This article was published by Block Renovation on June 8, 2026. Read the full piece there.

Chasing Trends Wastes Your Remodeling Budget

The fastest way to blow a budget refresh is to spend it chasing a trend. A bold pattern or a color of the year looks current for a season, then becomes the thing you most want to rip out. You pay to install it, then pay again to undo it.

Block Renovation featured DealForge founder Alex Wright in the piece, noting that he has watched this play out across one design cycle after another.

“I'm wary of trends in general. The challenge is that trends come and go, but renovations tend to stick around for a long time. A few years ago everyone wanted millennial gray. Before that it was Tuscan finishes. Today it's something else. The homeowners who usually do best are the ones who aim for timeless rather than whatever happens to be popular at the moment.”