Your room doesn't need more stuff. It needs a plan. My new 6-week course, Design Your Room Like a Designer: layout, color, lighting, sourcing, styling + the reveal. Module 1 opens when you join. Presale $149 through Oct 25, then $199: jsinteriordesign.gumroad.com… #InteriorDesign

Is your art too high? Center it at 57 to 60 inches, or 6 to 10 inches above the sofa, and make it about two thirds the width of the furniture below. Lower and bigger almost always looks better. More in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #Renters #NewHome

Find the thing that's the only one of its color in your room. The lone teal vase. The one red pillow. Out it goes, into another room (it might find two friends there). What's your orphan? Read more on Your Design Guide: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #FirstApartment #NewHome #HomeDecor

If you only do one thing today: move one throw or one pillow in your rug's second color onto the sofa or the bed. One move, and the rug finally looks like it belongs. Read more on Your Design Guide: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #SmallSpaceLiving #NewHomeowner #InteriorDesign

Your room doesn't need more stuff. It needs a plan. My 6-week online course is open for presale: layout, color, lighting, sourcing, styling and the final reveal. Module 1 opens the day you join. $149 presale ends Sunday Oct 25, then $199: jsinteriordesign.gumroad.com… #Renters #NewHome

Hang curtains higher than you think: rod 4 to 6 inches above the frame (or halfway to the ceiling), 8 to 12 inches past each side, panels that just kiss the floor. More in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #ApartmentRentals #FirstTimeHomeBuyer

Pick one color that's already in the room and make sure it shows up three times. Once in something big. Once in something medium. Once in something small. Read more on Your Design Guide: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #FirstApartment #NewHomeowner #RealEstate #HomeDecor

One overhead light isn't a lighting plan. Light every room in three layers: ambient on a dimmer, task lamps where you read or work, accent on art. Three lamps, three heights, warm bulbs. More in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #Renters #HomeBuying

One overhead light isn't a lighting plan. Light every room in three layers: ambient on a dimmer, task lamps where you read or work, accent on art. Three lamps, three heights, warm bulbs. More in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #Renters #HomeBuying

Design and the City made @substack's Rising in Design list this week. Grateful to everyone reading along for the design, architecture and beautiful details. designandthecityla.substack.…

Can one surface change how a whole room feels? Last day of my sprint: clear one surface, put back three things at three heights, leave room for a coffee cup. Then take the after photo. Five days, nothing bought. All 5 days free: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #ApartmentRentals #NewHome

City: First Sunday, Pasadena City College. Second Sunday, the Rose Bowl. Third Sunday, Long Beach. Every Sunday, Melrose Trading Post. Read more on Design and the City: designandthecityla.substack.… #ApartmentRentals #NewHomeowner #RealEstate #InteriorDesignTips

Before I buy a single piece of furniture, I draw the room. Measure it, draw it to scale, find the focal point, clear the walkways. On paper, mistakes cost nothing. Week 1 of my new course. Presale $149 ends Oct 25: jsinteriordesign.gumroad.com… #ApartmentLiving #HomeBuying #floorplan

Is your sofa the wrong size? Aim for about two thirds the length of the wall it sits on, leave 14 to 18 inches to the coffee table and 30 to 36 inches to walk. Measure first in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #ApartmentHunting #NewHome #InteriorDesign

A small, happy moment: Your Design Guide made @substack's Rising in Design list at #45. Thank you to everyone who reads, saves a nd shares. Real-life design help, every week: yourdesignguide.substack.com

Why does your room feel cold at night, even with the lights on? 2700K bulbs feel like evening; 4000K and up is office light. Three lamps in a triangle, all 2700K, ceiling light off. Day 4 of my free sprint. Read more: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #FirstApartment #NewHomeowner

The ten-second rug test: are the front legs of your sofa and chairs on the rug? If not, it's probably too small. Living rooms usually need 8x10 or 9x12. Size it right in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #FirstApartment #NewHomeowner #InteriorDesignTips

Living room feel off? It's usually not your taste, it's the layout. Pull seating off the walls so it faces each other, anchor it with a rug every front leg touches, and pick one focal point. Go deeper in my 30-Day Room Redesign Challenge: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #Renters #NewHome

A two-bedroom apartment, two young girls, an empty space and about a month. The plan came first, then the shopping. yourdesignguide.substack.com… 25% off my Apartment Setup Kit, code FIRST25 through Thursday. #apartmentliving #newhome

Spooky-chic, not plastic: a black curved sofa, orange pillows, black tapers and a brass candelabra. Sofa: go.shopmy.us/p-96371128 Orange pillow: go.shopmy.us/p-96371134 Candelabra: go.shopmy.us/p-96371192 Affiliate links. #halloweendecor #ApartmentRentals #HomeBuying

Ever notice a color that shows up once looks like a mistake? My rule: pick one color that's already there and repeat it three times. Big, medium, small. Three times looks like a plan. Day 3 of my free sprint. Read more: yourdesignguide.substack.com… #ApartmentLiving #NewHomeowner