10 HOME DECORATING TRICKS THAT MAKE YOUR HOME FEEL 10X BETTER — Transcript

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1. 0:00Hello everyone, welcome back to my
2. 0:01channel. My name's Kristin and today I'm
3. 0:03going to be sharing with you 10
4. 0:04decorating tricks that really make your
5. 0:06home look finished, polished, and 10
6. 0:09times better. So, if you're looking for
7. 0:11some ideas to spruce up your home and
8. 0:13really make it look its best, this video
9. 0:15is just for you. If you enjoy watching
10. 0:16and find this video helpful, make sure
11. 0:17you give it a big thumbs up and hit that
12. 0:19like button. And I want to give a huge
13. 0:20thank you to TaskRabbit for sponsoring
14. 0:22today's video. Let's go ahead and jump
15. 0:24right into it. When you have wood
16. 0:25flooring in your home, it can be
17. 0:26difficult to choose wood furniture
18. 0:28pieces that are really going to
19. 0:29complement that flooring [music] nicely.
20. 0:31But one easy trick to do so is just
21. 0:34simply doing the opposite of your
22. 0:35flooring. So, if you have light wood
23. 0:37floors, go with dark wood furniture
24. 0:40pieces as accents. That's actually going
25. 0:42to pull those darker knots out of your
26. 0:44floor and complement the flooring really
27. 0:46nicely. And it will also allow the
28. 0:48flooring and the furniture pieces to
29. 0:50stand out on their own. The same thing
30. 0:52goes for dark [music] wood. Dark wood
31. 0:55floors and dark wood furniture can
32. 0:57actually be very overwhelming. It can
33. 0:59really darken your entire home and make
34. 1:01it feel very heavy. So, to lighten the
35. 1:03space without redoing your floors, go
36. 1:05for light tone furniture where you can
37. 1:08to really accent your flooring nicely.
38. 1:10Again, [music] this always works well
39. 1:12when you stay within the same tones of
40. 1:14wood. So, if you're going for warm tone
41. 1:17woods, get warm tone furniture whether
42. 1:19it be light or dark. If you have cool
43. 1:21tone woods, again, work with those cool
44. 1:23tones to really make every wood tone
45. 1:25look perfect in your home. Now, this
46. 1:26doesn't have to be every furniture
47. 1:28piece, but it really works well main
48. 1:30pieces that grab your attention. Maybe
49. 1:32your dining table, your coffee table,
50. 1:34dining chairs, any kind of chest or
51. 1:37cabinet or sideboard. Bring in those
52. 1:39accent wood tones with those wood
53. 1:42pieces. Now, if you're trying to figure
54. 1:43out the perfect styling for your bed,
55. 1:45one designer trick is [music] always use
56. 1:47euro pillows. Euro pillows are that 26
57. 1:50by 26 size, a big [music] large square,
58. 1:53and they work perfectly for styling your
59. 1:55bed and really making it look finished
60. 1:57and [music] polished. This is going to
61. 1:59give you that designer look instantly
62. 2:01and it's all about getting the correct
63. 2:03amount of Euro pillows for your bed. So,
64. 2:06if you have a king-size bed, go for
65. 2:07three large Euro pillows across your
66. 2:09bed. That's going to fill it out really
67. 2:11nicely and give you that nice angled
68. 2:12dynamic look. With a queen-size or
69. 2:15full-size bed, you can definitely fit
70. 2:17two Euro pillows across the bed for a
71. 2:19really balanced look. And if you want to
72. 2:21include Euro pillows on twin beds, that
73. 2:23can also look really cute. Just include
74. 2:25one single Euro pillow. Euro pillows
75. 2:28always look designer because they have
76. 2:30that large-scale to them, which really
77. 2:32balances out the size of your bed. So,
78. 2:34if you can't quite figure out what
79. 2:35exactly is missing in your bed, it might
80. 2:37be the Euro pillows. Now, every space
81. 2:39that includes a TV should have a mounted
82. 2:42TV. There's something about TV legs and
83. 2:44the cords hanging out that just simply
84. 2:46make your home look unfinished and not
85. 2:49exactly designer. We've been meaning to
86. 2:51mount our Frame TV up on top of our
87. 2:53mantle for so long now. I think like a
88. 2:56year or two. And it's always been a
89. 2:59conversation in our house of when are we
90. 3:00going to mount it? Oh, we'll do it this
91. 3:02weekend and then we never get around to
92. 3:04it. And now that we have a baby, we're
93. 3:06just never getting around to it. So, I'm
94. 3:08finally hiring a tasker on TaskRabbit to
95. 3:11mount our Frame TV. I'm so excited.
96. 3:13They're going to install the frame, hang
97. 3:16it all up onto the mantle flush to the
98. 3:18wall, and hide all of the cords so that
99. 3:21it just looks seamless.
100. 3:25TaskRabbit is an online marketplace that
101. 3:26pairs people with local taskers to get
102. 3:29tasks done. I'm always hiring taskers to
103. 3:32get the jobs done around the house that
104. 3:33I am not quite comfortable with or
105. 3:36things that I know are going to take me
106. 3:37a lot of time. Those are things that I'd
107. 3:39rather hire out and TaskRabbit makes it
108. 3:42so easy to do so. Wow, that made such a
109. 3:44big difference. This is exactly how I
110. 3:46wanted this whole built-in fireplace to
111. 3:49look [music]
112. 3:49with with Frame TV. Finally, it looks
113. 3:52airy, complete, and so much more put
114. 3:54together. I love the way this frame
115. 3:56matches with the floor, and it's just
116. 3:58mounted perfectly. So, the Tasker did
117. 4:01such a good job of hiding all of the
118. 4:03electrical and cords behind the wall and
119. 4:06down the built-in. You really went the
120. 4:08extra mile to make sure that it was
121. 4:09perfect for us. So, I highly recommend
122. 4:11checking out TaskRabbit if you have any
123. 4:13unfinished jobs around your home. They
124. 4:15can really help you just complete
125. 4:16[music] those tasks that you don't have
126. 4:18time for, that are just piling up in
127. 4:20your home. Definitely check out
128. 4:22TaskRabbit. I'll have the link to it
129. 4:24down below in the description box, so
130. 4:25you guys can complete all of those tasks
131. 4:27around your home. Now, if you want to
132. 4:28refresh your space drastically and make
133. 4:30it look designer while using all of your
134. 4:33existing furniture, try and work in a
135. 4:36new furniture layout where you can float
136. 4:37your furniture off of the walls. Having
137. 4:39that space around your furniture is
138. 4:42instantly going to give it a designer
139. 4:43look, and trust me, it won't make your
140. 4:45room feel small. This could simply be
141. 4:47[music] bringing that chair off the wall
142. 4:49in the corner, or bringing your sofa
143. 4:51slightly off of the wall and having that
144. 4:53small gap behind the sofa. This is going
145. 4:55to create those shadows and that depth
146. 4:57in your space, [music] and give your
147. 4:58room space to breathe. This is going to
148. 5:00add better circulation in your home.
149. 5:02It's going to give you those designer
150. 5:03moments you might be looking for, and
151. 5:05give you a tidy, clean, and polished
152. 5:08look. For the most part, this applies to
153. 5:10seating, accent chairs, sofas, even
154. 5:13[music] desks and tables. Bringing those
155. 5:15pieces off of the wall so that you can
156. 5:17sit in the middle of your space will
157. 5:19make your home feel so much better. Now,
158. 5:21if you have the space for it, I highly
159. 5:23recommend including some kind of seating
160. 5:25at the end of your bed by the footboard
161. 5:28to really give yourself a finished,
162. 5:30designer look. [music]
163. 5:31This could be a simple bench, this could
164. 5:33be an accent chair or two, a sofa, a
165. 5:36chaise lounge. Having some kind of
166. 5:38moment at the end of your bed there
167. 5:40gives you a designer look instantly. I
168. 5:42find that seating at the end of the bed
169. 5:44just really gives you that relaxing
170. 5:46moment. It allows you to use your
171. 5:48bedroom a bit differently. If you
172. 5:49haven't incorporated any kind of side
173. 5:51seating or accent chair or any kind of
174. 5:54soft seating in your bedroom, I highly
175. 5:56recommend bringing it in. Again, this
176. 5:58could be a small skinny bench if you
177. 6:00don't have the space for it, but just
178. 6:02having that horizontal line finishing
179. 6:04off your bed gives you a designer look.
180. 6:07Now, we always talk about the importance
181. 6:08of layered lighting and having more than
182. 6:10just the big light in your home to
183. 6:12really create atmosphere, a designer
184. 6:15look, and a calm environment in your
185. 6:16home. But, creating levels to your
186. 6:18lighting really matters as well. Mixing
187. 6:20in low table lamps with high wall
188. 6:22sconces or picture lights and bringing
189. 6:25in a mid-size floor lamp will always do
190. 6:27the trick to creating a very balanced
191. 6:29look. It's very important to have those
192. 6:31light sources be at different levels
193. 6:33around your space. That's going to give
194. 6:34you a nice full lighting effect, but
195. 6:36also look very relaxing and calm to the
196. 6:39eye. Having lighting coming out at
197. 6:41different levels around your space, low,
198. 6:43medium, and high, is what's going to
199. 6:45give you that designer look that feels
200. 6:47finished and intentional. So, when
201. 6:48you're planning your accent lighting
202. 6:49around your home, think about it all in
203. 6:52levels so that you really get the full
204. 6:54picture in your space. A small
205. 6:55decorating detail that I love to add
206. 6:57into any kind of styling is a riser. A
207. 7:00little wood riser or metal riser for a
208. 7:03candle or accent piece around your home
209. 7:06will just make your styling look
210. 7:08intentional instantly. It's a small
211. 7:10little detail that you can thrift, buy
212. 7:12brand new, or even create using stacked
213. 7:15books. This is a great way to highlight
214. 7:17specific pieces in your home and give
215. 7:19you those designer triangles that you're
216. 7:21trying to work in. You want a low,
217. 7:23medium, and large piece while you're
218. 7:25styling, and that medium is really easy
219. 7:27to achieve if you include a riser.
220. 7:29[music]
221. 7:30It really helps bring those small items
222. 7:32up, make them feel larger, and it's that
223. 7:35one little touch that really makes your
224. 7:37entire styling look professional. Now,
225. 7:39if you want to give your home more
226. 7:40detail and a more interesting look. When
227. 7:43you're choosing wall art, go for wall
228. 7:45art that has some kind of dimension to
229. 7:47it. [music] That could be the frame of
230. 7:49the wall art, that could be the matting
231. 7:52that gives you that nice shadow and
232. 7:53depth to your wall art, or it could be a
233. 7:56three-dimensional piece that's a little
234. 7:58bit more abstract and artistic to give
235. 8:00you a very unique look. This is what's
236. 8:02going to add interest to your room
237. 8:04drastically. If you just have flat
238. 8:06prints framed up around your home that
239. 8:08don't have matting, maybe they're a very
240. 8:10simple slim frame, it's just going to
241. 8:12create a very flat look in your home.
242. 8:14You really want to create dimension to
243. 8:15your walls with your wall art. So, make
244. 8:17sure that your wall art has layers to it
245. 8:20and it creates shadows on your walls.
246. 8:22That's actually really important to
247. 8:23creating that dimensional look in your
248. 8:25space so that your space doesn't run
249. 8:27flat. Now, when choosing lamps for your
250. 8:28bedside tables, you really want to
251. 8:30consider the scale of your bed when
252. 8:32choosing your lamp lighting.
253. 8:34>> [music]
254. 8:34>> If you have a larger headboard, you
255. 8:36definitely want to go for a larger scale
256. 8:38lamp on either side of your bed. That's
257. 8:40really going to help bring that line up
258. 8:41and balance the look of the back wall of
259. 8:43your bedroom. You can also incorporate
260. 8:46wall sconces. That's another thing
261. 8:47that's going to help lift the eye and
262. 8:49balance your headboard. If you have a
263. 8:51low-profile bed, you definitely want to
264. 8:52bring that lighting down as well and
265. 8:54have smaller scale lamps on either side
266. 8:57of the bed. If you have large lamps with
267. 8:59a low-profile bed, the entire scale of
268. 9:01your room is going to look off. So, go
269. 9:03for something that really fits the size
270. 9:04[music] of your bed. Give you a super
271. 9:06balanced look that looks professionally
272. 9:08designed. Now, if you have a blank
273. 9:10corner in your space and you want it to
274. 9:11look intentionally styled, incorporate
275. 9:14something that has height. Bringing in
276. 9:16height into a corner helps balance your
277. 9:18space and it really helps soften the
278. 9:20corners of your room. This can be done
279. 9:22well with a large floor lamp, a tall
280. 9:24plant, or even a pedestal vase and
281. 9:27florals styled in a corner. [music]
282. 9:29I love using corner styling like this as
283. 9:31a trick to really soften a space and
284. 9:33[music] bring in some more depth.
285. 9:35Sometimes when you just have your
286. 9:37furniture and then the bare corners of
287. 9:39your space, things do kind of look like
288. 9:41they're floating around. So, bringing in
289. 9:43that intentional corner styling matters.
290. 9:45It definitely takes your space from
291. 9:47looking standard to designer and it
292. 9:49always works if you bring in something
293. 9:51with height. Never use something short
294. 9:52in a corner cuz that's what's going to
295. 9:54give you a cluttered kind of stuck
296. 9:56feeling. Go with something with length
297. 9:58to really accentuate the height of your
298. 10:00space. All right, so that's it for
299. 10:01today's video. I hope you enjoyed
300. 10:03watching and I hope this gave you a
301. 10:04better idea on ways that you can make
302. 10:06your home look its best. It all comes
303. 10:08down to those finishing touches to
304. 10:10really make it look polished, finished,
305. 10:12and 10 times better. So, if you enjoyed
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