Unlocking the Power of Interior Design: Pro Tips to Create a Stress Free Space at Home

[@JulieKhuu]

Designing a home that fully supports your needs is NOT about decorating. It's about ensuring that systems are in place to help you function more efficiently and comfortably in your space. Styling should come last. Spend less time buying new things and more time understanding how you live. Which room in your home needs a little more attention today?

[@marilyn6905]

So appreciate what is among YT "designers/ influencers" a RARETY ...advice to spend "less time Buying New Things ...& MORE time figuring out HOW you LIVE"! A GOLDEN NUGGET!

[@HappyHarryX5]

Yes, I skip the sponsored segments of videos. You never see the fantastic item in there house again in the next video. I do a lot of DIYs instead that work a whole let better.

[@JulieKhuu]

Exactly Marilyn! Thank you for understanding my intent 🙏🏻💫

[@NMer-w6i]

Julie, you are a real designer, not like the fakes that are on youtube. Thank you for explaining to your audience the concept of design .

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you so much! There’s more to come! Hope you’re subscribed for the latest 🙏🏻💖

[@bernetheaworrell6258]

Due to a traumatic experience, I've been afraid to be home alone, but since I've really started to design my home, I feel more comfortable about being home alone. My home feels more like "Home" instead of just a place I go to after work. Thank you Julie for all of your videos. I'm truly feeling more relaxed. 😊

[@JulieKhuu]

I love that for you 🥹💖🫶🏻

[@HappyHarryX5]

I love videos that look at the emotional and psychology of room design but there doesn’t seem to be many out there so thank you! They are even more important to me now as I’m single and can be in control of my home for the first time and I want it to show my personality and be calm, inviting spaces where I smile to enter each room.

[@JulieKhuu]

Has a lot to do with my background in Psych Fiona! I appreciate the support 💗

[@HappyHarryX5]

@@JulieKhuu You are a treasure trove of talent!

[@HappyHarryX5]

Wow! You could make a stress free video each week forever and I’d take notes each week. I’m loving white and neutrals at the moment and you made me realise why. Growing up with hideous colours my parents chose, mismatched furniture, a lot of books and leftovers from relatives made me hate my environment. Living with a hoarder also did that. Seeing so many neutrals over the past 5yrs made me want a calm decluttered home.

[@gaylejackson9288]

Thank you Julie been watching for a while just realized I had never subscribed. I’m into plants too, a renter, recently moved from regular apartment, into a small senior co op apartment, and I loved the small spaces series and lighting videos. I changed the bulbs in the chandelier and bathroom right off. So many tips which btw help when I moved in here. I had already learned things and still getting settled. Thanks again.

[@JulieKhuu]

Oh I love that Gayle, thank you for hitting that subscribe button! ❤️ I’m working on a new small space series! Geared for renters- let me know if there’s anything you want to see 🤗

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

✨🙏✨😀👏This has to be your best video… love that you share practical advice..particularly as you are so qualified 🇦🇺👏😀✨🙏✨

[@JulieKhuu]

Wow, thank you Charmaine! It felt good making this video. I really needed it ☺️🫶🏻

[@simonekeijzer7468]

I love you videos! My house is tiny, and cozy, but not cluttered. I am am just slowly changing from the summerlook (bare floor, light coloured pillows) to winterlook (darker colour pillows, more draping, carpets) and I have saved up for a new ratan chair that I can pick up in a week! Will probably throw a blanket over it for winter. I am saving up for a secondhand chest of drawers for the entrance, the one I have there is falling apart... The fengshui is perfect in my house. The cristal that will bounce light all over is arriving next week. I have mirrors for some extra light.

[@JulieKhuu]

I am saving up for a new entry experience. I love how fresh our perspective gets when we tackle one room at a time. Priorities change, our homes should reflect what we value most 🫶🏻 Thank you for watching Simone! 💘

[@estelsaradop492]

❤HOW TRUE! Knowing how you move and work in your home makes a difference in where things go. Something most of us don't think about. And let's not forget how a clean home helps us feel relaxed❤

[@JulieKhuu]

It’s the FIRST most critical step in interior design. Get this wrong and the entire flow is off Estel, so glad you caught that! 🙌🏻☺️

[@lydiadizon5549]

Plants give you a sense of calm and comfort and they are my go to decor items. I move my plants a lot and my husband sometimes teases me to give the plants a break...lol. Thanks for the tips on lighting, Julie.

[@JulieKhuu]

Just getting my fingers in the soil instantly relaxes me, I feel ya Lydia! 🫶🏻

[@veroniquefauvette5049]

I am renting a 1345 sq feet house ( cause moving often for work) so my walls are white ☹️ I used to decore white/black/beige and neutral colors but my mood was not as happy as now ; I have changed everything, many colors, and plants, and a rug on a wall as a tapisserie. Feeling much much better ! ( I admit that my bedroom is red/bordeaux and pink) Thank you Julie 🙏

[@JulieKhuu]

Pretty!! Plus you can take the tapestry with you- that’s a WIN! Use rentals to amp up your creative side- next house will be killer with all your new design ideas Veronique 🙌🏻💖

[@veroniquefauvette5049]

​@@JulieKhuu Thanks to your advices Julie. I feel better at home since I listen to you 😉😇🙏

[@HappyHarryX5]

I’ve painted my orange timber wood kitchen cupboards the last couple of weeks. It’s the first time in 17yrs that I’ve gone into the kitchen without screwing up my face. It’s such a subtle neutral and while there’s still yellowy cream bench tops and subway tile, it’s making such a difference. It’s made me want to stop at the entrance to every room and pay attention to what my face does and how I feel before walking in.

[@JulieKhuu]

I love that!! The power of design in full effect 🙌🏻

[@mrsverovalera]

Thank you for breaking it down and making design so much easier to understand. ❤

[@JulieKhuu]

I hope to break down and demystify all that interior design has to offer from a pro’s perspective 🙌🏻😉

[@thespicypimp423]

@6.51: This is the absolute best reality-based garage conversion I've ever seen. The detail of matching wood tones with the ceiling and oversized bookcase really bring the space together effortlessly. The curtains on the overhead door track just makes perfect sense in a beautiful way. Adding a glass door in lieu of a regular wood or metal door, let's in a gang of light and adds the perfect amount of warmth. I swear, if it were not for the overhead garage door opener, there's no way I would've looked at that image and seen a garage space. In fact, I didn't even notice it until viewing this video a second time. You make me wish a garage! Bravo, JK! Bravo! That's what I'm talking about!

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you SO much! I wrestled with removing the garage doors completely and installing carriage doors, but that was a whole ‘nother budget I did not account for lol 🙈 this will do for now 😉

[@LadyAhro]

I've already had a lot of these in mind as I plan my first home with my partner but you've definitely given me a lot of other things to think about. Especially lighting our windowless bathrooms 😮‍💨

[@JulieKhuu]

Just a spark of inspo- nothing too crazy to start 🙌🏻😉 You got this love!

[@fabianfluss6043]

Exactly the video I needed!!! Spot on. As soon as I am recovered from my nasty flu, I start with space planning! Hope my wife will rejoice... share the video for personal safety...

[@JulieKhuu]

Walk through your home first and notice all the details that can be improved, then make a list 📝

[@eugenepar15]

glad to be watching 37 mins upon upload! more positive energy to you, Julie! big fan from 🇵🇭☺️

[@JulieKhuu]

Aw thank you so much Eugene! 🙏🏻💖

[@teresajones5973]

I downsized to a condo in my later years and I love it. I’ve really tuned into my creative side of decorating. I like my area to feel airy and one thing I’ve learned is furniture that has feet and allows space between it and the floors, really opens up the area.

[@JulieKhuu]

Yes absolutely, leggy furniture lifts the room up plus it’s easier to clean underneath 😂

[@youbetcha108]

Hi Julie Terrific work today! The most important element of design is do you like it? If you did not have input then it’s not yours. Even if you hire out talk to the designer give them pictures. And live in the residence bf you go all out. What is the light like in the residence throughout the year. What rooms get warmest or coldest. Decorate for the room. Make it comfortable for you your family and your guests. Get rid of sharp edges and tripping hazards. Carpet your stairs and have varying height seating for all types of guests. Not everyone has the same capabilities. Do you have toddlers ? Make sure you have low seating for them. They will use it. Put it near low book shelves with books and toys. Rugs are good for children too. You can buy very good quality rugs and they will hold up. High pattern darker colors wool or washable are great. If you have white walls that’s ok bring color in different ways like art work or furniture. Grey floors? Reddish hues plants brick tones. But make it yours bc it is yours. That’s how I design as a lay person. It’s my place. I never think about designing for resale. I have seen you change over the years I have been watching you and soon I know you will be changing again as your family evolves. It nice you have that jewel toned lr. That’s a beautiful room. Especially that turquoise console. I know you live in a place that really does Halloween. Maybe you could show us what they do to decorate for Halloween? Do your children go to those houses? I can tell some are done by professional set designers. Have you switched out for fall ? Have a great week Julie! 🥰🥰👍🏻❤

[@HappyHarryX5]

Yes! You ask as many questions of a space as I do and it’s a fun way to do it. I certainly didn’t get much input into my home when I lived with a hoarder and he didn’t like anything of mine and would tell me so. I’m single now so I’m going for my design only even on my budget. ❤

[@youbetcha108]

@@HappyHarryX5take your time. Get things that speak to you when you see them. I have refinished many curbside finds and I like to see them get a new life with a new finish. Nothing big just chairs and small tables. I love to refinish wood. It’s a lot of work but it’s my therapy! I also like to Annie Sloan! Good Luck🍀 in your new life!

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you for watching Margaret! I have not decorated for Halloween save for a few strategic gourds 🎃 We do walk the neighborhood to see decorations, but my eldest was too scared when we took her to Home Depot for recon 😂 My husband was ready to spend until she vetoed his efforts haha we’ll get them next year hopefully!

[@rebeccalee5320]

Really like your sweater. 😊

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you! Scored at Marshall’s ☺️

[@HappyHarryX5]

I think of black and white colours. As a quilter I love putting colour together but don’t want that in my home so much. Seeing maximalist spaces with every saturated colour doesn’t do it for me but going through the options of less saturated colour was awesome. I love dark green turquoises to go with plants. I think it adds a pop of colour with subtly going with the neutrals too.

[@HappyHarryX5]

I’d love to see more on scale and proportion especially with height of sofas and what’s on your eye line with standard ceiling heights. Can you please do a video showing several rooms in ‘normal’ houses and go through where you’d put the lights and what type. Most videos out there go through the types of lighting but don’t go through with realistic images.

[@JulieKhuu]

Let me line this up! Great ideas 👏🏻

[@HappyHarryX5]

@@JulieKhuu Thank you!

[@whatheck6797]

I need more of this!!!! ❤

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you for watching! 🫶🏻

[@killakahl]

I really appreciate it and you are so right about the lighting!!!

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you for watching Kahl 💛

[@allalala9916]

I have to agree with you about white. My parents and I live in the same subdivision and had the same color walls.( greenish gray) she painted her walls extra white and to me it looks depressing but she says she loves it.

[@HappyHarryX5]

I find knowing what I don’t like just as important as what I do like. Always good to analyse those feelings of what’s not right.

[@JulieKhuu]

Perception is everything. What I thought would feel bright and clean instead felt uninspired and empty. Paint is quick and easy to change, that’s the best part! 🤗

[@Stellaperez658]

I always love your videos! Always good info n useful! Thank you!

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you Stella! Always enjoy seeing you in the comments 🤗

[@hintex487]

Amazing video! I love how you break down interior design tips into actionable steps.

[@JulieKhuu]

Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching 💛

[@barbarapacquer5664]

Thank you for sharing your talent & advice with us, Julie! Truly appreciate your knowledge & that you are putting yourself out there! Great job! 👍 😊

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you so much Barbara 🙏🏻💖🥹

[@margiegarcia-hall6455]

Your examples of how to use color and light is helpful.

[@JulieKhuu]

Helps to mess around with a few colors to see what you ultimately wish to live with Margie 💡

[@mariaclark4564]

Wow this was very informative Julie thanks so much for making me understand home stress.. This is why I love your content ...keep it up ! 😊

[@JulieKhuu]

I'm so glad you stopped by Maria! Our homes should be a first source of comfort, I want to inspire that motivation to start at home when we feel stressed 💚

[@TheKeegan55555]

Thank you 😊 Always great ideas!

[@JulieKhuu]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching! 🙏🏻💖

[@sdebz89]

I loved this. Thank you for sharing and keep it up! *New Subscriber* xxx

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you so much for watching and supporting the channel 💖

[@susanquainter792]

Great video! Thank you, Juli!

[@JulieKhuu]

You are so welcome! Thank you for watching Susan! 🤗

[@angelicacruz6696]

I like your ideas and I will be applying and my apartment with a couple of ideas 💡

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you for watching Angelica 🙏🏻💖

[@Kathy-yz5li]

I love your videos! I am absolutely going crazy to find the video I watched where you suggested a beautiful canopy bed to buy. But I cannot find that bed. Help! I love your suggestions! Thank you JUlie!

[@JulieKhuu]

Might be in best and worst beds according to Feng Shui Kathy! Also check the ULTIMATE GUIDES playlist where I share all shoppable links in the description ☺️

[@juliemarkham4332]

I don't think white walls would have been so depressing if you added plants and more color. (I think only the headboard was colored.)

[@JulieKhuu]

No plants in the bedroom (according to Feng Shui) 🙅🏼‍♀️ Definitely could have used more color, but my home was exploding in toddler toys at the time. It was 🌈 spectrum overload and I cleaned up for this picture 😂

[@Angieski0511]

Great video. Off subject, I love your sweater, where is it from?

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you! Marshalls, currently in stores 😊

[@dyanalayng5507]

Great video! Good question - can you nap on your sofa? Wish I still had the 1960’s sofa we had. Perfect for napping and overnight guests. I rent, it’s a small seniors apt, 410 sq ft. LR has lots of plants, books, the windows look out into the trees, making it seem like a treehouse ❤️ (3rd floor). Love your colour suggestions, except the white. I do have a favourite picture of glam colours and textures - turquoise, pink, coral, brass, white fur fun seating against white walls… hmmm I have lots of plants but good suggestions on planter shapes. 💙🇨🇦

[@JulieKhuu]

Pretty Dyana! Your space sounds like an escape with all the foliage 🌳🌳🌳 Don’t know how I could decompress without my plants! 💚

[@dyanalayng5507]

@@JulieKhuu me too. I just filled an IKEA black metal in front of my bedroom window with my small Boston ferns pots. They make such a feathery, feminine wall. This is, BTW, after I turned my bed 90* so it would be in the command position for good Feng Shui, as per one of your recent videos. You are such a good influence, Julie. ❤️🇨🇦

[@leticiavillarreal3689]

I finally finished the flooring and walls in my home that I bought 4 years ago. Now I want to have parties and gatherings. I’m stuck with how much seating that I’ll need to host. It’s just me and my son so we’re fine with one small sofa and small dining table of 4. Do I add seating and more dining chairs that are more permanent or do I buy stackable/foldable seating that are stored when we don’t host?

[@JulieKhuu]

You can also try pulling ottomans from the living room to start if you have them. Foldable chairs are great for parties, but I would use filler furniture for now until you’re ready to invest in something more permanent. Unless you have space to store them away of course!

[@rochellelorito7955]

I have a question. Julie do you have an opinion about color for a home that’s at the beach besides blue? I love warmer colors generally and want to have a modern but beach cottage yet elegant design and style. A lot to answer I know but if you’re able to give me ideas? I love your videos and style.

[@HappyHarryX5]

What I do in that situation say to myself, “Hand on heart what colour do I want?” and don’t think about, just assess the first quick answer in my mind. Mix your styles through your colour scheme and use textures make them pop. Modern can be timeless especially with limited patterns and mainly plain fabrics. Choose mainly modern with 10-15% beach cottage but don’t theme-y with the beach like a lot of coral or beach this way signs, etc., rather things that hint of the beach cottage theme. That’s what I’ve learnt over the years. If you like coral of course, pop some in.

[@JulieKhuu]

I’m not someone who designs for a sense of place. I find it perfect acceptable (downright favored) to decorate how you want to in your private home regardless of house style, location, what others think etc. If you love sunset hues, look for beach photography and images to help inspire your color palette. You’ll find lots of blues mixed in with oranges, reds and yellows. If you love a monochromatic Japandi vibe, I could definitely see that in a coastal environment. So many ways to interpret a beach theme without going totally nautical 🤎

[@rochellelorito7955]

@@JulieKhuu Yes I don’t like themes. TY🙏

[@rochellelorito7955]

@@HappyHarryX5 I agree about themes. Hate that. Thanks for your suggestion 🙏I prefer shades of white and texture with greens and golds (warmer) rather than blues or pastels so I’m thinking that’s my direction according to my ❤️

[@bernetheaworrell6258]

Julie, I have an open floor plan in 1025 sq. foot home. I put my small sofa on the largest wall in the space and mounted my 55-inch tv on a 47 in wall space between 2 windows. I'm trying to create good chi, but I don't know if I should take my tv off the wall and plank it on a console table in front of the living room window, which would be in front of the sofa. Please help😢

[@JulieKhuu]

Sounds like you have it on the right wall to open up the view! I would anchor the TV with a small console underneath for storage and to create a beautiful focal point 🙌🏻

[@marilynndesilva7620]

Love your observations and design tips, Julie! Live plants are a must for me as well.😊🪴 In addition to having a home that is both beautiful and comfortable, it should being easy to keep clean. Having lots of decor elements is not only visually annoying to me, but it all needs to be shuffled around to dust and vacuum. For example, the room at 5:08 would be a nightmare to maintain. I get a backache just thinking about moving all those low stools with stacks of books piled on them just to vacuum or sweep. Even a Roomba would have a hard time maneuvering around all that clutter!

[@JulieKhuu]

Oh totally. I live by my robot vacuums but they ain’t gonna wipe my surfaces and countertops 😆

[@gracegamboa1819]

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[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you for watching Grace! 💖

[@Nancy-rc6kg]

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[@JulieKhuu]

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[@jackiecuba3414]

Julie this was great but I've been craving some new content from you for a while now. 😢 I've been watching your weekly videos for the last 4 years and they're starting to sound a bit redundant. 😭 I'm only sharing this constructive feedback because I think you would want to know how your fans are feeling. What ever happened to the color series? That one was so fun! There are so many colors you haven't covered yet.

[@JulieKhuu]

I’ve been treading water over here Jackie, current content is how I’m feeling these days 💆🏼‍♀️ Been working on getting my life back (from newbie Mom/ building a business/ scaling back) and now I feel like we’re onto something great 💥 Thank you for your support all these years, hope you love what’s coming up next 😘

[@stefaniadogsitterbologna8251]

Goodmorning dear Julie...I am about to start a new big project for my small home and I may need advice, would you read a short email with one or two pics? In any case love from rainy Italy ❤

[@JulieKhuu]

I’ll read them here Stefania! I love answering comments so others may read your conditions and understand my replies ☺️

[@annlavine3576]

THE ROOM MY CATS ARE IN

[@JulieKhuu]

Cozy comfy the best 😍🫶🏻

[@medabourland]

I’ve NEVER not wanted to go to my home!

[@JulieKhuu]

I had a conversation with my team before scripting this video. All Gen Z’ers who described this feeling of NOT wanting to go home bc it wasn’t a place of comfort or rest 😔That hit me hard and made me wonder- who else is feeling this way? 🫶🏻

[@florim2206]

Buna seara,ce remedi se pot aplica in cazul in care am bucătăria in centrul casei, aragazul este in NE , proprietarul casete are Nr Kua 6... afectează starea lui de sănătate?

[@JulieKhuu]

Use plants to help eradicate fire from water/wealth corner in NE

[@florim2206]

@@JulieKhuu mulțumesc frumos!Sunt divorțată și am doi copii fata are Nr Kua 3, născută pe 23-2006 ora 7 dimineața ,băiatul are Nr Kua 6 născut pe 11-11-2003 noapte la ora 1,Am apartament cu doua camere,în nord sufragerie,in sud este dormitor,in sud-vest baia și în centrul casei bucătărie.Va rog frumos să-mi spuneți cum sa amenajam paturi de dormit

[@wandai.7038]

Julie, you said a fireplace doesn't belong in a bedroom. I have an electric fireplace in my bedroom facing the foot of the bed. Is this not good, and if so, how can I amend it? It can't be seen lying in bed. Nowhere else to put the fireplace in my house.

[@youbetcha108]

I have the same thing. I like it. I think real fire is bad. But I don’t really know. I wonder what people in the 1700’s in New England would say to this?

[@JulieKhuu]

Fireplace in the bedroom has too much active Yang energy for a place of Yin rest according to Feng Shui. Treat it like a storage space- books, plants, makeshift dresser. If the fireplace is in the South wall of the room, use candles to help ignite the fire element without turning on the too “powerful” fire. If it’s in the north sector (water element) paint the box black to promote water colors 🖤

[@wandai.7038]

@JulieKhuu Thank you! It is on the east wall adjoining another bedroom. I will try to relocate it or repurpose it. Thank you for your response. 🥰

[@abrandnewday7853]

Can you feng shui the people in your home that stress you out?😅

[@JulieKhuu]

Haha the burning question!! 🔥 Your bright light will shine upon them and lift everyone up in no time at all ⚡️😉

[@Liquid_Cooled]

Why is that nearly all real estate agents / interior designers are all attractive

[@JulieKhuu]

lol I’ll take that as a compliment 😊

[@emmettoransky5088]

You don't have to be a mental health professional to give life advice. Source: Mental Health Professional

[@JulieKhuu]

Thank you Emmett 🙏🏻💗 (there was a whole rant on mental health that I eventually cut 😅)