home decor you do not need..........

[@vickylee290]

Please do a video on how to style common surfaces in your house!

[@rekavitz6473]

yes! please 😊 i need the coffee table styling tips ❤

[@EllieStardustt]

Agreed, it's a great idea!

[@FinleyMiller-zy6lb]

and include how to style a tv stand!

[@misskemmeke]

I need desk styling!!

[@sinclaire1502]

please! dresser, desk, night stand, coffee table, even dining table dare i say???

[@janelte]

There is a hint in the name "coffee" table - there is meant to be room to put down your cup, glass, book, or whatever you are holding. So much furniture seems to have lost its functional purpose only to be seen as a surface for "decor" ( a term I cannot bear). If the furniture is both purposeful and pleasing to your personal taste, accumulated over time rather than purchased in a mass grab at a store, it is actually hard to have too much stuff and hard for the space not to reflect its occupants and not a catalogue. And if any decorative or ornamental pieces are meaningful gifts, or deeply-loved finds and purchases, the whole experience of a room becomes an extension of getting to know the person living there. I am with you on leaving a space or going without until we find something that we know we will keep for a long time and truly appreciate.

[@l.m.n.2338]

Agree. The function-less coffee table baffles me. I prefer side tables anyway.

[@lisa34478]

Right?! Is this an American thing, like wreaths? I do not understand the fascination with covering a coffee table so there’s no space to put your coffee 😅

[@vaderladyl]

Yes, where am I going to put my coffee down with all that many books and stuff on top. Just a tray with two or three small items on it, placed to the side is plenty.

[@redmaple1982]

For whatever reason a real fear of negative space has taken over decor. Hence the trays filled with twig balls.

[@mariogrenadine]

@@vaderladyl exactly my thoughts... those tables are meant to be a catch-all for any items that you want to have with you while sitting on a couch... so drinks, food, books, a notebook, absolutely anything. Those items ARE the decoration on the table. I mean you can put a nice candle there or some pretty napkin box, if you use it occasionally, and coasters, imo that would be it.

[@sabinemetz]

I just got a cool coffee table at the thrift store this weekend for €12,50 and I just came here to share the interior design high I got from it with all of you in the comments 🤝

[@rebeccareynolds9514]

Paige I love your store and your look. Buuuut I hate the format of your website I wish you could see if an item is sold out before you click on it 😢

[@wasselpa]

this is amazing feedback

[@lenavye1972]

Yes! Completely agree. Or being able to filter out items that have been sold out would be super helpful

[@candycandyissodandy]

I could tell this was written with love and we appreciate that

[@lu_re7198]

Don’t get rid of the dining table if you have a family or if you like entertaining. Turn it into a multi use study/dining/craft space. Add bookshelves, a reading corner and craft storage. Side note: Absolutely love the idea 💡 of a video about how to style a reading nook, dresser, console, etc.

[@Laneythekid]

I love the idea of having a big dining table in your kitchen if you have room instead of an island 😍 But a craft room with built ins would be incredible too

[@kimmie91978]

Yes, we have a very large Danish coffee table that has become my sewing work table and I just clean it up when we have dinner parties. I would never get rid of it because I bought it at a thrift store 13 years ago not knowing it was a steal-- I regularly see these sets sold for $2500+ and I bought mine for $400 (3 leaves, with 8 chairs).

[@joshuaporter98]

No one use a dining table anymore a lot of new builds don’t even have a dining room because people would rather have a larger living room or they’re building a hearth room instead

[@kimmie91978]

@@joshuaporter98 I'm guessing they build larger eat-in kitchens or eat at your kitchen island, but what if you have people over for dinner? I'm middle-aged so I guess it feels weird to completely eliminate a place to put a dining table 😂

[@channamasala1]

@@joshuaporter98I use my dining table all the time. (I don’t have a kitchen table or island).

[@maggiee.902]

Paige, I am begging you for a video of how to create a home office. I have a spare bedroom in my home but I refuse to dedicate an entire room to a home office. How can I create a guest room / home office that’s not so pinteresty. Sincerely someone who has been working from their kitchen table since 2020😂

[@maggiepokalsky554]

I second this!!! My partner and I are both resident physicians and though we do not work from home, we require a functional office space to use at night but want the space to still feel beautiful/relaxing within the home

[@marilise1engel]

Yes please! Also been working from home, although lucky to have a room specifically for the office, but I find it so hard to make the ugly computer setup look good

[@maggiee.902]

@@marilise1engel YES this! I couldn’t agree more. I just hate the idea of using a bedroom as a full office. It feels like such a loss of functional space. Granted the bedroom I’d be using is very small (maybe fit a twin bed) but still!

[@mariogrenadine]

@@marilise1engel I have the same, small space and giant two monitors required for work that take all the visual space. I've put them on a very small console table against a wall, so far that has solved the problem

[@Pangaea83]

Great ideas! I love your home office, Paige

[@AlexinaAnatole]

Okay YES, the idea of a video about styling all the surfaces in your house is genius!! Please do that 💛

[@itsmeRahel]

yes please!

[@samm4478]

a surface styling series: ep 1 coffee table, ep 2 bookshelf, etc

[@pegm5937]

Yeah, the blanket crawling out of a basket in the living room - why? I keep trying to tell people this - decorate your home with shit you want to look at, and not 'decor items'. Those items are sterile and have zero personality. I love that i can look at my wall unit of shelves and every has a story. It's appealing, reflects me, and makes me happy. Thanks for Sundays With Paige!

[@CatVonMe54]

Even the ubiquitous throw blanket on its own! Useful? Can be. But somehow I've never been able to drape them gracefully and they're always a coagulated mess!

[@PetitePollyPocket]

Lmaaooo I used to do this in my first apartment but it’s wasn’t necessarily for decor reasons, I genuinely didn’t have space to store them and I like to entertain so I always wanted people to have easy access to them 🥲

[@heidi1000]

I actually have one of these but the blankets are not crawling out- I promise. 🤣 We have a little dog that loves blankets and we have to wash them often. So having the ability to just grab a new one is handy.

[@donnagreen5707]

Your squatty potty was cool and well made. You spent time and money making it; it would have looked awesome outside as a plant stand. Sturdy, and wouldn’t blow over. Always try to repurpose before throwing in the trash!

[@Laurasaurus5]

Iirc she didn't have outdoor space at her last place. I agree though! Very cute for plants!

[@morgan3llis001]

i think its so bizarre when families dont use dining rooms. my family ate dinner at the dining table every night (even if we got take out!). kitchen was more for lunch or breakfast alone.

[@courtneycox8297]

Same for us. Who likes looking the dirty kitchen while they eat?

[@debvalle7466]

My kitchen is not well-suited for eat-in, so I always eat in the dining room. However, it doubles (quadruples) as my downstairs home office, library, bar/lounge. It's the prettiest room in the home (lovely stained glass and built-in from 1800s), so I enjoy spending a lot of time there. Also looks out onto my garden and a pretty elderberry tree in side yard.

[@Pangaea83]

I don’t have a dining room in my small house but we do have an eat-in kitchen table and a larger table in the large living room as a zone for entertaining or more formal family dinners

[@heidi1000]

Same here! I also think it's benefical to sit down, enjoy your food, and have a good conversation. Sadly, I don't think this happens a lot anymore. :(

[@keilaorellana88]

My husband and I always bring posters from our travels (all kinds of posters and art). It's our thing and that's what we use to decorate our house!!! There is always a story behind it, so that's a +

[@סימוןשלומי]

Kiva Brent an interior designer even frames magnets from travels.

[@keilaorellana88]

@@סימוןשלומי it's a great idea, i'll check her out! Thanks for sharing!

[@thepositiveswitch]

You’re definitely going to save some lives with the “how to decorate your surfaces” video! Please show how to decorate a console as well please 🙏

[@channamasala1]

I think whether or not you keep your dining table truly depends on how much you use it. We have an apartment with a small not open concept kitchen. No island, no kitchen table. Because it’s an apartment we don’t have a dining room either. Our living room comes with an area just begging for a big table so we put one there. We use it CONSTANTLY. We work at it, we feed friends meals at it, we use it as extra dinner prep space, we often eat lunch at it, we have our monthly budget talk at it. I do large art projects at it if my guest room folding table isn’t big enough. If we had a kitchen table it’d be unnecessary but we don’t, and we need and like having a big table space.

[@cd2659]

I think she just means you only need one table in your home. Two is overkill and unused.

[@blueoystercolt97]

same here, it’s amazing to have a giant catch-all table in a small space. as Paige says: big furniture in a small apartment is always a go

[@channamasala1]

@@cd2659 Sure, but she didn't say exactly that, which kind of implied an assumption that everyone has a 2nd table in their kitchen or somewhere. Which, fair enough, if I did have a kitchen table or island -- a big one, as I do host -- I wouldn't need a specific dining area in addition to that.

[@mariogrenadine]

@@blueoystercolt97 that's exactly how I use it, only have one big dining table in a very small apartment and it's used for everything - eating, working, crafts, cooking, putting and sorting out items after grocery shopping, temporary surface to put stuff on while I'm cleaning, hosting guests etc.

[@AndreaS-xp6op]

She literally said to get rid of your second dining table that you never use. She didn't say, "get rid of your table you use all the time" 🙄

[@Hobbesnevie]

💯 on the mass produced art. But, I do have posters of art I’ve enjoyed seeing at museums I’ve visited, I guess that’s mass produced, but it’s not usually the prints/posters of the most popular ones, that get printed and sold everywhere on everything.

[@CatVonMe54]

I was going to post something similar. Anyone can find an art poster that suits their tastes or even their passions. I especially like the ones that are produced for particular museum exhibitions. So much more meaningful than the generic stuff from Home Goods or Target. Even some credible influencers recommend "wall art" which is nothing but wall "decor."

[@rockinsockmonkey8033]

This is a great way to apply the rule of personalization! I don't have Matisse posters bc I've never seen a Matisse piece IRL and I don't have any emotional connection to that style. But recently I met up with an old friend at a museum, and we spent a while just sitting in front of a Manet painting chatting. I bought a tiny print of that painting in the gift shop, bc now I'll always associate it with the memory of seeing my friend again :)

[@CookieDr007]

That doesn't count, you picked art or went to a show and it's meaningful to you and is a great conversation starter. Hear me out if someone really loves Monet that isn't the same as someone that just went to TJX and bought random art that was more likely AI created.

[@kourtniwippel6141]

Tldr: rob your grandma

[@puppiedaze6765]

I don’t have an eat in kitchen, but my dining room attaches, so I’m keeping my dining table and hutch. PS I bought it at a yard sale from a couple that was downsizing and it is solid rock maple. Beautiful. Thrifted and has a funny story about the sale. It’s a keeper. That said I have some kitchen and linen things I could get rid of. I am phasing out the mass produced decor, and it’s so much better. Thanks, Paige.

[@music4life813]

My personalized coffee table currently has two matchbox cars, my son’s water bottle and hat, my husbands inhaler, and a remote. It’s called ✨ decor ✨ 😂

[@lackoliver55]

DO NOT remove the matchbox cars. That is super hawt right now. Very hip.

[@tinawartemann6556]

Keep the inhaler. Especially if it's grey.haha😊

[@ladyysue]

I don’t even have a coffee table to make room for the hot wheels. I’ve had to get rid of surfaces and things on tables because it gets broken or is just a play space for the toddlers.

[@kimmie91978]

A million books covering a coffee table isn't very practical because I like to put my feet on my coffee table like an ottoman, so I keep decor to a minimum. I bought a big basket for blankets, but my dog immediately made it his dog bed and then we got another dog and the two of them fought over it, so now we have two big baskets of old blankets exclusively for our dogs and honestly, it's a great design solution if you have small pets haha.

[@emilyschultheiss2929]

My basket had turned into a cat bed 😂

[@lauralaforge558]

lol yeah my tiny dog immediately claimed my blanket basket too. Now I have three for him: two for common areas and one for my master. All have dumbbells at the bottom and dog bed on the top, so he won’t tip them over when getting in and out. I tried other beds for him Iike a mesh cot for hotter weather and he never used it. Back to the basket.

[@professormustard75]

My mom is an artist and she goes to Home Goods to buy canvas art just so she can paint over the crappy art. She said it's cheaper than buying a fresh canvas.

[@xxTheLocketxx]

I do the same! Any clearance canvas or wooden sign is a prime painting surface

I’m so confused by coffee table styling, like don’t people use their coffee tables for putting their coffee down ? And to eat and live….

[@channamasala1]

Same, I find the stacks of books on coffee tables that nobody is actually reading to be very weird.

[@meh5069]

I do both lol. I don’t fill mine with books but I have a round coffee table and have coffee table design books in the center. I do actually read and look through the books so they get cycled out pretty often. And still plenty of space for drinks

[@dp2404]

Same! The right amount of coffee table decor IMHO is 0.

[@gracielynch1502]

I would love a video on how to style a coffee table, credenza, vanity, etc.!

[@jamalrana8504]

I LOVEEEE the idea of a video on how to style a surface. Recently I’m having brain fog and struggling to style my dresser. Maybe we can submit our spaces and you suggest on what to add next remove etc :))

[@ElleAshterra]

I’m enjoying removing stuff currently pre moving house. Selling via FBM as well as donating heaps to charity. I’m happy for those excited when buying my furniture to continue to use. As empty nesters, my partner and I are downsizing to a smaller house. I continue to take note of your suggestions each video Paige 😊

[@HR-re6mr]

I always leave a border around coffee table to puts drinks or phone. They are overstyled most of the time imo. I’m not a fan of dining rooms that don’t get used. I like stools at an island and one table to sit. The throw and pillows in baskets again somebody did it for a home staging or catalog. It’s over styling. And PSA everyone seems to be on the .. thrifting bandwagon.. well thrifting can be a bunch of wasteful junk too. It’s not all gold or personal or unique only because it’s old. No need to fill your home with a bunch of thrifted stuff. Figure out what you need and then shop around via multiple outlets until you find what you want.

[@gloriaalex11]

In addition to some really good finds, thrift stores also contain a lot of cheap-looking crap that other people decluttered. Gotta do a lot of searching and digging sometimes.

[@anniedesignsstuff]

I would looovveeee to see a video of how to style surfaces!! Like a countertop, top of a hip-height bookshelf, shelves, nightstands, bathroom countertops… I struggle with all of these being both beautiful and functional

[@jessicav2031]

I also hate formal dining rooms. An entire room people have just because they think they are supposed to have one (and the dining table always just gets covered in junk mail...). You should do a whole video about getting rid of the dining room 😁

[@kimmie91978]

I've seen videos of people turning their dining room into something else and the functions are sometimes really off to me. Like one person turned her dining room into her laundry room, but then she just had a random open laundry room that you see as soon as you enter their house. I'm all for making your house more functional, but that was a weird one! 😂

[@jessicav2031]

@@kimmie91978 Hah! One of my friends just turned hers into a home office. But hey, if you really do a lot of laundry...

[@kimmie91978]

@@jessicav2031 A home office/library is definitely a smart choice!

[@meh5069]

Depends on the family. I love the resurgence of eating around the dining table.

[@Littlebeth5657]

Having not had space for a dining table/room I really value having it now. Ours is a kitchen/diner so wouldn't make sense as anything else and it's definitely better than eating on the sofa

[@breannsteffey722]

I agree on all of these however I am guilty of having a few. The blanket basket (none are poking out, and they are lightning McQueen blankets) and the homegoods art. Upgrading when my children stop f-in with stuff.

[@sl3772]

100% here for how to style different surfaces video. Always love new ideas and I'm sure there will be tips I haven't thought of either.

[@laurenervin1404]

The "how to style different surfaces" idea would be a GREAT video!! That would be a good one to save and look back on as well❤

[@christinelehnhoff7875]

Use your new picture to make Sun tea. Good old fashioned Lipton works great. When it steeps outside in the sun the tea doesn’t have that tannin bite.

[@connielorenz8329]

Sun tea is yummy but not longer recommended due to bacterial growth.

[@on_spikes6867]

pitcher?

[@maiiija]

I'm planning on using my dorm cart for the kitchen once I move into my studio and since there's very little counter/storage space it works great. I usually can't afford to get new stuff that maybe looks less college-y so I think rethinking some of my existing stuff to look more practical in a more "grown up" environment is a very useful and fun challenge (and maybe a good topic for a future video? idk).

[@squirellbrain]

Thought of this video idea the other day. You design a room with a style you hate (farmhouse,boho). I’m curious what your take of these styles would be idk. A challenge perhaps?

[@DIAMONDGIRL57]

Thank you for your sound advice. So much of what you share, I am using. I started last summer, but I am still not satisfied and still have much work to do. This summer: This summer, I started getting rid of furniture I’ve had for so many years. I downsized in preparation for retirement from a 2500 sq ft house into a 1700 sq ft townhouse. I didn’t want to let go of the oversized furniture from my large home, because it is so well made and expensive. I did get ride of my dining room set. I replaced it with a small bistro set and used the rest of space for a sitting area. I still need to work on changing my paradigm and develop and select personalize art pieces. I just haven’t found any. In the meantime . . . I will keep my pass produced art until I find personalized art pieces I fall in love with. And . . . Uncluttered and strip down each room.

[@lightworks3172]

I think this is the 5th or 6th design video posted from my subscription today. Design Sundays?

[@meh5069]

My favorite kind of KZbin days lol

[@dannetteou]

Oooh 😮what other channels are you subscribed to? Would love to see more of design content!

[@rita2506]

I do have some “mass produced” and am planning to switch it out with some film photos my husband and I have taken, basically applying what I’ve done in the rest of the house into our living room. I have multiple paintings from my grandmother that she painted for me over the years hanging in the house and I looooove having them and displaying them. One is in my daughter’s room 🖤💜

[@Sarah-xz4li]

Okay pretty sure I've commented this a few different times but i really love it: I set up my whole tv system, all my consoles, and dvd cases on a bar cart so i can wheel it to different places in my home. In my first two apartments i had a coat closet i could tuck it into, easily hiding the TV and easy to wheel out when I'm wanting to watch something. Now it lives in my guest room and it's such a perfect system for me. I'm not a big television/movie/video game person as it is, so the money I'd spend on more aesthetic tvs and storage systems just doesn't make sense. It doesnt look especially cute or anything but it's so convenient!

[@inkyfrog]

I’m on the hunt for a modern tv that looks like an old vintage one, you know the ones with the brown paneling and antennas? 😂 I just think it looks so cute and I just want to put it on a rolling cart like in Amelie

[@desertfenton]

OMG I feel attacked calling out the useless kitchen stuff - namely water bottles branded with every random company I've ever interacted with in some way....😁

[@annaaliinaa]

I think it's so interesting that as much as I love your videos and they inspire me, this specific video to me is so "American". Like everything you criticize are things that I have seen over and over again when I lived in California right after Highschool. I came home last year, I study back in Europe and I on the one hand still have pieces of art that I thrifted from California that are "personal" and I plan to keep for longer but on the other hand everything I own now is stuff that I could see myself keeping forever because it's handmade, thrifted, something I remember from trips or generally well curated stuff and not just what you describe as "stuff from your college time" with the examples that you mentioned. I know no one in Europe whose interior looks like that but yes I do know a bunch of Americans, my age and older who this exactly relates to. I don't know what it is, if it's "cultural" or simply "style", because if someone would say that's their "style" well to me that is sad but so be it and these exact people aren't targeted to your videos anyway. All that to say, thank you for your videos!! You are one of the only reasons I still watch KZbin :))

[@Tipper94]

This might seem like a faux-pas of an opinion but while I understand the optical effect of hanging curtains close to the ceiling as opposed to butt-up against the window, I find it looks strange to have a gap of vacant wall space between the curtain rod and window trim. Lately I’ve been hanging my curtains at about the halfway point between ceiling and window and it looks much more balanced than floating in space. All that to say, I hope the modern curtain hanging theory doesn’t become law because it looks a little off.

[@tartnouveau35]

I COMPLETELY agree. In even the most beautifully designed spaces on Pinterest, the massive gap looks off and amateurish, and the “flow” of the curtains doesn’t negate the effect. I’ve done the same as you, putting the rods halfway, and it creates so much more visual balance. It looks more curated and intentional. So glad someone else feels that way.

[@vaderladyl]

You actually did what you are supposed to do if that vacant spot bothers you. The rule says "close to the ceiling as much as you can or go halfway up, but not butt up against the window". What you say has been done before. It still elongates the window visually and balances that spot.

[@Tipper94]

@@vaderladyl the purpose of my comment was exactly what you stated, that it’s a “rule” and what I’m saying is it looks stupid when you follow that “rule” lol That vacant space is both a waste of material and an eyesore. We seem to generationally go from one extreme to the other when in reality neither look good.

[@ezerstudio9195]

Oh my goodness I’m so enthusiastic about the coasters!

[@mikaylasmith7600]

I love the idea of replacing the dining area. Like a cool drink/appetizer/board game sitting area would be so much cooler than a dining room. Plus if you have dogs, having an sitting area where the dogs don't sit is kind of nice.

[@debvalle7466]

So many awesome ideas and inspiration here. I feel comforted with the "rather have nothing" mentality, as right now, I actually have nothing in my living room, lol. Everything I like is very expensive and I don't feel like shopping twice. But soon I'll be getting a few more items. Love a lot of the pics of living room spaces, particularly the one with the low bench behind the chairs. I may adopt that style. Looking forward to the Was store items--I need coasters!!! Please don't sell out before I can get them 🙏

[@pablobal313]

I do have a bar cart, but the kind with sliding glass doors and a detachable tray, a vintage find from the 60s in great shape,but I don't drink, so now I use it for keeping some of the more delicate CDs albums from getting dust, and they look great too, and for art, I look for street artists, thrift stores and auctions, it's amazing what you can find in unexpected places!

[@Sozomi17]

The "Spark Joy" sounds cliche but it's true. Keep the stuff and decorate in the way that speaks to your soul. Also, the "Home Goods art" makes a great base for DIY art. I thrifted a big printed canvas landscape piece I'm planning to paint over. I might not gonna over the whole thing, but it has a manufacture flaw I need to fix and I'm not gonna spend a ton of time trying to color match. In the end, I'll have a real painting on a canvas I got cheap.

[@barbaraminarro]

I would love a video on how to style a self! I have a Milo Baughman style glass shelf that I have such a hard time decorating. Thank you Paige for the amazing videos!!! love your content

[@VioletEvans-yt2fd]

Paige, I don’t know if you’ve been working hard on this personally, but it’s very refreshing to see you NOT touch your hair constantly. By the way. You have beautiful hair.

[@meh5069]

So true 😂

[@cirelo1896]

I love eating in the dining room!

[@rockinsockmonkey8033]

I love the idea of having a multipurpose dining room. Like maybe you do other things in the room, but when you want to host a lot of people you can expand the table or unfold it, etc. Store away things in cabinets or a buffet. For example, I sew a lot, and I'm currently looking for an apartment with a formal dining room bc I could use the big table to cut out my patterns most of the time, but cover it in a cloth and host my family and friends there too when I want to.

[@CherryScout]

I just found a brass bar cart I got on a bargain after negotiating the price on FB market. I was so excited for it, but then seeing your cabinet/shelving look..... I'm seeing your point. I think it still will work better for my space but I did chuckle because I hadn't even considered there were other options lmao.

[@Mikaylap713]

Was just asking myself if I needed a bar cart lol. Seems like that was huge like 4-8 years ago 😂

[@Mikaylap713]

Also, I am SO excited for the coasters bc they match the free couch I just got. It’s a striped velvet couch that looks very 70s with the orange, brown, yellow, and green stripes. It may be vintage, I’m just not sure how old it is bc of how great the condition is.

[@eileencarroll6418]

I am at an age where I want to store "stuff" behind closed doors and only have art pieces and project or practice pieces out when I want to encourage myself to work on something. A woman I know tells her violin students to create a path of least resistance to practicing their violins by leaving them out. In some ways we become what is out in our home. Do we want to become like dusty decor or practiced musicians, watercolorists , knitter's or book enthusiasts?

[@Mikaylap713]

So trueee, unless I start bartending again or making cocktails regularly- the bar cart isn’t functional for me lol.

[@channamasala1]

I think it’s classier to have a liquor cabinet and then you can display like one alcohol you really like in a nice bottle if you want. (I have to keep my bottle of Luxardo out because it’s too tall for my liquor cabinet!)

[@vaderladyl]

It is a timeless detail if you care to have one.

[@YControl129]

I use cookbooks as coffee table books. They're usually chunky and substantial with interesting cover designs and actually useful.

[@gundeep233]

Long time lover of your videos :) A video idea would be to see how you’d style a house/dining table for a dinner party or event (including your new napiery of course). You’ve got such a great eye and I think those kind of videos are of really high value because they’re educational on some of the principles you use and we don’t necessarily have.

[@DKController]

I grew up in a house with an eat-in-kitchen and no dining room. Holiday's were cramped and the overflow mess always ended up on the table. When my parents renovated and added on a kitchen, they turned the EIK into a dining room. The dining room flows into the kitchen, which has a large arched opening flanked by counter tops. It's the best of both worlds as it functions a roomy place to eat and as a cook, it's used all year round and you don't have little kids under your feet while cooking. I honestly prefer two separate spaces for eating and cooking, although a small table or preferably, Island with seating, is great when you have guests in your kitchen or a kid hanging out doing homework. I think the rule is, get rid of the formality and use all of your spaces. If it's not useful to use as is, re-think it.

[@StephenandJackie]

Yes we just moved and I find I finally let go of stuff when I move but it would make things less cluttered and easier when I do move if I did a clean out every few months!

[@brooksb.2884]

I use my dining room as an office/library. I was fully expecting you to criticize the look of my antique dining table, but instead you gave it a thumbs up--it's in my kitchen!

[@eileencarroll6418]

Another good one... Formal Dining Rooms: In average homes, kitchen tables and formal dining tables are individually too small for entertaining extended family for holidays. Why not put both tables into a larger "family room" and use the dining room for TV viewing? Then you could enlarge the kitchen or create anan office or a cozy reading area where the kitchen table was. AndI, I love a big table in a big room for spreading out projects like cutting out sewing patterns, or art projects, or cookie decorating, or organizing photo albums, or framing pictures. If one or more more entertaining tables can be folded and stored to the side, you've got space to dance or exercise. Other than plumbing-specific rooms, you can use any space for whatever purpose makes the most sense for the people living there.

[@millieolson]

Bar carts are cute if you push them around to guests at a party and make a drink then move on, but not as a stand alone furn. My DIY's have mainly been finding badly painted furn on the street and then stripping and refinishing it , repairing it also if needed. Usually antiques, white oak, or pine, that look gorge when restored. A formal dining room would make a great home library!

[@alyssagangi5341]

Should definitely do a whole video dedicated to bookshelf styling. I think it could be super helpful especially with your styling background

[@laurenbullock310]

I would love to hear your thoughts about surfaces! Maybe dressers, night stands, and desks would be great to throw in too!

[@sambradley3179]

I’d love if we could replace “toss it” with like donate it or sell it or something? I know you don’t necessarily mean to throw everything away, but I feel like dumpsters should be the last resort. Even for mass produced shit, if you bought it you’re responsible for getting rid of it responsibly

[@vaderladyl]

I agree. Toss should be the very last resort.

[@kirsten8081]

Yes, please do a “decorating surfaces” video! How to decorate your kitchen table, coffee table, bathroom counter, etc

[@boxying1995]

Yes to surface styling! Please also do a book shelf styling video!!

[@MGheen]

If you have a small kitchen, you need a dining room. Personally, I prefer a dining room so I don't always have to look at our messy kitchen--seeing a mess reminds me I have work to do, messes I don't want guests to see. In a family of four, there's always someone cooking or getting a snack or dropping off a dirty dish. And after prepping a meal for guests, the kitchen is littered w pots and pants that aren't very decorative. :) Thus: separate kitchen and dining room is 🎉🎉🎉. IMO. Bar carts are very nice options for small corners of a living or dining room. If you get a nice one, it looks quite decorative. And guests can help themselves to whatever they want. We have a fancy sprudler on ours (spent $$$ on a decorative one) so it's nice to look at. Very practical in my opinion!

[@ladams1221]

Very funny that you start out your video on things you don't need in your house with the purchase of an iced tea maker. Tea kettle, pitcher. Done. Love your design aesthetic.

[@faustnox1575]

Can someone explain this to me? I'm really curious why people in America cover their coffee tables with books? This is such a weird concept to me. What's the purpose of coffetable, other than to have a surface to put things on when you're sitting on the couch, like a cup of coffee, tea, and other beverages? Putting books on it literally makes that surface useless to me...

[@toneluy8343]

They are called coffee table books. They are usually large and filled with photos or facts and such. Meant to easily entertain and create conversation.

[@Oogabooga814]

I really don't think this is a "people in America" thing. It is something that's in KZbin "styling" videos and magazine photo shoots. For the most part we have functional coffee tables in this country lol

[@channamasala1]

@@toneluy8343Sure but then how do you actually use your coffee table for things like coffee and other beverages? It feels like perching a coffee on a library return stack. I love books but that’s not the place for them. (Also most coffee table books are kinda generic and Home Goods-y).

[@toneluy8343]

@@channamasala1 I was just answering the question of what the point of the books are. Personally I keep coffee table books on a built in shelf under the coffee table, and nothing on the surface(I have a few because I love the photos in them). Also I have had coffee at many coffee table books that were plenty big enough to fit both flowers and a couple of books without threatening the space for coffee cups :)

[@l.m.n.2338]

A stack of coffee table books is fine. But covering the whole surface with them, or other objects, is weird to me. A book, a candle, flowers are okay styling. But people go overboard and make it into a bookshelf or just another area to hold clutter.

[@AmyRaeVee]

I agree on the dining room being a waste of space for most people. I grew up in a 20's home and the dining room was a walk-through space with a big table. I just moved and purposely chose a house where there was no large dining area and a decent sized eating area in the kitchen. I'm trying to decide what to do with some blank walls. I agree it's better to just leave them alone than try to cram something there for the sake of it.

[@kathrynbursch9061]

I LOVE my bar cart. I have it "running into the wall", al a Platform 9 3/4. It doesn't even hold alcohol- its DOG TREATS!!

[@susannee.colella6109]

My thoughts are the personal items you put around your house should tell a story about you.

[@nancyvance2772]

True, you don't have too many pillows on your bed, but imho your bed could look much prettier and more inviting.

[@edi5724]

Hi Page, so excited you'll be shipping internationally this time! Please don't forget Switzerland on the list 😊

[@nancyfrazier9897]

Immediately restyled my coffee table! Thanks for the great suggestions! Keep on sparking 🎉

[@JustHerefortheComments_]

I tried to give this channel another shot. I honestly can't wait until you realize something from a vintage shop came from Homegoods.

[@crystaltanart]

Really liked this video. Thanks for making them.

[@dg8273]

A video on how to style surfaces would be fantastic. Do it. Please 🙏

[@greenphoenix687]

Like the sound of you showing us how you style things. Do it Paige ;)

[@lilyatwell7855]

PLEASE do a surface decor video it would be so helpful. and bookshelf tips if you haven't already!

[@nicoleinfante2276]

Would love to see you style an everyday dining table centerpiece for every day use.

[@morganthomas2743]

Oh gosh we have a sexy tv room that's dark and moody and then a bright sitting room that flows into the kitchen. It's great! I feel so relaxed in the TV room. It's set apart from the rest of the home and we got a brand new couch. We're going to use the sitting room for non-digital media only which I think is super fun and more social.

[@jbridges9574]

You’re a decorator unless you’re certified as a designer. It’s not a difference in talent, just qualifications in specific areas of home and/or commercial design and construction.

[@vaderladyl]

And in some places you need to have taken a proper course to call yourself a decorator.

[@alysiatube]

Completely agree on the bar cart. I don’t really love a dedicated space in any regard to alcohol or coffee. I prefer it put away….something about the dedicated space feels tacky to me.

[@TheGambaGeek]

Please do a video teaching us how to style every surface ever! 😄

[@dawnschultz3569]

Really enjoy all your videos and your newsletter! Thank you.

[@jenniferclyde8911]

I’ve never understood the leaning ladder decor thing. Growing up in California I’m just like, that’s going to fall over 😂 I love a eat in kitchen as I guess they’re called. I hope to one day turn a dining room into a den/office/sitting room deal

[@kayingthao5072]

I really love your olive green robe! Where did you get it??

[@ITcanB]

You are a "Tastemaker " ❤

[@teetaloo]

i am SO delighted by the phrase "pipe and a crepe? smoke and a pancake?" holy shit paige YOUR MIND

[@PaigeYvonne1]

This is from Austin Powers. She didn't make it up. Lol

[@teetaloo]

@@PaigeYvonne1 lmaooo okay i was like that is so specific, i've never seen it lol

[@pbj88]

Wujuuu so excited you are shipping internationally, I have my eye on a couple of goodies alreadyñ.

[@jellyfish1969]

I told my 'keep anything that could still be used' parents tat "perfectly good" isn't good enough. I meant that just because something is perfectly good and could still be used, doesn't mean it deserves a place in the home. I keep a bag in the house and whenever i find something i don't need, i put it in the bag. When the bag is full, it goes in the trunk of the car. When the trunk is full, i drive it to goodwill and donate. Makes that donating chore so easy!

[@willsx2]

I do have a basket with throw blankets in the den and bedroom because they make great cat beds and are more attractive than standard pet beds. Regarding the dining room, I am keeping mine. My kitchen is too small to comfortably eat-in and I hate eating on the sofa. Everything else I completely agree with, especially ditching mass produced art

[@kimmie91978]

I just commented that my basket of blankets immediately became my dog's bed, which is actually not a bad design idea. We now have 2 baskets to accommodate our new dog.

[@willsx2]

​@@kimmie91978😅

[@connielorenz8329]

Would love to see surface styling designs.

[@thismanatemyson]

My great grandparents had their coffee table decorated with books and personal items, so your recommendation reminds me of a very traditional style. I love it, but keep in mind that people utilize their coffee tables differently these days. More people are eating in their living rooms, so make sure you have plently of space for plates, cups, etc. When you have company over, spread out your books and personal decor to trick people into thinking you have your shit together. 😂

[@Thelastunicorn11]

Yes to the styling video!!!

[@rebeccalowry9296]

You make me laugh with every video! You spark joy with me!!🤣

[@maggiepokalsky554]

A "Styling surfaces in your home: series" >>>>>> we know you can talk in depth on this (and feature various decor styles) ms. prop stylist!!!!!

[@Theoriginalnuggett]

Longggg time viewer! Would love your advice with an upcoming project. I’m moving with my family to another state and we’re looking to get all new furniture. HOWEVER, we want as minimal furniture as possible (family of four with two littles) and we want to also have furniture that’s functional, lightweight, but still fun and aesthetic! Love to know what you think

[@angelicakrembs9437]

I don’t have a basket for my blankets but I do have two toddlers so the blankets are typically found draped on the floor… or over some chairs to make a tent 😂

[@hereforit2347]

I fell in love with bar carts when I saw “The Bad Seed”. 😂

[@kristinavecilla3326]

The Goldmember reference 😂

[@cebubleu]

yesss paige would love a video on styling coffee tables and nightstands

[@michaelyoung8582]

The jump scare lol