I Hired 3 Different Designers to Makeover the SAME ROOM

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[Ellbat]

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my living room - a large rectangle room with high ceilings and wooden floors. A white fireplace with a small wood burner sits on the wall opposite the door. a large bay window is on the farthest wall from the door, at the very end of the room. The walls are grey with white trim.

$20 interior designer - the same room now has a grey sofa with it's back to the fireplace. The fireplace is now empty with glass covering the hole. There is a fitted bench under the bay windows. There is a TV console and TV opposite the sofa, with two small circular seats/beanbags on the floor. The wall with the fireplace is now wood panelled, as is the long wall opposite it (the wall with the TV). There is a 4 seater wooden table in front of the door, facing towards the wall opposite the door.

$100 interior designer - the fireplace and walls have remained as originally. There is a long wooden table with 6 chairs in front of the door, facing towards the wall opposite. On the wall with the door is a long 3 tiered wood and metal open shelving unit. A white curved sofa sits in front of the shelves on a beige circular rug. There is a small circular coffee table, with two wood and rattan chairs opposite. One chair sits in front of the bay window, the other near the fireplace.

$200 interior designer - the fireplace and walls remain as originally. a marble circular table sits in front of the bay window, with 4 wood and rattan chairs around it. In front of the door, a curved white leather sofa sits on a circular rug. Opposit the sofa is a small armless chair, consisting of two circular blobs put on top of each other. A medium coffee table sits between them.

[meganguest]

these are all so great. if the sitting area of the $100 designer was put with the little dining nook of the $200 designer, it would be perfection 🥺

[TehKang]

The $20 is a 0/10. They didn't listen to you at all. You said you can't change or add to the room and they did alot of both and you said no TV's and the reason the couch doesn't face the fire place is because it's facing a big flat screen TV. The room looks lovely if you can actually make it look like that. But for dropping the ball so many times I'd say 0.

I agree with your scores for the other two

[c_d]

MADE is a great option for curved furniture, much more affordable and has non leather options - would be great to see a video where you try and recreate the vibe you want within a budget

[cb]

Designers LOVE to use very expensive furniture in their visual projects, because usually those 3D models can be found for free. For others they have to pay a bit. I used to work at a company which hired freelancers to make 3D models of most beautiful pieces from our catalogue - tables, chairs, vases, etc. They were available for downloading for free so the designers could use them and show these options to clients.
IDK if companies with cheaper furniture did the same. I imagine a cheap dining chair would be a bestseller anyway, but a chair that costs like 5 minimum wages would need some heavy promotion from interior designers.

If you don't set a hard "spending" limit for an interior designer, they would just "fill" the rooms with the designer chandeliers, sofas, rugs. Because expensive things do often look prettier and it's way easier. Then you are stuck with a perfect picture that you love, try to find similar things within your budget, and everything looks like a knock off version of the perfect picture. Insist on them using only things you can afford.

[maddieroewer]

rounded furniture always makes a room feel more cozy and welcoming to me. also i run into literally every piece of furniture in my house anyway, so they soften the blow quite a bit

[MLE.jeanne]

I work in the accessibility field, and the fact that you mentioned that you included visual descriptors verbally in your content is priceless—not only is providing them amazing, but normalizing including them in content is doubly amazing! Thank you ❤️❤️

[ellemoonriver]

Fav was the 100%! I think the color harmony is much better than the more expensive one. And the cheapest almost completely disregarded your requests (he destroyed the fireplace, added freaking wall pannelling AND A TV). I do love the table by the window! It would be so cozy!

[lovesickstayreacts]

I really like the $100 designer's render the most, but I do really like the table being by the window like in the $200 designer's render... the $100 one feels the most like a home to me? the $20 one gives off major hotel vibes, and the $200 feels cold... i dunno. but i do LOVE the table being by the window in the $200 one. I think if the table were by the window in the $100 render that would be a 10/10 for me

[miephilodendron]

The chairs of the 100$ pro designer are wishbone chairs. they are very comfortable! they are quite expensive, but we have been using them for over 25 years now at our dining table. and even after all this heavy usage they still look very nice.

[strangelykingless]

Re: round tables/sofas, when my family moved into our new place, my mother actually drew out the shape she wanted our dining room table to be out on newspapers, with lots and lots of curves everywhere, some bigger some smaller, and the person making the table wanted to take so many out/make it more angular, but this table is really lovely, so I can only recommend round/wavy tables!

[lorraineaylward]

This is a wonderful idea. I would never have thought to have designers do this. Putting the dining room near the window is great. Round/oval tables are great. There is no "head" of the table. I find them great.

[tesssmith]

I love this kind of thing! And you're incredibly fun to listen to.

[kristinachalker]

Totally agreed that the table in the bay window was the move, unless you like hosting large dinner parties, because I could see that space getting claustrophobic quick!
With the wall “cladding”, there are a lot of peel and stick wallpapers that are rental friendly that could potentially work to achieve that effect!

[be]

I love the curvy sofa too! I love the table with the window too.

[kiriporritt]

My main complaint with all 3 is that they've changed the colours of the walls - which doesn't give you an accurate representation of what their recommendations would actually look like in your current rental. I love the round dining table near the bay window and the curvy couches. I agree that the fireplace should be the focal point of the room for the living area. For the superstar couch - have you tried looking second hand for something similarly funky? I find a lot of really great stuff on Marketplace or whatever second hand platform the UK has access to. Definitely don't use heavy curtains and block the light from the bay window.

[gabriellenichole]

I thought the same thing, to put a circular table in the bay window area and then move the sitting area toward the side of the room. I love the plants and abstract art!

[Eli_Arch]

I love this video!! I spend hours designing my "dream house" on a 3D model software. For health reasons I still live with my parents at 32 😭 I hope I get to move out someday.

My fav design was the $100 living space with the $200 dinning space :D

[garnetmuse]

I give the $20 person a 2 out of 10. They didn't even follow along with any of the parameters that you asked except the Japan style.

I love the idea of the dining room near the window!!!

True about the cats and leather.

I think you could put an elaborate cat tower where the bookcase is.

You should call the people that have that sofa and tell them you've been advertising them for free on your podcast and if they'll give you one for free! You never know for them it's advertisement. If they get three people to buy a sofa video that it pays for itself! Dream big girl!

[cosudu]

This was pretty awesome. I like the $100 rendition but with the round dining table at the window from the $200 rendition.