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This one brought up a lot of emotion for me. Always had to exist in spaces with what we had or could get due to living in remote areas pre internet. No room has felt decorated since I was a teen. Parents and ex didn’t want to decorate so every room was depressing to me. You’ve changed my outlook and made me realise I deserve a house that expresses my personality and can change it up as I wish within my budget. ❤

When it comes to color, I've noticed that how I decorate has a lot to do with the landscape and environment I'm in. When I was in Los Angeles, there was so much stimulation, excitement, and stress all around me, I needed a neutral, minimalist haven to come home and collapse into. But now I've retired to a remote area in the northern Midwest and the winters are long and stark... now I need color and patterns and plants, because for over half the year, there's nothing out there but snow. And I'm bored. Bring on the wallpaper.

Thank you for giving me permission to give forward my inherited mother's and grandmother's silver pieces, tea cup collections, & various collections. I have felt so guilty that I just don't want to display them no matter how hard I try. Their styles are not my style just like my 28 yr old daughter's style is beautiful but different than mine - and I won't be "saving" things for her unless she volunteers that she wants something. With your help I'm making my home the way I've always dreamed of. Love watching your videos and then transforming my spaces to suit me. This video is enlightening along with the fun we all have with you, Jack, and Louie.

I'm so glad Louie was part of the video. I had not seen him for a while, and was concerned something happened to him. Whew!

I think it takes the talented eye of a great designer in most cases to mix pattern, color and texture in such a way that it is pleasing, melds beautifully, is sophisticated and not at all busy, distracting or overdone. Far easier to just stick with solids and neutrals on all counts; speaking for myself at least.

I'm a neutral color lover too ! I guess that's why I'm attracted to your channel. I love a calm atmosphere. Love when Jack sits and chats with you . Too funny ! Louie and his peanut butter less Kong 💙 So adorable

So wonderful to see Louie ❤and it’s like he knows. I love you don’t use all that color. Also less is more and you practice that too. Love that.

My house is filled with things that were given to me. Some of them beautiful. The hard thing is letting them go.

Yes, I have a question. Does Jack have a brother, lol? 😂 You nailed it with him girl. Handsome, charming, sense of humor. I certainly hope he’s like this behind the scenes as well, you deserve it. You both appear soooo in love. ❤

In a small space I recognize the importance of a consistent palette throughout the space, but in a larger home not so necessary. Our bedroom is very spartan with really muted grays and beiges, but I like color in the living room.

Love Louis! I am drawn to loud, bold, colors BUT I only decorate my home with neutral colors. I used to pack my house and paint walls with color but I quickly learned all that color gets old and tiring and can be expensive and a lot of work to change everything. Now everything is neutral (off white, beige, black) with colorful accessories. It works well in my home.

socks with sandals & unsweetened tea 😂 your husband is hilarious

People need to know what they can "live" in and what they can "vacation" in. Maybe you need a more calming neutral place to live but love to vacation out loud or vice versa. People also should know that you don't have to purchase everything you like, you might just find that you can't live with it. I personally love color and pattern but I can't live with too much of it. I love neutral but if it's too neutral, it's boring to me. So, find your balance.

The best advice,,,you don’t have to do anything. If you have halfway decent taste it will show no matter what your style is. I have friends with very diverse styles and some of them are truly unique and beautiful. No have good. Fun. Blessings

Always look forward to your videos! The Content is clear and gives much food for thought to making my home MY home based on what feels good to me… I love the way you empower people along with added guidance! I think it is so amazing that you allow people that follow you to submit areas of their home for you to consider, and speak to! That is incredible! What a wonderful way for you to embrace your community! Thank you for giving back to the people that support you!❤

Cute Louie! I love moving furniture pieces to different rooms. It gives me the same ‘therapeutic’ effect as shopping, but also keeps things fresh. It feels like being on a tiny budget amps up my creativity. However, I do love to window shop for things I most likely could never afford in this lifetime 😊

You are both so fun together. I so enjoy your sweetness and combined energy. I know you have beer together since you were young. I am just a little curious, Is there a story behind not wearing wedding rings? Is it a tradition from another country/culture where you have lived? I am looking for inspiration. Thanks for your content.

Totally respect your love of sweet tea. Purist when it comes to tea, not wearing socks with sandals, living in a modern mid century home. Charcoal, cream, brown and taupe! Your are so correct, I am so peaceful in my home. 🥰🥰

I wish I knew you sooner! Honestly, you’re just who I go to for design and enjoy you and Jack so much!

As someone who loves symmetry, I agree whole heartedly with the matching furniture concept. The same bedside tables, same lamps, etc, just looks right to me. It gives a calm, relaxing feel that I need in my sometimes chaotic life.

Hi Valentina & Jack😊. Fun video for a slow Sunday night here. I agree with you that a lot of stuff we have sometimes doesn't work for our spaces, so we must decide whether to edit it or keep it and love it anyway and work with it in some NEW imaginative modern times kind of way that a lot of us may crave. I have so many things my husband and I bought and collected that I still treasure even though some may not be considered "in-style" today--whatever that means. Most of the pieces we purchased have clean lines and were purchased as heirloom pieces that we hope will transend the ever changing styles du jour(aka hopefully classic😮). I also inherited many of my Grandparent's antiques and nearly antiques that they so meticulously used but did not abuse as Grandma would often say. So, a lot of different decades in my furnishings can make for an eclectic living space. Therefore, I am joyfully challenged with balancing my treasures into a contemporary design aesthetic that I/we treasure! Over the years, I fortunately have adopted an evolving love and sensibility for 'vintage and mod' as I call it. Balancing out the beauty of the new and old and having an eye for the relationship they create in a space is simply aMaZing - if done well. Creating a home with my family's heirlooms and our life journey treasures is simply priceless. I hope everyone here who shares the same level of design enthusiasm for their home is able to understand *themselves* enough to achieve their ideal home and NOT just "copy" someone elses design but instead be INspirEd by their ideas and their thinking processes and achieve for themselves a truly unique and original space that speaks the language of their soul and their families' soul. And Jack, my HubZ is your age and is an IT specialist, and he calls it a 'hamburger'🍔. He never has used 'stack' along with it, though. Silly words that make us giggle😅. Must be called a hamburger cuz it kinda looks like... bun burger bun😅😊😅 hense the 'stack'! Goodnight and sweet design 😴 dreams to all. ❤❤❤

I absolutely love the honesty of this video and all of them, actually. It’s so useful and quite frankly, a big relief! ❤Thank you.

Happy Sunday V & J 🤗 As I gotten older, color has diminished & I ❤ it! Take care!

I'm glad to see your husband again. Thanks for sharing.

Love it when Jacks in the house 😊

Jack had me in stitches 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂.

You are knowledgeable professional classic timeless exquisite kind generous always sharing Helping person Jack is an amazing person I love louie Your children are beautiful Thank you for saving me in so many ways You bring me lots of happiness

Love you two! Jack lives rent free in my head😂. Agree with not having to use what you had all in the past. We recently downsized our house, went down to 1/2 size home- empty nesters now-and we were trying to fit all our furniture in the living room. Finally told my husband we had more furniture than the house can handle. Tough decision as we’ve always bought quality pieces that cost a little more.

Jack is so handsome great personality 💁‍♀️love his hair. You both are such a cute and charming couple 😎Girl you know you are beautiful adorable and all that 💁‍♀️❤️

First of all, I love it when you to just sit there and talk together because it’s so obvious you’re like one person. Anyway, what I really want to say is I want you to have a contest and the grand prize would be a visit from you to help one of us, namely me ha ha to decorate our homes with what we have.

You are so right. We are all different! How we decorate our homes should enhance our lives, not someone else's. And, the only way we can make that happen is by taking the time to get to know ourselves and the ones who live with us. I suspect that many of us live pretty hectic lives and need to balance that out with a quiet environment to prevent stress. Others may want a more exuberant atmosphere. Colors, textures, to match or not are personal considerations. Studying trends can help train our eye, but trends are short lived and blindly following them will leave us with decor that doesn't reflect us and soon looks dated. Authenic decorating will bring us joy in the present and save us money in the future, because we have chosen well.

Amen. I need a soothing space.

I'm loving these new videos!!!!

Your perspectives on individuality in Design were well stated ;so Well Done "Great Video Posts" for Those Who Like Difference in Designing their Spaces 😮

I kept trying to force myself to like color in my space. But I’ve learned that flowers in a few vases is all the color I need. I love neutrals and patterns in neutrals.

When I studied colour and materials, one of the major "ahah" moments for me was when we learned that the more complicated a persons life is, the less busy they need their home to be and neutrals give off that calm, restful vibe that people need in their sanctuary. This is why young adults with no responsibilities love colour, texture, and pattern. Then, as jobs become more complicated, people get married and possibly have kids, and parents age - colour, pattern and texture start to become too much amidst the chaos of life. Later in life as retirement sets in, kids have left home, parents are gone and life settles into a more simple routine - colour, etc. starts to make a stronger appearance again. Clearly I am accidentally saying, based on your design choices, your life appears to be very complex.

Decorating with whatever we have may exercise our resourcefulness but may limit us to achieve the full potential of the style we want to achieve for our homes. 👏🏼👏🏼

I take things from your videos that I learn from and give me insight for my very different home, which is eclectic with a touch of modern. Eclecticism is a difficult thing to pull off and it has taken some practice (and throwing out, as you mention here). I inherited things from my mom and have enjoyed working them into our environment. Truly, though, I have made most of her/our things neutral so they will blend with each other!

Love to watch your videos, although I don‘t always understand everything. 🇩🇪 Like the good mood between you guys and your gorgeous style inspires me. Greetings from Germany! 👋😊

45 years of marriage, 6 houses later and not one thing worked in each house. Had to start over each time because each house was a different style, I matured in my style, and finally realized I do not have to use what I have. And yes, I have wasted a lot of money, but for me, so be it. My home simply has to be my happy place.

Valentina and Jack , you are hilarious and in a good way. Thank you for the helpful tips; I am on the right track.

I grew up with using what you have. I finally allowed myself to buy a new sofa in my living. It’s the only room in my house that hasn’t been updated. I regret buying a sage green sofa. But it’s such good quality I didn’t want to replace it. Now I’m giving it to my daughter for her first apartment. My living room will finally be a room I enjoy, sitting quietly and reading enjoy glass of wine.

I agreed with you about the color. I like coming home to relax. I live on the water and try to bring those calming colors inside.

Love Love LOVE what you said, were all cool, so then no ones cool, so just do what you love❤ also I'm excited for plaza and coquette style 😍😍 im here for the Blair Waldorf of it all!!❤

Love your videos and glad your rainbow is black, white and shades of grays and beige. Also thankful the real rainbow 🌈 of colors exists. I love color in my home and life and enjoy it. Can never live with neutrals. Too boring. 😂

You two make me giggle love it

Hei igjen Valentina & Jack! ❤ My colours are all delichious: coffie, latte, mud cake, cream, cognac, licorise and vanilla icecream😋 Candy for the eyes and stomac.

I love colour in my own space, but I look at it like that fashion quote - take off one accessory before you leave the house. My furniture is all neutral and most of my colours are either plain or closer to texture than pattern - and in two colours (green and purple) rather than an explosion. I don't think you'd like it (also most of my furniture is thrifted) - and that's OK - like you, I respect different people's styles and learn a lot from you.

Jack I’m with you on the things you don’t understand at all, especially unsweetened tea. 🤣

Girl it’s ok to want that cutsie Western stuff lol you should like whatever you want! Let it out! Those napkins and napkin ring are very adorable! We know you have lived everywhere it’s ok to let a little Westwrn in lol

Oh, I love the clean, black, white, minimal spaces, but, my husband is the opposite. He LOVES color and if there's a space on the wall, no matter how big, he thinks something should be hanging there! lol So, I let him have the basement.

I love that we can ask you questions about our spaces!! Very nice of you to help!! Always an informative video!! Besides once you convert all of us, it will be easier to dominate the world faster!!! We know your secret plan!!! Lol

You guys are 🖤 I've never seen you this happy! I like this.

I absolutely love Louie! He said give me treats! Lol And by the way i'm going back to watch your Video about whites that you use because i'm about to paint everything white. Love your videos. Keep going Valentina and Jack!

When you guys said c h i c k e n my dog's ears perked up and now she's looking at me like you said it Mamma.... Currently trying to explain the difference between video and me to the plum as I walk downstairs to get her a treat. 😂

A friend of ours was moving and gave us his entire living room set, rug included. He has good, clean taste, so we got lucky. Cream white everything. Large rug, matching tables. It was amazing! It was so unexpected. But if you want something new, keep an open mind and be open to good stuff coming to you from unexpected sources. You don’t always need to buy brand new things if what you currently have doesn’t suit you. Just be clear about what you want, keep putting it out there and when the opportunity comes - jump on it!

Can you do a HomeGoods Fall shop with me video for Do and Dont’s???!!

I love your style and color scheme It's so soothing 🙂

Awww we have a yellow lab too! 🥰

Jacks halarious, so of my generation 😂sick day watching Price is Right😊

Jack matches the living room!!

I like the neutral colors that will stand the test of time. My kitchen, living room and hallway connect but have different texture walls. I painted them a Valspar Dusty Rose which is similar to Benjamin Moore’s Rose Bisque. My bedroom is the same color. One bedroom is painted a dark gray. I plan to paint my bathroom a light taupe color but have not settled on an exact color. I do have an inspiration piece. The next room will be my hobby room. It will not be white. It will be a color that is soothing and reflects light. If pieces don’t work I will repurpose or get rid of it.

Thank you for your inspiration

I enjoy your channel, and especially the videos with Jack and Louie. Fun.

I don’t mind a space that is majority neutral, but I need some color. Back in the ‘80s, my mom decorated with pretty much only black and white. I think I’m still rebelling against that color scheme. I’m a big fan of the gamut of wood tones, green and amber/gold.

These are great points. I’ve been redecorating my house and I find I’m not using anything that isn’t functional. I used to have everything staged but I’m tired of buying items just to look at. I have no clue why. I’m buying more substantial pieces and then using a couple throws and pillows on the sofas and that’s it. Plants on the coffee table, that’s it. Same in the dining room. I’m concerned it’s going to look boring but I don’t know what else would be functional to use.

like you said. Understand and know yourself. Your place must reflect who you are and feel happy when you sit down with a cup of tea/coffee at the end of the day. my best friend loves color, her place is very colorful love to spend time in her place. But I could not live with all these colors. love my neutral color place. (I know she thinks it is a bit boring 😂) I just embrace the difference. what would be boring is that we all have the same decor.

I'm with Jack about the skittles! Haha. Or some homes look like a piñata spitting out 🎊 confetti. Ick. Too much color or patterns to me is not calming and my home is my sanctuary. Whether its a small apartment or a large home, I need to feel relaxed. Blacks and neutrals soothe me. I'm in healthcare, so I need peace and calm in my home and too much busy color is just unsettling.

Louie carrying his kong around in his mouth! 😂🥰

Flashback to you “suggesting” I get rid of the sofas and moving the dining chairs. 🤣🤣👍🏼👍🏼

That’s a genius idea! Black white and brown skittles!!!! Black coffee latte and mocha latte I want some !!! 🤍🖤🤎🤍🖤🤎🤍🖤🤎

You nailed it with "needing some uniformity," but then throwing in something else that goes somehow but isn't 100% the same is calming and interesting. PS, yes bring back jello molds. PPS, you rearranged the furniture and didn't share with us. Waaa! LOL

❤I love every video from your channel and you two are adorable! You have fantastic chemistry!

Okay Jack now I want coffee flavored Skittles!

Hi V&J. Would you be able to share with us where you are at in your journey through the "charity" waters...Eho do you donste to? What communities are you currently helping and how? Etc. Looking forward to hearing all about it...

I agree completely. My husband and I inherited my parents 60 year old home. After the first 10 years of their marriage they stopped buying furniture and decor. If I could only show you the orange, yellow and brown tones that are everywhere. Now my husband and I have the monumental task of undoing all of their design, etc. We are saving the floors for last but they have been our biggest challenge because nothing goes with them.

I usually dont leave comments but I have to say a BIG thank you for what you said, especially about matching things. There are certainly many rules that establish a good interior design but non matchy-matchy approach is not one of them! Obviously is not trendy, but we can't downgrade every interior that has matching bed and bedside table etc. It is just silly. This obsession on every single interior chanel or blog "how to avoid matchy matchy" is unhealthy and annoying beyond anything. Thanks for being natural, yourself and so refreshing.

Sofa in front of fireplace? Curious. I just love how you guys are always laughing

We recently bout a bed from Article. We are using some of existing furniture with it and we are in love with that bed.

You nailed it when you said matching furniture is calming. I love symmetry and my house is traditional style with architectural details so it looks great that way with matching furniture. I decorated my house for Halloween and most of the deco is black and I absolutely love it and thought of you. I am going to incorporate more black in my space as it is very classy and soothing to me. Such a great video. Thank you!

Y’all are too cute ❤

Trying to put everything in one house. Like you guys, I’ve had places in different areas. Savannah condo is different than the Palm Desert place. My coastal home is different still. Every place has a vibe. I like to design with inspiration from the place. Some things had to go. Lots of neutrals. I like more color than Valentina. For me, each pice needs its space. My primary home is different than a vacation home. My vacation home is a place for a week. Don’t want that vibe everyday. It’s not an everyday house. It’s a retreat from the humidity.

Awesome 😀🤍

Ok, I do socks and SANDLES😂 I am very eclectic! But, our master bed and bath are called 50 shades of beige by my man😂

Omg! I love your design style now, I went back 5 years ago and watched your videos and they were a hot mess! You had stuff everywhere. Please don’t take offense to my comment because I love your channel ❤❤❤

Jack wants Dear V’s skittles 😂 coffee flavored 😂. Great to see Louie!

I redid my color scheme at home this year in neutrals because being at home with 4 kids and all of their shoes and things strewn about in combination with color everywhere was totally stressing me out. I am SO attracted to color and pattern so I had to really change the way I shop and now I just save that for my wardrobe because I def prefer color in that department.

My living room walls are your nightmare. They are covered in colorful wall arts. I choose which colors however so there is a pattern to what I see. I had changed my curtains to yellow tones and I had to put my old dark blue back on. Yellow was way too much and I couldn't rest. My walls however are neutral. My bedroom is neutral with calming wall arts (such as sage type colors and neutral walls).

I like matching. I buy everything used. I painted our table, chairs, and hutch to match. I inherited a dresser from my grandparents and got two nighstands from the dump. I painted them all black and put the same hardware on them. They look like a set and I love it so much.

I pretty much have the same colour palette in my home as yours but the way I do “pops of colour” 😆in my home is with gold/brass accessories which I think look great amongst all the black, grey, cream, wood and black metal that composes my home.

Good morning Valentina and Jack!

😂😂😂 skittles all over the wall 😂😂😂

I've been there, done that with too much of a whole lotta lot of going on in my space. Love your videos V. And so good to see that cutie Louis 🐾 made an appearance.

Valentina, gave us a very handy Fall color palette to use a few weeks ago. Any plans for a Christmas one? Making preparations for Christmas and it would be very helpful.

I agree. I like symmetry and “easy on the eyes” decorating. I get anxious if there’s too many things that clash. Watching your channel or any interior decorating when you help clients or viewers with their home styles I often see that people either put too much furniture and knickknacks in their rooms or not enough, like just a sofa, recliner and a giant TV. What always surprises me is how often I see area rugs that are way too small for the space.

Hilarious 😁. I've always felt guilty about not having a pop of colour but I just don't want it!!!! Thank you x

If you are creative you can change the things you have in something totally different but smashing looking!

Hi Louie!!

I love my mismatching chairs 😂 but do not wear socks with sandals 😂😂

I do not like neutral walls in the sense of whites creams.. I need an actual color. Not Skittle but pigment. I also think it’s a balance for most. Nothing too jarring or offensive. I have more energizing colors in the living spaces and calmer still color in the resting spaces. I do love symmetry.. it just makes sense. I definitely like clean and tidy. Nothing with too much going on .. also like each item to be noticeable. Not lost in the sauce with a bunch of other things.