Rapid fire opinionated design tipsfrom @lilswalty

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Things are changing rank it has to be cooler than all of your friends. A rapid fire edition. Your plant should be slightly inconveniencing you. Hi. I'm Lily. I'm an interior designer, and if you can walk around your plant without adjusting your body, it's too small. I want one dramatic branch in your peripheral vision at all times. A plant should feel like it moved in against your will. Paint your doors, not the whole room, just the doors. It's weirdly hot. One color, every door. Suddenly your house looks intentional. Put something confusing in your entryway. Tiny sculpture, a weird framed photo, a lamp that looks mildly haunted. Your home should have a sense of humor. Your hardware is too well behaved. I am begging you to stop buying the same matte black bar pulls everyone else has. Give me something strange, something chunky, something that looks like it was stolen from an old hotel. Do something insane to a tiny ceiling. Wallpaper it. Paint it oxblood. Put stripes on the ceiling. Tiny rooms can handle drama. In fact, they need it. And put up something you made. I don't care if it's bad. Actually, it's almost better if it's a little bad. Bad. A weird painting, pottery from a class you took once, something handmade immediately makes a house feel more alive. Perfect homes are boring. I want evidence that a real human being lives there.