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I never liked puddled drapes, I thought it was a waste of fabric. Actually, I prefer blinds to drapes, period! My votes are with the majority of those that voted, #A on both.
I'll also say the rules are fine up to a point. Then it's the personality of the homeowners that comes into play. A space needs to be personalized otherwise it's an architectural digest photo shoot AND not a home.
Puddled drapes were a thing a few years ago, but I haven't seen them in the design mags or TV shows in quite awhile. If anything, the drapery panels look shorter than I think they should be.
I know the designers don't like the furniture all up against the walls. When I furnished my condo 10 years ago, I just placed the sofa and loveseat against the long and short walls, with an easy chair/ottoman angled in the corner next to the sofa. My neighbor has the same layout, but took her designer friend's advice to pull the loveseat out from the wall...I think maybe she has a big palm or something behind it. Can't believe how much smaller it makes the room look! I'll take my non-designer layout.
Nice post! I don't like a big rug underneath the bed. Can somebody explain the appeal?
Maximum dust collection, maybe? I know how much dust I get from under the bed when I go under there with a vacuum on my hard surface floor. Having a rug under there sounds pretty disgusting.
Puddled drapes were a thing a few years ago, but I haven't seen them in the design mags or TV shows in quite awhile. If anything, the drapery panels look shorter than I think they should be.
So the idea is to drag the drapes on the floor? Sounds like a great way for the bottom few inches of the draperies to be filthy in short order. In other words, a stupid idea.
Puddled drapes were a thing a few years ago, but I haven't seen them in the design mags or TV shows in quite awhile. If anything, the drapery panels look shorter than I think they should be.
I know the designers don't like the furniture all up against the walls. When I furnished my condo 10 years ago, I just placed the sofa and loveseat against the long and short walls, with an easy chair/ottoman angled in the corner next to the sofa. My neighbor has the same layout, but took her designer friend's advice to pull the loveseat out from the wall...I think maybe she has a big palm or something behind it. Can't believe how much smaller it makes the room look! I'll take my non-designer layout.
What looks good in a magazine photo doesn't necessarily look good or function in reality. However, **IMPORTANT** the purpose of those magazines is NOT to give you information on how to lay out and decorate your rooms. Remember that "interior design" magazines are a delivery device for advertising. The purpose of the magazines is to induce you to buy the items being advertised by the companies who are buying ads in the magazines. That is all.
Nice post! I don't like a big rug underneath the bed. Can somebody explain the appeal?
I think the appeal is less about the part of the rug under the bed and more about having it stick out so that even if you have a hardwood floor in the bedroom, when you get out of bed, you are stepping on to a rug. Having part of it under the bed is just a necessary feature of having the rest of the rug surrounding the bed.
This is another good illustration on rug size and furniture placement. I think it's fine for someone to do whatever they want, but I personally find it more visually pleasing when furniture is mostly on the rug with just the back legs off of it, and that applies in the bedroom as well.
I can see a rug under a bed or by a bed so your not stepping on a cold floor as you get out of bed. And for some getting out of bed onto any floor other than carpet means possibly slipping, losing your balance, and a fall. I'd think those are the two reasons to have any sort of carpet/rug in the bedroom. That and it absorbs sound.
I agree with the rug being anchored by furniture. The weight holds the rug in place so it's not shifting around (My dogs prove me wrong!) (Especially after a nice chase game!) and it ties the grouping together. Especially in a living room.
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