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ELEGANT DESIGN IDEAS - Elegant Design Made Easy: Practical Tips for a Stylish Home
Dec 9, 2024
Looking for ways to bring timeless elegance into your home? In this video, we’re diving into sophisticated design ideas that can transform your space into a stylish sanctuary. From furniture selection and color palettes to decorative accessories and textures, I’ll share practical tips and inspiration for achieving that polished, high-end look—without breaking the bank! | CHAPTERS | 00:00 Intro 01:27 Closed Storage 06:15 Neutral Colors 12:45 Dynamic Lighting 15:53 Material Selection 19:07 Decorative Accents 24:59 Less Is More 26:00 Outro ✨| FREE DOWNLOAD |✨ The Big List - 101 Places To Shop Home Decor Online https://diannedecor.com/the-big-list | MENTIONED IN THIS VIDEO | Magnetic White Board Sticker - https://amzn.to/4g25lS8 Wall Art Magnetic Dry Erase Board - https://amzn.to/4iywcqS
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hi it's lindsy Diane from Dian decor.com
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in this video we're going to talk all
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about elegant design ideas for the home
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and more importantly we're going to talk
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about practical actionable steps that
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anyone can take to move their home into
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a more elegant design so let's get
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started with what exactly it means to
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have an elegant design having an elegant
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design in your home is all about having
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a comfortable inviting and stylish
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design this is something that everyone
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can enjoy it's an environment that puts
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everyone at ease and makes them feel
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welcome An Elegant design isn't about
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luxury or designer things it's about
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creating a pleasing and inviting
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environment think about public spaces
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that are designed to accommodate lots of
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different types of people
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like Bank lobbies or hotel lobbies or
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airport lounges or office waiting rooms
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these are all designed in a particular
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way they are stylish they are
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comfortable and they are inviting
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certainly some are more opulent than
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others but at their core it's an elegant
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design style so let's talk about five
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ways you can incorporate An Elegant
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design style into your home number one
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is to adopt closed store storage so
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closed storage means that all of your
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items are behind closed doors they are
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not out on display scattered around your
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home it creates a more calming
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experience to not have a thousand little
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things to sort of look at that are
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sitting on countertops so here's a way
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where you can start to adapt closed
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storage sort of one room at a time so
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for instance shoes when we think about
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shoes that are at the entryway or at
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your back door consider instead of
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having a shoe rack or a bench with shoes
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stored under it to instead go for a shoe
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cabinet that will have all of your shoes
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behind closed doors now this doesn't
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have to be an actual shoe cabinet with
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the you know the pull out drawers and
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you insert your shoes in there it can be
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a regular cabinet and you maybe have
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some bins for shoes or you're just
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laying your shoes on the shelves either
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way they're behind closed doors so it's
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really diminishing all of that visual
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clutter especially at an entryway into
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your
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home this is particularly important
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because shoes can look messy really
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easily one Falls over they're not
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standing in a nice neat line they're
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also all different sizes they're
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different colors there's shoelaces
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hanging so just on their own they're
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kind of a messy item to look at if you
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don't have them in a picture perfect
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storage solution so the easiest most
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practical way is to just put them behind
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closed storage I'm not suggesting that
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you put them all in their little
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individual acrylic boxes like people do
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in these Picture Perfect closets that's
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not practical for everyday use
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especially if you have kids running in
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and out it's it's just not a thing that
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you would do in the average home but
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what you can can do is open some cabinet
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drawers drop your shoes on the shelves
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and close the doors so this is a very
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easy closed storage
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solution the next thing that you can do
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to adopt closed storage in your home is
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to opt for a storage ottoman instead of
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a traditional coffee table now this will
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do double duty for you it will still act
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as a coffee table you can put a tray on
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it some of them have hard tops to them
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so it just looks like a regular coffe
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CFE table but inside you can store items
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you can store blankets you can store
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toys you can store video game
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controllers anything that you like to
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use in your living room while you are
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living in that space But you don't
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necessarily want out all the time and
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you need a quick place to store them
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away where they're close to where you're
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going to use them consider a storage
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ottoman it will drastically reduce the
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visual clutter in your room and make it
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feel more calm and inviting hiding your
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trash cans inside closed cabinets is
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another great way to go particularly in
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the kitchen where they may be taking up
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space or even in your bathroom if you
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have a designated cabinet that you know
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this is where your trash can slides in
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or out it will help reduce the visual
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clutter in your space particularly if
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you have open top trash can so let's say
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your bathroom trash cans don't have lids
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on them this is not a great look
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visually right when you're starting to
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throw trash in there you see the liner
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you see the junk piling up instead go
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ahead and put it behind closed doors if
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you can or you can opt for a trash can
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that actually has a lid on it you can go
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for one that's stylish that looks like a
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wicker basket they have a lot of great
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options on Amazon that are Slimline with
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cloth tops the little uh pivot tops
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where you can just drop things in those
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are a better option if you have to have
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your trash can out or if you prefer to
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have your trash can out but if you can
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consider putting it behind a cabinet
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door so that you reduce the visual
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clutter in your space as well as
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creating a little bit more walking space
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in your room as well and last but not
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least consider putting toiletries that
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you have on a bathroom counter behind
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closed storage so instead of using a
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large teered rack let's say for your
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makeup or for your skin care instead use
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a drawer organizer and pull that drawer
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out and have your items stacked and
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organized inside of your drawers instead
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of on the countertops this will give you
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a nice clean surface that is calming and
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inviting elegant design idea number two
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is to adopt a neutral color palette we
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all know that colors evoke feelings and
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a neutral color palette where you're
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looking at creams and Browns and beige
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and white and black gives you a very
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stable Baseline as far as emotions are
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concerned people aren't getting anxious
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they aren't getting excited it just lets
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you stay smooth and steady and that's
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what you want in your home you want it
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to be inviting for everyone now I'm
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certainly not suggesting that you go out
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and repaint all of your walls and get
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new sofas and chairs just to adopt this
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neutral color palette are easier ways to
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take small steps to get you closer to a
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neutral color palette or to have the
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neutral colors be a more dominating
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factor in your space so let's talk about
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how to do that number one is going to be
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to limit labels limit the labels that
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you see because the labels tend to be
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colorful they're meant to draw your
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attention in the grocery store and so
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they're usually have lots of pattern
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lots of bright colors and that can
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really take away from a beautiful
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elegant design so you can either decant
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your products into a more neutral vessel
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so your little hand soaps you can decant
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into a hand soap dispenser that you've
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chosen maybe it's stainless steel maybe
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it's all white or all black whatever it
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is let that container be of a neutral
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color and decant it or you can hide your
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things tuck them into a cabinet where
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people can't see it and use that closed
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storage option to start to limit some of
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the labels around your house so just
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take a look around you'd be surprised
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how many labels are just hanging out so
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you have things like tissue boxes that
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may be in your living room on an endt
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you have dish soap and hand sanitizer
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that might be in the kitchen if you have
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things like uh coffee creamers and bags
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of ground coffee that are out on your
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counter
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by your coffee maker look at all those
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little things that are kind of out that
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don't necessarily need to be out they're
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creating a lot of colorful distraction
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in your space and the closer you can get
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to a more dominating neutral palette the
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better you also want to make sure that
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you clear your surfaces of unnecessary
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items so if that box of burilla pasta is
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out there and you're seeing all that
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blue labeling and it can be be in a
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pantry behind a closed door put it in
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the pantry behind the closed door don't
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leave it out on the counter on display
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the next thing that you want to consider
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doing is to clear off your magnets and
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all of the artwork and notes from your
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refrigerator this creates a lot of
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visual clutter and a lot of colorful
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distraction in your space so you can
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either choose to move some of those
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items from the front of the refrigerator
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and put them to the side of the
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refrigerator or you could use um a
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magnetic sheet they have adhesive
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magnetic sheets that you can put on the
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inside of your cabinet and you can store
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your magnets there you can store notes
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there or you can look for some of the
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framed magnet boards that look like just
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pieces of artwork but they are magnetic
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and you can usually uh write on them as
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well as like a dry erase board and so
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when you want to clear it it just looks
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like a beautiful piece of artwork but if
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you need it to tack up a few things you
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can do that as well slip covers are a
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great affordable option for covering
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colorful Furniture so if you have a
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piece of furniture that is very colorful
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or it's highly patterned and you want to
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sort of tone down that look and you want
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it to just be a plain cream uh sofa or
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love seat instead of all of the pattern
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that it has on it go for a slip cover
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they're very inexpensive and they're a
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great way to change up the style of your
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furniture without having to buy a whole
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new piece other things that can detract
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from a neutral palette are hanging
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storage for papers papers magazines
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books if you have hanging racks where
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you're storing that sort of stuff it can
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really create a lot of colorful
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distraction on your walls so consider
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using something else to store those
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items you can also consider using a
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cabinet instead of open toy storage we
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know a lot of the times the open the
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drop and go open toy storage where the
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bins are sort of tilted down towards you
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and it's easy for kids to throw those in
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it's just as easy for them to slide out
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an acrylic bin that's labeled and toss
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their items in there slide it back into
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a cabinet and close the doors that's a
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more elegant storage solution for your
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toys so that you can make sure that you
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still have that functionality in your
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home that you need but when everything
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is put away the space just looks nice
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and calm and clean and you aren't seeing
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a stack of bins with all sorts of
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colorful blocks and stuffed animals and
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dinosaurs and all that stuff they may be
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off the floor and they may be in their
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bins but you're still seeing that
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visually so instead consider rounding
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those up and putting them behind closed
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storage so that you can have a more
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neutral color palette family f photos
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are another thing to look out for while
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I love a great Gallery wall if you have
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multiple Gallery walls or you have lots
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of framed family photos that are on
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Console tables or end tables and
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Scattered throughout your home the
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colors the frames they can really
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detract from your neutral color palette
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so consider limiting the amount of
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little photo vignettes that you have
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around your house maybe limit them to
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the bedroom or some of the uh less hi
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trffic areas or you can consider
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printing some of those photos in black
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and white so that you don't have the
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colors drawing your attention all the
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time the next way to create an elegant
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design in your home is to make sure that
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you have an upgraded lighting plan the
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lighting really makes a huge difference
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and a dynamic lighting plan is much more
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elegant than a singular lighting plan so
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when I say a singular lighting plan I
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mean you just have your overhead lights
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and that's pretty much about it if you
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have lighting that is from above that's
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at eye level that's maybe eye level when
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you're sitting and then possibly floor
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level that's a more Dynamic lighting
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plan and you can really manipulate the
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space and the way it feels in that space
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by having all of these different
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lighting options surely you wouldn't
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have them all on at the same time but
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having the uh the different lighting
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options will allow you to set the mood
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at certain times of day so in the
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evening you might be shutting off all of
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your overhead lights your big lights and
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instead you have your sort of task
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lighting that's on the sides of your
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sofas or you have some under cabinet
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lighting lit in your kitchen and then in
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the evening time when it's night time
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maybe you just have some floor level
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lights going on that help you see and
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create a nice subtle illumination that
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makes it safe for people to move around
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the house in the dark it's a great way
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to create an elegant design in your home
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make that Dynamic lighting plan I have a
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video All About supplemental lighting
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that I will link in the description box
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below it's full of affordable actionable
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steps for you to add supplemental
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lighting like pict lightings and wall
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sconces and under the cabinet lighting
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and stair lighting there there are a ton
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of options and they are very affordable
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nowadays so I will link that video in
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the description box below and make sure
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you check it out and another way to move
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your space into a more Elegant Style is
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to make sure that you upgrade your
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Builder grade lighting into something a
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little bit more stylish so you may be
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changing out your standard over overhead
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kitchen light for maybe a flush mount
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chandelier or something like that again
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we have videos all about uh different
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lighting styles for the kitchen but in
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general look for some nice lighting for
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your entryway for your dining room these
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again don't have to be expensive you can
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find nice little chandeliers for $150 or
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so and you can have them installed use
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Tass rabbit or one of those other sort
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of gig uh services to be able to get
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somebody to come out and install it for
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you you don't have to worry about
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getting up on a ladder and messing with
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the electricity yourself it's very
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affordable to just have somebody come
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out from one of those Services they'll
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take an hour they'll install your
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chandelier or whatever lighting fixture
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you have and you will instantly have an
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upgraded and elegant looking
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space the next thing you can do to help
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move your space into a more elegant
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design is to address your material
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selection in your home so consider
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swapping things that are plastic for
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things that are glass ceramic terracotta
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or just otherwise a stone wear or
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leather metal something that's woven go
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for those materials and that material
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pallet over plastic little figurines and
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trinkets
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if you have the option just slowly start
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to swap out some of your materials
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around your home this also includes your
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rugs so consider your area rugs if you
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have ones that are just a
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flat um a flat pile that has a printed
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pattern on it maybe consider swapping
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that out for something that's woven or
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something with a high low pattern we
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want to let the texture create the
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visual interest over prints and patterns
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so when you have your sofa you can do a
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tone on tone look you don't have to
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worry about all these different
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complimentary colors if your sofa is
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cream or beige you can still do cream
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and beige pillows but vary the textures
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vary the materials so go with velvet go
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with um satin go with something with a
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little bit of piping on it or something
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with fringe or pom poms it's this sort
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of texture that's going to add the
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visual interest into your space in a
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more elegant way than a buffalo check
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pillowcase or a you know uh jaquard
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Prince whatever you know what I mean
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it's instead of looking for those
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different colorful patterns look for the
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textural experience that's a more
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elegant way to create visual interest in
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your space also don't forget your wall
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art so instead of going for the cheap
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prints instead look for paintings look
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for sculptures or look for hybrids the
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hybrids are the things that we most
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often see at like HomeGoods and
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Marshalls they prints that then people
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have gone over and done some little
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embellishments with brush Strokes on top
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of them it's still usually machine done
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um but it does create a little bit of a
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textural element they are certainly much
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cheaper than getting a hand painting
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right because lots of us can't afford a
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an original hand painting but if you
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have the choice between a regular print
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a flat print that has no texture on it
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at all and a hybrid I would go for a
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hybrid if you have the option between a
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hybrid and like a wall sculpture then I
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would definitely go with a wall
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sculpture
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they're much more dynamic they create a
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lot of visual interest and it adds that
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textural moment into your space and the
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last way to help move towards a more
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elegant design is to secure the
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placement of your decorative accents now
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we all know that when you're flipping
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through Better Homes and Gardens or
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architectural digest or any of those
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design magazines they are are staged
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they are for editorial purposes they are
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not homes that depict active living
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right they are you rarely even see
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someone sitting on a sofa and we all
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know that the minute someone sits on a
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sofa guess what your pillows get
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flattened out maybe that cute little
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throw blanket that you have over the arm
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starts falling down and the placement of
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your decorative items is constantly in
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flux when you are actually living in
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that space and we want to create an
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elegant design for spaces that are meant
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for living that's just practical for all
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of us we're not living in staged homes
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now there are a few little tricks to
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help keep some of your decorative
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Accents in place so that you have that
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more polished look without having to
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straighten things out a million times a
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day so the first thing that you can do
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is you can add weights to your curtains
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so if you have cheaper curtains that are
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not particularly heavy they're not
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drapes right usually in a more luxury
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interior you're going to see drapes
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they're heavy they hang a certain way
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because they have the weight on them you
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don't usually see drapes that are all
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over the place because they have the
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weight to hold them in place but lighter
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curtains that we might buy at Target or
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Walmart or Amazon don't have that kind
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of weight to them but you can add
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curtain weight you can clip them onto
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the bottom or you can sew them in and it
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will help create that pull that will
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keep your pleat in place and keep your
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curtains in place so that when you slide
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them open they aren't flying and hooking
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onto the edge of a chair or the edge of
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a dresser or something like that they're
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going to have the weight to swing back
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and hang in place and this is a really
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easy and affordable way if you are
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having trouble with keeping your
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curtains looking just so also consider
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using tie bag
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that's another way to create a more
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uniform look when you open your curtains
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open them use the tiebacks to hold them
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in place so that then you have that nice
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swoop and hang down action when your
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drapes are open or when your curtains
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are open Museum putty is a great
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solution for tabletop accents that keep
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shifting around so if you have smaller
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little
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accessories that are constantly kind of
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sliding out of place because you know
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people bump into a counter or your kids
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are touching it and looking at it or
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whatever it is your dog bumps a table
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and you want to create that beautiful
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vignette and you want it to stay in
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place consider the little tacky Museum
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putty and put them underneath so that
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everything stays in place you can also
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do this in your drawers if you have like
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utensil holders in the kitchen or you
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have little drawer organizers in your
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bathroom that are inserted in your
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drawers and you want them to stay in
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place and you don't want that stuff to
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slide around use the museum putty and
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just put the little tacky bits
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underneath and it will stay in place
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perfectly you can also again use these
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for your wall art so if you are using uh
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like a hammer and nail to put up your
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framed artwork you'll know that the
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bottoms still swing right you might have
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a picture wire that or you have hooks
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where your um picture frame is holding
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at the top but the bottom might still be
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uh in flux so instead you can use the
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museum putty to tack them down in place
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another option is to go ahead and use
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the command strips instead of using
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Nails in your wall use the command
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strips they hold a lot of weight so
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unless you have a crazy heavy frame that
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you need your picture wire for use the
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command strips and then you'll have some
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at the top and at the bottom and your
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picture is not going to go anywhere
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another item in your home that may be
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sliding around all the time is your
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duvet insert now usually we have ties or
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buttons inside the duvet cover that
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allow you to connect the insert and the
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cover together to try to hold them in
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place but sometimes it's just not enough
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the ties Come Undone they're not great
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instead consider getting some of those
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ironon snaps to add some supplemental
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security to your insert so that when you
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make your bed you have that beautiful
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fluffed out look and you don't have a
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whole bunch of filling towards one side
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and you're always fiddling it with it to
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get it to look just right when you have
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the snaps everything stays in place so
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consider grabbing a set of those they're
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very inexpensive under $15 and it will
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help secure your bedding so that when
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you make your bed it's beautifully laid
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out every time similarly if you have
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some decorative towels in your kitchen
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or in your bathroom use the little clear
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acrylic towel Clips to keep them in in
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place so when you hang them over let's
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say the edge of your stove or something
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like that you can put the little clear
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acrylic clip on top and it will keep
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them in place they won't be sliding this
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way or that and hanging so far over that
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then they fall on the floor you know
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what I mean so all those little things
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that are really beautiful when they're
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in place but in real life they get
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messed up really really quickly so
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consider those little Clips to keep
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stuff like that place last but not least
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is to swap out some of your decorative
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vignettes for a larger statement item so
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a lot of the times we hear about the
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rule of three or the rule of five when
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you're creating decorative vignettes so
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you got like that little stack of books
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and you got your candle holder on top
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and you know all those little clusters
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of items that you use to decorate we've
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put them on teered trays we've put them
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on you know console tables near your
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entryway we put them on coffee tables
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instead of having a bunch of little
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clusters of things all over your home
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for decoration go for one larger
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statement item all the better if it's
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textured and has like a tactile feeling
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that creates that visual interest again
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it's it's all the better if it's that
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but instead of having all the small
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pieces go for something larger not only
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does it create a better visual impact
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but you then don't have a bunch of
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little things that are going to shift
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around and you're going to have to
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straighten out and Fiddle with every
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single time you walk by so that's it for
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my list of five elegant design ideas and
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those are all the Practical actionable
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tips for how to go about moving into a
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more elegantly designed space I hope you
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inspiration over there thank you so much
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for watching and I will see you in the
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next one bye
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