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90s revival – love it or hate it?

Yvonne kneel product designer holding roman blindAuthor Yvonne KealProduct Management SpecialistWritten 23/05/2025
Cream living room with bay window dressed in three Roman blinds in white, all lowered halfway, brown sofa to left on a beige rug, sepia prints on wall behind, built-in shelving at windows, real fire on right wall, lit, eames-style chair opposite sofa, acoustic guitar in bay window, pale wood floor, spinning globe and brown pendant light from ceiling.

Fans have been hoping for years and finally in August 2024 the news came. Oasis are back, and what’s more they’re touring. The hype that’s surrounded these gigs has led to revival of all things 90s. So while you dust off your parka and your bucket hat, we take a nostalgic look back at interiors of the decade – is there a revival of 90s décor in the air? Definitely Maybe... 

Room with rear wall in olive green, doors and paintwork in baby pink, walls and ceiling in white with black organic irregular bubble print design, cream floor with painted rug design in olive with chevron pattern.

Interiors on TV

Changing Rooms hit our screen in September 1996, and just like that we became a nation of interior designers. Lawrence Llewelyn-Bowen, Anna Ryder Richardson, Linda Barker and Handy Andy were household names (who was your favourite), introducing us to the wonderful world of paint techniques like rag rolling and sponging and clashing colour combinations. 

We embraced experimentation with varying degrees of success and it’s this sense of adventure that we’re so happy has continued to grow and develop, perfectly showcased by @soozidanson who created this wonderfully happy dressing room in her Manchester home. tilted.

  • "Looking back at my childhood bedroom, the 90s was pretty iconic! The blow-up inflatable sofa, the wallpaper borders, the lava lamps and obsession with lilac – it was a pretty playful and fun time in interiors. I loved watching Changing Rooms as a child and was always set that "one day I’ll l be on that show". It still makes me laugh that I made that dream a reality. That show was the epitome of the 90s interiors, it was rock & roll, Marmite and experimental"  

    Whinnie Williams, Designer in the 2022 reboot of Changing Rooms and creative director of Poodle & Blonde

  • Laurence Llewelyn-Bowen wearing black jacket, black shirt and black silk scarf whith white dots and Whinnie Williams wearing white jacket white silk shirt and taupe tie sit together in the back seat of a car.
Living room with pale mink panelled walls, wooden floor with a jute rug, pale fern green sofa, opposite a checked beige and white ottomon, upholstered striped chair with a daschund lying on the top cushion in bay window which is dressed in curtains in pale oyster with a coral pattern in cream, open.

Beige boring – not at all!

Before grey became a mainstay of homes throughout the country, there was beige. And oh how we loved beige in the 90s. It was the perfect antidote to the futuristic and pastel trends of the 80s, bringing in a sense of sophisticated and relaxed living. Yes, there was a move to banish the beige once the decade was done. But it’s quickly reestablishing itself as the new neutral on the block, and when we see homes like @laras.maison.amour, we can’t deny its appeal. 

  • "The 90s was such an era of creativity from fashion to music that it gave me a huge dose of confidence to discover and chanel my own aesthetic.  Although I don't love the style from that time too fondly, I do look back on that period and really think it fuelled a lot of my creativity, for which I will be forever thankful."

    Abigail Ahern, Influential tastemaker and pioneering designer

  • Taupe bedroom with two adjacent tall windows dressed with mid cinnamon curtains with a white diamond pattern, open, bed with turmeric cover and textured throw at foor in pale beige, cushions on bed in creams, charcoal and one matching curtains, pampas by bed in base, wood and weave bench at bed end with grey vase of dried dark flowers, cactus on books on floor.
Close in on cream living room with wide window dressed in dark grey metal venetian blinds, centre blind lowered halfway, right and left blinds lowered three quarters, all tilted, cream modern sofa in front with cream, and dark grey cushions, a child rolls on the sofa, flowering plants on windowsill in white pots, wooden floor.

Shine with silver and chrome

In the 90s you couldn’t walk into any home without being hit by a blast of chrome. From wall switches to picture frames, lighting to curtain poles, a home wasn’t a home without a healthy dose of accessories with that silver shine. And in the kitchen the industrial stainless steel finish was a big deal. We have a particular soft spot for silver, chrome and stainless steel. Back in the 90s our Venetian blind collection included a multitude of silvers that looked good and were practical too as this vintage shot shows.

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