Interior design

Just moved in to a new place. Where should we put our TV? Considering getting a TV stand and putting in corner, mounting over fireplace or mounting in corner. Open to other suggestions.

TV is 65”, room is 25 x 13. Picture taken from kitchen.

Today I decided to completely redesign my room, the image attached is the best of what I came up with. Everything else either had no room to walk, or the table facing towards or away from the window which i don’t like. If y’all got any ideas to improve it I’d be thankful :) Also sorry for the HORRIBLE drawing, hope you still understand what’s on it

Did I hang my curtains too high? The rod is about 5” from the ceiling. The ceiling is 9ft. The curtains are 100” and sit about 1.5” from the floor. I used to hang my curtains right about the window but after some googling I saw you’re supposed to hang them closer to the ceiling to get an elongating effect. But now that they’re hung the white space between the window and the ceiling looks odd to me. Thoughts????

I’ve been a professional in the marketing world for 10yrs now. I currently work in the luxury alcohol and cigars space. However, I’ve pinpointed that I’d like to make a transition into the home interiors space (my passion). Specifically, I’d like to be a buyer long term.

Does anyone know where I would even start?

In the middle of purchasing this place.

We are thinking about extending the kitchen, ideally to gain more light/open flow with the garden. My wife wants to go sideways, with an oakframed glass garden room. I'm more interested in a single storey extension towards the rear (plus sideways if budgets allow), with skylights.

Any other interesting ideas/suggestions?

https://www.imgur.com/a/1WRa2GK

Fabric specifically

For context I have a glass door for the balcony and I want a curtain over it. Some additional info are:

1. I live in a very hot and humid area

2. Privacy is very important

Love grass cloth wallpaper and thinking about using a light blue or green color in my bedroom. Just wondering if it will look too much/busy to do an entire room. Anyone have experience with this?

I live in an upstairs apartment building and I’ve gotten noise complaints from my downstairs neighbors about me walking around. Does anybody know any affordable and effective sound-absorbing rugs or mats?

Does anyone who is currently working as an interior designer professionally have any advice as to what is the best path to take to get in the field? Best schooling, bachelors vs certificates, on the job experience or any advice at all?

Thank you in advance. 🤍

(This is going to be a question about pivoting from an interior design career to something else so Mods please delete if not allowed.)

Hi everyone. I’m wondering if someone here used to be an interior designer but has pivoted to a completely different career? If so, what is it?

I’m a Junior Designer with 3 years of experience and I’ve worked in 3 different firms, all have different focuses on practice. While I do feel somewhat fulfilled, I’m not entirely sure if im happy. I enjoy the work, in fact I’m surprised I actually enjoy being a “CAD monkey”. I love space planning, I love reading codes, I love learning about new finishes and materials, I love meeting clients, vendors and going to industry events. But I think I’m just simply burnt out. I’ve had this thought when I first started my “big girl job” but decided to give it some time and told myself to revisit the idea maybe in 3 years or so. And now I’m here 🧍🏻‍♀️

If you’ve pivoted to a different career/industry, I’d love to hear about it and what you did to eventually break in.

sorry if this is touched on elsewhere but i’ve searched and can’t find anything.

basically everything i’m finding says to put a lamp on your dresser. but i worry that with the two on our nightstands, another one will look excessive. never mind me actually have two dressers to style, a tall and wide one.

thoughts?!

thanks in advance!

Hi--I am trying to figure out which element of my new "living room" isn't carrying its weight in the space (I have a feeling it is the Kallax!). I don't have the room fully set up yet, so I am including renderings and photos of the furniture instead. My goal is to have my own little take on Arent & Pyke's use of burlwood and marble, but on my studio apt budget of space (and money!). I am a renter. See my current renderings and furniture here.

I currently have :
--1 blue-green leather MCM sofa
--1 white (eggshell not lacquer) 2x2 KALLAX for vinyl records
--1 white Eames molded plastic rocker repro
--1 vintage ENETRI bookcase off to the side in silver and oak

What I would like to add:
--burl dresser as console (need to double dip on space and it is shorter)
--or possibly a burl coffee table or drink table instead if the above isn't feasible--I don't have room for a side table.

What I feeling ick about:
--I have a weird piece of wall that juts out to conceal a pipe, but I think orienting my sofa towards it breaks up the studio apartment best (at the expense of where to put the TV). I like the general layout I have now for the sofa and TV, but I don't know what to do with the wall with the sticking out--I considered putting small art, putting a big mirror standing up against it, I even considered building out a fake bookcase around it in line with a reals ones on either side but I think it's too ambitious since I don't even have a ladder yet.
--I was coerced into taking the KALLAX but I don't think it fits what I want from the space. I find it's style is just too pop-y--its a holdover from when I have a very 60s retro room built around my instruments and my dad's old giant magnipan speakers---I still want my turntable out but it doesn't need to be here--thought I would love it here but maybe swap out the KALLAX. I could move the couch in and put the KALLAX by the window. I like these (west elm, amazon, ikea)--basically white, postmodern psuedo built-it platform-y office-y shelves--I am also looking at chrome and glass on marketplace.
--My walls are a blue-gray that almost reads as lilac--accurate in the provided renderings. I was going to paint white but was overwhelmed with the move and work. Is what it is. I hope to get some color changing lightbulbs and make it warmer.

Quite honestly, I feel like I could take everything away from the space and the wall sticking out will still make it feel cluttered somehow. Any advice on how to make it blend in more? My current tactic has been to have shelves flush on either side.

Moving into a new apartment next week and conflicted on which wall to put TV on. The previous tenants had the TV mounted from the ceiling (??!) over the nonworking fireplace which feels insane. I won’t be doing that, and I generally dislike how a TV looks over a fire place so I’m leaning toward placing my TV against the white wall over a wood credenza and putting a sectional against the brick, covering the fire place. Conflicted though and wondering if anyone has any opinions or tips that could sway me either way.

The black table will not be there when I move in*

What is the biggest challenge for a chair + table pairing decision?

How do you make that decision? Choose the table first?

Hi all– I have two large bookcases that are pretty full. While I would like to purchase another bookcase of the same type to take the space on the left (where the small table is), it has been discontinued.

While getting any old bookcase will "solve" the space problem, I'm worried that it will clash with the existing two bookcases, especially if it's similar. My current thinking is to put in some floating shelves, but still, that might look a bit odd (maybe put them in between the two bookcases?). So I'm wondering what to do here. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

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Looking for ideas for privacy from our neighbors next door. The lots are very close and sloped which prevents plants from being a solution. I was thinking of stained glass windows on the three windows facing the home next door. Any thoughts on that or any other ideas. Maybe turn the room into a pub room with shelves going across the stained glass?

Our LR window is 108" wide by 72" tall. I was hoping to do roman shades but it looks like we couldn't do one since the weight would be too much. Has anyone done multiple roman shades in one window? Does it look bad, or can they be close enough that they seem like one when at the same height? We're looking for something that can somewhat block the strong Texas sun that blasts through the window in the afternoons

Or maybe you have a better solution? I have curtains right now, but I don't know that I want those in the future.

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This is my current office layout, I recently got a new desk I am building soon so I thought this would be a good chance to rework my space. Looking up things, would facing my desk (white rectangle with measurements shown) with my back to the window (opposite wall of french doors) be better than my current layout? I am currently facing the wall with the front door being on the other side, so it's disturbing when people knock and I can practically feel it. The other furniture in the room is a storage unit with a server on it next to a small couch, two standing lamps, and a display case that I hope to get a second of soon.

My concern with having my desk by the window is I am struggling with the location of the couch mainly. The doors also open fully inward to my office, so I am afraid of putting my glass display by them. Lastly I do need some open floorspace as this is the only room I can play VR in. I am ok with any layout suggestions, I just feel it could be a lot better than it is now.

Chicago, early 1900s build, 2000 sq ft, 2 bath

My partner and I are looking at a very beautiful condo, and the interior architecture is almost right, it just needs some tweaks due to some ill-advised remodels over the years.

Primarily, we’d be looking to sympathetically widen/close-off some openings, create a new lighting plan, add HVAC, and redo the kitchen, bathrooms, and laundry room to both aesthetically match the place while providing some modern conveniences.

We won’t be able to do the whole place at once, but we’d like a cohesive plan to work towards. Something that encompasses everything we’d want to do that can be broken out into $5k-20k projects that would be more manageable for us over the course of 5-10 years.

As we don’t know what everything we’d want will cost in the end, we don’t know what to budget for in terms of the designers fees, as I believe their usually a percentage of the overall budget.

First, this is something that interior designers do, right? I know landscape architects do, but I guess I’m just assuming that interior designers do as well.

Second, can you kind folks give us a (probably very) rough estimate of what we can expect the designers fees to cost us for this kind of request?

(Also very open to local designer recommendations for this)

Hello, I am looking for a coffeetable to go with a couch of 390 cm (12.79 feet).

I have found a couple of options:

150x150 cm or 160x70 cm x2 next to eachother (160x140)

But googling I find the recommendation is for the coffeetable be about 2/3 of the couch’s size..

Opinions?

The style im going for is contemporary modern with rustic touches.

The livingroom is very large.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this so please do redirect me if necessary.

I have absolutely no background in any kind of design, only a personal interest in interior design and decoration. As such, I wanted to ask about how to start learning. What are the kinds of things I should learn about on the topic of design in general and specifically for interiors. Any resources would be helpful, books, videos etc.