It's so true! Just ask any trendy person whose high school yearbook picture is at least 20 years old. The trendy kids always look the most "dated" when you see the photos years later because they tried too hard to keep up with temporary fads. Personally, I don't think that should matter if it's a look that you particularly like and makes you happy or brings back happy memories when you see it. The irony of it, though, is that the kind of people who try to hard to be trendy are often the ones who are most embarrassed at their old photos looking "dated" because the look and attitude of their pictures was too tied to that one, specific, brief period of time and not enough to a personality with different sides that exist outside of the current moment.
@@katszulga1888 he certainly didn't know the meaning of 5he work in this context. The fact that you quoted Ir means you need a "lesson" on the subject. Trying to hide behind a quote does nothing to redeem your ignorance.
I love the gray but my gosh every decorating shows makes white couches gray couches gray rugs painted the wall gray everything's just great you're right and every sofa is white of some shade of white it's like families can't live in houses like that lol not if I live there I'm always dropping food I eat in my bed I eat on my sofa I eat wherever I want to eat so you got to buy fabric that you know like specially little children I'm thinking you know or dogs you got to you can't use white and gray is good but only so much of it not not as much as they use every decorator does it
I can’t stand the grey trend. It makes a home feel like a dreary cement prison cell. I can’t understand for the life of me how it became so ubiquitous, and I can’t wait until people stop ruining perfectly nice houses with it!
Glass blocks are awesome! They provide so much light without the cost of windows (+ added privacy). We used them when we renovated & covered our outside staircase. Insta soft diffuse light even on bad weather days. So now we have this cozy day room at the top of the stairs with 2 smallish windows for ventilation & a lot of glass blocks for the rest. We don't need lights until the evening. So if you already have blocks in a place, paint the walls around with a trendy color (but still classic so it lasts), modernize around it to showcase the glass!
@@NdnUrbanCat Depends on where you live in the world & how you use it. Recently it has come back in style because of its sustainability & energy efficiency. It provides the insulation of a double pane thermal window, so it's a great solution to provide light in colder places like where my family home is. We even used some inside the house to allow some light to go "through a wall" & into the darkest part of the ground floor hallway, without enlarging doors & loosing heat. People just have to rethink things. What I would love to do one day is to recolor some to create a stained glass effect.
@@scc6454 It might the misuse/overuse. The traditional square style is perfect in an exterior wall or a big enough hallway, but it is too bulky inside in small spaces. Personally I like the translucent ones with a simple designed rather than the transparent or too elaborate. I love the newer styles in different shapes like 2:42 (I'm pretty sure that one is on the Japan episode of the world's most extraordinary homes, on Netflix).
Yes to all this. I had a 1950’s house once with real sweet gum wood paneling in the den and one wall of the living room. It was stunning, I thought. It made me want to cry when my neighbor, who had the same wood paneling, painted over it. As for curtains - we moved into the house we built a couple of weeks ago and decided to wait before putting in curtains to see how it would feel without them. We are in the middle of the woods with our property going up in steep ridges on three sides, so no possibility of being seen by neighbors. I’m pretty sure we won’t be covering the big windows with curtains.
We also built a house, it was minimal and modern with glass walls, we didn't have any curtains in the downstairs. Upstairs bedrooms had curtains but that is it. We loved it, we moved continents and sold that house. But our current apartment has built in blinds in the windows so if we want privacy or to control light we just use those. Still no curtains for us.
We bought a house built in the 40's and one of the bedrooms that we used for our den had paneled walls. I painted the paneling an off white which makes the room SO much lighter and it looks great.
I have very rustic paneling in my great room. It was black when I moved in. I painted it bright pumpkin orange followed by a coat of ivory. Then I lightly sanded through the layers. I absolutely adore it. I used a light floor and light furniture and accent colors of green and just a few pops of country red.
Cabbage rose never goes out of fashion, that pattern is timeless! Popcorn ceilings should be illegal as they’re everything the aesthetic movement warned about. Ugly things really do lower your quality of life. I will say with the light fixtures as long as they aren’t really cheap try to keep them as over time they may develop character and become a quirky element in the space. I have a 1920s painted aluminum chandelier and I love it. When I move into a house I can hang it it will go in my study. An old light fixture is great because if it’s old enough you’re the only person with it in your area and that can make your space stand out. :)
@@blueshoes915 it really depends what the ceiling looks like underneath. Some rooms we were able to just paint, some rooms we had to use a spray texture to resurface and then paint
Dated doesn't equal "offensive." Before I moved into my apartment, I had never seen vertical blinds, so they are "new" to me, and I appreciate their cleanliness, Grecian linearity, and lack of dust/spider nesting quality.
Just bought a house a month ago. We have panelling in the dining room, wallpaper borders in the master bedroom and the bathroom, and VERY dated frufru curtains that conveyed with the house (eyeroll). In addition, we have gold-tone doorknobs in poor condition (working on replacing them), glossy wood-tone trim and doors (working on that as I paint), an industrial 60s tile that's gray and avocado in the bathroom (that was underneath carpet), colonial drawer pulls and knotty pine cabinets in the kitchen. It's gonna be a LONG time for me to get to all of it, but my home will eventually be beautiful.
8:32 A tip I'm going for myself: Treat your curtains as clothes. Literally. They can be overlaped. The heavy duty ones that block heat, light and sound should be simple, very high quality and even boring. The sheer one you overlap can have all sorts of visual interests be it collor or pattern or anything.
I recently purchased a 1969 mobile home with paneling, tile ceilings, 8' mirrored closet doors, vertical blinds (that don't open because the DIY person hung them backwards) and old old ugly wall to wall carpet. I'm in the process of transforming the space. Thanks for the tips.
On drop ceilings, my husband and I have to have drop ceiling because the previous owners destroyed the actual ceiling. We wanted to go with a traditional wood and copper metal tile look and for the low cost of printed wood contact paper and some nicely appointed plastic tiles from Amazon, we managed to make our library/living/dining room a high-end looking room. A friend of ours who works in contracting said he cannot believe that we made the drop ceiling look that good.
The coffered ceiling for tiled ceilings is a great idea. I've been house hunting in my area and all the houses I've viewed have those tiled drop down ceilings and I hate them so much I won't even consider buying houses that have them. Now I can relook them with the coffered ceiling approach in mind.👍
Suspended ceilings are notorious fixes used to conceal badly damaged drywall or plaster ceilings. Just be aware of what you might find underneath those icky panels, and be ready to deal with ALL THAT!! ♥️
My husband’s folks lived in a 114 year old house. FIL paneled the walls and put in those ceilings. I always thought it was a shame. My husband said it was to cover the bad plaster and help with the heating bill. Not attractive but I guess it served a purpose for them
I covered my paneling by spackling the crevices smooth then painting primer over the entire wall. After that, apply wallpaper liner. A beautiful textured wallpaper is applied as the final step. I suggest you don't use pre-pasted paper over the liner. I've done this before and you would never know there was paneling underneath.
I you are lucky they were dropped from a high ceiling to save heating costs & there man be a gorgeous ceiling up there. In NYC there was a drop ceiling at the top of the Chrysler Building & when removed the vaulted ceiling under the down of the roof was revealed. 😃
As usual, you've made a very helpful, well presented video like you always do. Now, to the critique / disagreeing! :D 1) *Glass Blocks:* Personally, I love (most) glass block applications. I'm definitely of the _"they're timeless"_ school of thought. But I have to give you, your suggestion of making their _"...surroundings look bright and fresh..."_ is really smart! If the surroundings are up to date, the glass blocks' timelessness is underscored. 2) *Large Mirrors:* While big expanses of mirrors _can_ look dated, to me, if they were installed in appropriate places originally (i.e. following good design principles) they're still good. Your idea of adding style-appropriate strips, however, is *gold.* That looks *so* nice! I _do_ like mirrored closet doors too, for the usual practical reasons, but also because I think they look nicer than 'plain' doors. (If you have some kind of fancy, atypical sliding doors however, I bet those look great.) 3) *Vertical Blinds:* Yup, the second picture shows an especially dated, tired vertical blind look. And the original plastic versions barely looked 'good' when they first came out. *BUT* [
I removed mirror doors in bedroom years ago n I would never do that again. When I moved I put mirror doors on the one closet It helps u see your whole outfit n hair.
I need another option for vertical blinds. We have cats, and there doesn't exist a cat who won't climb curtains, leaving them shredded. I've spent some time considering other window treatments, but verticals seem to be the only cat-proof option.
I just got rid of my popcorn ceilings, and yes.... It's messy and a lot of work, but so gratifying once it was all done. I've spent so much money on curtains and I still haven't got it right...🤔 I live in the country so yes, why fo I even need them... 👏 👏 👏
Well, it depends on how the 'old' stuff is arranged. My father had an apartment furnished 40y ago, before i was born. The style was modern looking back at the pictures, and would still stand today. Infact, i still have some of that furniture. We're talking about an italian apartment, so there's not a single type of item you mentioned in the video :D . I really like mirrored surfaces though, which on modern furniture can look really good.
I love your channel and all your wonderful tips! I also find myself screen shotting half the beautiful photos you present. Where DO you find all these lovely rooms? Thank you! 🌞
ah popcorn ceilings. yes turns out ours has asbestos. also i kinda thought it was doing a good job in making the cathedral ceilings less echo. i opted to have them painted professionally in a crisp white (they were yellowing). they look fine, kinda don't really see them. if people are that bored at my house that they are staring at the ceilings then im not doing a great job anyways.
I ran to this video as we just dealt with our popcorn ceiling. If you have undiagnosed ADHD do not start you will end up like me and spend a year with half scraped ceiling. If you get diagnosed and on the right meds you will be like me and finally finish and reap the benefits, it looks so much butter but was a lot of work. I would do it again though if I had the option.
I just watched this and cannot agree more. Posh Pennies any chance you do a video about ornate mirrors or mirrors as decor? Also wall art would be great. Thank you in advance, I love your videos, very helpful.
When I see newer styles of drapes they look cheap. No valances, they aren't lined fabrics and no pull cords to open and close them. Sometimes classics are just better quality. Styles come and go and come back again. Keep what you love.
Some very good advice here... However, I still love vertical blinds! They are so practical. Take off the 'valance' and they are low profile and 'technical' looking.
@@gaving9463 @@gaving9463 My floor to ceiling (98 inch) vertical blinds have a valance, are super clean and stately, with an almost Grecian columnar look. I like them much better than drapes. They look timeless and show no wear, do not collect dust, and are not spider-friendly. Light plays through them in a very attractive, modern way, yet they insulate from the heat and cold. They look beautiful.
In the 1926 Tudor Revival home my mom bought in 1973, the previous owners put a huge single-pane mirror with gold veining where the original wood-burning fireplace used to be. They replaced the original sconces with dangly glass chandelier ones cut right into the mirror and put a big matching ceiling chandelier in the adjoining formal dining room. 😢 At least the mirror is one piece and not mirrored tiles like one usually sees. I’m hoping to one day replace the fireplace and, if the City allows, make it wood burning. The chimney is still attached on the outside. My plan is to return the house to its 1920s cottage-y glory. ❤
Hi Vivian. I've a lot of different types of wood in my living room and having a hard time figuring out what to take out and what to add in and what to wood I could just paint white for example just to neutralise it. Matching wood tones is difficult, possibly it's an idea for a video if the topic interests you. Fan of the channel, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for all the tips , I’m so with you on that, I am getting rid of all my old furniture, the only thing is timeless is my sofa, but I am gravitating towards industrial for my art room and workspace, I would’ve thought it was and that you’re looking Grafton and art table, and I need to do my whole house, I do have popcorn in the ceiling, I’m going to do something to be creative with it, and I don’t like the texture on my wall, I will change that as well, I’m drowning😟 And I can’t afford to hire help
Tile drop ceiling in my whole house!! I had them since I moved there back in the 90',but they are good for saving money of bills for the conditioning. They hide the preexisting plumbig etc but I got used to it and with inflation etc I am positive I will keep them. Maybe I ll paint them one day. It is not my primary home though. My guess is that someone will start using them again due to current energy situation
OMG I hate hate hate vertical blinds. Landlords in my country love putting them up in rental properties which makes no sense. They’re ugly, flimsy and rentals have high tenant turnover which means they ALWAYS break. I’ve been in my rental for 10 years now which is an unheard of long amount of time in the rental world and when I moved in the verticals we’re damaged in all rooms. The landlord didn’t fix or replace them and over time high storm winds and just general degradation pretty much wiped all of them out. And she still hasn’t replaced them. Vertical blinds must be destroyed IMMEDIATELY off the face of the earth. Even better - make hanging vertical blinds in rentals illegal. That will fix the problem
I like my vertical blinds better than curtains. They are insulating, attractive, clean, neat, and if one breaks (rarely, 2 in 7 years) the landlord replaces immediately.
I need a full video on the glass brick situation. We bought a house last year and the only thing that i can’t figure out how to fix is the shower in one of the bathrooms that is built entirely out of glass blocks and has glass door in the middle. Now, i like the shower because it’s big and spacious and I would rather not just take it down also because of the obvious costs it would result in, but I really want to make it look better just don’t know how… anyway, great video!
I don't JUST cover my windows with curtains cause I live right next to a busy path, I also do it cause I have an overactive imagination and if I don't cover my windows at night I WILL see monsters out in the dark
Interior design is not about trends. Its about creating an interior environnement that suits your personality. The rest is irrelevant or personal opinions only.
Can you pls go into detail about home tech, smart home trends, do & don’ts on tech decor in the home and making its stylish and luxurious I feel like all the interior design RUclipsrs are neglecting home tech advice:((
videos like this are so funny to me. my style is retro which is old. But the ideas are good to correct eyesores. I vividly remember hessian wallpaper. ugly and collecting dirt. but excellent for cats. I love the drop ceilings with mouldings (or frames) that is actually a fabulous look.
I have some real wood paneling in my house, which I haven't painted and still like. It's only in part of one room. Dropped and popcorn ceilings are ugly and definitely dated.
Real wood paneling is a beautiful, living material. If you want to update the look, you can stain it or white wash it. My house has fake wood paneling all over and it's fugly. Dark and super busy. I'm currently in the process of painting over it. I fill in every other groove and paint it a pale taupe color. Filling in alternate grooves reduces visual clutter without creating a completely blank canvas that makes you look for any slight imperfection. I'm also adding white trim, because the previous owners cheaped out on trim altogether. 🤦🏼♀
I feel so stupid... when I read the title I thought "who the hell is dating their home? Love of interior design has gone too far" but no seriously great video!
Add: chalkboard painted walls, oak cabinets, plastic mini blinds, sponge painted walls, horrible fake plants and flowers, matchy matchy furniture sets, and all those terrible signs featured in many houses. You hit my most disliked: glass block, wallpaper border, vertical blinds and filthy dropped ceiling tiles. Thanks-- agreed and enjoyed your ideas!!
I disagree with a few of your dislikes and agree with you on others :D But I'd like to highlight one--- *chalkboard painted walls.* Always messy looking, dusty and dirty in appearance, chalkboard walls were a bad idea looking for gullible victims. A true 'janitor's basement closet' idea that, somehow, took off with some homeowners. (I'd give that in children's bedrooms only, they could be a good idea.) To me, this is an example of some things that were *"bad design"* from the get go, that is, they were an inferior idea since their inception, that somehow gained limited acceptance.
I don't understand the hate-on for the textured ceilings. They do provide a needed sound absorption if you have an upstairs. I live in a condo and there is someone above me. I kept the textured ceiling and I'm fine with it. Other owners spent a fortune hiring people to either re-drywall the ceilings, or scrape and paint. The finished effect is that they are living in the inside of a box. Interior decorators say "You need TEXTURE!" so they go out and buy a shaggy rug or chenille chair. People are so stupid.....
I bought a huge, 5 bedroom modern house with popcorn ceilings in every room. The house has very high, soaring ceilings in most of the rooms and those popcorn ceilings keep the rooms quiet. I also like the look. Wouldn't ever think of removing them!
Here's a thought...decorate and style your house the way YOU Like it! Anyone who follows "trends" needs LOTS of money so you can follow the so-called trends from year to year.
@2:48 - Apparently, she's pronouncing my 2014-built house to be outdated. I have those kind of interior doors and marbled tile flooring. What is supposedly a more-modern alternative?
Oh goody - yet another preteen telling me all the things I have to replace in my home so it isn't "dated". Do people really not know that the entire point of TRENDS in home decor - and clothing too - is to make you tear out and throw away all the perfectly fine things in your home and buy new stuff - that in a couple years they will tell you now makes your home "dated". Do yourself a huge favor - use standard classic items to decorate your home - avoid trends at all cost - and in 10 - 20 - or 40 years, you'll still be using that stuff in your still lovely - trend free home , while putting much money into the bank to do much nicer things with -- like retire or travel or retire and travel. I have mostly antiques in my home , most of those are mission style. My dining room set is 117 years old - it was a wedding gift to my husband's grandmother . It is still in pristine condition, we got it for free, it is solid oak - not the assemble yourself cheap furniture that is in style today - and much more beautiful too IMO.
Oscar Wilde had some timeless advice on this topic: "Nothing is so dangerous as being too modern. One is apt to grow old fashioned quite suddenly."
good old oscar!
Think you mean Contemporary. Modern is a particular style that does not change with the times.
I'll be sure to mention that to Oscar Wilde.
It's so true! Just ask any trendy person whose high school yearbook picture is at least 20 years old. The trendy kids always look the most "dated" when you see the photos years later because they tried too hard to keep up with temporary fads. Personally, I don't think that should matter if it's a look that you particularly like and makes you happy or brings back happy memories when you see it. The irony of it, though, is that the kind of people who try to hard to be trendy are often the ones who are most embarrassed at their old photos looking "dated" because the look and attitude of their pictures was too tied to that one, specific, brief period of time and not enough to a personality with different sides that exist outside of the current moment.
@@katszulga1888 he certainly didn't know the meaning of 5he work in this context. The fact that you quoted Ir means you need a "lesson" on the subject. Trying to hide behind a quote does nothing to redeem your ignorance.
@10:34: “ . . . if you always do what you love, you’ll be sure to always love your home regardless of trends.” ❤ I live by those words.
Can we talk about current home trends that should die? Like making everything grey? So depressing.
I love the gray but my gosh every decorating shows makes white couches gray couches gray rugs painted the wall gray everything's just great you're right and every sofa is white of some shade of white it's like families can't live in houses like that lol not if I live there I'm always dropping food I eat in my bed I eat on my sofa I eat wherever I want to eat so you got to buy fabric that you know like specially little children I'm thinking you know or dogs you got to you can't use white and gray is good but only so much of it not not as much as they use every decorator does it
@@karenking5357 designers say that's over now. I did the grey last year. We are keeping them :)
I can’t stand the grey trend. It makes a home feel like a dreary cement prison cell. I can’t understand for the life of me how it became so ubiquitous, and I can’t wait until people stop ruining perfectly nice houses with it!
Yes! I love grey but some people over do it. I balance my grey with neutral to cool colors and bambo wood
I agree. Grey is so drab, ugh. I would also stay away from shiplap… it’s going to look very dated soon.
Glass blocks are awesome! They provide so much light without the cost of windows (+ added privacy). We used them when we renovated & covered our outside staircase. Insta soft diffuse light even on bad weather days. So now we have this cozy day room at the top of the stairs with 2 smallish windows for ventilation & a lot of glass blocks for the rest. We don't need lights until the evening.
So if you already have blocks in a place, paint the walls around with a trendy color (but still classic so it lasts), modernize around it to showcase the glass!
I love glass block, but it is so out of favor.
@@NdnUrbanCat Depends on where you live in the world & how you use it. Recently it has come back in style because of its sustainability & energy efficiency. It provides the insulation of a double pane thermal window, so it's a great solution to provide light in colder places like where my family home is. We even used some inside the house to allow some light to go "through a wall" & into the darkest part of the ground floor hallway, without enlarging doors & loosing heat. People just have to rethink things. What I would love to do one day is to recolor some to create a stained glass effect.
I like the look of glass block too. I don't know why it would fall out of favor,.
@@scc6454 It might the misuse/overuse. The traditional square style is perfect in an exterior wall or a big enough hallway, but it is too bulky inside in small spaces. Personally I like the translucent ones with a simple designed rather than the transparent or too elaborate. I love the newer styles in different shapes like 2:42 (I'm pretty sure that one is on the Japan episode of the world's most extraordinary homes, on Netflix).
@@EtherealBlueRainbow I like the privacy coupled with light that they bring and bonus points if they are in a pretty design.
Yes to all this. I had a 1950’s house once with real sweet gum wood paneling in the den and one wall of the living room. It was stunning, I thought. It made me want to cry when my neighbor, who had the same wood paneling, painted over it. As for curtains - we moved into the house we built a couple of weeks ago and decided to wait before putting in curtains to see how it would feel without them. We are in the middle of the woods with our property going up in steep ridges on three sides, so no possibility of being seen by neighbors. I’m pretty sure we won’t be covering the big windows with curtains.
We also built a house, it was minimal and modern with glass walls, we didn't have any curtains in the downstairs. Upstairs bedrooms had curtains but that is it. We loved it, we moved continents and sold that house. But our current apartment has built in blinds in the windows so if we want privacy or to control light we just use those. Still no curtains for us.
We bought a house built in the 40's and one of the bedrooms that we used for our den had paneled walls. I painted the paneling an off white which makes the room SO much lighter and it looks great.
I have very rustic paneling in my great room. It was black when I moved in. I painted it bright pumpkin orange followed by a coat of ivory. Then I lightly sanded through the layers. I absolutely adore it. I used a light floor and light furniture and accent colors of green and just a few pops of country red.
What a great idea for the drop ceilings!! To make them look like (coffered) ceiling’s …🙌
Cabbage rose never goes out of fashion, that pattern is timeless! Popcorn ceilings should be illegal as they’re everything the aesthetic movement warned about. Ugly things really do lower your quality of life. I will say with the light fixtures as long as they aren’t really cheap try to keep them as over time they may develop character and become a quirky element in the space. I have a 1920s painted aluminum chandelier and I love it. When I move into a house I can hang it it will go in my study. An old light fixture is great because if it’s old enough you’re the only person with it in your area and that can make your space stand out. :)
Thanks for the ideas for tile dropped ceilings. My finished basement has it and I thought I was stuck with the dreaded “office” look. 👏
My husband and I scraped the popcorn in our house, very messy, but 100% worth it
What did you do after that? Just paint it? I want to do this but we have very high ceilings so I’m not sure it’s worth it but I do hate them!
@@blueshoes915 it really depends what the ceiling looks like underneath. Some rooms we were able to just paint, some rooms we had to use a spray texture to resurface and then paint
Dated doesn't equal "offensive." Before I moved into my apartment, I had never seen vertical blinds, so they are "new" to me, and I appreciate their cleanliness, Grecian linearity, and lack of dust/spider nesting quality.
I live in my grandpa’s flat from the 70s and felt personally vindicated by this video - thank god for all the handy tips! Thank you!!
I like the painted glass blocks. Pretty.
Just bought a house a month ago. We have panelling in the dining room, wallpaper borders in the master bedroom and the bathroom, and VERY dated frufru curtains that conveyed with the house (eyeroll). In addition, we have gold-tone doorknobs in poor condition (working on replacing them), glossy wood-tone trim and doors (working on that as I paint), an industrial 60s tile that's gray and avocado in the bathroom (that was underneath carpet), colonial drawer pulls and knotty pine cabinets in the kitchen. It's gonna be a LONG time for me to get to all of it, but my home will eventually be beautiful.
8:32 A tip I'm going for myself: Treat your curtains as clothes. Literally. They can be overlaped. The heavy duty ones that block heat, light and sound should be simple, very high quality and even boring. The sheer one you overlap can have all sorts of visual interests be it collor or pattern or anything.
I recently purchased a 1969 mobile home with paneling, tile ceilings, 8' mirrored closet doors, vertical blinds (that don't open because the DIY person hung them backwards) and old old ugly wall to wall carpet. I'm in the process of transforming the space. Thanks for the tips.
For painting paneling, DON"T FORGET THE PRIMER!
This was a great vlog. You had so many spot on points with wonderful solutions. Thank you!
Popcorn ceilings can look magificent if you paint it with just a bit of glitter, and put up a nice chandiler.
The only object in the house that doesn't grow outdated is the 40-year-old cactus in the corner 😂
I have a big glass block window in my master bath. I love it. It helps with privacy and lets in light. I don’t find anything offensive about it
I liked the transformation of the large mirrors. :) - currently living with popcorn ceiling 😳
On drop ceilings, my husband and I have to have drop ceiling because the previous owners destroyed the actual ceiling. We wanted to go with a traditional wood and copper metal tile look and for the low cost of printed wood contact paper and some nicely appointed plastic tiles from Amazon, we managed to make our library/living/dining room a high-end looking room. A friend of ours who works in contracting said he cannot believe that we made the drop ceiling look that good.
The coffered ceiling for tiled ceilings is a great idea. I've been house hunting in my area and all the houses I've viewed have those tiled drop down ceilings and I hate them so much I won't even consider buying houses that have them. Now I can relook them with the coffered ceiling approach in mind.👍
Always inspirational and informational!
Spot on, you nailed it. I’m really enjoying your videos🇮🇪🌈
Suspended ceilings are notorious fixes used to conceal badly damaged drywall or plaster ceilings. Just be aware of what you might find underneath those icky panels, and be ready to deal with ALL THAT!! ♥️
My husband’s folks lived in a 114 year old house. FIL paneled the walls and put in those ceilings. I always thought it was a shame. My husband said it was to cover the bad plaster and help with the heating bill. Not attractive but I guess it served a purpose for them
So true about popcorn ceiling!!!!! I scraped it and it took me 7 straight days!!! It was filthy, hard work.
I covered my paneling by spackling the crevices smooth then painting primer over the entire wall. After that, apply wallpaper liner. A beautiful textured wallpaper is applied as the final step. I suggest you don't use pre-pasted paper over the liner. I've done this before and you would never know there was paneling underneath.
I you are lucky they were dropped from a high ceiling to save heating costs & there man be a gorgeous ceiling up there.
In NYC there was a drop ceiling at the top of the Chrysler Building & when removed the vaulted ceiling under the down of the roof was revealed. 😃
As usual, you've made a very helpful, well presented video like you always do.
Now, to the critique / disagreeing! :D
1) *Glass Blocks:* Personally, I love (most) glass block applications. I'm definitely of the _"they're timeless"_ school of thought. But I have to give you, your suggestion of making their _"...surroundings look bright and fresh..."_ is really smart! If the surroundings are up to date, the glass blocks' timelessness is underscored.
2) *Large Mirrors:* While big expanses of mirrors _can_ look dated, to me, if they were installed in appropriate places originally (i.e. following good design principles) they're still good. Your idea of adding style-appropriate strips, however, is *gold.* That looks *so* nice! I _do_ like mirrored closet doors too, for the usual practical reasons, but also because I think they look nicer than 'plain' doors. (If you have some kind of fancy, atypical sliding doors however, I bet those look great.)
3) *Vertical Blinds:* Yup, the second picture shows an especially dated, tired vertical blind look. And the original plastic versions barely looked 'good' when they first came out.
*BUT* [
I love glass blocks whish I had some to paint them
You make so many great points. I am so glad I found your site. 🇨🇦
I removed mirror doors in bedroom years ago n I would never do that again. When I moved I put mirror doors on the one closet It helps u see your whole outfit n hair.
I love the music in this video.
I need another option for vertical blinds. We have cats, and there doesn't exist a cat who won't climb curtains, leaving them shredded. I've spent some time considering other window treatments, but verticals seem to be the only cat-proof option.
You are my favorite!!!! Thank you for all the tips!!! 😍🤩
Plenty of these in my family house in Italy! Which is why my eyes hurt when I go there lol! 😂 Great video as always 💕
I just got rid of my popcorn ceilings, and yes.... It's messy and a lot of work, but so gratifying once it was all done. I've spent so much money on curtains and I still haven't got it right...🤔 I live in the country so yes, why fo I even need them... 👏 👏 👏
Well, it depends on how the 'old' stuff is arranged. My father had an apartment furnished 40y ago, before i was born. The style was modern looking back at the pictures, and would still stand today. Infact, i still have some of that furniture. We're talking about an italian apartment, so there's not a single type of item you mentioned in the video :D . I really like mirrored surfaces though, which on modern furniture can look really good.
Removing popcorn ceilings is kind of messy, but definitely not difficult! Spray bottle of water and big paint scraper.
Wow I thought tile drop ceilings were only done in offices, that is nuts. Good ideas
I know. I remember seeing them as a kid and thinking "how tacky."
No, they were in every public school in the 1960s and in many basements.
I love your channel and all your wonderful tips! I also find myself screen shotting half the beautiful photos you present. Where DO you find all these lovely rooms?
Thank you! 🌞
ah popcorn ceilings. yes turns out ours has asbestos. also i kinda thought it was doing a good job in making the cathedral ceilings less echo. i opted to have them painted professionally in a crisp white (they were yellowing). they look fine, kinda don't really see them. if people are that bored at my house that they are staring at the ceilings then im not doing a great job anyways.
I ran to this video as we just dealt with our popcorn ceiling. If you have undiagnosed ADHD do not start you will end up like me and spend a year with half scraped ceiling. If you get diagnosed and on the right meds you will be like me and finally finish and reap the benefits, it looks so much butter but was a lot of work. I would do it again though if I had the option.
Wide wallpaper borders look good above chair rails or paneling that goes halfway up the wall. The narrow borders just look cheap.
I just watched this and cannot agree more. Posh Pennies any chance you do a video about ornate mirrors or mirrors as decor? Also wall art would be great. Thank you in advance, I love your videos, very helpful.
When I see newer styles of drapes they look cheap. No valances, they aren't lined fabrics and no pull cords to open and close them. Sometimes classics are just better quality.
Styles come and go and come back again. Keep what you love.
Some very good advice here... However, I still love vertical blinds! They are so practical. Take off the 'valance' and they are low profile and 'technical' looking.
Technical, like an office, which is why I would never want them in my home!
We do not come to interior design channels for practicality. They look awful.
I have pets and allergies, we have blinds in many rooms and I instead use my creativity in other areas of the home.
Especially depending on the style of the windows, right?
@@gaving9463 @@gaving9463 My floor to ceiling (98 inch) vertical blinds have a valance, are super clean and stately, with an almost Grecian columnar look. I like them much better than drapes. They look timeless and show no wear, do not collect dust, and are not spider-friendly. Light plays through them in a very attractive, modern way, yet they insulate from the heat and cold. They look beautiful.
In the 1926 Tudor Revival home my mom bought in 1973, the previous owners put a huge single-pane mirror with gold veining where the original wood-burning fireplace used to be. They replaced the original sconces with dangly glass chandelier ones cut right into the mirror and put a big matching ceiling chandelier in the adjoining formal dining room. 😢 At least the mirror is one piece and not mirrored tiles like one usually sees. I’m hoping to one day replace the fireplace and, if the City allows, make it wood burning. The chimney is still attached on the outside. My plan is to return the house to its 1920s cottage-y glory. ❤
Hi Vivian. I've a lot of different types of wood in my living room and having a hard time figuring out what to take out and what to add in and what to wood I could just paint white for example just to neutralise it. Matching wood tones is difficult, possibly it's an idea for a video if the topic interests you. Fan of the channel, keep up the good work
Thank you so much for all the tips , I’m so with you on that, I am getting rid of all my old furniture, the only thing is timeless is my sofa, but I am gravitating towards industrial for my art room and workspace, I would’ve thought it was and that you’re looking Grafton and art table, and I need to do my whole house, I do have popcorn in the ceiling, I’m going to do something to be creative with it, and I don’t like the texture on my wall, I will change that as well, I’m drowning😟 And I can’t afford to hire help
I love your ending
I already knew these things. I must be getting more fashionable. :)
....was just thinking of putting up a vintage border, too
Tile drop ceiling in my whole house!! I had them since I moved there back in the 90',but they are good for saving money of bills for the conditioning. They hide the preexisting plumbig etc but I got used to it and with inflation etc I am positive I will keep them. Maybe I ll paint them one day. It is not my primary home though. My guess is that someone will start using them again due to current energy situation
Omg im actually in the process of taking out the drop ceilings of my new home. The ceiling underneath will definitely be a challenge
Am I the only one who loves those glass blocks ?
How would you recommend placing a large bookcase to divide a living room?
OMG I hate hate hate vertical blinds. Landlords in my country love putting them up in rental properties which makes no sense. They’re ugly, flimsy and rentals have high tenant turnover which means they ALWAYS break. I’ve been in my rental for 10 years now which is an unheard of long amount of time in the rental world and when I moved in the verticals we’re damaged in all rooms. The landlord didn’t fix or replace them and over time high storm winds and just general degradation pretty much wiped all of them out. And she still hasn’t replaced them. Vertical blinds must be destroyed IMMEDIATELY off the face of the earth. Even better - make hanging vertical blinds in rentals illegal. That will fix the problem
I like my vertical blinds better than curtains. They are insulating, attractive, clean, neat, and if one breaks (rarely, 2 in 7 years) the landlord replaces immediately.
I totally agree! I think they look ugly and cheap and would NEVER have them in my home! To each his own.
I don't know about you, but I actually like glass blocks. It's just the way they look, they have something to them, that I can't explain.
My in laws still have paneling in their living room. Even after they pulled up their decades old carpeting and put in wood flooring. Sigh
I need a full video on the glass brick situation. We bought a house last year and the only thing that i can’t figure out how to fix is the shower in one of the bathrooms that is built entirely out of glass blocks and has glass door in the middle. Now, i like the shower because it’s big and spacious and I would rather not just take it down also because of the obvious costs it would result in, but I really want to make it look better just don’t know how… anyway, great video!
That sounds beautiful! I love glass bricks!
Agree with all the dated trends except glass brick.
So funny, popcorn ceilings are artex in the UK. Just got rid of ours in most of the rooms. Phew
I don't JUST cover my windows with curtains cause I live right next to a busy path, I also do it cause I have an overactive imagination and if I don't cover my windows at night I WILL see monsters out in the dark
Interior design is not about trends. Its about creating an interior environnement that suits your personality. The rest is irrelevant or personal opinions only.
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Great video! 👍
Can you pls go into detail about home tech, smart home trends, do & don’ts on tech decor in the home and making its stylish and luxurious I feel like all the interior design RUclipsrs are neglecting home tech advice:((
Another excellent video
videos like this are so funny to me. my style is retro which is old. But the ideas are good to correct eyesores. I vividly remember hessian wallpaper. ugly and collecting dirt. but excellent for cats. I love the drop ceilings with mouldings (or frames) that is actually a fabulous look.
Good video. Love the tips.
Can you do a video on features and objects that are on trend now?
Trends are for people who have no taste of their own. What features and objects DO YOU like? Those are what are on trend now.
Brilliant 😉
You just did dined my entire vacation home that I to update. 😂
I have some real wood paneling in my house, which I haven't painted and still like. It's only in part of one room. Dropped and popcorn ceilings are ugly and definitely dated.
Real wood paneling is a beautiful, living material. If you want to update the look, you can stain it or white wash it. My house has fake wood paneling all over and it's fugly. Dark and super busy. I'm currently in the process of painting over it. I fill in every other groove and paint it a pale taupe color. Filling in alternate grooves reduces visual clutter without creating a completely blank canvas that makes you look for any slight imperfection. I'm also adding white trim, because the previous owners cheaped out on trim altogether. 🤦🏼♀
Lmao the thumbnail had me confused. I thought you meant "dating" like trends that are dating my home and not marrying my home. Been a long week haha 😂
I love your hair color, what do you ask for when you get it done? 😊
Ahahhhh.... those fake wood panelling. You should ask my friend Chris H about them😂😂😂. They also acted as sponges for odours 😜
What did you use to frame the bathroom mirror?😀🪟
Molding, AKA frames.
I feel so stupid... when I read the title I thought "who the hell is dating their home? Love of interior design has gone too far" but no seriously great video!
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Add: chalkboard painted walls, oak cabinets, plastic mini blinds, sponge painted walls, horrible fake plants and flowers, matchy matchy furniture sets, and all those terrible signs featured in many houses. You hit my most disliked: glass block, wallpaper border, vertical blinds and filthy dropped ceiling tiles. Thanks-- agreed and enjoyed your ideas!!
I disagree with a few of your dislikes and agree with you on others :D
But I'd like to highlight one--- *chalkboard painted walls.* Always messy looking, dusty and dirty in appearance, chalkboard walls were a bad idea looking for gullible victims. A true 'janitor's basement closet' idea that, somehow, took off with some homeowners. (I'd give that in children's bedrooms only, they could be a good idea.)
To me, this is an example of some things that were *"bad design"* from the get go, that is, they were an inferior idea since their inception, that somehow gained limited acceptance.
Love gorgeous oak cabinets. Real wood, finely worked and cared for, is ALWAYS high end, timeless.
I am stuck with popcorn walls in my rented apartment 😭😭😭 and don’t know what to do 🥲
we have exactly same kettle. mine in white . old smeg kettle is heavy and after just few years, the layer had a air lump. not worth rhe price.
You are looking stunning
great video
I don't understand the hate-on for the textured ceilings. They do provide a needed sound absorption if you have an upstairs. I live in a condo and there is someone above me. I kept the textured ceiling and I'm fine with it. Other owners spent a fortune hiring people to either re-drywall the ceilings, or scrape and paint. The finished effect is that they are living in the inside of a box. Interior decorators say "You need TEXTURE!" so they go out and buy a shaggy rug or chenille chair. People are so stupid.....
Seriously, this. Most people want hard floors, you need some texture:)
I bought a huge, 5 bedroom modern house with popcorn ceilings in every room. The house has very high, soaring ceilings in most of the rooms and those popcorn ceilings keep the rooms quiet. I also like the look. Wouldn't ever think of removing them!
Awesome
Where do we get the mirror frame trim? I'd like to update my bathroom mirror with it
Try Home Depot. Buy lightweight molding, paint it and add cable clips to the back to hold it in place. Mitered corners make it look good.
Love your videos!!!!
Here's a thought...decorate and style your house the way YOU Like it! Anyone who follows "trends" needs LOTS of money so you can follow the so-called trends from year to year.
looks really good the cabinet. would make a paint cabinet at my house
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Do you accept suggestions for videos here or by email? I have so much to ask
Hate white walls everywhere
I agree and feel the same about everything being gray!
@2:48 - Apparently, she's pronouncing my 2014-built house to be outdated. I have those kind of interior doors and marbled tile flooring. What is supposedly a more-modern alternative?
Shaker.
Basically, those are trends that are now dating your home and were ugly even when they were trendy.
Oh goody - yet another preteen telling me all the things I have to replace in my home so it isn't "dated". Do people really not know that the entire point of TRENDS in home decor - and clothing too - is to make you tear out and throw away all the perfectly fine things in your home and buy new stuff - that in a couple years they will tell you now makes your home "dated". Do yourself a huge favor - use standard classic items to decorate your home - avoid trends at all cost - and in 10 - 20 - or 40 years, you'll still be using that stuff in your still lovely - trend free home , while putting much money into the bank to do much nicer things with -- like retire or travel or retire and travel. I have mostly antiques in my home , most of those are mission style. My dining room set is 117 years old - it was a wedding gift to my husband's grandmother . It is still in pristine condition, we got it for free, it is solid oak - not the assemble yourself cheap furniture that is in style today - and much more beautiful too IMO.
Replacing a mirrored closet door with a big white slab is ridiculous.