I’m in the Midwest and we love our ceiling fans year round to keep us cool in the summer and keep air moving when we are cooped up inside all winter. I don’t care what anyone says, comfort is more important here!
I see that most of us that need them agree that fans are something that is a must. But if it looks like if the lighting fixture came from the flippin Roman empire, not so much. (Don’t think about that too much.) it’s not like he’s asking us to get rid of garden gnomes that have now invaded our interiors … Now that’s something I think I can live without. Ha ha …
Hi Kiva, on behalf of all the hip grandmas that are subscribers who adore you, please stop categorizing us! I have a new build home in Savannah and spent months learning about interior design from books, youtube & instagram content creators. I’m 76 and my mom is the person you’re describing. We’re all not “ that” grandma. 💖
Fran, I definitely should and could have put it better! My grandma is super hip and we joke about it this way, but I acknowledge it came across as ageist and that’s definitely wrong of me. I’m really sorry about that! I should’ve said “older, dated” interiors instead. Age has no correlation with style! My grandma is more stylish than me and she’s 82. I hope that you’ll be able to forgive me. I’m sorry, again. 💕
I'm a grandmother as well, and I find myself double checking to see if I accidentally have the grandma look going. Many of us mature women are stylish, but Sophia on the Golden Girls seriously locked in the "grandma look."
I’m another grandma that has a modern, chic home! My 16 yo granddaughter even told me she loves the vibe and decor of our house. 😊 I never want to live in outdated surroundings!
As for landfill my parents >40 year old washer and dryer are better than mine which get fail and get replaced every ? Years. Planned obsolescence is the biggest landfill contributor. Also, there was a time when one had a 3 great handbags, took care of them and replaced infrequently. Fast fashion fills the landfill
I re-decorated my bedroom and painted the whole ceiling fan the same color as the walls and the ceiling. It’s not an eyesore anymore and blends in perfectly!
Kiva, great advice as always. When I add decor I go for ease of upkeep. I'm a senior and just don't have time to run around and buy a bunch of stuff only to return them. We have to let go of our addiction to things and simply enjoy our homes, as imperfect as they may seem! ♥
Thank you for telling folks to stop taking down ceiling fans to be chic. I live in New Orleans, visited a friend who took hers down now she's sweating bullets in her own home🤦🏽♀️Before I knew it I called her an ass, saying your uncomfortable in your own home that makes no sense. Kiva I laughed while shaking my head in agreement with this segment😊
Oh my gosh. I'm from New Orleans and live in Texas now. I literally couldn't imagine living in New Orleans without ceiling fans. Not with the heat AND the humidity. I would die! 😂
Lime wash reminds me of a super expensive version of the 1990s sponged walls. Its a hard no just because of cost & the process to cover it once someone wants to change it
I wanted wallpaper without the damage - so I got giant poster frames and used the wallpaper like oversized art. So easy. I've also seen people tack up wallpaper inside their picture frame molding. You get the color and the trend without the big commitment.
I spent months searching online for the perfect sofa that would arrive in 6-10 months. Ordered a few, returned them, and almost gave up. Drove past a custom sofa shop near me. Went in on a whim, made our design and for a few hundred more than what I was looking at online, I had a unique local kiln dried hardwood sofa in the exact color, dimensions, and style I was looking for in just 2 months. It also feels great knowing I am supporting local artisans and small businesses. The quality is so much better than anything online and everyone who sits on the sofa says it’s the most comfortable and stylish sofa they’ve ever sat on. Definitely don’t count custom out esp for high quality pieces you want for years to come and use daily.
Those horrifying Tuscan kitchens were so pushed by HGTV. Every show did the style it seemed. Worse but probably not as popular were the all pink rooms. Paint the kitchen pink! Paint the living room pink! Paint the family room pink and the fireplace too! Kill me now.
I'm with you on the ceiling fans. I can't imagine an Idaho summer without them. I did just replace them with a 3 blade contemporary model though. I took the old ones to Habitat for Humanity, because they were in perfect shape. Just not my taste.
Basic plastic containers are the best. I got mine from Marshalls and Home Goods! It helps me organize my pantry into "Asian Noodles" (yes I need a whole box for that), and anything else I can easily group together and makes it easier to find. I don't need to put EVERYTHING in them, but the ability to group things together has been so helpful.
I find container organizing necessary, as I am a neat freak, and my husband does not even come close. We downsized to an apartment almost 5 years ago. The fridge is a side by side fridge/freezer, not a fan but that's what we have. I just recently bought a set of plastic organizers, as the freezer became a time bomb! Weekly, I would arrange, so we knew what we had, maybe it would last 2 days, as my hubby NEVER puts anything back where it came from, and is a total rummager, I He however dose not like to throw anything away, especially food. Showing him the freezer burned and expired food, when I was organizing, and put like foods in each bin I think something actually clicked, after 57 years. It has been about 5 weeks, and I open the door, nothing falls out, I can pull a bin and see what I need to cook/ buy, have not thrown out one thing. I will never again be without them. I did the same thing in my makeshift pantry. no more redoing every other day, no more complaints from me about finding stuff, no more from hubby about waste.
I have to agree with most of what you said. However, I have a problem with all these influencers and designers who keep talking about grandmas house!!! First of all I don’t give a darn what my grandkids think about my decorating decisions since they have no taste or influence on anything. Their houses look like your stepping into a Pottery Barn or Restoration Hardware store. Not to say it’s ugly, but extremely boring and unimaginative. I like my home and the things I choose to put in it. My friends who visit (most of them are my age or older) also like it. Therefore, I’m going to disregard the grannies house comment all together.
Vintage is a problem when it’s used in an over consumptive way. I have to say though, my vintage pieces that I’ve now had for decades are the ones that have had staying power despite changing trends. It’s the stuff I purchased to reflect trends that wore out quickly or I got tired of. For example, the 1930s table I purchased in the 1990s is used every day and still looks great. It continues to make the cut every time I edit my interior.
How do you define "overcomsumption"? If one is saving money and net spending is SIGNIFICANTLY less (while getting better stuff)... and not contributing to waste & fast furniture, how is it overconsumption? Or are you suggesting is somehow just somehow morally or ethically bad to acquire things regardless of cost? The argument against over consumption is rooted in concerns about financial health, environmental impact, and contribution to capitalist greed. All of these are averted at the thrift store so pls help me understand how "overconsumption is overconsumption"?
Glamohemian, it would be kind of the socially conscious thrifters to keep in mind that actual low-income people rely on the items at thrift stores. With increased demand for used furniture, clothing, appliances, etc., prices have gone up. Low income people have been priced out of the market by “people who care” without caring. Not saying this is you, but many people who are opposed to overconsumption must think they’re keeping furniture and clothing out of landfills. The great finds they’re snagging wouldn’t have ended up there anyway.
@me2u705 I have been shopping PRIMARILY from the thrift store for 35 years. This is not a trend for me. And Im not going to stop bc its become a trend for the mainstream. Also, I've heard mixed things about whether its harmful or helpful since these organizations are now generating bigger profits that they can use to support community needs.
When we lived in Italy we got some custom made furniture and it was expensive but so beautiful. The price was so worth it because it’s all real wood and I have no intentions of getting arid of it. They are going to bury me in it. I became tired of having to replace cheaper stuff that the investment will eventually save us money over time
A compromise between real and fake plants, is dried flowers. I love plants but they keep getting too big for my space. People gave me roses after I had surgery and I dried them and they are the best. They have great color and no fuss. I finally figured out what to put in a basket. I'm no that impressed with the ones at Hobby Lobby so I would say buy fresf flowers you like and don't put them in water. They will dry.
Completely agree. While I do have a few live plants, I don’t want too many and I don’t want fake florals. I have dried flowers in a vase on my dining table and I love them, also from Hobby Lobby. I definitely recommend them.
@@OrthoLady Thank you about the dried flower idea being it’s hard, well for me, to find realist faux flowers. Definitely going to get some arrangements. Take care. .
@@sharroon7574 Hahaha you sound like my daughter. Do you hate dolls that are used as decor? So what are the roses that last all year? I have never had a rose bush that lived. Ever. I love roses.
All people need is to do whatever they want to do in their homes. Do whatever makes you happy, because at the end of the day you are the only person that is going to be in that home.
Thrifting brings me joy and saves my wallet. Last Saturday I bought a contemporary chair for $16 that I know would have been 200, even at Walmart. A lot of advice we receive tends to make us spend more money on things that are readily available on the cheap.
I’ve always been a plant lady 😂 spider plants in particular. While my home probably has some of the cleanest air thank you nature air filters, I may have a problem with not letting any baby that falls off die. I’m currently over 50 house plants and it’s a problem, also I am a gardener so can’t wait for end of spring to focus on my outdoor plants for a bit 😉 but I love my indoor jungle ❤
Growing up, our regular morning routine the first night of a sleep over at Grandma's was to count her houseplants. Never less than 30. She had a big cascading spider plant hanging in her side bedroom window as a privacy barrier against the neighbours. I was never a big spider plant fan but, to remember my grandmother, I have a 5 tier spider plant basket hanging on my balcony from a plant I got 30 years ago. (4 tiers of babies with babies with babies) I also have several other hanging baskets and planters full and have finally learned to root and pass on the babies. I'm now a grandmother and can see my grandchildren growing up thinking I love spider plants and having their own to remind them of me. 🙂
I can’t understand how a few years ago everyone was ripping down wallpaper. Now they’re paying 300$ a roll for wallpaper! The same wallpaper that was half the price a few years ago, it’s so insane to me.
Not only is your content educational, but it's also very entertaining!! I'd love to watch someone try and debate you! Where's the front row seat and popcorn for that event 😂
I love it that someone as influential as Kiva is voicing her concern in climate change. Refreshing to hear an interior design who is supportive of spending less. Custom doesn't mean it is good. Thank you! My friends who go for customer furniture spend thousands on something that breaks easily. Tables are not even. Broken side panel on arrival. Custom so they cannot replace anything easily.
Thank you for being so practical and relatable! In school, you learn that good design fulfills both form AND function. And here in TX, where it is hot 🔥, ceiling fans are SO practical. Unless you want to spend a fortune in electricity cranking down that air-conditioning, ceiling fans are necessary. Thank you for not shaming those of us who choose to have them!
You had me at Lime Wash . It only works in Very specific spaces. And I agree with Everything else. Your hair is FAB. P.S. Thank you so very much for your response to a suggestion I made regarding your new and Gorgeous Bathroom. You are a Gift to this Industry. Love from Canada
My 1968 built home had a non-updated basement rec room/bar. The pole was CARPETED in the same red & black sculptured carpet that was on the floor and the walls around the stairs. LOL. We called it the Brady Bunch Room.
Tell your spouse that you are loved. This is the most practical, sensical, useful video I have ever seen. Amen sista. Put this video in my file for when I call you to do my house. Great, great presentation.
Kiva, thank you! You said it and yes, you are right on in every point that you’re making. We can have beautiful homes without buying into all this hype.
About real trees indoors... terrible idea, so I agree with you Kiva. Soil/dirt belongs outside the house, NOT inside the house. Even house plants bring in lots of dirty, moldy soil, inside the house. I do not want fake, plastic, as that manufacturing is so bad for the environment, and they never look real. So I use fresh cut flowers or fresh cut budding branches ... the only clean choice. No dirt filled house plants inside. Keep real trees and plants, outside in the dirt, where they belong. Fresh cut real flowers or budding branches do not have to be expensive, if you grow some outside. And an inexpensive small bouquet of REAL flowers, even from a grocery store, is so beautiful and special. My son brings his wife a small bouquet of fresh flowers, every week from the grocery store for years. Even a bowl of real fruit, like lemons, on the counter, brings nature inside. Real, Dried eucalyptus always is nice too. ps. I even think the idea of having a tree inside a house for xmas is a weird idea. I know the idea started centuries ago , with queen Victoria, when wealthy people, had huge houses and servants to clean up the mess. I do decorate so the house is very festive, but have moved past putting a tree, real or fake, inside the house.
I currently live in Texas (DFW) and purchased a two story home. I am also hot natured. If it's above 76° it's hot to me. I must have ceiling fans and fans. Plus, it can't imagine not being able to have the air circulation. The house would get stuffy. I also agree with you on the faux vs real plants. I would love to have real plants. I've tried purchasing real plants and wasted too much because they either died or my Labradoodle's pups (both under 2 and 60 lbs) got into them. I would rather purchase an expensive faux plant that will last me forever instead since i was not born with a green thumb!
Kiva your advice is so realistic. When I think of custom I think of items like doors and windows. Even window treatments can be custom depending on the measurements. I'm with ya on the thrift store look. It isn't for everybody. I've seen great pieces of furniture ruined this way as well. You can curate things you won't find at big box stores but it is not sustainable if it ends up in z landfill. Ceiling fans, not getting rid of it. I believe we should buy timeless and use them for as long as they last.
Your discussion of real vs fake tree is SO timely. I have a spot in my living room and I'm shopping tomorrow for the pot and later for the tree. At first, I thought it had to be real. If I'm doing this, it has to be a real tree. But as I spent more time thinking, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros for a real tree. Heavy. Requires a large pot full of dirt that I couldn't easily move. And I have cats. What if they become TOO curious and attracted to the real plant and the real dirt? Possible death. If I spend a lot of money on a quality fake, it will last a long time. If I spend a lot of money on large real tree and it dies? Well, big LO$$ for me. I'm signing up for team faux.
I have to get non-toxic plants, and my cat WILL nibble any plant with long, thin leaves, like palms, and make them look terrible quickly. So good idea!
Bless your heart thank you for the comments about fans because I’ve been looking at mine for a couple weeks thinking should I get rid of them and put up a chandelier even though I live in hot Florida. The voice of common sense. Thank you so much I am now a fan of. 15:48
I don't mind fans as long as they're updated. However, I have Never understood why they are mounted over your dining table! Is it because blowing on your food is rude? You burned your dinner? What?!
Love you and your videos Kiva!❤ Etsy is a good place to look for faux plants too. I ended up getting a couple of really nice, very tall Bird of Paradise tress for my sitting room. They look gorgeous and my dog can't get into any dirt and make a mess all over my house like he would when I had a real one.😅🐶🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
I got my mom some really nice wooden tulips on Etsy. They're not going to fool anyone into thinking they're real, but they look beautiful and require no care.
You look wonderful! Your hair, your glasses, so definite and chic! I love this video. Pulls us back from diving off the deep end of too much time spent on the wrong diy project.
Your advice is great! Spot on! Many of these decor RUclips channels are ridiculous staged photos and tours through homes that are just not real life! Many videos in my feed now are tiny and studio apartments. Yes. I can get some good ideas for decor tips and furniture placement but how many times have the Brooklyn studio renter told us that they splurged on some ridiculously pricey couch to make it their focal point. I can never afford that. And fill my home with all the rest of the decor touches that look like they spent hundreds of dollars on. It’s consumerism gone wild!!
1. Climate change is VERY VERY real .. people need to get with this on the quick 2. Ceiling fans are friends not enemies to your decor … yessssss thank youuuu (also ties so well into the climate change/sustainable living theme 😊) ….as if my adoration for your channel wasn’t growing quick enough 😍🌎😍
Couple points: One of your counterparts did say to get rid of ceiling fans, and oh boy did those of us in the South give our thoughts on that idea. My electric bill is high enough in the summer, no ceiling fans would make it unaffordable. The whole thing with wallpaper, nope, not doing wallpaper. I had to strip the ugly 90's era peach and teal borders off so many walls. I never fully got the paper off the walls in our kitchen. It came out with the drywall when we renovated. As for organizing, I think the best advice I heard from one of those organization channels was, "you can't storage container your way out of clutter. You just have to get rid of stuff." Now I just need to get rid of stuff.
@@KivaBrent Another great video! If people are into the wallpaper idea, but don’t want to damage their walls, there is a type that isn’t glue-on and can be peeled off the walls easily when the time comes to remove. It can look sharp in a powder room, but wallpaper is a lot of work! I think I’d rather just slap a design on the wall with paint. 😊
@@jms1086 Yes! Peel and stick wallpaper is really available these days, and many brands remove quite cleanly (especially if you heat them a bit with a hair dryer) if you decide you want to change the look of your space, or if you want to take your wallpaper down at a rental, restick it to the backing paper you kept, and take it to your next home for re-use. Peel and stick tiles for backsplashes or flooring are also popular and can help a rental feel more like a space of your own.
Agree with most of this, but on the other hand I'm not getting rid of my grandparents legit antique Shaker furniture and I don't care whether it's cool this week.
Kiva I love your video's! And this one is spot on! It's over 100 degrees in the summer so I'm keeping the fans. My walls are all textured, so no lime wash, slatted walls or wall paper for me! I'm definitely on team faux plants as my cat will eat them long before I have a chance to kill them! lol And don't even get me started on CUSTOM, OMG hang onto your wallet and just RUN! lol I always love your content, value your insight and just really enjoy watching and learning from you. BTW, just in case anyone has told you lately, you are looking fabulous! Much love from Menifee, CA! 🥰🥰🥰
Sis, this pains me. I want to support you but.... The way you are describing second hand furniture shopping... meanwhile advocating for a house full of Ikea and Amazon??? 😒 A strong no ma'am! Im trying to find the logic in your comment about thrift store finds going back to landfills? Huh? The whole point is that its not supporting the manufacture and transport of new stuff. Its not contributing to demand and waste cycle. If things circulate around the 2nd hand market repeatedly and people resell their already 2nd hand things, thats not bad. Sounds like you dont understand the thrifting/vintage ecosystem. By and large, these things arent going to landfills. By thrifting, they are getting a 2nd, 3rd, the home. If we grow tired of them, we donate or resell them again to other people who are excited to get them. They have 3 and 4 lives... compared to the Ikea and Amazon stuff that you advocate for thats lucky to survive a few years. Plus, the vintage stuff looks way better and is of higher quality if you take the time to find it. Lets be honest, the real issue is that influencers and big brands cant profit off the second hand market like they can with Amazon and Ikea. Yall cant put up a link and get a cut. Im sorry for sounding rude but Im honestly shocked by this. I have bought vintage for decades. And I sometimes like new stuff too. There is a way to have a mix. But your comments here on thrifting are not accurate or thought through. Im speaking on behalf of myself and my large network of well curated 2nd hand shoppers and influencers. Its fine for you not to like the look. Its ok for us to like different things, but that false equivalence you shared is what belongs in landfill.
I've had both types of plants and I am team none of the above. A visitor asked my octogenarian Mom if her furniture was retro. No it's original mid century. My son asked me why I have so many dead peoples stuff! I really like your practicality.
Wow you are refreshing! I was reminded that my mom had a fake plant that she thought was real. I caught her watering it one day and had to enlighten her. We had a good laugh about that one!
Amen to the plants very good points I have a mix of real and fake plants and as I lose a real one I replace it with a fake one lol I got a 6ft fiddling fig from At Home and a 4ft ficus and they honestly look real I put moss at the bottom and people ask me if it real lol
Kiva you are wonderful & wise beyond your age. You are by far my favourite design influencer. Unlike many others, you always have something interesting, fresh, sensible & useful to say. How did you get so wise? Xx
OMG I just love you. You were right on point. In south Florida getting rid of my fan. I don’t think so. And a shout out for calling it soil and not dirt. Your Grandma as a gardener must be so proud. 🙂
Depending on where you live, you can put furniture on the curb with a free sign and it will go. Furniture goes around my neighborhood all the time. At then you aren't moving it much.
Hi from Toronto, Kiva! Every week you look better and better. Great work❤️. I put ceiling fans in every bedroom, the family room, and in the ceiling of our patio under the terrace. The bedroom fans are beautiful, sleek, white, remote controlled, absolutely silent, and indispensible in every season. Every fan has an integral light. And, I LOVE wallpaper! I have used it judiciously in the powder room and my main halls and stairwell, over wainscoting. Frankly, I don’t care it it’s in style or not. Speaking of lime wash - there’s wallpaper, including strippable wallpaper, that mimics it. It gives the look without the pain, expense, and permanence. As for custom furniture, I grew up in the furniture business. “Custom” is a crapshoot. I have never seen a custom piece that’s so much more wonderful than is available ready-made, somewhere (although many high end furniture manufacturers have disappeared in the last few years, sadly). Many designers push custom work because they get a percentage of the price, which helps explain why it is so inflated. Thank you for your fabulous videos.
Love your channel! But... CO2 is the molecule of life and actually increases the growth of trees, plants and food. It is not something that needs to be limited. In fact, greenhouse keepers purchase canisters of CO2 to increase the yield of their crops.
Love the vid, but for me the clear organizing containers work great. I’m already an organized type of person, and unfortunately I’ve found that certain containers work better than others depending on the context. But no, I don’t buy them from the container store bc that’s not in my price range. Marshall’s and Amazon are my go to for organizing bins.
I’m in East Tennessee and we have a small farm, but I’m moving away from “farmhouse” décor because I’m tired of the clutter! We have 3 teenagers and too much stuff! I was diagnosed with FND (functional neurologic disorder) which changed my whole life honestly… so during my time where I couldn’t walk I have stared at the walls and had it all took down… I’ve found that less is more ❤
Only thing I'd disagree with is the custom furniture, most likely because of where I live. Our country's market is saturated by cheap imports. If I want something to last, it would be cheaper for me to pay local craftsmen than order stuff from the capital and have it delivered in my house.
The electric, vintage style. ... This is what i began to go towards when I decided no pressboard, no MDF, as little plastic as possible, as little off-gassing as possible, and as few fumes in case of a fire as possible. I did like some new, honestly real wood but my wallet couldn't afford it. I have had some very nice, all wood, vintage to antique pieces over the years; I think some have been upto "very nice".
I don't mind limewash when someone who knows what they're doing goes for it. But all of the pictures shown here just made everything look like concrete walls. Great for an industrial look. Maybe it can fit some Scandi decor. But seeing it in a child's bedroom made the room look like a jail cell 😂. There's wanting to decorate a kid's room so that it grows with them...and then there's, well...state penitentiary grey 😂
I do not like wallpaper. I did it in my downstairs half bath. It took me at least three months to notice the middle piece was upside down. So I took it down. Our kitchen, bathroom were wallpapered when we moved it. I had the hardest time getting it off the walls. They were not prepped right first. So I put joint compound on the walls. They were that messed up after getting the wallpaper off. I have trees all over outside my house. And that’s where they will stay. I do have plants in my house. And they are doing very well here. I think I might be getting a little carried away. I’m running out of room for all the plants I’m collecting. I sent some home with my granddaughter when she was here. I’m not sure how she will do. But I think her boyfriend will keep them alive. He seemed interested in plants. I also have a ceiling fan in my living room. I love it. When it’s not too hot out, we can turn the fan on and be very comfortable. It has a light that has a globe or boob light really. But it does the job and keeps us comfortable. And I don’t have to turn on the air conditioning. I actually love fresh air. And hate air conditioning. But when it’s 90 degrees, and the humidity is 90 percent. I will be turning the air on. My husband would have the air on as long as the heat isn’t on. I need some fresh air. He has allergies, but so do I. And I will suffer to have fresh air in my house. And we live out in the country. So it cools down here. And I don’t want the air running when it’s 50 outside. He can just take more allergy medicine.
Wallpaper -- TOTALLY agree. I hate it. I'll NEVER put it up. Plus, I hate pink & green. My grandmother had wallpaper - OMG, I hated that wallpaper. Too busy, pink & green, and when it gets dirty, or torn, or damaged, you're screwed. Totally agree. I will NEVER have wallpaper!!!!!
OK first of all let me say that I saw your channel and I pass by for at least six months I was like not another Twitter designer. Lol but I decided to sit down and watch an episode or two and can I say I want to marry you, but I don’t think it’ll work for either one of us. Wink wink, I’d love the fact that you are so honest with your thoughts on aesthetics and styles and you keep it 100%. I am team real tree. I cannot do fake, in the south ,big windows they would melt everywhere. And I so appreciate everything you said about ceiling fans , I’ve seen some designers say take them down there ugly and outdated, well come down south when it reaches 100° and see how much good that chandelier does you. like you said styles and options boo, Styles and Options. Thanks again for all that you’ve given us I’m a fan boy forever.
I hate wallpaper, I love all of my ceiling fans and would never get rid of them. All the design trends are only ways of manipulating people into spending money. Save your money people. Just clean your house and make it a home and be happy.
I loved the Tuscany lime wash look, still do. No, most of us don't live in Tuscany but we also don't live in 1960 either & people still do the Mid-century modern to death. Just saying. Lol. Love your videos. P.S. I'm team faux or real tree, anything that brings in green.
Faux plants are hard to dust. I regretted buying mine a while back. Snake plants are hard to kill and require very little water and light. Money trees and bamboo require watering once a week but are also hard to kill. It comes down to maintenance either way, so pick what you find easier to do with your schedule.
I have a 7’ grapefruit tree grown from seed. It’s in my dining room. I water it and fertilize it in the spring-that’s all! I also have a 5’ hibiscus tree in the lounge area of my kitchen. It requires fertilizer in spring and water once a week-that’s all. They like indirect light. I also have Birds of Paradise which require much the same care as my trees. All of these “big guys “ add so much character and drama inside my house. I think if you can go with real, make the effort. The faux trees are dust catchers. Just my humble opinion. BTW, my grapefruit tree is around 35 years old. He has forgiven me many a time when he didn’t get watered on time and dropped many leaves. They grew back, especially if I wheeled him outside to sit in light shade for an Adirondack summer.
Well kiva, i'm team faux trees, stems & florals because they look damn good and i DONT have to water them 😊😊. Something else: i dont purchase things that influencers say, i'll go broke, i purchase things that i love, whether they're trendy or not, and what my wallet can AFFORD. 😂😂😂😂. I enjoy these kind of video, tyvm.
This is why sometimes poverty is good. I cannot possibly buy new furniture every couple of years. Like my clothes, I get the most I can out of my furnishings. I have a chair that I purchased in 1990 and it is in great shape. We have antiques/vintage furnishings and they aren't going anywhere. You have to know how to make it fit your lifestyle, the environment, and the style of the house or apartment in which you reside.
Love everything you said in this video. Especially the ceiling fan issue. If you have ever lived in Arizona, I’m here to tell you, life saver! And yes , I have A/C also…
Hahaha"Im not saying that's who I am but that's who I am".😂. You give such great advice for real living. I am a real tree person but I would never cut a tree and bring it indoors, no fake plants.
My heart dropped when I heard wallpaper 😳. Love it & could put it in every room. But yes only do peel n’ stick. Not only being a renter, but I change my mind & full of different ideas, bc I like so much. So easy for me to take down & do it again.
Thank you Kiva, for telling us it is Ok to keep our ceiling fans! I live in Georgia, so it is hot a humid 9 months out of the year, and we could not live without them. We have them in the living room, kitchen , and above out bed, where we could NOT sleep without it - central air conditioning is not enough. I know they can be ugly, and I would love to replace them with a pretty light fixture, but we would die! Love your Vlogs.
It feels good when I make a change in my home and later see a video noting that change it’s Kiva approved😅. Just bought a 3 blade fan last week because I thought my old fan looked well…OLD!😊
I really like your recommendation on where to buy the faux plants. However, I think it's a good idea to at least have some real plants to improve indoor air quality. I have three fig leaf trees and eventually had to move them because they weren't getting enough light. We put them in the sunroom, but believe it or not, they got more attention in the living room/home office, because that's where I spend the most time. We plan on moving/downsizing to a smaller home, so faux plants are the way to go, since we need to lighten our load.
Totally agree on the fans. We just built a new home. During the pandemic, a friend needed a new hobby and taught herself antique chandelier refurbishing. (You wouldn't believe how much $$$ she's making now - all word of mouth only.) We have two of her customs now that we love, but did ceiling fans in rooms where made sense - and love them too. There are so many beautiful options that look like ceiling art fixtures rather than something utilitarian. P.S. Kiva, when you gave suggestions for faux plant sources, did you say "Our House" or "Art House"? I'm googling both, but am probably mishearing/misspelling. Thanks!
I'm very confused by the last point about limewash. To me limewash looks like it would add to an industrial vibe or give a house a more industrial look. Is that not the point of it?
I’ve always disagreed with designers who want us to remove the ceiling fan. I love mine and will never remove it. Thank you KB!
I can’t sleep without it lol
I love ceilings fans I ise them in Puerto Rico in island we have to use it so cool
I'm 1:45 seconds into this video and saw this comment. I'd be damned if a EVER get rid of my ceiling fan, who sleep without it?? #NotMe!!!
My husband would leave me if I got rid of the ceiling fan. I ended up getting one that wasn’t as hideous to look at.
Team modern ceiling fan and Team good Faux plant🙌🙌
As a Floridian, I will not stand for fan slander! The thought of not having them in every bedroom here is crazy to me 😅
Gotta have fans and they look fine..
I’m in Central FL.
I’m in the Midwest and we love our ceiling fans year round to keep us cool in the summer and keep air moving when we are cooped up inside all winter. I don’t care what anyone says, comfort is more important here!
I see that most of us that need them agree that fans are something that is a must. But if it looks like if the lighting fixture came from the flippin Roman empire, not so much. (Don’t think about that too much.) it’s not like he’s asking us to get rid of garden gnomes that have now invaded our interiors … Now that’s something I think I can live without. Ha ha …
Same ..S FL
i grew up without ceiling fans and i find them weird and unnecessary.
Hi Kiva, on behalf of all the hip grandmas that are subscribers who adore you, please stop categorizing us! I have a new build home in Savannah and spent months learning about interior design from books, youtube & instagram content creators. I’m 76 and my mom is the person you’re describing. We’re all not “ that” grandma. 💖
Fran, I definitely should and could have put it better! My grandma is super hip and we joke about it this way, but I acknowledge it came across as ageist and that’s definitely wrong of me. I’m really sorry about that! I should’ve said “older, dated” interiors instead. Age has no correlation with style! My grandma is more stylish than me and she’s 82. I hope that you’ll be able to forgive me. I’m sorry, again. 💕
Awe, so sweet! I’m also a grandma, and building new. Yay to us Chic grandmas out there. 😊
I'm a grandmother as well, and I find myself double checking to see if I accidentally have the grandma look going. Many of us mature women are stylish, but Sophia on the Golden Girls seriously locked in the "grandma look."
Yes! There are many mentally young seniors!
I’m another grandma that has a modern, chic home! My 16 yo granddaughter even told me she loves the vibe and decor of our house. 😊 I never want to live in outdated surroundings!
As for landfill my parents >40 year old washer and dryer are better than mine which get fail and get replaced every ? Years. Planned obsolescence is the biggest landfill contributor. Also, there was a time when one had a 3 great handbags, took care of them and replaced infrequently. Fast fashion fills the landfill
So agree with this.
I re-decorated my bedroom and painted the whole ceiling fan the same color as the walls and the ceiling. It’s not an eyesore anymore and blends in perfectly!
This is genius!
I always wondered why no one suggests this! Great fix!
Great idea!
Same. My fan is the same color as the ceiling
I’ve done that in every room of my house except the bathroom. And I absolutely LOVE it.
Kiva, great advice as always. When I add decor I go for ease of upkeep. I'm a senior and just don't have time to run around and buy a bunch of stuff only to return them. We have to let go of our addiction to things and simply enjoy our homes, as imperfect as they may seem! ♥
You put this perfectly, Dorothy!
Dorothy I am 35 in a home I, god willing, don't want to move out of. I'm thinking 25 years ahead! Its not just for elders.
Kiva, you are looking so well these days, I hope you have your good health back
Thank you for telling folks to stop taking down ceiling fans to be chic. I live in New Orleans, visited a friend who took hers down now she's sweating bullets in her own home🤦🏽♀️Before I knew it I called her an ass, saying your uncomfortable in your own home that makes no sense. Kiva I laughed while shaking my head in agreement with this segment😊
Oh my gosh. I'm from New Orleans and live in Texas now. I literally couldn't imagine living in New Orleans without ceiling fans. Not with the heat AND the humidity. I would die! 😂
@@TheCurlyFitChicOriginal Me to NOLA
Lime wash reminds me of a super expensive version of the 1990s sponged walls. Its a hard no just because of cost & the process to cover it once someone wants to change it
I wanted wallpaper without the damage - so I got giant poster frames and used the wallpaper like oversized art. So easy. I've also seen people tack up wallpaper inside their picture frame molding. You get the color and the trend without the big commitment.
I spent months searching online for the perfect sofa that would arrive in 6-10 months. Ordered a few, returned them, and almost gave up. Drove past a custom sofa shop near me. Went in on a whim, made our design and for a few hundred more than what I was looking at online, I had a unique local kiln dried hardwood sofa in the exact color, dimensions, and style I was looking for in just 2 months. It also feels great knowing I am supporting local artisans and small businesses. The quality is so much better than anything online and everyone who sits on the sofa says it’s the most comfortable and stylish sofa they’ve ever sat on. Definitely don’t count custom out esp for high quality pieces you want for years to come and use daily.
Never buy a sofa online unless you absolutely need a bargain and don't care what it feels like! That has to be made common knowledge.
I bought a sofa table online as I couldn't find anything local I liked. It's fine though!
Those horrifying Tuscan kitchens were so pushed by HGTV. Every show did the style it seemed. Worse but probably not as popular were the all pink rooms. Paint the kitchen pink! Paint the living room pink! Paint the family room pink and the fireplace too!
Kill me now.
My tip for faux plants is to buy them used because the older ones are great quality.
I'm with you on the ceiling fans. I can't imagine an Idaho summer without them. I did just replace them with a 3 blade contemporary model though. I took the old ones to Habitat for Humanity, because they were in perfect shape. Just not my taste.
I'm a grandma and I loved my grandma's house. It is my inspiration for my decorating, collected over time.
Kathy B
Basic plastic containers are the best. I got mine from Marshalls and Home Goods! It helps me organize my pantry into "Asian Noodles" (yes I need a whole box for that), and anything else I can easily group together and makes it easier to find. I don't need to put EVERYTHING in them, but the ability to group things together has been so helpful.
I find container organizing necessary, as I am a neat freak, and my husband does not even come close. We downsized to an apartment almost 5 years ago. The fridge is a side by side fridge/freezer, not a fan but that's what we have. I just recently bought a set of plastic organizers, as the freezer became a time bomb! Weekly, I would arrange, so we knew what we had, maybe it would last 2 days, as my hubby NEVER puts anything back where it came from, and is a total rummager, I He however dose not like to throw anything away, especially food. Showing him the freezer burned and expired food, when I was organizing, and put like foods in each bin I think something actually clicked, after 57 years. It has been about 5 weeks, and I open the door, nothing falls out, I can pull a bin and see what I need to cook/ buy, have not thrown out one thing. I will never again be without them. I did the same thing in my makeshift pantry. no more redoing every other day, no more complaints from me about finding stuff, no more from hubby about waste.
I have to agree with most of what you said. However, I have a problem with all these influencers and designers who keep talking about grandmas house!!! First of all I don’t give a darn what my grandkids think about my decorating decisions since they have no taste or influence on anything. Their houses look like your stepping into a Pottery Barn or Restoration Hardware store. Not to say it’s ugly, but extremely boring and unimaginative. I like my home and the things I choose to put in it. My friends who visit (most of them are my age or older) also like it. Therefore, I’m going to disregard the grannies house comment all together.
You are so right about the vintage trend. Over consumption is over consumption, even if thrifting.
Vintage is a problem when it’s used in an over consumptive way. I have to say though, my vintage pieces that I’ve now had for decades are the ones that have had staying power despite changing trends. It’s the stuff I purchased to reflect trends that wore out quickly or I got tired of. For example, the 1930s table I purchased in the 1990s is used every day and still looks great. It continues to make the cut every time I edit my interior.
How do you define "overcomsumption"? If one is saving money and net spending is SIGNIFICANTLY less (while getting better stuff)... and not contributing to waste & fast furniture, how is it overconsumption?
Or are you suggesting is somehow just somehow morally or ethically bad to acquire things regardless of cost?
The argument against over consumption is rooted in concerns about financial health, environmental impact, and contribution to capitalist greed. All of these are averted at the thrift store so pls help me understand how "overconsumption is overconsumption"?
Not sure that I agree with this. What’s your definition of overconsumption?
Glamohemian, it would be kind of the socially conscious thrifters to keep in mind that actual low-income people rely on the items at thrift stores. With increased demand for used furniture, clothing, appliances, etc., prices have gone up. Low income people have been priced out of the market by “people who care” without caring. Not saying this is you, but many people who are opposed to overconsumption must think they’re keeping furniture and clothing out of landfills. The great finds they’re snagging wouldn’t have ended up there anyway.
@me2u705 I have been shopping PRIMARILY from the thrift store for 35 years. This is not a trend for me. And Im not going to stop bc its become a trend for the mainstream.
Also, I've heard mixed things about whether its harmful or helpful since these organizations are now generating bigger profits that they can use to support community needs.
When we lived in Italy we got some custom made furniture and it was expensive but so beautiful. The price was so worth it because it’s all real wood and I have no intentions of getting arid of it. They are going to bury me in it. I became tired of having to replace cheaper stuff that the investment will eventually save us money over time
A compromise between real and fake plants, is dried flowers. I love plants but they keep getting too big for my space. People gave me roses after I had surgery and I dried them and they are the best. They have great color and no fuss. I finally figured out what to put in a basket. I'm no that impressed with the ones at Hobby Lobby so I would say buy fresf flowers you like and don't put them in water. They will dry.
This is such a great compromise! Thanks for bringing this idea to the table.
Completely agree. While I do have a few live plants, I don’t want too many and I don’t want fake florals. I have dried flowers in a vase on my dining table and I love them, also from Hobby Lobby. I definitely recommend them.
@@OrthoLady
Thank you about the dried flower idea being it’s hard, well for me, to find realist faux flowers. Definitely going to get some arrangements. Take care.
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I loath dried flowers, they are to plants what taxidermy is to animals. I like those roses you can get that last a year though.
@@sharroon7574 Hahaha you sound like my daughter. Do you hate dolls that are used as decor? So what are the roses that last all year? I have never had a rose bush that lived. Ever. I love roses.
LOVE this video! We all get swept up in the gotta-have and it’s refreshing to hear “Nah, you’re good.”
Thanks Kiva! ~Michelle
All people need is to do whatever they want to do in their homes. Do whatever makes you happy, because at the end of the day you are the only person that is going to be in that home.
Thrifting brings me joy and saves my wallet. Last Saturday I bought a contemporary chair for $16 that I know would have been 200, even at Walmart. A lot of advice we receive tends to make us spend more money on things that are readily available on the cheap.
I’ve always been a plant lady 😂 spider plants in particular. While my home probably has some of the cleanest air thank you nature air filters, I may have a problem with not letting any baby that falls off die. I’m currently over 50 house plants and it’s a problem, also I am a gardener so can’t wait for end of spring to focus on my outdoor plants for a bit 😉 but I love my indoor jungle ❤
Growing up, our regular morning routine the first night of a sleep over at Grandma's was to count her houseplants. Never less than 30. She had a big cascading spider plant hanging in her side bedroom window as a privacy barrier against the neighbours. I was never a big spider plant fan but, to remember my grandmother, I have a 5 tier spider plant basket hanging on my balcony from a plant I got 30 years ago. (4 tiers of babies with babies with babies) I also have several other hanging baskets and planters full and have finally learned to root and pass on the babies. I'm now a grandmother and can see my grandchildren growing up thinking I love spider plants and having their own to remind them of me. 🙂
@@sarahrosen4985 🥰
I can’t understand how a few years ago everyone was ripping down wallpaper. Now they’re paying 300$ a roll for wallpaper! The same wallpaper that was half the price a few years ago, it’s so insane to me.
That’s what I’m saying!!!!!
People are forgetting how funky everyones textured wallpapers in the 70s got by fifteen years later. It's not easy to clean a burlap wall.
Not only is your content educational, but it's also very entertaining!!
I'd love to watch someone try and debate you! Where's the front row seat and popcorn for that event 😂
HAHAHA
O.M.G. -- there's less Kiva! Congrats on your weight loss! I'll say it again, though...I do miss your blonde locks. And I LOVE LOVE LOVE your glasses!
Thank you so much! I’ve been working really hard to get healthier! The blonde will be back later this year 😊.
I love it that someone as influential as Kiva is voicing her concern in climate change. Refreshing to hear an interior design who is supportive of spending less. Custom doesn't mean it is good. Thank you! My friends who go for customer furniture spend thousands on something that breaks easily. Tables are not even. Broken side panel on arrival. Custom so they cannot replace anything easily.
Thank you for being so practical and relatable! In school, you learn that good design fulfills both form AND function. And here in TX, where it is hot 🔥, ceiling fans are SO practical. Unless you want to spend a fortune in electricity cranking down that air-conditioning, ceiling fans are necessary. Thank you for not shaming those of us who choose to have them!
I live in Georgia. No way in heck am I ever giving up my ceiling fans. 🥵
You had me at Lime Wash . It only works in Very specific spaces. And I agree with Everything else. Your hair is FAB.
P.S. Thank you so very much for your response to a suggestion I made regarding your new and Gorgeous Bathroom. You are a Gift to this Industry.
Love from Canada
My 1968 built home had a non-updated basement rec room/bar. The pole was CARPETED in the same red & black sculptured carpet that was on the floor and the walls around the stairs. LOL. We called it the Brady Bunch Room.
Tell your spouse that you are loved. This is the most practical, sensical, useful video I have ever seen. Amen sista. Put this video in my file for when I call you to do my house. Great, great presentation.
Wow, thank you so much! This is the kindest comment.
Kiva, thank you! You said it and yes, you are right on in every point that you’re making. We can have beautiful homes without buying into all this hype.
It’s natural to want to buy and keep up with trends, but your home is beautiful even if you don’t do this!
About real trees indoors... terrible idea, so I agree with you Kiva. Soil/dirt belongs outside the house, NOT inside the house. Even house plants bring in lots of dirty, moldy soil, inside the house. I do not want fake, plastic, as that manufacturing is so bad for the environment, and they never look real. So I use fresh cut flowers or fresh cut budding branches ... the only clean choice. No dirt filled house plants inside. Keep real trees and plants, outside in the dirt, where they belong. Fresh cut real flowers or budding branches do not have to be expensive, if you grow some outside. And an inexpensive small bouquet of REAL flowers, even from a grocery store, is so beautiful and special. My son brings his wife a small bouquet of fresh flowers, every week from the grocery store for years. Even a bowl of real fruit, like lemons, on the counter, brings nature inside. Real, Dried eucalyptus always is nice too.
ps. I even think the idea of having a tree inside a house for xmas is a weird idea. I know the idea started centuries ago , with queen Victoria, when wealthy people, had huge houses and servants to clean up the mess. I do decorate so the house is very festive, but have moved past putting a tree, real or fake, inside the house.
I currently live in Texas (DFW) and purchased a two story home. I am also hot natured. If it's above 76° it's hot to me. I must have ceiling fans and fans. Plus, it can't imagine not being able to have the air circulation. The house would get stuffy. I also agree with you on the faux vs real plants. I would love to have real plants. I've tried purchasing real plants and wasted too much because they either died or my Labradoodle's pups (both under 2 and 60 lbs) got into them. I would rather purchase an expensive faux plant that will last me forever instead since i was not born with a green thumb!
Kiva your advice is so realistic. When I think of custom I think of items like doors and windows. Even window treatments can be custom depending on the measurements. I'm with ya on the thrift store look. It isn't for everybody. I've seen great pieces of furniture ruined this way as well. You can curate things you won't find at big box stores but it is not sustainable if it ends up in z landfill. Ceiling fans, not getting rid of it. I believe we should buy timeless and use them for as long as they last.
Having lived through sponging the Tuscan look onto walls during the 80's the *new* limewash makes me LOLOL.
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I killed a cactus! I better stick to faux plants. What are your recommendations?
LOL same!! What my cats didn't eat I ended up killing!! I'm going to shop for some faux plants now
Your discussion of real vs fake tree is SO timely. I have a spot in my living room and I'm shopping tomorrow for the pot and later for the tree. At first, I thought it had to be real. If I'm doing this, it has to be a real tree. But as I spent more time thinking, the cons seemed to outweigh the pros for a real tree. Heavy. Requires a large pot full of dirt that I couldn't easily move. And I have cats. What if they become TOO curious and attracted to the real plant and the real dirt? Possible death. If I spend a lot of money on a quality fake, it will last a long time. If I spend a lot of money on large real tree and it dies? Well, big LO$$ for me. I'm signing up for team faux.
I have to get non-toxic plants, and my cat WILL nibble any plant with long, thin leaves, like palms, and make them look terrible quickly. So good idea!
Bless your heart thank you for the comments about fans because I’ve been looking at mine for a couple weeks thinking should I get rid of them and put up a chandelier even though I live in hot Florida. The voice of common sense. Thank you so much I am now a fan of. 15:48
Thanks for being here! Keep your fans - comfort comes first!
I don't mind fans as long as they're updated. However, I have Never understood why they are mounted over your dining table! Is it because blowing on your food is rude? You burned your dinner? What?!
Yeah any place but the dining room.
People working up a sweat eating.🤣 I don't understand this either.
Love you and your videos Kiva!❤
Etsy is a good place to look for faux plants too. I ended up getting a couple of really nice, very tall Bird of Paradise tress for my sitting room. They look gorgeous and my dog can't get into any dirt and make a mess all over my house like he would when I had a real one.😅🐶🐾🐾🐾🐾🐾
I got my mom some really nice wooden tulips on Etsy. They're not going to fool anyone into thinking they're real, but they look beautiful and require no care.
Yep. I have two Labradoodle's. They got into the last real plant I had a couple weeks. I'm not buying anymore. Faux is next for me.
You look wonderful! Your hair, your glasses, so definite and chic! I love this video. Pulls us back from diving off the deep end of too much time spent on the wrong diy project.
You are too sweet!! Thank you so much, Charlotte! 💕
Thank you Kiva for calling out the damn pole wrap. I can't help but think how annoying it would be to dust 😂
Wait, I didn’t even think of that 😂.
I love your videos. U bring an element of intelligence and logic that others don't have.
Porsche, thank you. This is honestly the best compliment I could receive!
Porsche Hamilton
👍🏿Agree, 1000%!!
Your advice is great! Spot on! Many of these decor RUclips channels are ridiculous staged photos and tours through homes that are just not real life! Many videos in my feed now are tiny and studio apartments. Yes. I can get some good ideas for decor tips and furniture placement but how many times have the Brooklyn studio renter told us that they splurged on some ridiculously pricey couch to make it their focal point. I can never afford that. And fill my home with all the rest of the decor touches that look like they spent hundreds of dollars on. It’s consumerism gone wild!!
1. Climate change is VERY VERY real .. people need to get with this on the quick
2. Ceiling fans are friends not enemies to your decor … yessssss thank youuuu (also ties so well into the climate change/sustainable living theme 😊)
….as if my adoration for your channel wasn’t growing quick enough 😍🌎😍
A friend bought a home from the early 1900s. She removed 58 layers of wallpaper from the kitchen walls and about that from the bathroom.
Couple points:
One of your counterparts did say to get rid of ceiling fans, and oh boy did those of us in the South give our thoughts on that idea. My electric bill is high enough in the summer, no ceiling fans would make it unaffordable.
The whole thing with wallpaper, nope, not doing wallpaper. I had to strip the ugly 90's era peach and teal borders off so many walls. I never fully got the paper off the walls in our kitchen. It came out with the drywall when we renovated.
As for organizing, I think the best advice I heard from one of those organization channels was, "you can't storage container your way out of clutter. You just have to get rid of stuff." Now I just need to get rid of stuff.
That's great organization advice!!!
@@KivaBrent I thought so too!
@@KivaBrent Another great video! If people are into the wallpaper idea, but don’t want to damage their walls, there is a type that isn’t glue-on and can be peeled off the walls easily when the time comes to remove. It can look sharp in a powder room, but wallpaper is a lot of work! I think I’d rather just slap a design on the wall with paint. 😊
"Can't storage container your way out of clutter." I'm still in the "Challenge Accepted!" stage. 😄
@@jms1086 Yes! Peel and stick wallpaper is really available these days, and many brands remove quite cleanly (especially if you heat them a bit with a hair dryer) if you decide you want to change the look of your space, or if you want to take your wallpaper down at a rental, restick it to the backing paper you kept, and take it to your next home for re-use. Peel and stick tiles for backsplashes or flooring are also popular and can help a rental feel more like a space of your own.
Agree with most of this, but on the other hand I'm not getting rid of my grandparents legit antique Shaker furniture and I don't care whether it's cool this week.
I am always excited when I get a notification from you! You never disappoint! Thank you!
Awww, thank you! You’re the best!
Kiva, I couldn't help but notice you look like you've lost weight. I became distracted from the content of your video - you look great!
Thank you so much! I’m really trying to get healthier!
Having a ceiling fan is a necessity down here in the South and there are nice, more economical variations of them to choose from.
Definitely!
Kiva I love your video's! And this one is spot on! It's over 100 degrees in the summer so I'm keeping the fans. My walls are all textured, so no lime wash, slatted walls or wall paper for me! I'm definitely on team faux plants as my cat will eat them long before I have a chance to kill them! lol And don't even get me started on CUSTOM, OMG hang onto your wallet and just RUN! lol I always love your content, value your insight and just really enjoy watching and learning from you. BTW, just in case anyone has told you lately, you are looking fabulous! Much love from Menifee, CA! 🥰🥰🥰
Sis, this pains me. I want to support you but.... The way you are describing second hand furniture shopping... meanwhile advocating for a house full of Ikea and Amazon??? 😒 A strong no ma'am!
Im trying to find the logic in your comment about thrift store finds going back to landfills? Huh? The whole point is that its not supporting the manufacture and transport of new stuff. Its not contributing to demand and waste cycle. If things circulate around the 2nd hand market repeatedly and people resell their already 2nd hand things, thats not bad.
Sounds like you dont understand the thrifting/vintage ecosystem. By and large, these things arent going to landfills. By thrifting, they are getting a 2nd, 3rd, the home. If we grow tired of them, we donate or resell them again to other people who are excited to get them. They have 3 and 4 lives... compared to the Ikea and Amazon stuff that you advocate for thats lucky to survive a few years.
Plus, the vintage stuff looks way better and is of higher quality if you take the time to find it.
Lets be honest, the real issue is that influencers and big brands cant profit off the second hand market like they can with Amazon and Ikea. Yall cant put up a link and get a cut.
Im sorry for sounding rude but Im honestly shocked by this. I have bought vintage for decades. And I sometimes like new stuff too. There is a way to have a mix. But your comments here on thrifting are not accurate or thought through. Im speaking on behalf of myself and my large network of well curated 2nd hand shoppers and influencers. Its fine for you not to like the look. Its ok for us to like different things, but that false equivalence you shared is what belongs in landfill.
I've had both types of plants and I am team none of the above. A visitor asked my octogenarian Mom if her furniture was retro. No it's original mid century. My son asked me why I have so many dead peoples stuff! I really like your practicality.
Wow you are refreshing! I was reminded that my mom had a fake plant that she thought was real. I caught her watering it one day and had to enlighten her. We had a good laugh about that one!
Amen to the plants very good points I have a mix of real and fake plants and as I lose a real one I replace it with a fake one lol I got a 6ft fiddling fig from At Home and a 4ft ficus and they honestly look real I put moss at the bottom and people ask me if it real lol
Kiva you are wonderful & wise beyond your age. You are by far my favourite design influencer. Unlike many others, you always have something interesting, fresh, sensible & useful to say. How did you get so wise? Xx
Her matured Grandmother. Most of us has grown older, but wiser. ♥
You had me at the containers😅
OMG I just love you. You were right on point. In south Florida getting rid of my fan. I don’t think so. And a shout out for calling it soil and not dirt. Your Grandma as a gardener must be so proud. 🙂
Depending on where you live, you can put furniture on the curb with a free sign and it will go. Furniture goes around my neighborhood all the time. At then you aren't moving it much.
Hi from Toronto, Kiva! Every week you look better and better. Great work❤️. I put ceiling fans in every bedroom, the family room, and in the ceiling of our patio under the terrace. The bedroom fans are beautiful, sleek, white, remote controlled, absolutely silent, and indispensible in every season. Every fan has an integral light. And, I LOVE wallpaper! I have used it judiciously in the powder room and my main halls and stairwell, over wainscoting. Frankly, I don’t care it it’s in style or not. Speaking of lime wash - there’s wallpaper, including strippable wallpaper, that mimics it. It gives the look without the pain, expense, and permanence. As for custom furniture, I grew up in the furniture business. “Custom” is a crapshoot. I have never seen a custom piece that’s so much more wonderful than is available ready-made, somewhere (although many high end furniture manufacturers have disappeared in the last few years, sadly). Many designers push custom work because they get a percentage of the price, which helps explain why it is so inflated. Thank you for your fabulous videos.
Love your channel! But... CO2 is the molecule of life and actually increases the growth of trees, plants and food. It is not something that needs to be limited. In fact, greenhouse keepers purchase canisters of CO2 to increase the yield of their crops.
Love the vid, but for me the clear organizing containers work great. I’m already an organized type of person, and unfortunately I’ve found that certain containers work better than others depending on the context. But no, I don’t buy them from the container store bc that’s not in my price range. Marshall’s and Amazon are my go to for organizing bins.
Thank you for this video! You said everything I wanted to say. It get really tiring having your favorite youtubers selling something all the time. ❤❤❤
I’m in East Tennessee and we have a small farm, but I’m moving away from “farmhouse” décor because I’m tired of the clutter! We have 3 teenagers and too much stuff! I was diagnosed with FND (functional neurologic disorder) which changed my whole life honestly… so during my time where I couldn’t walk I have stared at the walls and had it all took down… I’ve found that less is more ❤
Thanks for keeping it real! I laughed out loud a few times
Haha, I’m so glad! Everyone needs a laugh on a Monday afternoon. Thanks for watching, Julie!
Only thing I'd disagree with is the custom furniture, most likely because of where I live. Our country's market is saturated by cheap imports. If I want something to last, it would be cheaper for me to pay local craftsmen than order stuff from the capital and have it delivered in my house.
If you have local craftsmen, I totally agree!
Or buy vintage.... she's wrong about that one too
I didn’t say don’t buy vintage. I said, don’t buy vintage if you’re going to treat it like fast furniture! I’m 100% pro vintage!
The electric, vintage style. ... This is what i began to go towards when I decided no pressboard, no MDF, as little plastic as possible, as little off-gassing as possible, and as few fumes in case of a fire as possible. I did like some new, honestly real wood but my wallet couldn't afford it. I have had some very nice, all wood, vintage to antique pieces over the years; I think some have been upto "very nice".
I don't mind limewash when someone who knows what they're doing goes for it. But all of the pictures shown here just made everything look like concrete walls. Great for an industrial look. Maybe it can fit some Scandi decor. But seeing it in a child's bedroom made the room look like a jail cell 😂. There's wanting to decorate a kid's room so that it grows with them...and then there's, well...state penitentiary grey 😂
I do not like wallpaper. I did it in my downstairs half bath. It took me at least three months to notice the middle piece was upside down. So I took it down. Our kitchen, bathroom were wallpapered when we moved it. I had the hardest time getting it off the walls. They were not prepped right first. So I put joint compound on the walls. They were that messed up after getting the wallpaper off. I have trees all over outside my house. And that’s where they will stay. I do have plants in my house. And they are doing very well here. I think I might be getting a little carried away. I’m running out of room for all the plants I’m collecting. I sent some home with my granddaughter when she was here. I’m not sure how she will do. But I think her boyfriend will keep them alive. He seemed interested in plants. I also have a ceiling fan in my living room. I love it. When it’s not too hot out, we can turn the fan on and be very comfortable. It has a light that has a globe or boob light really. But it does the job and keeps us comfortable. And I don’t have to turn on the air conditioning. I actually love fresh air. And hate air conditioning. But when it’s 90 degrees, and the humidity is 90 percent. I will be turning the air on. My husband would have the air on as long as the heat isn’t on. I need some fresh air. He has allergies, but so do I. And I will suffer to have fresh air in my house. And we live out in the country. So it cools down here. And I don’t want the air running when it’s 50 outside. He can just take more allergy medicine.
Not me coming to check the comments to see if you put anyone in check who didn’t believe climate change wasn’t real 😂.
I'm so happy to say that this hasn't happened yet
Thank goodness. I had my sleeves all rolled up ready to have your back. 😂. Great video!
Thank you Kiva! Wonderful advice as usual. And you look great by the way! You look, happy and healthy and fulfilled.
Wallpaper -- TOTALLY agree. I hate it. I'll NEVER put it up. Plus, I hate pink & green. My grandmother had wallpaper - OMG, I hated that wallpaper. Too busy, pink & green, and when it gets dirty, or torn, or damaged, you're screwed. Totally agree. I will NEVER have wallpaper!!!!!
Kiva, This was great! I love my ceiling fan, thank you for making me feel better. Great advice! You always make me laugh, thank you. XOXO
I predict the fluted/clad wrap trend will die when the dirt fills up the gaps and it looks like solid stripes, hahaha
I use both real and faux plants the challenge to make sure I only water the real ones😊
OK first of all let me say that I saw your channel and I pass by for at least six months I was like not another Twitter designer. Lol but I decided to sit down and watch an episode or two and can I say I want to marry you, but I don’t think it’ll work for either one of us. Wink wink, I’d love the fact that you are so honest with your thoughts on aesthetics and styles and you keep it 100%. I am team real tree. I cannot do fake, in the south ,big windows they would melt everywhere. And I so appreciate everything you said about ceiling fans , I’ve seen some designers say take them down there ugly and outdated, well come down south when it reaches 100° and see how much good that chandelier does you. like you said styles and options boo, Styles and Options. Thanks again for all that you’ve given us I’m a fan boy forever.
Love! Love!! This video!! In Texas I NEED A FAN!!!
I hate wallpaper, I love all of my ceiling fans and would never get rid of them. All the design trends are only ways of manipulating people into spending money. Save your money people. Just clean your house and make it a home and be happy.
I loved the Tuscany lime wash look, still do. No, most of us don't live in Tuscany but we also don't live in 1960 either & people still do the Mid-century modern to death. Just saying. Lol. Love your videos. P.S. I'm team faux or real tree, anything that brings in green.
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Faux plants are hard to dust. I regretted buying mine a while back. Snake plants are hard to kill and require very little water and light. Money trees and bamboo require watering once a week but are also hard to kill. It comes down to maintenance either way, so pick what you find easier to do with your schedule.
I have a 7’ grapefruit tree grown from seed. It’s in my dining room. I water it and fertilize it in the spring-that’s all! I also have a 5’ hibiscus tree in the lounge area of my kitchen. It requires fertilizer in spring and water once a week-that’s all. They like indirect light. I also have Birds of Paradise
which require much the same care as my trees. All of these “big guys “ add so much character and drama inside my house. I think if you can go with real, make the effort. The faux trees are dust catchers. Just my humble opinion. BTW, my grapefruit tree is around 35 years old. He has forgiven me many a time when he didn’t get watered on time and dropped many leaves. They grew back, especially if I wheeled him outside to sit
in light shade for an Adirondack summer.
Well kiva, i'm team faux trees, stems & florals because they look damn good and i DONT have to water them 😊😊. Something else: i dont purchase things that influencers say, i'll go broke, i purchase things that i love, whether they're trendy or not, and what my wallet can AFFORD. 😂😂😂😂. I enjoy these kind of video, tyvm.
This is why sometimes poverty is good. I cannot possibly buy new furniture every couple of years. Like my clothes, I get the most I can out of my furnishings. I have a chair that I purchased in 1990 and it is in great shape. We have antiques/vintage furnishings and they aren't going anywhere. You have to know how to make it fit your lifestyle, the environment, and the style of the house or apartment in which you reside.
Love everything you said in this video. Especially the ceiling fan issue. If you have ever lived in Arizona, I’m here to tell you, life saver! And yes , I have A/C also…
Hahaha"Im not saying that's who I am but that's who I am".😂.
You give such great advice for real living. I am a real tree person but I would never cut a tree and bring it indoors, no fake plants.
Great video! We can expect the "Truth" from you girl :-) Love It! Take care!
Thank you!
My heart dropped when I heard wallpaper 😳. Love it & could put it in every room. But yes only do peel n’ stick. Not only being a renter, but I change my mind & full of different ideas, bc I like so much. So easy for me to take down & do it again.
Thank you Kiva, for telling us it is Ok to keep our ceiling fans! I live in Georgia, so it is hot a humid 9 months out of the year, and we could not live without them. We have them in the living room, kitchen , and above out bed, where we could NOT sleep without it - central air conditioning is not enough. I know they can be ugly, and I would love to replace them with a pretty light fixture, but we would die! Love your Vlogs.
It feels good when I make a change in my home and later see a video noting that change it’s Kiva approved😅. Just bought a 3 blade fan last week because I thought my old fan looked well…OLD!😊
Oooh, how exciting!!!! What color did you get?
Damn. This was the talking to I needed.
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I brought that stone bathroom mat hated it l return it
😅🤣💕You are BRILLIANT!!!! ~And absolutely RIGHT!!!!😂
Omg thanks for watching!! 😂💕
I really like your recommendation on where to buy the faux plants. However, I think it's a good idea to at least have some real plants to improve indoor air quality. I have three fig leaf trees and eventually had to move them because they weren't getting enough light. We put them in the sunroom, but believe it or not, they got more attention in the living room/home office, because that's where I spend the most time. We plan on moving/downsizing to a smaller home, so faux plants are the way to go, since we need to lighten our load.
Totally agree on the fans. We just built a new home. During the pandemic, a friend needed a new hobby and taught herself antique chandelier refurbishing. (You wouldn't believe how much $$$ she's making now - all word of mouth only.) We have two of her customs now that we love, but did ceiling fans in rooms where made sense - and love them too. There are so many beautiful options that look like ceiling art fixtures rather than something utilitarian. P.S. Kiva, when you gave suggestions for faux plant sources, did you say "Our House" or "Art House"? I'm googling both, but am probably mishearing/misspelling. Thanks!
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Fans are SO useful! In the summer here, it gets to 90-100 degrees and the fan in the living room has saved my life!
First to comment. Yes.❤ The wallpaper trend is a bit much. And I love the haircolor.
Hiiiii!!! How are you?!
I'm very confused by the last point about limewash. To me limewash looks like it would add to an industrial vibe or give a house a more industrial look. Is that not the point of it?