Home Decor Regrets: Items I'd Avoid Buying Again
Summary
TLDRIn this video, the creator shares personal experiences and regrets about home decor choices, focusing on the challenges of selecting rugs, bedding, seating, and coffee tables. They discuss the discomfort of jute rugs, the impracticality of certain trendy furniture, and the drawbacks of glass coffee tables. The creator also emphasizes the importance of comfort and practicality in home decor, offering advice on choosing the right materials and styles for a personalized and comfortable living space.
Takeaways
- 🏠 The speaker shares personal experiences and regrets in home decor, emphasizing that these are subjective and others may have different preferences.
- 🧶 Rugs are highlighted as one of the most challenging home decor items to purchase due to their size, cost, and the need to match furniture and aesthetics.
- 🚫 Three types of rugs to avoid are jute rugs for comfort reasons, skinny flatweave rugs for their tendency to move, and rugs with long tassels for maintenance issues.
- 🛏️ The importance of choosing the right material for bedding is discussed, with linen being recommended for its breathability and comfort for varying sleep temperatures.
- 💺 Comfort is key when selecting seating, and the speaker regrets purchasing accent chairs that looked good but were uncomfortable for extended use.
- 🛋️ Main lounge seating like sofas should prioritize comfort over aesthetics, and low back couches are not recommended due to lack of support.
- ☕ The downsides of glass coffee tables are presented, including showing dust, fingerprints, and scratches, and the preference for wood or marble alternatives.
- 🖼️ Pleated curtains are recommended for adding a design element and verticality to a room, and can be easily achieved with pleat pins and a curtain track.
- 🪴 For plant enthusiasts, having pots that fit together in terms of color, style, or material can help maintain a cohesive and organized look in a space with many plants.
- 🎨 The idea of letting go of pristine furniture condition is introduced, suggesting that signs of wear can add character and are fixable if necessary.
- 🎂 The speaker casually mentions their birthday plans and appreciation for a gift, adding a personal touch to the video script.
Q & A
What is the main topic of the video script?
-The main topic of the video script is discussing home decor mistakes and items that the speaker regrets purchasing for their home.
Why does the speaker find rugs difficult to purchase for their home?
-The speaker finds rugs difficult to purchase because they are large, interact with every piece of furniture, require the right color, texture, and pattern, and are often viewed online, making it hard to assess them fully before buying.
What are the three types of rugs the speaker regrets purchasing?
-The three types of rugs the speaker regrets purchasing are jute rugs, skinny flatweave rugs, and rugs with long tassels.
Why did the speaker find jute rugs uncomfortable for their home?
-Jute rugs were found uncomfortable because they are scratchy underfoot and more suitable for high-traffic areas like entryways rather than comfortable lounge spaces.
What is the issue with skinny flatweave rugs according to the speaker?
-Skinny flatweave rugs move around easily, get out of position, and flip over, requiring constant adjustment, which the speaker found high maintenance.
What is the speaker's recommendation for rugs in terms of material and simplicity?
-The speaker recommends wool rugs for their comfort and durability and suggests keeping things simple until one has a clear idea of their style, as simple rugs can be versatile and fit into almost any home decor.
What bedding material did the speaker find to be the most comfortable for their situation?
-The speaker found linen bedding to be the most comfortable because it is breathable, cooling, and also keeps them warm, solving the issue of differing temperature preferences between them and their partner.
Why does the speaker advise against getting a low back couch?
-The speaker advises against low back couches because they offer no support for the lower back, making them uncomfortable for extended periods of sitting or sleeping.
What is the speaker's opinion on glass coffee tables?
-The speaker is not in favor of glass coffee tables due to their constant dustiness, visibility of fingerprints, susceptibility to scratches, and the feeling of being unsteady or fragile.
What alternative material does the speaker recommend for coffee tables instead of glass?
-The speaker recommends materials like wood or marble for coffee tables as they are more durable and less prone to showing wear like dust and fingerprints.
What is the speaker's advice regarding curtains?
-The speaker advises getting pleated curtains as they add a design element, detailing, and verticality to the space, and suggests that pleated curtains can be found on platforms like Etsy and Ikea.
What is the speaker's suggestion for organizing and styling plants in a home decor?
-The speaker suggests using pots that fit together in terms of color, style, texture, or material, and either having similar pots or similar types of plants to create a cohesive and organized look.
Outlines
🏠 Home Decor Mistakes: Rugs and Personal Experience
The speaker discusses common mistakes made in home decor, focusing on the challenges of choosing the right rugs. They share personal experiences with three types of rugs they would not purchase again: jute rugs for their discomfort, thin flatweave rugs for their impracticality, and rugs with long tassels for their high maintenance. They also provide recommendations for better rug options, emphasizing the importance of comfort, durability, and low maintenance in home decor choices.
🛏️ Bedding and Seating Choices: Material Matters
The speaker shares their home decor regrets, starting with the choice of bedding material. They explain how switching to linen bedding solved issues with differing sleep temperatures between partners. The speaker also discusses the importance of comfort in seating, warning against the purely aesthetic choice of accent chairs that lack comfort. They highlight the impracticality of low back couches and share a personal anecdote about an uncomfortable movie-watching experience due to seating choice.
🛋️ Furniture Preferences: Sectionals and Glass Coffee Tables
The speaker expresses their opinion on furniture choices, specifically regarding sectionals and glass coffee tables. They defend the comfort and configurability of sectionals, despite their negative perception on social media. The speaker also shares their regret of having a glass coffee table, citing issues with dust, fingerprints, and scratches. They advocate for wood or marble as better alternatives for coffee tables, emphasizing the importance of practicality and durability in furniture selection.
🌞 Curtains and Plants: Aesthetic Cohesion in Home Decor
The speaker discusses their regrets in choosing curtains and plants for home decor. They highlight the benefits of pleated curtains for adding a design element and verticality to a space, and share their experience of finding affordable options on Etsy and Ikea. The speaker also addresses the importance of cohesive plant pots for a tidy and aesthetically pleasing plant arrangement, suggesting grouping plants by similar pots or plant types for a more organized look.
🎉 Birthday Celebrations and Personal Style in Home Decor
In the final paragraph, the speaker lightheartedly transitions to discussing their birthday, mentioning plans for sushi and cake, and showing appreciation for a birthday shirt gifted by Chris. They also briefly touch upon their evolving taste in plants, expressing a newfound fondness for 'grandma-style' plants like citronella. The speaker ends with a casual note on their attire during filming, revealing they are wearing sweatpants off-camera.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Home decor mistakes
💡Personal style
💡Rugs
💡Comfort
💡Bedding material
💡Uncomfortable seating
💡Glass coffee table
💡Pleated curtains
💡Plant pots
💡Cushion
💡Sectionals
Highlights
Personal experience sharing on home decor mistakes and regrets.
Importance of trial and error in finding aesthetic and lifestyle fit for home decor.
Rugs are difficult to purchase due to size, interaction with furniture, and cost.
Jute rugs are not comfortable for lounge spaces due to their scratchy texture.
Skinny flatweave rugs are high maintenance and move easily.
Recommendation against rugs with long tassels due to constant maintenance.
Advocating for simple and durable wool rugs for versatile home decor.
Linen bedding is recommended for its breathability and comfort for varying sleep temperatures.
Uncomfortable seating like accent chairs can be a regret if not needed or comfortable.
Low back couches lack support and are not recommended for comfort.
Glass coffee tables show dust, fingerprints, and scratches easily and feel unsteady.
Wooden coffee tables are a better choice for durability and low maintenance.
The importance of embracing signs of wear in furniture as a natural part of living.
Pleated curtains add design elements and verticality to a space.
Etsy and Ikea are recommended sources for pleated curtains.
Coordinating plant pots can help maintain a clean and organized aesthetic with many plants.
Birthday celebration plans and personal anecdote about a gift shirt.
Transcripts
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we're talking about home decor mistakes
and regrets that I've made and items
that I would never well not never but I
probably won't purchase for my home
again um so this is just based off
personal experience if you like these
things if you have these things that is
totally fine this is just what I would
not get from my home when you have your
first apartment when you have your first
house it's a lot of trial an error in
terms of finding out what works for you
aesthetically and what fits into your
lifestyle it will end up being a lot of
switching pieces out not liking
something getting something else and
that creates your own personal style and
your own personal taste so I've made a
lot of mistakes if you watch my home
updates you see me switching stuff out
all the time buy something don't like it
I saw it on Facebook Marketplace I'm
making this video to share my mistakes
and hopefully you can learn from it okay
I'm going to scooch over here here
because I'm going to put the images in
this area we are starting off with rugs
as a category rugs I think are one of
the most difficult things to purchase
for your home they're super big they
interact with every piece of furniture
in your space you have to get the right
color the right texture the right
pattern and it's difficult because they
are so large they're expensive and
typically you're viewing these rugs
online out of all the things I think
I've purchased for the home or apartment
rugs have been the most difficult thing
for me I have three kinds of rugs that I
would not get again the first one is a
jute rug so we had a juk rug at our old
apartment in the living room and I got
it because I liked the color I liked the
price because jute rugs are typically
cheaper than um other materials but jute
is not a comfortable material it's
definitely for more hi trffic like
entryway type areas not in a comfortable
lounge space so jute is like scratchy
under your feet it is uncomfortable we
ended up later layering a wool rug that
is a little bit smaller I'm a person who
likes to walk around the house Barefoot
and the juk rug was just is not a good
texture so the next kind of rug is those
like very skinny flatweave rugs that
move around whenever you like step on it
or if your pet steps on it like it'll
just always get out of position these
rugs are cheaper because they're thinner
but I was always like so stressed out
about these rugs cuz they'd always move
these they'd always like flip over and
I'd have to fix them I like things I
like things in my house that are not
high maintenance and those skinny rugs
felt very high maintenance to me if you
do want a flat weave rug in your home
you will definitely need some type of
rug pad underneath don't get those cheap
like rubbery ones um I did that and I
regretted it because it did not work
very well you need to get one of those
thicker I think it's made of felt yeah
like a felt rug pad that will stay on
the floor and also add a little bit of
cushion to the rug too because it feels
nice when you're walking on a rug and
there's a little bit of cushion there
the next final category of rug that I do
not recommend at all is a rug with
tassels on it um specifically the long
tassels those are so annoying to have in
your house cuz they also always get
messy they get kicked up um you're going
to end up combing like finger combing
your rug tassels every other day like I
did if you have a long tassel rug and it
looked super messy whenever the tassels
would be like flipped over like scooted
to the side so whenever I would post
pictures of our apartment on Instagram I
would always like finger comb the
tassels to make sure they look nicer
tassles are nice cuz they add a little
bit of texture and detail to the rug but
don't get one that's like longer than
maybe like 2 in yeah I think 2 in and
below is okay but anything more than
that is going to be very annoying for
you the rug that I'm on right now in the
living room it has a little bit of a
tassel on it it's about 2 in long and
that doesn't bother me at all because it
for the most part stays in its spot so
my recommendations for rugs because they
are so expensive and they're difficult
to return I would kind of keep things
simple until you get a good grasp and
idea of what your style is and what
would look good in your space I think if
you don't have a strong idea of what you
want in terms of a rug like if you don't
have a strong idea of the design you're
looking for it's never wrong to go
simple so I love wool rugs all of the
rugs in the house they're all wool and
it's very comfortable and durable so if
you go simple with the rug what's nice
about it is that it can pretty much be
used in any room so say you get a cream
rug in your living room then maybe later
you want something more interesting with
more of a design you can move that cream
rug into your office or your bedroom or
your guest bedroom and it will pretty
much like 99% of the time fit in almost
any home decor so some recommendations
for you there is this wool rug from
article that is called the Texa rug that
was the first wool rug that um Chris and
I got in our apartment and it was such a
game changer it felt so much nicer than
this thin flat weave cotton rug that we
got so I recommend that to pretty much
anyone who asked me for rug
recommendations just cuz it will go with
pretty much anything super soft and then
other than that there's also gab rugs
that you can search up on
Etsy has a ton of really nice rugs that
are decently affordable so my next home
decor regret is not getting the correct
material for my bedding I share a bed
with my partner Chris and he sleeps hot
and I sleep cooler so I'm always cold
he's always warm and we always had this
problem in college where he would like
kind of sweat in the bed sorry Chris for
like exposing you like this but when we
moved out of our College house and into
our first apartment we switched to linen
bedding and that pretty much solved our
issues so we've been using Brooklyn and
bedding for 3 years ever since we
graduated college and linen is just like
the perfect material for us because um
he's comfortable I'm comfortable it's
breathable it's cooling but it also
keeps me warm so yeah if you're looking
for the perfect kind of bedding for you
you can check out Brook linnen who is
the sponsor of this video they have an
assortment of fabrics like brushed
flannel which is super warm and cozy and
then they have cotton and Satine and
linen which is what we have in the
bedroom we have the hardcore wash linen
set in cream I like the cream a lot but
I've been wanting to add more pattern
and detail into the bedroom and they
just released this pattern um called
chromatic window pane which I think is
so pretty cuzz I like the pattern and it
also has an assortment of color so it's
very colorful but it's all muted and I
think that would look perfect for the
bedroom Brook linen is offering a 15%
discount on your first order you just
have to click the link below and use the
code Benji 15 so the next category is
uncomfortable seating I have fallen
victim to it I felt like I used to
collect accent chairs even though I
didn't need them for anything um I've
since Facebook marketplac most of them
but yeah I would get chairs that I liked
the look of but we're very uncomfortable
I think this is fine if you're doing a
few accent chairs or a few side chairs
but your main Lounge seating like a
couch or a lounge chair need to be
pretty comfortable so even this couch I
love it it's beautiful but it's not
super comfortable to sleep in or to sit
on for extended periods of time so like
I was watching a movie and it was about
2 and 1/2 hours and by the last 30
minutes I was very uncomfortable so I
love this couch it's comfortable for a
few hours at a time but anything more
than that it starts to like not support
you too well in the lower back but yeah
the couch isn't actually like that
uncomfortable so I don't regret the
purchase very much but there are some
couches out there that I I'm like I know
that it's not comfortable especially
those low back couches I feel like low
back couches are very trendy right now
but a low back couch offers like no
support for you it doesn't it really
doesn't it might look cool but I would
never recommend getting a low back couch
for example there is the Mario Bellini
sofa that's very popular I don't know if
it's still popular now but it felt very
trendy at the time like in 2022 no one
can tell me those are comfortable I've
sat in one before and it was not
comfortable and they just look
uncomfortable as well so you might see
these kinds of couches on social media
but if these people online are telling
you that it's comfortable I do not I
like just don't believe so I don't want
this to feel like I'm calling someone
out or anything but a while ago I
remember I watched a Tik talker and he
got a new couch and he was unveiling it
and he did this thing where he like fell
back into it and you know when you do
that you're supposed to like fall into
it it's supposed to look very
comfortable but his couch was like a box
he just fell back on it and then he just
like bounced a little bit and I was like
wow that couch actually looks so
uncomfortable so no hate at all to him
um this is just like the best
representation of what I'm talking about
that I could find and I mean the couch
is really pretty but like I would not
want to have that in my house because
it's just not comfortable I don't have a
specific couch recommendation for y'all
because I don't know couch couch
shopping is very difficult but I do have
an idea couch that I would love to have
and it is this couch from truck
furniture they have this one really
popular photo on Pinterest that maybe
you have seen I love this couch it's
very basic it looks simple but it also
looks so comfortable it has this fabric
that is Corduroy and the color looks
super nice and it looks very soft and
it's just like a classic couch and I was
so into this couch at one point that I
was watching YouTube videos about the
couch in Japanese so that way I could
get an idea of how how people sat in it
or like if you could lay in it if it's
comfortable like how does it conform to
the body to ship it to the US because
it's a Japanese brand it would cost like
over $10,000 so that is not
happening anytime soon um but that is
like my dream couch they also have other
really cool couches and other really
cool furniture I also love the name and
The Branding un popular opinion but I
actually think sectionals are fine I
think sectionals are okay but um a couch
with an ottoman that you can move around
is probably better that way you have
more room to configure the couch to the
space sectionals are kind of demonized
on social media but they're so
comfortable like you can't deny it Chris
and I we dog sat and cat sat at one of
our friends house once and they had a
sectional it was so nice because we were
able to both lay down at the same time
like I would lay down on the sectional
part and I'd be on my phone and then
Chris would lay down on the couch part
and like have his head resting in my lap
and be reading or something I think it
like a sectional is ideal for couples so
the next regret that I have is getting a
glass coffee table I really like the way
that glass looks in the living room
because there's a lot of Earth Tones and
a lot of wood and a lot of plants so the
glass balances out those elements and
makes it feel less rustic but I don't
think glass coffee to should really be a
thing well there's a couple reasons so
one of them is that it always is Dusty
like you wipe it one day and then in a
few days it's going to be Dusty again
and it also shows every single
fingerprint and it also gets scratches
very very easily and normally I don't
mind scratches that much but there's
something about scratches on glass I
think the way that it reflects light or
something it just looks so much more
obvious than scratch on wood also this
is just like a maybe it's a me thing
maybe it's just how I feel but I feel
like glass coffee tables feel unsteady
and I feel always like very cautious
whenever I'm around them because glass
is like a scary material in a way that
you have to be precious with because it
can break having that as a high traffic
piece of furniture like a coffee table
where you're constantly setting things
down on it I don't think glass makes for
a good material choice for a coffee
table honestly any other coffee table in
my opinion is better like wood or marble
or I don't know what else what else do
people make coffee tables out of um but
yeah we switched out the glass coffee
table for a wood one and I love this one
feel like I can really I don't know it
can handle a lot more this is a process
that I've been learning but there's
something so nice about letting go of
the idea of keeping your furniture in
pristine condition well I'm not saying
to like destroy your furniture or mess
it up on purpose or not take care of it
there's a stress
relieved from me when I just stop caring
so much about scratches or scuffs any
inanimate object that's interacted with
something that's living is going to show
some signs of wear like a scratch or a
scuff and you know that's okay that is
totally okay like why is it such a big
deal if there's a little scratch on
something also you can always get it
refinished or reupholstered or something
like if there's something wrong with it
then you can fix it later and make it
look perfect again so it's not really
such a big deal next category of regret
is curtains curtains curtains curtains
I've like received comments saying that
I don't say the te's in C curton I
always think oh I need to say the te but
it feels so unnatural like curtain do
you do you say C curtain with the tea or
like
curtain I don't know let me know because
I feel like I'm crazy cuz I've been
saying like that all my life but yes
okay so my regret is not immediately
just getting pleated curtains I never
did pleated curtains when I first
started getting them because I always
thought that getting them pleated was
like more expensive or more difficult to
install I knew nothing about them so
that was just like my belief because
they look like higher end but really
that's not the case at all so yeah I
like pleated curtains because it adds a
little bit of a design element and
detailing and it makes it look more
interesting it's also neater the pleat
also adds some verticality to the space
because of the Shadows of the pleate so
you can have like a vertical element
that's still soft but we got the plated
curtains in the living room from Etsy
actually I found an Etsy shop that was
local to the area and I got it done from
them you can get pleated curtains on
Etsy and I also have ple curtains from
Etsy in the dining room as well you can
also get pleated curtains from Ikea you
just have to get the pleat pins that
come separately so if you get pleat pins
you can just pleat almost any curtain
that they have I think it depends on
what kind of lining they have at thep
top you get the plate pins you get a
curtain track that you install in the
ceiling like your space will immediately
look so much nicer the next regret that
I have and this is mostly for the plant
people out there that like to have a lot
of plants but still care about your
space and designing your space and I
feel like that definitely resonates with
my audience because I do like home decor
stuff and also plant stuff so something
that I wish I considered sooner was
getting pots that fit together pots that
have a similar color or style or Texture
or material I think is really important
if you want to still have a lot of
plants but not make them look so crazy
and messy and disorganized when I see
spaces on Pinterest or on Instagram that
have a lot of plants I always wonder
like what are they doing to group their
plants in a way that doesn't look super
messy because sometimes when I do it I'm
like this looks horrible and it looks in
I've noticed a common theme so either
they have similar pots say all
terracotta um I think there was one that
was like all copper or all brass that
looked really cool instead of having
similar pots you could have similar
plants um so like all desert themed
plants so think of for example in a
garden when you're gardening you
typically don't want to mix tropical
plants with a desert plant in a garden
it just doesn't look right aesthetically
I Was preparing plants for a photo shoot
and they were all in hisami porcelain
Planters and I used all like succulent
Cactus type plants and I potted them in
a very similar way and they look great
as a unit as like a grouping um and it
made for really nice photos as well I
would have wished that I considered
getting pots that are similar to each
other like they don't have to be all the
exact same pots but just pots that maybe
they like speak the same language as
each other in terms of the color palette
or the shape oh also side note I really
been liking like British looking grandma
style plants uh what is it called
citronella that's a geranium I like
citronella lately I've been into plants
that look like they could be at your
grandma's house today is my birthday so
later today we're going to get sushi
with my friends and we're going to eat a
cake from Porto which is this really
nice Bakery here I'm wearing a shirt
that Chris got me for my birthday uh
there's the actor from Challengers his
name is Josh o Conor and he was wearing
the shirt in a picture and I was like oh
that's a really cute shirt and Chris got
it for me so yeah I love this shirt it's
my birthday shirt thank you for watching
and I will see you in the next video
Goodbye Oh my gosh you can see my
sweatpants I'm wearing sweatpants
because y'all couldn't see it um while
I'm filming okay bye
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for
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