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[CaliS]

I hate kitchens in the livingroom....

I love an open kitchen like that - so I don't feel like I'm in a dungeon when cooking

 

[OneEyedDiva]

I love the modern design, but it is too sterile with all that white.

 

[Vicky]

The first picture is too cold and sparse, the 2nd one a bit much for me. I look for a happy medium, and not a huge fan of super modern decor.


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I would LOVE something more like this! Someone mentioned ocean view!

Wow! I really would like to live in this place! Nothing out of place. Not a speck of dirt. This seems like a dream, rather than realistic life. But it's nice to dream. hahahaha

 

[LoveTulips]

I think I would have to wear my sunglasses, all that white, nope not for me.

 

[Sunkist]

Wow! I really would like to live in this place! Nothing out of place. Not a speck of dirt. This seems like a dream, rather than realistic life. But it's nice to dream. hahahaha

Unless there's a small child in your family who likes to eat chocolate.. or if you own a dog..

 

[Della]

The white room is way too stark and minimalist for me. On the other hand I do not like too much clutter at all so the second living room doesn’t work for me either.

Hotel rooms usually look very nice and what I noticed is they do not have any tiny items but have bigger ones and that is more pleasing to the eye. I no longer have any tiny knickknacks either. I have enough so that my home is not too stark, but not too much so that they get dusty and are too much to clean on a regular basis.

Now, if anything enters my home, something of a like item has to leave. So if I buy a piece of clothing or knickknack, something similar leaves. That way I keep my home in perfect harmony, and I don’t have to worry about it getting cluttered.

Recently, I asked for decorating advice from ChatGPT and took pictures of my entire condo room by room and it gave me advice. I didn’t think I had too many knickknacks, but it had me remove probably half of them. It also told me where to position items and every time I did what it told me it looked better than how I had it arranged.

However, it had no suggestions for rearranging any of the rooms because it said I had done the best job for my small rooms. I have moved 30 times in my life so I guess I’ve gotten good at positioning the furniture. It was really a lot of fun using ChatGPT for decorating advice and trying out what it told me and discussing the advice.

Of course, I didn’t always follow its advice 100% because they wanted me to get rid of a few items that are very important to me. After I told it that then it revised its advice and gave me other suggestions to display them tastefully.

Recently, I was watching some decorating shows and they did a bunch of remodeling on people‘s homes that had kids and then they staged the home with furniture, but I read that the family does not keep the furniture unless they want to buy it. They just want the home staged for when they show off how the home was remodeled.

I did wonder about that because all the living room furniture was white and all these people had kids so that would be a big disaster. It also wouldn’t be good if you had pets. I bought new living room furniture five years ago when I bought my condo and I keep the couch covered with a blanket.

One day my little dog threw up a ton and if I had not been home, it would’ve soaked through the blanket anyways, and stained my couch. Now I’ve got a double blanket on my couch. I just removed them if I’m having company.

I agree with all you've said, Terry. I keep my small sentimental knickknacks in my book shelves in the small room I use for crafts and puzzles. The living room has the big knickknacks that you and I like. In my case they are large heavy crystal pieces that, I think, add some yin to the yang of my heavy brown leather sofa and chair.

When we had this house built we had all the walls painted a pale taupe, then a few years ago we had the whole interior repainted with periwinkle in the master bedroom, but everything else bright white. We loved the change, it looks so much cleaner. The dark upholstery and dark wood pieces keep it from looking too sterile, plus we have several large colorful paintings on the white walls. Fluffy white throw pillows on the brown sofa soften the line between the white walls and it.

When positioning my fruniture I think of it as if it's on a raft on the water and make sure the weight is evenly distributed.

After my little dog winds out her final (incontinent) years we are going to buy new flooring, either hardwood or new carpeting. Tough decision. I love the look of dark wood but it's hard on old feet and bones and it's noisy.


We have a pale oatmeal looking sofa in our kick-back computer room. My dog has had several accidents on it and I've discovered that although it says not to, I can unzip the covers and run them through the washer and dryer with no problem!

 

[hollydolly]

Wow! I really would like to live in this place! Nothing out of place. Not a speck of dirt. This seems like a dream, rather than realistic life. But it's nice to dream. hahahaha

if you could afford to live in a house like that then you would probably be able to afford a cleaner, so you never need to see dust ..lol

 

[hollydolly]

I agree with all you've said, Terry. I keep my small sentimental knickknacks in my book shelves in the small room I use for crafts and puzzles. The living room has the big knickknacks that you and I like. In my case they are large heavy crystal pieces that, I think, add some yin to the yang of my heavy brown leather sofa and chair.

When we had this house built we had all the walls painted a pale taupe, then a few years ago we had the whole interior repainted with periwinkle in the master bedroom, but everything else bright white. We loved the change, it looks so much cleaner. The dark upholstery and dark wood pieces keep it from looking too sterile, plus we have several large colorful paintings on the white walls. Fluffy white throw pillows on the brown sofa soften the line between the white walls and it.

When positioning my fruniture I think of it as if it's on a raft on the water and make sure the weight is evenly distributed.

After my little dog winds out her final (incontinent) years we are going to buy new flooring, either hardwood or new carpeting. Tough decision. I love the look of dark wood but it's hard on old feet and bones and it's noisy.


We have a pale oatmeal looking sofa in our kick-back computer room. My dog has had several accidents on it and I've discovered that although it says not to, I can unzip the covers and run them through the washer and dryer with no problem!

I need you to come and design my house..yours sound lovely..... and I did smile at the periwinkle..shades of Hyacinth Bouquet and her beloved Royal Doulton Periwinkle China...