The biggest mistake people make in interior design with Marilynn Taylor

Now, what do you see is the biggest mistake that so many people make when it comes to the interior design of their property? And what sort of advice could you pass on?

The biggest mistake that I see people making is that they go to, I don't want to use the word cheap, but cheap, you know, they, they go to whatever. You know, I think out there, you guys have T.K. maxx or T.K. maxx. We have T.J. maxx, you know, which, which is great. I use them all the time, don't get me wrong. But if you're, you know, sometimes people go too bland. They're afraid of color, they're afraid to get too exciting with, with the design. I feel like it's really important because people have figured out aesthetics matter. And so I would say the majority of us owners at this point are trying to make our place look nice, right? We care. But I would say presentation of beds. So, you know, like when I see people put their bed where they just have a bedspread pulled over without any throw pillows, it kind of looks like a college dorm bedroom. It doesn't speak luxury. It doesn't speak, you know, excitement. Or that this is. Oh, wow. I would love for my home to look like this, right? Because that's. As an interior designer, that's what I've always, always designed with my gut. Now, as rental owners, we can't, we either have to do it one of two ways. I have one of my rentals, so I have a total of five current rentals. One of them is my own personal home, right? So that space, if you're renting out your own personal home, run with that, make it completely your own. Let it be a total reflection of who you are. But because that's gonna be interesting, right? Some places I've seen on Instagram a rental that is in a blank. He's a famous writer that they themed the entire rental after. And it's very moody and very British looking and dark colors and Chesterfield sofas and things like that. And it's so cool. My house is very maximalist, very saturated colors, very Hollywood Regency. But my other rentals, I have three other little rentals that I call my mod pods. And they are. I know the demographic that's going to rent there is either going to be snowbirds coming from Canada because it's in the California desert, so they're going to come in the wintertime or the rest of the year. It's millennials. It's people coming from LA and San Diego and nearby for the most part. That are. I would say, on the average, my renter is 40 and below, so that is what I cater to. So you want to know your demographic when you are designing your space, cater to them. Even how you write your copy in your advertisements, you want that to cater to those people, speak their language, you know, advertise where they are. So, you know, if you're in Nashville or let's think of somewhere where, if you're nearby London, you know, you want to think, okay, am I in a flat and a high rise, or am I in a cute little cottage somewhere on the outskirts?