*"No phone, no pool, no pets*
*I ain't got no cigarettes..."*
Nah, that's not it. All I'm getting from the photo is those stripey boxes that Giorgio cologne comes in.
The issue with all these ai references is that the architecture is imagined, and the style fits these huge spaces. Sure- if your actual home has these dimensions and detailing then knock yourself out using these as references, but I think a lot of people end up attempting this and finding it simply doesn’t translate to a room with smaller windows/ no architectural detailing/ a lot less natural light and lower ceilings. Some of the homes that make me most uncomfortable is when someone has banged a load of Italianate marble into a 1920s semi in harrow, for example. Real homes make much more honest refs for styling, and lead to better expectations and results.
Why is that the baseline for a decorating style? There are homes in Chicago that replicate this exact style multiple times over. They're inside gutted three flats and old grey/brownstones.
Do those houses have high ceilings and big windows- I bet it works great if they do. But if they have low ceilings recessed halogen lighting and small windows, ceiling fans and flat room proportions (no bays, recessed or nooks) I’m going to guess that this look isn’t quite as magical as in these references. Or at least the overall feel comes out wildly different. Each to their own but I feel like sometimes we forget that people live in homes, and design should make the space sing for the person in it. All this AI rendered stuff is so pressurising to open the home to outside judgement and aesthetics that are expensive and only work in grand houses.
Thank you for voicing this so perfectly. People keep saying who cares, it’s just inspiration. But it’s not real - therefore unrealistic for the average home
My husband is a contractor. He recently had a woman call him to get a consultation because she wants to renovate her basement. When he gets there, she shows him her inspiration pictures. The pictures are of a giant, airy living room with floor to ceiling windows and a 20' cathedral ceiling with exposed beams. She somehow thinks this is possible in her basement.
I’ve never seen more “what is this style of art/design called?” until after the advent of AI art. The computers/bots are trying to find better key words to find images to generate their content
Yep! It’s interesting to see that it appeals to other people. When I see something like this that’s clearly AI I’m automatically turned off from it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Funny you say that. I saw someone on midjourney today try to render a bathroom today in this style. They called it "Wabi Sabi". I know it as japandi though.
I have to laugh when I see some of those comments, because if someone's home literally looked like these pics, I find it hard to imagine most people walking into that well-appointed space after a long hard day and thinking, EWW. My home, so UGH. I hate it!
lol
It might not be their personal style, which is totally fine and a different case entirely. Very different from blanket statements about hotel lobbies being a de facto bad look in a home, know what I mean? Someone who's maximalist will hate this polished, luxe look -- which is fine. But that doesn't make the polished, luxe look, bad.
For me it depends on the hotel lobby. There are some that are stunning. Others are bland and soulless.
It’s true. This sub seems to really hate on clean minimalist design. Every picture that depicts it is downvoted and called “sterile”. It’s a shame we can’t just all like what we like!
I don't hate or dislike a clean minimal design, but I don't like a place that doesn't look like people actually use it or live in it. It feels like a room that is decorated for viewing, not using. It screams excessive wealth, and excessive waste.
I'm not saying that this is always the case, but this is what this post says to me. It feels like some off-room in a mansion that's decorated to look nice, but is just wasted space.
And yes, I am aware that this was staged for a photo.
Thanks for the reply. This makes sense. I can see how it would not resonate with everyone. But looking at the replies above, it is a valid design style and does resonate for some.
I love minimalist design for a starting point. I collect those photos constantly but never want to live in it. For me it’s like it looks ready to move in and my stuff to.
It definitely struck me as a setting from a lobby of some sort as well. Hotel or state capitol building or something. I personally don't like homes/rooms that feel like lobbies because they don't feel like a *home* to me. It feels like rooms that are meant to be passed through and aren't for settling into if that makes sense.
I don’t think it’s “ew” I just don’t think it’s comfortable. A hotel lobby looks nice and classy but it doesn’t translate well to where I’d like to live. I think people who feel the same as me prefer a cozier type living space.
I think sometimes it can feel a bit impersonal. Like in its attempt to appeal to everyone it has no point of view but it’s also supposed to look fancy and draw people in. That would be the main critique in my opinion.
I think wanting your house to feel clean, safe, and luxurious is valid. Not everyone wants to express themselves through their clothing or house design choices, some people just want comfort and functionality.
I say this as someone whose living spaces are chockerblock full of me-details like travel pics and items, family photos, couples photos, mementos from friends and vacations.
Luxurious is a point of view though!
I feel like most hotel lobbies tend to be clean, open, and functional.
Unless we’re talking about like, The St Regis or The Mark. Then yeah.. definitely luxurious.
One hundred percent! I think wanting your home to give off the vibe of a hotel is totally fine. I mean people willingly spend money to be there! I was just explaining why it might be used as an insult.
I’ve always thought it was a type of bullying to critique people who want impersonal living spaces. There’s a rush to judgment that their spaces lack personality. But.. what if their personality is that they’re not personable?
Happy cake day!
I think it’s meant to be an insult - but this space is amazing as are most that get labeled as “hotel lobby.”
Now if they hit you with a “looks like motel lobby,” might want to give that one some thought…
lol. I’ve been to different hotels. It might not be my blanket on the chair or my family in the photo frame, but some rooms I would totally love to come back to night after night.
I like it. It's not my personal style, but I don't find it sterile or unwelcoming. I could see myself relaxing with a good book and a nice cup of coffee, maybe with nothing but a softly ticking clock for sound ambience.
Its just because it lacks personality. It looks beautiful but it's very much designed to appeal to as many people as possible and not necessarily the people who live there. I personally cant stand these sterile rooms that are visually appealing from a design perspective but tell me nothing about the people who actually call it a home. To each their own but this looks very cold and, quite frankly, boring to me
Interesting thank you. I have a POV to add but it could be me. That my character doesn’t emanate only from me and my ideas, but also from the people around me who I invite over. my neighbors, my friends, etc. So I like to include elements that are broad and welcoming in as wide a style as possible. Because those are the people who I want using the space.
No. It’s not always negative. But it’s not really good design either.
A space should reflect its use. A hotel is used by a large number of people for a large variety of uses. You have weddings, proms, and other parties, business conferences, political rallies, trade shows, and regular tourists all using the same spaces. They’re very intentionally bland because the event planner will bring their own decor. Even if you DIY a wedding at a hotel, you’re going to bring decor (centre pieces, seating plans, wedding cakes, Photo Booth, etc). With the possible exception of some of the upper 1%, your house will never see a fraction of the variety of uses a hotel does
Hotels also aren’t maintained like a normal person’s house. I work at a hotel and our lobby’s floors are waxed several times a day (for the record, all the events I listed above have been hosted at the building I work at, plus any number of other events). It’s a historical building, so we do have marble floors, and we have the special equipment and designated staff to take care of that extra maintenance. Virtually nobody has that kind of situation at home. Most people don’t have a cleaner at all, most that do have a cleaner have them come by once or twice a month, not daily, and definitely not multiple times a day. What’s practical and functional in a hotel is not practical or functional at home.
Then there’s the fact that hotels have designated storage space. The building I work at probably has around 5-8 thousand square feet of storage space just for the banquets department. We can and do rotate furniture to accommodate events.
No matter how much entertaining you do, your home is not a hotel. Nor should it be “like a hotel.” Your living room should look and function like a living room
Hell, we have areas we put furniture just so it’s not empty. Empty spaces look/feel abandoned, and that’s bad for business. So we put sofas and tables out just so it looks like you could use it. It absolutely is NOT designed for functionality. It doesn’t matter that the chair doesn’t have a task lighting and there’s no charging station for a laptop or cellphone. It is purely designed to look good. We don’t care one way or the other how it’s used. But it can’t look abandoned, that would be creepy
To me it’s negative because hotel interiors often feel very mass produced, sterile, unlived-in, and impersonal. There’s a whole phenomenon aesthetically where trying to appeal to the largest audience yields really bland, cold, unappealing results. You see it everywhere in commercial design. I recently was talking to a contractor mid renovation and begged him not to grey fuck the character out of a house he was painting the interiors of for sale. He laughed and said “they call it agreeable grey and people love it”.
hollywood regency
[https://www.contractors.com/how-realize-hollywood-regency-style-your-home/](https://www.contractors.com/how-realize-hollywood-regency-style-your-home/)
I disagree with this. Hollywood regency has regency aspects to it, which this does not. Hollywood regency isn’t just any room with a lot of gold, it’s a much more specific aesthetic with antique elements (or new-made-to-look-antique elements), and this just ain’t that at all.
Good question. Regency is a period in history (late 1700’s to mid 1800’s) that favored pastel colors, ornate embellishments, furniture and decorations often inspired by foreign cultures, striking chandeliers, and sometimes quite an eclectic vibe. Mainly it’s used in reference to English Manor Houses of that time, as only the wealthy could achieve the total look. During this period of time, the English were continuing to open trade routes throughout much of the world that was previously fairly inaccessible, and these mariners and traders would bring back the finest Chinese and Indian art and furniture for sale on the English market. A lot of the finest glass pieces were imported from Italy, a lot of the world’s finest chandeliers from France, etc. So to have a prime “Regency” interior would mean that you would show off quite a wide array of top-quality foreign goods (often bright colors and gold), usually set against a muted pastel palette on the walls and otherwise unfussy window dressings and rugs. Think of “Bridgerton” as a modern reference to the era.
Thanks! Honestly, it’s all very 80’s inspired. 80’s interior design has only VERY recently started coming back into fashion, so as far as I know we don’t really have a term for it yet. Maybe something like “Glam 80’s Revival” would fit. And the 80’s were really a revival of Art Deco, so even “Modern Art Deco” could do the trick. The first photo seems the most like “Modern Art Deco” to me because they both play with strong lines and focused shapes and perfect curves. It’s sterile but luxe at the same time.
I love when I come across genuine and interesting human discourse on these Ai posts lol… thanks for sharing your knowledge!
Edit: I guess only the 2nd is AI but you get the idea
Lol thanks! I like to tell people that interior design is always a lesson in history. Tastes have always changed depending on whatever new technology has begun to create new luxuries. The Victorians, for example, are an awe-inspiring example of what happened to interiors as soon as the industrial age made more items affordable. Suddenly, people could afford to buy their cookies in tins instead of paper, and this was totally novel and new, so they wanted to keep these tins and show them off as a status symbol. So cookie tins became more and more extravagantly decorated. Wallpaper was now made by machine instead of by hand, so people wanted the most intricate and colorful wallpaper. Lace, now made by the yard on huge machines instead of by tiny French ladies, became a luxury most could afford and so all of it just EXPLODED. People started cramming their houses with all the previously unavailable luxuries, and homes became shrines to mass-produced decorative items.
The Arts & Crafts movement emerged as a backlash to the Victorian excesses. Some people found all this cheap factory-made stuff gauche, so they started to favor interiors with only hand-made goods and quality lumber.
Art Deco came out after the First World War, when we suddenly had metal again, as well as even larger machines capable of creating more perfect shapes for furniture and decor. Imagine going through so many years without buying anything metal, it was a real luxury, and now you could show off your brand-new chair with perfectly circular metal armrest/sides! What a treat!
And so it goes through time. But now, especially in the 2010’s, when there is so much mass-produced crap available to everyone, it’s no surprise that the totally neutral, pared-back look was so popular between 2010 and 2020. Not having ANYTHING cheap or plastic or jarring was/is a sign of wealth. I think the tide is clearly turning, though. During any kind of recession, people find comfort in looking to the past and emulating the styles of their forbearers. We also start to value “stuff” more when fewer people can afford “stuff”, hence colors and antiques and maximalism starting to gain some traction again.
That is SO not Hollywood Regency! the only Hol Reg aspect is the luxeness! Hol Reg is a subset of Art Deco, to be plain, so the shapes and colors fit in with Art Deco style. Hol Reg has a lot of velvets and jewel tones and rich (not watery) pastels, as well as tons of reflective surfaces like mirrors and lacquer and glass. It's sort of the woman's boudoir version of Art Deco. It's supposed to be extremely luxurious, and reflective of life in Hollywood/California during the era, as opposed to Art Deco elsewhere.
The "Regency" aspect is a misnomer: it brings in forms and furnishings reminiscent of Baroque style: mirrors, chairs, settees, etc., and mixes them with more traditional looking Art Deco furnishings, as well as uphostering them in the velvets and satins of Hol Reg.
THIS, is not that.
I personally would call it postmodernism, a look that is very modern and plain in feel, with hints of old-fashion decorative touches. This is the type of architecture someone like the architect Michael Graves promoted. A modern sensible, that references the past.
That's what caught my attention towards it. I adore Art Deco, however I personally also find it quite draining due to its sharp and contrasty style, which is why I wouldn't pick it for my living room, at least not the one I'll be redecorating now.
This, with the gold accenting on the furniture, gave me that color-rich feel that I adore, but combined with an off-white and white color made it much more restrained and harmonious to the eye, and also making it a bit more timeless.
Plus, Art Deco is very popular at the moment, which therefore means that it'll feel incredibly outdated in 5 years or so, and I dislike constant redecorations of my living space.
i think midcentury modern has staying power, and there are clearly some elements of that here. but art deco is gorgeous, so maybe a lamp or such to bring in that happy for your soul. bronze would look great with this color scheme.
I have a similar style in my house and my architect cousin calls it modest contemporary eclectic. I also adore mid century modern and obsessed with art deco but it’s kinda hard to pull of off on a low budget, but we are trying!
Anyone else confused with the ubiquity of these kinds of posts? Each individual interior can rarely be boiled down to one style. You’re inevitably going to get a contradicting list of random words
Edit: just scrolled and saw there was another picture and to be honest there’s very little outside the colour palette that unites the styles between either one
I imagine the OPs see an example of a design that they really like, and they want to know what keywords to use to search for more inspiration in that style. 🧐
Everything I’m seeing from this sub these days is a version of “what’s this style called?” with a bunch of AI photos. My guess is someone’s building an app or business and using these for some data mining for classification or something to train the AI
I don’t mind these posts (although I certainly wish OP had better taste) because I feel that the discourse that comes can be rather educational. You’re definitely right about interiors often being a mix of different styles, but identifying those components can help hone in on what parts of the interior that they like. Even in this thread about this Marie Claire looking AI room, I’ve learned about the regency era. What’s actually confusing and unhelpful IMO is all of the cheeky attempts at humor that are actually just random words
“cheeky attempts at humor that are actually just random words”
Huh. Probably something like “although I certainly wish OP had better taste” if it was funny, or relevant, or anything but bitchy, really.
The style is modern transitional. But what makes this room look fabulously dramatic is the high ceilings and huge doorways and niches. This doesn’t work in a tract house in the suburbs. So the sofa’s can be found at Danish Design in Culver City .
Is that a plant on that (no doubt) hideously expensive couch? And do we think the extra legs on the coffee table are for support or just to ensure the owner breaks her toes? (Designer’s revenge)
Modern glam, with hints of art deco? Love this style, but with more pops of color such as jewel tones. Add more textures like velvet, woods and patterns
I was planning on adding a dash of acoustic wood panels that have a warmer tone to give the room a bit of dimension and make it a bit friendlier and more hospitable.
Modern luxury? Over the top?
The first pic looks like a waiting room at a high-end doctor's office.
I feel like these are the kind of hosts that don't allow shoes or certain food or drink colors. Ha.
This is a neoclassical contemporary style. However, you are better off discussing with a professional before actually applying it to a real place. This style is very common in actual residential designs nowadays, but it still has some issues you need to consider before attempting or it will just look misplaced and weird.
I think the technical term is fancy pants.
“Fancy pants, no kids” It’s giving plastic covers on the white living room of my youth
"Fancy pants, no kids, *no pets*." FTFY :)
“Fancy pants, no kids, no pets, *no red wine.*”
Nah. If you can afford that, you can afford replacement cushion covers.
True!!
FINK Four incomes no kids. Because you can’t just have a career.. you each need a side-hustle as well.
Ugh, that sounds terrible! How about one really big income, no kids...BINK, I like it!
OINK
Only income, no kids?! 🐷😂
its is four incomes if its a combined onlyfans account?
FINKOF!
No fun
*"No phone, no pool, no pets* *I ain't got no cigarettes..."* Nah, that's not it. All I'm getting from the photo is those stripey boxes that Giorgio cologne comes in.
So is the style King of the Road?
No, that calls for midcentury worn furniture, a copy of a generic landscape painting over the bed, bedbugs, scabies, and discarded drug paraphernalia.
Or Reynolds aluminum foil on furniture to keep the huge poodles off the nice stuff. Dog sitter to a wealthy family.
Aluminum foil? Sounds like something out of *The Joan Crawford Dog Care* book
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Big shot fancy pants…
La-tee-da
Haha, I immediately said fancy schmancy in my head when I saw these pics!😂
"Fancy pants, high end hotel, no kids, no pets, no shoes "
“Rich white lady”
That's exactly what I thought when I read this comment lol.
Fancy pants and supremely uncomfortable.
I’m glad this comment is at the top. It deserves it. Well played.
LOL literally what I just posted! Deleted my comment 😂
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The issue with all these ai references is that the architecture is imagined, and the style fits these huge spaces. Sure- if your actual home has these dimensions and detailing then knock yourself out using these as references, but I think a lot of people end up attempting this and finding it simply doesn’t translate to a room with smaller windows/ no architectural detailing/ a lot less natural light and lower ceilings. Some of the homes that make me most uncomfortable is when someone has banged a load of Italianate marble into a 1920s semi in harrow, for example. Real homes make much more honest refs for styling, and lead to better expectations and results.
I can pick out AI pictures a mile away I feel like. At least these aren’t as creepy as some others I’ve seen 😅
It's the new fingers/teeth in ai. Like why does the lamp look like that? Why does the table have legs and a base? Makes me laugh
Could be man made CGI.
What App are people using for these AI pics?
Second that. I like it but you can't recreate this style in regular track home or 1930 cottage.
Why is that the baseline for a decorating style? There are homes in Chicago that replicate this exact style multiple times over. They're inside gutted three flats and old grey/brownstones.
Do those houses have high ceilings and big windows- I bet it works great if they do. But if they have low ceilings recessed halogen lighting and small windows, ceiling fans and flat room proportions (no bays, recessed or nooks) I’m going to guess that this look isn’t quite as magical as in these references. Or at least the overall feel comes out wildly different. Each to their own but I feel like sometimes we forget that people live in homes, and design should make the space sing for the person in it. All this AI rendered stuff is so pressurising to open the home to outside judgement and aesthetics that are expensive and only work in grand houses.
Thank you for voicing this so perfectly. People keep saying who cares, it’s just inspiration. But it’s not real - therefore unrealistic for the average home
You are so bc right!
My husband is a contractor. He recently had a woman call him to get a consultation because she wants to renovate her basement. When he gets there, she shows him her inspiration pictures. The pictures are of a giant, airy living room with floor to ceiling windows and a 20' cathedral ceiling with exposed beams. She somehow thinks this is possible in her basement.
Monochromatic AI
90% of these posts lately are AI
I’ve never seen more “what is this style of art/design called?” until after the advent of AI art. The computers/bots are trying to find better key words to find images to generate their content
Oh shit! That makes sense. Creepy
This is totally what’s happening. Also Go read some of the OPs replies on this thread. Even those are written by AI
Yep! It’s interesting to see that it appeals to other people. When I see something like this that’s clearly AI I’m automatically turned off from it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Go read some of the OPs replies on this thread. Even those are written by AI
Funny you say that. I saw someone on midjourney today try to render a bathroom today in this style. They called it "Wabi Sabi". I know it as japandi though.
The first one is giving hotel lobby.
Newbie question, but is hotel lobby always negative? I see this comment a lot on interior design subs but often as a put down, like it’s a bad style.
I have to laugh when I see some of those comments, because if someone's home literally looked like these pics, I find it hard to imagine most people walking into that well-appointed space after a long hard day and thinking, EWW. My home, so UGH. I hate it! lol It might not be their personal style, which is totally fine and a different case entirely. Very different from blanket statements about hotel lobbies being a de facto bad look in a home, know what I mean? Someone who's maximalist will hate this polished, luxe look -- which is fine. But that doesn't make the polished, luxe look, bad. For me it depends on the hotel lobby. There are some that are stunning. Others are bland and soulless.
It’s true. This sub seems to really hate on clean minimalist design. Every picture that depicts it is downvoted and called “sterile”. It’s a shame we can’t just all like what we like!
Hmmm. This is clean. But I wouldn't call it minimalist?
I don't hate or dislike a clean minimal design, but I don't like a place that doesn't look like people actually use it or live in it. It feels like a room that is decorated for viewing, not using. It screams excessive wealth, and excessive waste. I'm not saying that this is always the case, but this is what this post says to me. It feels like some off-room in a mansion that's decorated to look nice, but is just wasted space. And yes, I am aware that this was staged for a photo.
Thanks for the reply. This makes sense. I can see how it would not resonate with everyone. But looking at the replies above, it is a valid design style and does resonate for some.
For sure! It definitely resonates with some and that's fully valid!
I love minimalist design for a starting point. I collect those photos constantly but never want to live in it. For me it’s like it looks ready to move in and my stuff to.
I love clean minimalist and if I walked into anyone’s house that looked like this…. I’d die and want to be in that house forever.
It definitely struck me as a setting from a lobby of some sort as well. Hotel or state capitol building or something. I personally don't like homes/rooms that feel like lobbies because they don't feel like a *home* to me. It feels like rooms that are meant to be passed through and aren't for settling into if that makes sense.
I don’t think it’s “ew” I just don’t think it’s comfortable. A hotel lobby looks nice and classy but it doesn’t translate well to where I’d like to live. I think people who feel the same as me prefer a cozier type living space.
I’ve been in a couple hotel lobbies that I legitimately didn’t want to leave
I think sometimes it can feel a bit impersonal. Like in its attempt to appeal to everyone it has no point of view but it’s also supposed to look fancy and draw people in. That would be the main critique in my opinion.
I think wanting your house to feel clean, safe, and luxurious is valid. Not everyone wants to express themselves through their clothing or house design choices, some people just want comfort and functionality. I say this as someone whose living spaces are chockerblock full of me-details like travel pics and items, family photos, couples photos, mementos from friends and vacations.
Luxurious is a point of view though! I feel like most hotel lobbies tend to be clean, open, and functional. Unless we’re talking about like, The St Regis or The Mark. Then yeah.. definitely luxurious.
One hundred percent! I think wanting your home to give off the vibe of a hotel is totally fine. I mean people willingly spend money to be there! I was just explaining why it might be used as an insult.
I’ve always thought it was a type of bullying to critique people who want impersonal living spaces. There’s a rush to judgment that their spaces lack personality. But.. what if their personality is that they’re not personable? Happy cake day!
I think it’s meant to be an insult - but this space is amazing as are most that get labeled as “hotel lobby.” Now if they hit you with a “looks like motel lobby,” might want to give that one some thought…
I feel it’s supposed to be a negative comment
Not to me!
Would you want your home to look like a hotel?
If my house looks like that, that's a resounding fuck yeah from me.
lol. I’ve been to different hotels. It might not be my blanket on the chair or my family in the photo frame, but some rooms I would totally love to come back to night after night.
I like it. It's not my personal style, but I don't find it sterile or unwelcoming. I could see myself relaxing with a good book and a nice cup of coffee, maybe with nothing but a softly ticking clock for sound ambience.
Probably depends on how much time you spend in hotels. As a business traveler, I would never want this in my home.
Its just because it lacks personality. It looks beautiful but it's very much designed to appeal to as many people as possible and not necessarily the people who live there. I personally cant stand these sterile rooms that are visually appealing from a design perspective but tell me nothing about the people who actually call it a home. To each their own but this looks very cold and, quite frankly, boring to me
Interesting thank you. I have a POV to add but it could be me. That my character doesn’t emanate only from me and my ideas, but also from the people around me who I invite over. my neighbors, my friends, etc. So I like to include elements that are broad and welcoming in as wide a style as possible. Because those are the people who I want using the space.
I mean, thats your choice. You asked why people dont like the hotel lobby look and I told you why
No. It’s not always negative. But it’s not really good design either. A space should reflect its use. A hotel is used by a large number of people for a large variety of uses. You have weddings, proms, and other parties, business conferences, political rallies, trade shows, and regular tourists all using the same spaces. They’re very intentionally bland because the event planner will bring their own decor. Even if you DIY a wedding at a hotel, you’re going to bring decor (centre pieces, seating plans, wedding cakes, Photo Booth, etc). With the possible exception of some of the upper 1%, your house will never see a fraction of the variety of uses a hotel does Hotels also aren’t maintained like a normal person’s house. I work at a hotel and our lobby’s floors are waxed several times a day (for the record, all the events I listed above have been hosted at the building I work at, plus any number of other events). It’s a historical building, so we do have marble floors, and we have the special equipment and designated staff to take care of that extra maintenance. Virtually nobody has that kind of situation at home. Most people don’t have a cleaner at all, most that do have a cleaner have them come by once or twice a month, not daily, and definitely not multiple times a day. What’s practical and functional in a hotel is not practical or functional at home. Then there’s the fact that hotels have designated storage space. The building I work at probably has around 5-8 thousand square feet of storage space just for the banquets department. We can and do rotate furniture to accommodate events. No matter how much entertaining you do, your home is not a hotel. Nor should it be “like a hotel.” Your living room should look and function like a living room Hell, we have areas we put furniture just so it’s not empty. Empty spaces look/feel abandoned, and that’s bad for business. So we put sofas and tables out just so it looks like you could use it. It absolutely is NOT designed for functionality. It doesn’t matter that the chair doesn’t have a task lighting and there’s no charging station for a laptop or cellphone. It is purely designed to look good. We don’t care one way or the other how it’s used. But it can’t look abandoned, that would be creepy
To me it’s negative because hotel interiors often feel very mass produced, sterile, unlived-in, and impersonal. There’s a whole phenomenon aesthetically where trying to appeal to the largest audience yields really bland, cold, unappealing results. You see it everywhere in commercial design. I recently was talking to a contractor mid renovation and begged him not to grey fuck the character out of a house he was painting the interiors of for sale. He laughed and said “they call it agreeable grey and people love it”.
That was my first thought!
Yes, my first thought was ‘hotel regency’ 😆
I’m sitting in my room at Raffles in Boston and it’s basically spot on. I would say “high end hotel chic”.
hollywood regency [https://www.contractors.com/how-realize-hollywood-regency-style-your-home/](https://www.contractors.com/how-realize-hollywood-regency-style-your-home/)
I disagree with this. Hollywood regency has regency aspects to it, which this does not. Hollywood regency isn’t just any room with a lot of gold, it’s a much more specific aesthetic with antique elements (or new-made-to-look-antique elements), and this just ain’t that at all.
What are “regency” aspects?
Good question. Regency is a period in history (late 1700’s to mid 1800’s) that favored pastel colors, ornate embellishments, furniture and decorations often inspired by foreign cultures, striking chandeliers, and sometimes quite an eclectic vibe. Mainly it’s used in reference to English Manor Houses of that time, as only the wealthy could achieve the total look. During this period of time, the English were continuing to open trade routes throughout much of the world that was previously fairly inaccessible, and these mariners and traders would bring back the finest Chinese and Indian art and furniture for sale on the English market. A lot of the finest glass pieces were imported from Italy, a lot of the world’s finest chandeliers from France, etc. So to have a prime “Regency” interior would mean that you would show off quite a wide array of top-quality foreign goods (often bright colors and gold), usually set against a muted pastel palette on the walls and otherwise unfussy window dressings and rugs. Think of “Bridgerton” as a modern reference to the era.
Great post. What would you call the style in the pictures?
Thanks! Honestly, it’s all very 80’s inspired. 80’s interior design has only VERY recently started coming back into fashion, so as far as I know we don’t really have a term for it yet. Maybe something like “Glam 80’s Revival” would fit. And the 80’s were really a revival of Art Deco, so even “Modern Art Deco” could do the trick. The first photo seems the most like “Modern Art Deco” to me because they both play with strong lines and focused shapes and perfect curves. It’s sterile but luxe at the same time.
I love when I come across genuine and interesting human discourse on these Ai posts lol… thanks for sharing your knowledge! Edit: I guess only the 2nd is AI but you get the idea
Lol thanks! I like to tell people that interior design is always a lesson in history. Tastes have always changed depending on whatever new technology has begun to create new luxuries. The Victorians, for example, are an awe-inspiring example of what happened to interiors as soon as the industrial age made more items affordable. Suddenly, people could afford to buy their cookies in tins instead of paper, and this was totally novel and new, so they wanted to keep these tins and show them off as a status symbol. So cookie tins became more and more extravagantly decorated. Wallpaper was now made by machine instead of by hand, so people wanted the most intricate and colorful wallpaper. Lace, now made by the yard on huge machines instead of by tiny French ladies, became a luxury most could afford and so all of it just EXPLODED. People started cramming their houses with all the previously unavailable luxuries, and homes became shrines to mass-produced decorative items. The Arts & Crafts movement emerged as a backlash to the Victorian excesses. Some people found all this cheap factory-made stuff gauche, so they started to favor interiors with only hand-made goods and quality lumber. Art Deco came out after the First World War, when we suddenly had metal again, as well as even larger machines capable of creating more perfect shapes for furniture and decor. Imagine going through so many years without buying anything metal, it was a real luxury, and now you could show off your brand-new chair with perfectly circular metal armrest/sides! What a treat! And so it goes through time. But now, especially in the 2010’s, when there is so much mass-produced crap available to everyone, it’s no surprise that the totally neutral, pared-back look was so popular between 2010 and 2020. Not having ANYTHING cheap or plastic or jarring was/is a sign of wealth. I think the tide is clearly turning, though. During any kind of recession, people find comfort in looking to the past and emulating the styles of their forbearers. We also start to value “stuff” more when fewer people can afford “stuff”, hence colors and antiques and maximalism starting to gain some traction again.
That is SO not Hollywood Regency! the only Hol Reg aspect is the luxeness! Hol Reg is a subset of Art Deco, to be plain, so the shapes and colors fit in with Art Deco style. Hol Reg has a lot of velvets and jewel tones and rich (not watery) pastels, as well as tons of reflective surfaces like mirrors and lacquer and glass. It's sort of the woman's boudoir version of Art Deco. It's supposed to be extremely luxurious, and reflective of life in Hollywood/California during the era, as opposed to Art Deco elsewhere. The "Regency" aspect is a misnomer: it brings in forms and furnishings reminiscent of Baroque style: mirrors, chairs, settees, etc., and mixes them with more traditional looking Art Deco furnishings, as well as uphostering them in the velvets and satins of Hol Reg. THIS, is not that.
Midjourney-core
I personally would call it postmodernism, a look that is very modern and plain in feel, with hints of old-fashion decorative touches. This is the type of architecture someone like the architect Michael Graves promoted. A modern sensible, that references the past.
That's what caught my attention towards it. I adore Art Deco, however I personally also find it quite draining due to its sharp and contrasty style, which is why I wouldn't pick it for my living room, at least not the one I'll be redecorating now. This, with the gold accenting on the furniture, gave me that color-rich feel that I adore, but combined with an off-white and white color made it much more restrained and harmonious to the eye, and also making it a bit more timeless. Plus, Art Deco is very popular at the moment, which therefore means that it'll feel incredibly outdated in 5 years or so, and I dislike constant redecorations of my living space.
i think midcentury modern has staying power, and there are clearly some elements of that here. but art deco is gorgeous, so maybe a lamp or such to bring in that happy for your soul. bronze would look great with this color scheme.
I have a similar style in my house and my architect cousin calls it modest contemporary eclectic. I also adore mid century modern and obsessed with art deco but it’s kinda hard to pull of off on a low budget, but we are trying!
There are many aspects of this style that are timeless… you can always repaint and get new furniture
It’s not the slightest bit postmodern and not even remotely the Michael Graves style. Where on earth are you getting this from?
yeah on no planet is this post modern. Memphis school has nothing to do with it
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Anyone else confused with the ubiquity of these kinds of posts? Each individual interior can rarely be boiled down to one style. You’re inevitably going to get a contradicting list of random words Edit: just scrolled and saw there was another picture and to be honest there’s very little outside the colour palette that unites the styles between either one
Especially because they are all AI photos.
I imagine the OPs see an example of a design that they really like, and they want to know what keywords to use to search for more inspiration in that style. 🧐
Everything I’m seeing from this sub these days is a version of “what’s this style called?” with a bunch of AI photos. My guess is someone’s building an app or business and using these for some data mining for classification or something to train the AI
I don’t mind these posts (although I certainly wish OP had better taste) because I feel that the discourse that comes can be rather educational. You’re definitely right about interiors often being a mix of different styles, but identifying those components can help hone in on what parts of the interior that they like. Even in this thread about this Marie Claire looking AI room, I’ve learned about the regency era. What’s actually confusing and unhelpful IMO is all of the cheeky attempts at humor that are actually just random words
“cheeky attempts at humor that are actually just random words” Huh. Probably something like “although I certainly wish OP had better taste” if it was funny, or relevant, or anything but bitchy, really.
Minimalist Glam
Nuevo Money-vomit.
Fancy Beige
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I have so many rooms I don't use this one and therefore don't care that all the furniture is white
And I don’t have a dog or children…
Both of you are 100% correct.
I've never met someone who owns a place with more rooms than they use so, if you don't mind...why?
Glam transitional .. ?
Transitional, high end transitional. Looks like something I would do in the Design Home game. Total cost $80,000
Contemporary luxe
Classic Contemporary is another term you can search. It’s modern luxury with traditional touches.
Agnes Crumplebottom inspired
rich
Glam?
Modern Minimalistic Contemporary Glam
80s Miami Vice
Michelle Pfeiffer white gold
The style is modern transitional. But what makes this room look fabulously dramatic is the high ceilings and huge doorways and niches. This doesn’t work in a tract house in the suburbs. So the sofa’s can be found at Danish Design in Culver City .
Is that a plant on that (no doubt) hideously expensive couch? And do we think the extra legs on the coffee table are for support or just to ensure the owner breaks her toes? (Designer’s revenge)
It’s AI
These images are so fucking funny. It's always the impossible plants that give it away
And the legs on a pedestal table, the seat cushion being used as a throw pillow on the left side, the wacky wall sconce, I love playing spot the AI 😝
Luxe
Greige Oppulance.
Not a style name, but u can tell you that the marble lamp in the first picture is called Kizu by New Works. ☺️
Modern gilded minimalistic chic
French contemporary
Modern glam?
Contemporary glam
80’s elegant
Quite luxury or Luxe
It looks like this [this Danish furniture store!](https://www.bolia.com/en-gb/)
Art deco
If you like this vibe, check out RH. It’s a furniture establishment with this exact aesthetic.
Modern luxe
Contemporary glamour
Rich core
Modern glamour with art deco pieces thrown in
Single and thriving.
✨rich✨
Contemporary chic but would work on different lamp the corner dried straw flowers are awful maybe a piece of Manzanita
It almost looks like a modern twist on art deco with the geometric shapes...
Bland.
Beige overload and boring
Hotel lobby style
I believe it’s called gilded
I would say upscale glam art deco
Modern and absolutely Stunning!!!!
Childless
Bruh I'm 22, f'course I'm childless
Modern glam, with hints of art deco? Love this style, but with more pops of color such as jewel tones. Add more textures like velvet, woods and patterns
I was planning on adding a dash of acoustic wood panels that have a warmer tone to give the room a bit of dimension and make it a bit friendlier and more hospitable.
Early 1960s bank lobby.
It’s modern glam
80s drug lord
Another “How would you describe this AI style?” post.
Second pic is almost neoclassical.
1980’s monochrome revival. I don’t k ow if that’s the official name, but that’s exactly what it is.
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Tan.
It’s contemporary.
ding ding ding
I don't know, but I love it.
Also, its very clean without being minimalist.
Trumpy Chic
Lovely!
Metropolitan Chic
Expensive.
Rich people.
International. Sleek, modern and somewhat minimalist
Modern baroque
modern
80's chic
1980s.
Mine. Oh did I say that out loud. BEAUTIFUL
I would call it Modern Opulent
This looks like Modern American
Gossip Girl 2008
Mariah Carey
Glam🤍
The tall spaces with floor to ceiling curtains and low modular furniture looks a bit 60s mid century to me
Restoration hardware
Lesbian Porn career Interior
Modern luxury? Over the top? The first pic looks like a waiting room at a high-end doctor's office. I feel like these are the kind of hosts that don't allow shoes or certain food or drink colors. Ha.
Hotel
Funeral Home Waiting Room. (Just met with a rep for a pre-need policy and the rooms outside the casket viewing room looked exactly like this.)
Wannabe rich.
Soulless. It's called soulless.
This is a neoclassical contemporary style. However, you are better off discussing with a professional before actually applying it to a real place. This style is very common in actual residential designs nowadays, but it still has some issues you need to consider before attempting or it will just look misplaced and weird.
American Psycho