Young people don’t like antiques. Doubt it will come back in style. I can’t stand to watch hoarders because of the filth.
I'm hoping that antiques will come back in style in a green "reduce reuse recycle" way. If you want to avoid clear cutting forests in China to get crappy furniture - buy quality used stuff.
And stop caring if the stuff in your house doesn't match.
Stuff is supposed to match?
Almost 20 years ago I was chatting with a coworker of mine. She was probably 10 years older than I was. So I was probably 29 and she was late 30's.
We were talking about furniture, and I mentioned that my apartment was decorated in "late college/ early Navy" (probably with a little bit of Ikea). She said "well SOME DAY you are going to want matching items".
Still waiting for that to happen. Actually interestingly, we swapped bedrooms with the boys this year. In the process of taking the "small" bedroom, we are back to having matching furniture! The teak-ish items that my husband bought, one at a time, in the early 1990s ("early Navy") actually match. Bed frame, one dresser, small filing cabinet.
This kids' room has the faux cherry dresser that I bought in 1993, and the reddish-wood bunk beds that I bought off Craigslist.
The living room, however, is a mixture of hand-made stained, garage sale blond, kmart black, and whatever we got on a discount.
Even funnier is the lack of matching plates. We have four sets of Corelle dinnerware. They stack! Rust stripe that were hand me downs from my sister in 1992. Yellow floral from the 70's, hand me down from my stepfather's mom. Blue stripe that was my husband's. And a NEW SET from my MIL last year, green with a flower. So, my big kid is in junior high this year. They have a formal dance in the winter. To keep costs down (our school is poor), they use a church space, and ask families to "adopt" a table. Meaning: families will provide a round tablecloth, plates, cutlery, cloth napkins, and glassware. Well, because it's a formal, they don't want disposable. They want it to be "somewhat winter themed". I asked if it had to match? They are okay if it's 2 sets.
What I can't figure out is if the new set of Corelle would be nice enough. My only other option is the wedding china, buried in a closet. We've got plenty of cloth napkins (and I can make more). We can buy or rent a tablecloth. We've got decent glasses that we've had forever. I mean, it's a bunch of junior high kids, so I *THINK* they'd be thrilled with Corelle? Going to have to send a private email before I sign up.