orla kiely is beyond overrated, the designs are generic, i don't get it! i think alot of people like it cause they see it all the time on blogs and THEN decide they like it..

I like the flower table cloth a lot and the grey pairs and also the blue serving bowl.

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this line was just too Brady Bunch for me - and not in a good way....

I think a big part of it is being selective about the bandwagon styles. Trends come and go and inevitably come back again, so a few pieces integrated into the whole work well.

I like a lot of Orla Kiely's Target line because it reminds me a whole lot of the mid-century designs from Finland (Marimekko, Arabia/Finel) that I already have in my home thanks to my lovely design-forward mom who worked for a Scandinavian home boutique in the early 70's. So the Orla pear motif canister looks perfectly suited to sit on the counter with my Finel mushroom pattern bowl without appearing too trendy.

As long as you don't oversaturate your whole home with flavor-of-the-week design stuff, and buy what you like because you intend on keeping it for awhle, I don't see any problem in finding styles attractive that lots of other people do, too.