Many stores these days have lost their luster and taste, all in the namesake of trying to hyper-modernize the stores, because I think they're trying to go for a more low-maintenance design philosophy, and they're executing it pretty poorly.
But one thing I love about Dollar Tree is that even though some of the stores are modernizing, obviously with the times, they're still stuck in that very particular 2000s-coded retail aesthetic. I don't know the particular name of it, but many variety stores and places as well, like O'Reilly Auto Parts, Hobby Lobby, Walgreens and CVS also kind of have this look that I'm thinking of.
But it's kind of like almost an opposite to grayscale, whereas grayscale, as the name implies, is very gray and brutalist. This is kind of like what I would almost call "whitescale" and as the name implies, have like a very kind of like a cream-colored interior wall-base with a somewhat kids party room or K-12 school hallway facade to them. I always been drawn to this design aesthetic, but I really do not know what it is called.
Either way, I want to show appreciation to Dollar Tree. Maybe not as a corporation, obviously, but as a retail institution. I want to thank them for, honestly, for serving some of the design integrity behind their stores. Even stores that are kind of right now giving themselves a remodel treatment, all they're really doing is just replacing the carpeting with that minimalist-looking tile floor pattern. You're kind of finding a lot of, in like, some government buildings, hospitals, convention centers, etc. That's really about it. Most of the interior facades are still pretty much the same, though. I pray and hope that they keep it this way, but only time will tell how long they want to keep it for.