In Part One of the duoHOME Spangle interview, we covered the history, the store, the design philosophies.

But if you're living in a decorating disaster, how can you fix that — starting this very second? (And really, don't wait one second longer.)

I asked duoHOME principals Tim Kempf and Scott Suskowicz for their tips to properly gayify your pad, and they didn't disappoint.

Here's what they had to say.

Spangle: So let’s get down to brass tacks.

Scott and Tim: We’re single!

Spangle: OK … but that’s not quite what I was going to ask. What’s the single biggest mistake people make in interior design?

Tim: I don’t think they consider scale of furniture in a room. I can’t tell you the number of houses we go to where there’s a nine-foot sofa in a room that’s eight by ten.

Scott: That becomes part of the shopping experience … when you go into a store, everything looks so small.

Tim: I can single out one thing: Precious Moments figurines. I think that those are the most despicable things on the face of the earth.

Spangle: Anything else?

Tim: Ohio is largely the land of beige and brown. I think people are terrified to paint something other than brown or beige. … It’s all the same nothing color.

Scott: I hate when people buy a lot of small things because they’re more affordable and try to cluster them all together …

Tim: Oh, a feature wall!

Scott: … instead of saving up for a more important singular piece, whether that be art or accessories.

Spangle: So what’s one thing people can do to immediately improve the design of their space?

Scott: If people would just pay attention to their lighting and proactively put in dimmers and low-wattage bulbs and not have glaring light.

Tim: Everyone should have dimmers in every room. Except the bathroom.

Scott: I believe in investing in higher quality wood pieces because those are the pieces you’re going to have.

Tim: People spend a third of their life in bed, and I think people buy the cheapest mattresses. … Design for me is all about the spaces that you love the most and spend the most time in. … A bedroom is a place you spend the most time with the person you love.

Or the person you hope to love!

For Part One of our interview, click here.

The Details

duoHOME
6507 Detroit Ave., Cleveland

216-651-4411
www.duohome.com

Hours:
Tuesday through Saturday: 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Sunday: 12 to 5 p.m.

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