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[clairelarson]

Growing up, my sister was an aspiring pianist. We had to move the piano to a different location because the piano tuner cautioned against the drafts and temperature changes where it was situated (by a very large window). I would think an entry would be the WORST location if you truly cared about it as an instrument.

[SmartAlex]

Playing a piano in some entryways, especially if there is a stairwell there, can provide amazing acoustics.

[mareemaree]

Thank you for your comments on: bare light bulbs, sliding barn doors, grey grey grey!!! It's as if you read my mind. I'm looking for a home to buy, and the grey EVERYTHING in these newer homes is so depressing. It's everywhere, from floor to ceiling, to cabinetry, to furniture. For me, it's terribly depressing, because I live in an area that's cloudy all winter. Cloudy inside my house would be just too much. --oh! Terrazo: small accents, with small pieces are nice, but, as you said, it's extreme.

[AnUrbanGypsy]

Yay - my beige and brown interior will be coming back into fashion again! You just have to wait long enough for it to cycle through and your time will also come. 😂. Terrazzo was used a lot as flooring in 1960s/70s built shopping centres in the UK so that is what it will always remind me of.

[lukecampbell]

Thanks for your thoughts!

As a single guy, I’d love to see a video on some good “bachelor pad” ideas and how to decorate an apartment or home without it looking like a dorm room, a sports bar, or an exploded Goodwill. I’ve pinterested masculine interior styles but it either seems too dark and gives off Wayne Manor vibes or too expensive like a playboy penthouse. Not conducive ideas for someone in a 50s cape cod or brick ranch. Of course, that’s not to say your other videos aren’t applicable to men, just thought it would be a good video idea.
Thanks for what you do!

[yokelinglow]

I like your style of being straightforward and bold in your comments with a subtle touch of tactfulness. Good advice indeed!!

[prairiegem]

5:56 Love the construction dude with the quote: "Hey I know" (nothing about design). LOL!

[johnadvenker]

Funny thing about a gray floor. I didn't want one either but I ended up with huge (4 feet square) gray ceramic tiles throughout my entire apartment. The thing is I absolutely LOVE this floor. It works beautifully under Persian carpets in the living room and runners in the hallway and is a dream to clean everywhere else. I never worry about spilling anything and I never worry about pet accidents either. To warm things up, I paired the floor with very soft peach walls and white woodwork and think my apartment is beautiful.

[ribbrascal]

I've discovered that grey and brown is my favorite base color scheme for the living room, gorgeous balance of cool and warm.

Plus you have a brown pillow on one side and grey on the other.

So I was surprised when you said they "clash".

[SparkleInMoonlight]

I find Terazzo beautiful, but only for the floor and it depends on the chosen design. It was very popular as black & white flooring for corridors in fancier family houses and apartment buildings in 1920 and 1930´s in the Czech Rep. We still have it in our building and I find it stylish regardless of time. It´s been here for a century and is still very well preserved.

[bluemoon]

... beautiful, classic terrazzo floors will always be timeless ... terrazzo on anything else and particularly in a kindergarten pattern and color scheme is just kitsch ...

[EllenOzHealth]

To me, terrazzo has become the new marble where it’s timeless when used appropriately but people have cheapened the look by putting it everywhere that it doesn’t belong. When it’s on notebook covers, phone covers, prints, furniture veneer… places where it’s CLEARLY not real, it looks tacky. But when it’s the real stone being used on counters, walls, or flooring, it can be truly stunning!

[joako]

Ouch! The bare light bulb-thing is something I actually love! I am very much into that rough industrial design! And I'm also a highly light-sensitive person. But there is a solution: dimmers, dimmers, dimmers. And multiple light sources.

[claudiag.]

This is why picking something because you actually love it vs bc it’s “trending” is always the way to go. Trendy = temporary. If your singing bass 🐟 on your living room wall brings you joy, then go for it. No one is coming over to photograph your home for a magazine. I promise. 😂

[ashleymuller]

I literally have had these exact same thoughts for the last several months! Thank you for articulating them and sharing them. STOP THE EXPOSED LIGHT BULBS AND GREY FLOORS!

[marniebrindley]

Wow! I agree with you on so many things here! I never cared for the barn doors, don’t care for terrazzo floors unless it’s really tiny pieces, absolutely could not stand anything in the whole gray trend, but I have seriously been considering the open lantern for a new fixture above my island. Thanks to this video, I will definitely be researching an alternative for that idea! I love your videos, and I’ve just now subscribed to your channel!

[momiowa]

The lights give me trouble too. I even have trouble sometimes shopping for longer times! That's why I'm so glad LED and fluorescent bulbs are not my only choice. Incandescent is back!! Gray floors bother me too! ;)

[Ivy-sxfm]

I 100% agree with the grey floors. When my husband I were looking for a home earlier this year, the vast majority of the homes that had been updated had grey floors, well grey everything lol. It made the homes look cold and unoriginal.

[sylviakhan]

Hello 😊 I rarely enjoy what I call the 'number' guides (top 10 etc) but your interesting and fun videos are great and I do love that you bring humor to it all. Re Terrazzo. Ahhh where do I begin? I've hated it ever since 500 AD really and grown up in homes which had wall to wall terrazzo tile. But as with all the points you raise, several of which resonate with me, its really a matter of personal taste for a personal space. I've used and been disenchanted with Edison bulbs and gray flooring and still wonder why I did...but its a part of ones growth as a designer I feel. Re Pianos for Big Macs my take is different...it keeps an industry alive so Please rich people, do keep buying baby grands as decor !! Love your videos ! Thank you.

[pb]

I agreed with everything you mentioned except one. I love the look of the lantern in certain places. I don't like the look over dining tables or islands and such, but I like seeing them somewhere like a high staircase landing.