The Design Habits Every Stylish Man Shares — Transcript

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1. 0:00There are homes that make you pause.
2. 0:01They're not enormous, yet somehow they
3. 0:03have a sense of grandeur. Everything
4. 0:05feels right because the home is
5. 0:07balanced, confident, and effortless. You
6. 0:09assume the owner must have spent a
7. 0:10fortune, but that's usually not the
8. 0:12case. Can money help when designing a
9. 0:14home? Yes, but that's not what gives a
10. 0:17room its character. The difference is a
11. 0:19way of thinking that influences every
12. 0:21decision made inside the home. My name
13. 0:24is Chad and today I'm sharing six habits
14. 0:26that will greatly improve your ability
15. 0:28to create an impressive space. If you're
16. 0:31a returning subscriber, hit the thumbs
17. 0:32up. If you're new here, hopefully by the
18. 0:35end of this video, you'll be a
19. 0:36subscriber. Remember that if you would
20. 0:38like our help in designing your room,
21. 0:41you can have that help by clicking the
22. 0:42link in the description below. The first
23. 0:45habit is editing, not decorating,
24. 0:48editing. The most memorable homes are
25. 0:50rarely the ones with the most things.
26. 0:52They're homes where someone had the
27. 0:54discipline to leave things out. People
28. 0:57will approach decorating like shopping.
29. 0:59I have an empty corner. What can I buy
30. 1:01for this wall? This shelf needs
31. 1:03something. Before long, the room begins
32. 1:05collecting objects instead of building
33. 1:08character. Polished homes work
34. 1:10differently. Every piece has earned its
35. 1:12place. If something doesn't improve the
36. 1:14room, it doesn't stay. This doesn't mean
37. 1:16minimalism, it's far from it. Some of
38. 1:18the richest, warmest interiors we've
39. 1:20ever designed contain hundreds of
40. 1:22objects. Books, artwork, vintage pieces,
41. 1:25layered textiles, collected artifacts,
42. 1:27but every item contributes to the same
43. 1:30story. There's nothing arbitrary.
44. 1:32Nothing feels like it was purchased
45. 1:34simply because there wasn't empty space.
46. 1:36Editing isn't about owning less, it's
47. 1:38about allowing the right things to have
48. 1:40significance. The second habit is buying
49. 1:43with patience. The pressure to finish a
50. 1:45room quickly often leads to the wrong
51. 1:47decisions. When you buy whatever fits
52. 1:50the immediate budget, whatever ships the
53. 1:51fastest, or whatever happens to be
54. 1:53available, months later, you'll find the
55. 1:56room technically has everything it
56. 1:57needs, yet somehow still feels hollow.
57. 2:00The homes people admire most aren't
58. 2:02rushed into existence. Sometimes the
59. 2:04perfect chair takes months to find. The
60. 2:06artwork might come a year later. The
61. 2:08lamp you imagined doesn't exist until
62. 2:11you stumble across it unexpectedly.
63. 2:13Cultivation is a practice of patience.
64. 2:17Think about a remarkable bottle of wine.
65. 2:19It isn't remarkable because someone
66. 2:20rushed the process. Time is one of its
67. 2:23ingredients. A wine maker doesn't
68. 2:25harvest the first grapes he sees. He
69. 2:27waits because timing affects the outcome
70. 2:30just as much as the fruit itself. The
71. 2:33third habit is repetition of variety.
72. 2:35When people hear variety, they often
73. 2:37assume every piece should be different.
74. 2:40Different woods, different metals,
75. 2:41different fabrics, different colors. The
76. 2:44result is disorder. Confident rooms
77. 2:47repeat themselves. The walnut from one
78. 2:49piece is echoed elsewhere in the room.
79. 2:51The aged brass appears again in the
80. 2:53lighting. Black steel is repeated.
81. 2:56Leather returns. Before long, the room
82. 2:58forms its own language. Each repeated
83. 3:01material becomes another word in its
84. 3:03vocabulary. By the time the room is
85. 3:05complete, it's communicating fluently in
86. 3:08a native tongue. The fourth habit is
87. 3:10thinking in layers. Many rooms contain
88. 3:13furniture. Fewer contain atmosphere. A
89. 3:16sofa and coffee table can make a room
90. 3:18functional, but they're rarely enough to
91. 3:20make someone want to stay. Atmosphere
92. 3:22comes from layers of rugs softening the
93. 3:25floor, lighting at different heights,
94. 3:27books with worn edges, artwork that
95. 3:29introduces depth, neutral materials,
96. 3:32texture, shadows. These aren't
97. 3:34accessories. They're what make a room
98. 3:36feel lived-in rather than furnished. The
99. 3:39fifth habit is choosing quality before
100. 3:42quantity. This doesn't mean buying
101. 3:43luxury brands. It means recognizing that
102. 3:46one exceptional piece often carries more
103. 3:48presence than five forgettable ones.
104. 3:51There could be a beautifully made
105. 3:52leather chair, a well-crafted coffee
106. 3:54table, and an heirloom cabinet. These
107. 3:57become anchors. They give the room
108. 3:59conviction. Once those pieces exist, a
109. 4:02standard is established for everything
110. 4:04else. You don't need 20 impressive
111. 4:06objects. You need a few that encourage
112. 4:09the rest of the room to rise and meet
113. 4:11them. And finally, perhaps the most
114. 4:14overlooked habit of all is allowing the
115. 4:16room to evolve. Many people think
116. 4:19there's a finish line. One final
117. 4:20purchase, one last accessory, and then
118. 4:23the room will be complete forever. The
119. 4:25best homes never stop changing. A new
120. 4:28book gets added, artwork will inevitably
121. 4:30move around, maybe an incredible vintage
122. 4:32find replaces something in the room that
123. 4:35was ordinary. The room grows because the
124. 4:38owner grows. A home is an autobiography
125. 4:40written without words. Your home
126. 4:42shouldn't feel frozen in time. It should
127. 4:44feel as though it's growing in parallel
128. 4:46with you. Throughout history, enduring
129. 4:49homes have always been carefully
130. 4:50curated. One thoughtful decision built
131. 4:53upon another. The direction of these
132. 4:55rooms is so unmistakable, they become
133. 4:57impossible to imagine any other way.
134. 5:00Someone might describe them as stylish,
135. 5:03but that would be inaccurate. Style
136. 5:05follows fashion and trend. These homes
137. 5:08were built on unending principles. For
138. 5:10the man who lives there, it reflects the
139. 5:12practice of better judgment, and that
140. 5:14never goes out of style. If you like the
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