You may know me from such adventures as “Happy New Year, You Don’t Get to Crap in Your Own House,” “Dammit, That’s Enough Pillows,” “You’re Lucky You’re Not a Plant, or Else I’D KILL YOU,” and “I love you Colonel, and I accept you for who you are.”
I was given three pictures of the same space to give commentary on. Admittedly, I didn’t know much at all about home décor before I met the Mrs. What I know now is mostly through being subjected to HGTV and Home Goods, and her comments while she/we watch it and shop there. While I’m still learning about this stuff, I usually just try to work on the projects she tells me to, which I do at my own pace.
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The clear lamps would probably be a hit with The Mrs. There isn’t a recliner, or at least some kind of “man chair.” The desk looks like something from IKEA, and I bet they have a rule about pillows, too. You can’t go wrong with just plain old white walls. I like colors in art and paintings, so I like this room’s art. For some reason, only one painting gets its own light. Why? I would never approve of discrimination in art lighting.
Photo via LGN here
The stripes makes the wall look fat. The painting/drawing/whatever of the dude’s head is weird, unless it’s actually of someone they know. She’s probably says it’s her favorite art project from college, when it’s really a drawing of the Latin pool guy from her first apartment complex before she met her husband. And this painting doesn’t get a light, either?
I like the bar seating. (Random thought: Do they put real fruit in bowls for photo shoots like this, or do they bring with them stock fruit they use in photo shots over and over again?) Just looks like a small little dining area with a weird striped wall behind with a painting of some dude.
Photo via LGN here
I don’t know whether the room is big or if it’s because it doesn’t have a lot of furniture/stuff sitting around. That chair looks out of place. The deer antlers on the wall look out of place, and I bet they didn’t kill the deer themselves. The ceiling looks a little busy, but it’s probably hiding pipes or ductwork. I like the natural light. I’d be afraid I’d break the dining table chairs and the single chair. As a dude that likes TV, I think the furniture is a little awkward if it’s not at least somewhat facing the TV in a room. Therefore, the direction the chair faces is bothering me a little.
It seems like a nice room. It’s clean and not junky, with plenty of space. I think the striped wall is weird, but I don’t get striped walls like that, so it’s just personal taste. I don’t like the chair in the living room/area, but I guess it helps by not taking up a lot of space. I like natural light, and the furniture looks comfortable but still nice (sometimes I think those two are mutually exclusive). I guess it looks like most of the furniture, the rug, and the walls are pretty neutral, with the pillows and art supplying color. I know this from HGTV training. I can see how people like that. The TV should be mounted on the wall, and eventually get a regular TV console or cabinet of some kind, as the current set up doesn’t go with the rest of the room. What movies are they trying to hide under the TV? I condemn the discrimination of lighting only one piece of wall art in the room. Doesn’t the Latin pool guy at least deserve to have his own light, too?
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