Removed a section in my camper where the entertainment area is and installed. Works great. Instead of propane furnace heat, I can use this ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxATHBlMJwipGgVWseuAFKvDQ_5R4_lywo to heat the camper as long as it's hooked up to shore power. Only thing I do not like is there does not seem to be a thermostat. I'm presuming it has a built-in one so it does not overheat. Really like all the other color options it has to offer.
Thank you for making helping put these things into perspective! With all the 20-second remodeling UA-cam videos out there we get discouraged looking at the structural things in our our house that aren’t “perfect”. Thank you for showing us how we don’t have to fret and just tweak a few things and not overthink it. You are awesome!
Oh, awesome, great video! I’d really need advice on sloped ceilings, especially what to do regarding curtains or drapes when the window is in a non sloped niche but the ceiling on both sides is, because curtains can look kind of awkward and crammed into the space, but I’m probably doing it wrong.
Julie: This is the most helpful video I've seen on dealing with furniture arrangement, particularly for difficult areas. I have a corner fireplace, flanked by one wall which is mostly windows, and another which is a huge cathedral ceiling room wall where I have to put the television. I found the answers on your video, and I want to thank you sincerely. But in addition to this, thank you for your wonderful professionalism, your articulate presentation that doesn't drone on with "chit-chat" that completely wastes time and makes the viewer lose interest. Very impressive, and I look forward to future posts! Best, Martha
Aw that warms my heart and is precisely the intent of my channel Martha! To help you create your dream space, no matter what your style or budget! Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel 🙏🏻☺️
One choice that seems to help with furniture layout in a room with a corner fireplace or awkward doors is adding chairs that swivel for viewing options. Great series!! Really hope you do an episode on awkward open ledges or niches above doors -- for example above an entry door or even small niches on walls on a stairway! Thanks!
Thank you so much for this! I downsized a few years ago and my family room has a corner fireplace and is small family room This video is very helpful as I struggled with this. Thank you!!!
Entryways! If you can cover how to decorate with furniture in entryways that would be great. Not very entryway can fit a bench or console table - however I don’t want to leave it bare either. Any tips would be great!
@@JulieKhuu First- congratulations on this terrific series; Ms. Khuu, I appreciate your blend of practicality with genuineness...I love how you default to how the customer ultimately feels! Second, I concur with Ms. King above. California entryways are for the most part short and dark- anything on lighting and furniture placement. As for another awkward space, where best to place an upright piano? Baby grands- no problem, but an upright? In the living room against the wall next to the sofas or create a separate space altogether on another wall? Clearly, many folks don't have a separate music room. Thank you and, again, this series is the answer to COVID confinement!
This is great! Please share more! I am interest to know about furniture placement, especially sofa, display rack, storage cabinet etc in the living room... Besides that i would like to know more about how to treat low ceiling n awkful beam and also space underneath the staircase. Your videos always amazed me. Thanks so much for willing to have great tips on house deco.
OMG, this is the content I was waiting for and did not even know 😁 Love it! ❤️ I’d love to hear more about bay windows vs furniture placement and window treatment. I’d also be interested in seeing something regarding slop ceilings vs window treatment, decor and furniture placement. That’s brilliant content! Thank you so much Already looking forward to the next video Love the channel
Thank you. This is so helpful! I am having difficulty with our narrow entryway. It is too narrow to include a bench or small console table on the wall where the door does not hit. Right next to the wall where we can’t add any furniture to, there is a hallway entrance followed by a small corner facing in the direction of the entrance. That seems to be the only place to add furniture, but that corner is so small that the only thing that may fit is a small pedestal table (less than 20” diameter) Unfortunately the only ones that I can find are short end tables and it does not look grand. Most corner furniture available are bookcases which I am not sure if it’s appropriate for an entrance. Would love to see a video in the future on awkward entryways. Thank you for all of the great tips! I look forward to this series.
Hoemahgawd. It's 2am. I opened UA-cam to search for a 'cool way to deal with my stupid corner fireplace with an awkward top space' and as I pressed enter.. I thought "I really hope Julie comes up in the results." Thank you for your enormous help with creating and curating our new(est) home!! I thoroughly enjoy your videos and haven't come across a single one that didn't have some helpful tips or make me laugh or say 'omg okay good not just my picky ass thinks that'. You also help with my homesickness! We move every couple of years as my wife is in the military. You are the super stylish, cool, smart, and sensible pro designer friend I always wanted or wished would help me make good decisions.
Hahah Aw I’m so happy to hear that I can help you create your dream space! Thank you for watching and following along, your support means the world 🙏🏻☺️💕
Julie you have finally given me the confidence in how we’ve arranged our Queenslander home which has a very large brick corner fireplace...I think it’s beautiful. Thank you for speaking up for us owners of corner fireplaces so as not to feel ashamed of it from a design point of view! Carol...
Love this! You answered so many of my questions! BRB, binge watching all your videos as I dive into designing the fixer upper condo I just purchased and have no idea what I'm doing!
I just painted the fireplace my boyfriend built for me and my house of course. I painted it medium to a darker gray. Our tile and carpet is tan and browns. So I’ve been pulling the gray/brown into some of the decor to have some assembly. I’m so in love with the fireplace. Thank you for the ideas!
Bravo, Julie! This has been a much awaited video. I now have the answers I could not find. It seems so simple when you are doing the explaining! Very well done. xo
Thank you for this series. I have learned so much from you without spending a lot of money. I have an awkward entrance area. When you walk in, there is a small landing area (8x4) the.there are steps going downstairs to the left and a hall way that leads to an all open living area. It’s dark narrow area that desperately needs some attention.
I love this series! Can you do an episode on how to create a feature wall in a room with sloped ceiling? PLEASE do an episode on front door facing a flight of stairs and a hallway right when you enter the house. Thank you for the great content!
Yes! Feature wall with sloped ceiling and three walls. One wall has a fireplace between two floor to ceiling windows. So builders clearly intended the fireplace to be focal point but that doesn't fit our functional family tv room needs. Thanks
Julie, I love your series. I have a modern house, with a high pitched ceiling, with a large corner brick fireplace to the ceiling . And windows across both walls. I need to place sitting and a baby grand piano. Thanks katie
Thank you for watching Katie! I would probably place the baby grand opposite the brick fireplace on the shorter wall and create a seating group facing both focal points
Thank you again for your videos. I had to reference again because my family room is driving me crazy. It's small and shares the space with a breakfast bar. Trying but can't seem to get it right but your video is helpful.
Thank You for doing this video! I recently removed our tv from our living room and I love having it gone. My husband watches whatever he wants on his laptop. I watch UA-cam videos on my iPhone. Sometimes I just sit and read or look through design catalogs with our cats and dogs snuggled up with us. I really think our living room looks prettier and it actually makes the entire space feel larger. And I agree that tv’s do not work well hung above a fireplace in most layouts. My husband teases me that I have moved furniture so much that our next house will be one like the houses in Mexico where the furniture is anchored to the floors, lol! I just now told him, “Well Julie said to move furniture and have fun!”😂😂😂
Excellent input! I have a 70s ranch that has a wall of brick running the length of the room. The hearth has a seating ledge the length of it, and the tv sits on left side of ledge with fireplace towards the right. There are no shelves on wall or pillow/cushion for brick ledge. I’d love some suggestions how to style this intrusive, boring wall. I do plan to paint the brick soon as it saps the small amount of sunlight entering room. Looking forward to this series!
Hi Jill! Did you see the mid century home featured in this video (TV placement portion)? It has a similar vibe as you described! Try upholstering a long bench style cushion that is sleek and minimal to make the ledge more functional. Or you can leave it alone and address what’s happening in the center of the space more 👍🏻
Thank you ! I really really needed to see this. I've been playing around with furniture placement in a small, open-concept floor plan with a corner FP. I even had a custom rug made for the area, which is another difficulty with such a situation. Your ideas and photos were the best I've seen.
Excellent tips on a problem I've been dealing with for nearly two years. Thank you for the high quality narrations and multiple photos of each concept.
Yes! So waiting for sloped ceiling video 😊 not sure if this other problem is popular enough to address in a video... but our parking place is reachable via garden, garden doors are in the kitchen/dining room (which further flows into the livng room - open concept) and another important part - there is not much wall space near the garden door (the whole garden door wall is doors and windows till the floor). We almost never use the front door. How do we end coats on the chairs and shoes on the floor in the dining room?
Julie, always so practical. Although I don't have the luxury of the fireplace challenge, the thinking behind your solutions is helpful in just planning through spaces and seating ideas. Your channel continues to give me confidence as I redesign my main living area...
YES YES YES! I was just going to ask you to help with my curved fireplace! Its very large and takes up the majority of the living room with this huge curved line. Thank you thank you Julie! Can't wait for the whole series :)
Awesome video! We have a corner TV & adjacent fireplace (basically flip any of your examples) & are hoping to get a sectional soon. For now, 2 sofas in an "L" configuration seems to work well! Additional awkwardness is that there's ~2 meters of excess space in behind the loveseat. This is where you enter the room too (off the corner). Not sure what to do with that dead space just yet...
Thanks so much for this! I wish our fireplace was in the corner and then the TV could be the focal point in between the windows. This was helpful! I'll play around with the placements suggested. Keep up this awesome series! Can't wait for more!
Love this! My whole house is an awkward space (modern /art deco old house). Looking forward to this series! One thing I wish my house had was a better entry (you walk into this awkward platform then into the living room. Any ideas for creating an entry in a tight space? Thanks!
Hi Julie! Happy New Year! Love the new series. You explain everything so eloquently. I don't have a corner fireplace in my living room but my front door opens to a closet and small entry that faces a staircase that opens to the living room with a bay window and one large wall which opens to dining room that has one wall and a 6ft slider on exterior wall that opens to a peninsula in the kitchen. I love the semi open concept but the entryways and lack of walls in living and dining room make furniture placement difficult for me to figure out. Julie, I know you can figure out this conundrum and would love to see a video on it.
Don’t look to the walls to create space Cassandra, look to the floors to figure out your seating groups. Most of the furniture in this episode aren’t backed up against walls. They float in space. Watch again to dissect the arrangements 👍🏻
I love a corner fireplace. Too often, when they are in the center of the room, there's nowhere to put the tv or worse, it's on the opposite wall so the fp is behind you. In the corner, you can see both the tv and the fp but the tv doesn't have to be OVER the fp and too high. It's a win/win for me.
Thank you so much!!! Thank you to all the people who made comments that led to this video. 🤩 I have an awkward dining room as well, two of the walls are arch’s (one to the kitchen and the other to the door. The third wall has a window to the street. Oh, did I mention that this room is not large and we have pretty standard ceilings. I painted an accent wall green before I watched your video about that. I have a rectangular table but want to buy an orb chandelier. I am so confused 🤷🏾♀️
I am so glad you did this video. I have a corner fireplace with a awkward shaped kitchen adjacent to it and the dining room on the other side. It's so small and so difficult to design. I now have some ideas what to do with it. Thank you.
Hi Julie, my husband and I really enjoy your channel, we've learned so much already. We live in the north of Italy, were almost every house has a square room, usually not very big, that's meant to be used as living/dinning area. We would love your opinon in this matter beacause it's just so awkward even thinking about the layout. Thanks!!!
Dining area is a little easier to discern, subtract the space you need to move the chairs back from the table (36”/900mm) and that is the maximum size of your table. Living area, same idea, subtract the clearance needed for passages and the space leftover is where your furniture goes. Check out my Dream Space series for more tips on measuring and laying out the space Adosa! 🙏🏻☺️
thank you! what a great series as many people live in older places that have been updated and added on to throughout the years.. which means a lot of it doesn’t make sense!
Transom windows! Sun blasts in the room, but how do you apply window treatments? Also when you have different window shapes an sizes in the same room . A patio door, transom windows and a regular window all in the same room.
You can use privacy film for the transom windows if you don’t go the custom route Janice. All other openings can be treated with window treatments hung at the same height to create visual continuity
Love your series. I have a corner fireplace. The wall shares a 9' ceiling on the left and vaulted on the right. I want to add stone to it but it would be split in half vertically . I think I have to concentrate on just what's below the mantle and just a piece of art above.
Thank you so much! We have a corner fireplace that we love, but arranging the furniture has been confusing. We have only one wall to put the TV on (on the wall next to the fireplace), so that wasn't the issue. I love your channel!
Hi Julie thank you for already sharing such great insights on how to improve my home. My space is an L shape with the corner pointing bottom right . On the lower end I have three windows. In the top right of the shape I have the kitchen. How do I position a cozy seating area that looks inviting for guests ? And should I keep it open , or should I separate the kitchen from the living room ?
Separate the spaces for more intimate seating groups. Sounds like the living space will become long and narrow, which I’m tackling in tomorrow’s video Alexander! Stay tuned 🙏🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu Wow ! Thanks so much for the quick response :D I moved in to a new appartement last april. but you have helped me greatly to finally have the confidence to make sound design decisions on how to create a welcoming warm home by arranging my furniture the right way! Putting the dining table in to the space in stead of pushing it against the wall worked wonders! I will do my best to make as much recommendations as possible to support you and your channel. Endless gratitude from Amsterdam!
We have a small corner fireplace, but a door to right and windows to left. No adjacent wall. So tv is above fireplace. We have it set quite high and tilted downward on swivel arm. SInce we usually watch TV while reclining back in chairs, it helps with our neck posture, making our line of sight perpendicular to tv screen. Much better for proper spinal alignment. For us, a high tv works.
I look forward to this new series too! Right now I’m struggling with a fireplace that is not centered, that takes half of one long wall and I haven’t decided what to put in that other half. I’m thinking of putting some bookcases
Love this series! I don’t have a corner fireplace I have one in the center of a long wall making Television placement awkward and unbalanced. On top of that there is little usable wall space as large open walkways and windows take up the other 3 sides of the room. At this moment the tv sits in a armoire angled in a corner on one side of the fireplace. Although I don’t like the layout especially there is good viewing of the fireplace and the tv from most seats.
I have the angled sofa for my room (first example of latouts). I almost never see anyone do that, loved seeing that I'm not crazy for this layout haha. I love my awkward space with its corner fireplace and pitched ceilings. It makes it unique and visually interesting. Also I love the guess the spot challenge. I learn best from doing things myself and this helped so much. Sometimes I can watch all the interior design videos but when it comes to implementing them I can sometimes be stumped. This was really helpful and I hope to see it in future videos in this series!
Hi Julie. Great video. I have a very awkward living room with corner fireplace and stairs next to it. Difficult to place furniture. I thought of a small sectional but don't think the room will look right or be symmetrical.
You will see from the video that sometimes the asymmetrical layout is what makes it beautiful Fatima 👍🏻 I love a sectional to help define space as well.
Great series...lots of awkward spaces for sure...maybe its an epidemic 🤪! Small rooms to small spaces like an alcove above our fireplace. Its 58"L x 32"H x 22"D. I have never seen anything like it before, so I struggle with what to put in it. Could change it seasonally, but just like simple. Any ideas would be appreciated!
Looking forward to this series. My kitchen is a bit awkward. It’s a good space, but I feel like I can use it better. Especially since I plan to redo it this spring/summer and I really want to get it right. Any help and tips I can get from your series would be so helpful.
Hi Julie. Thanks for all your great tips. I have learned so much from watching your videos. Can you please do one on how to furnish a living room with a feature staircase which needs to remain exposed. Thank you.
Hi Nancy! Thank you for watching! Yours is definitely a unique case. I feel like the staircase becomes a sculptural element to the room that can stand on its own once you determine the separate living space.
Excited for the new series. My awkward space is my small master bedroom with 8' ceilings is begging for a statement light, a chandelier feels too sharp and imposing hanging over my bed and most flush mounts are too tame. What would be a nice compromise pendant style that I could maybe use a medallion to add much needed architecture? There are so many beautiful lights to choose from, but the special needs of bedroom ( no bare bulbs / glass shades etc) light has stumped me. What would feng shui rules be for this situation as well?
I would source 2 hanging pendants above the nightstands Erica. Would add a lot of visual interest and dimension to the space. 8ft can work for a small, centered flush mount as well 👍🏻
Thank you Julie! Corner fireplace is what I have in my condo, and a sloped ceiling on top of that! I have my TV on the wall adjacent to the fireplace. The other entire adjacent "wall" is actually a sliding door to the balcony. The sofa is across from the TV. This is the only furniture setup possible as the room is not big. TV and sofa wall are sloped, fireplace and balcony door being the low point. the 4th wall has 2 giant walkways: one to the entrance to the condo, the other to the dining room. I want to hang a beautiful ethnic tapestry above the sofa. Now I don't know how to decorate a room with 3 focal points (fireplace, TV, tapestry). How high to hang the tapestry? What to hang above the fireplace? Fireplace itself needs its ugly tiles replaced and mantel built. Do I use pretty tiles or should I downplay them? A lot of questions, don't know where to start. Thank you for always great advice and perfectly presented videos!
Thank you for watching G! Start by pulling inspiration of your dream fireplace look. Then use those images to inspire your design. Tapestry height should be split amongst the negative space left between the sofa and the ceiling. Try that out and let me know how it goes!
Thank you for this new series! I have a request... might not qualify as an 'awkward space', per se. But I'd like tips on how to paint a ceiling a color. I have seen several painted ceilings... one was even a tiger eye orange. Looked amazing. If you've already addressed that in another video, please let me know. :))
Update after watching the video. I’m still not sure what to do lol. The wall across from the corner fireplace is a sliding glass door to the balcony, and next to that are openings to the dining room, kitchen, and entryway 😆
Every single picture of the tv above the fireplace was GORGEOUS how could you cross those out?? 😭 when the tv is too low I feel like it makes the room look smaller.
Very helpful! Our corner fireplace is just a massive brick “feature” so it’s highest on the list. Our fireplace is between two windows and both are on the upper portion of a half wall (in our lower level of our split level home). The sectional is a good idea
Thank you for this series. I have a very awkward living room. The living room video gave me some ideas but my issue is that my living room has a peek on the front., with a wood stove, It is narrow, has a patio door on one side and one side is narrow than the other because there are stairs going up, very little wall space as I have lot of windows and very high cathedral ceiling, a nightmare to place the furniture. please do a video about a very awkward space like mine.
Hi Susy. If you understand exactly what you need in the space, subtract the amount of clearance you need for passages/ hallways/stairs. Use the remaining space to float your furniture and face towards the focal points in the room. I hope this helps your direction. Check out my Dream Space series for more tips! 🙏🏻☺️
Yeees!! Thanks for more awesome tips!! Question for you. What do you do when a bedroom has a low ceiling fan and supporting beam which would make you feel awkward sleeping underneath, and the only way to position the bed so that your body is not directly under it is to put it diagonally on a corner? Is there a way to make that positioning work?
I see your point. But I would suggest keeping your headboard on a solid wall and not at the diagonal. Perhaps swap out the fan for a beautiful light fixture if you can Ayaka? Bright lifjr light will help usher positive energy into the space ✨
@@JulieKhuu Thank you so much Julie! Never thought of swapping the fan for a light fixture. Perhaps that would be a great idea. I appreciate you taking the time to give me suggestions!
Removed a section in my camper where the entertainment area is and installed. Works great. Instead of propane furnace heat, I can use this ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxATHBlMJwipGgVWseuAFKvDQ_5R4_lywo to heat the camper as long as it's hooked up to shore power. Only thing I do not like is there does not seem to be a thermostat. I'm presuming it has a built-in one so it does not overheat. Really like all the other color options it has to offer.
I love the look too! 👏
Thank you for making helping put these things into perspective! With all the 20-second remodeling UA-cam videos out there we get discouraged looking at the structural things in our our house that aren’t “perfect”. Thank you for showing us how we don’t have to fret and just tweak a few things and not overthink it. You are awesome!
Yes, yes, yes!
This series is right up my alley!
Thanks, Julie!
Awesome! Let me know if you have any awkward space issues Nengi 🙏🏻☺️
Thank you for featuring TV placement! Very appreciated content for real folks with (Gasp) TV's!
I have a TV in almost every room of my home Beth 😆
Oh, awesome, great video!
I’d really need advice on sloped ceilings, especially what to do regarding curtains or drapes when the window is in a non sloped niche but the ceiling on both sides is, because curtains can look kind of awkward and crammed into the space, but I’m probably doing it wrong.
I have sloped ceilings coming up in this series 👍🏻 But right off the bat, hang your curtain rod at the highest point of the slowest slope
Julie: This is the most helpful video I've seen on dealing with furniture arrangement, particularly for difficult areas. I have a corner fireplace, flanked by one wall which is mostly windows, and another which is a huge cathedral ceiling room wall where I have to put the television. I found the answers on your video, and I want to thank you sincerely. But in addition to this, thank you for your wonderful professionalism, your articulate presentation that doesn't drone on with "chit-chat" that completely wastes time and makes the viewer lose interest. Very impressive, and I look forward to future posts! Best, Martha
Aw that warms my heart and is precisely the intent of my channel Martha! To help you create your dream space, no matter what your style or budget! Thank you so much for watching and supporting my channel 🙏🏻☺️
Julie, you are the best!!! You know exactly how to reach your audience! Thank you.
Thank you for watching Candice! I appreciate the support and feedback 🙏🏻☺️
One choice that seems to help with furniture layout in a room with a corner fireplace or awkward doors is adding chairs that swivel for viewing options. Great series!! Really hope you do an episode on awkward open ledges or niches above doors -- for example above an entry door or even small niches on walls on a stairway! Thanks!
We’re in sync 🙌🏻 Awkward niches and alcoves is coming up in a few weeks
Thank you so much for this! I downsized a few years ago and my family room has a corner fireplace and is small family room This video is very helpful as I struggled with this. Thank you!!!
Scale and proportion is usually the foundation for a successful layout in a small space 👍🏻
Entryways! If you can cover how to decorate with furniture in entryways that would be great. Not very entryway can fit a bench or console table - however I don’t want to leave it bare either. Any tips would be great!
My same problem!
Awesome idea Alexis! I’ll get on it 🙌🏻
@@JulieKhuu First- congratulations on this terrific series; Ms. Khuu, I appreciate your blend of practicality with genuineness...I love how you default to how the customer ultimately feels! Second, I concur with Ms. King above. California entryways are for the most part short and dark- anything on lighting and furniture placement. As for another awkward space, where best to place an upright piano? Baby grands- no problem, but an upright? In the living room against the wall next to the sofas or create a separate space altogether on another wall? Clearly, many folks don't have a separate music room. Thank you and, again, this series is the answer to COVID confinement!
This is great! Please share more!
I am interest to know about furniture placement, especially sofa, display rack, storage cabinet etc in the living room...
Besides that i would like to know more about how to treat low ceiling n awkful beam and also space underneath the staircase.
Your videos always amazed me. Thanks so much for willing to have great tips on house deco.
Thank you for watching and the wonderful suggestions Karmun! I’m taking notes 📝
OMG, this is the content I was waiting for and did not even know 😁
Love it! ❤️
I’d love to hear more about bay windows vs furniture placement and window treatment.
I’d also be interested in seeing something regarding slop ceilings vs window treatment, decor and furniture placement.
That’s brilliant content! Thank you so much
Already looking forward to the next video
Love the channel
Thank you for watching and the feedback Lillian! I have sloped ceilings coming up, will add bay windows if anyone else is interested? 👍🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu Thanks a mil, Julie!
A New series??? Great! I can use any advice in this area. Really good video! Thanks so much!
Thank you for watching Estrella 🙏🏻💕
Thank you. This is so helpful!
I am having difficulty with our narrow entryway. It is too narrow to include a bench or small console table on the wall where the door does not hit. Right next to the wall where we can’t add any furniture to, there is a hallway entrance followed by a small corner facing in the direction of the entrance. That seems to be the only place to add furniture, but that corner is so small that the only thing that may fit is a small pedestal table (less than 20” diameter) Unfortunately the only ones that I can find are short end tables and it does not look grand. Most corner furniture available are bookcases which I am not sure if it’s appropriate for an entrance. Would love to see a video in the future on awkward entryways.
Thank you for all of the great tips! I look forward to this series.
Lots of requests for the small awkward entry Lizeth, thank you for watching and providing feedback! I’m on it 👍🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu thanks so much! I look forward to this series :)
Hoemahgawd. It's 2am. I opened UA-cam to search for a 'cool way to deal with my stupid corner fireplace with an awkward top space' and as I pressed enter.. I thought "I really hope Julie comes up in the results."
Thank you for your enormous help with creating and curating our new(est) home!! I thoroughly enjoy your videos and haven't come across a single one that didn't have some helpful tips or make me laugh or say 'omg okay good not just my picky ass thinks that'.
You also help with my homesickness! We move every couple of years as my wife is in the military. You are the super stylish, cool, smart, and sensible pro designer friend I always wanted or wished would help me make good decisions.
Hahah Aw I’m so happy to hear that I can help you create your dream space! Thank you for watching and following along, your support means the world 🙏🏻☺️💕
Julie you have finally given me the confidence in how we’ve arranged our Queenslander home which has a very large brick corner fireplace...I think it’s beautiful. Thank you for speaking up for us owners of corner fireplaces so as not to feel ashamed of it from a design point of view! Carol...
No shame ever Carol! It’s all about celebrating our home’s unique qualities 👍🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu thanks Julie...it’s so nice to find someone speaking my “design” language 🌸
Love this! You answered so many of my questions! BRB, binge watching all your videos as I dive into designing the fixer upper condo I just purchased and have no idea what I'm doing!
Thank you for watching Angel! Let me know if you have any questions 👍🏻☺️
I just painted the fireplace my boyfriend built for me and my house of course. I painted it medium to a darker gray. Our tile and carpet is tan and browns. So I’ve been pulling the gray/brown into some of the decor to have some assembly. I’m so in love with the fireplace. Thank you for the ideas!
Sounds brilliant Jennifer! 🙌🏻☺️
Love love love this video. My corner fireplace layout has been driving me crazy since we moved in. I’m so inspired now to move some things around.
Awesome! Let me know how it goes Anna! 🙌🏻
I SO look forward to this new series!
Thank you for watching Cara! 🙏🏻✨
Yes I love when you post a new video. I get so many ideas from watching your channel.
Thank you for watching Antionette 🙏🏻☺️
Bravo, Julie! This has been a much awaited video. I now have the answers I could not find. It seems so simple when you are doing the explaining! Very well done. xo
Awesome! So glad I can help Audrey 🙏🏻💕
Thank you for this series. I have learned so much from you without spending a lot of money. I have an awkward entrance area. When you walk in, there is a small landing area (8x4) the.there are steps going downstairs to the left and a hall way that leads to an all open living area. It’s dark narrow area that desperately needs some attention.
You can create a small, beautiful landing space to the left of the door Pamela. I have awkward entries coming up in a couple of weeks, stay tuned 🙏🏻☺️
I love this series! Can you do an episode on how to create a feature wall in a room with sloped ceiling? PLEASE do an episode on front door facing a flight of stairs and a hallway right when you enter the house. Thank you for the great content!
Yes! Feature wall with sloped ceiling and three walls. One wall has a fireplace between two floor to ceiling windows. So builders clearly intended the fireplace to be focal point but that doesn't fit our functional family tv room needs. Thanks
You got it Claude 👍🏻
Thank you for watching Awake 🙏🏻✨ I have a video on sloped ceilings coming up in the next few weeks- will address this issue with the focal wall 👍🏻
@@JulieKhuu - awesome! Thank you.
Julie, I love your series. I have a modern house, with a high pitched ceiling, with a large corner brick fireplace to the ceiling . And windows across both walls. I need to place sitting and a baby grand piano. Thanks katie
Thank you for watching Katie! I would probably place the baby grand opposite the brick fireplace on the shorter wall and create a seating group facing both focal points
Thank you again for your videos. I had to reference again because my family room is driving me crazy. It's small and shares the space with a breakfast bar. Trying but can't seem to get it right but your video is helpful.
Scale and proportion is usually the issue Rochelle. Check out my Dream Space series on measuring your room for more detailed tips!
I feel like this was willed into being at the exact right time. Thank you so much!! Super helpful! Cant wait for the rest of this series
Yay! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻☺️
Thank you Julie.
I always learn from your generous given knowledge.
Thank you again Dimitria.
Thank you for watching Dimitria 🙏🏻✨
My corner fireplace has led to many design fails over the years. This video was so helpful! Look forward to more videos in the series.
Hope you found a great solution today! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻☺️
Thank You for doing this video! I recently removed our tv from our living room and I love having it gone. My husband watches whatever he wants on his laptop. I watch UA-cam videos on my iPhone. Sometimes I just sit and read or look through design catalogs with our cats and dogs snuggled up with us. I really think our living room looks prettier and it actually makes the entire space feel larger. And I agree that tv’s do not work well hung above a fireplace in most layouts. My husband teases me that I have moved furniture so much that our next house will be one like the houses in Mexico where the furniture is anchored to the floors, lol! I just now told him, “Well Julie said to move furniture and have fun!”😂😂😂
Haha exactly Renee, you’re having fun and he gets a space that functions better than expected 🙌🏻
I’m soooo glad I came across this expert advice. It opened up my eyes to designing my space. Now I really don’t see it as awkward.
Awkward = OPPORTUNITY ✨ Seeing our homes this way makes our design choices that much more unique and so personal to our conditions 🙌🏻
By the way, can’t wait for more episode from this series. Love it already! Well done Julie!
Thank you so much Vanessa! 🙏🏻☺️
Excellent input! I have a 70s ranch that has a wall of brick running the length of the room. The hearth has a seating ledge the length of it, and the tv sits on left side of ledge with fireplace towards the right. There are no shelves on wall or pillow/cushion for brick ledge. I’d love some suggestions how to style this intrusive, boring wall. I do plan to paint the brick soon as it saps the small amount of sunlight entering room. Looking forward to this series!
Hi Jill! Did you see the mid century home featured in this video (TV placement portion)? It has a similar vibe as you described! Try upholstering a long bench style cushion that is sleek and minimal to make the ledge more functional. Or you can leave it alone and address what’s happening in the center of the space more 👍🏻
Thank you ! I really really needed to see this. I've been playing around with furniture placement in a small, open-concept floor plan with a corner FP. I even had a custom rug made for the area, which is another difficulty with such a situation. Your ideas and photos were the best I've seen.
Awesome KBS, check out my video on open concept layouts for more inspiration 👍🏻☺️
Excellent tips on a problem I've been dealing with for nearly two years. Thank you for the high quality narrations and multiple photos of each concept.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻☺️
Yes! So waiting for sloped ceiling video 😊 not sure if this other problem is popular enough to address in a video... but our parking place is reachable via garden, garden doors are in the kitchen/dining room (which further flows into the livng room - open concept) and another important part - there is not much wall space near the garden door (the whole garden door wall is doors and windows till the floor). We almost never use the front door. How do we end coats on the chairs and shoes on the floor in the dining room?
Sounds like you would have to place a furniture piece to accommodate this need. I would put it perpendicular to the window wall to make it work.
Julie, always so practical. Although I don't have the luxury of the fireplace challenge, the thinking behind your solutions is helpful in just planning through spaces and seating ideas. Your channel continues to give me confidence as I redesign my main living area...
It all starts with a plan on paper 📝 Once you understand your space and measure accordingly, sky’s the limit! 🙌🏻
YES YES YES! I was just going to ask you to help with my curved fireplace! Its very large and takes up the majority of the living room with this huge curved line. Thank you thank you Julie! Can't wait for the whole series :)
Yay! Hope you got some cool ideas Weeze! 🙌🏻
Awesome video! We have a corner TV & adjacent fireplace (basically flip any of your examples) & are hoping to get a sectional soon. For now, 2 sofas in an "L" configuration seems to work well! Additional awkwardness is that there's ~2 meters of excess space in behind the loveseat. This is where you enter the room too (off the corner). Not sure what to do with that dead space just yet...
You can pull the loveseat back a bit and flank it with a sofa table so you’re met with a beautiful piece of furniture instead Jessica!
Exactly what I need! Thanks!!
Woohoo! Thank you for watching Kieracoco 🙏🏻☺️
Love this!! Would love some advice for floor plans for a long narrow lounge! Mine is 4x6m
Long and narrow spaces coming up next week!
@@JulieKhuu Amazing!! 😍 Looking forward!
This series is a winner! I know it’s coming soon but, sloped ceilings...🤯🤯🤯
Next week Doneil! Just finished filming it ☺️
Thanks you so much for this! I have an awkward 80s house so I'm extra excited for this series!
Thank you for watching Lanay! Let me know if there’s anything specific I can help with 🙏🏻☺️
Thanks so much for this! I wish our fireplace was in the corner and then the TV could be the focal point in between the windows. This was helpful! I'll play around with the placements suggested. Keep up this awesome series! Can't wait for more!
Some people love the corner fireplace, some find it awkward. Glad you found some inspiration from the video Mariana! 👍🏻☺️
Love this! My whole house is an awkward space (modern /art deco old house). Looking forward to this series! One thing I wish my house had was a better entry (you walk into this awkward platform then into the living room. Any ideas for creating an entry in a tight space? Thanks!
I’ll have to address awkward entries in this series Angela, lots of requests for this! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻☺️
Ah I love this series! I will be moving to an awkward LR space soon...this info is perfect 👌
Awkward living rooms coming up Francesca!
Hi Julie! Happy New Year! Love the new series. You explain everything so eloquently. I don't have a corner fireplace in my living room but my front door opens to a closet and small entry that faces a staircase that opens to the living room with a bay window and one large wall which opens to dining room that has one wall and a 6ft slider on exterior wall that opens to a peninsula in the kitchen. I love the semi open concept but the entryways and lack of walls in living and dining room make furniture placement difficult for me to figure out. Julie, I know you can figure out this conundrum and would love to see a video on it.
Don’t look to the walls to create space Cassandra, look to the floors to figure out your seating groups. Most of the furniture in this episode aren’t backed up against walls. They float in space. Watch again to dissect the arrangements 👍🏻
Wow! Was literally in the midsts of trying to figure out out how redo our corner fireplace. Thank you!
Awesome, hope these tips can help Renee! 👍🏻☺️
I love a corner fireplace. Too often, when they are in the center of the room, there's nowhere to put the tv or worse, it's on the opposite wall so the fp is behind you. In the corner, you can see both the tv and the fp but the tv doesn't have to be OVER the fp and too high. It's a win/win for me.
My thoughts exactly. A corner fireplace does all of the furniture placement for you 👍🏻☺️
I have that problem now and my mantal has a built in mirror and pillars.
Spot on with this series and with the corner fireplace / TV as my biggest challenge. Thank you!!!
Thank you for watching G! 🙏🏻☺️
I was so excited when I saw this Title!!!☺️👍
Thank you for watching Karen! Please let me know if you have any questions when it comes to an awkward space in your home 🙏🏻☺️
Happy that you started this new series looking forward to watch it
Thank you for watching Nousseiba 🙏🏻✨
This is a fantastic idea. Took screenshots and great, great, great ideas!! Julie, thank you!!
Thank you for watching Sibongile, hope these tips helps you in your space 🙏🏻☺️
Thank you so much!!! Thank you to all the people who made comments that led to this video. 🤩 I have an awkward dining room as well, two of the walls are arch’s (one to the kitchen and the other to the door. The third wall has a window to the street. Oh, did I mention that this room is not large and we have pretty standard ceilings. I painted an accent wall green before I watched your video about that. I have a rectangular table but want to buy an orb chandelier. I am so confused 🤷🏾♀️
Thank you for watching Marishka! Definitely check out my dining room mistakes video for more tips. It may clear up your dilemmas 🤞🏻
I love this idea of decorating the “awkward” space!
Thank you for watching Rosita! ☺️🙏🏻
I am so glad you did this video. I have a corner fireplace with a awkward shaped kitchen adjacent to it and the dining room on the other side. It's so small and so difficult to design. I now have some ideas what to do with it. Thank you.
Yay! So glad you got some inspiration to try out Kathy 🙌🏻
Exactly the video I have been looking for. Can’t wait to use some of the ideas!
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻✨
Definitely enjoy your design styles, I would like to see open concepts were sofa backs to kitchen. My family leans on my sofa back.
I have an open concept video coming up Sheena! But right off the bat, I’d place a slim console there if that bothers you.
Thank you! Love the content as usual.
Thank you so much BossLady ☺️🙏🏻
I love this series already!! Thank you Julie!!
Thank you for watching Ari! It’s gonna be fun!
Hi Julie, my husband and I really enjoy your channel, we've learned so much already. We live in the north of Italy, were almost every house has a square room, usually not very big, that's meant to be used as living/dinning area. We would love your opinon in this matter beacause it's just so awkward even thinking about the layout. Thanks!!!
Dining area is a little easier to discern, subtract the space you need to move the chairs back from the table (36”/900mm) and that is the maximum size of your table. Living area, same idea, subtract the clearance needed for passages and the space leftover is where your furniture goes. Check out my Dream Space series for more tips on measuring and laying out the space Adosa! 🙏🏻☺️
Thanks Julie!!! This series is so much fun to watch and certainly extremely helpful!!!
Thank you for watching Vicky! Check out the Dream Space series if you’re starting from scratch in any room 👍🏻☺️
thank you! what a great series as many people live in older places that have been updated and added on to throughout the years.. which means a lot of it doesn’t make sense!
Ain’t that the truth 🙌🏻😆
This series is sooo needed - we all have or will experience this in our lives. Kudos Julie ! I look forward to this series 🤗🤗🤗
Thank you for watching Carol! Please let me know if you have any awkward space issues along the way! 🙏🏻☺️
Transom windows! Sun blasts in the room, but how do you apply window treatments? Also when you have different window shapes an sizes in the same room . A patio door, transom windows and a regular window all in the same room.
You can use privacy film for the transom windows if you don’t go the custom route Janice. All other openings can be treated with window treatments hung at the same height to create visual continuity
Love your series. I have a corner fireplace. The wall shares a 9' ceiling on the left and vaulted on the right. I want to add stone to it but it would be split in half vertically . I think I have to concentrate on just what's below the mantle and just a piece of art above.
Yes 👍🏻 Excellent solution because not running the stone all the way up may look like a mistake Susanne 😬
Perfect for my small living area with corner fireplace!! Thanks for sharing!!!
Awesome, hope my tips can help Cathy 🙌🏻
Thank you so much! We have a corner fireplace that we love, but arranging the furniture has been confusing. We have only one wall to put the TV on (on the wall next to the fireplace), so that wasn't the issue. I love your channel!
Thank you for watching Pammie! Scale and proportion makes or breaks the space, so definitely prioritize the right sized seating group 👍🏻
Hi Julie thank you for already sharing such great insights on how to improve my home. My space is an L shape with the corner pointing bottom right . On the lower end I have three windows. In the top right of the shape I have the kitchen. How do I position a cozy seating area that looks inviting for guests ? And should I keep it open , or should I separate the kitchen from the living room ?
Separate the spaces for more intimate seating groups. Sounds like the living space will become long and narrow, which I’m tackling in tomorrow’s video Alexander! Stay tuned 🙏🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu Wow ! Thanks so much for the quick response :D I moved in to a new appartement last april. but you have helped me greatly to finally have the confidence to make sound design decisions on how to create a welcoming warm home by arranging my furniture the right way! Putting the dining table in to the space in stead of pushing it against the wall worked wonders! I will do my best to make as much recommendations as possible to support you and your channel. Endless gratitude from Amsterdam!
We have a small corner fireplace, but a door to right and windows to left. No adjacent wall. So tv is above fireplace. We have it set quite high and tilted downward on swivel arm. SInce we usually watch TV while reclining back in chairs, it helps with our neck posture, making our line of sight perpendicular to tv screen. Much better for proper spinal alignment. For us, a high tv works.
That’s the perfect solution when you have nowhere else to place the TV 🙌
Yay!! New series! I ❤️ your videos and of course your professional opinions.
Thank you for watching Dennis! 🙏🏻☺️
I love the quiz!! A perfect tool to ignite our brain cells & check our understanding 👍🤩
Haha yes! Hope it helps you to remember when the time comes Lois 🙌🏻☺️
Thank you Julie! This was very helpful!
Thank you for watching Jasmine! Hope it makes sense for you! So many ways to make your space work 🙌🏻
Oh wow! Just what I needed! I have so many design delimmas. Thanks dear,for starting this new series!
Let me know what I can help with Dr! 🙏🏻☺️
@@JulieKhuu sure ,!dear
Sorry! I mean -Sure,dear!
I look forward to this new series too! Right now I’m struggling with a fireplace that is not centered, that takes half of one long wall and I haven’t decided what to put in that other half. I’m thinking of putting some bookcases
Check out my video on awkward long and narrow spaces Angelo. I cover offset fireplaces in that one 👍🏻
Love this series! I don’t have a corner fireplace I have one in the center of a long wall making Television placement awkward and unbalanced. On top of that there is little usable wall space as large open walkways and windows take up the other 3 sides of the room. At this moment the tv sits in a armoire angled in a corner on one side of the fireplace. Although I don’t like the layout especially there is good viewing of the fireplace and the tv from most seats.
Check out the long and narrow room video in this series Donna- I share very similar spaces to what you’re describing 👍🏻
I have the angled sofa for my room (first example of latouts). I almost never see anyone do that, loved seeing that I'm not crazy for this layout haha. I love my awkward space with its corner fireplace and pitched ceilings. It makes it unique and visually interesting.
Also I love the guess the spot challenge. I learn best from doing things myself and this helped so much. Sometimes I can watch all the interior design videos but when it comes to implementing them I can sometimes be stumped. This was really helpful and I hope to see it in future videos in this series!
Thank you for watching and the helpful feedback S! Will be quizzing you all more along the way 🙌🏻😉
Hi Julie. Great video. I have a very awkward living room with corner fireplace and stairs next to it. Difficult to place furniture. I thought of a small sectional but don't think the room will look right or be symmetrical.
You will see from the video that sometimes the asymmetrical layout is what makes it beautiful Fatima 👍🏻 I love a sectional to help define space as well.
Great series...lots of awkward spaces for sure...maybe its an epidemic 🤪! Small rooms to small spaces like an alcove above our fireplace. Its 58"L x 32"H x 22"D. I have never seen anything like it before, so I struggle with what to put in it. Could change it seasonally, but just like simple. Any ideas would be appreciated!
Maybe put pretty firewood??
@@Lili-xq9sn really high off the ground for firewood...and messy and in feng shui it just adds fuel to the fire...I think thats bad...
@@annetteanderson3375 I was thinking that white wood (birch ? maybe), it doesn't seem messy like brown wood. I'm from an island, lol, no fireplaces.
I will address architectural alcoves in this series Annette! Definitely have some ideas, but I’d rather show you 😉 Thank you for watching!
Looking forward to this series. My kitchen is a bit awkward. It’s a good space, but I feel like I can use it better. Especially since I plan to redo it this spring/summer and I really want to get it right. Any help and tips I can get from your series would be so helpful.
The common design mistakes video for the kitchen is now up Ysette! Definitely check that out for more tips 🙏🏻☺️
Hi Julie. Thanks for all your great tips. I have learned so much from watching your videos. Can you please do one on
how to furnish a living room with a feature staircase which needs to remain exposed. Thank you.
Hi Nancy! Thank you for watching! Yours is definitely a unique case. I feel like the staircase becomes a sculptural element to the room that can stand on its own once you determine the separate living space.
Excited for the new series. My awkward space is my small master bedroom with 8' ceilings is begging for a statement light, a chandelier feels too sharp and imposing hanging over my bed and most flush mounts are too tame. What would be a nice compromise pendant style that I could maybe use a medallion to add much needed architecture? There are so many beautiful lights to choose from, but the special needs of bedroom ( no bare bulbs / glass shades etc) light has stumped me. What would feng shui rules be for this situation as well?
I would source 2 hanging pendants above the nightstands Erica. Would add a lot of visual interest and dimension to the space. 8ft can work for a small, centered flush mount as well 👍🏻
It's a winner Julie ☺️... thanks much for answering my questions...can't wait to see the rest of the series...
I got you Maria 🙌🏻 Thank you so much for watching and your continued support 🙏🏻💕
OMG!! This is topic is so helpful right now! Thank you!
Thank you for watching Akio! ☺️🙏🏻
Thank you Julie! Corner fireplace is what I have in my condo, and a sloped ceiling on top of that! I have my TV on the wall adjacent to the fireplace. The other entire adjacent "wall" is actually a sliding door to the balcony. The sofa is across from the TV. This is the only furniture setup possible as the room is not big. TV and sofa wall are sloped, fireplace and balcony door being the low point. the 4th wall has 2 giant walkways: one to the entrance to the condo, the other to the dining room. I want to hang a beautiful ethnic tapestry above the sofa. Now I don't know how to decorate a room with 3 focal points (fireplace, TV, tapestry). How high to hang the tapestry? What to hang above the fireplace? Fireplace itself needs its ugly tiles replaced and mantel built. Do I use pretty tiles or should I downplay them? A lot of questions, don't know where to start. Thank you for always great advice and perfectly presented videos!
Thank you for watching G! Start by pulling inspiration of your dream fireplace look. Then use those images to inspire your design. Tapestry height should be split amongst the negative space left between the sofa and the ceiling. Try that out and let me know how it goes!
Thank you so much for addressing these issues and answering my questions! ❤️
Thank you again for tuning in 🤗
Thank you for this new series! I have a request... might not qualify as an 'awkward space', per se. But I'd like tips on how to paint a ceiling a color. I have seen several painted ceilings... one was even a tiger eye orange. Looked amazing. If you've already addressed that in another video, please let me know. :))
I haven’t yet, but love the idea Tabitha! Bookmarking this! 🙌🏻
This just saved me SOOOOO much frustration!! Thank you ♥️♥️
Awesome, thank you for watching Beth! 🙏🏻☺️
Great series! Would love to see a fewer other varieties of average homes.
More to come! Will do 🙏😊
The case studies were great! Very helpful.
Thank you for watching Carolyn 🙏🏻☺️
Yes! The video I was looking for from the person I wanted to hear it from. :)
Hope you enjoyed it Jane! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻💗💕
Love the series!! Awkward family rooms!
Thank you for watching Terina! Let me know if you have any specific questions you’d like to address ☺️
I didn’t even watch this yet, but I’m so excited, because I have an awkward corner fireplace!
Update after watching the video. I’m still not sure what to do lol. The wall across from the corner fireplace is a sliding glass door to the balcony, and next to that are openings to the dining room, kitchen, and entryway 😆
Measure a minimum 36” clearance for passages and walkways and that is the maximum space you can allot for furniture Theresa 👍🏻
Every single picture of the tv above the fireplace was GORGEOUS how could you cross those out?? 😭 when the tv is too low I feel like it makes the room look smaller.
It’s a personal preference and more ergonomic Taryn, do what you love of course 👍🏻☺️
Very helpful! Our corner fireplace is just a massive brick “feature” so it’s highest on the list. Our fireplace is between two windows and both are on the upper portion of a half wall (in our lower level of our split level home). The sectional is a good idea
Awesome, so glad you got some new ideas from this video Sarah 🙌🏻
Thank you for this series. I have a very awkward living room. The living room video gave me some ideas but my issue is that my living room has a peek on the front., with a wood stove, It is narrow, has a patio door on one side and one side is narrow than the other because there are stairs going up, very little wall space as I have lot of windows and very high cathedral ceiling, a nightmare to place the furniture. please do a video about a very awkward space like mine.
Hi Susy. If you understand exactly what you need in the space, subtract the amount of clearance you need for passages/ hallways/stairs. Use the remaining space to float your furniture and face towards the focal points in the room. I hope this helps your direction. Check out my Dream Space series for more tips! 🙏🏻☺️
Julie you are brilliant! Thank you so much
Thank you for watching Bree! 🙏🏻☺️
Yeees!! Thanks for more awesome tips!! Question for you. What do you do when a bedroom has a low ceiling fan and supporting beam which would make you feel awkward sleeping underneath, and the only way to position the bed so that your body is not directly under it is to put it diagonally on a corner? Is there a way to make that positioning work?
I see your point. But I would suggest keeping your headboard on a solid wall and not at the diagonal. Perhaps swap out the fan for a beautiful light fixture if you can Ayaka? Bright lifjr light will help usher positive energy into the space ✨
@@JulieKhuu Thank you so much Julie! Never thought of swapping the fan for a light fixture. Perhaps that would be a great idea. I appreciate you taking the time to give me suggestions!
Awesome! So looking forward to the new series!
Thank you for watching HR! ☺️🙏🏻
Wow, this was a great lesson on placement - well done
Thank you for watching Sons ☺️🙏🏻