The interior designer and stylist Jonny Carmack has a “fruit room” in his house in Danbury, Connecticut. Colorful faux products produce every centimeter, from the cherry-shaped ceiling to a strawberry side table and a number of other juicy gemstones in decorative shapes.
It is part of a trend: love for fresh fruit and vegetables appears not only in the kitchen, but in pictures throughout the house.
Carmack sees it as a funny escapism and “one thing to talk and celebrate”. Design experts say that it also reflects a cultural environment of sustainability and an optimistic connection to nature.
“The farm has a certain romance es speaks for the pastoral lifestyle, which everyone has today,” says Rachel Hardage Barrett, editor-in-chief of the Country Living Magazine.
“This gravity for the production of motifs crosses with spikes in the interest of gardening, wellness and antiques.”
Barrett sees the trend in everything, from residential culture to clothing. She notices the latest virus trend -tomato girls; Together with the color red and various iterations of tomatoes, the mood was one of the Mediterranean cafes, beach hikes and lazy summer days.
“Tomato girls Summer obviously had a good run, but now there is a whole harvest of products to choose from, from cabbage and radishes to strawberries and peachers,” says Barrett.
Barrett sees a revival of interest in articles with taxi drivers and salad, which were common motifs in the 18th and 19th centuries. Kohlwaren and Saladwaren had a revival with the audience of Palm Beach in the 1960s, with fans such as Jacqueline Kennedy, Bunny Mellon and Frank Sinatra. Now you have found a new audience.
“It combines the design movement of the great mill that organizes beloved heirlooms,” says Barrett. “Target recently introduced a cabbage-inspired collection in which more than 15 million TikTOK contributions were collected.”
Social media has contributed to promoting the fruity decor. In 2023, Tikkeer became wild over a lemon -shaped ceramic stools in Homegoods. The piece was sold out, but the popularity of tables that were shaped like citrus wedge continued to grow.
The interior design, decorative and lifestyle shows of this winter in Paris and Frankfurt, Germany, sometimes felt more like lively product markets than measuring.
The stands in Maison et object and ambience were full of planters, which were merged with 3D grapes and watermelons. Mirrors that creep into Peapods or pineapple; Tomatoes covered cups, glasses and tableware. Lamp tones and tablecloths wore artistic pictures of berry baskets and carrot breasts. Cushions burst with juicy prints. Vases were cared for with-naja, paprika, in clay or pappier.
The design editor and author Courtney Porter, based in Los Angeles, was on the ambience Faire in February in Frankfurt and enjoyed seeing the playful instructions that designers took the trend. “The colors were oversaturated, shapes were exaggerated and cartoonist,” she said.
And she liked the obvious connection with healthy life.
“The focus is also on sustainable materials and youthfulness in this trend. People are nostalgic for the natural abundance,” she said.
Carmack, whose social media accounts belong to @Vintage show pony, says that the fruit room was its most popular design project. “And it is due to the Cartoon references such as Dr. Seuss and Animal Crossing. It just makes people happy.”
A fantastic fruit called The Truffula appears in “The Lorax”. And fruits in the Animal Crossing video games serve as a commercial game token, village builder and currency.
Carmack gives his favorite fruits a little personality.
“Cherries are flirting and funny. Strawberries are like their younger sisters, cute and sweet nature,” he says.
Alyse Whitney, the cookbook author and food columnist, has assumed what is sometimes referred to as a “food girl” time on social media. Your apartment has a wreath of metal mushrooms and a ceramic stool that looks like a cut lemon. Then there is everything the banana motif has: a plate, salt and pepper shaker, napkin rings.
Whitney says she has been attracted to Food Decor all her life and collected funny pieces by discount dealers and second -hand shops. But when she moved from New York to Los Angeles, she went to a sales sale.
“There I got my first glass product in the Murano-style-one paprika, a peach and a pear. And a small ceramic group that is shaped like a cauliflower head, complete with 3D leaves and a suitable plate that looked like its root and green.” They brought these pieces to a full mission to collect food.
It is a trend that includes the decoration of the aesthetics, says Barrett.
“If your style is a retro or adolescent, you can take a little kitsch. You choose fruit motifs in the form of wall covering or fabric for a more sophisticated look,” she says.
So, eat it or decorate it; There are many ways to show your love for a favorite vegetables or fruit.
“Tighting on your house with this aesthetics is an experiment for self -expression with which so many people are connected,” says Carmack, “and I love to see it.”
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The author Kim Cook, based in New York, regularly covers design and decorating themes for the Associated Press. Follow her on Instagram under @kimcookheim.
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