cabinets, dark wood accents and arc-vestibulas had its time in the sun about ten years ago. But according to today's standards, it seems unfortunately out of contact, says Gianna.

To modernize your kitchen, Try going with a lighter color palette and do not be afraid of a luminous accent or two. Low painted in the cabinets of a popular hue, ceramic door handles, or curtains in a fun color can all instantly update the room.

This oak oak cabinet might just be among the worst offenders in dating your home, says the interior designer and the reality star of the TVTyler Wisler. "They stink cold-washed jeans, great perms, andTranspires with oldies."

Fortunately for the conscious budget, an upgrade does not mean having to completely reshape your kitchen. "Take a weekend for sanding the cabinets and repaint them" in a deep peacock or marine, "Wisler said.

Furniture with vibe beachy linen sofas or blue and white curtains with stripes, for example, can have their place, but white wicker parts would have been set to the door a long time ago. According to Gianna, having a white wicker armchair "screaming" aged and staged, "like the wrong motel decor or a dinner theater decor. »

If for any reason, you are still really wild for the wicker, it is better to stay with rustic, unpainted pieces, and use them as accents in a room of a single peacock chair, for example, not as master parts.

It may seem like a small detail, but having bad door handles in your home can instantly reveal how long it has been since you have redecorated. "The view of gold hardware cries or brass door dated," saysNicole gittens, Principal designerNew Vision Interiors & Events. "The means of remedying it's endless," she adds. If you want to modernize your space in a short time, just exchange buttons for chrome, metal ceramic, black, or stainless steel instead.

Like brass door handles, brass luminaires are undeniably style, says gittens. For easy update, choose devices with silver or black hardware instead. Your space will seek up to date in a short time.

Although the wallpaper in a modern model can be a fun way to upgrade a space, a wallpaper border instantly entails in the past.

"When I walk in a space that has wallpaper borders that have been there for too many years, I can say," says Gittens. Fortunately, this can be an easy solution. Just take down borders and repaint the wall in a solid color to transform space.

There are few things that spoil the appearance of a house otherwise tastefully decorated, like a popcorn ceiling. "These ceilings shout, update me! Gittens said.

His suggestion? "Ask for new layers of dry partitions for a smoother, cleaner easier look in your home. However, this is a job, you should certainly not diy-Pop-corn ceilings may contain asbestosIt is therefore important to use a professional to make sure the upgrade is safe.

It is not only popcorn ceilings that can make a feeling at home as it is stuck in the past. "In many old houses, you tend to see the texture on the walls or ceiling, which can really contribute to the dated aspect and atmosphere of a room," saysJessica Holmes , founder and CEO of Sarasota, Florida HSH Designs . If you have walls like this in any room in your home, Holmes recommends covering them with fresh fresh drywalls and a layer of paint to bring up-to-date space.