5 General Decoration Errors That Can Make Your Home Feel Less Interesting, According To Designers

JAKARTA - Imagining stepping into a house that welcomes you with warmth. That's the dream of many people when decorating their homes. However, often even though all elements look 'beauty', a house actually feels bland and unfriendly. According to interior designers quoted on The Spruce, Wednesday, September 24, many of the unpleasant impressions come from small decoration errors that are often missed.

In this article, you will investigate the five most common decoration errors that can make the house feel less attractive. As well as practical tips for you to reverse that impression into an attractive comfort.

According to Maria Wu (Studio Wu), the entry room or foyer is the 'first stage' that guests see. If there is no drop zone area or special place to hang a jacket, put your shoes or bag, guests will be confused and the atmosphere will soon feel awkward.

Solutions:

Make a functional point in the incoming area. It can be in the form of a small bench, an open shoe rack, a wall hook, or a decorative balance for everyday goods. That way, once you enter the house, people already feel the impression that the decorations are considered and functional.

Melissa Roberts of Melissa Roberts Interiors warned that disproportionate furniture to the room would damage the visual balance of a room. Coffee tables are too far from sofas, large chairs dominate small rooms, or tiny sofas that look 'flagged' in a large area, all of which can make the atmosphere odd.

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Furniture with firm lines, plain walls, and a few textile elements can create a rigid impression like being in an office waiting room. Roberts stressed that the use of textiles such as pillows, curtains, carpets, and blankets is essential to create warmth and comfort.

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Bad lighting, whether too bright, too minimal, or just using a roof light, can change the space from comfortable to cold and unfriendly. Roberts suggests using a light layer: ambient lights, accent lights, table or floor lights, even mirrors to reflect natural light.

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Thomas' Christian from Studio Thomas reminded that space filled with elements of straight lines and sharp angles can feel cold and clinical, similar to hospital spaces. Without curves, boring architecture, or curved decorative elements, the atmosphere of the house can lose warmth.

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Building a house that feels warm and interesting is not just about collecting aesthetic-valued objects, but rather composing elements with the intention, balancing functions and aesthetics so that every step in space feels fun. By avoiding generalized decoration errors such as not having functional areas at the entrance, disproportionate furniture, lack of texture layers, careless lighting, and straight-line dominance. You open up opportunities to turn a house from 'see good' into feel comfortable and captivating'.