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My mom said my throw pillows looked like a hotel lobby
She came over last month and said my living room felt cold and generic, like a Holiday Inn. So I swapped all the matching pillows for thrifted ones in different textures and colors, spent maybe $12 total at Goodwill. Now the couch actually feels cozy and like someone lives here. Anyone else get roasted by family into redecorating?
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parker_campbell3mo ago
Read that same article, felt like a personal attack on my entire apartment. But honestly, who cares if my couch looks like a Holiday Inn lobby? I'm the one sitting on it, not a traveling businessman trying to sleep in a weird room. Swapped my matching coasters for some chipped ones from a garage sale, still looks like a display, just a messier one. Sometimes a boring matching set is fine if you don't want to think about decor every time you walk in the room.
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noahs823mo ago
I was actually just reading an article the other day about how hotels specifically design their spaces to be "pleasant but forgettable" so nobody gets too comfortable hanging around, and it totally clicked why my mom made that comparison. She's not wrong, matching sets from Target or wherever do kind of give off that vibe. I did something similar with my coffee table, my aunt told me it looked like a display in a furniture store so I threw a bunch of old books and a chipped mug on it, now it actually looks like someone lives here and reads things. There's something real about thrift store finds too, like each pillow or knickknack has a story even if you don't know it.
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