Did the architect just roll a roulette wheel to decide where the front door should be?

@fazdoll

Жыл бұрын

I don't think that's a real house, at least not an American house. The space has French doors on one side, double slider doors on both sides and plain tile flooring... it looks very much like an sunroom or mother-in-law addition built off the BACK of the house. The owner could be renting that part of the house out.

@starsINSPACE

Жыл бұрын

I have seen other houses like this in the US. Sometimes it is because the lot shape constrained the design in odd ways. But I think there are so many oddly designed houses because some people make up their own plans willynilly and end up with builder-grade nonsense. Anyone who buys the house later might have no idea why the OG owners made the choices they did. I saw a "McMansion" designed house where the main front door opened to a sorta decahedron foyer with a high ceiling; they put a fancy piano there. 😅

@moneypowerglory.

Жыл бұрын

most of the time they did

@MinorKey135

Жыл бұрын

@@starsINSPACE sounds like a good entry for McMansion Hell

@Uapa500

Жыл бұрын

I wonder the very same thing about some elctricians placing the main switch somewhere at the end of tje room, away from the door 😂

As a Sims 4 player this is extremely helpful. You're not just helping people decorate their actual homes. You're helping people decorate their Sims homes thank you. Seriously thank you

@smileyp4535

Жыл бұрын

Frankly I think people do better with that because they can practice the ideas he's sharing, you can do anything in the Sims but there's only so much you can do irl

@schoo9256

Жыл бұрын

​@@smileyp4535 having played the Sims 4 I would say it's the other way around (but I'm just salty)

@effiegandy3637

Жыл бұрын

@@smileyp4535 we can also build our houses in the sims to redecorate and figure out, before we starting moving furniture

@moomicus3118

Жыл бұрын

​@@effiegandy3637I've done this many times and it helps so much!

@dekusi1857

Жыл бұрын

i love how serious this sounds- i can't tell if it was intentional but it's SO funny to me 😭

and it feels like hotel lobby BWAHAHAH damn

@jacobbillups4715

Жыл бұрын

Was thinking the same thing lmao something about the quick blunt delivery made it sound extra savage

@Tomyironmane

Жыл бұрын

A real man speaks truth boldly and unapologetically. This one also helps you out with ways to make your living space... you know... livable.

@xcountryrunner9

9 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

@TS_Mind_Swept

9 ай бұрын

Dangit, I was bouta say that...3 months late again..

@efraingonzalez6548

8 ай бұрын

I can’t stop laughing 😂😂

I can't stand houses with a front door smack dab in the living room. This is a wonderful solution to that!

@jennyh4025

Жыл бұрын

Other than houses in the USA, I have never encountered houses like that, not even dorm apartments in Germany. 🤷‍♀️

@philtastic4

Жыл бұрын

@@jennyh4025 i have never lived in a house without an entry way in the US, maybe regional thing

@jennyh4025

Жыл бұрын

@@philtastic4 definitely a regional thing.

@romystumpy1197

Жыл бұрын

Its an american thing ,i dont like that ,no privacy when the door is opened,too exposed,unsafe

@LRM12o8

11 ай бұрын

Nah, it's still a freaking lobby. The only wonderful solution to this problem is to put the living room ELSEWHERE.

I watched enough of your content to allow myself this question: Doesn't it feel unsafe to have the couch's back open like this? I thought walking behind the couch would make you feel vulnerable? Or is this just the best solution for an unsolvable riddle?

@DearModern

Жыл бұрын

You are right! Often compromises must be made - the art is to see which compromise is best made!

@briciolaa

Жыл бұрын

@@DearModern thank you so much for sharing your videos!! we're all learning a lot!

@princesskaguya2000

Жыл бұрын

I feel like you could do a short bookshelf instead of the 2nd sofa. Then it would double as a landing space.

@kaberlini

Жыл бұрын

​@@DearModern❤ Thanks for your answer! It was needed! Maybe you could make a video about compromises :)

@wolfe6220

Жыл бұрын

​@@princesskaguya2000Excellent idea!

I love your point about natural pathways! I feel like I am truly beginning to understand feng shui. :)

I just wanna know who tf designed the house like that

@moneypowerglory.

Жыл бұрын

crucial info

@joob40

Жыл бұрын

Gotta wonder if it's a DIY addition.

@nicoleperron3315

Жыл бұрын

My apartment is like this, I maintain it was designed by an idiot. Bigger problem my kitchen has five doors and a window, every single one with different moldings and heights. Try figuring out how to paint that room. For extra fun the doorway to my bathroom, the opening has a height of five feet and six inches so anyone from 5'10" and up smashes their head as they walk in and I have to pick up a cursing guy stretched out on the floor holding his head. 😂 There's also one step down into my kitchen hahahaha I didn't realize there was so many things, I could go on and on 😂

@extraterrestrialpenguin

Жыл бұрын

@@nicoleperron3315 ​​⁠ What a nightmare! Since it’s an apartment does that mean there is a whole building filled with more of these catastrophies? 😬

@nicoleperron3315

Жыл бұрын

@@extraterrestrialpenguin hahahaha 😂 it's a building built in 1896 or 98 and it was converted into 3 apartments, so it's really a one of a kind 3 and a half, 4 and a half and 5 and a half. Oh and next door has all the closets hahahaha 😂

I have a habit of moving furniture on a monthly basis. Each time I rearrange a space, it gives me new perspectives. Your ideas have slowed down my OCD moving and made me more thoughtful. Thank you. g

@duckyshepherd

Жыл бұрын

My friends and I refer to this as "moving the furniture, looking for dopamine" 😂

@wolfe6220

Жыл бұрын

I do the same thing! When my roommate comes home every 3 weeks (truck driver) she complains that nothing is ever the same! 😂

@gvolk11

Жыл бұрын

@@wolfe6220 Sometimes I can’t change what life brings me, but I can change my surroundings. g

@BPFACTS88

Жыл бұрын

that's a really low-testosterone activity. get your levels checked

@wolfe6220

Жыл бұрын

@@BPFACTS88 Well, since Im a woman, you're probably right my T levels are pretty low. 😆

So many houses are not designed with the foresight that one day people will have to furnish them. The largest and arguably best bedroom in my house has two sets of french doors on the closet but spaced apart on one wall, two windows on the second wall, a bathroom door on the third, and entry on the fourth. The way it's spaced looks nice when it's empty, but the moment you try to place furniture, something is blocked. Or everything has to be pressed into the same corner. Lots of floor space though. I also hate it when windows are low. At least if they're a bit higher you can place a dresser or desk under it without blocking the light.

You need a place to change your shoes, to hang an umbrella, a coat, to put your bag, your keys, etc. A place for dirty outside shoes so that dirt doesn't spread. It makes sense to have a designated "entrance area"

@sunlight8299

Жыл бұрын

​@@ModernMilk07that's so interesting. I always wanted to know what some houses have more than one sitting room

@LRM12o8

11 ай бұрын

And all of those are things you don't want to have in your living room 😂

@LRM12o8

11 ай бұрын

​​​@@ModernMilk07xactly. This room would be suitable for a bar, a pool table and a piano, not for a TV and the couch you want to relax on at the end of the day. But even then, those doors should point to the backyard, not to the street. They must have another room that would be better suited as a living room, I can't believe this place has only one bedroom and a bath and kitchen beside this parlor. That would be like buying caviar and having no money left for bread! 😂

@ekaterinalokshina2043

11 ай бұрын

@@LRM12o8 The video description: "A living room that is also an entryway" Of course it would be nice to have a lovely spacious hall and a huge living room, but apparently that is not the case that the author was going to educate us about. Though you are right - a bar, a piano, and a pool table would look nice here))) Though square feet may be in short supply here...

Thank goodness for Cliff. It’s a relief to know that there are simple solutions to improve daily life. Thank you for the videos!💕

I love that you know the art of feng shui. Underrated philosophy/art. You making homes flow cleaner is really admirable

I got the chance to take everything I've learned from your videos and was able to rearrange my moms living room and she just loves it, thank you so much because this helped me so much to get our space feelings like real home.

I'd love to see a video about a back door being in the bedroom. It's such an awkward layout lmao

@seraph13

Жыл бұрын

The bedroom is arguably the best place in which to go for the back door.

@DavidCruickshank

Жыл бұрын

@@seraph13 oh my!!

@Timefortiner

Жыл бұрын

@@seraph13 it’s great for emergencies but can feel a bit unprotected when you’re sleeping 😅 I guess it’s the same as having a window, but my brain makes it more scary than it actually is 😂

@theyoftheravens

Жыл бұрын

​​@@Timefortinerif it opens inward, you can put a door bar under the doorknob to make it feel more secure, and swap the deadbolt screws to longer ones. If it's a sliding glass door, there's also security bars for those as well. If you already feel physically secure and it's more about feeling exposed if it's got glass, look into static cling privacy film, it's wonderful stuff and I use it in my own apartment! Edit to add: you could also make a physical "barrier" with a pretty folding screen in front. Easy to move, blocks the outside energy, and is also a neat decoration.

@Alex-Geru

Жыл бұрын

​@@seraph13 Is this a joke or 😰

I have learned so much from your shorts. Your presentation is always on point. And I appreciate the humor. Thank you!

My genuine question: when we keep couches in the middle of the floor, not relying on a wall, they eventually start moving backwards bit by bit and ruin the plan. How to prevent it?

@dilailamontanez6583

Жыл бұрын

You can stick rubber grips to the bottom of the legs to prevent sliding on hard flooring. If you have carpet there are little spike pads that you can put under the legs. Hope this helps!

@Theunfriendlyneighborhoodman

Жыл бұрын

You can just how to stop couches from moving

@DeathnoteBB

Жыл бұрын

@@Theunfriendlyneighborhoodman Yeah that’s what they’re asking

@katanyajason3316

Жыл бұрын

You can place a long, narrow sideboard behind it if you have room. This also allows you to have some shielding from behind and you can also place a lamp on it for reading.

@imnotangryjustdisappointed2846

Жыл бұрын

Move it back in place dude! How hard is iy!?

my mother's house and childhood home has a front door that opens directly into the living room and the layout she chose does a lot of these things subconsciously so i never really noticed until now. it also really helps that the door is closer to a corner and is surrounded by a small bit of hardwood flooring to make it feel seperate from the carpeted living room

I'd never put a daybed as a barrier -- better use a sofa, with its high backrest, for that purpose.

@joob40

Жыл бұрын

I don't like a daybed there either, but you don't want your back against the door. I lived in a house with the back against the door like this and it was fine, BUT there was a short hallway extending the doorway out, and a step down into the living room. So the doorway felt totally separate. The mirrored hallway walls probably helped catch that energy, too. Now I know why they were there! 😅

@laetifico

Жыл бұрын

But then you are closing in your living room space. A day bed still keeps it feeling open but it blocks the walkthrough

No comments yet? I don’t think so! Hold my bagel!

Weirdest front door. The room is not designed to have a tv. For me, the first one is the better solution, then add shoe storage on the side(original sofa place). The 2nd solution is weird and the tv is still far away.

@ashleebenedict6523

Жыл бұрын

The second solution is for a small room, so the tv wouldn't be far away.

The day bed option I'm not so sure about but the rest seems awesome and I usually like all his opinions! I've learned so much already!

@Lisa312414

Жыл бұрын

Cliff just said to put a barrier. I think one of those narrow tables or cabinets you usually put behind a couch could probably work as well.

you're a genius and you somehow always bring so much positive energy

Who keeps designing and building these awful floorplans? It really does look like a hotel lobby. Thank god we have you to make these spaces livable!

@erfanthered9801

Жыл бұрын

Capitalistic real estate developers who see people as piggy banks

@umbasa01

Жыл бұрын

Someone that designed on curb appeal not function. They know vanity will sell

@fbmbassist

Жыл бұрын

I’m guessing this is some kind of guest house situation based on the doors. People in LA rent out guest houses in their backyard as separate apartments.

Love your explanations. Thanks!

Love this one, lots of great tips and agree with every solution given!

Thank I have been watching your videos now for a couple of days and I am going to use some of your suggestions ❤

This is exactly what I did in my living room. Great tips 😊

Oh my god! This is such excellent information. All the homes I have had and I am just discovering this now.

I drew out the energy lines and rearranged my living room and now I actually want to be in there. Thank you so much!

Beautiful explanation 🎉

Got me rethinking my Sims house layout

You always out a smile on my face when I see your videos. 😀😁🤗

This makes so much sense... it's amazing.❤

Opens front door, snags door on rug, bangs knees on coffee table. ah yes my tiny room brings me such joy.

These videos are consistently excellent

Is this Fr. Mike's voice asking the question? 😮 Sounds ditto. I love watching these plans and solutions. ❤

@marianhreads

Жыл бұрын

It does sound a lot like Fr Mike doesn't it 😂

Looking at the 3d printed furniture that Cliff uses, I am happy to see that he's closed off the circulation around his printer (which is the primary cause for the warping you see in his older 3d prints from videos a year or so older). :)

This guy is the definition of a master at his craft, he explains everything effortlessly and his designs always make sense to me, I love your vids

I feel this. I want to rearrange my living room so bad, but between 3 doorways, including the front door, kitchen entrance, and double doors to my bedroom, and a big bay window it just feels like I really can't move anything.

I like the table as a barrier. Thanks for posting.

You are amazing at this!!

This has become my favorite channel. Now You Know!

Did this wirh my living room. I have the traffic path separating a living space, a work desk, and a dining space (which doubles as an activity space when I fold the table out of the way).

Love how this man explains WHY he recommends what he does~🙏

That's a really great tip!! Thank youuu XD I might not have my own home yet, but I can totally use this for the Sims or for future home hehe XD

These vids are really opening my eyes ❤

I have watched so many of these videos and it seems I'd be moving along a learning curve and I just don't know...every puzzle for furniture placement he solves - well, I never figure it out before he shows us. I think this is not easy until one day it gets easy due to learning, practice..

I like how the concept of "energy" is really about foot traffic and mental/emotional comfort.

Is there a reason you wouldn’t put the sectional against the upper left corner so you’d be in the power position relative to the front door? And then a coffee table / daybed to close off the space and protect from the front door energy. And maybe some curtains on those big windows where they overlap with the couch, so you don’t feel as exposed from behind. That way you’d be able to look at the fireplace directly. Though I’m not sure what id do about the tv.

@comfort-and-joy

Жыл бұрын

Oh wait, I missed that those windows are doors, and that there’s another door at the top of the room. Still, depending on what can be separated from that sectional, I wonder if it would work?

Great ideas!

Your design tips are amazing, and it genuinely is helpful

I needed this!!

I see other architects call this slow home design. So that throughways don't cut in the middle of designs. Usually on how kitchens are sometimes designed to be passed through. But here on living room this is also the case

I could use some advice for my living room how can i submit a video ?

This is very similar to my place, really glad you shared this cause it bothers me so much and I want to fix it 😭

Thanks for this one. My LR is 10x12, has a front door, closet door, sliding glass door to balcony and entry into the dining room! I've lived here for four years and I cannot find a way to fix it! I hate it. 😭 Wish I could hire you to help me!

Your energy is amazing ♥

i remember when i took interior design we had to draw out all the pathways in the home so we could see what layout was best

The step tracking technique is also a tool in designing workplaces and optimizing efficiency.

I love these!

That’s me! Front door 🚪 right into our living room. We live in a cape cod so not much space but I did brake the space up with a couch set in a u shaped pattern, coffee table and yes a rug,

Ooh thank you! This is almost the exact layout of my living room and I find it so hard to furnish

Running into this channel taught me to never underestimate the power of a rug

Just realized that our apartment is actually kinda well laid out. I just need to reconfigure the primary bedroom

how do i get this guy to help me with my boyfriend and I's room?!? its tiny and we can't figure out how to make it efficient and comfortable bc we both need desks. I NEED HIS WISDOM

Love this tip

A lot of people think they have to put furniture against the wall Once I learned about “zones” and that you don’t have to put a couch up against the wall, I was able to make a nice space

The "now you know!" Makes me smile everytime I want a comp of him just saying it

Can't you just insert some custom walls to create an entry hallway that not only separates it, but also steers people away from the center of the room? I guess it would ruin the fireplace a bit but that seems like an acceptable and potentially still solvable sacrifice to make.

@MsMarmima

Жыл бұрын

Sounds expensive

@carmynhunt8070

Жыл бұрын

The room is really small

@SimpleAmadeus

Жыл бұрын

@@MsMarmima Depends. They don't have to be made of brick and mortar. Simple wooden plates with a coat of paint are walls too.

I am from Egypt.. And that's the design used for almost 99% of affordable low cost apartments! We moved many times in the past 15 years and every apartment we moved into had the main door like that just into the living room.

I fixed my front-door in the living room-problem in a different way: I built a gyproc wall with a sliding door in the room, creating a hallway corridor from the front-door to the sliging door to the room. Of course, that would not have been possible had the living room been much smaller.

This is really useful information bc I live in a one-room-apartment! :D

My current place has a front door in the living room but it's slightly recessed, so I bought a tension mounted curtain rod and a plain white curtain to put in the recessed threshold and hide the door completely.

This has taught me that before i buy a home (lol i aint ever gonna be able to do that in my lifetime or the next) to get a blue print and plan the rooms first

Turn the semi circle couch towards fireplace, mount tv above fire, chair to the left, rug under couch, closet in the right corner, entry bench ✅

that hotel lobby joke was a violation tho- 😭

An old neighbour of mine, when I was a child, had the very same table 😍

Seriously tempting me to go make copies of my home's floor plan and doodle on them

Always finding a solution :)

Hahahaha your legendary humour !

I live for the “now you know”

I couldn’t t do this. Now there are two seating areas with their backs to doorways. And one seems to almost block the doorway to the hall or wherever that goes

The paths idea seems to work out pretty well

What about putting the couch in the lower corner on the same wall as the front door and having the TV set out in front. It would block off the pathway that runs across the room & doorway further into the house, creating a little cosy area?

"and it feels like HoTeL LoBbY" 😂😂😂😂😂

Hate it when there's no foyer. People walk in, wet coats, umbrellas etc. Early arrivals get to see all this. I prefer that guests can get in and get settled before coming to the party. Yeah, looks like a hotel lobby-- of a hotel where you come to get murdered! Also, hate TVs. Thanks!

"and it feels like a hotel lobby". 😂🤣😂🤣

He reminds me of a more cheerful Miranda priestly. "It feels like a hotel lobby" "Well i think that depends on "That wasnt a question😑"

Perfect amount of sass 👌 always

Nice!

Ugghhh this is exactly how my front entry is ….. we gutted kitchen/dining room/ Livingroom. knocked out all walls except one corner 3x3 that separated DR from LR Now open concept- we hv appliances/ cabinets & grandiose island w seating for 6, which extends abt 2-3 ft into LR almost directly across the room from the entry. I’m having a huge problem trying to figure out how to set up the Living-room. So frustrated.

So they kind of had the right layout to begin with, keeping everything as far away as possible from the main door and pathways. If they had a bigger tv it wouldn’t feel so vast and definitely in need of the suggested rug.

I will help brother

Sometimes I think about posting a video of my room in the hopes someone like you sees it. I've got a roof that angles up with a 60 degree angle that starts at the wall on shoulder height I've always wanted yo place my stuff ANYWHERE else, but the door and thermostat are always in the way

Genius.

😂"it feels like a hotel lobby" lol

For the video living room I would have used the television as front door energy blocker / energy redirection. I would have put the coach were is the television that is near the chimney, so it creates a cosy warming space The television in front of the door in a biger bench and maybe a mirror at the back of the telly (looks nicer and diverts the attention) Then at the side of the front door the area to leave the coats, shoes, bags, keys and so on What do you think?

I feel like before people buy furniture they need to just get some cushions and a sleep mat and figure out where they feel good to sit naturally and where they naturally put their stuff and THEN BUY The furniture.

Oh, I see, with the original layout, it looks like the door rules the room, everything has to allow that door, everything works around it, there is no flow! I get it! I see how you created "flow" and the door no longer controls the room.

Front door opens to living room. Natural pathway is behind the couch.. approx 36 inches between back of couch and wall. It's this better than creating a longer walking path that goes through the middle between couch and tv?