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I don’t know about you, all of my design junkies out there but, I slightly noticed that Restoration Hardware swallowed a few steroids given their new catalogs.  Yes, catalogs, as in two -  the furniture catalog is the size of four design magazines put together and their baby catalog is, well, on baby sized steroids.  It’s almost as if key employees from Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, Crate & Barrel, Frontgate and the company, BoBo Intriguing Objects, all jumped ship to join Restoration Hardware’s effort to corner the market on all things “home”.

For everyone out there who loves the industrial look, look no further as this look is now officially declared dead, thank you Restoration Hardware.  RH has employed the very best design talent, farmed it out to India and the results are a no brainer, massive consumer consumption.  This may backfire on them as it’s hard to tell the real from the fake other than, you might see the same coffee table in a number of your friend’s homes - that could be a tip.

I used to covet French grain sacks.  I lovingly applied them to upholstery whenever I could.  I even outfitted my guest apartment with a makeshift sofa entirerly made up of grain sacks with grain sack pillows.  My son, Mack, said to me, "mom, you are an interior designer, can you please put a real sofa in the apartment?"  My initial reaction was, "you have the coolest sofa ever."  As I reflect upon this exchange, I get back to my less is more theory.  My son would have been quite happy with less rather than more.  Now that Pottery Barn has replicated French grain sacks to the mass consumer, they no longer feel special to me and, yes Mack, I will get you that real sofa now.

As I find myself identifying with the “less is more” train of thought due to my children, which I never, ever, thought would happen, I have begun to notice a trend.  While I come from the era of serious nesting and serious acquisitions, I see my kids wanting so much less than I did at their age.  Their nesting instincts are in tact but, it’s with so much less that they feel more comfortable with.  The only problem with this trend is that, “to whom will I leave all of my treasured antiques to?”

Maybe one of the boys will own a home like this.  Years ago I would have thought this to be an isloated nightmare.  Now, I can't wait for the job.

It's with this that I leave you with "A Minimalist's Train of Thought"