Hi Everyone! I hope you enjoyed this video on identifying and correcting the things that can throw our rooms off balance. Let me know your thoughts! ❤Liz

As a fellow interior designer I applaud the majority of your tips. However, I disagree with the general advice on draperies. The length of the draperies depends on the fabric you are using, the look you are trying to create and whether the client has pets who will lay on the puddled drapery. A lighter look using more sheer fabric such as gauze certainly can include puddled draperies. A cotton print with lining can look messy or unintended and ill-fitting scrunched on the floor. My rule of thumb is that for any stiffer fabric that wouldn't puddle nicely draperies hang at 1/4" off the floor. This gives a crisp, custom look and keeps the bottom of the draperies from soiling. I tend to make certain that elements are practical as well as beautiful and I believe clients appreciate that. Thank you for this wholly important advice on good interior design. It is valuable information.

Keep on dropping those gems, Balance+Rhythm, especially the art hanging and rug placement, so many people do this. You are awesome at what you do.

Helpful tips, as always. I agree, sometimes it’s very instructive to see mistakes! Thanks!

Great video! Very helpful…..thank you! 💗

Thank you for putting this together. Very helpful tips. You were clear and concise.

Yes!! Thank you.

Thanks! Nice video, I learned a lot

Excellent video! Thank you.

This is an excellent overview, concise and understandable, with great examples (good and bad).

Thanks for these great (practical) tips!

Wonderful and informative. Thanks for including metric 👍

Love your channel 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾❤️. Beautiful 🎉

Great tips, thanks!

Thank you for such a easy helpfull video. Love the way you explain .live in Spain..a lot of your advices are very helpful.

Super helpful!

Of course, these are all general design arrangements. A good decorator / designer will sit down with a client and discuss relevant aspects of their lifestyle to create a beautiful functional space they look forward to coming home to at the end of the day. This includes, pets and their habits, allergies, entertaining, hobbies, family size, budget, etc.

Good job and i like your calm presentation.

Thank you so much! 👍 😊

Found your channel thru you tube algorithm . Really loved it. You have included so many beautiful photos when giving an example. Very well informed and researched subject material. Your voice is very soothing to the ears. Good channel.

Great tips 👍🏼

Hi! I love your videos. I’ve been working on decluttering and watching minimalism shows 🙄. I’m done “minimalizing” my kitchen and living room. I’m not paring down any further because everything I have now is useful physically or emotionally 😊. Time to start learning how to decorate and came across your videos. Thank you!

Hello Liz! I love this! I’m your new subscriber! Love and peace from Vancouver BC💕❤️💕

Thank you for sharing this helpful video, & best wishes from your newest subscriber in snowy Minneapolis, Minnesota! 🙂🌲❄🌲💐🙏💐🌲❄🌲😊

Good tips and examples. Especially loved the one showing the cowhide on the plain rug - really made an beautiful room as the rich red brown in the hide was echoed in the chair frames and mirror frame. 💖💕 I subscribed the minute you prioritized greenery!

Great tips - especially the 'sizing' of coffee table & art above the sofa ... My personal concern is baseboard heater in front of all my windows .... you're correct, the short drapes looked goofy so I am on the search for some type of shade that looks decent.

Thank you. It was a good informative video and also everything was to the point. But I had to chuckle when you suggested "Fiddle leaf fig" plant as "low maintenance".😅

Very informative and too the point! ❤👍🏻👏

New subbie and and I love your channel😢

Love it, thank you so much! Where is the coffee table at 2:34 from?

Thanks.

Subscribed!

Great video. The homeowner design mistakes I see the most have to do with scale. Artwork hung too high and rugs too small are so common. Also, one you didn’t mention: furniture all pushed back against distant walls in large sitting rooms, leaving a vast empty space in the middle of the room. This prevents having comfortable conversations, and make rooms look stiff and unfriendly, too. I see this one especially in British homes, along with hanging art ridiculously high. I’ve seen it hung just a few inches from the ceilings there, even in rooms where people will be sitting, like dining rooms. I suppose cost is why people buy their rugs so small. I like to cover almost the whole floor in each room, leaving only a 12-18” perimeter of exposed wood flooring around the edges. It’s better to just save up enough to buy the correct size, or use an inexpensive, but well-sized, covering like you suggest. Choosing too-dark or too-bright wall colors is a frequent problem, too. I also love having a variety of furniture and accessory heights. I have tiny rooms, but very high ceilings, in my Victorian cottage, so I want to use that space to draw the eyes upward. I also like to repeat colors in at least one or two places around a room, to give it a feeling of cohesion. Unintentionally mixed styles aren’t usually successful. I’ve seen homes with very fancy crystal chandeliers and hardware, with very homespun and rustic farmhouse furniture, it looks odd. People rarely take the architecture and fittings in their home into consideration, or choose a general style, before buying furniture and accessories, it’s more often a haphazard mix of things, because they are useful for storage, inherited or gifted, etc.

_"A room without plants or some type of greenery can look barren and empty---like something's missing"_ The desolate period from the late 1980s to the early naughties would like a word! After the explosion of interest in houseplants in the 1970s, *enthusiasm for indoor plants gradually faded away,* until during the 90s and early 2000s, I distinctly remember _even interior designers moaning_ about how plants were: ~ too much trouble ~ too messy in elegantly designed rooms ~ not appropriate for 'X' other reasons🙄. For about 20 years, that desolate period saw us few remaining plant enthusiasts with almost nowhere to get new plants. Apart from florists and a few greenhouses that still bothered propagating indoor tropicals and succulents, there was virtually nothing to buy and nowhere to buy it. Even now, I recently read a supposedly professional *interior designer griping about NOT putting large plants in a room's empty corner* _"...just to fill up the space..."._ After reading that nugget I just sat a while trying to fathom what her raison d'etre of design could possibly be? So, thank you to this video's designer for putting a proper importance on the role of plants in the home. We may blame the Millennials for many things, but one of their welcome contributions has been to totally *reinvigorate the interest in, and therefore availability of houseplants* everywhere. There are now varieties of plants available that, even in their previous 70s heyday, were not to be found anywhere. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 6:10 On a related note, *Fiddle Leaf Figs, Maidenhair Ferns* and *Button Ferns* should *_not_* be lumped in with Areca Palms and Sanseverias as "low maintenance plants". They ain't! Viewers should look up the *finicky light, humidity and picky watering needs of those specific plants before buying.*

Enjoyable video w/ very good ideas . So nice to see & hear design advice based on solid concepts & not " trends " .

I only wish I had the option of some decent overhead lighting! My rooms are very dark, so I have too many lamps around, so that I can see into drawers, etc. Ambience is great, but lighting has to be practical, too. I’m always ending up wearing navy socks with black pants, or even, one dark brown or gray and one navy! I do sort everything, but they don’t always stay put. A black dress and boots with navy tights was my last wardrobe blooper, I have to walk outside in daylight to tell the difference. I hope to install some low-key recessed lighting some day, Victorian building or not, it doesn’t have to go on until I need it. Victorians are notoriously short on modern conveniences: light fixtures, power outlets, wall switches and closets (I put in seven, there wasn’t even one in my cottage).

And the best design tip is don't make the tv the focal point of the room. Try tvs with art work displays and a frame to soften the black hole effect.

Overhead lighting is a MUST for people with eye issues. Not enough lighting that allows people to see all areas of the room will result in accidents such as fall over furniture, rugs etc.

I'd love a video on how to display personal photos in the home. I seem to gravitate to the "personal" displays when I visit folks as it gives me a peek into their real lives and personalities, but when it comes to my own home I'm unsure where the appropriate place is for these items. Any suggestions?

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Great tips! Just one thing: the background "music" really distracts from what you are showing us and makes it hard to concentrate. It's unnecessary. Your lovely voice is so much better.

Hanging art. 🤔. What if you are 5 foot tall and your partner is 6’5” ?

I don't like dim lighting. Feels too dark and depressing. I like bright white ceiling lights. So at the end of the day, people should design their living space in a way that's comfortable to them

On the last point, neglecting greenery in your space, fake plants are a no no.

Just realized that ferns are not beginner plants.

I was following intently until I heard the words "kelvin" " two thirds" and "centimeters"