8 Reasons Your Home Feels Disjointed & How To Fix It

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00:00 - Intro & Red Thread
01:16 - Go-To Colour
03:42 - Links Material & Texture
05:04 - Personal Style
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07:25 - Slave To Trends
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@wendyduncan9084 Ай бұрын

This really explains those things you feel but can’t quite put your finger on. Very helpful.

@apples_and_orchards3205 Ай бұрын

Yes! I agree!

@wendyduncan9084 Ай бұрын

@@apples_and_orchards3205 We are taking vacation to bring more harmony to our home and life. This is so helpful.

@27Spiritgirl Ай бұрын

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EXPLAINING THE RED THREAD CONCEPT!!! I've been trying to explain to my husband when he picks up random items on sale that they just don't go with our "look". I wasn't able to articulate it before so I'm making him watch this ( maybe a few times!)so he understands what I'm trying to achieve!😂 Love your blog's as always. Xo from Canada ❤️

@momatotomato Ай бұрын

You're great at teaching and breaking down concepts so that they're easily understandable! Thank you, Reynard!

@godwin_njoroge Ай бұрын

I love how you explain what’s happening in an image where to us it looks amazing but we can’t really tell why.

@rockshot100 Ай бұрын

Often a house or apt. can look chopped up or blocky if the styles and colors strong contrast with each other. I believe that if you keep the same floor throughout and the same color wall in all rooms you can get away with a multiple of design sins. Same color and fabric of drapes would be even better, it also makes the rooms look larger. Essentially you are "borrowing space" from the adjacent rooms. It is harder to tell when one room stops when the others look the same. I opted for vinyl planks in all rooms when I could have afforded hard wood floors in only the living room. Happy I did, so even the kitchen and baths have all the same floor. Note about color walls. Pick a color that you like in all values (lighter or darker, but never a different tint) Some rooms or shelving can be lighter or darker or even a different sheen, and it will all "fit" together. I love very saturated cobalt blue but not a pale blue. So I will just skip the pale blues and go to white. OR, just go to the accent color, (mine is copper color). A teal or violet color is going to look like a mistake, unless you really know what you are doing. My architecture professors told me that if you "break the rules" you must REALLY break them. So it looks very intentional. Thanks Renyard.

@henrietteancuta-koning7039 Ай бұрын

Thank you. So helpful. I have a room that doesn’t feel right. I now know what to do to make t fit in. I was not sure. Now yes

@patricialux6197 Ай бұрын

Awesome! I feel it's so simple now: once the red thread , the go to colour, the repetitions are settled upon, instead of "limiting" , there is where I'll feel free and confident! 🎯 Enigmatic & amazingly clear!!! 😮 BEST video! TY!

@brettmanuel3440 Ай бұрын

Great video and points for us to work thru later this year when we move. Thanks!

@nohandle508 Ай бұрын

Eye-opening! And I've only watched the first section so far. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!!

@apples_and_orchards3205 Ай бұрын

Ty so much! This is exactly what I needed! ❤

@janetwood7944 Ай бұрын

Thank you found this really interesting.

@oliaziabrieva8662 Ай бұрын

Love your channel! Always useful tips and it’s so pleasant to listen to you ☺️

@ginalewis5777 Ай бұрын

Great tips. You really made this problem easy to understand

@karenschmoutz6785 Ай бұрын

Another helpful video done well. You are definitely on a roll, Reynard-thank-you!

@carrieilbrey0520 Ай бұрын

So helpful. Thanks Reynard.

@elisa5560 Ай бұрын

In Germany we use the red thread expression, too 😊 this Video ist super helpful, thanks so much!

@Maria-fd7re Ай бұрын

Your view is amazing!

@cinematicaddict6863 Ай бұрын

I love how ur videos don’t follow trends as it is very expensive to keep changing them and really doesn’t match a persons style usually. Mixing and matching different styles that speak to u , “ I love that.

@nomado3650 Ай бұрын

This is so clever! I love your presentation as well. Subscribed!

@mypositivetrueworld Ай бұрын

Love it! Thank you for explaining.

@Kaplanova Ай бұрын

Amazing video! Thank you!

@norajane6856 Ай бұрын

You are such an inspiration!

@marijacveticanin Ай бұрын

Very good explained. Than you 😊

@EduardaSantos-zg7bt 24 күн бұрын

Great video! Will you continue to make videos on apartment makeovers? I loved those

@NdnUrbanCat Ай бұрын

Beautiful pictures❤❤❤

@YourBuddyDidi Ай бұрын

The apartment we just bought has different flooring in every room 😭 We have other priorities atm but it’s definitely on my list to put wood everywhere (except bathroom).

@charmainemcdonald9679 Ай бұрын

Fantastic ✨🙏✨

@KYoutube-hg5oy 26 күн бұрын

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️excellent video. Thank you!

@hannahkaiser5110 Ай бұрын

Reynard, Your advice goes above and beyond again. Funny you mentioned the analogy of a red thread to envision a connection throughout the spaces. My English professor used this analogy once to help me organize my ideas and flesh some of them out better in my drafts. The Great thing about your advice is that your words stretch beyond words and help the viewer actually understand these design concepts well. I do have a question in terms of placing a familiar item in each room. When I got married, my partner had a lot of modern, cool and neutral toned wood, whereas I like the reddish darker woods. I try to connect rooms with the differing woods, but something feels off. For instance, our dining table is white oak and the piano and china cabinet is mahogany. I'm feeling like the floor, which is your standard mod brown is throwing everything off. I'm unsure

@marylut6077 Ай бұрын

Beautiful view you enjoy from your LR

@olgaolgaolga 26 күн бұрын

A cultural lesson and a design lesson. Nice.

@FR-tb7xh Ай бұрын

Fabulous video! If I might add, if you entertain or host with frequency, resist the temptation to go overboard with color schemes. Strong colors, especially, should be used more sparingly than your gut demands. I think folks whom are young or fast evolving their tastes are quickest to fall victim. An upholstered chair here, a painted wall there, people ‘get’ what you like - it needn’t be in their faces. Too, your favorite color might be a turnoff to others (I myself loathe aquamarines)! Too, vary the preponderance of your color. Perhaps your kitchen is the place to ‘do it up Tuscan,’ but titer it back for the dining and other rooms. Again, people get your taste. Color and cohesion make first impressions. But maybe more importantly, we actually have to live in our spaces. They’ve gotta be functional. Books are for reading, not the irrelevant color of their spines or book covers. In fact, our most loved books have broken spines and ripped jackets from years of beloved hours that is the joy of reading. And kitchens are made for cooking and connecting, not to show off immaculate appliances people have no idea how to use let alone intend to ever. As a home chef, my spice racks are bursting, my counters are cluttered with culinary projects of the week and season, and my legacy and modern cookbooks and old Gourmet Magazine issues overflow my kitchen bookcase. To us, our furniture collections are curated from family whom went before us and left behind plus our additions, and defy any page from an Ethan Allen catalog. Yes, perhaps by the ‘Red Thread’ standard, our eclecticism disqualifies us, but to us, already we’ve gone above and beyond.

@Panda_EM Ай бұрын

Like your Videos so much. Is so informative. Atm I am looking for wooden looking flor. But I also want to buy new furnitures. Is there an rule or hack to choose much matchable woosen floor - sandy floor with greyisch lines? Oder mor scansinavian white that can be how work with Ikea Wooden furnitures ??

@marylut6077 Ай бұрын

Reynard, does it make a difference if the “red thread” is upholstery in room 1, lighting in room 2, case goods in room 3, art in room 4, window treatment in room 5? Does it need to be repeated 2 more times in every room?

@ijahassan Ай бұрын

Hi Reynard, I would like to ask whether we should apply all 8 tips when decorating or it is enough if we apply only 1 or more

@maheshhhmanoj Ай бұрын

Where did you purchase the wall arts ?

@anitagodse2155 Ай бұрын

Which colour is best for the wall for the whole house? My flooring is grey timber

@maricarraines3857 Ай бұрын

U watch Kim's Convenience! ❤

@ninaotan7811 Ай бұрын

I liked you work, by choosing books by cover colour made me speechless.

@alisonknows Ай бұрын

Can you recommend a channel for landscape design, specifically Australian suburban backyards? I want to create something beautiful and practical in our otherwise flat, square, suburban yard which is not generic and basic.

@reynardlowell Ай бұрын

Thelocalproject has a lot of inspiration - most are high end but there are also a few more standard homes featured with interesting concepts.

@alisonknows Ай бұрын

@@reynardlowell great, I'll take a look. Thank you!

@sdmsdm7926 Ай бұрын

my whole place feels disjointed....LOL!

@CathyAutisticCounselling Ай бұрын

I’m desperate for an L shaped sofa, but my flat is a bit small. It will probably fit, but will dominate. The room is rectangular not square. Do you think that will be okay?

@sarahsila2731 27 күн бұрын

I think it’ll be just fine. My space is the same, and I have an L shaped sofa too. Before purchasing it, get the measurements so that it’s not too small or too big for the intended area.

@remka2000 Ай бұрын

Red thread is also a common term in french (fil rouge), with nothing to do with architecture or design. In would rather talk about consistency, a bit of color theory, and well, taste 😅

@kristinalebardin7908 Ай бұрын

❤

@marylut6077 Ай бұрын

Is the “red thread” the easy way to achieve 10% color in 60%-30%-10%? I never know who much is 10%

@omega-vk2rq Ай бұрын

WHAT IS THAT WHITE LAMP TO THE LEFT

@ScarletDHall Ай бұрын

👍👍👍👍

@marissamcclendon2319 Ай бұрын

My red thread is ikea 😞

@karljuhans Ай бұрын

Very nice except this "blue book" thing. What was that? It's almost like choosing wife with blue eyes to match your stile.

@zerowhite2286 Ай бұрын

Or getting a dog or cat in your go to colour.

@reynardlowell Ай бұрын

Haha it's actually the reverse. I bought and read those books, and they happen to be blue, so instead of hiding it, why not place it somewhere accessible, but also in a way that works as a styling object.

@MacDiggity Ай бұрын

Number one reason your house doesn't look cohesive, you're buying cheap, tacky furniture. Having a consistent colour just makes your whole house look like a themed hotel room.