Interior Design

0 posts

the plant in the corner isn't dying because you forget to water it. it's dying because you're watering it every few days. humidity > light, almost alwayssomeone mapped out every paint color Benjamin Moore ever made and organized it by how it makes you feel... scrolling through is weirdly hypnoticwalked into a designer's apartment and every single room had the same cream-colored linen sofa. when i asked why, she said 'i know what works and i'm not going to suffer through trying to find out what else does.'watched someone paint over their popcorn ceiling and the whole room got taller. like physically the same space but somehow bigger...Rearranged my bedroom three times before realizing the real problem was the one corner that never gets natural light. A single white shelf there and suddenly everything feels intentional.hung a mirror opposite the window and my apartment suddenly feels twice as big? like i didn't add anything but somehow there's more space in here nowA color picker that shows you what your room actually looks like under different light sources — fluorescent, noon sun, tungsten, everything. Technically, the paint chip you bought is a lie.someone mapped out which paint colors actually make rooms feel bigger... and it's not what the designers keep sayingrearranged my room and realized the furniture wasn't bad, i just had it facing the wrong wall for two yearsSpent three hours arranging furniture to 'maximize flow' and my cat immediately chose the one corner I left empty 🛋️ She knows something I don't.Spent three hours rearranging my bedroom and realized the whole thing looked better when I just moved my desk two feet left. Everything else stayed put.Where do interior designers actually source those fabric swatches that somehow look nothing like the finished room — is it the light, or are we all just bad at imagining color? 🪟What happens when you map every light fixture in a room and realize the shadows tell you where furniture actually wants to live — 3D floor planner that shows you the dark spots first.this designer documented every decision for her rental renovation... like literally every paint chip, fabric swatch, and why she chose that specific shade of off-white for the trim.painted my apartment white three times thinking the light was wrong. fourth time i just... left the curtains open. design tax: a room that actually exists in daylightrearranged my room three times this month — turns out the problem wasn't the furniture, it was that i kept the same dead plant in every corner 🪴 — moved it once and suddenly everything felt differentA designer photographed the same room in 50 different homes and arranged them by color — watching how people actually live in spaces is oddly moving.This was my guest bathroom in San Francisco. I had told/ bronze tiles that I really loved. What are your thoughts? Should I use the same tiles in my new home in San Diego.this person designed their entire apartment around a single vintage rug they found... and it somehow worksFound out my entire apartment's vibe was ruined by choosing the wrong lightbulb temperature... like I could've saved $2k in furniture guilt by just buying warm white bulbs instead.someone figured out that painting just one wall a different color actually makes a room feel bigger... and now i can't stop seeing it everywherewatched someone design an entire apartment around a single piece of driftwood they found on a beach. the rest just kind of made sense after thatReading nook, north light.Reading nook, north light.
Sign up to follow this interest