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Lisa I love your design work. I am doing an addition to my home and working on blueprints now. I have recently married and my husband and I. have very different tastes... and I am trying to marry mine ( and my English and French antiques and art that is both contemporary and traditional) with his early American came across the prairies on a covered wagon aesthetic 😊 I am struggling with window placement for the addition and furniture placement of many of my things in the new additiono to NOT make the home feel disjointed. Can you help?
I made to scale furniture and floor plans before moving to a new house so I knew which furniture would even fit when I downsized - saved me a lot of hassle and moving furniture I couldn’t keep
This was very interesting and useful. One of my concerns, in life in general, is the removal of beauty from everything. From art, decor, architecture and even the post modern philosophy. Things are becoming soulless and the soul is vital.
All good information, but the video started out on track with the design mistakes, but then switched to talking about contemporary design, using most, if not all, of the "Home Decor Ideas That'll BLOW Your Mind!" video from 8 months ago. I just happened to watch that video a few days ago. Not sure if the editor accidentally picked up that footage or if it was purposeful. I would have liked to learn more about the design mistakes and how to fix them.
Have just moved from a big beach side contemporary Australian home to a big city apartment. So great to start again- my focus is a really good size terrace, looking at my greenery. Glad I'm on the right track, not having too much furniture or focal points. Thanks Lisa!
Thank you for sharing valuable and essential information on interior design for small spaces! It would be great to see more videos geared towards small spaces!
I know nothing about home decorating. Ours is a collection of old handed-down mixed with whatever we found at flea markets and yard sales. Our tiny bungalow, built in 1947, has been collecting tchotchkes for 30 years. We are finally paring-down! I appreciate your education and wisdom. I don't want our kids to have to go through what we did!😢😢
Home decorating is simply a matter of contrasting colors, shapes, fabrics, materials (woods, metals, stones), and lighting. You could mix a new piece or two with what you already have. Love the fact you are pairing down. Decluttering was a game changer for me. 😊
Love your content, but did I miss something? You started with general design mistakes-too many little framed pictures, then everything was about contemporary design only. Also, when/where do you recommend using small framed artwork?
Love it. Lisa, can you please do a video on classy photography artwork? Not where to buy it but what comes across as classy. Many art videos show a lot of abstract brushstrokes and just mention photography. So much on gallery walls is more about the hanging arrangement and frame style. I do my own Photoshop pics and discovered that even with random gallery walls, thought can be put into arranging B&Ws in value across the space or needing more negative space within the picture if you have a large number of pics in the gallery wall. The angles and perspectives of buildings in separate photos don’t often work together so they may need a little skewing to work together. I’ve had to crop photos a lot to get the best out of pics but I used to think what’s in the photo had to stay in it. I take out any tech, cars and people to make timeless pics and adjust the value levels, especially lowering the mid range to create a vintage feel. I also look at changing the colours before going to B&W so the tones look better. A lot of greens and blue tones don’t look great in B&W. The undertones in B&Ws can vary so I make sure they’re as close as possible and don’t print the big prints until I’ve compared them on a 8”x12” or whatever the ratio is. I also have a list of all my frame and mat sizes so when I go to manipulate a new photo it’ll be the right size to print and I’ll do variations on each photo e.g. a watercolour, B&W, sepia, landscape and portrait so I can change move the pic around the house and update it to feel fresh. I also work on the print in several sizes and ratios to fit several frames.❤
So I have a really great video on understanding how to compose a gallery wall that would help you… It’s how to consider the content of an image against other images and how to line it up so it all works up in the space. Take a look for that video and see if that doesn’t help you out a little bit because you’re thinking along the same Lines as I’m talking about in the video.🙌🏼👍🏻
Yes, I found out years ago that the light bulbs change the wall colors. My walls were cool pale blue. Incandescent light bulbs turned them muddy green! I switched out all the bulbs with cool daylight bulbs and my rooms were beautiful crystal blue again.
Hi Lisa, was there a mistake with the editing? It started as design mistakes and then finished with your design styles from awhile back. Would love to see more of the design mistakes .
@ Learned the hard way, lol! Finally after 30 years have a house with a dining room scaled to the dining table and chairs that I bought three decades ago! ❤️
I made a little furniture pieces to scale with Legos. It was kind of fun. Moved things around all over the place. I loved Legos as a kid. But I’m old, Legos back then were blocks and that was it. None of the fancy things they have now. But I like the good old-fashioned Legos.
I bought a sofa too quickly. It fits in the space just fine I had measured. But I hate that thing. But it cost me so much money and I don’t want to just get rid of it. But one of these days I probably will. Sell it for a major loss on craigslist or something. but there’s not a lot of choice in my town and everything was so huge that I was just thrilled to find something that would actually fit in my little living room. So it was kind of an impulse spy.
The artwork photos are good examples of what looks good; there’s only one with truly tiny frames which don’t work. The ONE big frame looks more modern. I liked almost all the others, especially good for maximalists who don’t like a modern look.
I'm a fan of bauhaus Design for over 40 years. If I won the lottery, there would be a barcelona chair in my home for sure!!!!!😅 Greetings from Germany 😊
Ahhhh contemporary ❤ I love all movement and stages of it. The forefathers of contemporary design to me were like the fairy godfathers of incredible taste
my living room is too small not to have the love seat against the wall / one corner is wired for the TV and there are 2 walls , one has a cutout for the window
Ok, a couple of things. Not all of us know how to do that paper scale thingy. Teach us. I could Google I guess but i'm lazy and would rather hear it from you. Second, I have looked until my eyes have bled, Okay not literally. I am trying to find out how to balance tall items in a small house. I have a hutch. I have a secretary and I have a quite tall electric fireplace in a nine hundred plus square place. I love all of these items , but it feels a bit cluttered. Does that mean I have to let go of something or can it be arranged differently. Fireplace is in the living room, and the hutch and secretary are in the dining room. I have a large couch and 2 wingback chairs in LR too. Help me!
The ridiculous "don't put furniture against walls" rule only works for huge American McMansions etc. Most people in the world live in smaller spaces where there isn't room for that.
#3 Paint. So true. Even the talented Timothy Corrigan painted one room 3 different times just to get the right yellow, so he could pay homage to Nancy Lancaster’s iconic yellow room. I don’t have his budget or his talent, but he is so inspiring. It’s at the 10:30 mark ua-cam.com/video/HoVSaxiidOk/v-deo.htmlsi=ld04jEMLfwuie_pU and he could easily have edited out his “paint confession”.
One huge art piece is fine if that suits your esthetic, but groupings might be the vibe for someone else and can feel more cozy and less like a museum or 'model home' you are marketing. Lighting - complete agreement on that point. Unless the rooms are huge with 10'+ ceilings and foot traffic can accommodate it - furniture away from the walls rarely works in medium to large size normal living rooms. This video feels recycled and 2 topics patched together. .
Nice work here Lisa! Lots of great information for renovators. I wish I had you in 2016 when o started demo Reno of a kitchen and two bathrooms. It would have been nice to have a person not on the contractors or architects side. As for decor I visited the coooer Hewitt museum in nyc with my children for a school project. I really appreciate William morris wallpaper and Tiffany lamps and patterns on rugs and upholstery. Not so much curtains though. I had clay tiles made for my stove backsplash a four seasons theme. It makes me think everytime I look at it while slaving over my concoctions. I had clay tiles designed for the master bath to echo a dogwood tree outside the window. They are grey black and white. No colors. And a medallion for the ceiling light in the shower also designed by a clay artist. I have no regrets and I don’t care about what anyone else thinks. I like it I look at it. Make it your joy!
⭐ Want Help With Your Home? Check Out My GAME-Changing Course here: www.thedezignermethod.com . or say 'HELP" at: hello@lisaholt.com and I'll send you more info!😍
Lisa I love your design work. I am doing an addition to my home and working on blueprints now. I have recently married and my husband and I. have very different tastes... and I am trying to marry mine ( and my English and French antiques and art that is both contemporary and traditional) with his early American came across the prairies on a covered wagon aesthetic 😊 I am struggling with window placement for the addition and furniture placement of many of my things in the new additiono to NOT make the home feel disjointed. Can you help?
Cannot tell you how insanely useful your posts are! Love the historical grounding too ❤
So glad they're helpful!
I made to scale furniture and floor plans before moving to a new house so I knew which furniture would even fit when I downsized - saved me a lot of hassle and moving furniture I couldn’t keep
This was very interesting and useful. One of my concerns, in life in general, is the removal of beauty from everything. From art, decor, architecture and even the post modern philosophy. Things are becoming soulless and the soul is vital.
I agree. It’s important to bring soulfulness into our homes.
You should be hitting 1,000,000+ followers… knowledgeable, engaging, dynamic
Love how informational you are! And so fun too! Love
I'm so glad you enjoyed it! 😊
All good information, but the video started out on track with the design mistakes, but then switched to talking about contemporary design, using most, if not all, of the "Home Decor Ideas That'll BLOW Your Mind!" video from 8 months ago. I just happened to watch that video a few days ago. Not sure if the editor accidentally picked up that footage or if it was purposeful. I would have liked to learn more about the design mistakes and how to fix them.
I noticed that too. Recognized the “old video” tacked onto the new video. Disappointing. (And seems a little desperate.)😢
Have just moved from a big beach side contemporary Australian home to a big city apartment. So great to start again- my focus is a really good size terrace, looking at my greenery. Glad I'm on the right track, not having too much furniture or focal points. Thanks Lisa!
Thank you for sharing valuable and essential information on interior design for small spaces! It would be great to see more videos geared towards small spaces!
I agree! I'll keep that in mind for future videos.
You just make me laugh. That is why I watch your channel. Thx for the smiles.
You're most welcome! Thanks for watching.
I know nothing about home decorating. Ours is a collection of old handed-down mixed with whatever we found at flea markets and yard sales. Our tiny bungalow, built in 1947, has been collecting tchotchkes for 30 years. We are finally paring-down! I appreciate your education and wisdom. I don't want our kids to have to go through what we did!😢😢
Home decorating is simply a matter of contrasting colors, shapes, fabrics, materials (woods, metals, stones), and lighting. You could mix a new piece or two with what you already have. Love the fact you are pairing down. Decluttering was a game changer for me. 😊
It’s a great idea to create a space that’s easier to care for.
Love the history lessons ❤
Great advice.
Lisa is the best on YT in the category of design advice! ❤
Aw, thanks so much! 🙏
The lighting recommendation is a great tip. I’m definitely going to use it!
Thanks for the great advice. You made so many valid points. You have also sent me down a rabbit hole, researching Bauhaus.
I love learning about different design styles!
What A fab lesson/ inspiration! Thanks!❤
You're very welcome! I'm so glad you found it helpful!
Neck issues in our family and need the support of the sofa against the wall. Suggestions on how to help this?
Love your content, but did I miss something? You started with general design mistakes-too many little framed pictures, then everything was about contemporary design only. Also, when/where do you recommend using small framed artwork?
I watched 3x and thought I was going crazy 😂
Thought it was just me.
Love it. Lisa, can you please do a video on classy photography artwork? Not where to buy it but what comes across as classy. Many art videos show a lot of abstract brushstrokes and just mention photography. So much on gallery walls is more about the hanging arrangement and frame style. I do my own Photoshop pics and discovered that even with random gallery walls, thought can be put into arranging B&Ws in value across the space or needing more negative space within the picture if you have a large number of pics in the gallery wall.
The angles and perspectives of buildings in separate photos don’t often work together so they may need a little skewing to work together. I’ve had to crop photos a lot to get the best out of pics but I used to think what’s in the photo had to stay in it. I take out any tech, cars and people to make timeless pics and adjust the value levels, especially lowering the mid range to create a vintage feel. I also look at changing the colours before going to B&W so the tones look better. A lot of greens and blue tones don’t look great in B&W. The undertones in B&Ws can vary so I make sure they’re as close as possible and don’t print the big prints until I’ve compared them on a 8”x12” or whatever the ratio is.
I also have a list of all my frame and mat sizes so when I go to manipulate a new photo it’ll be the right size to print and I’ll do variations on each photo e.g. a watercolour, B&W, sepia, landscape and portrait so I can change move the pic around the house and update it to feel fresh. I also work on the print in several sizes and ratios to fit several frames.❤
So I have a really great video on understanding how to compose a gallery wall that would help you… It’s how to consider the content of an image against other images and how to line it up so it all works up in the space. Take a look for that video and see if that doesn’t help you out a little bit because you’re thinking along the same Lines as I’m talking about in the video.🙌🏼👍🏻
No oil paintings, engravings, lithography?
I live in conteporery (-ish) flat but deep down I love, love, love art nouveau. And I love Lisa´s videos 🙂
Love your videos Lisa! I learn so much!
Thank you, Lisa 🎉🎉
Yes, I found out years ago that the light bulbs change the wall colors. My walls were cool pale blue. Incandescent light bulbs turned them muddy green! I switched out all the bulbs with cool daylight bulbs and my rooms were beautiful crystal blue again.
Hi Lisa, was there a mistake with the editing? It started as design mistakes and then finished with your design styles from awhile back. Would love to see more of the design mistakes .
Thank you for more helpful tips! 😊
You're welcome! I hope you found something useful.
Measure, measure, measure. Do a cardboard cutout if you need to.
Absolutely, you’re right!
@ Learned the hard way, lol! Finally after 30 years have a house with a dining room scaled to the dining table and chairs that I bought three decades ago! ❤️
Am grateful for the Bauhaus movement.
I made a little furniture pieces to scale with Legos. It was kind of fun. Moved things around all over the place. I loved Legos as a kid. But I’m old, Legos back then were blocks and that was it. None of the fancy things they have now. But I like the good old-fashioned Legos.
Loving the longer video. More More More. You are fantastic. Adore your content.
Love from Canada
I bought a sofa too quickly. It fits in the space just fine I had measured. But I hate that thing. But it cost me so much money and I don’t want to just get rid of it. But one of these days I probably will. Sell it for a major loss on craigslist or something. but there’s not a lot of choice in my town and everything was so huge that I was just thrilled to find something that would actually fit in my little living room. So it was kind of an impulse spy.
The artwork photos are good examples of what looks good; there’s only one with truly tiny frames which don’t work.
The ONE big frame looks more modern. I liked almost all the others, especially good for maximalists who don’t like a modern look.
Great observations! I agree the size of the frame makes a difference.
Is this a re-release of previous video/s?!
It’s a reprised classic double feature
Thank you for sharing this video
Where did you get those gorgeous glasses (your specs)??!!!
I love this video!
Good informative video!
I'm a fan of bauhaus Design for over 40 years. If I won the lottery, there would be a barcelona chair in my home for sure!!!!!😅 Greetings from Germany 😊
Good choice! Me too!❤️
where can you find really nice floral slip covers
Question … if you want to do a wallpaper mural in an office, does it have to be over a beadboard bottom or can the mural be floor to ceiling?
Florida ceiling is fine. Just pay attention to your baseboard.
@@LisaHoltDesign Amen!
Ahhhh contemporary ❤ I love all movement and stages of it. The forefathers of contemporary design to me were like the fairy godfathers of incredible taste
Wondering how can we know what is our type if style for our home?
❤texture stories
Measure, measure, measure!! And don't forget that it has to fit through the dang door!
Doors can be removed😂❤
No link to your artwork video. 🤔
my living room is too small not to have the love
seat against the wall / one corner is wired for the TV and there are 2 walls , one has a cutout for the window
Ok, a couple of things. Not all of us know how to do that paper scale thingy. Teach us. I could Google I guess but i'm lazy and would rather hear it from you. Second, I have looked until my eyes have bled, Okay not literally. I am trying to find out how to balance tall items in a small house. I have a hutch. I have a secretary and I have a quite tall electric fireplace in a nine hundred plus square place. I love all of these items , but it feels a bit cluttered. Does that mean I have to let go of something or can it be arranged differently. Fireplace is in the living room, and the hutch and secretary are in the dining room. I have a large couch and 2 wingback chairs in LR too. Help me!
7:06 Design style evolution [KEEP]
The ridiculous "don't put furniture against walls" rule only works for huge American McMansions etc. Most people in the world live in smaller spaces where there isn't room for that.
#3 Paint. So true.
Even the talented Timothy Corrigan painted one room 3 different times just to get the right yellow, so he could pay homage to Nancy Lancaster’s iconic yellow room.
I don’t have his budget or his talent, but he is so inspiring.
It’s at the 10:30 mark
ua-cam.com/video/HoVSaxiidOk/v-deo.htmlsi=ld04jEMLfwuie_pU
and he could easily have edited out his “paint confession”.
One huge art piece is fine if that suits your esthetic, but groupings might be the vibe for someone else and can feel more cozy and less like a museum or 'model home' you are marketing. Lighting - complete agreement on that point. Unless the rooms are huge with 10'+ ceilings and foot traffic can accommodate it - furniture away from the walls rarely works in medium to large size normal living rooms.
This video feels recycled and 2 topics patched together.
.
Nice work here Lisa! Lots of great information for renovators. I wish I had you in 2016 when o started demo Reno of a kitchen and two bathrooms. It would have been nice to have a person not on the contractors or architects side. As for decor I visited the coooer Hewitt museum in nyc with my children for a school project. I really appreciate William morris wallpaper and Tiffany lamps and patterns on rugs and upholstery. Not so much curtains though. I had clay tiles made for my stove backsplash a four seasons theme. It makes me think everytime I look at it while slaving over my concoctions. I had clay tiles designed for the master bath to echo a dogwood tree outside the window. They are grey black and white. No colors. And a medallion for the ceiling light in the shower also designed by a clay artist. I have no regrets and I don’t care about what anyone else thinks. I like it I look at it. Make it your joy!
Number 2 came from people void of visual sense.
Fun history. Thank you Mid Century Modern - 😄
The Bauhaus developers should have been tried and sentenced for crimes against humanity.
🤦🏽
Lisa always starts out with great advice, but she always defaults to her same style.