SIMPLE interior design mistakes can instantly cheapen the look of your home.
Experts have named the top five decor errors and how best to avoid them.
Interior design experts recommended opting for furniture that is the right size for your room (stock image)[/caption]
Interior designers advised against filling your home with clutter and knickknacks (stock image)[/caption]
As well as cheapening your home, you can also make your room look smaller than it is with the wrong layout.
The experts at Apartment Therapy have broke down the biggest faux pas going.
A top offender is choosing furniture that is not to scale with your living room.
“When the scale is wrong, it makes the space feel thrown together and gives off college-dorm vibes,” said Jamie Gasparovic, the founder of Studio Gaspo.
“Getting appropriately sized furniture will do wonders for making a living room feel design-forward and inviting.”
Elana Mendelson, the founder of Elana Designs, also chimed in about the decor mistake.
“Oversized furniture overwhelms the space, making a room feel cramped, disrupting flow, and blocking natural light,” she explained.
The interior pros also advised against overwhelming your space with knickknacks.
“Fewer, larger accessories give a higher-end vibe to a living room,” Jamie said.
“If you have smaller-scale items that you love, grouping them together in a collection makes them feel more intentional and less like clutter.”
“I hate an overload of picture frames, especially when they’re not concentrated in a single area and are a smorgasbord of styles,” agreed Jeanne Barber, the founder of Camden Grace Interiors.
Opting for a rug that’s too small for your space can also make your face feel unfinished and thrown together.
According to Esther Ellard, the founder of Effortless Designs, small rugs “can really make a living room feel cheap”.
“An overly small rug can make a space feel disconnected, as it doesn’t anchor the furniture or create a cohesive seating area,” said Elana Mendelson.
“It can also make the room appear disjointed, with furniture floating rather than being integrated into the space.”
Trends interior designers hate
IF you want to ensure that your home looks glam, here are the trends that interior designers can’t stand.
NO YELLOW: According to Bilal Rehman, yellow paint in a bedroom is a big no no.
He said: “If you want everyone to know you’re a horse girl then yellow is perfect for you.”
SIGN OFF: Kelly Hoppen shared her honest thoughts on Live, Love, Laugh signs.
The interior pro explained: “Another gripe of mine – Live, Laugh, Love – those kinds of wooden things that sit on book shelves and floating shelves, that’s so 10, 12, 15 years ago.”
NO GREY YAY: Julie Provenzano explained that grey interiors have been overdone.
She stressed: “We took a good thing and we overdid it to the point that it now feels copy, paste, basic.”
To get sizing right, make sure all four legs of a piece of furniture will sit on top of your rug, or at the very least just two front legs.
Esther Ellard described matching furniture sets as feeling “cold and unnatural”.
“A well designed living room is curated, layered, and collected,” she explained.
“Matching sets fall flat when it comes to creating a well-designed living room.”
Finally, poor lighting can lower the appearance of your living room, according to designer Jen Kolb.
“Overhead lighting provides general illumination, essentially lighting the room so you don’t trip over your furniture,” she explained.
“Table lamps and floor lamps provide focused light for tasks like reading, and accent lighting like wall sconces and picture lights create a cozy glow and highlight architectural elements and artwork.”
A small rug can make your living room feel disjointed and cheap-looking (stock image)[/caption]
The design pros recommended avoiding having a matching set of furniture in your living room (stock image)[/caption]
The lighting of your living room can make or break the ambiance of your space (stock image)[/caption]
