7 WORST DECORATING SINS (and how to fix them✅) 

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Cool-light bulbs drive me INSANE. I've seen my fair share of homes with the light temperatures mixed within the same space and I keep thinking, "How are you not noticing this?!" Of course I would never actually say anything... but I want to. So bad.

Simply changing the tone of the overhead lighting and adding a few lamps with warm lighting will completely change the way the room looks and feels. It really works.

I was so scared to watch the video because I knew I was guilty of design mishaps… Im the diy queen in my family and you’re so right! It’s time to get control and take on only what I can accomplish! Because I want my house to be completed and beautiful not always a work in progress 🙂

I get the light thing but switching to blue light helped my seasonal anxiety and depression a ton. I also live in the least sunny area of the US which doesn't help any!

Measuring is so important! If I forget my measuring tape I use a dollar. It’s 6 inches long. I agree completely with warm lightbulbs. We have LED that switch in the kitchen/dining because for prep and cleaning I love that hospital light. Then we swap to warm to eat by because it’s so friendly and cozy.

We had that 1977's sofa chair when I was a kid haha, I miss shopping at Sears.

I think the whole warm white trend has gone overboard. Like in my Home country 4000K light is called "cool light" when in reality it is more close to neutral. My bathroom looks ugly when I put in 2700K or 3000K bulbs because the white tile turns yellow. It looks dark and uninviting. So I think it depends on the room which type of light is best.

TLDR: Cool temperature light should be used, but it has to be used thoughtfully and appropriately in terms of both time of day and location in the home. Hi, I love your videos. Often things are more complicated than they appear at first. You bring up lighting temperature/warmth in this video, and I see many comments on it. As a professional research scientist with specialized training and work experience in lighting and health, I wanted to share something I would love to see make it over to the design world. In general, warmer lights are more relaxing and comfortable, and cold lights are more jarring visually and make you unable to unwind. It's all due to our biology. I will spare the details, but the highlight is that our body's master internal clock is set by light exposure, particularly blue light. Sunlight has a lot of blue light in it, which your eyes sense and send a sigma; to your brain to set the master clock, your circadian rhythm. This signal evolved to be sent in the morning, close to waking up. Interruption of this process can lead to various health issues, from metabolic rates to mental health to increased workplace and motor vehicle accidents. The key is to use blue-rich, aka cold light, in the morning when you first wake up, especially if your schedule has you waking up when it is dark outside. You also want to use it in any space where you need to be highly productive during the day, such as a home office if you work from home. For the rest of the time, using warmer lights is a better choice, as you said. Exposure to blue-rich light in the evening is detrimental to your health; the most apparent effect is that it can make it harder to fall asleep. This includes cold temperature bulbs and screens on TVs, computers, tablets, and phones. Many smart bulbs and smart home products can change the color temperature to match what is best for your health automatically. Most computers, tablets, and phones also have this technology built in.

"That dresser on the side of the road..." Argh!!! Busted!! LOL!

Faux plants are definitely fine!!

I’d love a video on smart bulbs.. just show me how yours work lol I can’t pick out one to start with because there are too many options

Great information. On varying heights in a room, I so agree that you really have to take that into consideration for the highest height, and be intentional. On measurements, remember to measure the entire pathway your biggest pieces will have to take, to get to their designated spot! If that involves an elevator or corner stairway or narrow door, proceed with caution. I recently had a deep sofa delivered to my second floor sitting room. I knew exactly how that sofa had to navigate. The moving men from the furniture store were telling me “no way” could it make that turn. I had to tell them, and then show them exactly how it was possible. I had even removed the door before they came. Should I have gotten a modular sofa instead? Probably, but the heart wants what it wants.

Loves these tips. I wasn't aware of the same height recommendation but glad to see that my home naturally has items of various heights. I did buy a matching dining table and buffet set that i do like, but the buffet is actually in the living area (it's open floor plan). I have a totally different buffet that brings in more color in the dining area and it seems to work well.

Please be careful with peel-stick flooring. I moved into my new place and the previous tenant destroyed the bathroom floors doing that. They came to strip it and wax it and there’s still permanent stains

There's almost nothing I dislike more than 'bought the showroom' approach. Furniture pieces should play well together, not look like littermates. I actually really like the sofa that matches the chair I recently bought, but I want something different. Haven't found it yet.

So many good tips! I am obsessed with bringing a tape with me when I go shopping for house stuff, but having one on your key ring? That’s true designer level 😃🙌 Such a great idea 💡❤️

Amen on the light bulbs! The cool tones actually make me feel yucky and stressed.

Aly Art mentions you in her latest Marilyn video! You should totally go watch it!!

Aly sent me here. I would lovvveee to see her do your makeup

I'm a renter, and my landlord installed amber "boob" fixtures in the bedroom and the kitchen. They are ugly, and make the rooms dark and muddy, and it's hard on the eyes, hard to see what I'm doing! So I don't use them much. There is no overhead light in the living room, so I hung a woven rattan lamp from the ceiling next to my upright piano, and put a row of "closet door"mirrors edge to edge on the opposite wall, to reflect the light around the room. I miss the old incandescent light bulbs... so I look for daylight bulbs. It gives a nice, clear more neutral light.

I love my cool lights lol! But everything else was spot on. Thanks for a great video.

I shuddered at the sight of that all white kitchen. But other than that, I absolutely love all of your tips and suggestions!

Such amazing ideas! So happy to have discovered your channel, Vivien! 💗

Smart girl! I like her. I'm an older single male and always let my wife do all the decorating, picking paint colors, building designs ideas then tweak them so they can be done right. I am so bad at this decorating but do have a styles I like and just need to go for it. She inspires me to do so. Thanks

Thank you for the tip about different heights! I think I was missing that!

I decorate in Orkcore. The look is dominated by red, grey, and brown. Brown leather and brown wood. Grey concrete, grey iron, occasionally grey stained wood such as my house number sign. Red leather, sedona red stained wood, a bit of red trim, red painted roof. Dark ages war/hunting weapons such as battleaxes, shields, and spears as decorations. Hide rugs and Navajo rugs. Raw materials and recycled materials. Exposed industrial elements such as large bolts where practical. Pointiness added everywhere it can be done safely, such as pointy plants, pointy curtain-rods, pointy fencing, pyramid tacks, horns, antlers.

Love, love the Helix Ultra mattress custom made for me. Bought pillows, covers etc.

I just added greenery; huge difference!👍

Excellent tips! 🥰

I just found my new obsession with these videos!!! Love every single one of them! They are so useful and funny… thanks!!!❤❤❤❤

Hi I just found your channel and I'm addicted to it. I love it!!!!

Thanks for the great tips 😊

Thanks Vivien lots of great information I always thought that matching furniture was great but you’re right I am unique and special

Great video! 💕

Wow so beautiful vlog ❤❤❤I just love it...

thanks for the tips!

love these tips so much, the matching furtinure hit me right in the heart tho haha

Very informative and very important too. Big money saver indirectly. Thanks for the heads up!! Cool!!!

I once visited a home, and EVERYTHING matched: the dining room, living room, bedroom. Turned out the owner was in a witness protection program, and his house had been "decorated" by the government.

Miss-match flooring; I have that problem. You’re right on about it!

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I've had my bed for 5 years, I just bought to matching side tables to go with it because I love the look, their size is obviously perfect for the bed and I wanted this sleek look in my opinion! I also have the coffee table matching the TV stand but I might change this one 😅

Thank you for sharing

I have a 100 year old home that got a major addition about 40 years ago and the mismatched flooring is a real problem especially for the older half. I have 3 different hardwoods adjoining each other, some incredibly tall transition strips, and the older portion of the floor is so wavy that the only possible new flooring for the kitchen was vinyl sheet! But covering the original heartwood pine planks and the gorgeous hickory because it doesn't match the newer flooring would be a crime! 😉 So we got wood plank printed vinyl so at least the main floor is all wooden looking. After you come in through the mudroom with the broken tiles, at least. 😬🤣

I am now decorating my flat. Measurring tape is a staple in my bag. :D

I have a few diys laying around. I have 2 art deco dressers that could use a refinish, a Victorian settee with a broken arm, rooms to be painted, and a mid-century lamp that needs to be fixed. Probably too much, but I just couldn't pass up all the low cost, beautiful furniture and the lamp! Really, the dressers look great as is, I just want to restore them.

I love your channel and your design sense :) Could you possibly do a video about pattern mixing or just dealing with patterns on things like curtains and walls. I have used a beautiful wallpaper by Nina Campball called Swan Lake, which I adore, but now I can't figure out what curtains, bedding or carpet to use with it without it looking dreadful 😪

I was looking at my plants waiting to increase my productivity, but I'm still eating cookies and watching videos...

Another awesome and helpful video. Then you so much. I would love to see a video on cushions. I am so confused what colours and sizes to chose. I got myself since awesome high quality cruelty free cushion inserts but I am unsure what covers to buy.

1:41 😂😂 love it

Would love a video on lighting bedrooms, great rooms, hallways. I have a 5.5 bedroom, 3 baths. Lighting is dated. This would be so valuable!

Thank you ❤

Thanks for the tips, oh and Drew just pops up everywhere now ...doesn't he ?! 😂

Regarding measurement also make sure your door, stairs and entryway allow the furniture in and out.

Measuring 😁 when we bought our house we already had a good bed and I just couldn't justify buying a new one. I actually cut off windowsills to fit it in the bay window in our bedroom 😜😂😎

I like matching wood furniture especially in the bedroom and dining room. European royalty had matching furniture, so everyone wanted it. It looks less stressful than unmatched furniture does.

I’d add, other big no-nos are when folks put table or floor lamps in view of the windows, TVs above fireplaces (sorry), anything macrame, dark ceiling paint, giant refrigerators too big for the space, overly reflective furniture, glass coffee tables, too many patterned furniture pieces, laminated flooring, and wallhangings with cliche text!

Painters tape was a great Idea. 👍

i do disagree with the flooring, same as a beutiful rug, mix match floor done intentionally can be beautyfull specially if you play with tile or diferent shapes to frame areas, for instance if you have a hall adjacent to an open kitchen or living room, having a contrast between spaces is quite interesting to the eye in a positive way. The only clear sin of mix matching is when you try to fool people into puting a diferent floor that's slightly different than the original and stoping at the half of a space instead of going all the way.

Lone Fox is the best!!Love him!!

Ali Art has just mentioned you in her last video. She thinks that with your facial features and her make-up abilities to recreate celebrities...you would be.. Marilyn Monroe!!! Kisses. I love your content. Could you please deal with the topic of wall art for those that cannot go thrifting please? My style is traditional rustic cottagecore. I live in a 100 year old stone house so everything makes sense...

We have a DYI kitchen that we have not started yet. Therefore the old one is literally falling down around me. Don’t you love (hate) the mind freeze moment😵‍💫…My home reflects me well, cluttered, eclectic and scattered.

I love your videos.

*No Sins* . Wow, that feels great to know I'm doing things right.

Good tips.

We’re building a house and we have one leather couch and recliner but want a different 2 couch to fill the space and the bedroom I’m definitely not going to match everything. It is too much when i think envision now. Thank you for the information. 😊

To avoid matching, I always think of what Oprah called it - “matchy matchy poopoo”. 😅

Thnx for sharing your valuable knowledge with us 🤩 What to do if we stay in one room with only a door n small rectangle ventilation just above it as natural sourse of light? warm light mks the room depressing n cool bright light brings on brighter look... Am confused 🤔.. (Had asked this qs earlier too in one of your vdos) 😁 Stay Blessed Stay Happy Always 😘🤗🥰🧚‍♀️🦄🌈🧿

I keep a measuring tape in my purse--it sets off security scans. The female officers totally get why I keep one in my purse. :)

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You are so right again about all you touched on!!! And I whole heartedly agree about faux plants. Green is very healing as well. Apparently too, the mind cannot differentiate between a real and faux plant. And, if you place a faux plant or flowers in a clear vase, add some water. For all those plant lovers, an excellent read is: "The Secret Life of Plants" by Peter Tompkins and Christopher Bird. Thanks so much again for your expertise and in clueing those if us who are unaware, in! 💯💯💯💯💯💯💐🌿🌱🪴🌻😊

Hi , I love your videos! I would like to know what pillows you sleep on that mattress, I have the same but the pillows i got for free isn’t the ones we tried on the store! Are yours foam ? And your mattress firm or soft?

Lots of chat on this thread about how real people need bright light in areas vs the designer dictates of soft light only. Which leads me to one of my pet peeves about home designers. THERE IS A VAST DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PREPARING A ROOM FOR A PHOTO SHOOT AND MAKING A COMFORTABLE, USABLE AND INVITING LIVING SPACE. One small example would be piling so many pillows on a couch that no one can sit on it. Don't get me wrong, I love a good pillow, but couches are for sitting! Another is painting everything gray just 'cause it's the in thing. Gray environments are cold, institutional and off-putting. Can you really see a family relaxing and kabitzing together in cold, sterile rooms? Nah. Another is filing books so the spines of the book face inward (a recent trend) so you can't see them to service some kind of ridiculous color asthetic, or likewise, covering them with plain paper so you can't see what the books are but the colors are "nice". In the pillow vein, sure you can cover your beds in pillows, but every day you have to schlep them on and off to actually use the bed. Who's got time for all that in real life? Alternating decor for seasons and holidays is perfectly fine, but slavishly following the latest color trends dictated by the 'designers from on high' is silly and needlessly expensive. I think these are far more 'sinful' than the items mentioned in the video. Home design is about designing a HOME, not a show case. People, don't be sheep! Make your home practical, warm and welcoming for your family and friends. Ignore the siren song of revenue-generating designers unless their ideas truly help your life in as many ways as possible! And one last thought that is just my opinion: can we please get past putting words of what things are on every thing? When I go into the kitchen I know it is the kitchen without having the word 'Kitchen' on the wall to remind me. This trend is so tired!

So distracted by the stripes not lined up on your top. The seamstress in me is screaming.

You be unique, just like everybody else, and follow this advice on how not to be old fashioned. :) We all had suites of furniture. Now we all don't have suites of furniture. I'm a bit of a contrarian but it seems to me if a person wants to be unique, shouldn't one not do the new fashioned thing and perhaps go back to the old fashions, tweaking them to fit one's own tastes? Just a thought.

ive seen other design youtubers who make videos like this but their "sins" are heavily based on their preferances or trends. ill just say i really appreciate that none of these are style specific, you could have any type of esethitic and apply the tips here.

I have just one thing to say about you, you are beautiful knowledgeable and a gem.You actually have a lovely natural style and speaking voice an intelligent and charming manner🤩 as well as actually helpful information.I have binge watched" You Tube" for a long time now and yes there is some talent there but for me you are the only one who ticks all the boxes.You are a star Posh Pennies just keep on keeping on you have got what it takes🤩.to get subscribers to 👍 top them all.

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I don’t like warm lights at all.

Please do a video on Coastal decor and design

I have a rule: for dinner I never enter to restaurants with cool light bulbs, I just feel too exposed and my flaws accentuated, it doesn't allow me to relax. So let alone home! (Only for kitchen and toilet)

What are your thoughts on mismatched flooring in different rooms? Many houses have wood floors in the main areas and carpet in the bedrooms, tile in the bathrooms, etc. In my house our bottom floor main flooring is a mid tone wood plank, but we have lighter planking in the bedrooms. We did do the flooring at different times and I honestly wish we did the lighter flooring everywhere, but not sure if it’s actually considered a design “don’t” since the flooring is segmented in separate rooms (like with a closable door in between).

I absolutely hate warm light bulbs. Im a creative and I constantly deal with color and warm light to me makes everything look like it has nicotine film over it. I also have a lot of plants. I swapped out all the warm recess light bulbs for daylight bulbs. The old bulbs were so yellow it was annoying LOL So many designers love warm lighting, but I just can't.

So what is that like the 9mm rope chain...? I like it looks good. 9mm 18"?

3000K is my preferred lighting… I actually loathe anything less than that, and I can not understand why people like yellow lighting, like the small lamp behind you, lol. But aside from that minor disagreement, thank you for a great video!! I am playing catch up and appreciate how practical your advice is!!

I actually had a floor company recommend purposefully turning the floor layout or using a strip. They didn’t want to take up and redo the existing floor planks at the doorways. This was a definite NO THANKS from me.

You are hilarious with your three piece bathroom mistakes, and your look with supporting music! and your hanging toilet paper as curtains. Haha, lol.

I also have a tape measure on my key ring! 😂😂😂😂

The previous owners of our home had all cool light bulbs throughout the house, switched them all right away to warm.

Hi. I really like your videos. I have a question and it will be great if you can respond it. Do you think Ikea Skogsta dining table look like farm house style. I do not like farm house but I like this table. It looked a bit farm house style to me. Thank you.

I’m always measuring twice and thrice before buying anything! But sometimes, especially with round rugs, it’s still difficult to really imagine them in my space. I think the introduction of AR in interior design is really a dogsend because it lets me see the objects in my place before buying them. Really hope more products will become previewable this way!

OK I am enlightened. THIS is why I hate lamps turned on during the day or even candles. There is too much of a difference in the light color and something looks wrong. Posh I know why you have that lamp on in your vid, but could you get a lower or dimmer bulb that matches the daylight?

Who else is here because of AlyArt 😂

Where do you shop your furniture and decor from?

What about lighting for reading?

I was considering a beautiful sofa but the store SA stop me and ask me to go and mesure my entryway……..oh boy he was right….

You could also get dried flowers

I have a matching vanity unit and tall cabinet in one of the bathrooms (they are really well-made in solid teak wood and that was pretty hard to find) and now I am worried it looks a little tasteless... Having said that the room is really narrow so I don't think anyone is actually looking at both pieces of furniture at the same time. Not committing any of the other sins thankfully!

eco smart now makes light bulbs with a switch and 5 settings right on the light bulb. They’re not really expensive either. I got them at Home Depot.