Home decorating trends - much like fashion crazes - are fluid things. What was the must-have pendant light of the 1980s no doubt quietly disappeared from retail show rooms when the Nineties arrived. The to-go-for look in wallpaper may have been hung in living rooms continent-wide 50 years ago, only to be stripped away a decade later.
Of course, some hot home items - furnishings, window-coverings, appliances - will become lukewarm, only to become hot again later. The bean-bag chair was a phenom back in the Seventies, but now we're flopping into it again - or, at least, kids are; as we told you this year in At Home. The same goes for kitchen ware, with retailers showcasing refrigerators, toasters and dishes that have that much-loved retro look.
Next week, we're going to give you a peek at what are predicted to be some of the hottest trends, colours and decorating items of the year ahead. Today, however, we're going to take a bit of a look back at some of our favourite looks of 2011.