WHY IS EVERYTHING SO UGLY: The Curse of Modernism 

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Imagine being rich and choosing to make your house look like an H&M store.

"A lot of people consider neutrals to be very classy and elegant and timeless" You know what is truly classy, elegant and timeless? *WOOD.* Shades of brown and "earthy" colours in general are *truly* timeless and are considered classy throughout history. There is a reason why people look at those old studies made almost entirely of matching wood and go "wow".

Imagine studying years to become an interior designer and being excited to finally design all these beautiful, unique homes. Then comes your first day at work and all of your clients tell you that they want their homes to look like a hospital, a prison and an empty warehouse had a baby 😩

the “sophisticated” thing gets to me because your home is SUPPOSED to be the place where you get to be weird, you’re SUPPOSED to feel comfortable in your home!! even looking at these houses makes me feel like I’m being watched, imagine trying to just lay down and eat a pizza or something, I would feel like I was being judged

I think Japan's minimalism looks are more preferable. They focus on creating a comfortable, calm atmosphere by integrating wood, natural stone building material and lighting instead of bathing everything in beige.

I think this greige aesthetic will definitely fade away, and our grandkids will associate "grandma's house" with dull, minimalistic spaces 😂

My elementary school used to have an absolutely beautiful wildlife mural painted across all the walls, just recently every wall but one got painted eggshell white and I wanted to cry

I think one major reason why neutral colors are now considered classy in comparison to reds, greens, yellows etc. is because fast fashion and cheap labor have resulted in those colors often looking cheap. if you compare a high quality red fabric with an h&m top for example, you can clearly see a difference but since many people cannot afford those richer colored clothes or are unwilling to pay for them, neutrals in comparison end up looking more expensive.

I don’t personally like Kim K’s interior design, but it makes sense for her specifically. Her life seems…chaotic & over-stimulating to say the least. All that paparazzi and media attention…bright and flashy lights on a daily basis…I can see why ultra-minimalism is calming for her.

My aunt has been a realtor for 40+ years. She told me that if she goes into one more house that is greyge she's going to lose her mind. I've been house hunting for a while, mostly looking at old houses from 1900-1930. Seeing these beautiful Victorian exteriors with so much color and character, only to look at the interior and find out it's been gutted and replaced with modern greyge makes me want to cry.

there are SUCH classist undertones to this trend, bc in order to keep kim’s house that clean and live a full working life, you inevitably have to be rich and have a league of cleaners that organise your house every week. the untainability of kim’s house is just another impossibly high bar she’s setting for everyone who looks up to her and these design choices

I've always thought that as making things vividly colorful became more accessable (read: cheap), the snobby set decided to move away from them as a reaction to everyone else suddenly being able to afford them. Basically exchanging the old wealth-showing display of vividly colorful things for the display of 'pure' and often hard to keep clean neutrals. This is really obvious in how the early Worth gowns were seen, but really came to a head in the Days of Plastics :( The irony is also not lost on me that it's called "timeless" when the extreme neutrals trend is only BARELY older than I am.

I think another possible reason for the rise of minimalist, modern interior design is that the younger generations were raised by Gen X / Baby Boomers, who were raised by parents that experienced the Great Depression. My great-grandmother held onto the “waste not, want not” mentality of the 1930s and as a result, my grandmother and my mother became hoarders who couldn’t let go of anything. I’m now terrified of clutter and I’ve swung in the complete opposite direction towards minimalism since I’ve come to associate maximalism with hoarding.

Im a residential interior designer and the term “alcatraz chic” has me ROLLING its too accurate

I have a yellow 1940 craftsman house. It's full of personality on it's own without any furniture in it - built-in bookcases, hand carved pillars, wainscoting, custom doors and cabinets all through out the house. Literally everything was made custom for this house when it was being built. Our floors are a bit squeaking but it's because it's real wood flooring. A few of the doors are drafty but again, it's due to the fact that the doors were hand made over 70 years ago. I adore my house and all it's character but I know it would be seen as low class or out of style compared to today's grey modern look. But I'm not bothered :)

As a european Gen z interior designer and architect, I always recommend people to not blindly jump on trends with a sudden 180 stance of hating every single thing from the previous trend. Thats how you make your space look tacky in a couple years. Good design is all about collecting experiences and taking things from everything around you and making them your own cohesive ideas. Creativity is not grey nor rainbow colored and as much as you want to read conflicting books from different time periods about what colors and styles are liveable, calming or whatever you are looking for, at the end of they day we are all different and the answer should come from within.

I think one scenario where this “griege minimalism” style works is if you live in a home with views. If you have floor to ceiling windows showing the ocean, or a mountain, or woods, or something like that with tons of sunlight streaming in, then keeping the color palette inside the house very neutral makes sense

i feel like ppl think “minimalism” means “grey, colorless, beige, etc” when it can mean wood + one or two colors that are cohesive- ppl’s ideas of minimalism are just so sterile 😭

I do not remember where I read it initially but there is a common pattern that a lot of people tend to go in the opposite direction with the interior design of their home after moving out of their parents home. If the parents home was mostly white and beige, the grown up kid would then want a home that either colourful or really dark looking. So there is a good chance a lot of the young people today will popularize a new interior design trend/style that's going to be taking over the current one.

I am an architecture student, and this has been a very interesting phenomenon to experience during our final exams. Most people decide to make those blank concrete walls for literally EVERYTHING, from a house to a restaurant. It's honestly sad, because every building turns out to be this soulless concrete geometric shape sometimes with an accent wood floor.

This has been gnawing at me for weeks! I watch a show called 'The Ugliest House in America" where they literally take a home with quirky qualities and turn it into a soulless hospital ward in the name of 'beautifying' it. I truly thought my generation - boomers - traumatized young people with all our crazy colors and patterns and they vowed to remove it all from their lives when they grew up. I appreciate your thoughts on this as I've been baffled why everything looks so sterile and sad.

All I want in life is a 60s pastel aqua kitchen, a barbie pink bathroom, and a moody maximilist living space.

I would say minimalism does not mean to not show any personality in your home it means to have it clutter free enough and not having crazy stuff going on so you are not feeling overwhelmed by looking at it. So I really don't like the only white/only beige/only grey theme. Having wooden furniture and some plants as a contrast to your white walls looks way much better and it give more life to the place you live in and it can still look minimalist.

My Aunts house used to be so magical to me because it was a hugeeeee house entirely decorated in early 2000s Tuscan interior design. I LOVED it! Her house felt so glamorous compared to my mothers mid-century modern style and I loved it there

Another version of this trend is seen in #sadbeigebabies where ‘mommy bloggers’ all have the same neutral aesthetic and their kids rooms and wardrobes lack colour

As a neurodivergent I understand some people decorate their home in certain ways to avoid feeling overstimulated and overwhelmed. I'm not one to criticize Kim's home because I also prefer neutral tones, muted greens, and light wood tones for warmth. It's visually pleasing and calming for me. Decorating one's home is such a personal thing that I rarely bother to say what I think about a specific home because I don't live there.

Thank you! Thank you!! I have been trying to pray away the gray for years now. It looks like it might finally be happening. The only upside to the interior design trend of the last 15-20 years has been it has saved me a FORTUNE because everything is too ungodly ugly to even consider buying. I inherited quite a bit of fairly good 18th century furniture and as trends have come and gone over the past 30 plus years paint colors have changed a bit (Chrome yellow hallway, vermilion sitting room, never all white or greige), textiles updated as they wore out but my furniture has sailed on timeless and truly classic. The most beautiful rooms (NOT the most expensive) I have ever been in EVOLVED over time.

One of the main reasons I changed my major (I was studying Architecture) was the incredible and annoying emphasis on this kind of soulless and dull aesthetic from ALL my teachers and peers. I felt TRAPPED! I love organic design but despite getting very good grades, I felt constantly lectured and shamed by my teachers, who would roll their eyes at my designs every single time for not using enough right angles, or not being minimalist enough! I ended up HATING the major; constantly "rebelling" against the faculty exhausted me emotionally and after a year I changed majors. As I writer, my whimsical architectural ideas are all over my novels, where I finally feel free to express my own aesthetic. Anyways, great video!!! I thoroughly enjoyed it and agree with you 100%!

Kim's house matches her clothes, make up and entire being. It's bizarre how much of every aspect of her life is a color-themed brand.

This has become a plague in the UK. So many beautiful homes are being gutted to look like monochromatic nude dentist offices. It’s so depressing

This is completely off-topic but I absolutely adore how you’ve taken the 1920s style and completely adopted it even down to the eyebrows it looks beautiful on you and you’re striking in its juxtaposition against all the Gen Z/Gen Alpha type girls on the Internet

I refuse to fall into the stage of ugly decor. I'm goin full on colorful, witchy Maximalism no matter how much money I have. It's gon look like a scene out of The Wiz in my house lol

I am an art historian and I'm very pleased that you mentioned the myth of whiteness and aesthetic "purity" linked to greek statues as well as I was excited about you mentioning Winckelmann. Love that your videos have such a historical, philosophical, political and cultural depth. Keep on going! I'll just continue watching everything you do.

I was a house painter for a few years and I've only painted 3 houses in my whole career that weren't gray, beige or white. Maybe from your experience most people aren't jumping on this trend but for me this video hit so close to to home. Ever since becoming a painter I can't even see those colors the same way anymore they all just meld into a big depressing blob and I hate it so much I would literally paint anyone's house for free if they picked a nice color. And a lot of the houses I've painted already had furniture in them, which was also greige

As a zilennial who's been workin their ass off trying to save up money to buy a house, I definitely want to get a fixer-upper and work on it myself! If money is being put in to renovate, I'd rather put it in after buying than pay it all up-front for a flipped space that feels soulless. It's so painful looking at houses for sale, seeing beautiful historical wooden features and fireplaces "updated" with a coat of wall paint (so modern and classy! Just wait til the paint starts wearing!). Also very tired of seeing cheaply renovated, non-durable spaces being marketed as "luxury", ie, the vinyl flooring that can't be maintained like normal wood. Like, the word luxury has lost all meaning, and renters are paying extra for it because every apartment on the market has suddenly become a "luxury studio" regardless of actual quality. I want my house to be ugly!! In a good way! Full of color and personality and a little mismatch! I want to look at my future house and feel proud of the work I put in to make it my own flavor of beautiful. I want to upcycle old materials when I can, because it's cheaper and more sustainable than buying new things. I want to fill my place with my art, my friends' art, cool things I found in antique stores. I want to see the sun in yellow walls and the forest in green walls-- that's far more relaxing for me than large, empty spaces. Sure, my work won't look as neat as work done by a professional, but it'll be something I can still take pride in. Also, literally no one I know my age actually *likes* flipper grey.

As someone with severe anxiety and sensory overload stuck living with a parent with a severe hoarding habit, the grey biege combo with no clutter would transcendent and peaceful.

I adore Victorian architecture and seeing what flippers are doing to these beautiful houses makes me want to scream. They strip out all the beautiful natural wood and paint EVERYTHING white, beige, or taupe. ARRRRGGGHH! Open shelving is also horrible. So are open concept floor plans. Different rooms for different purposes help keep people living in those spaces from driving each other up the wall.

I grew up in a postcommunistic country. We were poor so nothing was ever thrown away (including washing yoghurt cups for further repurposing). My mom kept the apartment really tidy, but when she passed I couldn't keep up (I was 13 and no one was helping me). I struggle with cleaning to this day (I'm 33 now) so I make a very conscious choice of picking the furniture and decor that requires least possible amount of cleaning, dusting or any other kind of maintenance. I am also regularly looking through my stuff and getting rid of things I no longer need and I consider every purchase carefully with cleaning and clutter in mind. But I do prefer deeper tones. I like connecting poudre pinks with deep browns, white with deep forest greens etc. I prefer natural decor, stone, wood, canvas as decor. I do need my space to feel peaceful, clean and uncluttered, but never ever boring or barren.

I like beige and white walls as a base in a home. That being said, I want pops of color throughout the home. I want to have velvets in jewel tones, houseplants, and anything that suits my fancy! I don't want to live in a home that's decorated for someone else! Thank you for all your research and thoughtfulness, Mina! You always have wonderful things to share!

I understand why people like to go for something simple and almost boring look. For me, when there is TOO much going on in your life, you just want to come home in an environment that is just plain, simple, neat, clean and easy to look at so you can breathe, relax and emptied your mind. For Kim's house, it will be better to add more plants. Maximalism just give me headache, migraine, and suffocation

Hilarious that Kim thinks her house is calming when I think that it looks like a terrifying liminal space of endless showrooms in some sort of twisted IKEA utterly devoid of color Also, a lot of tapestries are cute, big, and in fun colors, you could put one on your wall for a really cozy look, either a really big one that goes across the whole top of the couch or maybe a smaller one paired with an art print

I also think another reason why this minimalist, white wash is so prevalent right now is because its fairly easy to replicate. The modern consumer can color coordinate whites and beiges and call it *stylish,* without making any bold choices or risking making a mistake.

love that you find in-depth and historical explanations to trends. i remember someone saying the greige minimalist style screams “new money,” where old money is all deep, rich wood and colors. and your deep dive’s timeline proves this theory in my mind. i miss the warmth and coziness of 90s decor.

Oh, you won't believe the latest trend, guys! Apparently, having loads of money now means you get to live in a mind-blowingly exciting gray home. Like, seriously, who needs colors and vibrancy when you can have a whole house that looks like a never-ending grayscale filter? It's the epitome of excitement and adventure! I can't wait to join the party and turn my life into a thrilling black-and-white masterpiece. So exhilarating! 😂🖤

I am a nanny that works for middle to higher end (generally suburban) clients, and honestly my impression is it's a mix of having to fill a giant home with stuff and wanting a "sophisticated" (i.e. wealthy) look, but not having much of a design style. And I don't really mean that as an insult (though there is definitely some shade), but the type of people who seek to make a lot of money aren't necessarily the type of people who cultivate strong internal senses of style of aesthetic. If your house is a display, then you want it to be "museum-like" rather than to express a personality. Obvious not all people, but if you don't really care about design, then boring geige fills the need to show "subtle" wealth and easy to match everything in a unnecessarily huge space. Story time: the most terrifying house I have ever walked into was ALL WHITE. Furniture-white. Walls-white. Pottery-white. Carpets-white. Dog-white. Literal fucking Christmas tree and all its decorations-WHIIIIITTTTEEEE. I felt true fear in that house. As someone who loves wood, it makes me very sad. Bring back the dumb colors

Gray is sad. As someone who wakes up in the morning and it's gray outside for over 5 months, it's depressing and I try to put as much color in my apartment as I can.

I kind of get Kim’s house because of her specific lifestyle, which is so loud and chaotic and fast-paced. I’d probably want a padded cell looking living space, too. 😂 However, personally, I’m definitely with you in that I love an eclectic decor approach with lots of antiques and items that tell a story!

Whenever I watch the shows and movies I used to watch as a kid back in the 90s and 00s, I love how lived-in all of the background sets looked. Everything reflected the time it took place, kids rooms looked like kids rooms with Hot Wheels, toys, computer games, etc. Teenager rooms looked like teenager rooms with band posters, skateboards, random piles of clothes thrown on the floor or bed, etc. But where are we going now? Corporate grey? Dental office white? Rodeo beige? Italian same? Why do people want their house to look like unrendered game backgrounds? What happened to the rich homeowners who were like "I HAVE THE M&M DISPENSER FROM M&MS WORLD!"

As a Greek we learnt at school and at museum visits that the ancient statues were painted back then and all the figures demonstrated around buildings like the Parthenon in Athens, as well part of their structures were painted with various colours. But obviously the paint fainted through the centuries. I'm really happy to hear you also mention that. You always do great and in depth research.

My current home obsession is people painting their front door a fun color, it just gives so much personality to the house!

Seen a lot of comments and stuff on home design subreddits saying that greige is absolutely over. It's overdone, it looks cheap, and it's too "easy" to put together - you can make a greige room with just a couple of trips to the store or a couple of online orders. To actually tailor a space you need time and effort. Personality is in, art is in, and a lot of people are saying "add fabric, colour, texture, anything but neutral greige walls."

I live in northern germany and the sky is gray a lot here i hate that we use less and less color in clothes and buildings and everything it kinda makes me fell depressed

I see a lot of people commenting that it may be a neurodivergent thing to like the minimalist style. but as someone who is also neurodivergent, I absolutely HATE greige/ minimalist (or as I like to call it: HGTV style). Remember, having decorations doesn’t mean your home is cluttered. I enjoy having my thoughts and the colors and things that I enjoy in my living space and OUTSIDE of my head.

What makes Kim K’s decor feel so sterile, cold and even liminal is the lack of lower level lighting. She just doesn’t seem to have lamps to at least bring in some warmth and highlight the architectural interior. I’m sure she has lights on the floor and ceiling, but that just makes it feel more like a public space-an office, a hospital-and not a home.

I recently painted my room greige as a backdrop to my eccentric decoration ideals. Prior to decorating with prints, red stars, tapestries, and wall hangings, I absolutely hated this greige colour and had extreme regret about painting it. I'm glad I finally love my room after covering it up with personality :)

I hate the ‘sleek, straight lines, white, grey, clean’ look so many places look these days. I currently live in a condo so I’m not really up for making it look very different but I use the furniture to make it look like it’s got some character. If I got a house though I’ll definitely make it look more like a place, not a mental ward.

It cracked me up that Mina found those coloured statues gaudy. In India, we're all about colours. We've got lots of art from the monarchies of the past and they're filled to the brim with bright, vibrant colours. Even our homes have all kinds of colours--- blue, green, pink, purple, orange etc in all possible shades and honestly it all looks beautiful to us. They're colours for fucks sake, they're decorative in function basically. People fill their rooms with their favourite colours because it makes them feel calm and grounded. I don't prefer white at all, it makes me anxious since any stain on white walls appear extremely prominent.....blue, sage green or turquoise walls are easier to handle (i.e deeper colours don't show marks that easily) and those colours make me feel like I'm on a beach or I'm in a forest with a clear sky overhead. Plus most people here like colouring rooms differently to give them their own persona so to speak (eg. Colouring the east facing room in tones of yellow and orange)

FRESH OUTTA OVEN!!!!

YES I’m so glad other people find “modern home” design so ugly.

I LOVE the 70's color palette of greens, oranges, yellows, and browns. It always looks so comfy. Bonus points if there's wood paneling

I just feel like if anyone is lucky enough to be able to buy a house, they should be able to decorate it however they want. Renters have a harder time, as obviously a lot of us can't paint the walls, change the floors, or even hang anything up on the walls...but it's your space. If YOU like it, that's what matters. The research behind all this was, as always, incredibly interesting though. I think the 'landlord core' of painting over things instead of fixing them, and keeping everything looking new without replacing anything is truly the ugliest problem we have.

I saw a reel once that explained it perfectly. That the key to the “calm” aesthetic isn’t plain, neutral colours, it’s using earth tones instead like greens, woods, blues and clay colours. Gives such a more lively feel to the home

As a greek person, I can tell that all the racists that are obsessed with this pure white ancient greece, have really not met any mediterrenean people. We are so diverse skin color wise. I have friends who could be mistaken for germans and I also have friends who could be mistaken for middle easterns.

This video is gold!!! We are so lucky to have you

An issue I have with the new cardboard houses that clutter suburban america nowadays is how flimsy they are, cardboard is a great descriptor My dad is a career firefighter in a super busy urban county and he said that they crumble within a couple minutes at best and that it's extremely dangerous bc it's super easy to get trapped whereas mid century and earlier houses are much more sturdy and it's much safer to have to go in because they won't evaporate like the new ones do

I definitely think the fact that people are renting more so now than ever before, and so many rental spaces are very strict to what you can do with the walls (which are always some shade of white/grey/beige) is a huge driver of the minimalist/greige trend and a big factor in why there is less colour in our spaces.

The last home my husband and I had had all light grey and dark grey walls. He told me ‘it’s too grey’ but I never subscribed to the grey or beige craze and I said don’t worry, I will add color. And we added warm wood floors, beautiful light brown leather colors, red carpet, tan and embroidered cushions, and it ended up looking gorgeous. We also added a ton of artwork and wooden souvenirs that we collected from our travels. I always thought too much of one thing is just not nice.

This video was my intro to your channel and I'm really impressed. I thought this would be a really shallow discussion but instead you provided nuance, complexity, and historical context. I'm looking forward to watching your other videos!

this seems like part of a larger trend in art, media, etc. over the last few decades, involving an overall aversion to aesthetic risk-taking.

YES I've been thinking this since I was a child watching those house 'restoration' shows with my parents on HGTV where they've made some of the most coziest houses look bland and ugly and devoid of personality

I love your videos, you don’t like to stick to the same topics like a broken record, and i just love the journeys each video takes us on. It’s never as straight forward as the title may make you guess, the versatility and range of content is refreshing! I can only imagine how much research goes into each if your video, but it’s genuinely appreciated.

Honestly, this is mindblowing. Thank you Mina for this video

I notice this with how westerners interpreted Marie Kondo. To me, she spread a message of how to live with what you have which really resonated with lower income folks I know. Yet white westerners demonized her for her "minimalism" (like people misquoting her book advice) which wasnt what she was advocating for at all.

I understand Kim wanting a hyper-minimalist home, she live a fast pace lifestyle of thousands of paparazzi events/runway shows. But this is not something the average person should aspire to, it's a glorified padded cell room for someone subjected to an unhealthy amount of stimulus/stress.

I cannot put into words how much I love your videos. I'm not even into pop culture, fashion, interior or anything like that, but your videos are extremely interesting. It's really impressive how deep you dive into the topics with all the history and research. This is better than watching any show or movie.

i appreciate that you caption your videos! thank you♥️

I feel that cold monochromes and empty spaces are so boring, depressing and miserable. So I painted my doors yellow, my bathroom is blue, cupboards are painted with blue leaves and fantastic creatures. It's totally MY place!

I pretty much grew up in hospitals and have spent a huge portion of my life in sterile, grey/beige/white rooms- I’m convinced anyone that intentionally makes their house look like this hasn’t had to endure that experience bc I can’t imagine replicating it on purpose/thinking it’s “relaxing” 😂

As an autistic person who needs minimalism/openness to feel calm I actually love this kind of interior design. Not even maximalism but just the in between of minimalism and maximalism (just normal lol) can make me feel very stressed out and makes me get very depressed and even have panic attacks sometimes. It makes me sad sometimes to see people ripping on this style so much but ig it makes sense for it to be ripped on as a general trend rather than a necessary need because of a psychological condition lol

Painting with neutrals, or getting big furniture in neutrals, is just the easiest thing to style. You can always get colorful pillows, art, blankets, plants, etc to color your home. Having a neutral backdrop makes it easy to style and restyle your home over time.

As a person with a super grey/cream/white home. It definitely has to do with overstimulation. The office I work in has orange, yellow and red walls, plus I live in Las Vegas. It's just a lot going on all the time. I also get really overwhelmed by visual clutter in general (Gallery walls have become all the rage, but they are a nightmare to for me). My home feels like a breath of fresh air when I walk in, and while I'm here it feels like a recharging station for my soul. I do play with a lot of texture, and warm lighting to keep from having a sterile feel, but overall the minimalist interior design is honestly just good for my mental health.

I deeply, deeply miss the warm tone and wood furnishings of the 90s. Everything looked so much homier and more welcoming.

really well spoken on the marble statues! we had a long discussion in my freshman art history class about whether we liked the colored replicas more, whether preference should matter at all in a historical context, and levied the huge 'can we actually view art without bias' question. huge example of the encoded biases historians (not just art historians ofc ofc) are having to work off of. it's very interesting to think of embedding in such a global context! love the video as always, thank you

I love the way you bring history into your assessment of our modern world - excellent story telling too!!!

the thing is, classy interiors have always been soulless. I was reading an interesting book called “Among the Bohemians” which detailed in one chapter what interiors were like pre and post the Bohemian boom in the late 18/early 1900’s. Even though back then, a “classy” interior tended to me more maximalist than today, it was all about curating an identity as opposed to simply existing in a space. And that, whether is is maximalist, minimalist, colourful, greige, Marie-Antoinette or Kim Kardashian, will always feel soulless. My favourite spaces show signs of an actual human living there, hints of contradiction and small messes or imperfections, anything that shows signs of life. That to me is calming and reduces anxiety, everything else is simply class aspirationality.

I think the important thing to remember is that our homes are not made to be put on the internet, they’re made to be lived in. Your place will never look constantly Pinterest ready, so living up to that ideal makes no sense. It took me a long time to stop expecting myself and others to live up to that ideal.

Just found your channel. I love how much research and education you put into these videos!

Let’s be real though, Kim is so inundated with glam, stages, people, sets, etc. Her home is probably an escape from the chaos that most of us don’t experience. Edit: oh cool, you made the point at 14:45 !

If you search "Antique framed tapestry" you'll find great items. Also if you go to thrift stores you can find pictures and paintings for good deals. I once found a tapestry for $30 and its a large one based off of a Fragonard painting called The Meeting from a series of paintings that were called the progress of love. They were commissioned but never paid for by Madame DuBarry and now the originals hang in the Frick Collection in Manhattan

I just love your videos & vibe … been binge watching throughout my day - icon!

Thank u sis !

As an Elder Millennial who has lived in apartments for 2/3 of her life...when we finally (FINALLY) buy our first home it ~WILL~ be colorful! I'm tired of endless white walls. Two of my siblings and I are all artists (plus my husband), so you better believe there's going to be a couple murals. 😤

this is a major reason why i LOVE older houses from the 50-60s. They had character and STYLE. I think that is why Emma chamberlain house is GOALS because it has character.

I definitely agree with you! I want a colorful cozy home with unique and interesting things!

I'm with you on curated colorful maximalism. My office/partial library/art studio/themed display space combo room (primary BR; smaller BR used as such) has gray walls/curtains re color mixing.

As someone who grew up in an old rotting farm house with many issues from no heat to a flooding kitchen those cardboard minimalist apartments and houses seemed so fancy and ideal. I loved going to hotels and feeling comforted by how clean everything was. I'd go to my friends houses that were all the same lay out and brand new in the suburbs where the water never stopped working and the shower was always available. But now I really love older cluttered areas with outdated facilities because they remind me of home lol

Her style gives me 1920s flapper girl and I absolutely am in LOVEEE with her look

I started watching cuz I am procrastinating to write an essay and the first half of the video was actually relevant to the topic so I can do some further research lol thank you, Mina💖

Love love love this video!!! Thank you