You wash your hands in a vessel sink, pull a bottle of New Zealand sauvignon blanc from a brushed-steel refrigerator and place it on a gleaming granite countertop.

As you stand on an ecologically correct bamboo floor, you fill your wineglass (stemless, of course) and sit back to savor your of-the-moment style.

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Enjoy it now, because it may not last. In 2016, your home may well scream "2006."

What can you do about it?

We asked experts in the design business for advice on separating the soon-to-be-tired trendy from the tried-and-true timeless.

Sacramento architect Debbie R. Gualco says it's hard to keep up with the speed-up in home updates, especially among younger homeowners.

"Now you're seeing people in their late 20s, 30s and 40s who are buying and selling houses and updating their kitchens every five years," Gualco says. The prevailing attitude: " 'If I don't like it, I'll change it.' You used to think about your choices more if you were going to live with them longer."

The new impatience is fueled in part by a cultural move toward cocooning and by home-improvement TV, Gualco says.

"We've had a big trend of remodeling more since 2001, because travel is not [considered] safe; and then there's HGTV," Gualco says.

Those home shows that offer total transformation in a half-hour have helped create a demand for instant gratification and an insatiable appetite for the next hot new thing.

In other words, the biggest trend in trends: There are no sure bets when it comes to what will be "in" tomorrow.

"A youthful market is driving us, and they are the ones who are most capricious," says John Turpin, a professor of interior design at Washington State University, Spokane.

Still, Gualco and others say there are ways to identify style trends that are likely to have staying power.

Two current themes promise to wear well. One is the Arts and Crafts style, which hews to the traditional, yet its simplicity and use of natural materials make it feel up-to-date and timeless.

Gualco describes the other style du jour as "sleek, modern urban-loft design." Again, simple designs and natural materials can keep the style from looking dated.

The best way to choose materials that won't wear out their welcome is to stick to the natural, which is also in vogue as so-called "green" or environmentally sensitive design.

"Natural materials are really big now, and they are the most timeless. You're not going to get tired of them," Gualco says. Bamboo and cork for flooring are among the most popular ways to go natural underfoot.

Kent Eberle of Eberle Remodeling in Sacramento, who has been updating homes for more than 20 years, echoes Gualco's take on natural materials.

"I think low-maintenance and 'green' types of products are going to be the wave of the future," he says. Eberle also says the need for energy efficiency will dictate design more and more (so long, vaulted ceilings?).

As for updating an older home, it's always fashionable to consider its original style.

"We really stress that people maintain the feel that made those homes so nice: the plaster walls, the hardwood floors, the moldings," he says.

When it comes to kitchen countertops, for instance, no one wants to return to the bad old days of high-maintenance grout. That makes solid-surface counters the favorite. The way to add a touch of tradition is to put in a tile backsplash reminiscent of the tile counters of yesteryear.

"Those tile products were really typical and give you an opportunity to bring back the original feel," Eberle says.

On the East Coast, author Lauri Ward, a home consultant and founder of Use What You Have Interiors in New York City and Boca Raton, Fla., advises us to go back to the classics to prepare for the future. Ward has made frequent appearances on HGTV programs and has written a slew of books. Her latest is "Home Therapy: Fast, Easy, Affordable Makeovers" (Perigee Penguin, $19.95).

"This is the United States, and we're all about fresh ideas, but there's nothing like the classics. They will always be around," she says. "You can't go wrong if you go with a classic shape. An oversize, sloppy-arm sofa won't give you the same longevity as a sofa with a tight, tailored arm."

An example of a trend that veered too far from sleekly classic design was "shabby chic," epitomized by oversize slipcovers.

"Shabby chic was very big in the late '90s, but it came and went because people got tired of looking sloppy," Ward says.

But even Ward doesn't always know what will last.

"I don't know if vessel sinks will look dated, but I think they're fairly classical shapes," she says.

When in doubt, Ward advises keeping your trendy impulses small.

"The shell of your home is like your body, the furniture is like the clothing, and the accessories are like the jewelry," she says. "Just as you can change your necklace for something trendy, there are little things that you can change." (Think throw pillows and tabletop decor.)

But there's no fail-safe way to fad-proof your home or apartment.

The more we like something, the more we are likely to tire of it, says Turpin, the design professor.

"Everything at some point goes out of favor," he says. "Eventually we just get tired of looking at something we see all over the place."

Take granite countertops. We might be hitting a saturation point that makes them seem ho-hum.

"My wife and I just built a home, and we got so tired of seeing granite countertops," says Jack Beduhn, academic director of interior design at the Art Institute of California in San Diego. In their new Southern California home, they chose a countertop of Avonite, another solid-surface product that doesn't look like all the rest.

"It doesn't look like granite," he says. "It's just got a texture and a translucency to it that's very interesting."

Turpin says you can count on the color wheel to keep spinning.

"Of all the things that are trendy, the color palette is the most vulnerable," he says. But the move away from beige on beige is a plus, he says, even if it makes it hard to keep up.

"We're in a culture right now that appreciates color, and that's good," Turpin says.

In the what's-old-is-new department, the latest color combo is robin's-egg blue with white and dark brown. Sounds new, but it was also big in the '70s.

And hold on to your guacamole: Avocado, olive and other muted greens are back on the scene.

"Harvest gold and olive are coming back," Eberle says. "There are only so many colors under the rainbow."

If being at the pinnacle of hip domestic design is essential to your happiness, you're doomed.

"Some people might have more of a desire to be absolutely fashionable at the moment, and those people are always going to be pulling their hair out," Turpin says.

Long-term style contentment requires learning to live above the fray of fashion.

"It is about finding things that make your living environment comfortable and meaningful to you," Turpin says. "You pick the things you want."