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34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Overdoing the theme.
I love a beach house, but people get too literal. You don't need a 'beach' sign to prove that you like the beach.

robertgigs , booking.com Report

Final score:

38points

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David Paterson 4 months ago

Can you overdo the "cat" theme? Asking for a friend

61points

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Following the home decor bandwagon.
I feel like social media said white kitchens are horrible, I still think a white kitchen can be so beautiful. Also when shiplap got put into every single home. It's gorgeous in a beach cottage or in a lake house, I don't know why it got brought into high rises in like Denver or Los Angeles. Follow trends carefully and ask yourself 'is this right for my space?' and 'am I just getting this because it's trendy or do I love it?'

robertgigs , Mark McCammon Report

Final score:

36points

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Auntriarch 4 months ago (edited)

Half the fun of decorating is changing your space from what you've got to what you want. Just because my house is Georgian terrace in England, doesn't mean I can't turn my attic into a Moghul tent. (Just to clarify, nothing that we've done to our house can't be put back to the way it was. And if we can ever afford to replace the upstairs flooring with the chestnut planks it used to be, we will)

19points

Ethan and Robert made multiple videos in the series where they named their home decor icks. Part one is on Ethan's account, while part two can be found on Robert's channel. The pair have a disclaimer under their videos, saying they mean no ill will to anyone and that it's all done in good faith. "We all did these things at one point," says one of the captions.

"Don't take us too seriously," Robert said in part two. "We're just having fun and bantering. Honestly, a lot of people found our last one helpful," he added. And he's not wrong: the pair went viral with their "Home icks" series, with the most popular video garnering 2.5 million views. One commenter even said: "This series needs to be picked up by Netflix, seriously, I would watch this for hours."

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Lucite furniture.
I in general don't like clear furniture or clear surfaces. Lucite is better suited in your bathroom drawers, to help organize your products, not to be used to dine on or as a coffee table.

robertgigs , southeastflorida Report

Final score:

28points

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PattyK 4 months ago

And it’s a nightmare to keep clean. There is always a fingerprint or dust or a cup ring or something.

19points

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Indoor furniture that looks like outdoor furniture.
That powder coated black steel silhouette or any furniture that looks too concrete or bulky. They look like they're meant to be on someone's back patio with a fire pit between them.

ethancgaskill , Gül Işık Report

Final score:

23points

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Auntriarch 4 months ago

If it's not comfortable it won't go outside either

18points

ethancgaskill , ClassyCushionsShop Report

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Faux marble curtains, bedspreads, ect.
Anything that is printed in marble. I don't know why this became such a thing. I fell like marble is the new galaxy print.

Final score:

23points

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Gambit22 4 months ago

I think it's pretty and looks cool if you have happen to have a beige aesthetic :P

14points

Ethan and Robert are not professional interior designers, but both have a very keen eye when it comes to home decor aesthetics. Robert told Business Insider that his mother flipped houses when he was growing up in Connecticut, so he's seen his fair share of interiors. He started helping her pick out tiles and other finishes when he saw that many houses were what he calls "builder gray."

Both of Ethan's parents were in the house business, too. His mom was a real estate agent, and his father built custom houses. "My mom was always around the house and really ingrained in my brain the idea of keeping a tidy space and making sure your space is a kind of reflection of who you are, in the way that it sort of impacts your mind," he told the publication.

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Displaying toiletries as decor.
Toiletries, nail polish, makeup if you're over 14 years old. I don't need to see your Essie nail polish collection stacked like it's a spice rack.

robertgigs , Travis Wise Report

Final score:

21points

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Gambit22 4 months ago

I think it's for easy access, not decor :P

66points

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Furniture that has technology built into it (charging ports, recliners, ect.).
It has never sat right with me. In theory it seems like such a good idea, having a charging port that close to you is great, but what happens a year later when the fuse burns out on that? Or the plug type changes?

ethancgaskill , techsofa.com Report

Final score:

19points

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BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

If the fuse burns out, you replace it. And, while USB plugs are constantly changing, the good old "standard" USB (usually on the other end of the cable) is still in wide use. Sure older versions are slower etc, but they will still work. If i'm watching TV, i probably won't mind if my phone charges in 1 hour instead of 30 mins. If it's urgent i'll get my äss off the couch and use a fast charger

28points

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Jonathan Adler.
Specifically the drug pillows or drug coasters and drug jars. Are you showing off that you do pills? Is that funny?

robertgigs , jonathanadler.com Report

Final score:

18points

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Gambit22 4 months ago

It's supposed to be dark humor. At least they're making fun of their own issues and not others (cough cough Instagram comments)

31points

The pair says they're not trying to be the authority on what people should or should not do. They're simply pointing out what decor mistakes they or their friends and family made throughout the years. "This is a lot of stuff we've done ourselves, or we grew up with siblings that have done this, or parents, it's all things that people kind of agree on or relate to in a way, that they can kind of laugh about," Ethan told Business Insider.

#10

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Color coded book shelves.
A home needs character, needs charm, mix-match looks good, don't do smallest to largest, just put them in order of weather you've read them or not.

ethancgaskill , Juhan Sonin Report

Final score:

17points

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Bernd Herbert 4 months ago

weather...that's a bad spelling mistake.

52points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

Noooo no no, you are supposed to organize your books based on the average temperature of the setting of the story. ;)

21points

Fat Harry (Oi / You) 4 months ago

The comment was clearly written by someone who's read very few books.

9points

Max Robitzsch 4 months ago

Are you dissing my fog-with-a-hint-of-frost shelf?

8points

Karen Krause 4 months ago (edited)

You mean that's a bad spell of whether. It's a lot better than the people who turn the books around in the bookcase so it's all beige and you can't see any of the titles.

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

OP might consider reading a few books before arguing on how to organize them...

2points

Binky Melnik 4 months ago

I usta have fits abut spelling errors, but then autocorrect came along and messed things up for even the best of us. It’s especially a problem when dictating messages. This guy says “whether” and is given “weather,” which sounds zactly the same. I’ve let up n my (stupid, misplaced) irritation with typos and wrong words and soon, AI will be able to help with context (therefore spelling) of words so if we can just hang on a year or two, it’s likely these will all disappear, too. (As a software quality engineer and an editor (meaning I’m massively a**l-retentive), I for one will be enormously relieved!)

0points

Seanette Blaylock 4 months ago

Probably auto-incorrect. :)

0points

gijeff58 4 months ago

I thought they were all related to the whether

0points

HF 4 months ago

maybe: this one I read in the sun at the beach, and this one during the the snowstorm of '21?

0points

Tamra 4 months ago

There's a fairly recent thing that designers are doing with books, and it drives me nuts: turning the books so that the spines face the back of the bookshelf and the pages are facing forward. Ridiculous.

17points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

Fair enough, that is atrocious and worthy of shame ( although I think it is an atrocity that started around 2005, with the all-white interiors)

6points

Nads Hey 4 months ago

I saw a video of a girl who wrapped all the covers of her books in white paper, so her bookshelf would look more organized and aesthetic. I almost had a heart attack.

2points

Upstaged75 4 months ago

I see that on every design show now! Very annoying. Just don't have books if you can' stand how the spines look.

1point

kissmychakram 4 months ago

Oh gosh, yes. This one annoys the carp out of me, I want to punch the "designers" who do this. Go buy reams of printer paper if you really need to look at pages.

0points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

Or just do whatever you like

14points

Sherman 4 months ago

It doesn't bother me when ppl do this. But it does bother me when ppl buy fake books to do this.....

10points

Boy-Ahn 4 months ago

Who puts their books in reading order and how is it better than color coding?!

5points

Nads Hey 4 months ago

I choose to group the books in ways that make sense to me. Classics from one collection. Classics from another collection. Books written by Saramago. Books written by Murakami. Books written by Milan Kundera. Non fiction books about science. Photography books. If you do the colors things, books from the same collection, subject or author would end up all over the place. I can’t imagine someone who reads being ok with that, it’s madness!!! 😱

3points

Magpie 4 months ago

I like to place art history books next to art history books, war history next to war history etc. That's how I know where a book is if I have to find it. I have loads of books and if they weren't sorted by their themes, it would be a nightmare to find one particularly needed from the mayhem. And it just looks silly to have a biography next to a cook book.

1point

Nads Hey 4 months ago

I do. Read and not read. It’s not “reading order”, OP didn’t use the correct words. It’s better because the goal is to read the book you haven’t read yet and store the ones you have. This way, it’s easy to see all the books you have yet to read and choose, they aren’t scattered around. Amongst those subgroups, you can divide them however you like. But, if you separate books by color, you probably aren’t a reader. It’s not color coding, the colors don’t mean anything.

0points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

At least this suggests that people have bought books to read and subsequently arranged them to be decorative. Unlike people who buy them for decoration in the first place.

3points

Nads Hey 4 months ago

Not possible. First, because buying books is a process that never ends. Two because it’s just wrong.

1point

LauraDragonWench 4 months ago

Personally, I have my unread books in one bookcase and my permanent collection in the others (with a teensy bit of overlap, simply because I have too many unread books). All of them are organized by genre and then alphabetically by the author's last name. Is it "decorative"? Don't know, don't care, but it makes me very happy and that's all that counts, right? 👍😊

2points

LynzCatastrophe 4 months ago

Rainbow is a character!

2points

Optimyst 4 months ago

I mostly have books related to various skills (jewellery, painting, weaving, woodworking etc.). Those are all in my making space. Then I have books about birds, insects and plants which are all in easy to reach spots so I can use them for reference. Then there's the old books which I do quite enjoy but they aren't usually relaxing reads so they're spread out as decoration (with books from their series/collection). Then there's novels, always organised by series and my favourites are together. I mostly read by kindle but I love having a reference book when I'm making something. I only ever buy books from markets, digitally or I'm given them, I don't think I'd be able to afford it otherwise 😬. (plus, I love the illustrations in older books and they always seem to contain more details than modern books)

1point

quentariel 4 months ago (edited)

My books are in rainbow order and also have about 900 of them so the color changes gradually through seven bookcases. Personally I absolutely love them like that and every quest compliments them. (People don't understand how I'm able to find any book so quickly though, , but I have a visual memory so it's easy to remember the color. In fact I'm forgetting the writer more often than the color.)

1point

Danish Susanne 4 months ago

Who keeps books around that she hasn't read? That is a waste of space.

0points

JellyX 4 months ago

I color coded my bookshelves and I love it

0points

Hey! 4 months ago

My books are sorted with the Dewey system but I had a friend who was OCD and kept his books by colors, rainbow order. It was his home, his place, not yours. MYOB.

0points

Dawn Watson 4 months ago

Weather?

0points

TrippyBanana 4 months ago

I find this fun for things like my beads for jewelry but my books are organized by author then whether I've read them or not. Most of my books are series so I had fun and put them by length next.

0points

ElfVibratorGlitter 4 months ago

Uhhhhh. It's your house. If you want to put everything chromatically, do it. Sheesh. (I also read this as don't be neurospicy :( )

0points

AMaureen Dance 4 months ago

I put them alphabetical by author.

0points

Toothless Feline 4 months ago

Books are best arranged in a manner that relates to their content, not their appearance. When people sort books by color (or worse, shelve them spin-in), that says to me that they never actually read them.

0points

Anouk Badwolf 4 months ago

the reason why i dislike such organisation is first, i may not remember the edition of the book i own (maybe i replace it at some point, so if for example a red covered book of mine is damaged so i replace it with a white edition of it then shall i place it differently?), second i have lots of different books in different genres, id find it bizarre to place contemporary poetry next to a novel by balzac next to a comic book. it just doesnt add up, they have different sizes, textures, etc. despite having a similar color they do not even match

0points

Deborah Morris 4 months ago

Ok. I 100% agree. No color-coded bookshelves!!! If you want a rainbow wall, paint it that way.

0points

Mi So 4 months ago

Clothing in rainbow order is also highly satisfying.

0points

Blue Bunny of Happiness 4 months ago (edited)

Having spent my formative years working in a library, starting at one end and going to the other putting books in Dewey Decimal order, this gives me the heebe jeebies.

0points

Hoi-Polloi 4 months ago

My lawyer is like that. He's got about a hundred books all the same color and binding, on a shelf behind his desk. Tell me he can find the one he wants, I dares ya!

0points

Mi So 4 months ago

He probably can, actually. It’s likely similar to the encyclopedias of yore, which all looked the same but each book was a different letter. Thinking of lawyers, it’s probably broken up by statutes, case law, chronologically, or some such. And probably a database saying case whatever in volume X, years Y to Z.

0points

Alewa 4 months ago

My book shelf is colour coded because it helps me to find a specific book. I remember what the spine looked like...but not necessarily the author or the title.

0points

Vermonta 4 months ago

I have kept very few books. Move a few times and you will too. Plus, I already read it. But I did keep my favorites - Calvin & Hobbes, The Smart Aleck's Guide to American History, and the Comedy Thesaurus

0points

Don't listen to me 4 months ago

Oh please reading order. So by type ie cook books, information stuff, fiction etc. Fiction by author anyway.

0points

MomaBear 4 months ago

I like sorting my stuff by colour, it makes me happy

0points

Caroline Nagel 4 months ago

This kind of ordering bookshelves is useless.

0points

Amy Smith 4 months ago

I'm too busy being freaked out by the fact that the tops of the books are different heights, my shelves can't look like that. I do quite like the colour coding theme on shelves though

-1point

#11

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Using too many iconic designer pieces.
Too many notable pieces. When everything is just a name. This relates to fashion too, if someone's wearing designer everything it can get tacky.

ethancgaskill , benundseinstein Report

Final score:

17points

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CrunChewy McSandybutt 4 months ago

That is a very tall man.

15points

#12

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out (Bad) vinyl flooring.
House flippers are buying the coolest homes and absolutely destroying them, and the flooring is the one that I see most often. These really high contrast, printed looking vinyl wood floors - it's bad. Your floor doesn't need to make a statement.

ethancgaskill , Beazy Report

Final score:

13points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

What's wrong with it? Unless you go for the really cheap ones, it looks elegant, is waterproof, it's easy to install and not that expensive. You can get really good quality, in different textures and styles for a fraction of the cost. It also does not need actual wood, which are normally high end like basswood, redwood, teak or oak, which add to deforestation.

29points

ethancgaskill , PrettiestPrintable Report

Robert also says it's not about calling people out for their poor decor choices. "We're not just saying, 'Don't get this ugly chair. You're pathetic.' We're trying to find ways to make everyone's life easier and have a space that's lasting, that's better for the environment because we're not throwing things away, making people happier."

#13

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Mass produced quirky art prints.
These are the new 'Live, Laugh, Love' signs. They're always a food pun or a cowboy hat. An art print of 12 pickle jars? You can do better

Final score:

12points

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Sherman 4 months ago

Who cares?

42points

#14

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Oversized objects.
Those chain link marble things, they can be wood too, oversized glasses, paper clips, even those hand chairs. They bother me for some reason, they're very tacky.

ethancgaskill , HandShapedChairs Report

Final score:

10points

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TheElderNom 4 months ago

But mini stuff is okay? And what about my dice box in the shape of a big dice?

11points

#15

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Hardware store supply furniture.
That's the wood pallet coffee tables, using cinder blocks as night stands, or God forbid you take that polyurethane and make that foam cloud mirror. I don't want my home to look like that, leave it to the bars.

robertgigs , Tamilles Esposito Report

Final score:

10points

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LynzCatastrophe 4 months ago

Don't insult my giant wooden spool end tables. I worked hard on making those pretty.

31points

Creating your personal interior style can be difficult. Similarly, as with fashion, we tend to be persuaded by trends and the media about whether a piece of decor or furniture is acceptable or not. I, too, like to scroll through Instagram and TikTok for home design inspiration, but, ultimately, it should be about developing your personal style rather than chasing fads, right?

#16

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out White/cream boucle.
It never looks good, it collects dust, it does not hold up over time. It looks like it always has clumps of hair in it.

ethancgaskill , mk. s Report

Final score:

9points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

I think OP overestimates the use of a vacuum cleaner...

17points

ethancgaskill , MathildaHomeStore Report

#17

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Uninspired coffee table books.
There are so many coffee table books, and I see only this Tom Ford coffee table book. There are so many, I think I thrift 10 a week with the coolest imagery in it and they're inspiring.

Final score:

8points

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BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

Where is OP going that they only have this one very specific book? :)

14points

#18

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out 'Quirky' candles.
Specifically these cube-ball candles or the squiggle candles in general. I feel like they're always collecting dust, no one ever lights them.

robertgigs , HelloWenStudio Report

Final score:

7points

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Sherman 4 months ago

Imagine getting so upset over SOMEONE ELSES DECOR! N having enough stupid posts to make an entire listicle about it.

41points

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Leonard Bessemer, a furniture designer and the founder of Objects for Objects, told The Washington Post that what you see on the screen won't necessarily look nice in your home. "People want to imitate really cool aesthetics they see on Instagram, which I think is great, because then your home is going to look nicer, but the fallacy is that it isn't necessarily your personal style."

#19

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Peel and stick / amateur DIY project.
Overly DIY'ed spaces. I don't want to have the edges of my countertops peeling. It just feels so temporary.

robertgigs , Curtis Adams Report

Final score:

4points

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Ace 4 months ago

DIY doesn't have to mean low quality. Poorly executed is poorly executed, whether by an amateur or a 'professional' tradesman.

41points

#20

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Making everything a moment.
Your appliances don't need to be a moment. Now I'm seeing squiggle light switch covers, your light switch doesn't need to be a moment. Some things can just be simple.

robertgigs , PrintedWeird Report

Final score:

4points

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EM 4 months ago

Ah look at its happy little face. Leave it alone.

42points

#21

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Washable rugs.
In theory this is a good idea, but you end up with a very weird piece of fabric on the floor that looks wrinkly.

robertgigs , PadaWorks Report

Final score:

4points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

Aren't all rugs washable? How else are you going to keep them clean? You just need to send them to the cleaners.

15points

So, how can people find their own home aesthetic? Stylist Allison Bornstein has an interesting suggestion – the three-word method. You choose the three words that best describe what you want your home to look like and build your aesthetic around that. Bornstein herself used the words "classic, '70s, and elegant" for her home.

#22

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Using dining room chairs as accent chairs.
Using the chairs as a wrong function. You can't tell if it's a dinning room chair or a living room chair, they're a little to flimsy to be either or.

ethancgaskill , Artem Lysenko Report

Final score:

3points

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EM 4 months ago

If it fits I sits.

38points

#23

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out A pop of color (in an all white/beige/grey space).
I'm talking about those all neutral rooms with three teal pillows. Color intertwined throughout your space is way better.

robertgigs , Max Vakhtbovycn Report

Final score:

3points

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Nicola Roberts 4 months ago

I think this is just personal choice.

23points

#24

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out 'Boho chic aesthetic.'
It's so trying too hard. The whole aspect of bohemian style is going with the wind, travelling, eclectic and this is too much. It looks like a lot of nail salons. Just go more simple, you don't need to nail a basket to your wall.

robertgigs , Alyssa Strohmann Report

Final score:

1point

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Vermonta 4 months ago

I had thought boho was more colorful than this but this is like a storeroom for different shades of beige

16points

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The stylist also suggests adding one more word for every separate home space. So, a living room could be playful, modern, and colorful. Then, you'd add one more adjective, like "warm." Bornstein told The Washington Post that mistakes are going to happen, and they might help you filter your three keywords.

#25

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Waterfall edges on a kitchen island or a countertop.
To me this just reads cold and heavy. Even worse - when they do it only on one side.

robertgigs , Point3D Commercial Imaging Ltd. Report

Final score:

0points

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Papa 4 months ago

Does OP think waterfalls have two edges?

8points

ethancgaskill , gorden murah surabaya Report

#26

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Grommet curtains.
Curtains with those really thick, metal or plastic circles at the top. It's like you have a shower curtain hanging in your living room.

Final score:

-1point

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Austin Sauce 4 months ago

What if I like getting wet and naked in my living room?

35points

robertgigs , DoubleDutchCrochetCo Report

#27

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Fake food decor.
Croissant and baguette lamps, egg shaped pillows or cheese block candles. Every food object has become a pillow.

Final score:

-7points

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PeePeePooPoo 4 months ago

You need to find your sense of whimsy.

61points

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Designer Kati Curtis told Homes & Gardens that her strategy is to mix several styles. That way, no piece of furniture or decor ever really goes out of style. "This approach avoids the ephemeral nature of trends and embraces a design philosophy that stands the test of time, creating a home that feels both lived-in and loved," she explained.

#28

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Big box store / mass produced art.
The fake Van Gogh paintings, the Banksy prints. It's like home staging. We know that those aren't original, you know that, you're not trying to fool anyone into believing that, but there's just such better artwork. Support local artists, print a piece of art from your travels.

robertgigs , DigitalArtLondon Report

Final score:

-7points

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mandy the capibara 4 months ago

Meh. If people like something, even if it is massively overhyped and a reproduction, that's cool. There's a reason why many people like looking at a Klimt, Monet, or a Vermeer, so if that's what makes you happy, go for it. Buying or thrifting real artworks is great, but if you can't find something that you like and can affort, no shame there

69points

#29

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Bedroom sets (all from the same exact collection).
In theory it seems like the obvious solution having a very cohesive space, they all go together, but it feels way less unique and is so much more expensive.

robertgigs , Jonathan Borba Report

Final score:

-8points

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Arcady Royzen 4 months ago

as long as you think you can do better with mismatched furniture, go for it. most of the time, you will spectacularly fail :)

13points

ethancgaskill , scontent-lax3-2.cdninstagram.com Report

#30

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Tambour.
It doesn't fit the vibe of many homes and it's way too overdone. Every piece of furniture has it now. Unless you're into loom or really japanese looking style home.

Final score:

-9points

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BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

That photo is (in my opinion at least) a perfect example of a kitchen where the tambour fits the vibes, is not overdone and matches the rest of the furniture perfectly

50points

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Well, if we're already doing this for fun, would you share some decor items you don't like, Pandas? It might help others realize what interior design mistakes they're making or, perhaps, what they're missing. Let us know in the comments!

#31

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Fake vintage/retro appliances.
I hate things that are like a 'groovy' or retro design. Even if it's authentic, I'm really not a fan of that style.

ethancgaskill , ready made Report

Final score:

-14points

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mandy the capibara 4 months ago

Idk, those Smeg appliances do look very good. All appliances have some sort of inspiration, so why cant it be retro too? I personally quite enjoy the variety so that not all fridges etc have the same chrome space-coffin looking design.

45points

#32

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Letting your personal interests be your interior design 'style'.
You don't need too much of one particular thing or style in a space. Your home can speak to your interests in more subtle or timeless ways. You can love fashion, but you don't need to display your Gucci and Hermes boxes as decor.

robertgigs , Ron Lach Report

Final score:

-15points

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Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

Your interior design style *should* reflect your personal interest. That is what makes a house a home. It adds character, personality and uniqueness. Otherwise your house will look like a hotel. Trick is not to overdo it, and be tasteful. And also, be you.

47points

#33

34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Keeping old Aesop / Le Labo soap bottles and refilling them with cheaper alternatives.
If you want an attractive soap situation in your bathroom there are plenty of cool refillable soap dispenser options.

ethancgaskill , aesop.com Report

Final score:

-23points

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BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

What happened to reduce, reuse, recycle?

49points

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34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out Patterned tiles.
They're giving AirBnb core, trying to be quirky. They look cheap to me.

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Joanne Earle 4 months ago

I'd rather have this than the 1950's era linoleum in my kitchen that, no matter how hard I try, never gets completely clean despite weekly vacuuming and mopping. It's just too old. I wish my dad was still alive so I could ask him why every room in the house was renovated over the years EXCEPT the kitchen.

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Druklet 4 months ago

This article is just, 'My taste differs from other people's, and you need to hear about it!' Let other people like what they like!

65points

Binky Melnik 4 months ago

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Gambit22 4 months ago

As a huge fan of extremely tacky decorations, I can tell I'm not this article's target audience xP

35points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

I both respect you for that, and will probably get burning eyeballs if I look at your house ;) I hate it, and love that you go for it!!

10points

Boy-Ahn 4 months ago

This is such a bad, negative, whiny article. I hate it.

15points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

I say this as someone who is passionate about design: people take interior design way too seriously, and are needlessly judgy about it. If it's too trendy, or not unique, people are immediately scolded for liking something. Trends are trends for a reason: they are something that many people happen to like. Want your house to look like a 50's Berlin carpark? Go ahead. Want your house to look like the trendiest of all tiktok trends? If that's what you truly like; do your thing. Don't want to think about it at all, and just buy whatever is available at your local store/thrift shop? I mean, I may think that the only real place for a 'live laugh love' sign or a fake flamingo is inside a burning fireplace, but if you do truly like it: go for it, it's your house.

15points

Captain Kyra 4 months ago

I'd be careful burning a fake flamingo but other than that I completely agree

4points

Jill Rhodry 4 months ago

Meh, your home do what you want.

13points

BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

After reading this, i think i'll just go home and burn the place down. Who knew i was doing everything wrong?

11points

DetriMentaL 4 months ago

Well.. This article was a waste of time. Moral of the story-dont fill your comfort zone with things you appreciate, its ick.

11points

bbgorilla 4 months ago

Just let people enjoy things

8points

Anxiousguest 4 months ago

The person who wrote this needs some chocolate, maybe ice cream too. He/she is too angry with life. Especially others lives.

7points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

They probably just need to watch fewer makeover programmes on the telly.

3points

BoredWolfe 4 months ago

What a bitter, mean, and small-minded excuse for an article. Decorate your home how you like and leave everyone else alone.

5points

Claire Collymore 4 months ago

It’s certainly very arrogant to say that an item looks cheap or tacky just because it isn’t to your taste.

3points

gibsonpic 4 months ago

What a ridiculous article, who bloody cares what people put in their houses as long as they are happy with it!! The whole thing is so judgy.

3points

Ample Aardvark 4 months ago (edited)

I'm glad those two arseholes don't live with me!

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

These are merely opinions, and OP makes them sound arrogant, pretentious and sanctimonious without supporting any of its views in merely the "I don't like it" vibes.

3points

Willie D'Kay 4 months ago

That was the most pretentious piece of opinionated garbage I have ever wasted moments of my life reading. Let people make their safe space however their heart likes it without trying to appease the designer goons.

2points

Rosie 4 months ago

Honestly, who cares if things are in fashion, belong to this or that style or whatever? Unless you're staging a home to sell it, use whatever you like! Enjoy your tacky oversized homemade c**p! It's fun & makes *YOU* happy. I'm 65 & have more fandom posters/pics on my walls than when I was a teen! And don't get me started on the Funko Pops & manga on my shelves!

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Clare-Ann Lloyd 4 months ago (edited)

So often these design influencers talk about interior decor do's and don't from the perspective of what a visitor might see or think of your taste. They fail to understand that a home should be styled for the people living in it. If a visitor thinks it's tacky or dated, who cares! I invite people to my home to have a nice time and enjoy each others company, not to have my home critiqued. Anyone, guest or otherwise, who is critically viewing other people's living spaces needs to get over themselves!

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Shawnna Clement 4 months ago

I only agree with two points. I'll add that the light neutral style is impractical for anyone with pets or children. First, the industrial look has zero personality and I can't imagine someone truly enjoying living in its coldness. Second, choosing a style only because it's popular will make a home look cookie cutter, dated and won't satisfy you in the end. I've seen to many remodels that went overboard on farmhouse style. Some elements are timeless, but there's always a better option than half- functioning barn doors folks. They're impractical as well as shiplap which is a magnet for dust and must be vacuumed.

1point

Tom Morrison 4 months ago

There might be one or two things I disagree about, but the most amusing part is how DEFENSIVE the comments are. If you actually believe your home should reflect "quirky" you, why did you bother to read the whole article? You wouldn't care one way or the other. Obviously they struck a nerve. Particularly for their age, these guys are right on target. Some of you should hire them ASAP.

1point

Adnew 4 months ago (edited)

Come on! When does your taste in decor becomes the only "correct" taste? The most uninspiring piece I've read.

1point

Juanita, the ginger cat 4 months ago

OMG Let people decor their houses the way they want! Like we say here in Brazil, que gente chata do ca*alho!!

1point

G A 4 months ago (edited)

Lousy article-just a lust of people's personal bugbears. Most of them are fine.

1point

Isabel M. 1 month ago

You guys are really, really pretentious. I wouldn't call you to decorate my space.

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Cathy 3 months ago

I wonder what these guys do like 😒 and why are they talking like whiny teen girls?

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Danish Susanne 4 months ago (edited)

I read this article with interest, because it seemed to me, that the author tried to warn about design fads, that will make you wish to do it all over in a year or less, which can be terribly expensive. I didn't really agree with most of the posts, but I liked the idea, because I see a lot of stuff in second hand shops, that could be from here, that is not very old, and often there are several of the same.

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coupon user 4 months ago

This may have been the dumbest article I've ever read on here.

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malanika flugence 4 months ago

These OPs are probably just cranky and constipated. Because why else would you think your decor decisions matter in someone else's personal space. Go take a laxative OPs!

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Hey! 4 months ago

You are not welcome in my house. Extremely judgy. Each bedroom has its own personality. Our office is very long and my side is not decorated as the other side, except for the wall, floor, and cupboard. Our family room has 3 distinct jobs but made to be comfortable: pool table, movies, reading. Our living room is to receive people so it's welcoming but not for too long. LOL. If you don't like people's ideas, change your profession.

0points

Jaron Smith 4 months ago

Excuse me interior design gatekeeper, can we all enjoy our own homes or is that too much for your to tolerate.

0points

Minny Min 4 months ago

With only a few exceptions, I disagree! For many, financial considerations limit how much you can spend on decor. More importantly my tastes are no one else's business. Especially a stranger! I do agree the color-sorted books are just a bit too much, but only for my home. These articles, that throw out opinions like they're gold, are awful and degrading. Especially to us poorer folk.

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Pink purple 4 months ago

This just felt like someone judgemental wanted to vent.

0points

Busydad27 Busydad27 4 months ago

The title of the article is, "34 Interior Design Icks That Might Make You Feel Called Out". Virtually every comment I've read seems to be from people that feel called out. Relax, people, it's just an opinion on the internet.

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Duncan McCann 3 months ago

You're right of course but it is nice to have something to moan about that isn't politics for once. I doubt anyone here really cares what others think of their homes, if they do then too bad really.

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Petra Schaap 4 months ago

i wanna go to this boring peoples houses and tell them they decorated their house wrong.

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Jaaawn 4 months ago

Because we all know Tik-Tok users are the epitome of taste. I don't understand the point of articles like this- it's YOUR living environment, you get ONE LIFE. Make the most of it while you still can't. Every room in our home is grey- from all the woodwork to the ceilings but each room has a different colour main feature wall and everyone that has visited LOVES IT!

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Arlene Harris 4 months ago

proud to be tacky 2024

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Sydney B. 4 months ago

Post title: "Things that may make you feel called out" Pandas when they feel called out: [surprised Pikachu face]

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David Paterson 4 months ago

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Druklet 4 months ago

This article is just, 'My taste differs from other people's, and you need to hear about it!' Let other people like what they like!

65points

Binky Melnik 4 months ago

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Gambit22 4 months ago

As a huge fan of extremely tacky decorations, I can tell I'm not this article's target audience xP

35points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

I both respect you for that, and will probably get burning eyeballs if I look at your house ;) I hate it, and love that you go for it!!

10points

Boy-Ahn 4 months ago

This is such a bad, negative, whiny article. I hate it.

15points

mandy the capibara 4 months ago

15points

Captain Kyra 4 months ago

I'd be careful burning a fake flamingo but other than that I completely agree

4points

Jill Rhodry 4 months ago

Meh, your home do what you want.

13points

BewilderedBanana 4 months ago

After reading this, i think i'll just go home and burn the place down. Who knew i was doing everything wrong?

11points

DetriMentaL 4 months ago

Well.. This article was a waste of time. Moral of the story-dont fill your comfort zone with things you appreciate, its ick.

11points

bbgorilla 4 months ago

Just let people enjoy things

8points

Anxiousguest 4 months ago

The person who wrote this needs some chocolate, maybe ice cream too. He/she is too angry with life. Especially others lives.

7points

Auntriarch 4 months ago

They probably just need to watch fewer makeover programmes on the telly.

3points

BoredWolfe 4 months ago

What a bitter, mean, and small-minded excuse for an article. Decorate your home how you like and leave everyone else alone.

5points

Claire Collymore 4 months ago

It’s certainly very arrogant to say that an item looks cheap or tacky just because it isn’t to your taste.

3points

gibsonpic 4 months ago

What a ridiculous article, who bloody cares what people put in their houses as long as they are happy with it!! The whole thing is so judgy.

3points

Ample Aardvark 4 months ago (edited)

I'm glad those two arseholes don't live with me!

3points

Luis Hernandez Dauajare 4 months ago

These are merely opinions, and OP makes them sound arrogant, pretentious and sanctimonious without supporting any of its views in merely the "I don't like it" vibes.

3points

Willie D'Kay 4 months ago

2points

Rosie 4 months ago

2points

Clare-Ann Lloyd 4 months ago (edited)

1point

Shawnna Clement 4 months ago

1point

Tom Morrison 4 months ago

1point

Adnew 4 months ago (edited)

Come on! When does your taste in decor becomes the only "correct" taste? The most uninspiring piece I've read.

1point

Juanita, the ginger cat 4 months ago

OMG Let people decor their houses the way they want! Like we say here in Brazil, que gente chata do ca*alho!!

1point

G A 4 months ago (edited)

Lousy article-just a lust of people's personal bugbears. Most of them are fine.

1point

Isabel M. 1 month ago

You guys are really, really pretentious. I wouldn't call you to decorate my space.

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Cathy 3 months ago

I wonder what these guys do like 😒 and why are they talking like whiny teen girls?

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Danish Susanne 4 months ago (edited)

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coupon user 4 months ago

This may have been the dumbest article I've ever read on here.

0points

malanika flugence 4 months ago

These OPs are probably just cranky and constipated. Because why else would you think your decor decisions matter in someone else's personal space. Go take a laxative OPs!

0points

Hey! 4 months ago

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Jaron Smith 4 months ago

Excuse me interior design gatekeeper, can we all enjoy our own homes or is that too much for your to tolerate.

0points

Minny Min 4 months ago

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Pink purple 4 months ago

This just felt like someone judgemental wanted to vent.

0points

Busydad27 Busydad27 4 months ago

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Duncan McCann 3 months ago

You're right of course but it is nice to have something to moan about that isn't politics for once. I doubt anyone here really cares what others think of their homes, if they do then too bad really.

0points