Millennials everywhere are taking design inspiration from the past, bringing back heritage styles—and we’re not talking about midcentury modern. Right now, “bicentennial millennials” are redefining the bicentennial style, a look that gained popularity in the 1970s. A reinterpretation of colonial style, bicentennial decor is layered, collected, and elevated—and now it’s fit for 2024.
You can define this style as a type of Americana design, drawing on bold and saturated primary colors (especially red and blue), folk art, handicrafts, and anything with American symbols like eagles and flags. But the style that’s trending now isn’t a total recreation of the era—there’s a bit of whimsy involved, too. Some of the decor is a bit over the top and tongue in cheek, even veering into kitsch.
But beyond the aesthetics, the most significant impact of this trend has been the increase in millennials who are now interested in collecting antiques after years of eluding them. The key to achieving this aesthetic without making it look dated is to keep it playful and mix and match antiques and modern pieces. With a keen eye for antiques, you’ll create a style that is classic, timeless, and, dare we say, cool.
If you don’t know where to start with antiques, there’s no need to worry. We spoke to an expert about what to look for—and what to avoid—on your quest to create your own vision of millennial bicentennial.
Bicentennial style is one of many of this year's trends that rely on high-quality items to create an eclectic decor look—along with grandpa chic, coastal grandma, craftcore.
Purchasing antique goods is sustainable, too, a quality that’s prioritized by consumers today—buying items that are already in circulation generally has
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If you’ve watched the cooking competition show Top Chef in the past decade, you’ve probably seen Kristen Kish. The Korean-born, Michigan-raised chef won her season in Seattle in 2012. Since then, she’s appeared regularly as a guest judge and, most recently, landed the role of Top Chef’s new host. Taking over for the original host, Padma Lakshmi, after 19 seasons, Kish has some big shoes to fill. But her long-running history with the hit reality series, along with starring on the celebrity cooking competition show Fast Foodies, and hosting cooking series such as Iron Chef: Quest for an Iron Legend and Restaurants at the End of the World, for which she also serves as a producer, have her primed as a great new face of the show.
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