I’m an interior designer and here’s the three home icks I hate – I’ll judge your leather sofa for a start

AN INTERIOR designer has revealed the three design horrors that give her the "ick".

The expert explained that the bad choices could may be making your homes look cheaper and less welcoming.

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So if you want to impress your guests with your interiors, then you’ve come to the right place and will need to take notes. 

, who owns her own in Glasgow, shared her honest thoughts on flooring choices and the sofas she can't stand.

The design expert also explained why wall stickers in your kid's bedroom are not as good an idea as you may think.

Posting on social media, she said: "Hi, I'm Julia Hoffman from Julia Hoffman Interiors and I am back with more interior icks."

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Here's what she had to say...

Flooring

First up, Julia said she was going to make people mad with a "controversial choice".

"But parquet flooring", she sighed.

"Parquet flooring has a place and it looks stunning when done right and in the right setting.

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"But for loads of people, it just doesn't look good."

Parquet flooring is a type of wood flooring made by laying tiles in a pattern to create a striking geometric design, often looking like zig zags.

Julia said: "The pattern really needs big rooms, big ceilings and it needs to be done at a really, really high quality to look amazing.

"So cheap laminate, oh, it just doesn't look good. I'm sorry I just don't think it looks good. People are gonna be mad at me, I know."

Sofas

Next up, Julia took aim at the trusty leather sofa - and not even high end Chesterfields are safe.

The interiors expert said: "I can't do it, I don't get it, I don't think I've ever seen a leather sofa that I like.

"Even a Chesterfield, even like a traditional one, I can't get on board.

"For me there's no texture in them and we all know how much I love texture."

She continued: "They really fall flat, they kind of look like they should be in a corporate setting, they should be in an office or a doctor's office or something.

"They just, they don't give personality, they don't give warm.

"I know some people love them for their practical sense so that they're clean, they're wipeable.

"But nowadays you can get such amazing clever fabrics that I just, just a big no-no, especially recliner ones, recliner sofas.

"A wee sub category to that is any sofas that have like a cup holder or a USB. No, big no."

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Wall stickers

And finally, Julia urged parents to avoid decals or wall stickers in their kid's room.

She said: "These ones are maybe like dinosaurs or planets or whatever it is.

"I just, they really do give me the ick. I just don't think it equates to a well-designed space, I don't think they're that timeless.

"Your kid's maybe going to grow out of that pretty quickly and you're gonna have to take them down and then repaint."

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Offering up an expert alternative, she suggested: "I think a much better way to do a kid's room, if you're wanting to do something on the walls, is going for a wallpaper, either everywhere or up to a picture frame is a much better way to do it.

"I just don't like the stickers."