I subscribed by the way, because your channel is not only intelligently informative,but also because you get straight to the point !!! When I see many women starting to perform with long drawn out chatting( maybe they feel like actresses),I immediately get bored and switch to something else. So compliments to you dear lady,for immediately holding our attention. Ciao,from an Italian.

Great, just loved it. Precise, to the point, very informative with visual examples , and NO DRAMA.

You are very talented. I love how you explain things with great pictures.

New to your channel & quickly subscribed. Although not usually a binge watcher, I have been, for four days, hauling you around the house, so to speak, as I purge no longer needed books & papers. I love your intelligent, warm, concise delivery - with a touch of humor in just the right places. I have learned a great deal & very much enjoyed your videos. I have the dreaded corner fireplace - truly, the bane of my existence. I hope you address this horror in an upcoming video. Thank you for a superior production!

I just subscribed. Love your channel. I love the fact that you get right to the point without a lot of chatting. And the information you share is very helpful. Glad I found you.

I love how educational and straight to the point this video is. Great reference photos, too. Subscribed!

Thank you for this informative video. I do have a dilemma that I would love to hear your take on. I have a large dining room, and there is a full bathroom opening into the dining room, which I find so uncomfortable for my guest to have to use during a meal, they never seem bothered but I hear so many home shows saying who wants a bathroom off the kitchen or dining room. I'm just happy to have a full bathroom on the main floor, regardless of where it is located. Due to the fact that my dining room is larger than my kitchen area, I am considering a remodel where I would make the dining room a great kitchen and making the kitchen a small cozy family room. You enter the house into a great room, but everyone gathers in the dining room. This would make the new kitchen area the center of the room and would allow guests to enjoy more of the house. The plumbing wouldn't have to be moved because it would just back to the plumbing wall. I wish to sell my home and I believe the awkward kitchen has been one of the main deterrents. I'd love to hear your feedback.

Brilliant...exact and to the point....

I really love all of your advice. Very smart!

Very informative I love how you get to the point I subscribed thanks for a great interesting video

Very nice that this was actually informative. Thank you!

You are refreshing and inspiring. I am so impressed by your ability to communicate your knowledge and creativity in design to those of us wanting to learn. Thank you for helping us to make our own spaces more artful and livable. Also know that when you give something of yourself - you receive much in return.

I just discovered you & you’re wonderful! Yes, thank you for getting right to the point!! I’d like to know what to do after spending $$$ on a designer who just flat out overdid my living room. My husband says we paid for it, now we live with it. I cringe every time I walk through the room.

My focal point was the reflection in your glasses :)

Good information, well-presented. No pfaffing about. Plus good examples. Well done!

Liked the video for the reasons other reviewers gave in depth, you got to the point, clear, concise. I’m not sure if this is really a “how to” but rather a “where” focal points should be. Very thoroughly detailed how to determine where the focal points should be. The next videos, and there seem to be, based on your listeners requests, (1) how to make focal points on a budget, simple and more elaborate and (2) how to make focal points with an upper middle to high end budget, (and go with your design terms.). Fabulous videos. Now, my one suggestion, when you’re speaking, you are the focal point. You don’t want any distractions. Look at what you’re standing in front of. Don’t stand in the middle of a doorway. You’re cut in half. If you want to record inside, but have the outside feel, get in the middle of the doorway, so you’re centered. If not, find a nice plain wall with a good color or simple pattern. You’re an excellent speaker. Look at the entire picture. Many thanks from a new subscriber.

Thank you this us very helpful

Wow subscribing, love it!

OMG wow such logical and clear explanations thank you.

I thoroughly enjoyed this. Thank you for sharing .

I really learned so much from this video! I will look for more of your videos in the future.

Wow, you're really good! Thank you for the education! Can you do a video on galley kitchens and ways to make it interesting---without feeling cluttered?

Really enjoyed your video. Looking forward to many more videos

Thank you! Subscribed! You helped me decide on an important focal point issue I was stuck on!

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Thanks for teaching.. That’s what I’m missing warmth.. New friend be bless!

hi if you can make a video on, how to put a mirror for dressing purpose in a normal size room,it would really help me to design a new space i have bought. loved your ideas thankhyou

Over v.soon Wantd you to go.on.. My close friend looks like you.. Vinformative..thx😆👏

Hi Olga, loved this video, now I can spend some time designing the focal points in our tiny flat. We are in a rental, so like to keep alterations to the minimal. Our living room (about 20 sq meters) serves as dining, living, a study, and kid’s play area with a piano. My question is how do we design focal points so it doesn’t look messy. I feel like I have too much displayed atm.

I just subscribed. I find this vid complete guide because u started with the door up to the bathroom... with bonus tip. One thing is that youre straight to the point and make every second interesting. Thanksss

I so WISH you could slow down the images of the photos.. They are incredibly beautiful and I would like to study and take mental notes how the rooms are designed. Thanks so much!

This is really an interesting and very helpful video...thank you so much

Wow. Very professionally presented, in a very everyday woman language. Thank you. Really, thank you. I am your newest subbie!

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New subscriber. I love your teaching in design watching from Hong Kong

Very informative thank you so much

I love this channel

Informative as always

So practical. I love your channel!

What would you do with a long narrow hallway? Btw, I always learn something when I watch your videos. Thanks! 🤗

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Thank you for your insight and recommendations! Very helpful to me.

Your voice is kinda perfect. Easy to listen...

I remember someone once said to me that 'focal points' or 'feature walls' were dated. Which is total rubbish of course

Thanks alot for your videos. Can you shoot something that would help us design an open space and divide it into a couple of different rooms without having any walls? Like for example open kitchen with dining area and living room.

I have binge-watched your videos. Thank you for getting to the point! I don't have unlimited time to watch YT, so I thank you for a concise format. We are considering moving our kitchen from the back of the house to the front. Our 70's ranch is plain, poorly laid out, and uninspiring. (We purchased the land, the house came with it!) The current kitchen is a small, dark, walk-through galley style. The room we are considering is larger, brighter. The utilities in the basement are right below, so running them up to the new room will not be difficult. We would probably remove some walls, change windows, and even move the front door! My point is : thank you for talking about focal points. This helps me immensely in thinking about what-goes-where in the new spaces. New sub. Best wishes to you.

My apartment has 3 flrs. But the 1st thing you see is stairs and the living room. There is no space you just kinda fall into the area. Its hard to make one focal point with this type of layout. If you come in from the back or kitchen the wall in front has to bee focal but my stove and ill placed cabinet and a doorway are there. I am painting my door this summer so i can spruce up my curb appeal. I guess what im asking is how or what can i do to break the space up a bit so that you dont just fall into the space? I was thinking of making a small faux foyer by hanging curtains from ceiling to floor wall to wall completely enclosing the living room. Like a faux wall. This way when you walk in you see the stairs and beautiful soft curtain wall. Idk.

Thanks for this info. How would this translate to an open plan space that contains kitchen/dining, living room, entryway & children’s play space, without looking too busy? Thanks!

Im blessed to have a wood stove. :*

very informative tip .... thank you

Love all your videos! The question, my living and dining share a long wall. Should I create 1 focal point with a huge art in the middle or 2? behind my couch and on the long side of the dining table. Thank you!

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A wonderful lesson. Thank you so much. Only it’s hard to apply in my tiny place. I have a tiny hallway that is filled placing a small commode. Open the door and you walk pas the table which can only be on the left and you look at the back window front which actually is the whole wall. You walk right into the balcony door. My hallway to the bedrooms consists of doors and is 1m wide and 2 long. The floor in my shower is 90cm x 1m11cm ( 3 feet?) with no space beside the sink. Also there are no little corners. Just straight . And for a American person it must be hard to imagine : ) But I will try to at least make a point at the spaces where I can place something. This helped so much.

Hi. I love your videos, and I was wondering if you have ever recorded anything talking about the distribution of a colour pallet throughout the house. Is it possible for instance, have greys, wood, black downstairs and have “classic blue” (colour of the year) in one of the bedrooms? Many tanks for the excellent content again. 🙂👍🏼

Hi. Im a new subbie. Can you give ideas for apartments and tiny budgets?

I subscribed SO fast 😂 GREAT content!!

I really likethis. I agree with the other statements, too much personal info just doesn't do it for me. I also agree with the comment of liking to see information on smaller homes. I think the content of this video can definitely apply to smaller homes, but something specific for small spaces would be great. I have a question on the lines of a smaller home. Our entry is into the living room. The door is to the left of the long room and the furniture, because of window placement, is set to the left of the living space. Consequently, there is an open space to the right of the furniture and directly in front of the door. I have art work above the couch which is on that wall, but I don't know what to put in the space in front of the door which is to the right of the couch. I feel like whatever I put needs to flow with the entire wall and everything I try seems to confuse me. Currently I have a sofa type table with a mirror sitting on it. Unfortunately the mirror doesn't sit at the appropriate height to see yourself. I wondered if a tall floral option would be good fit. What do you think?

I love this video. I have a question. Upon opening the main entrance door which is located on the right side of my VERY small home, you can see in order the living room, dining room, center staircase and the kitchen in an open space desing. In creating a focal point for each part, which side should i place them, opposite side of the door or same side of the door? THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVANCE. 😁

Hi, I noticed the beautiful dining room that you showed with the two large lamps. Could you let me know where I could purchase the table. At 3:34

Whats your thought about focal points with large open living (entry, dining, living, and kitchen) all without walls to differentiate?

Excellent lessons! Do you have ideas for how to paint and decorate around a red brick fireplace? The red of the brick isn't so ugly that it needs tobe painted. I would like to see how to keep it.

Great video. I have an long, open floorplan. Open kitchen, then dining, then the livingroom, then the sunroom with view. How many focal points should I have? One per "room?" I have trouble figuring this out, since every room is visible from every other. Anyone's tips are welcome - -thanks!

I loved it! I do have a question, how I can do if I want to have a very nice light fixture, but also a fan, I’ve been looking for a nice fan with light, but not success 😞

Hi Olga, I have some dilemmas. My living room is about 14' high with the red brick fireplace all the way to the ceiling which is at the peak of the cathedral ceiling. 3 dark color beams, with 5" dark stain wood trim baseboard in dining and living areas. The living area (with fireplace) floor is Brazilian cherry which is next to yellow/brown/gray travertine tiled floor in the dining area. I can't make up my mind if I should change the baseboard white or not.

Your videos are so informative. Thanks

I like it.

Great tips! Thank you.

What happens if you’ve got an open layout and so your entry, living, dining and kitchen all together?

Hey, I like your videos cause they are very informative. So have a question; how can I decorate a double height living room while making it cozy and inviting?

Any suggestions for a small apartment that has an open kitchen to living room? Bedrooms and bathrooms flanking each side.

HELLO, I love your design lessons videos I have a design dilemma with our living room Over 6 months, looking for ways to decorate, but nothing feel right. Probably the sofa is at fault, feels like it overloading the room, but is too late to change it, and I realy like it. So please let me know if this room can be saved with right decor. Thank you !

New sub. Really enjoy your design ideas.

Very helpful. Thank you.

Thank you very much for the informations

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Great video! Very helpful. At 6:56, however, you mispronounced "settee" as "set-AY" instead of pronouncing it as it is written -- "set-TEE." The closed captioning ("asset a") couldn't figure our what you were saying.

Can you talk about how to decorate a joung professional’s first spartment?

Question : how can you use cement and wood tastefully all over the house

Love this video...

I like your vedio. They are very much informative and helpful. Kindly suggests , is it good ideas to put tiles on walls in dinning room and living room. looking forward to see vedio on my request.

Well done! Just subbed. 👏

Marbelous, magnificent.🎉🎊👏 You force me to think and accomodate and apply all of this in my home. This video is base, 90% of all what I need. I like you bcs you are continiously traing to reach emprovement in our homes and perspective in many ways. I'm that kind of person who day by day try to reach improvement, better home. But, with almost sll stuff I've already have. T H A N K Y O U YOU ARE REALLY THE BEST

how do you add colour more modern elements in a shaker style interior white walls and pine natural with a warm glow quite open concept with some parts of house seperate like back sun room and study

Hello. can I ask if it is ok to put 2 large wall art beside a mirror in a small living room? thank you

Every room I walk into the first thing you see are large windows with square glass panes in wood.

We have recently moved to a log home and I'm having trouble decorating the whole space I'd like to start with the entry way. I don't want to make the space too "cabiny" themed. The entry way is mostly drywall with large beams and beautiful staircase, the exposed beams are aged honey pine. There are two large wall areas with a dormer window above the front door. Any suggestions on paint colour? It is currently a very very bright yellow. Any suggestions on art work and decor?

In our new condo, you walk through the kitchen to an open plan living room/dining room. The “u” shaped kitchen on the left has the cooktop at the head and the leg between the kitchen and dining room has a four seater counter height bar with the sink close to the end of the leg. The right side has a pantry wall with the oven closest to the front door. What do i do about a focal point? Please not the sink with dishes in it!

Hi Im moving to Spain to live the villa has no entry hall the door opens in to the open plan dining room lounge kitchen where do i start. There is a fire place but its off set . There a breakfast bar dividing the kitchen

We just bought a house and our masterbath is not laid out nicely. When you open the door the first thing you see is the toilet bowl. What can i do to atleast draw away the attention of seeing the toilet right away?

We bought a Lakehouse that is completely empty. I have one room that is a “bedroom” but we are having a slider patio door to the deck in this room. It has a full bathroom and the laundry room is off this room too. I’d like to make it a den/game room ( play cards...) but need a bed or something guests could sleep on. Help! What kind of furniture would I put in this room?

Hi, My bathroom has countertop on left and toilet at the end along with window. My bathtub is on the right and storage. Would it be great if I rearrange my bathtub along the window?

Hello I’m a new subscriber and I’ve been marathoning (is that a word?) your videos. Great information. I have a space that I desperately need help with. How can I get a picture over to you?

Great Video! 💯💯

When u walk into my tiny (480 sq ft) house u see the line up of cupboards . not much I can do there. Then when u turn left to go into my space u see a wall of windows. Tall white velvet curtains with a beautiful view. To the left is a halfway with my TV n a console to the right is a wall with 2 club chairs n a gallery wall. Under the windows is a gray velvet couch. What do I make as a focal point? There is not a full wall around the TV n the opposite wall is one that u are sitting at facing away from (the club chairs) . so what d I I use a a focal point??? Im really confused

What do you if a the fireplace is bricked and stops short half the way of the entire wall?

GOOD ...LIKED...Can you help me...I am moving to an apartment which I bought...when I enter my apartment...open its door which opens into the living room and bang straight at the end of living room is the kitchen...when I enter the door ...there is no wall in front...only kitchen is there...entrance door is at the extreme end of wall and after entrance the living cum dining space comprise of space in front and on right side...on left is wall only...I can also send photograph...how can I create any dynamic focal point here....can you help?...I am free India

What can do with a front door leading directly to an open living room of around 15 sqm?

My fireplace is not centered on the wall but it is the first thing you see walking into the living room.

Will this include apartment focal point