9 Non-Negotiable Design Rules For A Beautiful Space

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Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro
00:23 - Scale & Proportion
03:16 - Spacing & Walkway
06:31 - Eye Level
07:53 - Vary Your Lighting
09:17 - Contrast
10:44 - Repetition
11:49 - Pieces That Don't Speak To You
13:11 - Always Measure
13:50 - Do What Makes You Happy

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[claudiamizukychan]

A house, as a person, never stops evolving, so this videos are always welcome. Thank you for helping me to make my house a home. Greetings from Chile, South America 🥰🥰🥰

[LadyUnderhill]

Anybody else here too tired and busy to actually implement any of these tips, but are still here to listen to the most relaxing interior designer everrrr?

[LythaWausW]

Your voice is so meditative. I'm totally relaxed. Glad I found your channel tonight. Greetings from Germany.

[deborahmac]

So many good points for thought here. I do appreciate the natural conversation tone.

[vampht]

A+ content for designers, would love if you did a series with each video focusing on a specific design principle. Like one on contrast and all aspects of contrast in design development and execution.

[Spiritgirl]

Excellent as always! I send all my friends struggling for inspiration ( or to figure out that their layout is a disaster - without me having to say it😅) to your channel! Xo from Canada ❤️ channel

[edi]

I wish that I had that problem of too much space. We in Europe, often have to deal with a bedroom where the smallest bed you fit in takes up 70-80% of the entire room! Or that you don't know where to put shoes and coats because the entrance or corridor gets so narrow that you constantly bump into things!

[Pipsterz]

Reynard, I love your videos! You are the clearest and calmest designer. Thank you :)

[KathrynGoldman]

Creating a design plan for a room then implementing it as you can afford it is brilliant! I have a few inherited pieces that I just do not like, but they are useful and fit in the space. I'm gonna plan and replace when the time is right. Thank you.

[GaijinMo]

Great writing and presentation as usual, Reynard.

[SHVWNCOOPER]

side note: i bought the bambu labs p1s for their black friday sale. they sent me a used AMS unit that grinded up the filament and ripped the spools out of the unit. their customer service is horrible, after returning the unit, they assured me it was reshipped over night and it was not. it's been a month of lies and finally they told me it was out of stock after assuring me i twas in transit.

it's still not been replaced. i had to call my bank to reverse the charges

[endlessvoyageca]

Great Advice - I am finding your videos the best on YouTube . I would love to see a video that talks about rooms where views are a serious component

[babyboomertwerkteam]

sooo using these tips when i move into my own apartment in 5 months!

[Nancy-rckg]

you’re right, don’t forget to do what makes you happy 😊

[Elizabeth-dn]

Love this video. At 2:20, you call out the cohesive and beautiful room, but don't mention shapes. All the accent pieces are rounded -- lamps, sconce, pouf, coffee table, accent table. I find that repeating shapes really pulls a room together -- as you go on to say later in the video!

[suzannecarter]

I really appreciated the tip about not building a room you feel "meh" about.

[nadiner]

How help was this? Thank you a million Reynard. We recently bought a house in Italy and I have been trying to make an effort make it look beautiful. Watched lots of interior designers videos but you just nailed it with he amount of useful tips you are giving in just one video. Well done and thank you again!

[sunshinetogo]

Listening to you is an education in common sense decorating. Thank you. I especially appreciate the spatial rules.

[dyanalayng]

The 2/3rds rule is good to pull things together. Paired lightings should be at the same height, though

[NeilPennington-fo]

Hi Reynard, I'm a few hours up the coast from you and really appreciate your videos. I'm lucky to have bought an old boarding house from 1918 with 10 foot ceilings, ornate chair rails, Victorian fireplaces, 6 inch hardwood floor boards and skirting (tallowood) and 6 inch wall and ceiling lining (red mahogany) so there is so much detail above plasterboard lining. Saying that, I rely on your advice regarding rug size, stepped and varied lighting and so much more. My wife and I hope to incorporate a bit of your design magic into curtain size and so many other finer detail features like mid wall accent lighting. Of course you know how fortunate it is to have 10 foot ceilings so lighting can be 2 foot below it to properly light the space and even accent the tongue and groove ceilings. Also, I'm 6 foot 3 and my wife is 5 foot 1 so we need to compromise on TV height but we'll get there!