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<\/p>\nFROM your walls to your bathroom sink, there's a lot to consider when decorating your space – and a lot that can go wrong.<\/p>\n
And an interior design expert has revealed the three things she would never do in her own home renovation.<\/p>\n
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In her video, TikTok user Abbi McKeown (@alm.interior) explained: "I design for homes that look and feel contemporary and high-end."<\/p>\n
The TikToker shared her preferences on lighting, bathroom tiling, and wall paneling.<\/p>\n
For her first tip, Abbi recommended not overdoing it with the lighting.<\/p>\n
She gave the example of a room flooded with natural light that she said had too many overhead spotlights.<\/p>\n
Abbi explained: "You don\u2019t need that many lights, you don\u2019t need nine spotlights in one singular room, especially one that has such big windows like this.<\/p>\n
"I also just don\u2019t like the look of it either. I know most of them are dimmable but still dimming nine lights just feels like overkill."<\/p>\n
She suggested using spotlights to highlight specific areas of the room like a center coffee table or piece of artwork.<\/p>\n
Abbi pointed out: "They act as a main light but they\u2019re not directly over any seating so you don\u2019t give anyone a weird whitewash and they don\u2019t give anyone a headache if they look directly up."<\/p>\n
<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n She also showed her followers a room with LED lighting on the bookshelves, which she recommended using in rooms with smaller windows.<\/p>\n For her second suggestion, Abbi discussed the importance of the tiling around your bathroom sink.<\/p>\n She told viewers that she would never tile just the backsplash of her sink.<\/p>\n "It feels like an afterthought, it feels like someone has designed a whole bathroom and then thought \u2018Oh wait, we didn\u2019t think about the splashes behind the sink,'" she explained.<\/p>\n Abbi suggested avoiding tiles altogether or tiling the lower half of your bathroom instead.<\/p>\n Finally, the interior designer shared her personal preference when it comes to wall paneling.<\/p>\n She explained that she is not a fan of traditional paneling without coving on top.<\/p>\n "The coving is the bit that you see that runs around the perimeter of the room that bridges the gap between the ceiling and the wall," Abbi told her followers.<\/p>\n She said: "It\u2019s really important to me with these designs that they have the three elements, coving at the top, picture molding in the middle, and skirting on the bottom.<\/p>\n "If that is too traditional then I\u2019d go with modern furniture, modern accessories, modern wall lights, that helps bring that blend of classic and contemporary."<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/www.thesun.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/DD-invictus_COMP-2.jpg\")
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