I work in a home decor shop ama

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If anyone is interested, I'm the assistant manager of a large home decor store. A lot of friends and family ask me many questions about curtains/sizes/poles/colour schemes etc. If anyone wants to know anything feel free to comment ☺️

I've always wondered which room do people spend the most on in terms of their time/money (as in what's most important to them to decorate nicely)?

Generally what do people ask for advice on and need help with most often?

thisoneisnottaken great username! I would say it is almost equally split between living room and main bedroom. 3rd would be guest bedrooms and kitchens. Very few requests for bathroom decor/advice (though we do sell it). Thank you for your question!

Are you sick of copper?

What’s the best way to achieve an effortlessly (ha!) not matchy matchy but complementary look in the living room?

havingalittlebabytoolshed haha no not yet! But trends come and go so I don't think it will be too long before it fades into history for a while again. Surprisingly blush pink and grey have lasted longer than I thought too.

How did you get into this role and sector? I'm v interested but don't have direct experience. Do have business experience and artist sideline though...

pinkavacado you should pick 2 (or 3 maximum) colours to work from and use varying but very similar shades of each colour. A lot of people are trying to avoid exact matches nowadays in rooms.

colouringinpro surprisingly I had no previous home decor experience prior to this job, but I had plenty of retail management and customer service experience and that got me the position! It was difficult at first to learn the colour co-ordinations and sizing and options but eventually it becomes like second nature.

Which shop is this? Dunelm?

Do you ever have a client come in, explain their ‘vision’/plans and you think it sounds horrendous? Do you try to subtly steer them in a different direction, to tone it down?

50running50 it's not no, but they are a big competitor of ours. I don't want to say my company's name in case it's outing, sorry.

positivelyperf yes all the time lol. I take it based on the persons certainty, if they seem adamant they want something then I give it to them, if they seem confused or undecided then I try to steer them in a better direction. I've had people come in with the most horrendous wall paper sample and say "This is on my walls, what curtains should I get?" and I think christ nothing is going to go with that, but I try to pick out literally any kind of positive from their idea's and go from there.