I prefer a closed concept kitchen, because I enjoy cooking. It’s very difficult for the majority people who actually make meals from scratch to keep up an open concept kitchen, because they make the whole living area look gross unless they are kept 100% clean all the time. I also just don’t want to see my kitchen in my main living space, as I like the look of spaces designated for on purpose.
Neighbors took down walls, wanting open concept because someone else had done it...a couple with one child. The neighbors had 3 children, and then her mother moved in with them as well. My neighbor thought she'd lose her mind...no where to go to be alone except her bedroom. Life style needs to be seriously considered. I appreciate my multiple rooms, areas designated for various use.
You brought up an excellent point about over-renovating a home to turn it into something it was never designed to be. If you have to gut and knock down everything maybe you need to find a different home.
Bless you a million times over for standing up for the integrity of old houses!!!!! I live in a historic district and I'm so often depressed to see new owners inflict trends on our Victorians - especially the mullets. Turning something lovely into a Frankenstein's collage of crap. That breaks my heart every time.
I think that books that are NOT backwards and are books that have been read and loved, is the best type of decor in the home. It shows the owner’s personality and their love of reading. It’s a statement of who the people who live here are. It shows their interests and hobbies. So much better than BLANK books that mean nothing at all. Great video Garrett as always you are a wealth of information and so much fun to listen too. ❤🤗🇨🇦
I LOVE books but my house is for me to enjoy and I don’t enjoy looking at an ugly book binding or cover no matter how much I enjoyed reading the book 🤷♀️ so I have no problem turning them around if it looks better to me. I don’t display my books to impress others. I think a lot of times the books that people display in their homes aren’t even books they’ve read, so backwards or not, there’s no guarantee about what it means.
So glad you speak of the “all white” overly, overly done (and boring) trend. Also, adore how you work with people’s vision, even if it’s not your own, & bring it to life in an elevated way. You are also one of the few designers who doesn’t expect that everything must be costly in order to be stylish. You’re one of a kind. A gem 💎
I gave a comment on an other channel what told you what you better not can do in your house. One point was mass produced art. First, I agree with that. Second, I got a mass produced picture from my mom and shortly after she died unexpectedly. So, I keep the picture. I framed it and it hangs above the kitchen table. It makes me happy when I look at it. I miss my mom more than I can say, but she is still with me when I look at that picture. It is the story behind the picture that makes it special. And that is what makes a house into a home. At first sight you think: Oh awful, a mass produced picture, but for me it is a valuable possession. Irma from the Netherlands
Backwards books are my personal pet peeve- I am a former librarian! I want to see your books- it shows me who you are, your interests and your personality. I have never understood the fake books for show either (Tom Ford or Chanel or whatever). And please don't paint wood or stone or brick as I will not be buying your home when you decide to sell. Another reason to go with a professional! Thank you Garrett! 😍😊❤️🥰☺️☀️🦩🌴
Another exceptional video that perfectly showcases the difference between a trained designer and an influencer who can only work within their own aesthetic. I especially loved the point you made about the need for tension in a space and would love a whole video on that topic. Thanks again, and I do wish I could make it to the show within the first hour. 😢
Thank you Garrett for saying what others wouldn’t dare say! There’s so much boring design out there that people believe they need to copy, room to room. It takes time to find your own personal style but it’s so worth it! Love your channel.
I'm trying to get my partner to see the light and keep the kitchen a bit closed. I used a noren (curtain) to good effect blocking the upper half of the sightline in my old place. He's aspirationally anti-clutter but stacks dishes in the sink by default (I'm a bit sloppier but I like an empty sink and load the dishwasher as I go), and I see how this isn't going to work with an open kitchen, but he's not there yet.
My kitchen dining room combo requires walking through a doorway (slightly larger than an average doorway, but not by much) to get into. Since the entire room is 200 sq feet, I like keeping it with 4 walls because it allows for more cabinets.
I agree 100% about not painting things that don't need to be painted. A while ago I saw a TH-camr suggest "updating" a fireplace by spraypainting the brass trim black. In the process, she converted a durable, timeless material to a fragile painted surface that will be vulnerable to damage and will need to be repainted again and again, and the damage is irreversible because she had to rough up the smooth brass so the paint would adhere.
There is nothing worse than seeing painted antique furniture. There's only a finite amount of antiques and when a trend fades, painted antique furniture (or any painted antiques) will not be recognized as such and will end up in landfills. This is how we lost a lot of 17th and 18th century antiques in the 1970's when the trend was hot, and now we see history repeating itself as we are losing 19th and early 20th century furniture at an astonishing rate.
I thoroughly agree with you. I hate to see fine furniture and beautiful wood painted. However, I have seen furniture that was beyond repair that was restored to use by painting it.
Oh Garrett, this is the most important the thing you have ever said , to me anyway. "Got to have like that off moment. Something that is giving us some sort of contrast some sort of interest. Some sort of tension within the space that created something that feels natural and looks beautiful." I would love a video dedicated to these little moments. I'm a visual person so I need to see what you mean by this intriguing statement.
Someone told me years ago that a room should have some thing ugly and some thing pink, and I’ve never forgotten that. my living room has a very ugly painting in it which I adore and a book on the coffee table has a pink cover. Small thing, but to me it’s that little bit of quirk that makes it work.
"A house will tell you what it wants." 16:10 100% agree with that - I have experienced it many times. I agree it's very possible to stay in alignment with what a house naturally is yet make it your own.
😮all backwards books together may not appeal to some but interacting some backwards books 📕 with others gives texture … if the title is not relevant then it makes sense…. The linen and pages add depth to the area which creates visual interest…. Not for everyone but can enhance a room…..
All the houses on our block are either natural stone, brick or stucco. We are the only house that isn’t white as everyone has painted the low maintenance materials. They are all custom homes but now must have followed the trend and I would never buy a home that would require more upkeep than needed especially since it costs thousands of dollars to repaint.
As an avid bibliophile, I HATE backwards books! How would you find a specific book? Turning books backwards is design for design sake. I truly believe that design should enhance your daily life - your life should not adapt to design, design adapts to your life.
I love this energy Garrett!💛 I love white but I hate all white, for me white is a Perfect caneva to make everythings shine (wooden furniture, beautiful wall art, beautiful design, our precious, sentimental objects). I will never understand how we can have a white couch either, in our homes we live, we put joy and happiness there, but these are things that are sometimes messy. I'd rather live than worry about a stain on a white sofa. I love your advice, your work, versus a lot on YT that it is only promoting their Amazon shop. You mention being us, putting our touch on it, if I could like this video 100x, I would. I am inspired by several things, but for me it is essential that it resembles me and that it is "my own touch", it is at home I do not live in a magazine. You deserve a huge community full of real people, who are there for the right reasons, the right advice, your energy. I sincerely believe that people who seem to watch TV shopping spend time and their community gets tired and leaves, for real and inspiring people like you 💛🇨🇦
I agree but we need more of the subscribers watching within the first hour so as to impress the TH-cam algorithm so it pushes it out further on TH-cam.
There was a TH-camr "decorator" suggesting book cases were not for books. The few books she allowed had to be stacked horizontally . I donate many of my books however, some have a special meaning or I use for reference. I love color in my home and I do treasure decor I have brought home when I travel or have collected over the years. I can't stand the rooms without personality.
I have a lot of dark brown, but I have accented with black objects, as well as with darker shades of other colours. I just love the moodiness it gives off, as well as a 'cocoon' feeling. And books! How I love seeing other people's nicely displayed collections. It really gives a home personality. Unfortunately, due to severe allergies, I can't display mine (and I donate most of mine due to that reason). My husband went to visit relatives that had a mostly white house. He couldn't wait to get out. He said he felt so uncomfortable, like he couldn't touch anything or sit anywhere in fear of messing something up. I always love your videos, Garrett. You never fail to educate, while entertaining us all, big-time! One thing though- when you were talking about how there are times you should just leave a house be, and not be trying to reno/change things that shouldn't/can't be, I was surprised you didn't use that old saying, being the loving dog owner you are - sometimes you've just got to let sleeping dogs lie! 😊 ❤
The worst thing about the “open concept” kitchen is that you lose 1/2 of your upper kitchen cabinetry storage. As someone who loves to cook, that kitchen storage is way too valuable to me.
Oh Garrett i just love you!!! Today was especially entertaining!! I love " gotta have some stank on it" And of course i agree.!! Perfect Garret. Thanks♥️
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Love our Fearless Leader Garrett! I have white walls and pretty much gray or “pickled” flooring. So, I chose an area rug with teal, gold, purple in it, and some really nice teal/turquoise furniture with a beige leather Stressless chair. I mixed new things with some really nice things my mother and her sisters had. It works for me and my tons of books and rock collection. I think some people copy a design they like to the letter because they don’t trust their own style. You have to TRY things. It can be as simple as a colored throw or pillows. I very much dislike painted brick or stone. I have never really seen it work well. You don’t have to take out an entire wall, sometimes. Keep the receipts on the pillows, throws, and other decor. Take a chance, and if you don’t like it, return it! Your home should reflect YOU! You have to be comfortable in it. (I need to learn that some people are just “beige” people. It’s not for me, but. . . )
I love your take on remodels. HAVE to consider the structure, vibe and personality of your home. I esp in older homes. I have a MCM home. Ive had contractors wanting to rip out walls and try to make my home something it is not. I love my floor plan. It is very functional. Doesn’t matter if it’s just me and my husband, or two other families staying with us. The house functions well in either scenario
Great video Garrett! I have to agree with each point. I love getting ideas but not copies. I had a house that one room was crazy! The painted the walls like blood red with black trim, window treatments, floors and fireplace. I had to change it ASAP! Before I even decide what I was doing in the rest of the house I had to fix it. I could have painted the some fireplace white but I used my paint samples of different browns and sponged it. It ended up looking like the original then I worked with that. I never understood the backward books or wood beads!
I watched some other ,,Designers".....but You are the most honest, helpful, more tasteful and personally agreable.....There is No Style more chic... than Garrett-chic!!!Chapeau!!!
Hello 👋 I’ve never lived in an open concept home but now that I own my own home and had the opportunity to remodel it fit our family living style we just made large entry ways leading from room to room so it’s the best of both open yet separate at the same time and I love that for me 😊
0:50 I'm trying to be more compassionate about painting trim after the new house. It's a cat hoarding restoration project and we could have either spun wheels replacing all the trim entirely to be rid of the stink and achieved nothing else during the time it took, or have me seal them with shellac and Emerald while our pros kept the project momentum going elsewhere. We did not do this lightly. And while I'm at it, having smelled all the things the house has to offer, cats should not be taken into the home lightly either.
Garrett, I love watching you because you are so real and truthful. I really appreciate you addressing the boring copy-cat designs. I understand not having your own vision but your home should look like your home. I’ve noticed that even content creators lately are shopping and placing the exact same items in their homes. Yawn!
I get why people tend to paint over those huge stone fireplaces that look stuck in the 70s. I personally prefer to see some sort of lime-wash or German schmear; something that lightens it up but still allows some of the natural stone to show. I think completely painting over them looks kind of unnatural.
I painted my 2 story fireplace using Romabio limewash! It was a fake peach colored stone from the 70s. I absolutely love it. I believe there are exceptions to the suggestion of not painting stone or brick. Great video!
I don’t mind brick per se, but over the concept of people taking these ugly monstrous fireplaces of ugly brick and rock and just painting them. Great, now it looks like a giant white iceberg. 😂
A white limewash fireplace beats a fake peach stone one from the 70s in my book! Sorry, there are some exceptions when painting stone and brick makes an improvement/update 😊
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What about 70's paneling? I've always hated it anyway but our new house has wood beams, wood-look laminate flooring and doors and trim in very similar tones. I really want to paint the paneling to break that up and also brighten the room because it's very dark and the windows don't let in much light.
Pleasure as always listening to your video. Couldn't agree more with the just decor statement. I do t know if you are familiar with the william morris philosophy of have nothing in your house that you don't believe to be beautiful or know to be useful, sage advice I believe.
I think the backwards books and white covered books trends came from staging. As a stager, you want to keep buyers moving and thinking about the house--not dallying at a bookcase and wondering about the current owners. You also remove religious, political, personal items, and family photos/diplomas/awards/etc.
Great video. I collect antiques. I would never paint a single one. I love the wood. Rehabers are killing the antiques. Sand it down and re-varnish. That is truly rehabing. Also, closed spaces are so fun and cozy. I have a 1964 Florida rancher. I love creating all the different spaces. Some people think I am crazy with more than one or two types of flooring. I have about five. 😲I love the character of it. Each room has its own concept but the style is the same throughout the house. My style. I mix old with new. My house is my story. I need to declutter though. I collect way too much stuff. I love your style.
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Only good thing about open concept is it makes the house look bigger. My dog is part husky. She's smart, so she is super aware of when the best time is too attempt to steal food from my kitchen. We ended up putting a half door up to keep her out. All white is hard to keep clean...no, impossible. As a minimalist, nothing is just a....everything serves a purpose. That sounded weird.
I recently painted an upstairs bathroom white from its previous darker color. This bathroom was not getting new hardware, yoyr bathtub/ shower update. It has a maple (veneer) cabinet and newer flooring. I found a way to bring black, white, gray, and that maple color into the room with accessories and other ways to relate all colors together. I am resisting painting any of my cabinetry. I don't love it anymore, but I don't hate it either. It does feel dated, but replacing it is not where we want to spend our money. Like you said, it's better to find something and some way to relate to it. In our case, I hope replacing countertops and door and drawer hardware will do the trick. Good video.
So excited! Love to see a new post from you Humble video topic request, how in the world do you hone in your furniture style/shop for furniture? Personally i know if i like someone's room but idk how a given piece of furniture is gonna work in my space. I appreciate your prev videos on scale, style, function. But i guess i need some help with form lol!
I understand, but there are so many possibilities and variables. It’s hard to make a video like that. I could probably help you much more quickly on that subject via a virtual consultation. I’d be happy to assist by seeing your space and discussing things customized to you specifically that would make you happy aesthetically and functionally in your home. Bookings can be made at intro.co/garrettlechic and the times you see available are already in your time zone as long as you don’t have your phone or computer VPN on.😁😁😁
Another great video…. Sorry I missed several weeks….. as always I am binge watching…. I am setting a timer on my phone lol so I take my break on Thursday and not get there in the first hour….. you are so talented and respectful… I enjoy watching your videos…. Thanks for sharing ❤️
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Good Morning Garrett, What a common sense infusing vlog. So valid at every point. I never knew about this book style of facing other way, ridiculous. Thanks for enlightening the upcoming interior students about the art of drawing the vision and not everything on computers. Technology should be used for assistance not the only way of learning something. Thankyou for the vlog today enjoy your weekend🥰
All so true! Anyone know if it’s worth it/possible to remove paint from brick?? Recently bought a house and they unfortunately painted the 2 beautiful brick fireplaces 😭
For me the worst trend of all is shabby chic, because it so soo cheesy and when I see beautiful vintage or antique furniture being destroyed with paint I become very nervous, especially consudering that I like to restore them with shellac. For example I have just restored a nice art deco home bar using shellac
What WONDERFUL energy!!!! You always brighten my day . . . and my home. Love to Garrett! xxx (PS. I did log on late today -doggie not feeling well . . .)
Open concept kills me. Every damn new build I work on is open concept - big, small, all of them. I couldn't do it. I need spacial definition. HGTV addicts have ruined a lot of beautiful homes.
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Books: Styling with books bothers me. Candles and beads and vases on stacked books just shouts pretension to me. I want to put everything away. It doesn't seem to belong there on a coffee table artfully arranged. Books on a shelf in a library or laying on a table but not with decor piled on them. No.
I agree with your philosophy so much…recently no one seems to be able to decorate with neutral ceramic jars, candles or home decoration books all over their homes. So done and OVER it!
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I prefer a closed concept kitchen, because I enjoy cooking. It’s very difficult for the majority people who actually make meals from scratch to keep up an open concept kitchen, because they make the whole living area look gross unless they are kept 100% clean all the time. I also just don’t want to see my kitchen in my main living space, as I like the look of spaces designated for on purpose.
Who like to cook knows tha when you cook the kitchen is a mess, so prefer a closed kitchen, who just use microwave prefer the open one
I agree! Also, I don't want the smell of the fish I just cooked permeating the entire house.
Thanks for sharing!
Grease. Also heating bills. Also where do you do your sulking when occasion demands?
I love this comment and whole heartedly agree! @@user-bf3pc2qd9s
Neighbors took down walls, wanting open concept because someone else had done it...a couple with one child. The neighbors had 3 children, and then her mother moved in with them as well. My neighbor thought she'd lose her mind...no where to go to be alone except her bedroom. Life style needs to be seriously considered. I appreciate my multiple rooms, areas designated for various use.
You brought up an excellent point about over-renovating a home to turn it into something it was never designed to be. If you have to gut and knock down everything maybe you need to find a different home.
Bless you a million times over for standing up for the integrity of old houses!!!!! I live in a historic district and I'm so often depressed to see new owners inflict trends on our Victorians - especially the mullets. Turning something lovely into a Frankenstein's collage of crap. That breaks my heart every time.
Backward books? That's like making your friends face a wall!!!
I think that books that are NOT backwards and are books that have been read and loved, is the best type of decor in the home. It shows the owner’s personality and their love of reading. It’s a statement of who the people who live here are. It shows their interests and hobbies. So much better than BLANK books that mean nothing at all. Great video Garrett as always you are a wealth of information and so much fun to listen too. ❤🤗🇨🇦
Thanks so much! Glad you enjoyed.
I LOVE books but my house is for me to enjoy and I don’t enjoy looking at an ugly book binding or cover no matter how much I enjoyed reading the book 🤷♀️ so I have no problem turning them around if it looks better to me. I don’t display my books to impress others. I think a lot of times the books that people display in their homes aren’t even books they’ve read, so backwards or not, there’s no guarantee about what it means.
So glad you speak of the “all white” overly, overly done (and boring) trend. Also, adore how you work with people’s vision, even if it’s not your own, & bring it to life in an elevated way. You are also one of the few designers who doesn’t expect that everything must be costly in order to be stylish. You’re one of a kind. A gem 💎
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I gave a comment on an other channel what told you what you better not can do in your house. One point was mass produced art. First, I agree with that. Second, I got a mass produced picture from my mom and shortly after she died unexpectedly. So, I keep the picture. I framed it and it hangs above the kitchen table. It makes me happy when I look at it. I miss my mom more than I can say, but she is still with me when I look at that picture. It is the story behind the picture that makes it special. And that is what makes a house into a home. At first sight you think: Oh awful, a mass produced picture, but for me it is a valuable possession. Irma from the Netherlands
The picture of your mom is not a mass product because it is personal and unique.
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Backwards books are my personal pet peeve- I am a former librarian! I want to see your books- it shows me who you are, your interests and your personality. I have never understood the fake books for show either (Tom Ford or Chanel or whatever). And please don't paint wood or stone or brick as I will not be buying your home when you decide to sell. Another reason to go with a professional! Thank you Garrett! 😍😊❤️🥰☺️☀️🦩🌴
I'm team: take the book covers on!
Another exceptional video that perfectly showcases the difference between a trained designer and an influencer who can only work within their own aesthetic. I especially loved the point you made about the need for tension in a space and would love a whole video on that topic. Thanks again, and I do wish I could make it to the show within the first hour. 😢
Thank you Garrett for saying what others wouldn’t dare say! There’s so much boring design out there that people believe they need to copy, room to room. It takes time to find your own personal style but it’s so worth it! Love your channel.
Thanks so much!
Also, the books in my home I've either read or I'm about to read. I love books so I really hate those fake cardboard ones people use for decor.
Agree - open concept isn't always great. I find it much easier to decorate our current place, which has separate rooms.
I'm trying to get my partner to see the light and keep the kitchen a bit closed. I used a noren (curtain) to good effect blocking the upper half of the sightline in my old place. He's aspirationally anti-clutter but stacks dishes in the sink by default (I'm a bit sloppier but I like an empty sink and load the dishwasher as I go), and I see how this isn't going to work with an open kitchen, but he's not there yet.
My kitchen dining room combo requires walking through a doorway (slightly larger than an average doorway, but not by much) to get into. Since the entire room is 200 sq feet, I like keeping it with 4 walls because it allows for more cabinets.
Thanks for sharing!
Love how proud you are of your education! Bravo! It shows!! 🎉
Love hearing your expertise on all subjects, which is only second to your personality. : )
Wow, thank you!
I agree 100% about not painting things that don't need to be painted. A while ago I saw a TH-camr suggest "updating" a fireplace by spraypainting the brass trim black. In the process, she converted a durable, timeless material to a fragile painted surface that will be vulnerable to damage and will need to be repainted again and again, and the damage is irreversible because she had to rough up the smooth brass so the paint would adhere.
There is nothing worse than seeing painted antique furniture. There's only a finite amount of antiques and when a trend fades, painted antique furniture (or any painted antiques) will not be recognized as such and will end up in landfills. This is how we lost a lot of 17th and 18th century antiques in the 1970's when the trend was hot, and now we see history repeating itself as we are losing 19th and early 20th century furniture at an astonishing rate.
I thoroughly agree with you. I hate to see fine furniture and beautiful wood painted. However, I have seen furniture that was beyond repair that was restored to use by painting it.
Oh Garrett, this is the most important the thing you have ever said , to me anyway.
"Got to have like that off moment. Something that is giving us some sort of contrast some sort of interest. Some sort of tension within the space that created something that feels natural and looks beautiful."
I would love a video dedicated to these little moments. I'm a visual person so I need to see what you mean by this intriguing statement.
Someone told me years ago that a room should have some thing ugly and some thing pink, and I’ve never forgotten that. my living room has a very ugly painting in it which I adore and a book on the coffee table has a pink cover. Small thing, but to me it’s that little bit of quirk that makes it work.
Oh yes I love this too!
Thanks for watching and sharing!
I'm not crazy about our open floor house. There's no privacy. All it takes is someone watching TV and the whole house has to hear it. Not a fan.
Just stripped four layers of paint off my kitchen island!! Can’t wait to get it finished.
White sofa, white rug ....I can't cook with an apron on without getting tomato sauce down my front. On the upside I have a great homemade ketchup.
"A house will tell you what it wants." 16:10 100% agree with that - I have experienced it many times. I agree it's very possible to stay in alignment with what a house naturally is yet make it your own.
Backwards books are a great way to advertise your own ignorance.
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😮all backwards books together may not appeal to some but interacting some backwards books 📕 with others gives texture … if the title is not relevant then it makes sense…. The linen and pages add depth to the area which creates visual interest…. Not for everyone but can enhance a room…..
All the houses on our block are either natural stone, brick or stucco. We are the only house that isn’t white as everyone has painted the low maintenance materials. They are all custom homes but now must have followed the trend and I would never buy a home that would require more upkeep than needed especially since it costs thousands of dollars to repaint.
As an avid bibliophile, I HATE backwards books! How would you find a specific book? Turning books backwards is design for design sake. I truly believe that design should enhance your daily life - your life should not adapt to design, design adapts to your life.
As always, a very clever video. Let´s just leave the walls, a home doesn´t look or become bigger if you tear down the walls.
I love this energy Garrett!💛 I love white but I hate all white, for me white is a Perfect caneva to make everythings shine (wooden furniture, beautiful wall art, beautiful design, our precious, sentimental objects).
I will never understand how we can have a white couch either, in our homes we live, we put joy and happiness there, but these are things that are sometimes messy. I'd rather live than worry about a stain on a white sofa.
I love your advice, your work, versus a lot on YT that it is only promoting their Amazon shop. You mention being us, putting our touch on it, if I could like this video 100x, I would. I am inspired by several things, but for me it is essential that it resembles me and that it is "my own touch", it is at home I do not live in a magazine.
You deserve a huge community full of real people, who are there for the right reasons, the right advice, your energy. I sincerely believe that people who seem to watch TV shopping spend time and their community gets tired and leaves, for real and inspiring people like you 💛🇨🇦
I agree but we need more of the subscribers watching within the first hour so as to impress the TH-cam algorithm so it pushes it out further on TH-cam.
There was a TH-camr "decorator" suggesting book cases were not for books. The few books she allowed had to be stacked horizontally . I donate many of my books however, some have a special meaning or I use for reference. I love color in my home and I do treasure decor I have brought home when I travel or have collected over the years. I can't stand the rooms without personality.
I LOVED my consults and found your advise saved me money!
Happy to help! I love working with you Mavis!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I can't stand when people copy. I always think they can't think for themselves. Love the beautiful cream scarf Garrett. Love from Australia.
I have a lot of dark brown, but I have accented with black objects, as well as with darker shades of other colours. I just love the moodiness it gives off, as well as a 'cocoon' feeling.
And books! How I love seeing other people's nicely displayed collections. It really gives a home personality. Unfortunately, due to severe allergies, I can't display mine (and I donate most of mine due to that reason).
My husband went to visit relatives that had a mostly white house. He couldn't wait to get out. He said he felt so uncomfortable, like he couldn't touch anything or sit anywhere in fear of messing something up.
I always love your videos, Garrett. You never fail to educate, while entertaining us all, big-time!
One thing though- when you were talking about how there are times you should just leave a house be, and not be trying to reno/change things that shouldn't/can't be, I was surprised you didn't use that old saying, being the loving dog owner you are - sometimes you've just got to let sleeping dogs lie! 😊 ❤
Really appreciate your authentic confidence. Best cream color that I have seen behind you. Love it❤
Thanks so much! It’s listed in the description section in case you want to test or have it.
The worst thing about the “open concept” kitchen is that you lose 1/2 of your upper kitchen cabinetry storage. As someone who loves to cook, that kitchen storage is way too valuable to me.
Plagiarism is as one dimensional and unmoored in home design as in school papers. Thank you for calling it out.
Absolutely! Authenticity is everything.
Oh Garrett i just love you!!! Today was especially entertaining!! I love " gotta have some stank on it" And of course i agree.!! Perfect Garret. Thanks♥️
Thanks so much! Also, thank you for supporting our channel growth by watching the video within the first hour after it was posted on TH-cam. Means allot to me!⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
This was so refreshing and spot on.
Love our Fearless Leader Garrett! I have white walls and pretty much gray or “pickled” flooring. So, I chose an area rug with teal, gold, purple in it, and some really nice teal/turquoise furniture with a beige leather Stressless chair. I mixed new things with some really nice things my mother and her sisters had. It works for me and my tons of books and rock collection. I think some people copy a design they like to the letter because they don’t trust their own style. You have to TRY things. It can be as simple as a colored throw or pillows. I very much dislike painted brick or stone. I have never really seen it work well. You don’t have to take out an entire wall, sometimes. Keep the receipts on the pillows, throws, and other decor. Take a chance, and if you don’t like it, return it! Your home should reflect YOU! You have to be comfortable in it. (I need to learn that some people are just “beige” people. It’s not for me, but. . . )
Thank Heavens !!
Someone who finally tells it like it is - except for the Dewy Decimal System !!!! 😂😂😂
I love your take on remodels. HAVE to consider the structure, vibe and personality of your home. I esp in older homes. I have a MCM home. Ive had contractors wanting to rip out walls and try to make my home something it is not. I love my floor plan. It is very functional. Doesn’t matter if it’s just me and my husband, or two other families staying with us. The house functions well in either scenario
Oh YES why take something with no maintenance and paint it so you have to clean/maintain a painted surface!
Agreed!
Great video Garrett! I have to agree with each point. I love getting ideas but not copies.
I had a house that one room was crazy! The painted the walls like blood red with black trim, window treatments, floors and fireplace. I had to change it ASAP! Before I even decide what I was doing in the rest of the house I had to fix it. I could have painted the some fireplace white but I used my paint samples of different browns and sponged it. It ended up looking like the original then I worked with that.
I never understood the backward books or wood beads!
I watched some other ,,Designers".....but You are the most honest, helpful, more tasteful and personally agreable.....There is No Style more chic... than Garrett-chic!!!Chapeau!!!
Wow, thank you!
This all needed to be said - I so agree! Thanks Garrett!
Hello 👋 I’ve never lived in an open concept home but now that I own my own home and had the opportunity to remodel it fit our family living style we just made large entry ways leading from room to room so it’s the best of both open yet separate at the same time and I love that for me 😊
Love that you encourage us to be REAL and creative. Authenticity is beautiful! I want to know you not a mass produced piece of trendy art.
Backwards books are just a little weird
I have to disagree. They are a GREAT deal weird.
@@MaryJo-bz5dl lol
0:50 I'm trying to be more compassionate about painting trim after the new house. It's a cat hoarding restoration project and we could have either spun wheels replacing all the trim entirely to be rid of the stink and achieved nothing else during the time it took, or have me seal them with shellac and Emerald while our pros kept the project momentum going elsewhere. We did not do this lightly. And while I'm at it, having smelled all the things the house has to offer, cats should not be taken into the home lightly either.
Understood! Thanks for sharing.
I like the open kitchen to family room because I can watch the grandkids while I cook…whole house open concept is not cool.
Garrett, I love watching you because you are so real and truthful. I really appreciate you addressing the boring copy-cat designs. I understand not having your own vision but your home should look like your home. I’ve noticed that even content creators lately are shopping and placing the exact same items in their homes. Yawn!
Thank you so much!
I get why people tend to paint over those huge stone fireplaces that look stuck in the 70s. I personally prefer to see some sort of lime-wash or German schmear; something that lightens it up but still allows some of the natural stone to show. I think completely painting over them looks kind of unnatural.
Thank you for telling us a little bit about your education and what you learned for your expertise. Very interesting.
My pleasure! I really enjoy sharing what I’ve learned getting a college degree in interior design plus in general over the past decade.
I painted my 2 story fireplace using Romabio limewash! It was a fake peach colored stone from the 70s. I absolutely love it. I believe there are exceptions to the suggestion of not painting stone or brick. Great video!
There usually are exceptions. Glad you are enjoying the result.
I don’t mind brick per se, but over the concept of people taking these ugly monstrous fireplaces of ugly brick and rock and just painting them. Great, now it looks like a giant white iceberg. 😂
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A white limewash fireplace beats a fake peach stone one from the 70s in my book! Sorry, there are some exceptions when painting stone and brick makes an improvement/update 😊
You are sooo smart and entertaining. Happy to see ya again dear man😊
Thank you so much 😀 I post every Thursday at 1pm and Sundays at 10am Pacific Time. Please take a moment to support the channel by subscribing if you haven’t already, and kindly put bell notifications on so you don’t miss any of my videos. 🤗🤗🤗
What about 70's paneling? I've always hated it anyway but our new house has wood beams, wood-look laminate flooring and doors and trim in very similar tones. I really want to paint the paneling to break that up and also brighten the room because it's very dark and the windows don't let in much light.
Pleasure as always listening to your video. Couldn't agree more with the just decor statement. I do t know if you are familiar with the william morris philosophy of have nothing in your house that you don't believe to be beautiful or know to be useful, sage advice I believe.
Great video, Garrett. Thank you especially for No 1 and 2.
Glad you liked it!
I think the backwards books and white covered books trends came from staging. As a stager, you want to keep buyers moving and thinking about the house--not dallying at a bookcase and wondering about the current owners. You also remove religious, political, personal items, and
family photos/diplomas/awards/etc.
I didn't know this thing about backward books. Why would you do that?
Great video. I collect antiques. I would never paint a single one. I love the wood. Rehabers are killing the antiques. Sand it down and re-varnish. That is truly rehabing. Also, closed spaces are so fun and cozy. I have a 1964 Florida rancher. I love creating all the different spaces. Some people think I am crazy with more than one or two types of flooring. I have about five. 😲I love the character of it. Each room has its own concept but the style is the same throughout the house. My style. I mix old with new. My house is my story. I need to declutter though. I collect way too much stuff. I love your style.
Thanks so much much! I appreciate your support. We post videos on Thursdays at 1pm and Sundays at 10am Pacific Time.
I love your genuine forward style 🤩🤩🤩 keeps me entertain 😂
Thanks so much! Very kind of you. Please join us in helping the channel grow more by watching and commenting whenever possible within the first hour of a video being posted. That’s what the algorithm looks for. My videos go live Thursdays at 1pm and Sundays at 10am Pacific Time. 🤗🤗🤗
😂😂😂”scratched from looking at it”🤣🤣🤣
One of your best videos, Garrett! Bravo!!👏 👏👏
Thanks! 😃
In total agreement.
Only good thing about open concept is it makes the house look bigger. My dog is part husky. She's smart, so she is super aware of when the best time is too attempt to steal food from my kitchen. We ended up putting a half door up to keep her out. All white is hard to keep clean...no, impossible. As a minimalist, nothing is just a....everything serves a purpose. That sounded weird.
Thanks for sharing!
Is my neighbors!!! I'm sending them your video!😜
Deal! Thanks so much. New subscriber!
You always give me such great advice & you always make me laugh 😊😊😊 Thanks Garrett
Always enlightening!
Thank you!
Love all this! Thank you!!
I couldn't agree more about the paint. I am so often horrified
I know! It can often be disastrous.
I recently painted an upstairs bathroom white from its previous darker color. This bathroom was not getting new hardware, yoyr bathtub/ shower update. It has a maple (veneer) cabinet and newer flooring. I found a way to bring black, white, gray, and that maple color into the room with accessories and other ways to relate all colors together. I am resisting painting any of my cabinetry. I don't love it anymore, but I don't hate it either. It does feel dated, but replacing it is not where we want to spend our money. Like you said, it's better to find something and some way to relate to it. In our case, I hope replacing countertops and door and drawer hardware will do the trick. Good video.
Creative personally drawn book.
thank you ! you make this fun!!
My pleasure!
So excited! Love to see a new post from you
Humble video topic request, how in the world do you hone in your furniture style/shop for furniture? Personally i know if i like someone's room but idk how a given piece of furniture is gonna work in my space. I appreciate your prev videos on scale, style, function. But i guess i need some help with form lol!
I understand, but there are so many possibilities and variables. It’s hard to make a video like that. I could probably help you much more quickly on that subject via a virtual consultation. I’d be happy to assist by seeing your space and discussing things customized to you specifically that would make you happy aesthetically and functionally in your home. Bookings can be made at intro.co/garrettlechic and the times you see available are already in your time zone as long as you don’t have your phone or computer VPN on.😁😁😁
Another great video…. Sorry I missed several weeks….. as always I am binge watching…. I am setting a timer on my phone lol so I take my break on Thursday and not get there in the first hour….. you are so talented and respectful… I enjoy watching your videos…. Thanks for sharing ❤️
Yay! Thanks so much. I appreciate your support. We picked Thursdays at 1pm and Sundays at 10am Pacific Time so hopefully it works most of the time for you and everyone. 🤗🤗🤗
I painted my 1960's yellow brick fireplace. It was dingy and stained even after being cleaned. No regrets.
I waited to see if you would bring up backwards books!!!! Yes!!!! Just terrible! Lmao!
Instantly subscribing now 😂📚✨
Yay! Awesome! Welcome to the channel. It’s great to have you as a part of our very valued subscriber family! Videos are posted Thursdays at 1pm and Sundays at 10am Pacific Time. 😊😊😊
Nice! 💗 Sounds good!
Good Morning Garrett,
What a common sense infusing vlog. So valid at every point. I never knew about this book style of facing other way, ridiculous.
Thanks for enlightening the upcoming interior students about the art of drawing the vision and not everything on computers. Technology should be used for assistance not the only way of learning something.
Thankyou for the vlog today enjoy your weekend🥰
I’m glad you enjoyed the video! I’ll be back on Sunday. Enjoy the rest of your week.
@@GarrettLeChic 🤗🥰sure see you then..xx
MDF is fair game lol
True!😁😁😁
All so true! Anyone know if it’s worth it/possible to remove paint from brick?? Recently bought a house and they unfortunately painted the 2 beautiful brick fireplaces 😭
Go all BLUE!
I love blue! My sofa was white. I re-upholstered it in ink blue velvet. Next, I want to re-upholster my side chairs in blue. 😊
@@louisefromNY I have a blue velvet living room set and adore it! Just wish it didn’t horde my cats hair.
Hi Garrett. You give the best suggestions. Funny I always thought the backward books were weird.
Glad you like them! Thanks so much.
Keepin' it real!
For me the worst trend of all is shabby chic, because it so soo cheesy and when I see beautiful vintage or antique furniture being destroyed with paint I become very nervous, especially consudering that I like to restore them with shellac. For example I have just restored a nice art deco home bar using shellac
I could detect your head starting to explode on this video. You made very good points!
I hate backwards books too. I read my books. I organize by subject. I want to see the titles so I know what I want to read.
I don't care for painted bricks or painting wood furniture.
What WONDERFUL energy!!!! You always brighten my day . . . and my home. Love to Garrett! xxx (PS. I did log on late today -doggie not feeling well . . .)
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Can be very challenging to decorate open concept.
Yes, true. I did a video on the topic about a year ago.
Love your style
Thanks so much!
Open concept kills me. Every damn new build I work on is open concept - big, small, all of them. I couldn't do it. I need spacial definition. HGTV addicts have ruined a lot of beautiful homes.
I would love some tips for a small balcony interior😊😊😊😊
Absolutely! Please feel free to book a virtual consultation with me at intro.co/garrettlechic and I’d love to see the space, discuss it with you and come up with a plan that makes you happy from an aesthetic and functional perspective. Please note the available appointment times you see are in your time zone already as long as your VPN is off when you are on my booking site.
Great video!
Hi Garrett do you interact in consultation with people in Australia?❤
Absolutely! I interact with people around the world. All the available times you see are already in your time zone unless you have a VPN turned on when booking. If so just turn it off while booking. Refresh and then go to intro.co/garrettlechic and book your virtual consultation. You will even have a page during the booking process to list questions or outline what you’d like to discuss. I know you’ve been part of our subscriber family for quite a while. I would love to do a virtual consultation with you and provide my assistance.🤗
Books: Styling with books bothers me. Candles and beads and vases on stacked books just shouts pretension to me. I want to put everything away. It doesn't seem to belong there on a coffee table artfully arranged. Books on a shelf in a library or laying on a table but not with decor piled on them. No.
ordering the design book
Awesome! Thanks so much.
I agree with your philosophy so much…recently no one seems to be able to decorate with neutral ceramic jars, candles or home decoration books all over their homes. So done and OVER it!
Yay!😁
Ooooh wee, Garrett went for the jugular today😂… respectfully. He’s just teaching but I’m glad the shoe doesn’t fit… at least today 😂 I just love him🖤🩶💙🩵🤍 Layer your colors, peeps. This video gave me the giggles, ok I’m done.
Garrett! As always, you are so funny! Yes, I’ll try try try to give you some personality! ❤ Thank you 😊
Aww! Thanks so much.