For me, the downside of a trend is when it can be easily copied and then turned into something that can be sold at Hobby Lobby for $9 a few years later. I can't see the beaded chandelier becoming a trend for the masses.

Cowhide rugs have a greater chance of ending up at HL. On the plus side, they have been around for years so maybe they will continue to stay under the trend radar.

Buy what you love and what you know you will love for years to come.

I tend to be attracted to things that look new and fresh. Sometimes the attraction turns out to be a crush. And sometimes it's true love. And sometimes new and fresh turns into "Ugh, why is a cheap version of my (insert thing that I loved here) being sold at Walmart".

So I appreciate it when a "get a grip" friend like cawaps, points out something obvious about the crush that I have been ignoring :)

Both items have been on trend for at least ten years, the beads were shown in turquoise, long before the 2010 year of turquoise began, in shelter rags and than in countless blogs... So the trend is already in homegoods and even hobby lobby had beaded candle chandeliers when I checked out our local store years ago when it first opened so if you still like the items now I would say it is safe to say you are following your taste not a trend. If the dreaded word dated is a negative to you, skip these they are already quite cliche like chevron, real brass, and brown furniture...all items I still prefer in my own home...

Hmmm, well, I may need to just go look at it irl. I get the whole Love thing but I don't tend to love things forever.

I have looked at ten thousand chandeliers and in the same price range, I cannot find one I like better. More expensive, yes.

It really does annoy me when I realize something is over, the trickle down movement.

But, in my teenage years and a good part of my twenties, I really wanted a jeep. My mother wouldn't let me have one as she thought they were dangerous.

I don't want one now, but at that time, it would have really been something I would have loved.

So many good comments, thank you! I still love brass and had it for years when it was out, I'm ok with brown furniture too. Chevrons never lured me.

The beaded chandeliers, as a sole light source cast terrible light. If they are an ornamental fixture and the real general lighting is provided by recessed cans, they look a lot better.

Lights often look good or bad depending on the quality with which they were made. Today's quality is very questionable in many cases, unless you pay a ton, that much I've realized already . Fishish, detailing, all that..

So I'd look everywhere including lots of vintage sites.

Agree it cannot be a great source of light..wouldn't put in over dining table for example. But might be a great sculptural piece.

I never thought about wood beaded chandeliers; I do love the mud ones, like Abigail Ahern has on her site..same idea I guess? whatever I loved the most though I can't see anymore lol..loved the shape, and it was a color.. teal I think..oh well

https://abigailahern.com/collections/lighting/products/mud-beaded-chandelier

As for the trends..listen I felt in love with Otomi pattern when I first set my eyes on it 7 or so years ago, upon moving to CA. Now it's everywhere(mildly annoying I'd say). Will I stop loving it when it stops being everywhere? No way. Will I stop loving it if it stays everywhere? No way.

That's true love..:)

And how do you know whether something is true love?

sometimes you know right away. because you know yourself (as with Otomi-the pattern has flora and fauna. I'm collecting it kinda since I was 6..lol. In different forms. At first, there were stamps..))

sometimes you know just with time.

time passes, and your love doesn't

and it's hard to predict

but after 7 years of madly loving Otomi-I kinda know

So if you're always were drawn to beads for example, and always loved that shape, etc-it's kinda safe to say it's a love not a crash

I wouldn't care the least if others continue to love it or not. After I'm sure I love it. What do I care? I love many things that others do too, I'm not that unique. And I love some things that others love less. One needs to have several houses to try it all, really:) Choose whatever you feel you can't take your eyes off. That usually gives a pretty good indicator..slight feeling of obsession..)) If it doesn't pass, and you return to it again and again-well then it's probably your love.

If you love it, who cares if it is a fad in 5 years? And, really, there are no time machines to send you forward to know. Some things I thought would be fads awhile ago are still around, and others that I though would be long term... weren't. Go with what you like and want to live with (unless you plan to sell soon).

April, those are some beautiful chandeliers! Pal, I had noticed the light is terrible, but it will go in a small room with 2 lamps. So I don't care.

Bumble, who cares? As for the cowhide rugs, they'll always be popular in Texas. ;)

I would be the first person to stumble over the edge of the cowhide rug, hit my head on the steel and glass coffee table on the way down and end up in the ER and then the neurosurgery ICU.

Oh Patty, I have made many bad choices over the years that I am just trying not to do that. Choices I did not like years later. Unpredictable of course, but deciding between a crush and a love is a good place to start.

I don't care what others think, most do not like my style.

Sorry, ingrid, but my house is not senior or baby friendly. Did the senior thing for a long time with Dad.

I have had a saying for years, "Trendy is only good when it's cheap." That way you won't have any regrets when you buy something else eventually.

I don't think cowskin or other animal skin rugs are trend specific. They have cycled in popularity but they aren't the avocado refrigerator of rugs.

Speaking of tripping over rugs my grandmother had a tiger rug in one of the bedrooms with an open mouth. Try sticking your foot in that in the middle of the night. Eventually it was kept with the head under the bed. Very incorrect to have something like that now but that particular tiger has been dead a long time wherever it is now.

I actually think the swagged beads are different than the typical Empire style-but-beads-not-crystals.

Right. Cowhide rugs come and go over the decades. I wouldn't worry about that. The beaded chandelier, though... Yes, imo that trend will be passe once people see all the dust and fuzz on them. I see nothing wrong with having a light fixture for a few years then swapping it out.

Your comments help so much. Thank you.

The avocado refrigerator and orange countertop is what I dread.

So, nix the beaded/swagged chandelier. Nope, but I go fully into it knowing it might not be permanent. Hard to tell how these things will play out.

Cowhide rug, aka brass. Embrace!

Patty- Texas has no monopoly on cowhide rugs- the Swiss shan't be giving them up any time soon either!

of course that is what short lived is all about. you get rid of that which you are bored.

It's not cheap but it's not as expensive as your inspiration piece. If you like it, go for it!

Hey Bumble, what lights did you end up buying for your kitchen?

I love cow hide rugs... we have two one is painted, "zebra" and is in the family room. the other is a lightest off white with a rich tan/golden. They have been down for 8 years and I still love them. I have 2 cats and they can't do a thing to the rugs to harm them. They were a gift from my husband not something I would have purchased as I was raised Vegan and now a hundred years later I'm vegetarian. So, not my personal choice, but I got them as a gift and have to say despite my personal opinion about not buying them for myself... They are amazing if you get a good quality one that will not cigar at the corners. The zebra looks great on the hardwood with all linen furniture... go for it!

" I had noticed the light is terrible, but it will go in a small room with 2 lamps. So I don't care."

I am pretty much the same way. My feeling is that in most rooms a central lighting fixture by itself is going to give pretty terrible light, glaring and casting a lot of shadows,

(The exception is that I think some dining rooms, if you are only concerned about the table area, can be lit by a chandelier--but there are multiple bulbs there)

So, I pretty much go with what I think it the most ornamental for a central fixture and most of the time I don't even turn it on. (Dining table excepted). My former place had no ceiling lights whatsoever in the living or bedrooms. I think bedrooms should have something in the ceiling for immediate lighting, expecially kid's rooms. But when I removed the bedroom light fixtures from my parents' house prior to the sale, my sisters' bedrooms both had original lightbulbs in them, from 45 years ago. That's how little they had been turned on. But their lamps also switched from the door.

I am going one better and switching my lamps from the door and at the bedside so the lamp itself never gets turned off and can always be turned on from the door.

yes, public rooms like living room had no overheads, except dining rooms. bedrooms, did not provide good light only good for a lighted glance, not tasks.

Hi Shee, I could not make a decision, this was during my minor kitchen remodel of appliances, countertops, sink, backsplash, etc and then my ac went out so that put the pendants on the back burner as I had to replace the mainfloor heat pump. However, in the meantime, the ones I have now look perfectly fine! That frenzy passed.

I did buy a cowhide rug today though and am still undecided on the chandelier but the one I currently have is not going to look better/fine with time. lol.

I still want a wood bead chandelier preferably empire style but I can't find one I like in my price range and that isn't huge. 9' ceiling. still considering the pb one but generally, I regret almost all pb decisions over the years. As in, why?

Those constant, glossy catalogs pull me in. They know what they are doing.

you need to come visit us in the "palace of the clowns" it shall put it all in proportion.

My concern with a wood bead chandelier is that the finish on the beads could deteriorate over time, from the heat of the light bulbs. I would look for one with a LED lamping option.

Thanks Porter! I have seen that first one but the metal color won't work with what I already have in lamps, curtain rod and door hardware. I could go dark bronze or yellow brass, aged or shiny.

you could just make one, by time you are done you will be ready for more.