5 INTERIOR DESIGN MISTAKES everyone makes !

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do you feel like the vibe in your room is just kind of off? then maybe you make some of these mistakes! here are my 5 interior design mistakes almost everyone makes (at least if you ask me). are you guilty of any of these mistakes?
do you have any interior design hacks, tips, or tricks? share in the comments!
i talk about:
- the biggest mistakes we make
- buying everything at once
- creating a home takes time
- the bare essentials - scandinavian style
- why you should take your time
- getting to know a space
- how to save money in the long run - budget shopping
- why i don't have artwork on the walls
- keeping things in a constant state of mini flux
- nordic decor & design
- the beauty of walls
- visual clutter
- overly detailed ceilings
- dark colours = heavy
- light colours = light
- cave people vs prairie people
- cosy spaces vs. open spaces
- minimalism vs maximalism
- embracing our own style
- why avoid trends?
- thought through design
- why i like a calm interior space
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[@Momma_AL]

Has anyone else’s taste in decor changed because of covid? I used to LOVE only neutrals, but staying home for so long I thought if I had to look at one more neutral color I was going to lose my mind! I REALLY started craving color so I thrifted a bunch of colorful pieces of art and now my home feels happier.

[@MetaBassy]

Staying more at home I needed more neutrals and white! It's so cool everybody's different

[@reinm7553]

Yes me too! I think its because when you go out a lot, your home is the place where you find peace and calm again after going out in the 'chaos'. But when you always have to be there, you need it to also nourish and inspire you so more colour/interesting things/fun to look at... I suppose when we go out more again that we'll crave some more calm again in our home... I don't know though, not qualified whatsoever to make this conclusion :p

[@susanalexander7990]

I have always loved color. Could never live in a neutral house, especially gray. Color makes me happy and decluttering during Covid has made me happier still!

[@JuanSanchez-yj2hh]

Each person has a taste of colors, so be happy and find yours

[@elenanievesmoreno4796]

After covid I think I just got more plants 😂😂

[@hannahshark8080]

I love heavy contrast and monochromatic interior decor. I also LOVE exposed beams in the ceiling. It makes me feel like the room is less of a box and reminds me of the architecture that went into creating it.

[@tylerpistachio6927]

I think a good thing to remember is also to feel how you use the space how you move in it. And the most crucial thing! Light! If you wait a little to decorate you can really see how the light falls in your room.

[@catk7306]

In general I like open, bright, airy spaces but I do enjoy having one cosy darker room I can retreat to when I want ☺️

[@rachbryant]

A great formula for your style interior. But as an interior designer who focuses on expressing my clients personal style into their homes the cave vs prarie analogy is far too simplistic. Also, a white walled room with not enough natural light just feels depressing. A dark ceiling can be essential and not at all heavy in large high ceiling spaces to give them more of a homely scale. And art can make an interior, fixing a few holes to move items around is not so hard. Even actual mistakes of wrong scale furniture, or too monotone, or too much repitition can be beautiful if done right.

[@ah5721]

Agreed. A heavy beam creates a sense of history as houses used to need them for structural soundness. Not having anything on the walls says to me I'm scared I'm going to have to move or I don't know what I like so I'm not going to do anything.

[@IExpectedBSJustNotThisMuchBS]

Some of us like the look of artwork and that's where we let our eyes rest.

[@Smsbulgaria]

I never thought I was a cave person, but then I bought a level floor apartment that gets mostly indirect sunlight in the morning, with a fireplace. It felt so cosy!

[@walterfoyt5985]

Art makes a home complete and expresses the personality and style of the owner. A home without art on the walls look empty and cold.

[@kallie_w]

Totally agree with your decorating strategy-- slow and steady wins the race! Though I must admit, all-white-everything feels far too cold and clinical for me. I find that colourful, eclectic, even a little old-fashioned spaces feel the most cozy to me :) It's like... they feel more 'human'.

[@Lifestyle-eh8su]

Totally agree with point #1! It's so important not to rush the process and feel the need to just buy buy buy the moment you move into the new space. I'm glad more people are giving themselves permission to just slowly discover their own taste and mind.

[@memusetoo]

I was more of a cave person most of my life while living in the midwest region of the USA. But I am now transformed into a prairie person living in the tropics of Central America. Pale off-white porcelain floors, pale grey walls, powder blue Italian glass tiles as the kitchen backsplash, exactly one picture hanging. Everything designed to bring coolness into the space to balance the heat and humidity of the environment.

[@katarinavavrekova2945]

I realized I tend to prefer and use light colors in the interior while wearing black 7 days a week. :)

[@elisa9041]

the heavy colors theory makes so much sense! when I moved into my dorm there were off-white floors and darker walls and it felt so wrong until I put in a fake wooden floor and now it feels so much bigger and cozier!

[@belkissaunders4727]

Yes.. please more interior design videos

[@ah5721]

I'm a interior designer. I agree with using the bulk of your money on quality pieces such as dining tables sofas and beds that you will like for 5+years. All white spaces give parents anxiety because of keeping things clean. They only show Scandinavian modern style but there are so many other styles you can love!

[@Rougeimaginaire]

I got my desk when I was 12 years old and I still like it 🙃

[@MetaBassy]

I've nothing newer than 20 years old and it's normal. The not normal thing is have the necessity to change everything 10 years after it has been buy

[@annsfox]

the more art on the walls the better!

[@LisaMarie-br8tn]

Agreed. I think if you an artistic/creative person you love to surround yourself in art. A blank wall is missed opportunity. 😄

[@deborahmichele]

@@LisaMarie-br8tn Funny, I feel if you are artistic/creative it's better to have less on the walls to stifle your creativity! Unless your own environment is what you're creating....

[@tinak.p.258]

I think you also need to consider when you are actually at home. Big windows with a nice view are great if it´s a bright Sunday morning in spring or autumn, but if you are at home mostly at night or during summer holidays, you can feel either exposed or you have to keep blinds down to not let too much heat in.

[@StevieLWeisend]

I live in a dark log cabin and it's true I am a cave woman. I also live out in the country, so I am mostly outside. It's nice to have a cave out in the country. If I lived in the city, I would want my dwelling to feel more airy like yours.

[@Slendergirl89]

Great video! We’re all so different and these videos are interesting. I always admire people who are minimalists I really do but I’ve tried and it’s just not me 🤣 I love having nick naks and nostalgic ethemera on my big dark bookcases covered in ‘tacky’ fake ivy and string lights. I love being reminded of the silly art my sister drew us when we first moved in as I’m walking into the kitchen, or laughing at the dumb Phil Mitchell calendar on the wall, or my Bowie fridge magents. To some people it would understandably do their head in and feel ‘unpeaceful’ and I totally get it but I think I’ve finally accepted that being surrounded by crap that makes me happy is the way I have to live. To my very stylish minimalistic mother I am definitely the bag lady from labyrinth 🤣

[@tashaneuhaus]

This was funny 😆

[@ColRusSer]

Awesome😄👏🏻👏🏻

[@Saminice1977]

I personally love stuff! I love tchotchkes, I love vases. I love pictures and creative spaces.

[@bonitadiablo]

Haha! My kids have called me that as well and can totally relate to the Bowie magnets! :)

[@jelizabethpetrie6656]

You are a design anthropologist lady! 🎯🤩 I love to decorate a room like layers of an onion. I don’t decorate all at once. I thrift shop n estate sale hunt, layering the room with pieces I love and that fit not fight together. Beautiful shaker simple raw cherry wood table was recently completed with a simple architecture mid-century matte black low pedestal bowl in center. The contrast is the severeness of the table offset by the low roundness of classic 50’s.

[@Jessica-gy1qz]

I love your style so much! Both, fashion and interior!

[@Bonjour_Lisa]

#miniflux, that exactly is! You just put a word on one pillar supporting my perception of design, tackar! “Cosy or Airy”: dear Jenny, that is an existential question. Thank you for your tips, for helping us seeing the unseen ✨

[@iriszee129]

I learned this year that I’m both a prairie and cave person. I used to live in a dark studio and loved the coziness, but would get depressed in the winter bc it was too dark. But this past year I moved into this beautiful modern apt with large windows and stark white walls and I loved the airiness. But very quickly I got kinda stressed out bc I didn’t have a safe space to crawl into. I’m moving again and I’m planning on painting the bedroom a darker color so I have a cozy cave space to hide in! Turns out I’m full of contradictions, let’s hope this works! 😄🙏

[@ah5721]

Its okay to like both. I love natural light it makes me feel cheerful but at night I need black out drapes because I used to live out in the country and it was dark to sleep.

[@elisabarger7733]

Art gives life.

[@christophervk9511]

I love the sideboard!

[@kristinclark8843]

I love dark beams because they remind me of my grandpa's house

[@gracens1380]

Also thanks for reminder of tip #1. Can be so hard to resist but worth it.

[@floraposteschild4184]

Thank you, especially for your tip re. art. When people have art on the walls, just for the sake of filling a space, it really shows. There are so many alternatives: plants, vases, drapery, plates, etc. -- or just the leave the walls blank!

[@hannaivarsson95]

I would describe my stile as minimalistic Swedish country, I love clean surfaces and nothing in the open, but I love pictures of family and memories, keepsakes and nicknacks that mean something. Clutter is my enemy, hygge is what I desire and I'm on my way there 🥰

[@fukuwota]

Oooh i agree with tip #2, i’m still renting space so hanging things on wall is risky, and i really like the look of bare wall because it calmed me

[@Simplyluvly]

Buying everything at once - that's totally big mistake I made. Thankfully, I know about minimalism a few years ago and slowly started preloved some of my stuffs. And yeah, I don't like wall art hanging on the wall because there's so much home lizard in my house though I clean my house regularly.

[@bellewill9748]

I’m a cave girl. Very moody minimalist home. It is very sunny and bright where I live. So I craved the moody and overcast days. 🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️❤️

[@tagtraumerin5077]

Please more interior design videos! I recently moved out of my dorm into my first apartment and realised that interior design is a real challenge.

[@annikajonsson5620]

I couldn’t agree more with the first point!! I bought my apartment 2 months ago and I’m almost finished with my interior. I had a lot of money problems before moving in so I couldn’t buy everything I wanted.. but thank GOD for that! I can’t believe how my cart on IKEA online used to look like. It was too much unnecessary stuff, too much impulse “buying”. I replaced more expensive furniture with cheaper furniture because I could not wait until it arrived in stock etc. I’m so happy that I had the patience to wait. You really need to live and get to know the space your apartment before buying the interior stuff!

[@joley8695]

Moving from a house with beams to one with white ceilings next month yippee! I agree with almost everything,but the 70s were great especially the music 🙂

[@agustina0110]

hahaha I love Art, photos, books... and we have everywhere! Its not calm but its fun

[@LisaMarie-br8tn]

It can be your own type "calm." 😊

[@romest8752]

If I don't decorate in the first month, my attention moves to other things. A home is a place to rest and recoup. It must be set up soon so it performs that function.

[@taylorleeanneking]

Me me me!!! I have been a long time follower (I first found you about 4 years ago when I first went vegan!) I am HERE for the design content! You have a brilliant eye, I am very inspired by you! Please more interior design content!

[@gracens1380]

Just beginning to be inspired to style new home by the sea. Finding lots of inspiration in paintings centered around water. Old and new...oil painting of mermaid from 18th century, nude sunbathers on beach from 2021, both so inspiring! That being said, keeping furniture super simple and loving the dynamic. 🌊🌟🌟

[@juliecrockford1046]

congratulations on another great video, and also being together for at least 45 years. i just love your uncluttered lifestyle but having been married for such a long time, we had to start with the old stuff, no money, nowadays a bit different, so thanks for the ideas x

[@MarianaMOliveira93]

Fully agree with you on the mistakes!

[@MartynaNoise]

is it possible to fit somewhere in between? I love a cozy cave, but I also want a clean, minimalist space ;)

[@anouknoordeloos3389]

I'm actually both, like an open light space for workspace because I need space to breath and think and for the living room, reading nook, I like it more dark and cozy.

[@_NaLo_]

2:20 if you want to be able to hang artwork and also change them somewhat frequently, then look into gallery-style hanging systems (hanging artwork from wires that are attached to rails in the ceiling).

[@KarlaI]

I’m a mix between the cave person and prairie person lol I find myself torn between the two

[@Ana-sj5xx]

Yes! I want candle-lit rooms with dark wooden floors and I also want pure white and airiness!

[@KarlaI]

@@Ana-sj5xx YES exactly!!

[@Momma_AL]

Same!

[@deborahmichele]

I think you may be on to something with people liking to feel enclosed versus the feeling of breathing free; like animals who either live under the ground, or in some type of nest above ground/in a tree. Maximalist vs. Minimalist - with all shades of variation in between. I love to visit maximalist spaces and appreciate them visually, but I want my space to feel open and airy.

[@startpage717]

You are the only person I have seen that looks gorgeous w/o brows...(you look cool with them too)...anywho I am slightly binging on your vlogs...

[@fuchskatze8008]

Please make a video about the interior dos

[@SilviaN1]

Great video. I have both light, bright rooms and more cave-like rooms in my house. I need both vibes :-) My creative room is full of colors, my living room is much more neutral, my kitchen has warm colors and so on.

[@Saminice1977]

Very similar! My office & creative space has energy and colors. Living room neutral. Bedroom is more elegant & posh. The family room and kitchen warm and inviting. My main color throughout the house is SW Rainwash

[@SilviaN1]

@@Saminice1977 I love that! :-D

[@zaynabsabari7787]

Hello Jenny! So what about a white marble floor like in most Asian countries? Cover it with a dark rug? Having a very hard time to fit my scandi interior with the marble floor

[@silviapontes1209]

nice sleeves!

[@barbararie6968]

would love to see more interior videos

[@sailsouthpacific]

I totally agree with you. Dark ceilings feel like a heavy lead cloud and make me depressed.

[@Kira-kg4kl]

I mean I'm constantly swapping artwork and wall decor around 😆 I love the edwardian vintage vibe lol I'm definitely a cave dweller 😆 but I'm also an intorvert, airy white rooms stress me out unless they are let's say sun rooms, but it's feels to almost medical and sterile to me rather than a home (cosy)

[@daniellebrown8497]

Where is your sideboard from? I’ve been in love with it for years…

[@lucywright4025]

Your interior taste is beautiful 🥰

[@janebarry400]

Wow! Such cool ideas! Inspires me to make changes to my project in planner 5d.

[@yuviamendoza4317]

I am a cave person. I blocked out all the windows in my apartment so I can be in darkness LOL

[@typiskt___5409]

Håller med om nästan allt förutom tavlorna. Ett ofta vitt rum utan tavlor för mig är ett sjukhus. Kallt, vitt sterilt och extremt obekvämt. Så sätter jag upp en fin liten personlig tavla med lite färg och får ett hem ☺️

[@LisaMarie-br8tn]

I can appreciate a light bright space but I have found it makes me very agitated in my own home. I tried the cool grey look when it was popular in our family room and discovered I never went in there again. Many of my walls are black and I have found that it makes the white trim and warm wood accents really pop!

[@ah5721]

Grey is very depressing for some ppeople. When my mom did grey in her kitchen I made it so no one wanted to spend much time in there . It was much more cheerful when it was a burnt orange.

[@Ikaros23]

Jenny you are always so f¤cking stylish and crisp... I love it!.

[@beyond_the_brand]

Älskar denna! Jag är definitift prärietjejen

[@federicamanfroi]

Definetly cavewoman here 😁 I tend to get a little anxious in buildings with very high ceilings (even if i am usually very attracted by architectural details on them)

[@loursfloral5409]

For me prairie or cave can be very nice, I like good design with natural mood. Complexe or simple a lot of different things can be beautiful and make a place special. Design is amazing, I am hopeful for the futur because of it. Clever minds conscious of the current problematics can resolve situations and create new ways of living and appreciating life. Architects and designer have wonderful jobs. I think they should have a more important place in our societies, to create better cities and homes. It will have a huge impact on mental health and ecology. The human mind can be so good if we let it time and space to express itself.

[@ThingsBeauty]

Thank you Jenny for this video !! Always good to know your advices in décoration ! By the way, where your sideboard comes from ? I’m looking for one since 6 months and can’t find something that I really like 😬☹️ Thank you ☺️☺️

[@stardustria_]

i love a white / very light floor ❤️☀️

[@whatmovie4276]

What brand is the cabinet in the background (and in your tumbnail for this video) I have been going though your other housetour videos but you always seem to skip naming that one :( It is so beautiful and I have seen it before but cannot find it online.Can you help me out with the brand?

[@thecloudinpants]

Hello Jenny, I want to jump in-between decoration discussion and ask about what is it that you're wearing in this video? (The black long sleeve top with white collar)

[@sarveshsawant1666]

Kindly comment or make a video regarding do's & don'ts or mistakes in Kitchen interior (modular)

[@VanCrane]

I’m always interested in trends they stay ✌🏻

[@kayw3906]

Yayyyyyyy first! Happy days to you guys! Love all your content Jenny!

[@EricB256]

I don't know a thing or 2 about interior design, so I'd appreciate some more helpful words for newbies.

[@cocoparisienne1779]

Can you please tell me where the sideboard in your background is from? Love it so much!

[@florianh4222]

great video - love it

[@tulaposy954]

Christine Trabo things ur content is great af

[@marylut6077]

Hi, Jenny, I am a first time viewer so I don’t know your interior decorating credentials or if these are simply your opinions.

[@annagraceward]

I'm a "prairie person" whose partner is a "cave person", so we have some spaces that are open and bright and others that are dark and cozy.

[@xAesha]

Hey, can I get a link to your blouse Jenny?

[@mandylisak]

I am a minimalistic cave person ☺️

[@XX-ns3lr]

For me (a person with ADHD) minimalistic rooms with white walls are ideal because they won't distract me that much which helps me focus when i have to #PrairiePerson

[@oykuozdemir6463]

more fashion and vegan content plisss

[@caliwebb3]

yes more

[@humbertogonzalezzamora2234]

Facts. 🔝

[@orhidejaskale6452]

You look like Lady Gaga