Get rid of that.
How a person decorates and furnishes their home is a personal choice — yet, one interior decorator just revealed the “ugly” things he thinks should never be in a home.
YouTube and tastemaker Nicolas Fairford took to TikTok to share his — quite controversial — take on five items most people own but should immediately get rid of because they kill a room’s vibe and aesthetic. Those are his words.
First on his list? A TV.
“I moved out of my parents’ house when I was 18, I’m 35 now — and all those years, I’ve never owned a TV. I find that they dominate the room; everybody places their furniture to face that thing. It’s just an ugly black box. I don’t want it in my house to disturb the flow and the beauty,” Fairford explained.
Next on his vibe-killer list is a microwave. “A huge metal box that just takes up too much space. I’m someone who cooks every day and I never need to use a microwave.”
This one is a bit more obvious, but if you prefer to airdry your laundry — here’s your reminder that hanging it all over your home is a major eyesore.
“This is something that I think really kills the vibe in any house. I have a spare room in my house and the laundry goes in there. I close the door and never have to look at it,” the expert said.
Something else that Fairford thinks ruins a home’s vibe is overhead lighting.
“You could have a beautiful interior but if you have the overhead lighting…it makes everybody look a lot less attractive.”
Because a home’s decor is meant to make the people living in it look pretty, right?
Fairford suggested having lamps all around your home — which creates “little pulls of light to cast a nice glow.”
The fifth thing this interior decorator would never dare put into his home is unused candles.
Those sorts of “tapered, pillar candles in glass vases or globes and they’re unlit, gathering dust” look terrible to Fairford.
Expectedly, the people in the comment section of the video had a lot to say about Fairford’s opinions —some agreed, while others chimed in with additional vibe-killer decor.
“I can’t imagine living about stuff that would kill the ‘vibes.’”
“I agree with four of those… But a TV?… absolutely needed.”
“Visible cords of any kind, even outdoors.”
“Live, Laugh, love pictures.”
Now that you’re contemplating redecorating your entire home, there are other “cheap and tacky” things rich people supposedly never have in their homes.
Low-quality hardware, sloppy wiring, generic-looking curtains, ultra-trendy details, clutter, and artifical plants are all items that interior designer and content creator Bri MacDonald thinks “cheapen your space,” as explained in a Business Insider article.
