I’m an interior designer – bin crushed velvet if you don’t want your home to look cheap & your towels need to go too

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AN INTERIOR designer has revealed the five things you need to ditch to avoid your home looking cheap.

So if you want your guests to be impressed when they come and visit your pad, you’ll have to take notes.

Image of a textured wall with text overlay: "Things that make your house look CHEAP ❌"
An interior designer has revealed the five things to avoid if you want a stylish pad
Stack of colorful towels.
According to Krish Klean, you’ll need to sort out your mug cupboard and switch up your towels to impress
Blue velvet sofa in a living room.
Krish also described crushed velvet sofas as looking cheap
Hallway with hardwood floors, area rugs, and artwork on the walls.
Krish isn’t a fan of small rugs – but social media users were left hugely divided by the interior advice

Not only should you prepare to be attacked if you’ve got a crushed velvet sofa, but you may also need to bin your bathroom towels too. 

Krish Klean, who works for Krish Interior, took to social media to share their expert advice on how to make a home look luxurious, leaving many totally stunned. 

Alongside the short clip, the interior pro wrote: “Things that make your home look CHEAP.” 

The interior pro then shared the five things that you would never find in their house – the first of which being mismatch mugs.

In addition to this, the content creator also shared their distaste for roller blinds and crushed velvet furniture – with the latter having massively risen in popularity in the past five years.

The interior designer also advised people to avoid rugs that are too small for a space and colourful towels.

Instead of brightly coloured bathroom towels, the interior pro instead recommended white towels for a more sophisticated look. 

The TikTok clip, which was posted under the username @krishklean, has clearly left many open-mouthed, as it has quickly racked up 203,800 views in just 20 hours. 

But social media users were left totally divided by the clip – and many quickly flocked to the comments to share their thoughts. 

One person said: “Greys and crushed velvet are 100% out of fashion..” 

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Whilst another added: “I agree with the velvet and the rug.”

However, many felt personally attacked by the user’s claims and were extremely keen to disagree. 

One user questioned: “Colourful towels?? Really. As long as they’re clean and fresh, who cares.” 

A second wrote: “I like mismatched mugs… it makes it seem homely everyone has a mug they favour and that suits their preference…bland and samey uniformity lacks heart.”

[quote credit=”TikTok user “]House decor is a personal choice! Just because it isn’t your style, doesn’t make it ‘cheap'[/quote]

A third asked: “Why are people so snobby about other people’s decor? Your home is your own personal space, your safe place to relax, it should be decorated to your taste and likes, not to please others.”

Whilst another wondered: “Who decided that?”

To this, the TikTok creator replied: “Me. I have an interior design degree.” 

But in response, someone else slammed: “House decor is a personal choice! Just because it isn’t your style, doesn’t make it ‘cheap’.”

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