Rich People Decor That Needs To Go!
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- Опубликовано: 2 июн 2024
- In this video, I review more rich people's home decor that needs to go! I can confidently say I am not jealous of any of these. Most notable for me are the sheep and sad beige baby rooms. Let me know what your least favorite is!
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00:30 - Wine Rooms
02:50 - Sheeps
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07:41 - Neutral Beige Children's Room
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For someone who doesn’t like kids, you actually do a pretty good job advocating for kids' rooms to actually be for the kids.
Because there's a huge gap between not wanting to be around kids and also respecting them as their own little people with specific wants and needs according to their age range.
I wonder if it would be a good idea to have a super colourful playroom, but neutral sleeping space for kids? I keep hearing neutral and dark is better to sleep in, lol assuming kids stuff was capable of being contained in one room lol meanwhile I’m trying to figure out how the the craft gems keep ending up in the shoe rack fml lol...
Oh he knows more about children and has a heart for them than he gives himself credit for. Absolutely agree!
@@lunar686 the background should be a neutral or pale colour. Colour and contrast should be introduced in toys, materials, limited furniture, or wall hangings if you really have to. Clown vomit is not an aesthetic most kids will put up with for longer than a few minutes before becoming overstimulated and either going crazy super hyper or just shutting down.
I wonder how those parents deal with real kids in real life when kids don't care this kind of decorations, love the mess and play with the box instead of the expensive toy!!!
Italian here: those wine “rooms” are not only tacky, but they’re also showing that those people don’t know the first thing about wine!
Wine is supposed to be stored in the dark, not exposed to light unless you don’t care about your expensive wine going bad🤦🏻♀️
Yes omg glad I saw this, I was going to make the same comment!
I'm Australian and whilst we have a reputation for beer drinking we actually have a well developed wine industry and culture and I can tell you I knew right away only an idiot would store their wines out like that! My uncle even built a little cellar for his wine when they renovated (which cost a fortune, no one has cellars here so builders don't know how to do them).
Rich people have more money than good sense, let alone taste.
@@claremiller9979 that's funny, because my father is a bricklayer and he enjoys building wine cellars and arches etc., but nobody wants them anymore. They even have a huge wine cellar under their house, even though they store everything else in it, because they drink like 3 bottles of wine per year :D
Thanks for the reminder on how - not - to store wine. 👍
That could be a status symbol in itself. They're so rich it doesn't matter if their wine goes bad quickly.
Yes!! I was coming to the comments to say the same thing!! (an American living in France)
As a former art teacher, yes, children’s vision develops with age just like everything else. Red is the first color they can differentiate, then yellow, then blue. Subtleties like mocha, puce, or griege are lost on them until they are almost tweenagers. They don’t even respond to pastels, so such decor is all about the parents and not about the children.
What kind of color is puce?
@@elijahculper5522 it’s a combination of purple and brown. It can be dark or mid-tone. Think prunes.
@@loonyTlu oh. Gross. Thanks though. :)
I didn't know that! That explains SO much - my favourite colour when I was young was red, and it's my three-year-old niece's favourite colour now. Having bright colours for kids' spaces makes even more sense to me now!
That’s literally not true, infants have bad vision but by the time they’re 5 they can see a very wide variety of colors and subtleties
I’m not a kid person either but I totally agree with you on the beige kids rooms. I attribute my love of design today to the fact my mom would let my sister and I redecorate our rooms every summer. It was the highlight of our summer picking out fabrics and making new curtains, coverlets, etc. some worked out better than others ( still sorry about the sponge painted doors). Dad would paint the rooms whatever colors we wanted. The basic furniture stayed white but each summer reflected who we were at that time. I only wish now I had color pictures of some of those rooms from the 60s and 70s. They were great memories.
Your parents were WONDERFUL to let you and your sister have these great experiences!!
I love that! Will do this with my kids soon
Oh, that sounds AMAZING! (Speaking as someone who only really got to decorate my own room for the first time in my thirties - for many, many reasons including lack of funds and living in rented accommodation for the vast majority of my life.)
@@Teverell Thanks. It was never very expensive materials.just twin beds and cafe curtains but they were magical to us. My favorite was a pale lavender paint and the fabric was a Laura Ashley-type cotton fabric with bunches of violets and green leaves. We dyed white cotton coverlets to match. With the white furniture it was so pretty.
Same with us my sons room is bright teal blue with Pokémon and minecraft(I painted on the walls) and he loves it. My daughters room has princesses, and floral curtains, and unicorn bedding, and on both their walls are drawing their friends or they made, and and a chalkboard wall. The room is theirs not mine, I get a whole house they get a room. Let them decorate
7:42 Funny how Nick says "I don't really care for kids", then ends up having a much more respectful and loving take on how to decorate, or let the kids decorate, their rooms compared to a lot of parents who claim to adore their own children
I think he would really like kids that have access to color and nature. Maybe he doesn’t care for the ones who are drowning in beige, lifeless flesh tones and are annoyingly desperate for stimulation 😂
My kids get all their energy out in nature and being able to make whatever the heck they want out of wood and clay whatever and make a mess. Then they are pleasant when I need them to be.
Yes exactly! I love how he says about “well, however much personality a 7 year old has”. I bet he is secretly a great godparent or uncle to someone!
No disrespect to any childless person whatsoever, but parenting is always easier in theory.
@@JuniperLynn789 sooo Nick says "I don't really care for kids" and your first thought is "he would like mine"?
Childless people tend to have a lot more respect for children because that's usually part of the reason they decided against having kids.
They see them as fully functional mini humans and understand that to be a ton of work.
The woman who commented on 2021 being “a really smokey year”… I would be fighting back asking her if she could taste people losing their homes…
IKR??? Ugh. Spare me.
Yes! This is a perfect comeback!
Considering just how toxic wildfire smoke is, the idea of it having a strong enough presence to actually taste is mildly terrifying.
Last homes have a nasty mouth feel.
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Nick is in his RANTING era and I am extremely here for it.
“ if you have the luxury of having your own room” Thank you so much, Nick for pointing out that that’s in the luxury and not always a necessity!
The amount of emotions Nick goes through in the first three minutes of this video 😂😂 “I’m in my box wine era” is such a mood
Fun fact: you can repurpose your wine room to hold your guitar collection. Which is infinitely cooler.
Or your $800.00 dumb bell collection🤣
What about Polish Hussar and Tatar/golden horde sabres?
This is a very hard pill to swallow when it comes to decorating your Childrens’ rooms. I was so excited to decorate my 12 year old’s new room and he kept saying “why does a kid’s room have to look like it’s in a catalogue-it’s so not natural!” I stepped back and realized that it’s the influencers’ influence on us. I decorate the entire house but let my kids’ rooms stay “undecorated” and they love it.
Good idea. The kids will find stuff they want to hang up soon amyway, may it be bands or TV show paraphenilia.
Smart kid.
Thanks for listening to your kid and stepping back. My room was a muddy yellow that was popular when French Country was a big thing, and I was not into it. Always wanted more color.
Okay, this is my favorite Nick Lewis video ever. So relatable. "Rich people won't stop doing weird things, and I will be here to talk about it." Thank you so much for being real, Nick!
Mine too!! He killed it!
""The more I know about people, the more I love my dog"".
Truer words have never been spoken.
You are right, kids need colour to stimulate creativity.
I dislike grey everything, even more than beige.
Yes! Why do the people with the kind of money required to own such homes need to impress other people to the extent of copying these silly trends? Are they so insecure that they are afraid to let their friends and acquaintances see anything real about their personalities? Is this primarily a North American thing?
When my kids (3 boys) were babies, I did a sailboat themed room, a teddybear room, and a Narnia themed room. As they got older, I would ask them what they wanted to do. Results varied, but I have done a sports themed room,a race car one, a spaceship one, and then one that mimicked all the colors of their favorite comforter. I am down to one teenager left now. He's very artistic, so he and I worked on a mural of birch trees in his room. He did most of the work. I was just there for support and buying supplies. I couldn't imagine doing a solid beige room. Where is the creativity or the fun to be had?
That kind of thing is so good for kids, I think. When I was a teenager my mom let me paint fish on my blue walls and I loved it at the time
I used to paint murals on my sons walls to he loved it!!
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When my daughter was three, we asked her what color she'd like on her walls, and if she'd like a different color on the woodwork. She said yellow for the walls and orange for the woodwork. Guess which colors are on my Never Use list? Right. But this wasn't my room, and when we got finished she loved that room!
I'd always seen the beige as more of a color you use if the landlord only allows neutral colors...
YES. THE BABY ROOMS!!! I have a (grown) daughter and I love kids but even if you hate children, you know that an all beige baby room is the saddest thing ever! It's creepy, it's unnurturing, and yes, babies DO need colors around them for proper development!
That’s… not true. Babies can’t even see color really. They get red when they’re about 4 months old, and then they slowly develop color vision over time after that.
What babies need more than anything is contrast. Dark and lights in interesting patterns regardless of color is best for baby. Checkerboard patterns, spirals, pinwheels, high contrast prints… that’s what babies need.
As they get older they usually prefer brighter, more saturated colors, however that’s not usually what’s best for them. Much like small child would prefer to eat desserts and only desserts, they would prefer to spend all their time surrounded by the most saturated color imaginable. However, much like eating exclusively dessert would be bad for them, so would a limitless supply of highly saturated color.
Developmentally speaking, for toddlers and young children, the color saturation should match the relative importance of the object. Open ended toys that encourage imaginative play and develop key skills such as cognitive and spatial reasoning, gross and fine motor, or social interaction, should be the most brightly colored and highly saturated. While things that are meant to passively entertain children should be more muted.
However, this would all be relative. There’s no right amount of saturation or color, so long as the very important toys like magna-tiles or legos are more saturated than the more indulgent toys then it’s really okay.
Things like walls, throws, bedspreads… it actually doesn’t matter whether it’s black and white, shades of beige, monochromatic, or highly saturated primary colors. As long as the kid likes being in there, it’s fine. but there’s also good evidence to suggest that a highly color-saturated environment can be distracting or overwhelming for some kids to the point they have difficulty focusing on a task or chowing an activity in the first place. If your kid will sit and come up with millions of different designs and spend hours working with a basic LEGO set in their beige room, then the beige isn’t hurting them.
If they don’t want to go in there or play in there because it’s too boring then that’s when it becomes a problem. And you could argue that the problem is as much to do with the overstimulation and oversaturation that they’re receiving elsewhere than the undersaturation and understimulation that they’re receiving in their room.
There’s no right way, and I’d argue that calling a kid’s room decorated in neutrals “sad” or saying that it’s bad for them is just as harmful and adult-centric as insisting that your kid’s room be shades of beige to match your scandi living room.
I so agree with you about the Wine Rooms. Now, a Chocolate Room...that I could get behind.
***leaves to go tell husband about a chocolate room addition*** 🤣
Now I want a Chocolate Room.
...with fountain!
There is an episode of the tv show “psyche” where a rich guy has a candy room in his mansions and yes I want a chocolate room too.
In my flat every room is a chocolate room already - and I am poor by the way.
Every segment was right on point! I’m still laughing at the “Sad Children living in Sad beige rooms”…like really, kids Need Color to spark their lil brains!😂
Sad grownups forcing pap on sad children?!
Yes! Especially babies. Babies can't see that well yet. Using drastically different colors makes it easier to see shapes. I can relate, my vision sucks!😅
Before my son began crawling, he used to talk to the bright green squares of his primary colored baby quilt.
Some colour, too much and especially too bright brings its own problems.
When my Eldest Nephew was 3 months old, my brother came to help me with some DIY. He came. Glared at me.Bade we go to my bedroom. Opened the closet. Stuck his head in the middle of the hanging clothes and said "my baby's favorite color is RED. The REDDER the better. I have no idea who he might take after." Gee, I don't know. Are we sure all those red sweaters, coats, jackets, blouses, shoes and boots didn't just... reproduce there?
The Niece's room was decorated in pink, because her mother was very happy to get a Little Princess and wanted everything pink.SiL was very confused about why, whenever given a choice between a toy in pink and the same toy in any other color, the other color was it. That bedroom was the pink version of a sad beige room. Yes, it was pink. Pale pink. Everything except the white bed was as close to the same shade of pink as SiL could get it. Kid was DYING for some CONTRAST!
Littlest Nephew came attached, I met him when he was two. It was already clear that his favorite color was yellow.
I love that Nick said he would start a dog rescue instead of spending exorbitant amounts on gym equipment. Yes, donate the money. I, personally, would help feed the people thar are food insecure.
Montessori teacher here! We believe that a young child’s space with too many bright/gaudy colors/characters/etc. can actually be overstimulating for children. We advocate for an aesthetically pleasing space that invites creativity but isn’t too bright. That being said, it does NOT have to be all beige and brown!! We love soothing pastel colors in children’s spaces. And just tasteful choices (much like you would make for any other space in your home). Tastefully added bright color can be a wonderful addition to a young child’s space, we just see children respond better when it’s not so bright and gaudy that it’s overstimulating. And of course as children get older, we can respect their choice for adding more or less color to their space :) it’s all about creating the space for the child, not the adult.
I would think that the colours would lose their specialness too, if it's a riot everywhere they look. Like what's the point of picking out a bed spread that the child loves, if the rest of the room is screaming for attention? Also there's less opportunity for children to express themselves via drawing/painting, when there's nowhere to hang their creations. How cool would it be to have frames up that they can put their most favourite art in!
As someone who used to clean offices when I was a student, I can tell you, acrilic chairs are a NIGHTMARE to clean.
Sad beige children's rooms really are about the parents. A lot of parents think their kids are a reflection of them. And over the top parties - PLEASE do a video on that!
YES YES, Please do the over the top parties!....(begging here)
Agreed and not even the just the rich. My kids are grown and they had a few parties at a venue, but most were just sleepovers at our house with some simple games/competitions/water fights/video games and movies. Now it seems that all parents feel the need to have parties for 10-12 kids at venues where it starts at $350 and then send home ELABORATE and EXPENSIVE goodie bags for each attendee and the gifts from friends are in the $50 range. Yikes.@@Hecatate
Yes yes please these kid parties even in middle class America are over the top ,anyone else remember pin the tail on the donkey and cake ?
Eww acrylic chairs are so cheap looking
Not in his wheelhouse. This channel is about decor.
In fact, the original sheep are a work of art by François-Xavier Lalanne. He made them in 1965 for the Salon de la Jeune Peinture. Yves Saint Laurent had them in his home. They were later sold for ten million dollars. What we see everywhere are, of course "inspired by" lol. I've seen them in some homes (here in Europe) and personally, I like them, they can be that final humorous touch in some old mideuropean flat.
There is a 100 y/o Scandinavian meat market down the street from my parent's home back in Minneapolis, and they sell little hand-made Tomte, reindeer, and sheep. And they make perfect sense in a Scandinavian home wanting to highlight that heritage 🤷🏼♀️
Wait til people find out that sheep toys and decor are found in other cultures as well. Nice devil wears prada style story though
Interesting. My husband has a tiny one that is a tourist souvenir from New Zealand. Pretty sure it didn't cost $3000
yes! first thing came to mind was lalanne!
I think it's the ubiquity of them in high-end design that's the only complaint. If, for instance, 30 people had them rather than 300,000, all of whom are eager to show off their homes, it would be so much more fun, dreary old castle or not. 😂
As a early-childhood teacher, I totally agree with you. Blue is a calming color and yellow is a happy color. I can not image my daughter's room, let alone a classroom being beige. Maybe older kids, but not young child. Yikes!
Also remember that the brain can get too stimulated with blue light (reflecting from blue walls) and many will find it harder to sleep.
I cannot tell you how much I enjoyed your wine rant. Good grief, people, it’s the byproduct of rotting fruit that gives you a buzz. That’s all. And FWIW, we have a neighbor who has Money and he gifted us a ridiculously expensive bottle of wine when we moved in and it was completely undrinkable. Like a cross between lighter fluid and prune juice undrinkable. So Nick, lovely to see you in snark mode and I hope everything in your life is going well for you these days.❤
I'm entirely convinced that (most) wine is something people pretend to like. 😩
Wine is an acquired taste, just like many other things.
I feel this way about so many "rich people" things....alligator/crocodile bags and wallets for example. As someone who lived in the deep south and regularly encountered these creatures, I can tell you they are a nuisance (but are pretty damn delicious if deep fried in nugget form). Seeing someone with a croc birkin makes about as much sense as wearing a coat made out of rat pelts.
For me, it’s a byproduct of rotting fruit that almost always gives me a headache, even before I finish being buzzed. Don’t drink anymore, but when I did, the only kind of wine that reliably didn’t make me regret my life choices was the shitty kind that people make themselves at like, Wine Kitz.
While wine rooms and pretentious people who blather about wildfire smoke in a particular vintage are pathetic, I do feel sad for you that your baby tastes don't allow you to appreciate good wine. It's the nectar of the Gods.
Lol at the wine room. I live in France and actual old school French people, like my grandparents-in-law just have a part of the cellar, and the bottles are covered in cobwebs and god knows what else! No fancy wine room in the foyer!
Different ideas of how to impress with wine.
“Boxed wine era.” 😂 I freaking love it when an influencer is advertising for Franzia.
Yeah well, i couldn’t find it anywhere in Las Vegas for a few months. There is nothing wrong with Franzia. Wine is wine especially Pinot Grigio. If it’s too yellow it’s bad😂
There are also tons of other boxed wine brands besides Franzia. My personal fave is Bota!
I think if I every had a house that came with a showy Wine room, I would use it to hold ships in bottles, just for giggles😂
That would honestly look way cooler! At least ships in a bottle are interesting.
Yes that would be super neat! A perfect use!
Hi Nick, your red wine rant made me smile, the sheep made me laugh out loud, the gym equipment had me horrified….and your sad beige children …… perfect! Greetings from UK 🇬🇧.
I’ve worked in the education world for… longer than I want to admit 😂 but you’re absolutely right about children and color. Kids benefit from having cool tones in their bedrooms as cool tones can bring feelings of calmness, which can help when they’re trying to sleep. Warm tones will excite, which is better for a playroom. And yes, kids should have the right to express themselves in their spaces. Parents pay the mortgage, but how depressing must it be to have your individuality suppressed because Mom insists everything must be beige? Let kid spaces reflect the kids who live in them, even if it doesn’t “match.”
Oh, dang! I really *really* wanted my own life-sized sheep! Not because I saw it in a designer’s home, but because I’ve always wanted to own a few living, breathing sheep. I actually collected stuffed animal sheep for years back in the 1990s.
When I saw a life-sized sheep standing in some NYC designer’s home recently (her mother gave it to her as a child) I breathed a sigh of relief, thinking, “Okay, maybe it would be okay to make one of these things since I won’t be herding sheep any time soon” - and wouldn’t you just know it? The dang rich people have turned it into some passé, over-done, tongue-in cheek social statement about “following the herd” or what have you.
Why do they have to spoil everything?!?!
If you want your life sized sheep then buy it dang it, trends be damned! Don't let fashion dictate your happiness!
I have one by Rocking Lamb, which Nick featured in his video. I LOVE my (non rocking) sheep! Originally it was in the foyer to dining room entrance area (large formal house). Now we live at the beach and it's in the bunk room used by my grandson, and my granddaughters love it too. Even the dogs were interested when it arrived. It makes me happy every time I see!
I was 23 years old when my landlady had my room redecorated with beige wallpaper. And it made me cry. Many times. So yeah.
But now i'm an old lady and i love beige:)
“ I’m so done with wine rooms and wine snobs, am I alone?” No Nick, you’re not! I have had it with people putting others down because we don’t have a degree in Oenology! We have rich friends with a wine cellar and tasting room. They are such snobs that we don’t visit them anymore.
They can be snobs in private, but when you're over they should discuss at a level that you're interested in.
You are probably not the only one who doesn’t visit them anymore. I’m sure they will learn to be less snobby when they become lonely, sadly!
A wine cellar I can completely understand, but a tasting room!? You've got to be either comically rich or an absolute lunatic to dedicate a room to tasting wine.
@@harambae7014 There's nothing comical about being that rich. Ridiculous, maybe.
My elder family just straight up makes their own wine. They are very knowledgeable, but they are also the sort of folk who tasted the very first watch of wine of people who tried very hard but barely knew what they were doing, amd still found that the first taste tasted like bootleg arse, but had a very lovely aftertaste. Wine specialists are great, wine snobs are not. In the end, much like art, wine is supposed to be a fun, exploratory party for the senses, from the label to the drink itself. It's supposed to make social meetings fun. Wine, like all alcohol, is literally poison, and you're allowed and even expected to have some taste about it, but a whole brightly lit wine room? You know you're not supposed to expose your wine to light over prolonged periods of time, right? Just drink it, weirdos. It's what wine was made for, and sometimes boxed cheap wine can be more fun than your overpriced mediocre hell in a bottle.
When my nephew was six years old, he painted a charming mural on his bedroom wall. Twenty years later, it's still there for the next generation to admire. Im fact, I don't think my sister can ever move because of that beloved painting!
I'll bet *that* family have more fond memories than the ones forcing beige on their children.
As a kid I would have probably given a lot for a beige room with ONE wall I could paint and doodle on. Instead, I got the 90’s plasticky colorful toys and no mural real estate 😅 oh well I turned out alright all the same 🤪
My sister did wonderful charcoal picture of a goth fairy in her room during her late teens, and when I moved back into my parents' house and go the chance to decorate how I wanted to, Mum and I decided we weren't going to clean that picture off, we were going to carefully paint over it so it's still there even if we can't see it.
The beige room for the children feels calming but so impractical. Things will be dirty in 3 seconds! I gave my own children the opportunity to decorate their rooms. It is not aesthetically pleasing but they love it so much. I agree with your views on the children's rooms. Also thanks for your opinions and making me laugh. Love your content xx
Hi. Montessori teacher here. There’s been no Montessori classroom I’ve ever worked in that had brightly colored walls. It follows the color theory that bright colors are stimulating and subdued colors are calming. Montessori schools choose soft pastels for the purpose of calming the children so that they aren’t distracted and can concentrate on work. So a soft color for a child’s room is ideal for getting that five year old to sleep.
But, as a Montessorian I can say that we also value allowing the child to learn to make wise choices. So, let your child pick from soft pastels for the bedroom and then choose whatever the kiddo wants for the playroom!
OMG Those sheep look exactly like a craft project I made out of cotton balls in elementary school 😂
Right! I'm going to make a bunch and see if I can sell them in the rich neighborhoods around here. I'll make sure to wear bizzare "artist" clothes.
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Sheep Things are souvenirs here in New Zealand. Why would rich people have a huge tacky NZ souvenir in their living room?
I hate the feeling of white cotton balls so the sheep would probably feel like torture to me.
@@TheDenisedrake And then share your wealth with us! LOL!!!
The dumbbells thing is like when Tiffany made that paper clip and sold it for $600 or something. It’s making practical things impractical based on how incredibly expensive they are. To me, you are right, that is absolutely late stage capitalism.
This video was great. 😂 I always love your commentary, sass and candidness. And you are 100% correct about kids... You don't gotta love being around them to respect that they are tiny humans who have their own style and interests. I defs would not put a bunch of rainbows and LED sparkle lights all around my house, but my kiddo loves them, so that's what she gets to have in her room.
This video was fantastic from start to finish. Story: I went to an architects house once. They had a fabulous custom home that was stunningly beautiful in the way that magazine homes look. There has a full size sheep sculpture in their foyer, plastic legs and heads but like a full sheep skin covering the body. This was at least 10 years ago. That was the only thing in that immaculate house full of gorgeous art that I thought “huh, that’s weird”
As a designer, I totally agree with the sad children's room. Kids need color, color inspires.
As a mom, i wonder how they archieve holding the colored stuff out .. what do this parents do in a toystore?
Do they tell their kids: you can take what you want- as long at it is beige? I wonder about the daily practice a lot.
@@channarubin8267 there are brands specialized in bland looking toys, their advertisment looks depressing
@@channarubin8267 i'm very convinced that color promotes a child's creativity. A child's room should be a place of wonder, and not look like a room from the W hotel.
@@channarubin8267I have a friend who purchased her clothes only in a certain select color palette (black/white/neutral/denim) and as far as I can tell she has designed her kids rooms/wardrobes/bedding all the same as herself and the rest of the house 😬 I have literally never seen a single photo of her kids less-than-insta-worthy. I'm pretty sure her kids toys are all tucked away in neutral Magnolia-style baskets when they're not being played with.
Yeah, by that age you may even be able to ask them what their favorite color is.
YES I agree on the wine rooms. I hate alcohol on display. Particularly when it has to be shuttled in on a palette there's so much of it. Much more affordable to just wear a t-shirt that reads "I'm a functioning alcoholic". Don't get me started on the wine tchotchkes with cheesy phases like, "It's wine o'clock" painted on some board, a candle, or some tea towels.
Love this. Did you see his bar cart rant? Your comment reminded me of this treasure.😊😅
Right? Nothing says “we’re alcoholics” more than a wine room!
As a former early years teacher I'd say the "dont kids like colour" question is complicated. If you're, say, choosing a set of blocks for a child I'd always choose plain wood blocks. Children need opportunities for flexibility in their play and neutrals can help with this. If decorating a classroom I of course wouldn't go for ALL beige but I'd have a good amount of neutrals and a lot of natural wood if possible, at least for some zones of the room. That would be different to how I'd decorate a soft play area though, where kids are running around, being active, having parties etc, where I'd probably choose more bright colours for the majority. I think both super colourful, unique and busy spaces and calmer, more neutral spaces have a place and ideally kids should have access to both to suit their individual needs. I think a kid having an all bright orange bedroom might be an issue for the same reason it might be an issue for an adult, regardless of how much you like the colour (not a hard and fast rule, just a maybe example - I had an orange and yellow room as a kid and loved it!). The colour of the space does have impacts on our mood etc, and you don't want something in a bedroom that's going to stop you sleeping well, for example. Having said all that I totally agree that allowing your kids to put their stamp on a space in your house, to make choices and to be part of that process is wonderful and something everyone should aim for if they are fortunate enough to have the space and resources. And there are ways to do that and still be mindful of practicalities - restrictions should be about those, not about your personal taste.
My son (8 year old) and I grab breakfast tacos almost every Saturday and watch your latest video. He thought the children’s part was hilarious, and he totally agrees: “Those kids rooms are sad!” He also now wants a ghost chair in his room. 😂
i’m 6th generation from Napa and we have a hatch in the foundation of our house where we chuck a few cases in and call it a day. also the smokey year anecdote is such a dog whistle for “i’m a wine snob and i need to feel superior and smart”
A blind taste test would be interesting to see a wine snob take part in. "Identify the smokey year."
Thoroughly enjoy your comment & dry wit !
Right? You wouldn’t taste that in the wine I would think…
@@EH23831some people definitely can, like sommeliers for example, but any normal person who tells you they can taste a difference is full of crap lol.
I raised seven children and they definitely have huge personalities! I do agree with you about the sad beige rooms!
Haha yeah I was thinking like sir my 3 year old has the biggest personality.
Yeah I was about to say the same thing. Both my kids have massive - and distinct - personalities and it’s both beautiful and totally maddening…!
I was at a Christmas party in our small town bookstore. A few guests were talking about all the good wines and when to drink what. One woman ask me which I preferred. I said "the one with bubbles."
"I'm in my boxed wine era". I LOVE IT!!!! Good for you for saying it out loud. ❤
I had a shitty week....until watching this video!
Mom of 3 (adult) kids, on the board of directors for a dog rescue, and the owner of an acrylic chair, and I'm loving this and laughing hysterically all the way through.
You never fail to disappoint, Nick! I came long ago for the design tips, and stayed for your humor and two cents! ❤
If you're a mom of three I'm thinking acrylic furniture you can take outside and hose off isn't a bad thing! 🤣 I remember having littles!
AB-so-lutely!! This video needed to come with a warning: PUT DOWN YOUR TEA...I snorted my tea laughing!
Love this!
Mmmm, really has that "burnt homes" nose with a "ruined lives" backbone, with slight hints of "millions of dollars of taxpayer money spent" aftertaste! 🍷
Yep! Dog rescue, much better investment. Sheep? WTF?
Sad beige 🤣 I would also add sad grey! I dislike colorless rooms especially for children! You are right on!
Sheeps! My grandma has had stuffed sheep surrounding her fireplace for half a century, just because she loved animals. I can’t wait to tell her she’s en vogue!
I have a one year old. More than anything, I wanted to have the beautiful neutral playroom, but I’m also a teacher with a family and child studies background. Children need color, textures, variety, and everything unattractive. I cringe at the look of my daughter’s playroom, but she has a blast in it!
One day she’ll be old enough and you guys will get to redesign it together!
You are so wise and right-on re: letting kid rooms be kid rooms (not curated by mom for all her Insta photos, etcetera). Let them be kids. Such over-control and superficiality is very unhealthy.
Yes, do a video on the expensive over the top children’s parties.
I have absolutely no interest in home design but I have enjoyed binging your channel. Your humor and content is unmatched. Thanks for sharing your opinions with the world. They are appreciated. ❤
I am 100% in agreement about the wine rooms! They are so tacky. Why does anyone unless they are an alcoholic need to stockpile wine? 🤔
My sentiments exactly. If you love it that much that you have to have it constantly, you have a drinking problem. I can't even drink coffee that much.
Hilarious. Especially the portion about children. The blunt honesty made me laugh out loud.
Totally agree... the "sad beige" also made me laugh
I’m still laughing…and I love kids!🤣🤣🤣
I've never liked kids or ghost furniture lol
Ditto...he knew Montessori though. 😂
Only bots everywhere.. 🥴
You are a hoot and I enjoyed your rant! My guess for the sheep in the living room is that it replaces having to deal with a real live pet-for example, a dog. Sure, the dog is good for protection, but the sheep will always have your baaaaaack.
Very punny !! 🐑 😂
Speaking of smoky wine, I had a bartender pull that “it was a smoky year for these grapes” line BUT instead of trying to chat me up about it he was like “we tried it, hated it, so now we only use it to serve as in sangria” the sangria was delicious
Ironically one of my fave wines has a smokey taste
My mum let me pick my bedroom colours and decor at the grand old age of about 6 years .....Donald duck wallpaper and pink accent walls .... I loved it!!!
You are so hilarious! I'm a Mental health therapist and you'd be surprised how many people in group have said that they don't like other people or children! I guess that was something you use to keep in their head!
Love the honesty! 😂
I JUST had to talk my mother out of spending 50k on a wine room 😂 thank you for assuring me!
You can always donate some of that money to a good cause if you have that kind of money to throw around.
@@yourconnection9303 yes! She is a philanthropist
@@yourconnection9303 Amen. Wouldn't the local women's shelter love to have a 50K donation? Or a pet shelter? Or a children's hospital?
Haha I totally see your point about the kids sad bedroom color. Buuut it is known that in a bedroom it is better to have calming tones and very little stimulation for them to calm down to sleep. But if there is a play room then yes nude tones won’t be the best for developmental. I always loved color, but now I am toning down and trying to find a way to give kids color without being soooo sooo much busy and nauseating so I can enjoy too 🤪
OK, about kid's rooms, I'm a montessori kid myself, architect and mom XD so I'm like the perfect combo for this LOL. So what I've seen, its ok to have a mostly neutral room (talking, floors, walls, furniture and linens) just to the toys and decor can pop of color, because you need the kid to be intrested in the toy/material you want it to focus on, instead of the bright floor/walls you put in. Also as a mom, each childhood stage goes by SO FRIGGING FAST that its best to have a neutral base so you can change as they grow older without spending a fortune each time. But each example Nick gave its really to much neutral, and extreme. Hope this helps and i love you Nick, huge fan :D
I love how Nick is not only done with the wine, hes done with the world
DYING with laughter over the sad beige kids rooms 🤣
Thank you for Nick for saying everything I’m thinking out loud! Bring on the wine box and I’m right there with you about the kids. I am here for this content 💯
I’m dying about the wine snob story! Bring your smokey wine on over lol it sounds good 😂
I do love when Nick is in a mood! Needed this video today.
I love sassy Nick. Going off on wine cellars is the kind of content i can get behind.
I have been following child psychology and development studies just sort of casually for a while, and at the very least babies who are a few months old LOVE bright colors because their eyes are still developing and bright colors are literally just easier for them to see. Kids who have fully developed eyes might like bright colors more but like no ones ever really looked into that scientifically (or if they have I just haven't come across it).
On the subject of kids play rooms - lots and lots of storage is good. If everything is visible or too brightly colored, they can get easily distracted and jump quickly from toy to toy.
When things are put away and everything has a "place", my kid tends to play deeper/harder with whatever he chose. Thoughtful play, longer play.
Don't make kids rooms depressing. But they don't have to be ugly or busy. It's a fine balance.
“I’m in my boxed wine era..”
I love this. 😂 This is me!
When people ask about the origins of wine I pour, and I share it is from Kirkland. 😅
“ now I need to know what the weather conditions were when the wine was bottled?” 😂😂😂
I agree with everything you said. A beige room for a kid? Boring!!
I loved the wine rant, I agree completely 😂 I pick based on if it’s a cute label or not
I read the Berenstain Bears to my kids! “The Gimmes” and “Too Much Birthday” etc. are more relevant than ever! And yes, Maria Montessori said that kids’ spaces should be light and clean and bright (light woods, white paint etc.) but the manipulatives should have brightly colored paint (like the famous pink tower).
Omg, yes to all of these. I was not aware of the sheep thing. That's just so weird! That sheep you showed the listing for was over $5,000!! On sale! Hilarious... and confusing.
Children's rooms. I watch a fair amount of decor-related RUclips content. And I see some pristine, magazine photo-worthy kid's rooms. I hear the person say I got this to style in my daughter's room. I can't fathom think of "styling" in my daughter's room. It just makes me feel sad for those kids.
Combine the kids room with the wine room and the gym, and you have Cameron's house from Ferris Bueller's day off: "The place is like a museum. It's very beautiful and very cold, and you're not allowed to touch anything. Imagine what it must be like growing up in a place like that"
I agree with you on everything, particularly about the dog shelter if you have too much money. Or any kind of needed shelter for that manner (for the beige kids, for example) Yes please ! That would be money so much better spent.
Just got the new Veranda in the mail today. Laughed when I saw the sheep in this month’s issue!
I liked you before and haven't missed a single one of your videos but after hearing you say you like dogs more than people, I am all in! Yours is the best channel on RUclips. There is so much pretension in these homes. I think that's why these trends are so disgusting to us. Like some of your other viewers, I can only think about the difference the money used to acquire some of these ridiculous items could make in the lives of abandoned animals and people struggling to have a home, any kind of home. My pet peeve is the really ugly art or what is passing for "art". I recognize that art is subjective but has everyone decided in concert to hang ugly paintings on the walls?
My favorite homes are the ones where the owners have created all those near ceiling height runways and hideaways for their cats! Talk about creative! They always make me smile!
As a non drinker, I always get an automatic opt out on the pretension wine talk😊 Agree let the kids have a space of their own. Close the door if it doesn’t match your aesthetic.
Nick is in his box wine and gym bro era. Here for it, dude!
Montessori trained here ✋️ The montessori method encourages tasteful color palettes. 1.) Color is needed to brain development. 2.) But a room filled only with bright primary colors that clash can create anxiety.
Balance in all things.
I can get behind the sheep. As someone born in the Year of the Sheep, that fluffy little creature has a chokehold on me and my heart.
The wine rant was everything. 😆
For real, wine knowledge seems like a competition of who knows the most about it. Meanwhile I'm forever in my box wine era. Power to you, Nick!
Ghost chairs look like the extra plastic chairs you shove in the shed for when unexpected guests come for a BBQ. You hose them off before they sit in them so hopefully the dirt doesn't transfer to their clothes. Oh, and check for spiders in the crevices. I guess being clear would be an advantage for that.
I bought some at an auction (for very little money) and that is exactly what I use them for! They are piled in my garage and make it out only if I need extra seating outside (which doesn't really happen.) I think catering companies and wedding rental companies buy them in bulk
Lol any chair that looks easily ‘stackable’ is perfect for extra seating :), now that I know you can get them super cheap with creepy crawlies made visible advantage, might have to get some :)
OMG I so agree with you - so over the wine snobs nonsense; the Sheep trend only makes sense if you live on a farm; the over-priced gym equipment just to have a "brand" (remember when "designer jeans" came out and too many of us overpaid for the-same-as-Levi's-except-for-a-different-name-on-your-a$$-jeans); beige or gray children's room definitely is following a whole-house design aesthetic and is boring, sad, and uninspiring (is that so your child will go to sleep because s/he is bored to death??); acrylic chairs are for dorm rooms or dorm room-sized apartments to fool-the-eye so they don't occupy visual space or bust the budget
Oh my word, we had one of those sheeps when I was growing up. It was so dusty and the white turning a little brown bc we used it every single year in our church's Christmas Eve play. It had a little bell on its collar. We weren't rich, and who knows where that sheep came from. But that thing was a reliable actor in that play for probably at least 15 years. 🐑
I don’t even know where to start with how much I love this video. I’m here for all the rants today. 😂
I use an acrylic chair at my bathroom vanity. Never turning back. When I was ill I sat it in the shower and I could wash my hair and everything, then rest when I got too tired. It was great. I’m grateful for it. Side note- mine doesn’t look like the ghost chair at all. Huh. Also my bathroom is black white and grey.
If a child is rambunctious a quiet calm bedroom may be necessary. A play room or the backyard can be bright.
You’ve become my design hero! I watch your channel continuously. Nailed the kid’s room fiasco. I’m gonna go so far as to say, you like kids more than you want to let on! Another thing, the sweater. That sweater, loved it. Didn’t listen to most of the roasting because it distracted me beyond. Wine rooms were unimpressive. Thanks for design common sense.
Nick can you make a video on how to decorate/ style a small low income regular apartment?
Sad beige kids, love it.
I agree with everything you said. Plus I have several not so rich things that I don't want to see ever again. I know you have probably done videos on these also. Here they are, chunky wood strings of beads with a tassel on the end as decor., Books bought for the color of their bindings, books turned with the spine's facing in, geometric shaped vases, busts of any sort, line drawing faces, where all you see is an eyebrow which connects to a nose which connects to lips. Please, OMG, I can't stand it anymore. Could we have an original idea? I think it's time for an original idea, don't you? Oh, I almost forgot, I love your honesty. It's so refreshing.
Ditto.
wow you just hate decor in general haha
most of these, like vases, are pretty innocent imo
and as for the books facing the wall, I know it looks lame, but as someone who feels physical pain when there's too much colour in the room, I honestly don't even judge them. Anything to achieve that healing minimalism!
I hear you on the wine business. There is so much pretension going on with wine. I love the study where they filled expensive wine bottles with cheap wine and served it to wine "experts" and "supertasters," who raved about the wine. And they also dyed white wine to look like a cab and served it to experts, who raved about the tannins and the dark chocolate and cherry taste.
I let my children pick out their own paint colors when they were about 7 yrs old. One was lucky charm green, the other was royal blue and another was orange and blue striped. It made them very happy and more of their own space.
Haha love that you said you'd rather open a dog rescue if you had the money - always saying that but about cats 😆
I’ve never seen the sheep, but the irony is not lost on me!
No idea why RUclips recommended this video to me, but less than 3mins in & now I’m a subscriber. Honestly, someone really needed to talk about the way wine has slowly morphed from “beverage you enjoy” to “expensive show-off hobby”.
Edited to add: that acrylic chair can NOT be comfortable. I’m just imagining that sweaty, sticky feeling of sitting on a lawn chair with bare legs…even indoors, you’re peeling yourself off it.
I think the best thing I ever heard about decorating for "rich" people was when someone said, and I paraphrase here, "The worst thing to happen to decorating is wealthy basketball players."
sheeps is not the plural of sheep. Sheep is the plural of sheep just like moose, deer and fish (plus others).
My dog loves kids. They're his favorite snack.
Those beige kids' rooms are from The Handmaids Tale.