Although this was very short, you managed to pack a lot of useful tips into it. Figuring out what is wrong with your space, or how exactly you want to use it is HUGE! It took me a long time to get my mind on why I had such a hard time in my house keeping things neat. Once I really tried figuring it out, it turns out that I absolutely do not have enough concealed storage, and that is what I am in the process of figuring out now. How do I get the storage? What will I want to store in each place that I create or buy? This is a topic that I would be very interested in hearing you address. To wit, how do I figure out what it is that I don't like about my current space, and then some examples of what to do about it. Really well done, as always. Thanks Doug! Oh, and 2:17 - 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the suggestion, Cara! If I'm reading you correctly - you'd like a video or series that covers common decor symptoms, what those symptoms indicate, and how to solve the real issue behind the symptoms?
Yes! That's it exactly, Doug. In thinking about how I wanted to reply to you, I checked out a playlist called "6 design mistakes" that Nick Lewis created. The information is super useful, but it doesn't really address what I'm thinking about. For those of us who don't have formal design experience, we don't even know what's wrong. Or we might sense that something is wrong, but don't know what it is. So, in my situation, even though I have storage pieces, I finally realized that what I have doesn't work for the things that I want to store, AND I don't have enough storage yet. The other kinds of things I think of that fall into this category are things like rooms with unusual layouts that cause traffic problems (which you have addressed in some of your other videos), architectural focal points that are off-center, weirdly shaped or arranged bump-outs, insets, or windows/doors that are uncentered or oddly-shaped, or half walls that make it hard to arrange furniture in a sensible way. Basically, I think what I'm getting at is things that a homeowner or renter inherits when they move into the property, rather than things that we ourselves do that are design mistakes.
Hi Cara - I'm catching up on comments. I know just what you mean about "things that a homeowner or renter inherits." When a space is well-designed to start with, decorating can be a breeze. The oddball space issues you talk about, in my opinion, usually stem from developers or bad renovations. Developers go for cheapest build that includes the list of "features" they want, with little regard for how furniture will lay out. Bad renovations can open up spaces that end up as odd amoeba rooms. I'll add this to my list! Thanks!
Agreed and asymetry still needs to be balanced to look good... So both sides regardless need to be balanced
Although this was very short, you managed to pack a lot of useful tips into it. Figuring out what is wrong with your space, or how exactly you want to use it is HUGE! It took me a long time to get my mind on why I had such a hard time in my house keeping things neat. Once I really tried figuring it out, it turns out that I absolutely do not have enough concealed storage, and that is what I am in the process of figuring out now. How do I get the storage? What will I want to store in each place that I create or buy? This is a topic that I would be very interested in hearing you address. To wit, how do I figure out what it is that I don't like about my current space, and then some examples of what to do about it. Really well done, as always. Thanks Doug!
Oh, and 2:17 - 🤣🤣🤣
Thanks for the suggestion, Cara! If I'm reading you correctly - you'd like a video or series that covers common decor symptoms, what those symptoms indicate, and how to solve the real issue behind the symptoms?
Yes! That's it exactly, Doug. In thinking about how I wanted to reply to you, I checked out a playlist called "6 design mistakes" that Nick Lewis created. The information is super useful, but it doesn't really address what I'm thinking about.
For those of us who don't have formal design experience, we don't even know what's wrong. Or we might sense that something is wrong, but don't know what it is.
So, in my situation, even though I have storage pieces, I finally realized that what I have doesn't work for the things that I want to store, AND I don't have enough storage yet.
The other kinds of things I think of that fall into this category are things like rooms with unusual layouts that cause traffic problems (which you have addressed in some of your other videos), architectural focal points that are off-center, weirdly shaped or arranged bump-outs, insets, or windows/doors that are uncentered or oddly-shaped, or half walls that make it hard to arrange furniture in a sensible way.
Basically, I think what I'm getting at is things that a homeowner or renter inherits when they move into the property, rather than things that we ourselves do that are design mistakes.
Hi Cara - I'm catching up on comments. I know just what you mean about "things that a homeowner or renter inherits." When a space is well-designed to start with, decorating can be a breeze. The oddball space issues you talk about, in my opinion, usually stem from developers or bad renovations. Developers go for cheapest build that includes the list of "features" they want, with little regard for how furniture will lay out. Bad renovations can open up spaces that end up as odd amoeba rooms.
I'll add this to my list! Thanks!