A lot of compromises are required when building and curating a house with others – whether roommates, a partner or even children – a lot of compromises. And although it has to be particularly frustrating, this also applies to professional designers. How can you get it running?
We have checked in with a few design professionals to find out what they had to admit in their own houses and how they got it up for everyone.
Meet the experts
Steven Graffam and John Stivale are interior designers and co -founders of Stival Graffam Home.
Stay flexible
Living with someone who has a different design aesthetics for your own can be difficult, but as designer Steven Graffam emphasizes, this can be even more difficult if you live with a colleague.
“Living with another designer means constant creative compromises!” According to Graffam, “I love certain starts, but he is not a fan and he once bought new chairs without consulting me.”
But at the end of the day, Graffam says that he and his partner concentrate on giving and taking.
“We both know that everything can be switched off or adjusted if we feel like it,” he says. “Flexibility and openness are the key.”
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Lean in
Art of all design elements can certainly be one of the most splitting – but as an interior designer John Stivale, sometimes it is best to lean into a piece instead of trying to ignore or cover them up.
The first -hand experienced stical when he shared a house with someone who bought an abstract painting, which he felt collected with everything.
“Instead of hiding it, I deleted the room around it and treated as a center,” he says. “Like every good composition, tension sometimes creates the most convincing result.”
Imitate what you want
If you ever had to sacrifice a thing in a home in favor of another element, you know the fight. For Graffam, he wishes that he had an open kitchen with an open concept, but would have to give up this dream for his current place.
“Instead, I created the illusion of openness by using lighter colors, open shelves and large mirrors to reflect light,” he says. “It is not the same, but it makes the room feel more air -fermented and more connected.”
Try to find similarities
If you share space with someone whose aesthetics really do not match your own, it can feel like a hard fight. But Stivale says that they may have more in common than they think.
“Start with a neutral color and a common Pinterest board and then negotiate,” he says.
If you can make an agreement about the big things, it should be much easier, the pieces that you simply cannot imagine being to Veto in your home.
“I once acted against velvet curtains assembled with wall,” says Stival. “Everyone won … except for the swords.”
Expand your horizon
If you have a perfectly planned room in mind, it can be difficult to work in someone else's vision. But Stivale says that they may miss.
“There was a moment when my husband insisted on holding a beloved Eames lounge chair that did not quite agree with the aesthetics that I had imagined,” he says. “So I revised the room with Pierre Frey Drapery and an Italian vintage console to close the gap.”
The end result did not feel like a license – it felt like a combination of things that they both loved.
“The contrast has added a wealth that no perfectly agreed set ever could,” says Stival
Don't think about “winning” the goal
Getty pictures try to use natural daylight instead of lights
Design diseases can be controversial, but can help to redesign your goals. As Stivale emphasizes, he has changed his own way of thinking about this thinking and now the goal is not to win – it is too mixing.
“The univing hero of beautifully designed shared rooms is compromise,” he says. “Maybe your partner loves courageous colors and you lean minimalistic. This is not a disaster – it's a design option.”
Graffam agrees.
“Both stories tell the best rooms – and the best relationships respect both voices,” he says.
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