My favorites are the orange and blue eating area, the dining room with the yellow table, and the coolest bedroom ever with the sign. p.s. Your videos are wonderful!!! I am so glad you started your channel.
I love the 'real-organically-evolved home'! The mix of pieces is definitely random but, somehow, feels (to me) that these pieces are used and loved. The reading nook stragetically placed so one can choose a book, sit down and get lost for a while. Sometimes, its the love for the items that makes the odd couple or three pieces work. Have a great week, Tara!
Some of these examples didn't do it for me, but I really liked the Drogueria bedroom and the bathroom with the pink bathtub. Your comments (incl. critiques) were on point. Thanks for sharing
Yay! Another video! In the third image, I think the shapes also add an element of cohesion. Everything not on the wall is curved. The seating is all folded, the tables are round, even the lamps and the display items are curvy. It really is very well done design, regardless of it not being particularly to my personal taste. Hooray for red Persian rugs (can't wait to pick mine up from my mom's - still too many boxes to unpack first, sadly). I think there may be less randomness in the random room than first appears. Yes, it gives the feeling of a collection of personal treasures, but I feel this space is also framed by the art, the blind, the second rug, and the bit of sofa we can see, in terms of a color palette, and I think a bookcase (like other types of displayed collections that as a side effect add a bunch of colors or shapes) can be useful in allowing a less strictly organized space to have some extra connecting threads by picking up some of the "extra" bits of color, like the greens, reds, and pinks. Oddly, I find it becomes more coherent the more I look at it. Even the hardware matches. The only thing that really sticks out to me is the color framing the bookshelves. I'm not sure I understand why it was chosen. To me it feels too green to fit with the many blues, and too grey to fit the greens. Or maybe it's just this annoying old screen playing tricks on me. I really do need to set up my proper computer soon. The checkerboard floor one seems borderline Transitional to me. Which I guess is just a formalized manner of combining styles, so maybe not surprising. The room with the too-narrow rug and the chandelier looks like a fun person with stories to tell would live there. I like the dining room with the yellow table. If my house were traditional rather than mid-century in construction, I totally would've gone with a Modern statement piece. Maybe not a yellow table, but something. I think you'd love my mother's house. She has an exquisite eye for detail, and she's managed to combine things she's collected from all over the world and from different time periods in an unreasonably seamless way. She has an ancient wooden farming instrument with bits of chiseled stone inserted into grooves in the wood (I think she dragged that huge thing back from Turkey, if I'm not mistaken) hanging on a wall, and also Chinese art and modern photography, she has a (non-sparkly) glass chandelier (there used to be two non-identical ones, but I think one broke) from about a hundred years ago and Bronze Moroccan pendants and an oddly seashell-like paper lantern floor lamp, and 6 or 7 Persian rugs partially overlapping on her dark stone tile floors, and I haven't even touched on the furniture, and somehow it all works perfectly. And despite what it might sound like, its definitely not a maximalist home. It's spacious and cozy at the same time. Honestly, it's extraordinary. Maybe in a few decades I might achieve a portion of that.
Well another thoughtful and insightful comment as usual, Ronnie! Your mother’s home sounds amazing! And from what you have described about your own style choices you’ve clearly inherited her skills 😊
As a retired college art educator, I appreciate how much time you put into your slide shows. They go far beyond most YT presentations. I have one question, though. You often use the word interesting as a reason you like the room you're discussing. In my critiques, I always found that word, used by itself, too vague to be of much use. You're so knowledgeable, though, I think you know what it means to you, but the short format doesn't allow you to go that much in depth. Can you tell us what specific attributes make something interesting to you? For example, you seem drawn to contrast, not just visual, but in meaning. Are there more?
@@dottiebaker6623 I guess it’s time to break out the thesaurus! Lol. I suppose “interesting” is a word I do fall back on quite often. Perhaps because it feels less judgemental - whether a viewer likes or dislikes something, they may at least still find it interesting. It’s a very fair critique and something I will definitely consider. Thank you 😊
I'm with you on this. Interior Design today is big into bold contrasts. One of the examples she shows was way out on the edge, was barely holding together. It was so contrasty. But others were quite cohesive. I like hearing why she thinks these spaces work. Then we get to decide where along the continuum we fall.
Exactly! Interior Design is extremely subjective - we aren’t all going to love every interior I show all the time. I don’t even necessarily love them all myself… but sometimes those are the spaces that challenge my perceptions and lead to new perspectives and more creativity 😊
I'm sorry Tara, I love your content, I really do, but most of these are just jumbled mess. The third one could be beautiful if the designer chose to use a real East Asian lacquered screen instead of just the appropriation of it. And "real home where real people live in"? Those books are color coded!
Well we are all entitled to our opinions 😊It really hadn’t occurred to me that art piece was an appropriation of an East Asian lacquered screen - that wasn’t the impression I got from the style of the painting, but if that is the case then that is unfortunate. And I honestly hadn’t noticed the books were color coded!
Actually, if you listen to what she has to say, she has good examples of what holds these spaces together. But, yes, most are pretty high contrast, something that's in fashion these days in the Interior Design world. My own personal taste is much calmer, but when a room begins to look like too much of the same ole same ole, there are great ideas here for how to put just enough spark back into it.
Curious to know which of these rooms stand out as your favourite? 😊
My favorites are the orange and blue eating area, the dining room with the yellow table, and the coolest bedroom ever with the sign. p.s. Your videos are wonderful!!! I am so glad you started your channel.
Thank you so much!!! 😊
I liked the one with the wall unit and blue camaleonda sofa! Loved the video!
@@kishankikkeri7488 Such a great room! Thank you so much for watching 😊
My favourite was the one you described as random & collected over time. Lots of books makes a place feel like home for me. Love your videos, thanks! X
I love the 'real-organically-evolved home'! The mix of pieces is definitely random but, somehow, feels (to me) that these pieces are used and loved. The reading nook stragetically placed so one can choose a book, sit down and get lost for a while. Sometimes, its the love for the items that makes the odd couple or three pieces work. Have a great week, Tara!
Right? It feels like such a cozy and welcoming space.
Thanks so much. You have a great week too! 😊
All the styles is definitely my style.
Mine too! 😊
Somehow, the variety has a nice cohesiveness that helps them work.
It does! Thanks so much for watching 😊
Some of these examples didn't do it for me, but I really liked the Drogueria bedroom and the bathroom with the pink bathtub. Your comments (incl. critiques) were on point. Thanks for sharing
Thank you so much! 😊
Really good examples…drove the idea home for me. Thank you.
Glad to hear! Thank you so much 😊
Love all the images so much! I wish you could walk thru my place and tell me what you think lol
Oh that’s so nice that you would trust my opinion! Thank you so much 😊
favorit mix : the bath room nice balance of "maskulin and feminin" vibe
Definitely! 😊
Yay! Tara uploaded! Love love love the Gehry chair and the mid mod wall shelf!
Both so good! My husband now wants a Wiggle Chair. Too bad they’re so freaking expensive 😢 Thanks for watching 😊
Yay! Another video!
In the third image, I think the shapes also add an element of cohesion. Everything not on the wall is curved. The seating is all folded, the tables are round, even the lamps and the display items are curvy. It really is very well done design, regardless of it not being particularly to my personal taste.
Hooray for red Persian rugs (can't wait to pick mine up from my mom's - still too many boxes to unpack first, sadly).
I think there may be less randomness in the random room than first appears. Yes, it gives the feeling of a collection of personal treasures, but I feel this space is also framed by the art, the blind, the second rug, and the bit of sofa we can see, in terms of a color palette, and I think a bookcase (like other types of displayed collections that as a side effect add a bunch of colors or shapes) can be useful in allowing a less strictly organized space to have some extra connecting threads by picking up some of the "extra" bits of color, like the greens, reds, and pinks. Oddly, I find it becomes more coherent the more I look at it. Even the hardware matches. The only thing that really sticks out to me is the color framing the bookshelves. I'm not sure I understand why it was chosen. To me it feels too green to fit with the many blues, and too grey to fit the greens. Or maybe it's just this annoying old screen playing tricks on me. I really do need to set up my proper computer soon.
The checkerboard floor one seems borderline Transitional to me. Which I guess is just a formalized manner of combining styles, so maybe not surprising.
The room with the too-narrow rug and the chandelier looks like a fun person with stories to tell would live there.
I like the dining room with the yellow table. If my house were traditional rather than mid-century in construction, I totally would've gone with a Modern statement piece. Maybe not a yellow table, but something.
I think you'd love my mother's house. She has an exquisite eye for detail, and she's managed to combine things she's collected from all over the world and from different time periods in an unreasonably seamless way. She has an ancient wooden farming instrument with bits of chiseled stone inserted into grooves in the wood (I think she dragged that huge thing back from Turkey, if I'm not mistaken) hanging on a wall, and also Chinese art and modern photography, she has a (non-sparkly) glass chandelier (there used to be two non-identical ones, but I think one broke) from about a hundred years ago and Bronze Moroccan pendants and an oddly seashell-like paper lantern floor lamp, and 6 or 7 Persian rugs partially overlapping on her dark stone tile floors, and I haven't even touched on the furniture, and somehow it all works perfectly. And despite what it might sound like, its definitely not a maximalist home. It's spacious and cozy at the same time. Honestly, it's extraordinary.
Maybe in a few decades I might achieve a portion of that.
Well another thoughtful and insightful comment as usual, Ronnie! Your mother’s home sounds amazing! And from what you have described about your own style choices you’ve clearly inherited her skills 😊
Fabulous ....Thank-You
Thanks for watching! 😊
As a retired college art educator, I appreciate how much time you put into your slide shows. They go far beyond most YT presentations. I have one question, though. You often use the word interesting as a reason you like the room you're discussing. In my critiques, I always found that word, used by itself, too vague to be of much use. You're so knowledgeable, though, I think you know what it means to you, but the short format doesn't allow you to go that much in depth. Can you tell us what specific attributes make something interesting to you? For example, you seem drawn to contrast, not just visual, but in meaning. Are there more?
@@dottiebaker6623 I guess it’s time to break out the thesaurus! Lol. I suppose “interesting” is a word I do fall back on quite often. Perhaps because it feels less judgemental - whether a viewer likes or dislikes something, they may at least still find it interesting. It’s a very fair critique and something I will definitely consider. Thank you 😊
Love your videos! Especially since you are a calgarian 🎉 I love fining local fellow UA-camrs 😊 keep up the good work 💜
Nice! I love that a fellow Calgarian found my videos. Congrats on your channel! Thank you so much for watching 😊
I am not sure the extreme mixes work but something to think about for sure.
Might not be for everyone, but that’s one of the things I love so much about design - the freedom to experiment and do our own thing 😊
I'm with you on this. Interior Design today is big into bold contrasts. One of the examples she shows was way out on the edge, was barely holding together. It was so contrasty. But others were quite cohesive. I like hearing why she thinks these spaces work. Then we get to decide where along the continuum we fall.
Exactly! Interior Design is extremely subjective - we aren’t all going to love every interior I show all the time. I don’t even necessarily love them all myself… but sometimes those are the spaces that challenge my perceptions and lead to new perspectives and more creativity 😊
I'm sorry Tara, I love your content, I really do, but most of these are just jumbled mess. The third one could be beautiful if the designer chose to use a real East Asian lacquered screen instead of just the appropriation of it. And "real home where real people live in"? Those books are color coded!
Well we are all entitled to our opinions 😊It really hadn’t occurred to me that art piece was an appropriation of an East Asian lacquered screen - that wasn’t the impression I got from the style of the painting, but if that is the case then that is unfortunate. And I honestly hadn’t noticed the books were color coded!
Actually, if you listen to what she has to say, she has good examples of what holds these spaces together. But, yes, most are pretty high contrast, something that's in fashion these days in the Interior Design world. My own personal taste is much calmer, but when a room begins to look like too much of the same ole same ole, there are great ideas here for how to put just enough spark back into it.