Asian style in interior design is characterized by its focus on simplicity, natural materials, and clean lines. This style often incorporates nature-based elements like bamboo, jade, and lotus, creating serene spaces with balanced colors and cultural accents. The term “Asian style” encompasses a wide range of influences from the vast region of Asia, encompassing rich traditions, aesthetics, and minimalism. To create a serene and rejuvenating environment, designers should embrace open spaces, use natural materials, keep color palettes neutral, and incorporate elements that evoke nature.
For an Asian Zen interior, it is essential to avoid excessive ornamentation and maintain a neutral color palette. Natural elements such as stone, wood, greenery, and water features can be integrated into the design to create a serene and rejuvenating environment. Asian style interior design covers the cultures of Japan, China, Thailand, and other countries.
To achieve an Asian Zen interior, designers should leave space around furniture, choose paint colors wisely, invest in good pillows, pay attention to the hallway, and use accent pieces. For an Asian feel, lighter and more natural walls can be used, and natural fibers and light wood can create a more zen atmosphere.
In conclusion, Asian style in interior design is characterized by harmony, balance, tranquility, and simplicity. By following these guidelines, designers can create a harmonious and peaceful interior that combines tradition and modernity.
📹 Feng Shui Home Decor Dos and Don’ts (Buy This, Not That!)
Feng Shui Home Decor Dos and Don’ts (Buy This, Not That!) #fengshui #fengshuitips #fengshuilifestyle In today’s episode, I am …
What are the Feng Shui rules for a house?
To optimize Feng Shui in your living room, consider the following tips:
Position furniture for maximum light exposure, ensuring it faces towards the light source. This promotes positive energy flow.
Incorporate plants into your design, using the Feng Shui element of fire.
Keep your furniture in a commanding position, ensuring it is in a clean and tidy space.
By following these Feng Shui tips, you can create a harmonious and functional living room.
What are Asian interior design colors?
Oriental interior design is characterized by a color scheme of pastels and neutrals, inspired by nature’s palette. This creates an immersive indoor environment that blurs the line between built space and natural surroundings. Neutral-colored tiles like Touch Stone can be used to blend in with other elements, allowing for pastel accents and pops of floral arrangements or art pieces. The design also incorporates a philosophy of balance and harmony expressed through Yin and Yang, with circles and squares being prominent in doorways, arches, and furniture. These elements are balanced by the presence of room dividers and ventilation blocks.
What is the Asian style interior design?
An Asian style interior is characterized by a lack of clutter and simplicity, with simple yet beautiful furnishings and open spaces. Natural materials are used for walls and flooring, with Oriental rugs and floor screens as accents. Window treatments balance the space, and nature is prominent, with orchids, bamboo plants, and water being prominent features. Alcoves are used to display accessories like art, flower arrangements, statures, or pottery.
Multi-purpose furniture pieces, such as wooden trunks and coffee tables, are often used to keep the space open. The Oriental style called Chinoiserie is often used in Asian interiors. Colors in this style usually lean towards bold, with red being the most common color. Other colors include brown, gray, tan, green, orange, and yellow. For drama, shimmering metallics and furniture finished in shiny, black lacquer are used.
What is the general rule in interior design?
Interior design principles are guidelines used by designers to create functional and aesthetically pleasing spaces. These principles include balance, harmony, rhythm, proportion and scale, emphasis, contrast, and details. Balance is crucial in creating an equilibrium by evenly distributing furniture and decorative objects within a room. It involves careful analysis of line, shape, color, and texture of objects. There are three types of balance: formal, informal, and radial. These principles can be applied to any room in a home, from the living room to the bathroom.
What are the colors for Asian interior design?
Oriental interior design is characterized by a color scheme of pastels and neutrals, inspired by nature’s palette. This creates an immersive indoor environment that blurs the line between built space and natural surroundings. Neutral-colored tiles like Touch Stone can be used to blend in with other elements, allowing for pastel accents and pops of floral arrangements or art pieces. The design also incorporates a philosophy of balance and harmony expressed through Yin and Yang, with circles and squares being prominent in doorways, arches, and furniture. These elements are balanced by the presence of room dividers and ventilation blocks.
What is unethical in interior design?
The Code of Ethics for Interior Design underscores the significance of integrity within the profession, asserting that interior designers should undertake their responsibilities with honesty, diligence, and responsibility. They should endeavor to establish trust and rely on their judgment to ensure the continued prosperity of members and the Society.
What are the principles of Chinese interior design?
Chinese interior design focuses on preserving nature and incorporating natural materials into homes. This approach is seen as a way to release stress and promote wellbeing. Chinese furniture, rugs, and stones are often made from natural fibers, providing a sense of spiritual grounding. The use of screens to divide rooms has also become a trend, as the shift towards open-plan living has led to a return to the appeal of broken-plan designs. This approach to interior design is a significant part of global interior design trends and reflects the Chinese perspective on preserving nature.
How can I make my house look Asian?
To create a modern Asian interior design, consider incorporating Oriental decor pieces, incorporating different textures, using a soothing backdrop, mixing bold colors, embracing the fusion, adding Asian-themed lighting, incorporating natural materials, and keeping it minimalist. These interiors draw inspiration from countries like China, Japan, Thailand, and Vietnam, each with its own distinct style. To create a tranquil and calm atmosphere, choose elements that reflect the culture of these regions, such as decorative fans, jade statues, mudra lamps, and Ming dynasty tables.
Maintain a balance with the Chinese philosophy of Feng Shui, which promotes harmony between natural elements like earth, fire, water, metal, and wood. Incorporate statement pieces like statues, coffee tables, and cabinets to naturally incorporate these elements.
Incorporate accents of lacquer and latticework into your space, and pay attention to stylistic details like oriental-inspired wooden curtain poles and black wood blinds. Bamboo blinds are another example of Asian-inspired window treatments, adding an authentic quality to your theme. By following these tips, you can create a modern Asian interior that reflects the rich culture and traditions of Asia.
What colors should be avoided in feng shui?
Feng Shui, the art of restoring harmony in a home, often involves furniture placement, energy, and materials, but also interior design. Some paint colors are considered unlucky due to their potential to disrupt the balance of energy, or qi, in a space. Victor Cheung, founder of Feng Shui Nexus, explains that some colors stagnate this energy, leading to an imbalance. Unlucky colors are not necessarily bad, but they can create unfavorable energies when used in excess.
Feng Shui principles can provide practical explanations that produce tangible effects, making it important to consider the impact of paint choices on one’s well-being. For example, black is not considered a harmonizing color in Feng Shui, while white is considered inoffensive and calming. Red is considered lucky for choosing colors that align with Feng Shui principles.
What is bad feng shui for a house?
Feng Shui is a concept that emphasizes the importance of open, light, and beautiful spaces in a home. The center of the house, also known as the yin-yang point, is considered the center of energy for all other guas. A bedroom over the garage is generally considered bad feng shui due to its unstable energy foundation, which is opposite to the energy desired for relaxation and sleep. A long narrow hallway is also considered bad feng shui if not properly cared for, as it combines rushing Sha Chi and stagnant energy (Si Chi).
However, smart feng shui decorating can help improve home design challenges and promote good energy flow. Overall, incorporating feng shui into your home design can significantly improve your home’s overall feng shui.
📹 INTERIOR DESIGN TRENDS WE DON’T NEED IN 2023
Hey everyone! Today’s video we’re talking about interior design trends that we need less of in 2023. We have seen these trends a …
Sorry but a lot of people do not have the money to buy furniture every couple years according to trends. I’m personally over mid century modern. It’s as popular as modern farmhouse and every home is beige. I have traditional pieces that I have had for 30 years and I still love them. Curate what you love and don’t worry about spending thousands on pieces because it’s on a pinterest board.
I actually follow a few furniture refinishers who thoughtfully try to save the furniture piece by sanding and re-staining. But sometimes, there are parts of the furniture that are so ruined and damaged that the only way to save it from the landfill is to fill the holes, gouges, and dents with filler and paint it (not necessarily all of it). However, there are some furniture flippers who take a perfectly fine piece of wood furniture and paint it gaudy colors. That sort of art work needs to be done on a canvas and not a piece of furniture.
Some of those paint flips are really bad, but one reason a lot of mid century furniture is repainted is due to the age and wear of the piece. lots of these pieces end up in land fills because they have a water mark or a chipped leg so when someone can turn around and give it new life its great! Embracing sustainable design is the new normal
Sorry Arvin, but I love painted furniture. Some furniture just looks dated with its wood grain or heavy, dark stain. A lot of MCM furniture is veneer, that maybe has been beat up over the years. You can’t save a piece if the veneer is worn through or damaged, so painting it is a great option. I just had my dresser and highboy done this year. They sanded and stained what they could, and painted the other bits. Came out great. And saved them from the landfill. If done well – stain plus dark grey, black, white or off-white – it can look amazing!
I love the monastery chic look. It’s relaxing and calming. Life is too f**king short to be tossing a bunch of pillows aside EVERY night and/or dealing with 3 or 4 layers of bed covers. I have two pillows, one sheet set and one thick blanket. If I need heat I get out the electric blanket. If I need to be cool, I turn on the A/C.
Hi Arvin. I just redecorated my home with the help of a designer, and I never heard of or saw any of the things you mentioned that you hate! I never heard of lime washing, I never knew about the colored lightbulbs, and I didn’t choose any boucle fabrics for my furniture. But I do see a lot of it online. Insightful article! Love the necklace!
I paint some of my old furniture that has no value left in it (not great pieces to start with) and they look great but I live in a cottage or one might say bungalow home. I downside as I reached a certain age and love my painted pieces that go well with my more expensive furniture. It is a style I enjoy but I do think one can go overboard with painted furniture in decor. To each their own but I do think your ideas are great most of the time.
It’s funny you bring up bouclé because as soon as that trend hit I kept thinking, “yeah that trend will come and go fast and it won’t be long before everyone will be hating it.” Haha. I honestly never got the whole cloud sofa hoopla. I hate sofas that are not firm and feel like you’re sitting on pillows.
Some furniture, yes even some MCM pieces, must be painted to save them. Many are not even real wood. Yes as with anything, the work can be sub par without proper skills and an artistic eye. But done well, I think painting furniture can elevate it and look very elegant. Sorry Arvin, you got this one wrong. Also, take a look over your shoulder. A fuzzy accent piece of furniture can be nice, but all fuzzy furniture!!???? Please no.
I missed this kind of articles! I agree with all trends mentioned! About lime wash… In my opinion, it looks good on a particular style of homes, I do not see a modern apartment with this kind of painting, maybe in a house if we want to get this kind of Mediterranean vibes, but it has to be very well integrated with the style and design of the home to look good. Otherwise, I will choose white, it is always a good choice and timeless. And NEVER on furniture! No no.
I’m getting a lime wash mid tone muted sage ACCENT wall in my bedroom and nobody can stop me! I know he doesn’t like a random accent wall lol, but my bedroom is very neutral with white, gray, black and midtone wood. I need some color and the only color right now is my green plants and green blackout curtain, so I feel like it actually will look good!
Arvin, you’re missing the point here. Instead of throwing into landfill Drexel furniture from the 60s re-make it with good taste. I think you should follow some of the pros like The TeddyJames Co. Why? Because most of these companies are small businesses run by young woman, now can support their families, pay off college loans, etc. It is easy to purchase fast furniture at Target and Pottery Barn. Support small business. Also not all of us can live in a California, Eichler house. We actually have more traditional houses with gray days,and a well done, sustainable piece with tastefully done color can bring happiness into months of dreary weather. It’s ok if your preferred palette is neutral-come live in the PNW forest and you will embrace color.
I am completely with you on almost everything but the Studio McGee layered living room. I breathed a sigh of relief when you photoshopped in the one clean sectional 😂 For my personal taste there was just too much going on like the person inherited multiple chairs, sofas, and ottomans and didn’t want to insult their relatives! A visually cluttered mishmash.
A couple years ago I found a wooden accent table at a thrift store that had been painted that ugly light purple. I knew it was real wood so I bought it for like $5 and took it home. After stripping away the paint, I discovered a beautiful solid mahogany wood underneath. So I conditioned and finished it and it is now my favorite aesthetic piece of furniture in my bedroom (it became my nightstand). Recently I saw a very similar item at a antique shop going for almost $600.
Hello dear I love your website and I love everything that you offer. I also believe that you’re extremely brilliant when it comes to design and style of everything decor-wise. However as far as the furniture flipping there have been produced a lot of really really beautiful and stunning pieces that were saved from going into a dumpster or being burned. A lot of the furniture flippers not just slap paint on pieces of furniture but they save pieces of furniture and in a sense recycle them with a new facelift if you may. So as much as I admire your your website and I accept your opinion on everything else I have to admit, even though I’m not educated in design or anything like I like it when it’s done right. And it’s all together reasonable to think that you probably just have seen way too much of it, I can see that I can absolutely see that. And not every single Furniture flipper is good at it, there are a few that are very good at it and they can make an old ugly, shipped, stained and faded piece of junk look like a beautiful Masterpiece! So I wouldn’t completely rule it out I would just be more selective. Plus I know there are people on a budget like myself or maybe college kids that want a nice piece of furniture in there home or apartment and yet they can’t afford to go out and buy something but they CAN afford to flip something for example that they may have picked up at a yard sale for a buck or whatever! I just wouldn’t completely dismiss it as an option with moderation. Anyways thank you love for your articles I think they’re awesome I think you’re awesome have a happy New Year
Love all your vids and humor and congrats on your new home! Welcome to LA. I agree with DIY and lime wash and some others you mentioned. But One thing about furniture “trends” is that furniture should not be so disposable. Fast fashion is bad enough but then furniture is a whole new level of scary wasteful. “This year buy this! Oh that’s garbage throw it out. We’re doing something all new this year.” 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️
I love your views on the latest things in 2023 that does not sit well with you. Hilarious. I will agree on some DIY colors; however, sometimes the actual wood is so damaged, scratched, water spots, that giving it some paint and texture is great for the planet. Helps keep down waste in landfills. Giving an upcycled MCM piece can give a great vibe or whatever that vibe happens to be and customizing it can still be very stylish and add some texture balance to a room. Not all DIYs are bad. Furniture is like fashion, some good, some bad from low end to high end.
Whaaaaaat!?! I LOVE color and the color lights are awesome. I use normal lighting colors when I want to take a break. Anyway…To each their own. And I also like when ppl take furniture no one likes and flips it into something different. I have a feeling you and I would differ on a lot of things tho. Like style in general and probably some music and movie tastes. I really like raw, gritty style and graffiti (done right), tattoos, piercings, etc. yeah… maybe different from the “typical” type but whatever. Anyway, you do you boo and I’ll be “gimmicky” then.
Actually Arvin, I agree with most of your dislikes. You have impeccable taste. About the furniture painting, it has been done for centuries in Europe, especially in Sweden and France, maybe you didn’t know that. It’s not a trend… And usually artists that refinish wood furniture do it to save them from the trash. Except Mid-Century that look awful painted. Now that’s a trend…
The official definitions: Arbitrary slat walls = Scrap wood drunken monstrosity Monastery bed = The cold Monk and Nun trend Phillips hue lights = Dracula party chic Lime wash anything = Cigar smoking family lived here for 30 years trend Cloud Sofa = Dog bed for humans Boucle = Popcorn ceiling furniture Painting classic furniture = Tacky Jackie destroys vintage
Hi Arvin! So I actually tried sitting on cloud sofa at RH in Denver. OH. MY. GOD! It is the single worst piece of furniture I ever sat on. A bean bag chair or a folded futon would actually be an improvement. There is absolutely no back support. It’s like someone went “Hey, what’s the perfect antithesis of ‘ergonomic’? Let’s make it into a sofa!” So, there you go! Now you can bash how it looks AND how it feels! 😎
I love you Arvin Olano and mostly agree with your astute decorating advice BUT please don’t discourage people painting or buying painted MCM or other old furniture. Let’s keep history out of the landfills. Someone with the skills can always strip back the ugly paint and refinish the wood/veneer at some later date. Let folks do whatever they need to do to keep these pieces in circulation and somewhat working with their palettes and design aesthetics. A piece of rainbow painted Disney themed MCM in someone’s kid’s room is still one less tree getting cut down in real life.
Definitely agree with the paint flipping furniture. I admit, I used to do this to all the furniture I bought from estate sales back in my college days. I regret doing this to beautiful furniture pieces. Luckily, I was able to salvage one item to it’s original glory by stripping the old paint and restoring it to the natural wood. I won’t do that again 😂🤦🏾♀️
Happy Holiday NOW your take on mid Century painted furniture 🤣😂🤣😂 I Think it’s depends on the pieces condition when purchased as some artistians are fantastic when they are very creative but do believe most MidCentury furniture is more valuable if in its original condition when it’s been given respectful Love and care otherwise if it’s not why not update it & repair it if you can…if not use it’s form to make it even more valuable like when Asians have expensive pottery & it breaks they repair it with 24 carat Gold making it more valuable in that perception of repairing furniture it’s delightful when done Right… But isn’t that Everyone’s personal take on art that makes it or breaks it ?? As Usual great revue Arvin…Have a Marvelous Time in Your New digs enjoying friends and family🎄🦌 Merry Xmas Guys Great Post 😘🥰
I feel that some of these items was trendy to begin with. It may be fine for a while but furniture is expensive and you want it to be timeless if possible. As far as pillows go I have a lot of pillows and the majority of them are stacked up against each other on the floor in different natural colors and textures for different seasons.
Agree about bouclé. But I do feel like your shearling pieces will age out in the same fashion. Off putting energy here as well. It distracts from your creative choices, actually. Not sure if you have veneers, or a permanent retainer, but your speech is affected by something. Bad vibes, man. There was a more poised way to do this, and stick to your examples by sharing problem solving, or do’s and dont’s. Weird choices and points that were judgmental in an unnecessary way. Great style, but cringe moments too regularly, the fake laugh, the classist negative angle- just a lot. Honest feedback.
Save the colored hue lighting for gaming rooms! I think the DIY slats (the partial wall ones— not the cool MCM looking whole wall ones) look like something that is a Dollar Tree trend: “Hey, let’s take some paint stirrers or wooden rulers and stick them on the wall!” OH YES! Completely agree with paint flipping furniture! Especially the beautiful wood and MCM ones. Please tell me someone didn’t do that to a Broyhill Brasilia! OMG. It’s horrible.
I paint antique wood furniture but I distress it . People love shit tht looks really old . I do too . I dunno whyyyyy I just do. Not alot of pieces but I do have a piece in each room tht looks old . Or is really really old and everyone always tells me when they come over those pieces are their favorites in the house
Maybe between covid and everything else and being home and closer to family the cozy of that bed like cloud sofa is just a feel good esthetic for many of us. I’m personally over having those pretty but super uncomfortable tv room sofas and chairs. But every other thing in your list I’m fully agreeing with. I tried the teddy bear look and immediately hated everything about it. Buyers remorse for sure.
In my opinion Cloud sofas can look elevated depending on your styling. They are extremely expensive, so I would not say they need to go away. They do require some maintenance, and if you are not a person that wants to do that then I would suggest looking at lower maintenance sofas. I personally have mine located in a room that is not our primary gathering space and therefore it always looks nice.
The only time I like painted MCM is if there is no other option due to damage. I’ve a 30-40s waterfall dresser that I’m either going to have to refinish the top and sides and paint the drawers or learn to veneer. The previous owners let the drawer pulls spin and there are deep gouges in the wood. I debate veneer, filling the rings with wood putty and then putting textured wallpaper in an art deco style on the drawers followed by paint, or just paint. I am not sure I can learn how to apply veneer well enough to do that…
I don’t get these articles at all. Fair enough if you have a style and can use your website to inspire others, but having an entire playlist of trends and things you don’t like just comes off as you being very petty and negative. I mean, the surroundings in this article would be a nightmare for me to live in. To each their own. Spread joy abbd inspiration, not this useless negativity ❤️
Paint Flipping, the modern version of ”Antiquing” that was SO Popular in the past. again fine wood furniture tortured with various washes and varnishes to make the look ”Olde” LOL Go Away Trends : Blobby Low to the ground furniture, Rustic Elegance, Open Concept Living, String Art wall hangings, Tuscany Style, design snobbery. …
I am a certified master in fine woodworking. NO MORE PAINT ON BEAUTIFUL FURNITURE PEOPLE!!!!!! Arvin, YOU are a mofo genius, gentleman, and a scholar. I have not heard ONE. Not ONE, designer mention this atrocity that’s been sweeping the nation like the rona. HOWEVER, it has helped my business because I’m the one fixing the horrendous, horrible, dare I say criminal (what I like to call furniture felony) mistakes hahahha ugh but i digress. I never ever leave comments on YouTube, but I literally screamed out THANK YOUUU!!!!! by myself in my living room lol so yes people of America, please for the love of God and all that is holy in this world (like Mersman, Chippendale, Stickley, ect)ALONE MKAAAYYYY? My dear Arvin, you’re freaking adorable, funny as hell, and an honest to goodness Amazing designer worth paying attention to. I love your approach. Its another one I like to call: start where you are, and with what you have. If you dont like what you have, heres some affordable ish, and some expensive awesome ish, also! hahaha <3 And, because no one asked.....;) That is all. <3
Hmm. There is a place for coloured lighting but I agreed that the examples you showed are terrible and I suppose that would be how most use them. The strong super saturated colour light is never cute, but a more muted hue can serve a purpose (imo the colours that work are a light orange, yellow, pink, ie warm colours. Cold colour lighting, like blue and green always look tacky. I swear I don’t work for Phillips 😅
I think you should do you, and other people do what they like. So if someone loves lila, then let them paint their cabinet lila. You don’t have to like it. Let’s please not all turn into de beige, grey and earth tone kinda people. Please let people just do what they like and feel comfortable with. Who are you to downgrade others creations.
Not him talking about ugly trends when he had uglier trends in his house lol. That vase on his coffee table is horrible, they have those everywhere you go; supposed to give eclectic vibe but it just looks like you stole it from a tribe on your last trip you didn’t even go in. The books on the coffee table, nooooo! Stop throwing unnecessary shit on coffee tables, make the stuff on there useful; if you can’t put things that will be useful for you or your guest just leave the coffee table empty, there’s nothing more classic than an uncluttered coffee table, leave the books on the bookshelf plz. Now to the ugly fabric furniture, nooooo that’s a trend that will so be out of style in the next 3 months. Stop getting ugly cheap fabrics on your chairs and sofas, they are so hard to keep clean and looking cute after you’ve sat on it for 30 minutes.
Hi Arvin, thank you for this funny opinion piece! I’m totally with you. In the UK we have a saying, “you can’t polish a turd”! :face-fuchsia-poop-shape: So I hear you, all the people loving their painted furniture. Sometimes it can be great, but only if the furniture has good proportions in the first place. If it’s ugly, you just waste time and resources, ending up with ‘still ugly, now painted’. Painting good Modern furniture (especially mixing finishes) creates a piece that no longer has an identity, but worse, becomes unsustainable in terms of time for a professional to restore. :face-purple-crying:
I don’t like the multicolor lights either. — But light and color therapy is actually proven to help certain mental illnesses and soothe anxieties, both for adults and children. So, labeling it gimmicky when it’s actually healing – again, also weird. With someone who has design sense, you definitely lack self awareness. Your approach alters the quality of your design and your choices; it tarnishes them. And not in a patina vintage way, more like rust. Direct feedback. Not a good vibe.
Happy, happy New Year dear Arvin. Thanks for the fun, effort and you in 2022. I hate coloured lights. I just about have a seizure, really. Lime wash??? Cannot stand sectionals and cloud sofas. Give me my Italian leather Chesterfield and my two of other Italian leather sofas. Gorgeous. Thanks for confirming my love of unpainted timber furniture. Cheers
Whn wl SS appliances ever stop??!! I myself prefer white but got the SS (for resale purposes) bcuz ppl prefer this trend that seems to hv no end! It dents, scratches, can dull ovr time…im so over it!!! RE agents wl always describe a kitchen hvng ss appliances as if its so unique and high end. Wht kitchen doesnt hv thm these days! I want to see clean white appliances return.
I am new to this website. I have only watched a few of your articles. that being said, I enjoy your commentary and opinions, even if I dont always agree with some of them. Like yes, I too hate lime washed cabinets. However I actually love the different colored lighting on walls. Its fun and can be very invoking. My cat would have a field day on that fuzzy furniture… And I completely agree with you on the ugly paint flips. I love natural woods, and I too would hate to see a piece that still has life in it get bitch slapped with an awful coat of badly colored paint. Over all, I think this website is interesting and thought provoking, whic is I assume the intention…I always finish a article thinking “I didnt know it before, but I think I actually LOVE (or HATE) that style of blah blah blah. So thank you Arvin for helping me narrow down what designs that speak to me personally. Have a great day!
Hi there- love your website … you make me smile every time! Unfortunately I am one of those that refinishes furniture. I try to restore every piece that I can .. but some are beyond salvaging in the original finish. I also do a lot of custom AFFORABLE kids sets that are painted and protected from here to space. Parents have to buy furniture for their growing kids (maybe destructive kids) all the time … and I get to have some fun with those sets as well. Is it timeless and classic? Probably not … but I have a good time providing an affordable alternative. Love ya anyway sweetheart! Have a great day!
I think you have it SO WRONG for the Phillips Hue. They have greatly helped my seasonal depression. I can set my lighting schedule for the time of day to mimic the natural rise and fall of the sun. My son loves them because he likes to have fun crazy colours in his room. It’s nice to be able to change your lighting at a moment’s notice. As a creative, this has helped so much. Also. Have you actually tried them!? It’s a lifestyle change. A commitment. But having the ability to orchestrate your home’s lighting makes my entire world feel elevated
I have to disagree on the last one. Some of this old pieces are so damaged that they only can be furnished with food filler & paint & for some one that has the time to flip something for $80 instead of paying $5000 for a high end MCM piece I see nothing wrong with it. Oh, and that Lilac nightstands potty for a little girls room It is very appropriate. Little girls are not gonna want a $5000 bedroom set.
People generally don’t know what’s a true, good antique and what’s not, what’s real wood or veneer or laminate. The auction houses near me call it all ‘brown furniture’ and it doesn’t sell well. I had a friend who refused to sell a woman a small table because the woman happened to say ‘chalk paint.’ It was a very good Chippendale.
I also can’t stand when people paint old wood furniture. If it’s in bad shape and the wood/veneer is not unnoticeably fixable I kind of understand, but so much hand tool work went in to making these antique pieces and usually the wood used(mahogany in particular) is rare or would cost a fortune to build today new(if even available). Paining over mahogany furniture is a crime.
The reason lime wash looks absolutely terrible on cabinets & moulding is that lime wash is a PLASTER finish. It’s a MINERAL finish. When we see it on things we know aren’t plaster or stone-based, it reads absolutely fake as and that’s why the dirtiness really stands out instead of it feeling authentic, tactile, antique, like it ought to.
There is an antique/thrift store near me and the owner takes the most stunning pieces and paints them and appliques them with birds and flowers. She charges SO MUCH money for them as well! I’ve started to just skip that section of the store because I keep falling in love with pieces but can’t justify the huge expense when I know I’d have to strip all the paint back off 🥲🥲
I saw that coming from a mile away. Paint flipping furniture is so over done. Beautiful hard wood pieces are being slapped with all kinds of paint finishes and bold colors without understanding the history of the piece. I understand if the piece is pretty far gone or not real wood, paint away. But when I see people taking a perfectly good piece that just needs a little cleaning and some TLC doing these “statement pieces” with paint, textures and pictures laminated on the fronts I wanna scream! Textured paint on furniture is a big NO NO! How the heck are you gonna keep it clean? Dust? It’s going in the recycle bin quick.
Oh I’m sorry can we not do the paper ball lights and lamps…they are just ugly. College room stying only.Lime wash on a feature wall is nice or as you say a fire place. It’s pretty fresh and cheap to have white all the way through, but a bit cold and only if your scared of colour. Bolder colours create interest and draw you eye to the furnishings that give a hint of the same same colour and tones eg cushions, ornament, plants. You walk into a completely white home and your eye searchers for something different. Cheap to change up, and quick if it’s just a ceiling or wall. As are pillow covers, vases, throws and plant choice. 😂 No matter when the brown trend comes in I can’t wait for it to go out. Unless it’s timber, stone, marble. But brown furnishings and drapes and paint…nah. Agree Cynthia a lot of people don’t have the money to follow the trends. And I’ve seen some beautiful homes turned ugly just because they are following the trends not every tend is right for everyone, know what you love and shift things around to make it feel fresh, Get creative with changes that you can afford. Homes are about family, and there’s nothing wrong with a little DIY. That’s how we learn more about what we can do to change up our home.
I also dislike the painting wood furniture thing. I’m like baby no it was so beautiful and you’re ruining the wood 😭😭 I will say I’ve seen it done tastefully but generally I feel like why would you cover up wood grain?? Especially when fully wooden pieces are expensive and generally unsustainable nowadays
I’ll never forget the first article I saw of yours. It was two years ago, I had just finished furnishing my first ever place, and I kid you not it was like you saw my place and listed everything I did was wrong lol. Words on pillows, welcome to our farm, rug was too small, chabby chic, we paint thrifted furniture. I remember me and my sister sat in silence perusal after gathering all these items and our mouths just dropped open, we stared at each other and just busted out laughing. Thankfully I had thrifted everything and thanks to your tips, I was able to pretty much fix all the mistakes. I got rid of the words everywhere, I actually layered my small rug on top of a big rug, I moved the furniture from the walls, etc. you totally saved my place. Everyone that came in complimented it, no one would have ever guessed where I started 😂😂 so thank you
I like the website and the content. BUT: Who thought this TeddySheepy plush covered furniture are cool? ( the one standing behind you, dear Alvin. All it sherlomg or boucle, it is absolutely ugly. This has to go. I see it everywhere in design and interieur content. Alvin, sorry to say but in Germany we have this cataloge for elderly to order helpful things, medical stuff, dressing helpers for the compression tights, etc. They also sell covers like one piece foots slipper- boots exactely whith that kind of sheep teddy plush, ot covers with this for the bed or couch. This is so ugly imho. This is the same as the crotched covers for toilet paper and toilet seats.. please can anybody tell me what is confusion of taste this „ design/ interieur trend” can excuse? Thanks a lot
This is my first time perusal this YouTube website And… I have the exact same opinions with this dude, he has the exact same styling taste as me I’m shooked, because I was about to give up hope on humanity that people out there actually have taste. I thought they were all hiding, finally a YouTube website to rant about how badly people design shit. 100% subscribing.
While I don’t have a lot of these trends in my home, I still mostly don’t agree with your takes. Trends always come back around and so swapping one for another is just pointless. People should invest in quality pieces, if they can, and probably adopt a fusion of styles so not one thing is overwhelmingly present… But, individually, I really don’t think the items listed are bad, but to each their own!
agree with everything lol had so much fun perusal you roast these styles However just wanted to point out that the “monastery bedding” is probably for ppl in tropical areas where thick and fluffy comforters don’t work. Anyhow, im a fluffy bed enjoyer myself so no complaints for the trend to disappear haha
Phillips Hue lights are amazing, especially for open kitchens being able to go from cool when cooking and warm when relaxing, eating, etc. The functionality alone is fantastic for the price. I don’t do colors except for holidays they did look really cool in glass pendants in bright orange for Halloween. Also, cloud sofas are not comfortable at all. How have not tried one? Restoration Hardware in general is really bad quality.
Up cycling is good fun, it improves character of a beaten up old piece and has been a thing for longer than any trend. It stops pieces from being thrown into the ground. One generation paints and the next stripe and redo. 😂 It’s fun, and what people do when they can’t go and buy a new piece. Some body lime washed that terracotta vase on your table… oops! What is your lounge suite if it’s not Boucle, my eyes saw boucle even if it cost more. It’s the boucle look. 🎉
Two classic things like lime wash and marble stop being timeless when they are applied to just about anything, then it starts to look cheap. Leave those surfaces to where they belong, please. I cannot stand real wood vintage or antique pieces painted, the more rare and valuable the original design, the more I hate it. Leave it for run of the mill MDF contemporary pieces or extremely damaged pieces you don’t know how to restore. There are many websites here on YT of glorified paint slappers that are ruining really good pieces for tacky designs. Then they charge you like it is a new, rare, valuable piece.
Painting for living room if you can give me nice warming color I can buy, Dining area These walls are dark gray it’s not welcoming it’s not warm cozy it’s yuck she could please recommend me a brand and is semi-gloss or if I get satin I don’t know what to buy and a color I need a color if you could please recommend me something thank you
Good for you sharing your taste and abilities for making rooms look good. Obviously it’s not a one size fits all. I may not agree with everything that you say but it makes your mind in more of a mode of I don’t like what you’re saying so what do I like or vice versa. One other thing that hue lights for me you can make them the warm colors you’re talking about but you can also put them in this festive mode which I desperately need with my depression. I believe you would think your home should make you feel happy.