Furniture & Decor I Would Never Put in my Home as an Interior Designer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2024
- More on the seemingly never-ending list of things I would never have in my house as an Interior Designer. Not to yuck your yum or anything, but there are so many wild decor items, furniture pieces, textiles, and artwork pieces that make me question my career choice. Let's talk about it!
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Sitting back on my faux leather tan couch with my iPad perched on my beaded cushion, looking out over the grey expanse of my concrete tiles wondering where my life went wrong. I won’t be turning on my exposed bulb ikea lamp tonight. I don’t think my poor heart can take it.
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Hahah best comment ever. You are cursed 😂
I love it
😂 that chair you’re sitting on though
Heavens. Couldn’t focus on the content as your outfit today kept reminding me of Fleur Delacour from Harry Potter.
Hahaha! Omg now that you said it, I can’t unsee it
And that chair 😮
😂😂😂😂 yes, and that chair
We are supposed to trust his taste and style and he shows up in that outfit???
Completely! And the chair-I cannot focus!😂
I believe Extreme Makeover: Home Editon is the reason we thought themed rooms is a smart move.
Veg boy here, I agree on the faux leather with the exception of Naugahyde. It doesn’t wear the same as leather for sure, but in my experience with my vintage Eames chair it just looks great indefinitely. Not a direct solution or alternative, but worth considering over the cheap faux leather that flakes off in a matter of months.
I have been saying that about grey for years! I don’t want cool toned greys in my home when it is -40 out and I only get a few hours of sunlight a day.
Yes! Thank you 🙏🏼
As a coastal decor lover, i get what you’re saying and i agree that too much literal pieces are a no-go. But a couple starfish napkins rings or beach painting is welcomed in my book. Restraint is key! 🩵
And maybe a real shell (one) from an exotic place you traveled? Please?
Not long ago I would agree, even insisting that nigh all literal pieces be purged, but recently I've seen an exception. It was an apartment of an artist and she found some really unique items and made them work. Like an ornate brass frame for mirror and a very colourful fish-shaped washbasin. She incorporated those colors throughout the bathroom and it looked amazing. Stylish with a pinch of juvenile energy. It's not something all of us can pull off though XD
@@ania7930 her talent at work and able to make it look great.
Hard agree on the use of grey on interior floors & walls. And the picture frame feature wall has never made sense to me and I'm fed up of seeing this design on my IG feed sigh. Great video 👍🏾
That Egyptian marshmallow you're sitting on makes it difficult for me to take your advice seriously.
I think using wall moldings in just one room looks weird too, if none of the rest of the house is in that style.
Not sure if I completely agree. My thought is if you’re wallpapering a room, you don’t need to see it throughout my home.
I have been trying to pray away the grey for over a decade now. Thank you.
As you were dishing grey floors, my eye kept looking at your outfit.
I bought a faux leather office chair from Staples, and in no time it looked like the photos you showed. Never again! And Vancouver is the worst for grey days. It's a rainforest! I know. I moved there and only lasted seven months because I couldn't handle the dull days and damp cold that cuts through you like a knife.
Oh noo! We’ve all been catfished by faux leather before, the lasting power is so minimal 🥴
Yes please, do things you would have. I get the whole grey palate too. I’m from one of the greyest, dampest parts of Northern England. I have more than enough grey when I look out the window without adding more inside.
Added to my list for an upcoming series! Stay tuned 🤍
II like your suggestion of featuring what design ideas you prefer. Always fun watching you.
Thanks so watching! And in planning on putting together a video like this soon, so stay tuned 🤍
Yes a what you would have (but don't) video would be fun to watch.
Re: Down pillow inserts, etc. I stay with the ones with the RDS label. For those unaware, this label indicates respect to animal welfare, and guarantees down and feathers aren't removed from live animals.
Thank you for the info. I was not aware of this.
@@VolcanoGroupie You're most welcome.
Why they would remove feathers from live animals? I mean there are so many chickens, fully feathered that are killed everyday in the slaughterhouses!
@@nathalie_desrosiers The aim of live plucking is to gain the MAXIMUM amount of feathers and down from the live animal. The animals suffer dreadfully while they're feathers and down are torn out as workers pluck these animals. Same with the horror stories of what lambs go through called mulising for their wool. Just check out the PETA organization in this.
@@nathalie_desrosiers Just Google why and it'll explain.
Yes, that would be great if you can do a video with items you would put in your home!
Thank you for sharing your expertise ❤
I agree about leather furniture it is very classic too
“attempted homicide” 😂😂😂
I had so much fun with this video. 🤣 the beaded pillows I laughed loud haha you are so funny 😂 agree with everything 😅
We had a pleather sofa when I was a kid. OMG, you would lose a layer of skin in the Summer every time you sat on (stuck to) the thing.
I had a bad headache with exposed lightbulb...but the worst of all was, I felt like I was in a funeral home 😅
Hi Phoenix (btw I luv your name) I’ve watched several other designers but your aesthetic resonates the most with the styling I like. Please show us some of the items you recommend and would have in your own home.
Thank God a professional is finally calling out exposed light bulbs. I thought I was the only one. Please let this trend die already.
If you have throw pillows you don’t want to wash often, put them out in the sun fir a few hours. Sunshine also kills some bacteria.
Antique fixtures used with a soft white bare bulb work great. They’re not cozy but neither are pot lights. Lol
I couldn't agree more with exposed bulbs. Although I actually like the vintage atmosphere that an exposed bulb gives, when I looked at them at the store I realized they're really bothering for the eyes. Having a lamp that you can't look at when it's on is kind of pointless, especially when you buy it for the looks in the first place.
I agree with you on everything. I am updating my small bathroom and was looking for a new light fixture over the vanity. Very hard to find if you do not want bare bulbs or clear glass shades. I finally found one with frosted shades so you cannot see the bulb. Gray institutional walls and floors, no way. My grade school growing up was all gray. I also have to say that chair you were sitting in is a no go. Sorry lol.
Education AND hilarious! Love it 😊
What about those full scale wallpapers? Like those of exotic plants and stuff from europe in early 1900?
I’m team down pillows everywhere, beds and couches. It’s unfortunate bc I try to reduce the harm I bring to the planet and the animals that we share it with, but after buying pillows at all price points, nothing feels more comfortable than a down pillow. I also have some neck/back problems that informs my verdict. And for me, throw pillows on couches aren’t as much about decor, but to make it more comfortable when my back is against the arm rest. Of course they have to look good too, but the function they serve is even more important.
I put grey floors in my old house. What a mistake! I’d never do that again.
Greetings from South Africa. I concur.
The thin shutters! Grrrrr....hate them.
I didn't care what anyone says - I still love an accent wall! Mind you, i want it to be cohesive to the room but I still enjoy it 😊
love to watch what designs you would do!!! love your videos!!
Love ❤ this channel, great recommendations as always!👌🏽
Yes, I'd love to see a video on what you WOULD have in your space. I feel like you design moody spaces well. I very recently painted my bedroom what-i-thought-would-be a dark stormy blue (with a geometric accent wall behind the bed 😬😅), but I think i could've done it way better. For one... i actually think i could have gone way darker.... like literal storm clouds. I got scared since i am also a GTA girly and the master bedroom is not that big...
I have seen so many pieces named “genuine leather” on Amazon or elsewhere, then when you read the detailed description, it is made of polyurethane that they are calling PU leather. It’s ridiculous. Be careful.
The fact that they can say that and get away with it blown my mind. It catfishes so many people into wasting money on plastic garbage
That is false advertisement and can be reported but if they do something about these sellers that is another matter. PU leather is the standard term used for that material in the industry, so whenever you see it you will know.
Good advice. But that chair upholstery looks just like a prison uniform!
I got down throw pillows from pottery barn and I got feathers everywhere everyday! They stab my arms when we sit or relax on them! I hate them so much!
def. this Chair..!
Totally agree with every, single one of these! Great video!
The sequined pillow is the decor version of the Tshirt that changes colour when you touch it.
Thank you for the video.
When I was a teenager I painted ,y bedroom battleship grey, but before you have an aneurysm, please let me explain. As background info, when you were gifted something - regardless of what it was - that you used and appreciated it without question or complaint. With that in mind, I woke up one morning when I was 11 to see my Auntie had gifted me new bedroom decor. Up until then, my parents had dictated what I had, and my Auntie knew I hated the baby pink and mint green scheme that had decided upon. She also knew my favourite colour, so she bought a new bedspread, lamp, curtains, and rug in it. Amy favourite colour is red. RED!
The next time we moved, I asked the manse committee if I could paint my walls battleship grey. I knew I needed something to bring down all the red and that seemed to work. Before the grey paint, my room literally GLOWED when the rising sun shone in but the grey seemed to just take that over-the-top glow off.
I have often asked myself if there was another colour that I could have used; do you have any suggestions?
I have one of those exposed bulb fixtures. I would just add to put it on a dimmer. I have the frosted bulbs and 2500K bulbs but that dimmer really sets the mood I want. 😊
Half of the examples for your first rant are not exposed bulbs at all but frosted glass spheres that contain bulbs and don’t glare at all!??
edit I also don’t see what’s wrong with the wall lamp from the thumbnail which also doesn’t have exposed bulbs and seemingly doesn’t even appear in the video
I agree with everything you said in this episode 😊
Finally! A designer who truly hates gray!❤️Subscribed!
Cool video, as always :-) It would be interesting to see which items you would put into your home/house.
I do love a sea shell mirror though in white🇦🇺🐨🦘
True grey is a horrible choice. But a greige in the neutral family affords a lot more design and coordination choices. And greige allows you to have a cooler base pallet to work off of and bring in other materials and colors to make other pieces pop and have more focus.
Hey, loved this video. Can you please do one on this new thing I heard about this week. It’s called “ dopamine decor”. Was fascinating but not much info about it.
Thanks
Mema from Toronto 🇨🇦
Love and learn a lot from your videos😊. Could you do a piece on crown moulding, baseboards, and window and door casing. They seem like an affordable option that can add so much to space… have one mildly beaded throw pillow, Christmas’s decor - it brings me joy , feels like a restrained choice for a limited time so I give myself no sentence 😂
Yes! Things you *would* have in your own home please!
Valances are my top thing I can’t stand. My Sister recently put them in her house and I was like. Wow, 1980 wants there window treatments back. Loved the video. Thanks for sharing
I like it when you say ‘I get it’..
I thought that "Enchanted forest bedroom with twinkling fairy lights" (Adobe's name) at 2:05 was actually pretty cool, except for the bed platform with the dangerous corners I would be sure to gouge my legs with, and I would prefer the lights not twinkle but be dimmable to a soft glow. I am so glad you included a little rant against grey flooring and decor - you exactly echoed my sentiments that it is depressing (I also think 'desolate' when I see it). Also, kudos for calling out the fake exterior shutters that obviously are too small for the window. Going off on a side note, not a criticism (because I don't know the reason for it, hence the question) but truly mystifying... I have been watching a number of your videos and my one consistent question throughout is why are you always wearing clothes that are about 6 sizes too large? You look like you are drowning in them.
I love seashells, kitschy, but I love❤
If you love it, that’s the most important part 🤍
@@mrphoenixgrey i live near the ocean, in Florianópolis, Brazil. Come and visit us sometime. We will give you a tour of brazilian interior design, and even could arrange a visit to the Portobello, the #1 ceramic tile factory in Brazil. I am an arcchitect, and most of my friends are also architects.
THEMED ROOMS: Do work if the city is themed. For rentals/vaca homes, specifically. Vegas, Palm Springs, Hawaii etc. Done tastefully. I agree it generally isn’t the move but sometimes (rarely) it works.
Examples: I have a vacation home in PS, no where else would I paint the front door turquoise. 😂Hawaii: The Royal Hawaiian used to be old school Hawaiian which felt themed, now it’s modern which feels disgusting and antithetical to the culture. Sometimes themed works… but almost never.
The key is being “authentic” to the local vs the kitschy version.
Love the outfit! Where did you bought it? ❤
I have three ceramic starfish and a metal silhouette of a mermaid in my bathroom and I love those pieces. I will never get rid of them, they bring me joy. As for leather anything, they are expensive cat scratching posts in my home! I am a beadwork artist, so if I were to have a beaded pillow (which I don't), it would be a handmade piece that I personally made. I rent and my walls are a very pale blue gray with white trim. I love them, but if the floors were gray wood, I wouldn't rent this apartment.
If you love it, that’s the most important part 🤍
@@mrphoenixgrey please shows us more and show us what you especially like as decor. Thank you.
@Paula-sw2tt, Can’t you display starfish in other areas of home?
Fake souvenirs (made in country you didn’t visit)
On the leather couch,.. just gonna add that if you’re paying $xxx for a faux leather,. And the difference to a real leather is an extra thousand or so,.. do it. You keep the leather well, it will last for the next 10 plus years and get worked in by which point when you want to change your look you have resale value which probably would be the difference of upgrading to the leather to begin with. Omg trying to find a well kept leather couch or chair right now and the resale price is impressive. No word of a lie,.. buy quality and maintain it, it will serve you well and become retro and valuable again in the next person’s life. Hint,.. I’m that kind of next person 😂. Without the money for the new but appreciating quality and wanting the look.
What color floor do you recommend? I have gray throughout my whole apartment, except the bedroom that has industrial black (which I hate).
Love your outfit.
I haaate gray!
Because places with bad memory for me were gray - but I also hated it before. People may hate my yellow and orange and green walls and pine wood everywhere - but at least it makes a human feel happier! Can't tell me gray does this, it's depressing by nature. Also in Germany it's often dark, too. And every new house here is white and gray and with dark gray stone front yards ... Ugh!
The only flooring we could affort in the beginning of our home renovation was too gray for me, too ... 😢 But now it's there in the second floor ... I'm really sad about this, even tho it's not gray but just with a gray undertone.
Your outfit 😱❤️👌🏽
Wow, decided to subscribe today and you uploaded a new video! If that’s not a sign I did the right thing I don’t know what is lol.
All is aligned 🤍 thank you so much for subscribing
Your attire is 😍. Greetings from Uganda
The exposed bulbs in my kitchen ceiling fixture weren’t that bad, diffusing the light reduces the amount of light that comes through.
Where do you get clothes.. love the cut and color. Oh, good advice on interiors as always
That means so much! Thank you. This outfit is from a brand called Orttu, I get my clothes from all over the place :)
How about a don't do this - do this instead series like they do with food.
White ceilings without white elsewhere in the colour scheme. Same for internal doors and door frames and trim.
Question: Phoenix, If there is picture moulding in one room, does it have to be carried over to all rooms? Enjoying your videos :)
We need more videos on the accent walls
The themed coastal stuff is like being hit over the head with a hammer. I get it, you live near a body of water, or worse, I don’t get it, you live nowhere near the ocean. We see this here in Hawaii with owners of cheaper short term rentals especially. There are the T.J. Maxx arrows pointing to the beach, the Ross pillows declaring that “Life is a Beach,” the metal fish or wooden turtles pinned to the walls, the ceramic shell soap dishes on bathroom counters. I guess it works if you are on vacation and need to be reminded of it 24/7 in a Disney type of way. 😂 Yes to restraint, concept and quality and unique pieces displayed in creative ways. Yes to curated collections. No to cheap, mass produced, themed junk.
I can’t have a blue bathroom because I will automatically veer off into a water theme. I was raised with sea shell wallpaper. It’s ingrained.
🤣Oh my , the poop deck anchor on the wall ......buying all the decor items fro Hobby Lobby - the cow, that long haired highland bull print ......hanging hunting trophies all over the family room or great room .....
I agree on the faux leather sofa. Do not buy! I had a white one and it cracked so bad. Never again!!
There is indeed more motion in the ocean 😉
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My mom too .. my mom too , Love you mom 🤣
As a Minnesotan white walls and gray walls and floors are a downer.
"Leather is designed and made..."
Thanks Mother Nature.
What about 1200x1200mm large format tile for floors that happens to be a brownish grey with some thin white veining, very expensive its called french steel xxl, theres a lighter version called lyon gris, I want to put in floor DIFFUSED led strip on the side for the hallway with these tiles, would that drag down the room? Or is ANY form of grey just a nono
Edit: im just sick and tired of boring wood floors herringbone or straight im tired of WOOD I like it to be more of an accent rather than the main show
i wish i would have known you a few years ago before i bought my lamps with exposed bulbs. i love them, but you're right, the glare is too much. The floor lamp stays off most of the time, so it still looks cool, but it isn't very functional. My table lamps, though, are on a lot, and one day about two years ago, one of our little birds went exploring and got stuck in one of them. We had to scoop her out, poor baby, but she was okay. Damn near gave the hubs and me a heart attack, though. Oy! Oh, and so i can plan for next week, will you be here, or will you still be in time-out? 😱😜
We’ve all made mistakes, I know I did 🤣
I love your presentation. I am wondering if you could do something about that mouse click for your pictures. It’s very distracting and louder than you think.
I never got Themed rooms
Bonded leather is just as bad, if not worse than, faux leather; it's the textile equivalent of Spam - just bits and pieces of leather scraps, pulverized and glued to a fabric backing. The stuff peels and flakes very quickly.
I would love to get in touch with you for some advise, my house just finished, i have some issues with decoration , etc ,.. how may i reach you ? Greetings from Lombok, Indonesia .❤
The link on my page will take you to my website and through there we can connect on my submissions form 🤍
I have an exposed bulb lamp from IKEA. It’s meant to mimic an oil lamp. I love it cause it dims super low to create a mood or just not irritate my eyes when I have a migraine.
If people want exposed light bulbs they should just put up fairy lights because then you get that defused light, but over a large surface area, and if paired wit the right decor can probably fit whatever you want.
I gotta disagree a bit on the faux leather take. @mrphoenixgrey
We have a vegan leather couch and chair from Albany Park that are looking fantastic after 4 years. I expect them to continue to last.
I think a better counter example is the vegan leather that’s in electric vehicles. The high quality stuff doesn’t peel, at least not in my experience. And I condition the seats in my Tesla with Chem Guys leather cleaner, just like any other leather seating.
IMO, the real issue is quality of materials. I just don’t want people to think that all vegan leather is cheap and poor quality.
Tacky 'themed rooms' are like 'tacky' themed weddings, and both should be restricted to - 'What happens in las vegas..stays in Las Vegas!. And should not be attempted outer state, other than within the constraints Disneyland!.
Never liked the exposed light bulbs. Don’t like looking at them there’re blinding 🤷♀️
Exactly!
Hey Design Daddy, why are you wearing grey? 😅😊
I’m so in love with you…need help!!!…lol…I have a studio …suggestions?
Open concept sounds good and looks good until you have to live with it.
I wish I could share a picture I saw this morning from a house for sale near me. It's a bathroom, the whole house was butt ugly but the bathroom.. OMG just hideous!!!!! The funny thing is the house is for sale about 50k higher than other houses with the same floor plan with a more neutral decor. They are so proud of their design.🤮
Did you cut down a Sherlock Holmes-inspired trench coat that you’re wearing as an over-shirt/jacket?
I did not, but I may have to 😜
@@mrphoenixgrey 😀