5 Mistakes That Make Your Home Look Worse — Transcript

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1. 0:00There are homes that feel nothing less
2. 0:01than impressive when you step inside.
3. 0:03You're immediately struck by the
4. 0:05environment. Others, however, encourage
5. 0:07you to quickly walk back out the door
6. 0:09that you entered. Have you ever wondered
7. 0:11why that is? What is it that causes a
8. 0:13shift in our emotional state, and how is
9. 0:16that achieved? And have we made
10. 0:18decisions that are causing a less than
11. 0:20favorable effect? My name is Chad and
12. 0:23today I want to show you five of the
13. 0:25biggest mistakes I repeatedly see men
14. 0:27make in their homes, and more
15. 0:29importantly, what to do instead.
16. 0:32Remember, if you would like our help in
17. 0:34designing your room, you can have that
18. 0:36help by clicking the link in the
19. 0:38description below. One of the easiest
20. 0:40ways to make a home feel disconnected is
21. 0:42to furnish it as though the architecture
22. 0:44doesn't exist. A beautiful piece of
23. 0:46furniture isn't automatically the right
24. 0:49piece of furniture. Imagine placing an
25. 0:51ultra-modern sectional inside a
26. 0:53century-old colonial home, or filling a
27. 0:56sleek downtown loft with oversized
28. 0:58farmhouse furniture. Neither choice is
29. 1:01necessarily unattractive on its own.
30. 1:03They simply speak different languages.
31. 1:06Architecture establishes the character
32. 1:08of a home long before furniture arrives.
33. 1:11The ceiling height, the windows, the
34. 1:12moldings and proportions. Your furniture
35. 1:15should feel like a natural continuation
36. 1:18of those elements, not a completely
37. 1:19different story. If you were to ignore
38. 1:22the furniture in your favorite room and
39. 1:23only study the architecture of that room
40. 1:26for 30 seconds, could you truthfully say
41. 1:29that the furniture feels like it belongs
42. 1:31there? Or could that furniture just as
43. 1:33easily be placed in a completely
44. 1:35different home? That answer alone will
45. 1:38change the way that you shop. The
46. 1:40average person decorates a room. The
47. 1:43person with a more trained eye designs
48. 1:45around a view. The experience of a home
49. 1:48doesn't begin once you've reached the
50. 1:49core of the house. It begins the moment
51. 1:52the front door opens. What do you see
52. 1:54first? What catches your eye from the
53. 1:56hallway? What becomes visible as you
54. 1:58round a corner? Every doorway is an
55. 2:01opportunity to reveal something worth
56. 2:03seeing. If each room is designed in
57. 2:05isolation, the home begins to feel
58. 2:08fragmented. Instead, think of the house
59. 2:10as one continuous experience. The room
60. 2:13ahead should invite you forward. It
61. 2:15should create curiosity. It should feel
62. 2:17connected to what you just left. Try
63. 2:20this. Walk through your home slowly and
64. 2:22stop just before every doorway that
65. 2:25leads into the next room. What
66. 2:26immediately captures your attention? Is
67. 2:29it a mesmerizing fireplace or the back
68. 2:31of a recliner? Do you see an organized
69. 2:33bookshelf or a tangle of cords beneath
70. 2:36the television? Does the next room
71. 2:38invite you forward or does it reveal an
72. 2:40obstacle you would rather not deal with?
73. 2:43If your home was an art gallery, every
74. 2:45doorway would act as a framed piece.
75. 2:48From a distance, it's how you decide
76. 2:50whether a room is worthy of closer
77. 2:52inspection. Give some attention to those
78. 2:54views and your home will feel much more
79. 2:57connected. Unsurprisingly, most of our
80. 2:59attention goes to everything at eye
81. 3:00level. We debate paint colors,
82. 3:03furniture, rugs, and artwork. Meanwhile,
83. 3:06the largest uninterrupted surface in the
84. 3:08room receives almost no consideration.
85. 3:11The ceiling. It's left like a giant
86. 3:13sheet of printer paper hovering above
87. 3:15our heads. That doesn't mean that every
88. 3:17ceiling needs beams or elaborate
89. 3:19architectural detail. Sometimes it's as
90. 3:22simple as choosing a paint color. Other
91. 3:24times it could be adding crown molding,
92. 3:26selecting a light fixture with
93. 3:27appropriate scale, or subtle texture
94. 3:30that allows the eye to travel upward.
95. 3:32The point isn't decoration. The point is
96. 3:35acknowledgement. When the ceiling
97. 3:37becomes part of the design, the room no
98. 3:39longer feels confined to the walls. Your
99. 3:42eye naturally moves through the entire
100. 3:44space instead of stopping at eye level.
101. 3:47>> [snorts]
102. 3:47>> Next time you're considering how to make
103. 3:48a room better, look up. If the ceiling
104. 3:50feels disconnected from happening below
105. 3:53it, there's usually an opportunity to
106. 3:55strengthen the room as a whole.
107. 3:57Successful rooms always take more than
108. 3:59furniture into consideration. That more
109. 4:02is movement and behavior. Where do you
110. 4:04naturally set your coffee in the
111. 4:06morning? At your desk, can you
112. 4:08comfortably reach a lamp without
113. 4:09standing up? Is there a place to set a
114. 4:12drink beside the chairs in your lounge?
115. 4:14Good design removes friction. Poor
116. 4:17design creates tiny inconveniences that
117. 4:19accumulate throughout the day. Colors
118. 4:22and materials are important, but a room
119. 4:24becomes exceptional when everything
120. 4:26works exactly the way you expect it to.
121. 4:29If a room regularly asks you to work
122. 4:31around it, there's usually a better
123. 4:33solution to be discovered. If there's
124. 4:35one habit that causes more design
125. 4:37problems than almost any other, it's
126. 4:39this. Buying things because we like them
127. 4:42before asking whether they belong. When
128. 4:45walking through a store an item catches
129. 4:46our eye, we immediately ask, "Do I like
130. 4:48it?" If yes, it goes in the shopping
131. 4:51cart. But that impulsive question should
132. 4:53have come after the more sensible
133. 4:55question, "Does it belong where I plan
134. 4:57on putting it?" An incredible industrial
135. 4:59light fixture can feel completely out of
136. 5:01place inside a refined traditional home.
137. 5:04A minimalist sofa may be exceptionally
138. 5:07well designed but feel disconnected when
139. 5:10placed in a rustic room. No piece of
140. 5:12furniture exists in isolation. It
141. 5:15interacts with the room's materials,
142. 5:17scale, lighting and other furniture.
143. 5:19Here's a habit worth developing. The
144. 5:21next time you're strongly considering a
145. 5:23piece, before convincing yourself you
146. 5:25need it, picture the type of room where
147. 5:27it naturally belongs. If that room isn't
148. 5:30yours, keep looking. You'll make fewer
149. 5:32purchases but far better ones.
150. 5:35Correcting these mistakes doesn't
151. 5:36require extraordinary talent. It
152. 5:38requires a different way of evaluating
153. 5:40your home. Every purchase, view,
154. 5:43transition and decision, when these
155. 5:45choices begin to reinforce each other,
156. 5:47that's when you'll find yourself in an
157. 5:49impressive home. If you like the video,
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