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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Jennifer Ebert

No, not gray velvet – 7 outdated '00s interior design trends making a comeback in 2025

A collage of three 2000s interior design trends (Left, beige kitchen with wood floor, wood beams on ceiling and dark blue cabinets with red rug. Middle, blue living room with sisal rug and gallery wall of art. Right, modern kitchen with sage green cabinets and marble backsplash with glass-fronted upper cabinets).

The early 2000s heralded the era of a futuristic aesthetic. All around the United States, interior designers were boldly embracing over-the-top home decor trends, such as bold metallics, color-drenched schemes, Nancy Meyers kitchens, open-planing living and curvaceous furniture, into their latest projects, and we were lapping it all up.

So why are we suddenly returning to Y2K interior design trends? Many see the resurgence of the '00s aesthetic as a response to an oversaturation of clinical design, mass production of furniture, and non-color room ideas. In short, the looks from this futuristic, feminine decade offer a welcome departure from the stark minimalist aesthetic that has been so popular as of late.

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