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Chevron is dead. By saying this, I know I'm risking being vilified on blogs across the country, where happy homemakers are busy writing about how they've made their spaces come alive by painting zig-zags on the walls, but it's time someone stands up and speaks the truth: chevron stripes are being overused and they've long lost their impact. Give it a few months and they will be as dated as antlers, Edison bulbs and old trophies as vases. Consider the looks below a glance back at history, study them and file away in the retro file for another day.

Mary Jo Bowling

Photo credit: Courtesy of Blount Design

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Chevron Stripe Nightmare

From Blount Design in Atlanta, we have a foyer that mixes blue chevron-patterned curtains with striped walls.
Photo credit: Courtesy Buckingham Interiors + Design

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Show House Chevrons

Julia Buckingham, a Chicago interior designer, created this kitchen for CS magazine's fifth show house. For a showcase home that's only open a matter of weeks, it's OK to be trendy. But if you try this at home, you will be living with the look for a long, long time.
Photo credit: Courtesy Vinyl Wall Art

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We Chevron Too

Here at CH+D, we are not immune to the chevron virus. We published this image in July. In our defense, these decals from Vinyl Wall Art are easy to apply, and just as easy to remove.
Photo credit: Courtesy House 36

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Mommy Chevron Epidemic

This photo illustrates the epidemic sweeping the blogosphere: A mother-to-be grabs a paint brush, some blue tape and a gray can of paint and creates a chevron pattern on the nursery wall. A quick Google search will reveal thousands of step-by-step DIY instructions to make it possible. Here we have a nursery created by a New York interior designer and blogger for her own child.

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