I have a stacked stone fireplace in the family room and I still like it. I have no plans on replacing it but we are getting the room painted in the spring. The large window in that room has a valance with a pleated shade and I'm going to replace those. Right now I'm thinking of putting molding around the window and adding shutters.
I still like carpet in the bedroom- I live in very cold climate and like the cosy feel of it aesthetically as well as underfoot 😊. Love all the ideas and always look forwards to your videos.
Thank you for sharing your lovely design insights, @Garrett LeChic! As always, much appreciated!! Wishing you & all of your beloveds a wonderful 2025! 🙏🌿💐🌿🥰💚😘🌿💐🌿🙏
The "jump scare" at Tuscan lighting! 😲😂 Garrett, not only does your expert design advice keep bringing me back to your videos, but your sense of humor is like no other designer on UA-cam and always brightens my day. 😊
We were in the piping business so my 'Chandelier ' over my kitchen island was made from aged pipe. Love it. I love crystal too so that will be going into my bathroom and maybe the outdoor patio area.
I was waiting for the wall paper border 😂. I just moved into a new place to be close to my daughter because I am old. She redid everything because it was tragic before. She let me decide on everything and we tore out walls and turned a three bedroom into a two bed. I am in Florida and right on a big lake so we put sliders all across the front and I painted off white because I wanted light and bright. No carpet🎉.
Arden is a typical King Charles - they like to cuddle, be cuddled, look at you with sad doggie eyes and just in general be lovey - they are amazing visiting support companions in nursing homes and palliative care centres. I missed a few seconds so just looked up Tuscan light fixtures - that's what I have lol! Thanks Garrett, have a great week.
I'm the opposite I love neshes. I think it adds architectural design. I think it's better than straight corner walls which are kind of boring. I also think it makes the walls look taller.
Hi Garrett. My house was built in 2004. We moved in in 2006. My kitchen has those lights you were talking about. I hate them. But it’s a suite of lights- chandelier over the table. Two indent lights over the bar seating. And another over the sink. It’s overwhelming to figure out coordinating lighting for all of those areas in the kitchen. And I don’t like bare bulbs. And I don’t want a chandelier with little fabric shades. I don’t want anything I have to dust or clean all the time.
Sheers are the answer! You'll get daytime privacy AND light. Shades pulled at night will give you privacy if you want it. They're timeless, and affordable, too!
Have NEVER cared for Tuscan & i have a vintage crystal chandelier (clean with a product called Sparkle Plenty) & toned down the bright brass with a little brown shoe polish ( designer suggested)- ALWAYS look forward 2 ur new videos 😊!!
Great idea about the shoe polish. I have a chandelier in my entry that was the bright gold metal and hated it. Talk about looking dated. I took it down and took all they crystals off then painted it bronze. Added crystals back and rehung it and it is gorgeous. I also painted my black wrought iron stairwell bronze to match....love it!
Thank you Garry. Our apartment is 33 years old. We’ve renovated everything and got rid of a couple of niches, even in the small visit 1/2 rest room. I’d love to hang clean looking curtains as we had, but hubby hates the cloth as he says. They collect to much dust he says and hates it. We have shades but one piece like, not open and close kind. They were very expensive. ❤
My vinyl verticals clean very nicely and they're easy to keep playing I just use the damn cloth or Windex wipes and mine come out really clean. I've been here eight years now.
Im investing in window treatments I know I want linen blend sheers and either plantation shutters or curtains. I have a modern coastal cottage and either would suit I think but ones more maintenance.
My grandparents’ place was built in the 80s and I swear there’s at lease one drywall niche in every single room, and multiple in some of the larger rooms.
I have a rental on I live in a retirement community I have vertical vinyl blinds and they don't let us take them out. I did put curtains over my bedroom one because I like it dark and they do let light and so I do have some blackouts that I use in my bedroom over the blinds at night. I didn't want to put curtains on all the windows cuz I have to have them all the way over because I only have two windows and I like a lot of light coming in. They do have a strict requirement in her that if we do buy curtains they do have to be white on the back they want the street view to be all white in the windows.
Hello 👋 I worked for a wallpaper company in Boston exclusively for interior designers and man the boarders and wallpaper was flying off the shelves it was very big in the 90’s. I will admit I did do a wallpaper boarder in the 90’s in my and my son’s bedroom. Garrett you would have died if you saw that apartment it had the same loud kitchen wallpaper in every single room of the house and black carpet to boot it was Horrible!! I was not moving into that apartment until they stripped everything which fortunately for me they did 😊
We have a small living and a hallway where all the rooms are. Our floors are a dark mahogany and we covered them with a runner( hallway) smaller rug near the entrance of front door and living room (5x9) and a larger rug 10x14 for living space. We bought a solid color ( wheat color) for all three! I think I may have too many rugs. Eek!
Here in the Netherlands beige, taupe and other warm colors have been major trends in the last few years. Most people here have white walls (with a colored accent wall sometimes), so the first thing TV and magazine interior designers seem to do is to get rid of the white walls, quite different from what I see in US TV shows (but then the style is very different as well).
I think the problem is too much white has been used for walls and it’s kind of tired and common, and color has taken a back seat. However, that seems to be changing now in real life home interior design, and we are seeing more designed homes embracing color. I like a balance of whites and colors. Too much color and it can become bizarre while to much white and beige and it becomes bland and sterile. I think we are just seeing a rebalancing of the all white/beige which I lovingly refer to as the loaf of bread look. We are learning balance is key. That’s a good thing in interior design.
I live in an old house, 1895. Real plaster and wood floors. It had been modernized in the early 1950's, we bought in 1978. Embraced the saffron yellow and Wedgewood blue bathrooms. Tile and toilets were updated. White. House full of mahogany and walnut furniture. Being a period house keeps it simple. Upholstered stuff gets replaced from time to time, classic. Bone white is my friend. systems are modern. More time to do fun things....
I’m from The U.K and in the 80s a company called Baxi sold a gas fire (Bermuda range). This fire was in the first house I bought in the 90s, it was really dated and cost me a fortune to replace because the fittings didn’t match any newer gas fire fronts so I had to have it removed, the wall behind fixed and the gas fittings changed. I still see them in house sale photos today (probably because of the cost to replace) and they are so dated.
I recently had my great room (living, kitchen area and dining room Cream Froth by Benjamin Moore. It’s a nice clean, warm and soft look in eggshell texture. Cream Froth made the room look bigger and more spacious. I really like it.
Our whole downstairs open plan living area is that early 2000s beige builder grade tile. I hate it so much but I don’t know what to do about it. It looks so cheap and dated and the rest of our home doesn’t look cheap and dated.
I understand your dilemma. I’m glad to assist, but I’d have to see the house and particularly the floor, and how you have the space decorated. I could then offer my suggestions. Please feel free to book a virtual consultation with me at intro.co/garrettlechic
I would have to see the space and discuss it with you before I could give a specific opinion to your situation. Every situation is different. I’m glad to assist and please feel free to book a virtual consultation with me at intro.co/garrettlechic Glad you are enjoying the content!
Ugh! We have a drywall niche and I hate it! It's SO high up and can not be cleaned. It has two tiny recessed lights above it. Why? As soon as we can afford to do so, I want to get rid of the niche. Love all your ideas in this video!
It depends on the family room and the design/decorating objectives one is trying to achieve. One size does not fit all. Every scenario is different, and I’d have to see the space and discuss it with you before giving an intelligent opinion as to your specific situation. Personally for me I don’t like them, but I understand why some people have them.
@ Thank you Garrett. I’m in Texas and they are pretty typical. We just really don’t ever use ours and I’m at the point of getting a more modern looking one (our present one is nice, but a bit Tuscan, no light) or replacing with a semi flush light. My husband however wants a fan. 🤨 We do have canned lights (4) and one canned light over our fireplace and a lamp in the room. Our canned lights are on a dimmer.
Good Morning Garrett, Thankyou for the very interesting vlog today. I liked it. I am not a fan of those plastic blinds, broken/yellowish. The other thing is disproportion lighting’s essentially above the island. All the points mentioned are so important and really does make a huge lot of difference. Arden gorgeous young boy, enjoy your nap😍 Have a wonderful week ahead Garrett & see you soon🥰
Great examples. I would add Louvre ( or Louver in America) doors as a dated feature. Luckily they don’t seem to be making a comeback but you still see them here and there.
Love you Garrett!! Your advice is always so good! You’re such a sweetie- the attitude you give sometimes isn’t you boo! Of course we all know you’re fabulous!! But embrace your softer side. We love you!!
Using stacked stone indoors gives me a migraine just from the thought of cleaning, dusting and maintaining something that will absolutely collect a level of dust and grime that no amount of "dusting" will fix. Those stones are meant for outdoors for a reason, one being outdoors THEY CAN BE PRESSURED WASHED.
@@GarrettLeChic Thank YOU. I can't even begin to tell you how many ID channels I've come across, and you are the only one who's struck a chord with me. Your down-to-earth and very realistic approachability brings so many of us comfort. I can't wait to see your channel explode to 1M and beyond. You deserve it.
@ thanks so much for all your support! I know we will get to a million subscribers. It just takes time and getting the videos in front of viewers who really want to learn, and will subscribe and watch consistently.
Walking into a tuscan decorated home (which I had at one time) or seeing a lace table cloth like my grandmothers had, turns me off. Not here to hurt anyone’s feelings but they are easy changes to make.
IMHO any shade of white is white. I think, as an artist, I need color. Keep in mind everyone has a totally different perspective and if I can find stuff in a big box store, I'm probably going to yawn. I like so many different styles but I always stay away from monochromatic white on of white on more shades of white. They can slap some clever names on them but at the end of the day it's white
Great because looking current is too expensive so looking dated is classic
I have a stacked stone fireplace in the family room and I still like it. I have no plans on replacing it but we are getting the room painted in the spring. The large window in that room has a valance with a pleated shade and I'm going to replace those. Right now I'm thinking of putting molding around the window and adding shutters.
brick painted white with white walls gives light to my old house. i’ve tried it all and love it now❤
I still like carpet in the bedroom- I live in very cold climate and like the cosy feel of it aesthetically as well as underfoot 😊. Love all the ideas and always look forwards to your videos.
I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!
I read your comment too fast the first time. Whew! I thought you had typed "in the bathroom".
Thank you for sharing your lovely design insights, @Garrett LeChic! As always, much appreciated!!
Wishing you & all of your beloveds a wonderful 2025!
🙏🌿💐🌿🥰💚😘🌿💐🌿🙏
@@saraheschweiler4939 thanks so much and I wish you and yours a wonderful 2025!🎉🎉🎉
Same love carpet, live in Canada northern. Just replaced my old carpet for new carpet.
The "jump scare" at Tuscan lighting! 😲😂 Garrett, not only does your expert design advice keep bringing me back to your videos, but your sense of humor is like no other designer on UA-cam and always brightens my day. 😊
Thanks for watching and for the compliments! I truly appreciate your support. 😊😊😊
Minor changes that can transform an eyesore! So useful. Thanks for your keen eye & charming personality 🌸🤗
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed.
We were in the piping business so my
'Chandelier ' over my kitchen island was made from aged pipe. Love it. I love crystal too so that will be going into my bathroom and maybe the outdoor patio area.
I was waiting for the wall paper border 😂. I just moved into a new place to be close to my daughter because I am old. She redid everything because it was tragic before. She let me decide on everything and we tore out walls and turned a three bedroom into a two bed. I am in Florida and right on a big lake so we put sliders all across the front and I painted off white because I wanted light and bright. No carpet🎉.
Arden is a typical King Charles - they like to cuddle, be cuddled, look at you with sad doggie eyes and just in general be lovey - they are amazing visiting support companions in nursing homes and palliative care centres. I missed a few seconds so just looked up Tuscan light fixtures - that's what I have lol! Thanks Garrett, have a great week.
He’s an adolescent right now so he can be rambunctious and sweet moment to moment. He’s a good boy and is growing up to be a wonderful dog. 🐶
@@GarrettLeChic Arden is a sweetheart! I've been trying to share of picture of Ruby (our King Charles), UA-cam won't make it easy - sorry.
Give me an 18th century primitive home and I’m good.
Was just YouTubing bushcraft houses. What a difference from there to here lol😂
What about a valance in the kitchen to bring in some color? I wouldn’t want drapes in there, but a naked window is just so boring! 😂
I'm the opposite I love neshes. I think it adds architectural design. I think it's better than straight corner walls which are kind of boring. I also think it makes the walls look taller.
Hi Garrett. My house was built in 2004. We moved in in 2006. My kitchen has those lights you were talking about. I hate them. But it’s a suite of lights- chandelier over the table. Two indent lights over the bar seating. And another over the sink. It’s overwhelming to figure out coordinating lighting for all of those areas in the kitchen. And I don’t like bare bulbs. And I don’t want a chandelier with little fabric shades. I don’t want anything I have to dust or clean all the time.
Dust falls on everything. pretty much everything needs dusting.
I agree with you that valances block the light but don't fabric blinds do the same thing?
Sheers are the answer! You'll get daytime privacy AND light. Shades pulled at night will give you privacy if you want it. They're timeless, and affordable, too!
Have NEVER cared for Tuscan & i have a vintage crystal chandelier (clean with a product called Sparkle Plenty) & toned down the bright brass with a little brown shoe polish ( designer suggested)- ALWAYS look forward 2 ur new videos 😊!!
Thanks so much! Glad you are enjoying.
Great idea about the shoe polish. I have a chandelier in my entry that was the bright gold metal and hated it. Talk about looking dated. I took it down and took all they crystals off then painted it bronze. Added crystals back and rehung it and it is gorgeous. I also painted my black wrought iron stairwell bronze to match....love it!
I love all the Sasss, Garrett you are hilarious 🤣 and I love it all
Thanks! Glad you are enjoying.
I like roman shades or bamboo blinds layered with a drape. I'm updating my windows this year for privacy reasons
Thank you Garry. Our apartment is 33 years old. We’ve renovated everything and got rid of a couple of niches, even in the small visit 1/2 rest room. I’d love to hang clean looking curtains as we had, but hubby hates the cloth as he says. They collect to much dust he says and hates it. We have shades but one piece like, not open and close kind. They were very expensive. ❤
It's tough to find a balance between style and cleaning - I hear you!
My vinyl verticals clean very nicely and they're easy to keep playing I just use the damn cloth or Windex wipes and mine come out really clean. I've been here eight years now.
Calm down!😅😂🤣
So excited for another video ❤
Hope you enjoyed it!
Our house was built in 2005 and luckily no drywall niches. Other things but not those.
It just seems like the blinds block the light just like the valance does
Im investing in window treatments I know I want linen blend sheers and either plantation shutters or curtains. I have a modern coastal cottage and either would suit I think but ones more maintenance.
My grandparents’ place was built in the 80s and I swear there’s at lease one drywall niche in every single room, and multiple in some of the larger rooms.
What were the designer's thinking? 😅
I have a rental on I live in a retirement community I have vertical vinyl blinds and they don't let us take them out. I did put curtains over my bedroom one because I like it dark and they do let light and so I do have some blackouts that I use in my bedroom over the blinds at night. I didn't want to put curtains on all the windows cuz I have to have them all the way over because I only have two windows and I like a lot of light coming in. They do have a strict requirement in her that if we do buy curtains they do have to be white on the back they want the street view to be all white in the windows.
Popcorn textured ceilings! Would love to hear your thoughts!
Hello 👋 I worked for a wallpaper company in Boston exclusively for interior designers and man the boarders and wallpaper was flying off the shelves it was very big in the 90’s. I will admit I did do a wallpaper boarder in the 90’s in my and my son’s bedroom. Garrett you would have died if you saw that apartment it had the same loud kitchen wallpaper in every single room of the house and black carpet to boot it was Horrible!! I was not moving into that apartment until they stripped everything which fortunately for me they did 😊
We have a small living and a hallway where all the rooms are. Our floors are a dark mahogany and we covered them with a runner( hallway) smaller rug near the entrance of front door and living room (5x9) and a larger rug 10x14 for living space. We bought a solid color ( wheat color) for all three! I think I may have too many rugs. Eek!
Here in the Netherlands beige, taupe and other warm colors have been major trends in the last few years. Most people here have white walls (with a colored accent wall sometimes), so the first thing TV and magazine interior designers seem to do is to get rid of the white walls, quite different from what I see in US TV shows (but then the style is very different as well).
I think the problem is too much white has been used for walls and it’s kind of tired and common, and color has taken a back seat. However, that seems to be changing now in real life home interior design, and we are seeing more designed homes embracing color. I like a balance of whites and colors. Too much color and it can become bizarre while to much white and beige and it becomes bland and sterile. I think we are just seeing a rebalancing of the all white/beige which I lovingly refer to as the loaf of bread look. We are learning balance is key. That’s a good thing in interior design.
Fabulous outfit! Happy New Year!
Thank you so much! Happy New Year to you as well!
I live in an old house, 1895. Real plaster and wood floors. It had been modernized in the early 1950's, we bought in 1978. Embraced the saffron yellow and Wedgewood blue bathrooms. Tile and toilets were updated. White. House full of mahogany and walnut furniture. Being a period house keeps it simple. Upholstered stuff gets replaced from time to time, classic. Bone white is my friend. systems are modern. More time to do fun things....
It sounds like you have a lovely home.
I’m from The U.K and in the 80s a company called Baxi sold a gas fire (Bermuda range). This fire was in the first house I bought in the 90s, it was really dated and cost me a fortune to replace because the fittings didn’t match any newer gas fire fronts so I had to have it removed, the wall behind fixed and the gas fittings changed. I still see them in house sale photos today (probably because of the cost to replace) and they are so dated.
Welcome Arden!! Garett always love your content!
Thank you!
Nothing matter with old!
I recently had my great room (living, kitchen area and dining room Cream Froth by Benjamin Moore. It’s a nice clean, warm and soft look in eggshell texture. Cream Froth made the room look bigger and more spacious. I really like it.
Thanks! Cream Froth is a nice choice.
Our whole downstairs open plan living area is that early 2000s beige builder grade tile. I hate it so much but I don’t know what to do about it. It looks so cheap and dated and the rest of our home doesn’t look cheap and dated.
I understand your dilemma. I’m glad to assist, but I’d have to see the house and particularly the floor, and how you have the space decorated. I could then offer my suggestions. Please feel free to book a virtual consultation with me at intro.co/garrettlechic
What window treatments do you suggest for a garage that can be seen from the street?
I hate "boob" lights! Love your content!
I would have to see the space and discuss it with you before I could give a specific opinion to your situation. Every situation is different. I’m glad to assist and please feel free to book a virtual consultation with me at intro.co/garrettlechic Glad you are enjoying the content!
Ugh! We have a drywall niche and I hate it! It's SO high up and can not be cleaned. It has two tiny recessed lights above it. Why? As soon as we can afford to do so, I want to get rid of the niche. Love all your ideas in this video!
👍👍👍 Thanks so much!
I have dark purple carpet and magnolia wall paper.
Pop corn ceilings date a home but they are expensive and messy to remove.
Love your videos. Arden is such a snugglebug ☺
Thanks so much! I appreciate you supporting the channel. 🐶🐶
My goal is to someday have a brick backsplash! I see that as kind of a timeless classic 🫣
What’s your opinion about a ceiling fan in the family room?
It depends on the family room and the design/decorating objectives one is trying to achieve. One size does not fit all. Every scenario is different, and I’d have to see the space and discuss it with you before giving an intelligent opinion as to your specific situation. Personally for me I don’t like them, but I understand why some people have them.
@ Thank you Garrett. I’m in Texas and they are pretty typical. We just really don’t ever use ours and I’m at the point of getting a more modern looking one (our present one is nice, but a bit Tuscan, no light) or replacing with a semi flush light. My husband however wants a fan. 🤨 We do have canned lights (4) and one canned light over our fireplace and a lamp in the room. Our canned lights are on a dimmer.
I would add Plantation Shutters to the list. They are everywhere in LV.
Thanks so much! I completely agree.
Beautiful but very expensive... I'd imagine.. ❤️🇱🇷🍀🙏🙏
I love your videos!
Thanks so much!
Arden…..what a doll!
Thank you!🐕🐕🐕
Good Morning Garrett,
Thankyou for the very interesting vlog today. I liked it.
I am not a fan of those plastic blinds, broken/yellowish. The other thing is disproportion lighting’s essentially above the island.
All the points mentioned are so important and really does make a huge lot of difference.
Arden gorgeous young boy, enjoy your nap😍
Have a wonderful week ahead Garrett & see you soon🥰
I’m so glad you enjoyed the video - I completely agree! Arden is a very good boy, he’s now one year old. 😊
@ Happy First Birthday Baby 🐶 ♥️🥰🤗
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What I hate to see is high/low carpet! Talk about dated! Love you though, Garrett
Great examples. I would add Louvre ( or Louver in America) doors as a dated feature. Luckily they don’t seem to be making a comeback but you still see them here and there.
Carpet runners everywhere look horrible
Love you Garrett!! Your advice is always so good!
You’re such a sweetie- the attitude you give sometimes isn’t you boo! Of course we all know you’re fabulous!! But embrace your softer side. We love you!!
Thanks so much! I'm just trying to be helpful.
I'm here for your spot on advice!👁️👁️ Love you 🖤
I appreciate you! Thanks for watching.
Using stacked stone indoors gives me a migraine just from the thought of cleaning, dusting and maintaining something that will absolutely collect a level of dust and grime that no amount of "dusting" will fix. Those stones are meant for outdoors for a reason, one being outdoors THEY CAN BE PRESSURED WASHED.
Thanks! I agree with you.
@@GarrettLeChic Thank YOU. I can't even begin to tell you how many ID channels I've come across, and you are the only one who's struck a chord with me. Your down-to-earth and very realistic approachability brings so many of us comfort. I can't wait to see your channel explode to 1M and beyond. You deserve it.
@ thanks so much for all your support! I know we will get to a million subscribers. It just takes time and getting the videos in front of viewers who really want to learn, and will subscribe and watch consistently.
@@GarrettLeChic You're welcome. But truly, I have every ounce of confidence.
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Feng shui home practices also do NOT include blinds…
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Cute Arden...
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Valances not only make your home look old, it makes your house carbon-dated.....and timelessly tacky.
My dated pet peeve is wall-to-wall carpet. ICK!
IMHO, Interior stacked stone creates homes for bugs and dust. 😮
Walking into a tuscan decorated home (which I had at one time) or seeing a lace table cloth like my grandmothers had, turns me off. Not here to hurt anyone’s feelings but they are easy changes to make.
I don’t like any version of stone, tile that has any amount of texture, edges, tiers, etc. especially in the kitchen. All I is see is dust/grime.
IMHO any shade of white is white. I think, as an artist, I need color. Keep in mind everyone has a totally different perspective and if I can find stuff in a big box store, I'm probably going to yawn. I like so many different styles but I always stay away from monochromatic white on of white on more shades of white. They can slap some clever names on them but at the end of the day it's white
Let’s bring back wallpaper borders but in a fresh way!
I’m sorry. I hate beige. I hate gray. I hate greige.
Wallpaper borders are hideous. They make a house look so cheap.
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I didn't understand one of the outdated trends. drywall... (I didn't get the last word), and I am unsure what it is.
Niches - it’s a cutout in the wall.
@@mariadentino6811 Thank you, now I understand.
Caramel floor or whatsoever in the bathroom, so 80´s...
Plastic covers on upholstery. Does anyone remember that?
@@bmj1680leaving the plastic on lamp shades.
@@nailguncrouch1017That’s also a fire hazard!😳😬