Why Your Home Doesn’t Feel Like Success (4 Fixes That Change It) — Transcript

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1. 0:00There's a certain feeling you get when
2. 0:01you walk into a space that's been done
3. 0:03right. There's a sense of control and
4. 0:05presence and clarity. This is a familiar
5. 0:08feeling to many of those who have found
6. 0:10personal as well as financial success.
7. 0:12But what about those who are on their
8. 0:14way to success or those whose homes have
9. 0:17not caught up to their success? My name
10. 0:20is Chaudhry and in this video I'm
11. 0:22sharing four tips that will make your
12. 0:24home feel like success. If you're a
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14. 0:28If you're new here, hopefully by the end
15. 0:30of this video you'll be a subscriber.
16. 0:32Remember that if you would like our help
17. 0:34in designing your room, you can have
18. 0:36that help by clicking the link in the
19. 0:38description below.
20. 0:40The first is to control the color
21. 0:43palette. One of the fastest ways to lose
22. 0:45that put-together feeling is too many
23. 0:47colors and it doesn't always look
24. 0:49obvious at first. It just feels slightly
25. 0:52off, a bit disconnected. What's
26. 0:54happening is nothing relates. So here's
27. 0:57the correction. Pick two to three main
28. 0:59colors and make everything in the room
29. 1:01pass through that filter. Let me show
30. 1:04you what this looks like. A bedroom, for
31. 1:06example, you go with deep navy, walnut
32. 1:09wood, off-white. That's it. The walls
33. 1:12are navy, the bed frame and nightstands
34. 1:14are walnut, the bedding stays clean and
35. 1:16light. You don't have to use those exact
36. 1:18colors, just copy the simplicity. Now
37. 1:22compare that to what usually happens.
38. 1:24Gray sheets, black dresser, blue rug,
39. 1:27brass lamp. Each piece might look fine
40. 1:30on its own, but together they never lock
41. 1:32in. You're not limiting color to make it
42. 1:35boring, you're repeating it. So the room
43. 1:37reads as one complete idea instead of
44. 1:40separate pieces. Number two is to use
45. 1:43darker tones strategically. Once the
46. 1:46palette is controlled, this is where you
47. 1:48add depth and this is where people
48. 1:49either go too far or they don't go far
49. 1:52enough. Dark colors visually recede and
50. 1:55absorb light. That does two things. They
51. 1:57create contrast against lighter elements
52. 2:00and they give the eye a place to stop.
53. 2:03So instead of painting everything
54. 2:04darker, you choose one surface and you
55. 2:07give it weight. A home office is a
56. 2:09perfect example. Keep most of the room
57. 2:11lighter, but the wall behind the desk,
58. 2:13that's where you can go deeper.
59. 2:15Charcoal, dark green, even a near-black.
60. 2:19Now when you sit in that space it feels
61. 2:21grounded. It has presence behind you.
62. 2:24Same idea in a bedroom. Take the wall
63. 2:25with the TV. Instead of letting the
64. 2:27screen float on a light wall, you darken
65. 2:30that surface. Now the TV disappears into
66. 2:33it and the room immediately feels more
67. 2:35composed. This isn't about mood for the
68. 2:37sake of mood. It's about giving the room
69. 2:40structure. Without contrast, the eye
70. 2:42keeps searching. With a darker surface,
71. 2:45it knows where to stop. A lot of people
72. 2:47get stuck in choosing the right color to
73. 2:49begin with because if the tone is off,
74. 2:52inevitably everything in the room feels
75. 2:53disconnected. I put together a guide
76. 2:56with five paint colors that we've used
77. 2:58again and again because they work so
78. 3:00well in creating the base of great
79. 3:02looks. You can find that linked in the
80. 3:04description below. Number three is a
81. 3:07shift that's subtle, but you will feel
82. 3:09it pretty quickly and that's symmetry.
83. 3:12Not everywhere, just in the places your
84. 3:15eye naturally goes because symmetry
85. 3:17signals something very specific,
86. 3:20control. A bathroom is one of the
87. 3:22easiest places to apply this. Two
88. 3:24mirrors, even spacing, lighting that
89. 3:26matches on both sides. Now compare that
90. 3:29to a single mirror with a random light
91. 3:31placed off-center. Same function, but
92. 3:34completely different feeling. Take an
93. 3:37entryway. You walk in and everything is
94. 3:39set deliberately. The console is
95. 3:41centered, the lamps are balanced on both
96. 3:43sides, one mirror or artwork sits above
97. 3:46it. Nothing is drifting and nothing
98. 3:48feels accidental. That's what symmetry
99. 3:51does. It removes friction from the
100. 3:53space.
101. 3:54Number four is to add one clear
102. 3:57statement. Every room needs something to
103. 4:00remember. Just one. Everything else in
104. 4:02the room can still be well-designed and
105. 4:05textured and interesting, but it
106. 4:07shouldn't compete at the same intensity.
107. 4:09A dining room is a good example. You
108. 4:11bring in a large piece of artwork. It's
109. 4:13oversized. It's confident. Now
110. 4:16everything else stays controlled. Simple
111. 4:18table, clean chairs, and lighting that
112. 4:21supports the environment. Most people go
113. 4:23the other direction. They grab a bold
114. 4:25rug, a statement chandelier, a gallery
115. 4:28wall, chairs with conflicting patterns.
116. 4:31Now nothing can stand out because
117. 4:33everything is asking for attention. Same
118. 4:36idea in an office. You might have a
119. 4:37strong desk or sculptural chair. Let
120. 4:40that be the moment. Everything else
121. 4:43reinforces it. That's how a room builds
122. 4:45identity without becoming chaotic. All
123. 4:48four of these come down to one thing,
124. 4:51reducing friction for the eye. Color
125. 4:54palette removes visual noise, dark tones
126. 4:57give direction, symmetry creates
127. 4:59stability, a statement creates focus.
128. 5:02When the eye doesn't have to work, the
129. 5:04room feels calm and controlled and that
130. 5:07is what people interpret as success. If
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