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Architect Explains: Why Modern Homes Aren't "Cozy" Anymore
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- Published on Apr 18, 2026
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Radiators are already dated (right now, not in 300yrs)... floor heating is cozier, gives more wall space and is more efficent.
This isn't a video just for home design, it is a very interesting point of view in modern living.
You gave us a frank demonstration of the whole modern society structure.
Besides, i have to say that the background music choices were elite.
Thank you Daniel for this video ❤️
Piano works by Robert Schumann.
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it was stupid. I live in a 100+ year old building. I despise modern. But I already know that. This is for those with an IQ of about 80.
Captured my thoughts fully - loved this deeper dive!
I like the topic, delivery and music choices. I did not expect him to focus so much on technology and so little on aesthetics, but it was kind of interesting. But good luck having a successful interior design channel when your furniture looks like your landlord bought it. "I wonder why so few people subscribe". OK, you do that buddy
One thing I also noticed in the Cozy examples, even the likely Ai generated ones, was the use of texture. The less cozy were flat and colder. Cozy had natural materials; woods, textiles, stone and metals. So less plastics overall and weird glossiness
The script sounded kinda AI also
@loveeagle2128Agreed. Where is the content about other forms of coziness? The whole thing is about fireplaces, radiators (who uses radiators anymore?) and computer screens.
Also colour. The cozy rooms had warm colours, even the white was a buttery cream. The others were a stark white.
Sitting in our living room. Wood stove warmth. Grandfather clock ticking. No TV. I use a projector, otherwise we just listen to music. Cozy. It's also the dog's favorite place to sleep.
"Weird glossiness" is such a crucial point for me as a designer. Look at those natural, organic textures: they're imperfect, and by that, they don't reflect light the way a flat and perfectly smooth surface does. The only perfectly smooth and shiny surfaces in nature are dangerous or cold: ice, metals, crystal stones... We are voluntarily creating ice castles and living in them, no surprise our brains are the saddest in history.
My husband is a very busy GP family practitioner,and after a big day at work he pulls out his camp fit set up in the garden and has a beer watching the flames.
So he has intrinsically found his cozy place to unwind.
I subscribed.
This was an excellent video essay. 10/10
When our 4 children were small, the last half hour before heading them to bed, we lit the fireplace. We read in front of the fire and it calmed them down beautifully.
It was the fumes.
We need to try that! Thank you 🙏
@Mini33RPJ 🤣🤣🤣
@milaniaa.932 I am glad it is helpful.
at the beginning of the video, you mentioned how different cultures and languages have their own words for 'cozy'. as a filipino, i realized we didn't have a word for it. i'm not sure about other southeast asian countries, but i assume our hot climate has actually influenced our idea of comfort in the opposite way. while we don't have a word for 'cozy,' our word for a comfortable environment is 'maaliwalas' which means light, airy, and open. thus, luxurious comfortable home design in the philippines is built around openness, prioritizing the flow of light and air through a space. the "cozy" homes in the west that feel like a warm hug don't make sense in our climate and culture. with social media and the internet allowing us to share and learn from other cultures around the world, i feel like we could also attribute the west's departure from traditionally 'cozy' designs in modern homes to borrowed design principles from other cultures in warmer climates. also, on a slightly depressing note, the dwindling economy forcing us all to live in increasingly smaller homes has likely influenced design to prioritize brightness and openness over coziness to make spaces feel larger than they really are.
This is interesting! I’ve lived in the US and the Philippines and I really see your point. You don’t feel like burrowing into a fuzzy blanket on a deep sofa when it is super hot and humid. You want air flow and shade from the sun, and a couch that doesn’t stick to you. It’s very different from the stark Scandinavian look but it is also radically different from a “cozy” cottage in England or even the mountains of the US. Maybe we should call it “airy and breezy.” Interesting
While I agree with your comments on coziness often being associated with warmth like blankets, mugs and fireplaces, coziness can also come from feeling psychologically comfortable in an area/room and even feeling drawn to a space. I lived in the Deep South before central AC and saw many porches of various types that could be called cozy. Even a small patio can be cozy or a little walkway with a bench under a tree. The scale and decor are big factors in a welcoming space. And little personal touches.
@lilOspiCBGood points. The European words I know that are usually translated into English as 'cozy' mean comfort and contentment but also include other factors. In Dutch 'gezellig' has an element of inclusion (sharing a time and place) and also exclusion (just us, bonding or time alone). Hygge includes mindfulness and living in the moment. Sitting on a porch watching people go by, open to a hello and maybe a visit is definitely gezellig. ❤️
@Jenamallonee cozy is simply about comfort, whatever makes one feel comfortable in any particular climate can be considered cozy.
Excellent point
Eloquent and heartfelt. A beautiful way of presenting the emptiness and disconnection that is so much a part of modern life.
This is the best documentary on radiators I’ve ever seen. Spectacular job Daniel.
This video punches much deeper on the topic more than what the title gives.
What makes a room cozy is pattern, plants, books, art, ambient lighting and ideally a fireplace. Also when you mix colour and pattern and not just do two colours and add some different textiles and structures.
You’ve described my style to a tee.
Spot on!
Wood, texture and warm colors.
The same tame minimalists tell us something about "visual rubbish" 😂
Yup, this describes my living room to a tea!
Watching this in front of my wood stove with a cat on my lap. I feel cozy! I took a divorce before two months and now i enjoy the silence without the tv on the whole time. Tv was the most ugly thing in the room.
Your video was great. I hope you make more like that in the future.
When I divorced I, also, felt huge relief in escaping the TV. Enjoy.🙂
Hurray for you and your cat!
I haven't onwed a TV in the last 24 years. Don't have social media. I watch some YT, but i have my history turned off. I live in a small, cozy home with my hobbies, books, pillows, plants, old furniture. Enjoying the quiet.
Can I come live with you? Will be quiet 🫣🤣
So pleased to find your response here. I do like my cozy living without tv yes for last 25 years ,(though I had tv s in the house not watched), watch some you tube ,no social media live in a small comfy cozy place with old inherited furniture, many books, plants and paintings, old photos ,ancient ceremicware crystal glassware silverware etc yet I believe I am modern too 😊
RUclips is social media
@Wee162 in that case.all accessible communication two more than a specified numbrr would be defined as social media ?
Need a roommate?🤣
A truly outstanding video, so different from the usual trends-paints-styles stuff from others. So thoughtful and provoking. And the choice of music is fantastic. 😍 Thank you.
This video is a masterpiece! The story, the visuals, the music - bravo!
Fireplaces can definitely add to the cozy feeling in a room, but it's only one factor. In fact, some of the rooms you showed as "cozy" did not look so to me. All white and beige rooms fall flat to me, as did the all wood and brick kitchen with nothing soft in sight. But one of the rooms you showed as "not cozy" had a big section couch and a wall of books, which looked very cozy to me. Very large rooms, rooms that echo or where sound really carries, all gray/white/beige rooms, and rooms without a comfortable place I can rest with my feet up are never going to feel cozy to me with or without a fireplace. A bookcase full of books will always increase the cozy factor for the me partially because I love the look but also because it is insulating and sound muffling. Same with a rug. You made some interesting points about why people still love fireplaces, but I think you missed the broader picture of what "cozy" is.
I'm only 2 minutes in and I had to stop and comment on the brilliant video editing! The music, the transitions, the pace - chef's kiss
I enjoyed this one so much. It was so thoughtful and cozy in itself.
Agreed.
Textiles are really important to me. Embroidered, brocaded, knit, textured throws, textiles, kilims , tapestries and rugs add coziness, culture, humanity, and interest to a home. A kettle also is necessary for my comfort.
I agree that time away from screens, music, dance, live performance, craft, art and community are also vital to a life well lived.
Fireplaces gave shared purpose, focus and activity with plenty of interaction. Once the fire and its warm orange tint that filled the room was taken away we drifted away from each other both physically and emotionally and community became outsourced to apps and games.
Also, squishy is a major component cosy and theres no squishy in an armless, barely cushioned cement colored sectional. There’s no snuggles in faceless glass and steel. Even wood is barely allowed to look like it was ever a living thing
Love this ramble through our relationship with our homes, past, present and future. Evolution, it’s life whether you like it or not.
Artistic aspect of humans is spiraling down in a free fall.
If only this was spiralling down. 😢
I’m in the middle of a major house renovation, and this video has stopped me in my tracks! My husband and I are struggling to reconfigure the living room, which is essentially has just been whittled down to seating and a massive TV. Now I know why we haven’t liked any of the setups. They are soulless. Thanks for this!
This video went way deeper than I expected, but you definitely raised some excellent, even existential points. I think it touches on the same problem that feng shui came to solve... 'feeling good'. I don't expect you to solve all of this, but I would love to see another video where you try to establish some principles of how we can bring more cosiness into our homes using the same products (IKEA etc.) you already help to promote.
Wow, me dejaste pensando. La atención se ha vuelto aquello por lo que "competir" y me alegro mucho de haber otorgado dicha atención a este video. Es cada vez más difícil encontrar personas que busquen el bienestar que no incluya pantallas, y aunque suene cínico, pues estamos en RUclips, es bueno saber que hay creadores de contenido que nos impulsan a cuestionar el sistema de vida actual, para volver a lo clásico, a lo "cozy". Gracias por compartir, te saludo desde Chile, en Sudamérica
You have articulated something I’ve felt but been unable to formulate. Thank you! I’ll keep the fireplace, ditch the tv!! Amazing video!!
Many of my friends don’t understand my minimalist lifestyle and home aesthetic. The cozy aesthetic can sometimes have too much stuff in them for me. I think that the chaos of modern life has made me feel overwhelmed in environments that have too much visual clutter.
Polish word for cozy is " przytulny" which can be translated as "the one that hugs you" or " the one that can be hugged". That hugging, touching, tactile aspesct is missing in modern homes. All surfaces are cold, smooth, shiny, metal, plastic and in luxury version - stone replaced wood, fabrics, bricks. Even the sound travels different in cold, smooth modern homes, there is often echo or bright loud sound instead of muted, soft sound in old home.
Every time I hear a label *convenient*, I pause and ask myself is it really or is it just an easy way out. Thank you for the video, Daniel! ❤
Im watching this from the tropics, where none of this applies but I still understand. Whenever I look for home inspo I always see pictures of homes from cold countries, and I cant really transfer the same design principles to my home in a humid, hot environment that doesnt experience true seasons.
Would be really interesting to see a video like this about what coziness means in the tropic and the global south.
Our interior design has to include ac units or ceiling fans or stand fans, windows that open and cross ventilation, but also wire mesh to keep mosquitoes and bugs out. It is hard to design around these things when I never see any examples online TT
Go look at interior design books. I have a book about Spanish design, the rooms that are designed in the book all would be at home in a tropical climate
@бронза.вафля.конусI have interior design books, and follow pages that display tropical architecture (particularly from south east asian countries). Spanish architecture is common in my island (Puerto Rico) but I am not particularly into it. I do love the work of architect Henry Klumb, I think he understood so well our climate, but most of the homes here to begin with start with architecture that doesnt work great for the climate >< il
@PamelaRubel66 I don't know then. Perhaps you prefer American or European design then. I guess look at interior design for summer houses and vacation homes or from countries in South America
I second this request. I lived the first half of my life in a hot, arid climate. There are a lot of elements that I miss here in Northern Europe, both practical suggestions like ceiling fans and relating to design.
As an Asian who grew up and now has her own home in a tropical country, I absolutely detest greys and whites in home decor. A maintenance nightmare and feels cold as hell. Even the 'pops of colour' suggestion doesn't make them inviting. I am used to colour and decorative detail in our traditional textiles, in old architecture and in our religious places. This is a dumb Scandinavian / European idea transported because people started aping Ikea design lines every season. The lady of the house gets stuck with taking care of the whites.
13:05 - "screens display the substitute for what's real. The life we are now living, passing away right before our very eyes". That one stopped me in my tracks and made conscious what is hidden in plain sight.
Well, until the underlying financial and psychological problems in our society are addressed, we're going to continue to live life through on-screen fantasies.
@Eowyn7000its possibly true but its also the problem. It doesn't take money to turn the telly off, and more time looking at the screen is time we are being sold a life that doesn't, and may never, exist.
I’m Dutch and I appreciate your attempt to say gezelligheid 😂
Better than his pronounciation of "hearth", that's for sure ;-)
I follow you some years now, while you moved through three apartments I think, maybe even four. All those years you promoted minimalistic interiors build with Ikea white standard blocks. So this video is a new journey, and I like this new vibe. But I am Dutch (gezellig) and in most places fireplaces are forbidden nowadays including closed wood burners because of the pollution they generate. In most buildings apartments have no chimney. So the challenge is now how to create a cozy home without a fireplace. I hope you can help us with that as well.
You might not have the focal point of the fireplace, but warm lighting can go a long way in making a space feel cozy. Filling a space with things that make you feel happy and safe like blankets, pictures of loved ones, etc. also helps.
Candles! Big pillar ones in warm, deep colors, like rusty crimson and burnt orange, grouped in a curved stone or brick niche...😊😊😊
so you cannot make campfires in NL either? \o/
I think coziness also has to do with the volume of a space. When we are in a large space (a ballroom, the lobby of a large hotel, the living room of a mega mansion) the human brain does not feel at ease because the walls are too far for protection. A good example is sleeping in a very large room or a room with many huge windows. The brain is on alert, and we don't sleep very well.
Coziness is feeling protected in the ancestral meaning of the concept, with walls, warm colours, texture, and fire. That is also why the colour white rarely gives a feeling of coziness.
I live in the southern states. 9 months out of the year a fire place is just an empty space. I much rather art, books comfortable furniture, and color that will keep cozy even in 95 F degrees
I would say it's mainly about the lighting, less light and more natural warm light; the color palet, and textures. In warmer climates you don't use fireplaces, but you can have candles. The warmth of fire! The twinkling of the candle makes if feel unique.
If you are alone a Fireplace doesn’t connect you to other people, the internet does
Ok… but even alone, a fireplace connects you to yourself ! A moment a reflexion, calm, meditation is priceless compared to the internet flow of BS…
Grab a book, a drink you like, or close your eyes and open your mind, luxury is not that far !
One trend i noticed in a newly built neighbourhood in the Netherlands, people seem to be afraid of maintenance.
Hence they go for a lot of plastic/composite materials. Which are labeled as low maintenance or maintenance free.
Pvc instead of wood floors, Plastic wallpaper instead of plaster, artificial stone & grass instead of real stone and grass.
Sure they all look “similar” in a picture but irl they look cold.
It also doesn’t help that no one has the money to properly buy real stuff anymore, you spend 80% of the budget to even have a home and thrifting takes time no one seems to have. Sifting through all the low quality pieces online is a pain.
I noticed that here in the uk also.
It's ugly plastic rubbish just because people are lazy or lost the skulls to maintain things.
Also the plastic alternatives were cheaper in the beginning, but now they are the same price or more expensive than the wood or traditional materials 😂
For me I love to walk barefoot in real wooden floor boards. When I walk on the modenern vynal or laminate floors they are horrid.
Also real leather soaf or real cotton is much nicer on your skin and more comfortable than PVC 'vegan leather' or nylon.
Popular culture itself is less cozy today. Vulgarity, sarcasm, “attitude”, acid rock/grunge, etc. There are many manifestations.
Did Eddie Vedder mess up your living room, or something? I fail to see the connection at all.
"posted 35 years ago"
Good call. Also, clean homes are hit or miss---a place that's clean enough to offer guests is like safety and respect, vibe-wise.
i.e., easier to relax in.
We have a cozy home, filled with books, pictures and brown furniture, this has evolved over 3 decades and now is the most important place in our lives, but what really makes it is the fire place and stove. Safe and modern, with a 500 year old oak beam above reclaimed bricks, it’s the heart of the home. Without it, we live in a house, now we have a home. Having a fire stirs the genetic memory of keeping warm, men love to light it, tend to it, as if it releases ancient instincts long lost to modernisation, it’s a basic right to heat your home, and everyone loves it!
Wow, was just expecting some home design tips, but got an anthropologic analysis on human progress through light/hearth. Beautifully done!
I have a cosy home with a transitional style of mixed furniture. Focal point is log burner which heats the entire ground floor. We have Hue lighting and warm blankets to snuggle under. Colours are muted greens , off whites and tan. Everything has been gathered over decades with hand me downs, upcycled and a few new things . One small tv in the corner and no others in the In the house.
I’m ready for a cozy, colorful comeback
Rare to find quality, thought provoking vids like this! Love your channel and brilliance!! Thank You! :)
Thanks for an amazing video that really made me think differently about my living room design. Think I’m gonna downsize and hide the tv, and make more space for social activities.
I'm rewatching Northern Exposure as an adult, and I am absolutely in love with home decorations. Excessive, colourful, full of things and textures but keeping beautiful visual balance. I would love to live in one of those. Maggie's is my main inspiration, I'd love to live in a place like hers!
Bless you for this special video. As a designer, i completely concur. Its always a battle to try and convince my clients to include a fireplace in their common area. They don’t understand how personal it makes a room - and how impersonal a room can be without one!
Very thought provoking by the end. Comfort breeding complacency instead of stimulating creative endeavour.
I am always surprised by the number of people in any public place who are staring at their phones instead of looking around. And watching too much TV (I'm guilty of thus one(.
Daniel you are my therapy! Great work, love it
You make good points but there is a whole lot more to a "cozy" home than just fireplaces.
The fireplace was a place to gather for togetherness in a good way of spontaneity of conversation the television is a place to gather for programming the mind by others.
When we were looking for our house I wanted a fireplace and hardwood floors. And while there were things that needed changing, we did find a house with both a fireplace and a hardwood floors and I have no regrets! I love our house and can't imagine living in any of the soul-less house that I see so often now as modern style. No thank you! Thank you for this video!
Wasn’t expecting a video essay like this to make me cry. I mourn what has been lost, but understand that I have the choice to change how I live. God, I need to slow down.
My father always watched TV. It was constantly on. I couldn’t sleep at night because I heard every movie dialogue and noise, the news, or just the commercials. I couldn’t eat without seeing scenes from many films that were inappropriate for my age. I could never talk with the family without him watching TV in the background. After a while, there were arguments every evening because he wouldn’t turn it down or use headphones.
Now I don’t have a TV. I don’t watch series, and I watch movies only very rarely. My son is 4 years old, and nothing ever plays aimlessly in our apartment. We listen to music only when it is an active activity, and my son has zero screen time. I am much happier this way.
more people should follow in your footsteps
My childhood was exactly like that, and with that said, I would suggest you don't satanize tv (not sure if that's a word in English, sorry lol). I'm sure you know some good tv series, just like there are some good movies. And while I agree that your kid is too young for screen time, we are learning and communicating right now thanks to screens, so they're not 100% bad either.
The first time I moved out I had no tv either. And certainly most (if not all) tv emissions are awful, but now I've "forgiven" that electric monster who haunted my childhood, and I know the problem wasn't the noise or the object: it was the endless use of my fahter.
Bit cringe, m8. You made the classic mistake of going completely 180 degrees from the behavior of a parent you hate. Your kid will probably grow up to do the same and end up like your father.
Moderation exists. Try it.
Really interesting, I certainly wasn’t expecting the way it went, as one who has watched most of your previous videos!
What a masterful breakdown of coziness! ✨ You’re so right that true comfort isn't just about furniture; it's about the presence of mind. As a composer at Soul Studio, I find that the 'soundscape' of a home is just as vital as the light or warmth. We strive to create music that forces people to slow down and reconnect, much like the fireplace you described. This video is a huge inspiration for our next 'Slow Living' collection. Thank you, Daniel! 🎹🌿
Came for inspiration pictures, stayed for the storytelling. Great conclusion
Same.
Cozy= comfortable, everything for the residents to be able to enjoy and in its place to function. Not for throwing parties for people you don’t want in your house.
Thank you for addressing this! Wd love a Part II with practical, tangible ways to apply these principles to one's decor.
I installed a wood burning stove in my house in 2022, in the sunken living room with an oversized slate hearth. At the same time, painted the walls a lemongrass green colour, put in longwool shagpile carpet, and furnished with mid century G Plan and Fred Lowen pieces. Very cosy and suits the 1970s era of the house much better than the white and grey boredom the previous owners had inflicted!
While I totally agree that fireplaces are far more beautiful than radiators, I think that hot-water radiators are far more beautiful (some of them have beautiful patterns) and comfortable than electrical radiators.
Many people would rather live in a cottage than an ultra-modern apartment.
As long as I have books, music, quality teas and coffee, and a quiet home, I can nurture my inner self.
Excellent video. I subscribed.
I would give anything to go back to my childhood to enjoy the real wood fire in my home.
This is so much better than constant “pick drawers not cupboard doors” for those of us who’ve watched all your content!
I love this video. It is an important reminder about living a life rather than just being in the audience and being disconnected from reality . Coziness is like a hug from your home. It welcomes you into its safe embrace .
Meanwhile me, a Brazilian, who has never seen a radiator in his entire life:
“... what the _hell_ is this guy talking about...?”
Beautiful video, Daniel. Been watching you for years and this is a really outstanding piece.
Thanks so much for enriching my rather superficial understanding of design. I do know that mothballing my woodburner because of environmental and health concerns has left a deficit of comfort in my living room and I feel the poorer for it.
Excellent video, Daniel. Another design aspect that eliminated cozy was the modernist architectural impulse, Le Corbusier's Machine for Living. I don't think Le Corbusier thought it would be taken as far as it has! Please understand I love modernism and have spent a lifetime collecting and enjoying midcentury modernism, although I lean towards the "warm" organic modernism of California. Unfortunately, in a need to lower building costs and maximize profits, architectural design has embraced the white (or worse, grey) box as the cheapest solution and sold it as "modern." Ornament, quirkiness, surprises and even texture have disappeared. Industrial innovations that were groundbreaking in the Case Study houses of Southern California became cookie cutter, depressing cubes in which we pass time and as you pointed out, focus on the screens and in worlds that don't exist except in pixels. Our material world is increasingly bereft of the human and humane. Let's bring back delight and joy in our buildings, interiors and lives. (BTW, I believe this is the reason for the resurgence of post-modernism, dopamine decor, cottage core and other Gen Z design fads.)
A thoughtful, incisive video essay. The luddite in me, however, thinks that the obsession we have with screens, is not so 'fine' - it's destroying our connection to one another, our attention spans, and our mental health. Limiting our use of them, even a little bit, is better for our wellbeing and our (in-person, local) communities. In-person presence and connection is intrinsic to humans as a social species. As you argue, in the home, tangible objects (like fires) or physical entertainment media not connected to the internet (such as books, vinyl records, cds) - things which limit our choices to the 'here and now' and therefore 'slow us' -- are much more calming and life-affirming than the endless, ever-available internet-enabled entertainment now offered by TVs or phones.
Very insightful. Because we all carry around our little computers, i.e., our phones, when I am with my friends or a family member, I put the phone aside and focus on the individual. It is true that my TV is the main point in my small living room, but I also have made it cozy and comfortable with extra throws, favorite pictures and things that are meaningful to me. Fire is primal for us and I do miss having the cast iron wood stove I had. Fire does focus our attention on the people that are with us.
4:54 thank you for pointing it out. I have lived in a old building. It was pretty but so uncomfortable and so coooold in the winter. And the chimney wasn't well maintained and had so much spider inside... (And the list goes on...) So yeah at the beginning of the video all those cozy examples didn't seem cozy at all for me 🫣
Whoa! Incredible how history, interior design and social relevance baked into this channel! Whoohoo! This is well thought out and even incredibly, all one man show! More powers!
(PS theres something in his Daniel’s voice and narration and writing that keeps me craving for more haha so pls continue doing what you do!!!!)
I love radiators and all the cozy sounds they make!
This is such a beautiful piece of cinema ❤
In Texas - yes, the Texas which saw many people die in 2021 and just got snow dumped on them when they could only barely handle it any better - it is increasingly uncommon for fireplaces to be built at all in homes. I bought a home last year in North Texas. I'm still waiting for the snow from this weekend to melt. We're planning on adding a true fireplace to the house as an expansion ASAP.
How well are this video written...amazing job.
We have a great fireplace but no tv-set and it feels so good!
Excellent, so different from most designer videos. I thoroughly enjoyed this thoughtful presentation.
Kudos on the stunning editing of this video, even beyond the content, which is excellent.
One thing that I love about my own culture is that we have a weekly "back to basics" day built into the calendar, where we disconnect from screens and spend time with people who are physically present, rather than those accessible via the web. Ironically (or not) that period of time-out-of-time is symbolically set apart by lighting candles. That realization gave this video a whole new context for me. Thank you for producing such excellent content.
I don't know who did the scriptwriting, but it was impeccable. Great story telling!
i used to be all about the scandi minimal all white modern vibe. now as im older with children i love classic and traditional with a bit of a modern touch. i truly enjoyed this video and the points you made
What I like about mid century modern is that although it’s streamlined and not much adorned, the material used and colors chosen contribute to warmth and home feel, not cold and industrial.
Coziness for me is where I can be relaxed and can be in my happiest mood . That can be a single room with a bed and some basic stuffs too.
I think the recent yearning for traditional cozy is a direct response to the uncertainty in the world atm, that nostaglic feeling of safety from our childhoods. My new apartment has no heating so will be putting in a modern fireplace with an electric fire set in a faux chimney as I feel like this will create the cozy feeling and a focal point that,
The selection of music for this video is something else
Excellent video topic and commentary, Daniel! Blessings to you and family! 🌻🌞
I always enjoy your videos. This one in particular, actually had really affective music. Most of the time I dislike the interruption of music in most people’s videos, because it takes away from content, but I must say the music here really added to the overall effect of the information. Thank you.
My parents uses their firepplace still as a main source of heating in the winter and the feeling of the heat from a fireplace is different to a normal radiator in my opinion. It feels more cozy.
What many people find to be cosy, I considered cluttered, stifling, and unlivable. It's just so busy, dark, and depressing.
There is a simple way to substitute a fireplace and give a home a coziness. It is to use multiple small lamps with low light output compared to few big lamps. These should have bulbs with a warm tone a light tone/temperature of around 2200 degrees Kelvin instead the normal bulbs of 2700 degrees or higher. Lamps should obviously be with shaded bulbs so no direct light from the bulbs are visible. By the way your pronunciation of hygge is super fine. Greetings from Denmark.
Terrific video.
Love the music choices, too.
I very much enjoyed this video. We have what we consider a cozy home in the Austrian alps with a lot of warm wood in the kitchen and livingroom. When we bought it, it didn't have a fireplace, but that was a priority for us so we had one installed with a water jacket which feeds into the main heating system with a large buffer, so we can thoroughly enjoy the fire without thinking about wasting energy. Works great and it saved us a ton of money when oil prices were sky high. We got rid of the oil and now have a pellet heating system which is much more efficient. The fireplace is now used mostly just for the ambience. Cheers
Came for home inspiration but stayed for the story ended up completely wowed ✨🤩
We don't have a fireplace, unfortunately. During winter, I love to play a video on our big tv of a cozy room with a fireplace burning. It's nice to sit and read with a cup of tea. The sound of a fire burning is so relaxing. Sometimes it's just on in the background while I do stuff around the house. It's amazing how many channels have sprung up with these videos. Our ancestors would surely laugh at this behavior!😅 That's okay, pretend cozy is better than no cozy.😊
wow! this video touched my heart. thanks Daniel.
I love your channel!!! Been watching for years and got me through some tough times so happy to see this video xx
Amen to this video, thank you for your time.
incredibly well said
I think the "convenience" of not having an asthma attack or developing COPD for heat in the winter is also highly valued
Perhaps the first authentic request for a subscription I’ve heard.