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No. 2070429
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>What are your biggest tips for interior design?
- Buy rugs second-hand. Some sellers clean them beforehand, saving you the cost of cleaning. Check if they are 100% wool or silk and handmade.
- The same goes for second-hand furniture; check if it’s solid wood. It's often very obvious if you inspect the back since they don't bother hiding the particleboard.
- Second-hand art can be incredibly cheap. You can find something beautiful for a fraction of the cost.
- If you're unsure about the value of something, take a picture and check it on Google Lens. Be aware that some websites list insane prices because they cater to wealthy clients, often inflating the value by adding one or more zeros.
>Where do you buy furniture or decor? Do you have a favorite store or online retailers?
I always check Facebook Marketplace and local websites where people sell their things second-hand. People who clean houses and apartments often sell high-end items for cheap.
>What is your interior design pet peeve?
If your home doesn’t feel cozy, it’s probably because it's too white and black. Add some color, or else I’ll silently judge you when I visit.
>What’s your favorite design style? Or, what’s your least favorite?
Design styles can be limiting. Beautiful spaces are often a collection of objects that the person loves, which is what makes them cozy. If you adhere too strictly to one design style, your place might look outdated when trends change or resemble a showroom, and no one wants that.
>If money was no object and you could design your space however you'd like, how would you do it?
I would have one of those giant houses from the 70s with high ceilings and solid wood everywhere. I’d remove the carpet and incorporate timeless design pieces. Alternatively, I’d love to live in an old Italian castle because, wow, those were designed for luxurious living.
No. 2070444
>>2070403>What are your biggest tips for interior design?- Stick with a good colour scheme, something that matches the tone of the flooring. It sucks when the paint is warm toned and the floor is cool toned.
- If your living space is smaller or the ceilings are low, try placing light sources or lamps closer to the floor with the light aiming upwards. It will add a more comfortable feeling to the space and you'll feel it's roomier.
>What is your interior design pet peeve?Over-reliance on overhead lighting. I especially hate those little circles-in-ceiling style of lighting. Wall sconces are the under-rated, and so are good lamps. A nicely placed lamp or two can really improve the mood of a room.
No. 2070473
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>What is your interior design pet peeve?
i hate wall tapestries, i think artwork or photos make better wall decor. tapestries always just look so tacky and out of place to me, maybe because they remind me of my bedroom when i was a teenager kek
No. 2071161
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I hate these lamps so much. I wish that lamps were taken more seriously and that they appeared more often in homes. Light design is the most important part of interior design!
No. 2071173
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>>2070473Agreed when it's a shitty piece of printed polycotton but it can work if it's actual tapestry and it matches the decor and has a use (insulation).
No. 2071277
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Do you like the Isokon Penguin Donkey (in any of its variations)?
No. 2071290
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>>2071283I want to bring the 70s into today!
pic is threadtax since it's an actual interior (but is ugly as fuck. It's not 70s.)
No. 2071324
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>>2071290I actually like that, converted warehouse loft vibes.
A lot what I like interior wise is 70's ish because I liked to flip through my mom's old interior design textbooks when I was a kid.
No. 2071329
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>What's your favourite design style?
My favourite design for flooring is herringbone. I think it looks so lovely and it really makes me appreciate the room a lot more than just straight plank style. Also, I think warm toned floor is better for bedrooms or more personal spaces, but cool toned is better for bigger rooms like the dining room or living room.
No. 2072802
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>>2071802>"paneling is timeless"I like high-end paneling like in picrel, but that tacky shit from the 60s and 70s looks so bad. Most of the time it's full of smoke stains besides. I actually helped my grandma paint over her's (we chose a light pink paint) because she hated them so much.
No. 2073624
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just learned about stair dust corners and I'm obsessed. it's like jewelry for your steps.
No. 2073975
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I posted about this in another thread a while back and people thought i was baiting but I'm super into green carpeting. Feels kinda like an in-between of nature/artificial. Rn my whole house is beige carpeted w white walls which… I'm OK with, I'm one of the few people that doesn't hate carpet but the upkeep is a hassle especially with a kid and a dog. I'm planning on ripping it all up and putting in an oak colored wood tile everywhere, then putting down green carpet in the master bedroom and creme colored walls.
>>2073624This looks soooo good… I miss stairs they can either be disgusting dog hair traps if theyre carpeted or gorgeous centerpieces if theyre wood with nicr bannister. I live in a ranch style now and kinda miss them.
>>2071329This is my favorite style of floor too it sucks they cost a literal fortune. Hard to find because of it.
No. 2074110
>>2073975>I live in a ranch style nowI don't think I could make it in a ranch or a bungalow styled house. I see how they're good for people with mobility issues, but I just love stairs. My ideal house would be 3 storeys.
>beige carpetedTo me, beige carpeting dates a house in a similar way that wood paneling dates a house kek. It seemed like every house I visited as a kid had the exact same beige carpeting. I think carpeting is okay for colder climates, but I hate it anywhere besides a bedroom. I don't think the upkeep is that serious either, it used to cost my parents like $200 every 6 months to have someone come in and professionally clean it. Besides that vacuuming worked just fine.
No. 2074165
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>>2074163>>2073624You can get something similar to hide the lines between baseboards and to protect corners from getting scuffed! I like the brass stuff it always looks so nice when it's shined and taken care of.
No. 2074194
>>2074165The hideousness of that carpet flooring really contrasts with how cool those metal ornaments are, would look better with something like this
>>2071329 though.
No. 2074205
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>>2074194You just know that carpet is hiding a beautiful wood flooring.
I love these things. They're such a little detail, but they bring such an elegance into a home.
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No. 2074227
>>2074217I like number 14, the little maple leaf esque one. I think this would be cute to go around the walls as trim beneath crown moulding.
>>2074222It reminds me of the basic broke times of my life and for that I hate it.
No. 2074370
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I asked about this like a week ago in the stupid questions thread but what do nonnies think about floor pillows like pic rel as seating for a bedroom area?
No. 2074442
>>2074370Very cute! But keep in mind the general flow of your bedroom and what surfaces there actually see use, as well as basic ergonomics. Having a seat in your room that isn't your bed is helpful for a number of routine things, but will you use it as often if you have to squat down much farther than a more classically built chair?
That being said, this seems great for a reading nook.
No. 2077218
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I have a visceral urge to transport myself inside an comfy aesthetic IG room like picrel when I see one. Unfortunately, my apartment is a large suburban one with lame views so I can't mimic that atmosphere, but would like to set up a desk next to my window anyway since I want to work somewhere where I have more sunlight. I was thinking of placing an L-shaped desk perpendicular to the door like picrel but now am reading something about how feng shui doesn't recommend that you face the wall or with your back to the door. Is this BS? I'm struggling to decide where I should put one.
No. 2077547
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i wish current rich people shitty minimalism and sad beige millennial "minimalism" never ruined the perception of minimalism/modernism in interior design. i would like to see actually fun, livable modern interiors with color but with minimalist, modern furniture again. stuff like it was popular in late 90s and very early 00s. ikea catalogs, habitat (very uk specific) and all of interior design magazines. getting things, funiture like this or even light wood flooring is impossible in my country, with furniture if i manage to find anything it's always 300-700km away from me
No. 2077980
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>>2077800You could sometimes find them in crown moulding too, they're acting as decorative nails here to keep it in place. A aspect of my dream home is nice crown mouldings, I had that most new constructions don't use them. It's an added expense, but I think it's worth it. Same with nice baseboards.
No. 2077991
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>>2077547The first thing i think off when it comes to the aesthetic you are describing is these velveteen sofas that i felt were really iconic habitat items. I've always loved them and i hope to have something like this when i move out of my parents house. I feel like the only place that still has fun home stuff is homesense.
No. 2079439
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Do you prefer open or closed floor plans? What do you like or dislike about either?
I prefer closed floor plans, I feel like when everything is too open it feels busy and there's less places to put furniture. I enjoy hallways, I think they're fun to decorate.
No. 2079661
>>2077218I feel you nonna. I feel like these cozy aesthetic rooms always rely on a big corner window with the bed right next to it and on a higher floor (well, like your pic) so it's hard to recreate for most people ig. What you're describing sounds nice though; unless you have a separate room for your office, having the desk face the window/wall instead of the door is pretty standard.
>>2079439Unless it's a very small apartment/studio, then closed. I can't be comfortable when everything is open and I can't see every corner of the room I'm in kek.
No. 2080171
>>2077218These things look incredible but only when it's night or heavily forested or raining. Awesome in a study but a nightmare for a bedroom cause half the day you're just battling sunlight
>>2079439It realllly depends on the execution. I've seen some awful open concepts and some nice ones, I've also seen some houses that are closed concept and it doesn't work, usually because they design it super cramped to make it a 3 bedroom since 3 bedrooms sell for a lot more, but the house just doesn't have the lot size to comfortably accommodate that.
No. 2080372
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I have visceral hate for any type of furniture you sit or lay on touching walls. Absolutely disgusting. A mattress should never be in contact with walls, let alone multiple. All it reminds me of is nasty plastic camping cots in cabins and insects like deer ticks. Shudder. It just looks so prison/pod.
No. 2081391
>>2080580Mattress should be elevated with a bed frame to prevent mold growth but
>mattressWhy would you need to clean the actual mattress? You can just use a washable mattress protector.
>wall behind itThere's nothing really to get dirty there if you have a headboard and frame behind the mattress.
No. 2082621
>>2080579No only a couple inches away from the wall. Close to but not touching. It also prevents it from scraping the walls.
>>2081391You replied to the wrong post. I didn't mean literally dirty its just an association I have from camp cots, napping on those plastic mats as a kid etc. The term is literally pet peeve. Also having your furniture not making contact with the walls in general is better for your home and insects are less likely to crawl on you
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Graceland is so tacky in the best way possible. I want to get stained glass peackcocks like in picrel.
No. 2086487
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>>2077692This is literally the trend right now kek, brought in by zoomers
and it’s ugly as shit chrome is back big time, look at ikea’s newest stuff and urban outfitters. Picrel is the pastel more maximalist version but there are po-mo minimalist uber-chromatic versions too
No. 2086715
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>>2086632I think it could be done well maybe, but most of it looks like a weird hyper consoom curated dystopia like a glossier store, or like those stationery/boutique shops with the mugs that say feminist on them and the $30 squiggly tapered candles and you become paranoid that the women in there will try to rope you into their home IV hydration pyramid scheme
No. 2086958
>>2086715That's exactly what it is! I couldn't put my finger on why
>>2086487 looks so weird but it's definitely overly curated and soulless. Totally corporate decor, like they want to live in a photoshoot for a store magazine.
No. 2087045
>>2086958The companies knew it was "coming back," but they don't bother to hire visionaries to design their pieces. A lot of that really cool funky 70s and 80s furniture was very atypical for the time, most furniture was still made in "traditional" forms. The pieces we think of as so 70s and 80s were very risky to produce, but that risk paid off because they cemented themselves as cultural pieces specific to that timeframe. Companies today don't want to risk anything. It takes a good artist that has a vision to create unique and beautiful furniture, and these big companies aren't in the routine of hiring good artists. It's designed in board rooms by out-of-touch corporate-types based on how they interpret graphs and data points, it's inherently soulless and expected. There's nothing avant-garde or beautiful about the furntiture in these posts
>>2086715 >>2086487 , it's all just slop made to cash in on a microtrend from a social media platform.
No. 2087064
>>2087055Ntayrt but I get what you mean. It's sort of like how IKEA furniture can look great on its own, but then once you realize it's from IKEA it becomes just another piece of IKEA furniture, with all the subconscious affiliations and reputation that comes with it. If that makes sense.
>it turns out everyone has the same flower pillows and checked rugs and squiggly mirrorsAnd everyone that owns them really thinks they're indie and unique for it.
No. 2096170
>>2077980that anglosaxon ceiling is giving me nightmares. they just left spatula marks on it and thought "looks ok".
>>2086531corporate memphis culminated in this.
No. 2120101
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>>What is your interior design pet peeve?
When really busy and specific tile is used for the floor and it ends up limiting the way a room can be decorated because now everything has to match the goddamn weird floor. Picrel pissed me off when I was window shopping on Zillow.
No. 2121215
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I'm currently in the process of buying furniture (lived at my parents and at an already furnished apartment so far) and somehow it's turning into white/beige/black hell and I don't know how to turn this around.
All furniture that's modern and not too expensive is plain and light colored. What could I do to make it look less sterile and depressing?
I know that I could add rags, blankets and so on, but I feel "dirty" so easily if there's anything not freshly washed/wiped (and I also don't have time to clean that often), so I try to avoid stuff like that.
Hope it's alright to ask for advice itt
No. 2121316
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>>2121215easiest thing to do is pick some general colours and choose furniture based on it. even picking one piece of furniture with certain color(s), like a couch or a rug, can be the basis to make a color palette based on the color of that specific furniture.
No. 2139019
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What kind of wallpaper print would you pair with these floors tiles? The space gets a lot of natural light.
No. 2139364
>>2121316imo picking a rug and then working around that is ideal. Rugs can be multicoloured and give you a lot of options (unlike a couch which is usually one colour), and you can pick out accent colours from it. You can also talk about how it really ties the room together as a bonus.
My rug is a mix of dark and mint green, mustard yellow and lilac, I bought a green sofa and dining chairs to go with it and used the other colours for smaller items.
No. 2139604
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>>2139019Wow these are really pretty tiles. It depends what room they're in. If it's in a kitchen, I'd say go with a beige coloured wallpaper that looks a little busy, like picrel. It just depends on what you're furniture is gonna look like, IMO furniture plans should be based on floor, then wall plans are based on furniture with respect to floor.
No. 2139607
>>2121215>What could I do to make it look less sterile and depressing?A lot of people overlook it, but usually lighting is what makes a place feel sterile or negative. For example, a lot of cold-toned overhead lights always give me a boring feeling like I'm in a waiting room. I always say find some good light sources, like lamps, sconces, etc., and rely on those as your main light-sources in your home rather than the lightbulb on the ceiling. In my own apartment, I usually only ever turn the ceiling light on when I'm cleaning, other than that it's just my lamps.
I also noticed that most lightbulbs are LED now, and usually cold-toned. Obviously, you never want cold-toned light in a room that's supposed to be friendly, social, or inviting. Save the cold-toned lights for the bathroom or the kitchen. Warm-toned LED, or old-school warm incandescent, immediately make a room less sterile and more welcoming.
When a room is small, lights that come from overhead or even from eye-level can make the room seem smaller. If you have a small room, try finding light sources that are closer to the ground and shine upwards, they'll make the room feel much more spacious.
No. 2140091
>>2139604I love this as was leaning in the same direction, tyvm
nonnie. This is actually going to be in a hallway with a simple wooden floor, those tiles are my bathroom floor (which has white walls). I wanted a wallpaper that goes with it though, to tie the whole space together.
No. 2140954
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>>2140091I think it'd look nice in your hallway too. You're lucky to have such nice tiles for the washroom, mine are just boring white kek. I really wish more bathrooms were colourful, I think my favourites are those ones from the 40s and 50s where everything is on colour like in picrel.
No. 2140966
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Opinions on fake plants?
Some people think they're tacky or ugly, but I really like them. From a practical point, I'm bad with taking care of real indoor plants and I don't like the insect bit either. I like having plants, real or fake, in a room though because it makes it feel so much more alive and comfortable. I'm always kind of insecure about my fake plants though kek, I think "gee I hope everyone is fooled."
No. 2140971
>>2140966I love fake plants. Some of them look really good and there are no weird smells. Like you I can't keep anything alive and after a bouquet my Nigel gave me developed mold I'm traumatized for life, can't get the smell out of my head
took me a week to discover it was the flowers….
No. 2141410
>>2139607Good advice nonna!
>>2140966Tbh huge fake plants like the ones in your pic are kinda weird to me. It's a big piece of plastic taking up a corner of your room. I know it's a decoration like any other but there's something ironic to me about wanting plants as decoration but using plastic instead. However, if they make you feel comfortable, that's what matters anon. Some are quite realistic and people easily get fooled if they don't go inspect the plant. I get you on the insects part.
No. 2141849
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How do I channel my inner weeaboo and neglected child so I can give my room a kawaii aesthetic? I guess it's too late for me to do pastel like picrel but I have no idea how to do non-pink kawaii either. I'm tasteless. Please help nonas.
No. 2141858
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>>2141849Ypu could try to be subtle instead of having straight up anime merch everywhere, like maybe a cute carpet here or a framed picture there with a cute design (if it's in a frame then you won't feel like a straight up weeb having bare ass posters on a wall).
Maybe add cute pillows that are also subtle or that you just personally feel are kawiwi enough but again, not too on the nose.
Having anime merch that you can easily put away without damaging it is also a good idea, so you can hide the weeb stuff if you feel embarrassed for one reason or another.
This Pic related is a but too much, specially if you plan to hide the kawiwi stuff, but I feel like it's a good way to have cute stuff that aren't like, Sailor moon and marketable mascots everywhere.
No. 2142268
>>2141856I think it's too late for me to try all pastel because I already use dark gray bedsheets and dark hardwood shelves. It would probably be too harsh in contrast to the pastel. Unless I go for some yami kawaii/goth mix.
>>2141858That's true. The kawaii thing would feel very juvenile for me so ideally I do want something that can make me still make me feel like an adult and not like I'm in a little girl's room. lol I want it to be cute but not give off full "pretty pink princess that calls her boyfriend daddy" vibes.
No. 2149071
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i have a small open shelf unit (pic) with a couple of open shelves that i want to hide with curtain. nothing fancy, a pastoral look i think would be attractive and effective (not to mention cheap lol). any suggestions for curtain colours and patterns? i find it hard to match other colours to the colour of the shelf