Rich People Home Decor That Needs to Go
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- Опубліковано 17 чер 2024
- In this video, I go over more rich people home decor that needs to go! Is this from jealousy? Maybe! Anyways, here we go - let's talk about the overplayed, expensive home decor and interior design choices that celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow put in their home so I can make fun of it!
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00:00 - Rich People Decor That Needs to Go
00:44 - DS 600 Sofa
03:35 - Too Many Fireplaces
06:16 - The Tom Ford Book
08:28 - Togo Sofa
11:38 - Noguchi Table
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"I think glass is a great material, I love it in windows" 😂
BIG FAN
Don’t you just love his dry sense of humor !
Yea, glass in windows is a trend that's here to stay, all the best designers are using it
I'm dying!!😂
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"You guys really loved this the first time, because apparently there's nothing more fun or funny than class warfare" I DIED 😂🤣💀💀
You can NEVER have too many fireplaces. 😍
That made me audibly lol
Here’s the thing about glass coffee tables- if you have an intricate Persian (or other) hand knitted rug, glass tables are really cool because they emphasize the rug. Ironically these tables are usually paired with really boring rugs!
THIS! I collect antique rugs (they're all genuine and my house is decidedly a No Shoes Zone) and most of my tables are skinny-legged and glass-topped so the details of the rugs aren't obscured. It's very much not practical, and they do take a lot of cleaning even in a kid-free household, so it's decidedly *a choice*. But if you enjoy the aesthetic it's worth it!
(I'm kinda torn between wanting persian rugs to come back in fashion but also wanting the prices for antiques and second hand ones to remain within my normal person budget tbh xD let the rich stick with their boring beige area rugs! xD)
@@quantumphysicax9004 Right?! I LOVE my woven wool rug (which I bought for a song) - the center medallion is exquisite and I don’t want it obscured by a tabletop. I, too, am praying these rugs remain unloved for the time being - at least until my decorating aspirations are realized!!!
As a young but poor bride a long time ago, when purchasing our first set of furniture, we opted for glass coffee table, why? Because if you live in a tiny space, the glass opens up the room. Visually it makes the room a lot more airy, and I enjoyed that. Just be sure not to buy anything with sharp corners. But I didn't find cleaning it to be a chore, even with a toddler around, a squirt of Windex and a paper towel and in under a minute it is clean. It is the easiest thing of all materials to clean.
They are very easy to clean, and durable, on the plus side.
Those vanity mirrors that utubers use. Firstly, a rechargeable mirror? And why can we not get the lighting right in any bathroom space. Why is it you enter some bathroom spaces with wonderful lighting so wonderful you’ll never want to leave, other lighted bathroom spaces are too dark or make it look like the life is drained out of you. Half the bath is cool lights, the other half warm. Still not right.🙄How to fix this?Video please!
I'm with you. Ever since I replaced the cardboard in my windows with glass, I've got a new outlook! Love your channel!
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I've been a commercial designer for 25 years. Those large, sculptural over sized sectional sofas really were originally designed for commercial spaces.
Thank you! 👏
Yeah like airport lounges.
Or a resort lounge, while you are waiting to check in but still keep a fashionable distance from the other guests.
And they’re tacky!!
Imagine having to clean inside the couch folds of a Togo couch used in a public space 🤮
“Just because you can, doesn’t mean that you should”. I think this quote can apply perfectly to design😅
Like people wearing tight leggings or pajamas in public. Should be illegal. Sadly, it is not. Ewwwwww
It also applies to artificial intelligence ;)
We use that a lot in the ICU as well. We see so many "shouldn'ts" it's very depressing at times. I loved this video!
This should be used world wide for everything
And to a lot of other things in life.
Always spot on with your awesome sense of humor. lol. ‘’Let them eat bone broth.” ‘’’It looks like a sharpe.” “Dorm room fancy.” “I love glass in windows.”
I'm SO glad you mentioned the bowl full of lemons in every kitchen. Either they are fake, or the folks don't care that everyone can see the evidence of their lemonade addiction. Also loved the "let them eat bone broth" - the delivery was perfect.
Best part, for my friend, they're fake _and_ she happily shows off her lemon addiction lol.
or simply people who are cooking themselves and using fresh lemon juice for most recipes - it’s just giving every dish a great kick of a taste which is why I and most people i know have lots of fresh lemons in their kitchen - summertime hit: drizzle fresh lime or lemon juice on an ice cold watermelon - best summer refresher ever…
Lol like who as it, Dakota Something, not the blonde one, and her bowl of limes. 🤣
It's for the lemon water breakfast. It's just mandatory.
Why is it weird to keep a bowl of lemons and not a bouquet of flowers?
Nick, I need you to know that I cackled so loudly at 'Let them drink bone broth' that my roommate thought a bird had gotten into our apartment.
I love that! 🐦
Same lol
That is too funny! Thanks for sharing!
I did too! Scared the neighbours.
@@Nick_Lewis Beautiful understated delivery that could almost be missed. 🤣
Just becasue we're jealous of their budget, doesn't mean we're wrong about their
taste. Love your takes, Nick!
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Rich people always have tacky taste.
Tastes are subjective, one can't really be objectively right nor wrong about someone's taste. I think at the end of the day it's their home, doesn't really matter what we think as long as they felt comfortable in it.
Tax the rich. The existence of "billionaire" on the same planet as "homeless" is an obscenity that needs to be abolished.
With regards to the “centipede sofa” I wouldn’t want that many folks in my home all at once!!!🤣
And they are terribly ugly, too🫣
So, you’re saying I shouldn’t have a Tom Ford book on my Noguchi table in front of my Togo Sofa?!?!?! 😜
Fine. I’m going to go take a bath in front of my bathroom fireplace! 😂
The DS600 sofa has many wonderful features: it is great for hiding remotes, looking like a Bundt cake, playing "find the money game", looking for the Matzah on Passover, and resting tush cheeks very precariously.
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Looks like a puffer jacket.
the designated afikomen hiding place!
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@@jadea.2694 OH! it so does! AHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! 💕💕💕💕
I would put a Nick Lewis coffee table book in my home. The quotes that would be in that book - priceless.
Exactly entertaining and original
Yes! Please! We need a Dis on Design book!
Agreed!
My God… please make this book!! I’ll buy it!!
Yes please.
I was taking care of an elderly man who just passed away and he left me his entire house of mid century danish furniture he bought in the 60s and 70’s. Tons of it so now I have to redo my new place using this amazing stuff! I’m so excited!
Listen, 😂 I'm from south Florida and the "too many fireplaces" thing is on point. There are so many overpriced new homes in Miami or Fort Lauderdale with fireplaces in cities where it never snows. They're pointless and completely impractical. They'll make your home unbearable in those climates. Someone needs to say it. I'm glad you did.
My old Florida Home had a fireplace that was utilized once between 1998 and 2022 (25 years)!
My mom lives in coastal Texas and has used her fireplace exactly once in 23 years
I grew up in Miami with a fireplace in our home. We actually did use it at least once a year to roast marshmallows and that primitive desire to stare into flames. Once my mom let us light it in the summer and yes, it was awful lol. But some days can get to 50 degrees and when you're used to 85°+, a fireplace is so fun.
An average Florida home, has more fireplaces, than an average home in Minnesota. I’ve lived in both.
I can't help but notice so many news items there are about the strangeness of Florida (vicious alligators on golf courses), I can't believe it is part of the United States. It does seem illogical to have fireplaces there. And elections.
I think so many people bought that Tom Ford book just for the black and white cover. It fits the whole monochrome minimalist look that was so popular. I bet most people didn’t even crack the spine on it.
You know, if you wanna make a buck, I suppose you could start a side hustle selling book covers without the actual book. Get some stock patterns, some random letters, or change it to "Dom Fort" to avoid a lawsuit. This whole coffee table book thing is just craziness, wtf are people doing, buying big fat books just for the boring cover?
@@katego370 Yes.
I think that's a pretty genius business plan ;)
@@hypotheticalmoggy Aliexpress already sell those...
the book is indeed wonderful. you can learn about tf's career, his old folks, his internship in France, and all the great collections he created. anyone whose interested in culture would love to have it on hand, or in their coffee table, so it's always within reach
"Let them drink bone broth" needs to be scrawled across a line art print depicting Gwyneth skiing 🎉
Bowls full of lemons😅😅😅
Hahaha gold
I need it on a t-shirt in a really beautiful font with GP as Marie Antoinette, maybe in a quickly-drawn sketch style with watercolor.
@sorscha I am waaaay late to the party watching this video but omg! your comment is gold!! I swear you would sell thousands of t-shirts and all art. I hope you follow through with this business idea. And….l really did laugh out loud when I read your text. Thanks :) !!
"Let them drink bone broth" just killed me, I am now dead 🤣
I didn't know the togo sofa was actually a sofa. I thought they were designer beanbags 😂
Gwyneth being our modern day Marie Antoinette. Yes, exactly! 😂
This was the absolute perfect comparison!
Yeah and look what happened to her!😅
"Let them drink bone broth"
But saying everyone doesn’t like her is a bit pretentious itself 🤔 and then proceed to say he likes her as if it’s a privilege to her 😅
Gwyneth P is one of those PERFECT LIFE people who are so irritating. Martha Stewart was one but she had the good fortune to be sent to prison and is now fine. Anyway, nice that you’re over all the GP hatred 👏
“I was there…it wasn’t great” this is how I feel about early 2000’s fashion coming back lol
Yes!! When I saw my 22-23 year old cousins wearing Nike Dunks I about choked on my drink lol (not hating Dunks actually, it was more surprise ha)
😂 'there's nothing more fun than class warfare' so true. There's a British UA-camr called shabaz says who leans heavy into that, with things like re-containering, decor and other nasty aspirational trends. I think you'd enjoy it! I think us brits particularly like to poke fun at rich people choices. Also, side note in England even tiny 2up 2downs have a fireplace in every room because they're victorian 😮
I always understood that so many weird things about English decor was due to the lack of heat and indoor toilets, which is why Brits are so full of themselves.
I mean that makes sense in the land of rain and fog, though. It’s cold and damp and you wanna fight that off and have every room be cozy warm. It does not make sense in someplace like Southern California or the Florida Keys where the coldest they traditionally get is 75f in the dead of winter.
Being someone who ignores trends and decorates my home to my own taste and comforts - these crazy rich folks can do whatever, does not affect me at all. When I was married 40 years ago we dug some furniture out of MIL attic that had belonged to my husband's grandmother. She was married in 1905 so I have almost all my home furnished in the mission style oak that was popular in 1905. I love the simple lines of it and I love the look of OAK. My husband loves living with furniture that he has lived with his entire life.
I love mission style so much! My house is a cool mish mash of things we really like. We are in a smallish 1925 house in Massachusetts. The house looks like it was built as things were moving from bungalow style to colonial-like the builder couldn’t decide 😂 So ya’ we are pretty eclectic. Jealous of your real mission furniture!
The Tom Ford book has become the design equivalent of the phrase “She let out a breath she didn’t know she was holding.” that pops up in way too many books. I’ve turned it into a game like Where’s Waldo, knowing it’s going to be there somewhere. I’m convinced it just a binding filled with blank white pages. 😂
The Tom Ford book looked at Gwyneth Paltrow through hazy binding and let out a breath of dust it didn't know it was holding 😅.
Fun fact: books do in fact breath.
@@Kathywake23 …to cool her cup of bone broth. 😆
Everytime I see that book I die a little inside,,, at this point having that book says I don't care about books but I won't people to think I do so. And I have no original creativity.
it is actually. I just googled it's a "decorative book" and they basically just sell you an expensive journal with some famous persons name on the binding.
Someone should recreate the book cover with John Ford and see if anyone notices. And.. kerplunk.
In this episode of Home Decor That Needs to Go, Nick begs celebrities to develop interests and personalities
Hahaha!!
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I had a low-brow version of a glass coffee table growing up. My sister and I were playing “floor is lava” and she jumped through it. Needless to say, it wasn’t pretty. I have bad feelings about glass coffee tables too.
Every item of furniture needs to be at least strong enough to have an adult stand on it, or sit down on it suddenly. If it can't handle that, it's not safe to have in a house with people.
Totally agree! My mother was an Interior Designer in the 70's and 80's and she LOVED modern/contemporary furniture. All her furniture was low to the ground, very uncomfortable, and impossible to get in and out of. She also loved glass tables! My mom was always running around with a bottle of Windex and a wad of paper towels.
I'm so relieved Nick approves of glass in our windows 🤣❤️
Here in New England old large homes (not mansions) often have fireplaces in almost every room. It’s cold here. They were necessary for heat in this cold climate before modern insulation, double pane windows, and central heating. We keep them because they are part of history and can make a room feel very cozy. I do love this video, though, and I agree with you on so many points. Maine is a very different world from California.
That is what I say and I agree as well.
Totally agree. Keep the fireplaces, which I suspect are beautiful.
Says the person whomhasnt watched any news dor the last 4 months, with townsnthat have had 60 feet of snow fall on them in the Sierras. Yes that is in California. We are not all L.A.
It's the same in Philadelphia. Homes that predate central heating from the 18th to the mid to late 19th century often had a fireplace in every room possible based on the grade of housing.
@@jaimetarne9436 Very true. I often forget about Northern California. When I think of California I admittedly instantly think of LA, bikinis, and Hollywood mansions. California is a large state, though. I’m sure you also have older homes with lots of fireplaces where you are.
I fell in love with the Togo sofa, not knowing it’s a Thing. It’s super practical for small apartments because you can move it around if you need space. It weight nothing. But the price is steep for a glorified bean bag. And if I could afford a bigger space I would not even consider it as a sofa choice.
Every time I watch UA-cam videos of multi million dollar homes, I want to know who told super rich people that bookmatched marble on every surface of every kitchen & bathroom is chic. Congratulations: your house now looks like a hotel. You have achieved the cohesion of an upscale Marriott.
I also don’t understand those weird giant pivot doors, and I roll my eyes when a kitchen has hidden cabinets. I live in an 873 sq ft condo & even I can’t find stuff in my organized cabinets. Why would I want to then look for the cabinets themselves??
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I doubt they even use a quarter of their homes. So, I guess it doesn't have to be functional if it's basically just being used as some sort of museum to flex their wealth.
@@TheUpholsteryLibrary So many houses here look like that! I envision a future California where all these “homes” are turned into boutique hotels. “Ooh, all the marble matches!”
Laughed out loud several times during this video...the Shar Pei dog sofa, the "let them eat bone broth" comment, and the Tom Ford book...spot on video! Thanks for keeping it real Nick!
Who is Tom
@@lynnesews9725 I don't know, but I guess he could only afFORD one book
The shar pei sofa and the earthworm chair.
People who think the 90's are cool, didn't live in the 90's. You are correct 😂❤
Next to the TF book will be an orange Hermes blanket. I also dry heave at Tracey Emin neon wall text light 'art' and even funnier, anything "by" (😂) Damien Hirst. Sheep, so many sheep.
Noguchi’s sculptures are beautiful and I’m fortunate to work at a museum that has his works. He’s story is sad but hopeful as he was put in a Japanese interment camp, but like you mentioned went on to be a designer and have a successful creative career.
The glass coffee tables are “cold”. We have one (not my purchase) and would love something a bit warmer. Just my opinion, as well.
Even if he physically went to an interment camp, he will never suffer as much as a black African American teen robbing CVS
This was fantastic and I completely agree about the coffee table books! It’s what everyone throws in to make their space look more expensive but it lacks originality. I want someone to put out vintage photo albums or family cookbooks. Show me who you are and what you enjoy, not just what someone told you will look good,
The family photo album, for sure. But the family cook book belongs in the kitchen.
I grew up in Ireland in a terraced house with three storeys that was built in 1900. It had 6 fireplaces, one each in the sitting room, dining room, and all four bedrooms. That was how our house was heated until my parents installed central heating. I used to have a fire lit in my bedroom when I was a student. My parents bought the house in 1962 for £2000. We were middle class, definitely not rich.
I just told my son....a house is where you are comfortable living in.i dont follow trends,i like pieces that has characters and comfy
For a while I lived in London in my FIL's house and it was in their family for 5 generations. It was Stone and the bathroom had been added in the basement. The back of the house had holes in the stones where it had been straiffed in WW2. It was cold & damp after living in a warm, cozy house in the USA.Anyway - it too was heated by fireplaces but my FIL preffered to burn coal instead of wood - smelled awful.
Thanks for injecting some context into this conversation!
just imagine the amount of stuff you can lose in the ds 600 couch cracks if every foot of couch has a couch crack
Oh the crumbs…
@@Nick_Lewis Oh, the loose change!!!
My dog cries every time her balls go under the couch in an intense game of fetch. I can just imagine how annoying it would be to fish them out of those cracks multiple times per hour.
The vacuuming!
I died at “couch crack”
I normally don't agree with these lists (from other channels) as I'm an incredibly picky and specific interior designer, but Dude.....YYYYAAASSSS!!!!! YOU. NAILED. IT!!!!!!! Oh my gosh, let's design a house together!! I think we're kindred spirits 😍😍😍
Your content on interior design has been exactly what I was looking for! Thanks for taking us through it and breaking things down from your perspective. It's helping me articulate my style a lot more succinctly which is going to help with my own home reno projects.
I grew up with coffee table books on Pompeii. As a kid, I remember always opening them to look at pictures of the landscape and the ruins. It fascinated me and piqued my interest in ancient civilizations. Today, as an adult, my coffee table book is a gorgeous book of old maps of Manhattan, but I love the history of New York. I find it infinitely more interesting than these Tom Ford/Chanel books that are there because they were styled and not because someone genuinely likes it. I find my guests genuinely curious about the map book and they tend to open it. It always creates conversation about the history of Ny.
People need GOOD coffee table books 💗💗💗
My first reaction with the centipede sofa was how uncomfortable and precarious it looks. If I had to sit on it I'd be waiting for it to separate and land me on the floor. If it somehow managed to stay together then I'd still be sitting in a crevice. I didn't like doing that as a kid when I was stuck between the grownups at someone's house and I'm certainly not going to do it now that I'm the bleeping grown up.
Or being the kid who had to sit between the seats in the car.
It reminds me of a package of brown and serve pull-apart rolls you'd pick up at the grocery store.
I felt same way about the Togo sofa until I ran into one at a furniture store. I still wouldn't pick it for me, but I was surprised by how well crafted it was and was comfy to sit upright in (just don't try reclining). One of those items that makes more sense in person than in photos.
Finally someone speak up about these “on trend” furnishings! It might have looked cool when it first came out, but seeing EVERY single blogger decorate their space with the same look, it’s just tedious and not original
As a former bio major, that first sofa just reminds me of a lipid layer 😅
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Or streptococcus!
My favorite thing to do when I see the Chanel book at someone's house is to bring up the 'fun' fact that she was a Nazi informant/sympathizer who used those connections to build the business. Usually shows how little they actually know about the person. Use books you actually know stuff about for your decor
Bravo!
I heard that recently, and did not know. You make an excellent point.
Wow! Thanks for sharing. I'm not into designer anything, but it's an interesting fact.
Ya, but that was a lot of people in Europe at that time because they didn't want to be persecuted. Take Hugo Boss as well. I also read Chanels nephew was put in a camp and she was using her connections to get him out.
@@thedoublea147 that's also an interesting point
Thanks Nick.
I really enjoy hearing your opinion and how you can say you dislike something without making it a personal critique.
That must be an essential skill, along with gentle redirection, in the design business.
That fireplace she had in the dining room is cool and the paper too. Loved it.
Thank you for calling out the intestine sofa! It gives big anatomy class energy and that vibe only works at serial killer houses 👀
I saw the weirdest fireplace the other day. It was double sided…oh la la…between the master bedroom and ensuite. Not showcasing a nice soaker tub or something, just the toilet. That’s right, anyone in the bedroom could watch their partner take a dump. But a fancy dump, over fire. 😂
You are wonderful and I LOVE your humor. If I could have dinner with you I think I would enjoy every second! Thanks for these great chats and the info, of course!
Loved this video! Especially the books and sofas! I quit buying sofas b/c everytime I have guests, they always headed for the chairs, lol! Another that I don't like is the round mirror tray with the gold or platinum metal sides. I do love books from Amazon for my guest bedrooms that are about beautiful gardens, stunning patios, amazing tree houses, unknown beautiful places, and cultural manners of other countries (i.e., never ask for a to-go bag in a restaurant in France, arguing in public is illegal in Dubai, and your OTCs like Benedryl are illegal in Mexico). Thank you for bringing these videos! Someone has to SAY it!
My mom’s house in Brooklyn, built in 1892, for middle class folks, has 4 floors. Two fireplaces per floor, because it was built just before steam heat was a thing. The fireplaces used to be for coal or gas, but not wood. They’re closed up now. Mom bought it for $27k in 1968.
Wanna sell?
I'll double the purchase price 😂👍
Which neighborhood? If I may be so bold.
Will be hard to isolate😊
Yes, I love those old homes with a lot of fireplaces, bc they had a purpose. 🔥
Oh wow!!!! The house sounds beautiful!!!!!!!
I vote for Aesop hand soap for the next round of these videos. I swear I see it in literally EVERY SINGLE BATHROOM on any AD tour, magazine, catalog, etc. I'll admit i like the aesthetic but it's becoming like a drinking game for me. Which is great because I would need to take few shots before buying $45 hand soap.
I'm from Melbourne (where Aesop originated) and feel mostly the same - it's everywhere!! But I also feel a tiny bit of pride that something Aussie is desirable enough to make it to design mags 😊
Then again we all know it’s just the bottle, refilled with soap from ALDI ;-)
And Hermes blankets. And even funnier, deVOL-style navy blue kitchen cupboards with gold fixtures and much white. People are so into sniffing everybody else's butts and then reproducing the odour so happily, so obediently.
I love my Aesop hand wash, treat to myself, yes I will refill it with other hand soap!
@@danadpt2012 The best hand wash in the world is a Sainsbury's supermarket own-brand one-- and they've gone and discontinued it. Story of my life.
Living in the UK in a Victorian terrace house I have 4 fireplaces, including one in the bathroom. Lots of old property has fireplaces cos it was the only way of heating a home. They are an architectural feature and structurally important in weight bearing in properties - and many of the fireplaces are beatifully carved or with fine metalwork, marble and tiles.
Haven't finished watching the video yet, but had to come in here to tell you that you are AMAZING Nick!!! Watching your videos and hearing you talk feels like listening to my best friend, it would be so much fun to sit and have coffee with you while discussing interior design ❤
This episode's particularly dry and I ADORE IT. Every other sentence you've said needs to be on merch 😂😂😂
My biggest problem with glass tables is that they’re super breakable. When I was a kid, my parents had a glass cafe table. One night I put both of my elbows on it when I was doing my homework and it broke in two. I got in trouble as if I’d done it on purpose. I’ve hated any and all glass furniture ever since.
When you have kids, having a glass coffee table is not a good idea...
My family had a glass table when I was little. According to my parents, I crawled on top of it and broke it
I fell on a glass coffe table (i have very weak ankles and I rolled one over simply walking back to the sofa). I spent the night at the ER with doctors taking shards out of my back
I had a 150kg guy stand on my noguchi table 😄.
@@Cuiositycola I learned that the hard way back in the 80's. Not kid friendly.
Agreed on every single point as always. Glad that someone can speak it out! Thanks Nick 🎉
I actually love the Togo sofa but your opinion wasn’t wrong either 😂 I’m SO glad you said something on the Tom Fords books. I feel like a coffee book should be something either personal or a unique interesting topic. Every influencer and rich celebrity has the same exact coffee table books.
Hilarious. Every time I see a Chanel book or Hermes throw (your last video) I chuckle. Thank you for giving us your opinions in a snarky but relatable way. :)
I have a huge Aubrey Beardsley book I got for a buck fifty at a thrift shop. It has the Lysistrata illustrations, which are very naughty and hilarious. That is a coffee table book.
Protest song: Hey hey! Ho ho! The Hermes throw has got to go, Hey hey! ....
Taschen publishing house has some beautifully designed books that can be used as coffee table books. I’m a big fan of their collection from the library of esoterica. Another great place to get coffee books are museums gift shops. There are often a lot of different books on a range of topics: art, art history, architecture, fashion, history and other things. They are usually also beautifully designed.
Taschen books are also quite affordable for the quality.
YES!! I love film noir and I recently got one about it and the cover is a shot from the movie Double Indemnity. It looks great stacked over some other cool books I've been collecting from eBay and charity shops.
My daughter just spent a stupid amount on engineering text books. I'm thinking they would not only look amazing but are definitely relevant and when opened are intimidating enough to quiet a room. A triple threat.
@@carla.c Agree - film noir , Double Indemnity & curated books that mean something to us !
@@dennischiapello3879 Yes! And occasionally they go on sale
Love your honesty! Thx.
I just found your channel and love it. I also love fireplaces because my grandparents had them in every room in their home that was built during the Revolutionary War. There was one in the basement that wasn't real and was built as a 'hideout' to protect people from the British. It was so well integrated with the other fireplaces you would never know it wasn't real. :)
My husband and I are into birding.......yes, we are " bird nerds"😂 so on my coffee table are beautiful bird books! love you, Nick❤
I'm pretty sure the Tom Ford book belongs to the photo stylist and not the homeowners, but it gives me an idea for a new business: selling fake coffee table books that are custom printed in the style of the Tom Ford book, but with the owner's own name on the spine.
Love this idea!
Your Gwyneth riff was too funny!! 😄
I actually went into a deloitte office building once for a job and they had the togo sofa in the waiting area so you’re spot on hahaha
Laughed so hard at this…though I must say I have had my Noguchi table for well over 20 years and I am not getting rid of it. It’s a classic, super durable, perfect for a smaller space and has withstood the trends over the past 20 years! Sometimes good design is just good!
Yes very iconic shape.
One glass piece I wouldn’t get rid of either. Classic piece and I love mine also!! So many weird looks I got from family and friends but I didn’t care
i tried the lemons in a bowl in my kitchen...once. I thought they would be fresh looking and fragrant. They got moldy and dried out in two, three days and into the trash they went. Wasted. I also have noticed the Tom Ford book, everywhere. So overdone. Love your channel Nick!!
How did they spoil so fast? I never had lemon spoil unless it was already cut into and think they generally last a long time. Either way, no reason to have lemons if you dont actively use them for something
Right!! Fresh fruit as decor. It does ripen, mold and it does rot. And if you're using it, the carefully crafted pile in the bowl rapidly shrinks and looks like what it is: fruit waiting to be used in a not-too-aesthetic way. Fake, faux, phoney is the only way to go. If you're going to use fresh fruit as decor, either have an unlimited budget to keep replacing it or be prepared to put up with the ever-shrinking supply in the artistically arranged vignette.
That is rare that lemons spoil so fast. Your house must be very humid or something. And in spiritual circles, they would say that means you have negative energy in your home.
Fake lemons in a sealed glass cannister. No mold, no food waste, no dust. Yeah it's not as nice as fresh produce, but definitely an upgrade from Mom's plastic fruit from the 70s.
That sounds weird. I live in a hot, humid, tropical climate and I've never had citrus go bad that fast on the counter. They last about a week at least.
"no one has a bowlful of lemons in their kitchen." I did, for a little while last year. My lemon tree had a bumper crop, and it took me a while to deal with it.
The section on fireplaces made me laugh a lot. In the UK, there are so many Victorian, Edwardian and 1930s houses that have fireplaces throughout because that was what was heating the home. So my very modest 2 bed terraced house had fireplaces in the sitting room, dining room and both bedrooms - or at least spaces where they were removed.
Spesking of fireplaces, in Denmark some People i last century put fald chimneys on the roof, because the more chimneys signaled more wealth
Fake chimneys. I hate Word control
The Togo sofa reminds me of blow up pool furniture. Also, crumbs. Everyone has crumbs and dust and the Togo is a crumb and dust collector.
What a great video! Not only was it entertaining, it made me laugh at myself! I bought the Chanel book and after a month I looked at it and said, “why did I buy this book”? Threw it in a drawer and now I display botanical books which I enjoy! Love your channel!
OMG! The Tom Ford book IS EVERYWHERE! 🤣So funny you mentioned that. (If you have a lemon tree, you DO have bowls of lemons around a lot!) Fun video. Thanks.
I do have a lemon bowl in the kitchen. I live in the Mediterranean.
"Some people are going to say I'm jealous, and yes, yes I am...but its still ugly"
Lmao THIS IS ME
Wonderful video as always. Love the comments about lemons used as decor. Whenever I like a kitchen that has prominently displayed lemons or oranges or a single magenta orchid, I’ve learned to put my finger over that spot of color. Almost always the kitchen suddenly looks sterile and generic.
OMG. That is such a simple litmus test hack to figure put whether a design inspiration would actually translate well into real life application! Thank you! Am currently trying to re-design my room and am soooo going to use this trick.
The DS600 sofa is sooo creepy. It was perfect in The Hunger Games, again, creepy. It says, "Welcome to my home, please leave."
Yes definitely goes with the tone of that movie.
I was thinking exactly the same about Togo sofa until I tried it! It’s very smart perfectly hug you it’s like someone is massaging you. It’s the most comfortable sofa I ever tried.
I'm living in my first place on my own and my favorite piece of furniture we bought was a hollow coffee table with pull-up tray from IKEA so we can actually keep our art books safe lol
The centipede sofa reminds me of a loaf of bread that got squished under all the other groceries. And the Togo looks like a tardigrade. Hahaha
In fur it would be the caterpillar sofa.
You just made made day with the tardigrade lol 😂
🤣 tardigrade?!? Good god, you're right!
I thought the white Togo looked like a strait jacket. Seriously. The other colors looked like gaming chairs, but at least they don't look like something you'd see in a locked ward.
“Let them drink bone broth” is hilarious 🤣. I am SO sick of seeing the Tom Ford and the Chanel books! I was waiting for you to mention the Hermes blanket. It is becoming just as ubiquitous. I think clothes, jewellery and home decor with luxury brand logos as the main design feature are just tacky and unimaginative and I hate them.
He mentioned the Hermes blanket in part 1!
Can we add the Prada poster to this list or should it have its own category?
I love beautifully made glass coffee tables and dining tables, just as I love them in wood. I do see an advantage in being able to see a thousand fingerprints so I can clean them off before I put my elbows on the table.😊
“What were we talking about?” lol! Love it!!!
Maybe you did this already, but a video in updating grandma’s home. I moved into a 18+ neighborhood that has a very high percentage of 75+ residents. When they moved in 24 years ago (late 1998-99) they brought in the 70s or 80s style that they were used too from their previous home. Lots of dried flowers, flower prints, flower furniture, etc., also pictures that consist of flowers or wild animals. They don’t want to spend money, so what are economical ways they can change to update and keep some of the things they love.
Maybe you can just sift through the decor to see what's worth keeping and sell or give away the rest? Especially the dried flowers that might not be in good shape by now. As for upholstered furniture, how about adding slip covers in a solid color? Or a large throw blanket?
I can relate, Nick. I, too, suffer from fireplace envy. 😂
I don't even watch interior design channels but you're so lovely I can't stop watching
Money doesn't buy class or taste. I love Nick's style. Clean lines, warm mid century mod vibe.
1. My Instagram targeted ads for Amazon were trying to sell me fake Tom Ford & Chanel books that were basically decorative cardboard boxes. So we're at fake LV sidewalk vendor level of knockoff with those 😂
2. The Togo couch is VERY comfortable. But the person I knew with one was a friend from highschool (re: a teenage boy) who's rich parents put one in his bedroom lmaoo
Books by the yard.
The Togo sofa looks like a catcher’s mitt 😂
Omg I’m dying. Your channel is the perfect mix of my loves - humour and design 😂❤ thank you!
Maybe there should be a Gwyneth Paltrow coffee table book. 😆
best comment here! haha
@@napoleonsdauphin Agree! lol!
And then there's Kramer's coffee table book that becomes...a coffee table 😆
Yes - a standby in case one should run out of kindling in the winter... 🤣
God no please don’t encourage her 😩
"Let them drink both broth" just made me choke on my decaf 🤣
The thing I hate most in rich houses is what I hate in general which is poor/ impractical design. For $Xmillion I want it to be gorgeous and practical and if it's not both why would I spend my hard earned lottery money on it!?
Oh my goodness 🙃 I have a Noguchi table that I love - I'm not rich, I saved for it. I was surprised at this one, I usually agree with your design tastes. On well 🤣
My favourite thing that rich people should get rid of, is greed.
This is such a fun video, but I must be poor because I I’ve never even heard of most of these things 😂
*Googles DS 600 sofa. Doesn't understand the usage of it. Agrees with Nick.*
Don't worry. Old money rich people haven't either. Those are the tastes of new money rich.
Great then I’ll pretend I’m old money
Making fun of rich people? I’m here for it!
the DS Sofa makes a lot of sense to me for lobbies or in high traffic areas, because you can also take a section out to clean/remove stains really easily without losing all the seating. It seems odd for a family/home setting.
Ok that’s a fabulous table!! I don’t like the glass but wooo that’s pretty!
I'm a commercial interior designer, and have to admit I love the Noguchi table. Honestly, I see the Eames lounge chair and ottoman way more, but also admit to loving it and many of the classic mid-century pieces. Are they played out? Perhaps, but they are versatile, and they don't always have to be styled like you live in a DWR catalog. That said, in a home, the Noguchi table is better suited to rooms that don't see lots of activity. 100% agree with you on everything else.
Agree on the Noguchi. Its also extremely practical ans can fit in a variety of shaped and size rooms. Can also break up otherwise boxy, heavy spaces
As a joke, I would recover an S&M book or something crazy like that in that Tom Ford book cover, just to see who’ll actually look inside it and get a surprise 😂😂 I just don’t think anyone really reads those coffee table books, they’re just for looks which to me is even worse cause they’re so expensive for no reason.
Even just the old school "Joy of S*x" from the 70s would be an eyebrow-raiser and nervous-chuckle-inducing piece. 😂 Especially if you purposefully invite someone who's a perpetual pearl-clutcher. 😂😂
If you do want a coffee table book I recommend thrift shops. They usually have at least a couple. And for less than five bucks.
Tom of Finland in Tom Ford covers.
Names being so similar it's an easy mistake to make
Oddly, coffee-table books are like tabletop roleplaying game books in that the company knows you're only going to buy a couple of these books over your lifetime, so they have a wild upfront cost cause they have to get the money from you somehow. But at least you can have fun with a Pathfinder or D&D book laying on your table lol
don't recover an s&m book, just double down and display Mapplethorpe and Helmut Newton books, lol.