Most designers don’t have a design eye either…they trot out the exact same advice with no thought to the particulars of who is asking…the same whitewash for every brick home or stone fireplace, if your brick home has siding too then here’s the one photo with green siding, you must hang your curtains exactly by this chart, you must hang your tv exactly by this chart, you must place your sofa/rug exactly this way and this is the granite I picked for my kitchen so it should go in yours as well. It’s the definition of one trick pony.
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