Where to buy quality table lamps for nightstands that isn’t IKEA? I see ikea recommended a lot for table lamps but I have enough furniture from them and I don’t want my home to feel like an IKEA store. My budget is flexible at $200. I like simple designs. Nothing fancy. Any advice or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you redditors! submitted by /u/GeekyGuyBrooklyn

Should I paint the kitchen dark color too or just left it as half Currently working on a project using iron ore color 😂. Need some advice. submitted by /u/Odd-Negotiation-8625

Design school. How did you guys able to finish interior design school,knowing how hard it is? Advice a first year. submitted by /u/Dangerous_Pizza833

Need help with layout and furniture – decor suggestions welcome! As the title suggests, looking for advice on furnishing my primary living space! The space is broken up by a 6’ wide French door on one wall, and a large fireplace mantel on the other, making a “conventional” living room setup a little more difficult. The overall room dimensions are roughly 11’ W x 13.5’ L, although the fireplace-side wall is 2…

Can I mix and match wood in my dining set? Hi! Would it look OK to get these chairs for my darker dining room table? My floors are dark (3rd picture), and I was thinking of getting a natural jute rug. I was interested in lighting chairs bc I just bought a hutch that is light (4th pic) so I was trying to tie it all together. Alternatively, I can chalk paint the hutch. Appreciate the help …

Planning to add uppers over my buffet. In your opinions, will it look okay? ​ Right now we only have two upper cabinets because that’s all our layout will allow. I’m thinking adding uppers over our buffet table but I’m worried they’ll stick out too much and look out of place. Maybe shelves instead? Its really the only place I have available to put anything up. Do you think that’s a good idea? submitted by /u/Succ…

Software recommendations I work in a company that upgrades properties. We are looking for software that converts photos to design pictures that we can then work on to help illustrate what the design will look like. This is particularly helpful for us redoing bathrooms. It is less about furnishings but more about building design. Do you have any recommendations of softwa…

Different door knobs/handles around the world This is something I find really interesting. I live in Scandinavia. The door handles here are shaped so that you easily can get a good grip to open/close a door, a slim long design. But whenever I’ve watched American movies and they display the doors/handles it’s usually round knobs instead of these long, slim handles we have here. I went to a n…

My partner is an experienced bespoke interior design crafts person looking for work in London, does anyone know of any companies she could apply to? She’s been working for 3 years at a studio in West London for a small successful high end company that gets commissions from all over the world making sculptures, furniture, painting, murals, gold leafing, various decorative paint techniques, etc and is looking for work in a similar company or something where her skills would transfer. Does any…

Show me your Japandi kitchen design? Just for a new home and would love a japandi kitchen. Our floorboards are wood and we’re hoping to have wooden lower cabinetry and white color upper cabinetry. Not sure what color the woods should be so would love to see some japandi kitchen inspiration! submitted by /u/Beginning-Bee9489

Updating kitchen. Do these color combinations work? We’re planning on painting our cabinets and adding a new backsplash. We want to avoid getting new countertops due to the cost. Unfortunately our current countertops are very busy granite (small sample in all of the pictures). We’re thinking about doing our island cabinets in the dark grey (first picture) and our wall cabinets and lower cabinets …

I’m at a loss with the layout. I would love to get your general ideas and suggestions… The dimensions are a off on this plan but I’m at a loss at what to do with our space : with the orange space: We had our large dining room table in the middle but it was very wobbly, it became and drop zone for parcels etc. and we never used it so we recently removed it and replaced it wi…

Does doing this DIY without the fireplace look weird? I have a small living room and would like to do some sort of statement wall to put my TV on. The issue is that it needs to be as narrow as possible. I tried putting a bookshelf on this wall but it stuck out too far. Regular TV credenzas or dressers are absolutely out of the question. I came across this DIY and fell in love. I measured how far o…

Have to come up with a name for my company. “Studio Tutenklop” is what I came up with. Toughts? As said, I am inerested in how the name sounds to others (you) and what are the associations when you hear it. Cant wait to hear the feedback and thank you very much for the time put aside. About the company (don’t want this information to influence the first thoughts): We will work with high end cerlit slabs and ceramics, stone and later wooden…

Research on current tools and applications available in the interior design industry. Hi, I am an undergraduate student conducting research on the current applications available to use in the interior design industry, analyzing their visualization features, technology, user interface and other such critical parameters. it would be of immense help to my research project if I could get some authentic reviews and opinions from users…

Yin & Yang Granite I’m remodeling my kitchen and wanted to do a white marbled granite island with black marbled granite on the perimeter of the kitchen. The last picture is the vibe I’m going for, but that granite is all black. Do these two work together, or contrast? submitted by /u/jegspun

3d space models hi!! i have a project coming up where i have to mock curate an art exhibition for a course, i initially wanted to create a hand made diorama of the space but that’s going to be too hard to do financially and resource wise (student things lol). i was wondering if anyone has any reccomendations of a beginner friendly software that would allow me t…

Why do these curtains look wrong? submitted by /u/_yeahdawg

Reducing sound in open floor plan Anyone have suggestions to reduce sounds in an open floor plan house? Living and kitchen are one big room. It regularly gets to 70 dB when someone is using the kitchen or talking on the phone. Already have thick shag rugs on vinyl flooring, but footsteps are still really loud. Can’t put up paneling on the walls due to artwork and TV covering all…

How terrible is this? I got the light on the far left today from ikea. I really like the lamp but its a completely different temperature than my other lights. I’m also not sure I want to change all my other lights to that temperature either. Is this salveagable or do I just need to get rid of it? submitted by /u/arduinoman12345