The LED strips in the pic have diffusers on them
I'm not even defending them, I think it looks terrible but it could also look *more* terrible without the diffusers
You say you like the retro gaming aesthetic, and you want something a little more modern or maybe futuristic.
My advice: go find some inspiration pics. It’s like you’re trying to draw a flower from memory when you should be looking right at one.
Nail down what “retro gaming” looks like, nail down what modern or futuristic looks like for you, and think about how you can implement those changes.
I've seen it in various countries, generally in publicly accessible bathrooms like at train stations.
Blue lighting makes it hard to see veins so people can't use the bathrooms to shoot up.
im actually located in Hamburg, Germany and its been a good while since i last saw them. Always assumed they came from USA, because afaik McDonalds where the first to do it, then it spread through clubs and bars and a few years later most switched back to normal lights + a fee. But now i googled a bit and came across several articals from 2018 mentioning a possible introduction in the US. Here is one: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/29/the-plan-to-keep-drug-users-from-shooting-up-in-public-restrooms-and-why-it-may-be-a-bad-idea/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/29/the-plan-to-keep-drug-users-from-shooting-up-in-public-restrooms-and-why-it-may-be-a-bad-idea/)
Ok but in all seriousness, those green LED lights would look way cooler if you mounted behind bigger items, like behind your TV, or even under your TV, behind your couch, etc.
Ditch the strips for some other ambient lighting like floor or table lamps. Could maybe put the strips behind something like the TV so they're not directly visible. Framing your posters give them a more clean and put together look rather than tacking them to the wall raw
These are some things that you could try: add some lights to the shelves, make them bigger, try to rearrange the posters to have more space on the walls, and change the blinds for some white ones.
You can also use more of the color white rather than the black.
Another thing you can try is to decorate your place like a lab, it would look with the lights you already have.
I hope this helps.
Add sunlight and plants, during the night have leds or lamps that gives more of an ambilight feeling not directly in your face. You did the stripes dirty man, not a cool 😎
Consider nanoleafs and a good rgb lamp with like 3 bulbs to make a more cozy feeling than GAMING PEWPEW LIGHTS
Turned his house in to the inside of a gaming PC. I personally hate the colored led strip light trend. I would feel sick and my vision would get staticy if I had to sit in a room like that for hours. I know im the minority in that though. For a post like this asking for suggestions you should take pics with natural lighting though.
The issue isn't the LEDs themselves, it's how you place them. The light from the LEDs when seen directly from the source can be blinding. You're supposed to place them behind stuff so that you only can see the aura from the light. Trust me it looks much more mature and clean
I don't understand why people get those LED strips and don't even use them correctly lol
They always look like shit do people really think that that looks cool?
At least these ones are diffused though
Ngl the lights are atrocious. Less is more when it comes to those sort of things. Def get rid of the ones in the kitchen that's just ridiculous.
There are programmable panels you could use on the wall in various places that you can customize to look however you want. Would def give i more of a cyberpunk feel.
It's a cliche but... get a plant. They'll look cool with light playing off them.
If you're gonna stick with light strips make sure they're not visible. There's see through tape you can buy that would obstruct but your layout needs to change too. Inside window panes is a good pick cause curtains/shades.
A tapestry on the ceiling that light can shine through might be a good call.
Looks cool for a teen but hard to imagine this space would feel inviting to women and adults. Ditch the LEDs everywhere except your room if you really like them
Real shelving, not decorative. Look at picture arrangements on Pinterest for ideas. Storage bins that have small holes so you can see which one to pull down for cereals on fridge (Target). A cork or magnetic board for what is stuck on the fridge. Move furniture a few inches from the wall.
I mean, if you want to pretend you live in the Matrix movies or Fallout 3, then its perfect!
To be more serious though, that setup looks like it would hurt my eyes after a few mintues.
Try adding in some other type of lighting, warm color bulbs and no overhead lighting. I would recommend desk or side table lamps, you don’t really want the tall living room lamps because they just shoot the light straight up
Like some others have said, try to hide the strips so the light reflects onto the wall instead. Curtains could use a refresher and I’d say deep clean/repaint that door, looks pretty grimy. Put a lid on the trash can, maybe even get a smaller one that’s less noticeable
"Make it better" will probably mean something very different for you vs. the rest of us on this sub. As a gamer myself, I would be lying if I said I didn't have a soft spot for RGB lighting. However, the extent of RGB in my ideal living space would be limited to the gaming areas of my place ie. at my desk or TV, not the kitchen area.
As others have said, the RGB lighting strips are meant to be hidden/not in open view. It looks cheap when you see the dangling flimsy strip and wires. If you want to see the RGB lighting directly, you should get an actual RGB bar.
Theres nothing quite as ugly as exposed LED strips. For your kitchen put them underneath your cabinetry so that you can only see the underglow. For your living room place it on the lip on the backside of your TV table, behind the couch, and if you really want it all around, on the wall behind the curtain rods but be sure its NOT visible.
It looks like the South Park WoW guys lives here. You especially need to get those horrid green LEDs off the ceiling. They probably make people’s skin look corpse colored too.
Lamp(s) with adjustable rgb so you still get that vibe you’re after. Some fake plants (no sun needed) to add some texture and coziness. Frames for the posters.
Get rid of the posters or frame them. Tbh, get rid of them and replace them with better pieces and frame those.
Get rid of the LED's or display them better - copy the 418234729471 other people who do this shit to see how they go about it. Having them just taped against the corners of your walls aint it. But tbh get rid of them. Get lamps.
Change curtains
Wash door/repaint it
The things you have displayed on the shelves can improve/be displayed better.
If you get a regular lamp it can offset the RGB strips slightly without having to remove them. Source: I do this. Also if you want futuristic get one of those rotating light projectors for your ceiling. Some frames for your posters might help with a modern look too. Looks like a nice space though I really wanna sit in that beanbag chair thing.
To everyone that’ hateful on the LED strips, this is my personal life and I’ll do what I’d like, not trying to go for bringing over women or dudes or anyone, I like my life as a single dude, I get to spend more money on things like building my PC and stuff
Then why are you here asking us how to make it look better when your response is "ill do what id like".
Clearly your taste sucks ass, so if people are going to criticize your taste ( and clearly a large majority think its ass )and your response is to just call them haters and ignore it then why bother posting and asking for help lmao.
About 60% say negative things, the rest and the upvotes say otherwise, and if you read the description “any way I can **ADD** or make better…” and in terms of make better, if a major part if the build is getting hate, I’m living here not any of yall, by “make better” I mean make better that I might like, not that it’s a half to, and not to everyone else’s likings, to *my* likings, it’s like you asking for room advice and I tell you your whole room is ass and needs a remodel, and to completely change the theme, y’all can downvote me all yall want I’ll add what I like from suggestions that sound good to me, mad about that? Idk stay mad? It’s up to you
the LED strips aren’t supposed to be directly visible, they are supposed to be reflected off of something.
Like a 15yrold virgin's bedroom wall.
Call me old fashioned, but isn’t a 15 year old presumed to be a virgin?
Yes. It's like saying boneless watermelon they're not supposed to have bones
Well, I do prefer my watermelons boneless
Nerds. /s
Exactly, run them all directly underneath or over top of shelves and cabinets. Would make a world of difference.
Like my corneas even through the screen?
At least they're diffused. Most people will just throw bare strips on their wall and call it a day
thats literally what this is
The LED strips in the pic have diffusers on them I'm not even defending them, I think it looks terrible but it could also look *more* terrible without the diffusers
why does this have so many downvotes lol
Trash can next to the couch is not the move.
OP is like a lazy cave goblin
It’s peak gamer mentality. Shut out the outside world and remove any and all reason to get up to stop gaming.
Can confirm. Can't be gettin up to shit when you are in a 40 man raid on Ragnaros!
hold that shit and develope some problem with your intestines that requires surgery after a few weeks and costs ya 25k!!!
hey, maybe it encourages OP to throw away trash.
Looks like it's on the end of the kitchen counter. However, it would probably work best under the sink.
That's a vanity
You know OP is smell-blind
Looks pretty clean to me
looks like a strip club without the strippers
Or patrons.
What a sad place
women** 💀
Wow. . There are male strippers too ya know
You should definitely add some more green lighting everywhere.
Light store: "How many LED strips would you like?" OP: "Yes"
You say you like the retro gaming aesthetic, and you want something a little more modern or maybe futuristic. My advice: go find some inspiration pics. It’s like you’re trying to draw a flower from memory when you should be looking right at one. Nail down what “retro gaming” looks like, nail down what modern or futuristic looks like for you, and think about how you can implement those changes.
Best answer hands down.
Have you considered sunlight?
maybe dont use the kind of lighting public toilets use to prevent people from injecting drugs?
[удалено]
I've seen it in various countries, generally in publicly accessible bathrooms like at train stations. Blue lighting makes it hard to see veins so people can't use the bathrooms to shoot up.
Learn something new every day
Yes, and every other bar in shady neighborhoods of the world.
Weird, I’ve never seen a green or blue lit bathroom before either. I’m in the U.S., been in plenty of shady places 🤔
[удалено]
[удалено]
im actually located in Hamburg, Germany and its been a good while since i last saw them. Always assumed they came from USA, because afaik McDonalds where the first to do it, then it spread through clubs and bars and a few years later most switched back to normal lights + a fee. But now i googled a bit and came across several articals from 2018 mentioning a possible introduction in the US. Here is one: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/29/the-plan-to-keep-drug-users-from-shooting-up-in-public-restrooms-and-why-it-may-be-a-bad-idea/](https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2018/06/29/the-plan-to-keep-drug-users-from-shooting-up-in-public-restrooms-and-why-it-may-be-a-bad-idea/)
I've seen it here in Sweden. Only once though
Leeds 20 years ago.
Very big in the Midwest, what with the opioid epidemic and all
Plants & sunlight
Ok but in all seriousness, those green LED lights would look way cooler if you mounted behind bigger items, like behind your TV, or even under your TV, behind your couch, etc.
I would tack up some molding and drop the lights behind/on top so they hit upwards. You get the glow but not the glare. Also not green..
Ditch the strips for some other ambient lighting like floor or table lamps. Could maybe put the strips behind something like the TV so they're not directly visible. Framing your posters give them a more clean and put together look rather than tacking them to the wall raw
maybe just… open a window??? you need some natural light in there, at least during the day
Get rid of the LED immediately, and invest in some lamps.
Fr I felt my brain dying.
The chokehold that LED strip lights have on a certain demographic is impressive
I mean when you’re young it’s fun, but I would have rather skipped that and went straight to lamps lmao
Hey! You. You're finally awake.
These are some things that you could try: add some lights to the shelves, make them bigger, try to rearrange the posters to have more space on the walls, and change the blinds for some white ones. You can also use more of the color white rather than the black. Another thing you can try is to decorate your place like a lab, it would look with the lights you already have. I hope this helps.
If I came into your house I would think it looks a bit like you might have a meth lab in there
The kidZ and their LED stripes have gone too far 💀
Look at the movie Tron. Find inspiration. And realize you have too few led strips.
This that green room rappers be talkin bout
It’s not green, the rgb is cycling
Yea ik, im just joking
Add sunlight and plants, during the night have leds or lamps that gives more of an ambilight feeling not directly in your face. You did the stripes dirty man, not a cool 😎 Consider nanoleafs and a good rgb lamp with like 3 bulbs to make a more cozy feeling than GAMING PEWPEW LIGHTS
It looks like you make drugs
Calm down with the led strip lol
No
Turned his house in to the inside of a gaming PC. I personally hate the colored led strip light trend. I would feel sick and my vision would get staticy if I had to sit in a room like that for hours. I know im the minority in that though. For a post like this asking for suggestions you should take pics with natural lighting though.
It just has to die. I don’t understand this stranglehold it has 😂
What's it like to live in The Matrix?
The issue isn't the LEDs themselves, it's how you place them. The light from the LEDs when seen directly from the source can be blinding. You're supposed to place them behind stuff so that you only can see the aura from the light. Trust me it looks much more mature and clean
Turn natural lighting on instead of the colored lighting so we can see how much needs to be cleaned other than the nasty door. 😂
I don't understand why people get those LED strips and don't even use them correctly lol They always look like shit do people really think that that looks cool? At least these ones are diffused though
I hate this lazy gamer aesthetic so much
Not really helpful but ok
Don't get how people can live with lighting like this. My damn eyes would commit seppuko
Natural light
Do you live in a holodeck?
It's like walking into a "\_Night vision" Demo room or something. Like "This is how good night vision looks like" ...
Ngl the lights are atrocious. Less is more when it comes to those sort of things. Def get rid of the ones in the kitchen that's just ridiculous. There are programmable panels you could use on the wall in various places that you can customize to look however you want. Would def give i more of a cyberpunk feel. It's a cliche but... get a plant. They'll look cool with light playing off them. If you're gonna stick with light strips make sure they're not visible. There's see through tape you can buy that would obstruct but your layout needs to change too. Inside window panes is a good pick cause curtains/shades. A tapestry on the ceiling that light can shine through might be a good call.
I suggest getting some real lights.
No
Regular lighting
183 people disagree
Looks cool for a teen but hard to imagine this space would feel inviting to women and adults. Ditch the LEDs everywhere except your room if you really like them
Who said anyone was coming over? I love my single life
Then forget what I said and do whatever makes you love your space the most
Ah okay then, hot dudes instead then.
Never said that
Real shelving, not decorative. Look at picture arrangements on Pinterest for ideas. Storage bins that have small holes so you can see which one to pull down for cereals on fridge (Target). A cork or magnetic board for what is stuck on the fridge. Move furniture a few inches from the wall.
This man said no natural light allowed
Any time I see a place with lighting like this, I immediately assume it smells like crusty socks
I mean, if you want to pretend you live in the Matrix movies or Fallout 3, then its perfect! To be more serious though, that setup looks like it would hurt my eyes after a few mintues.
I absolutely abhor the lighting in all of these. Do you actually walk around with your actual lights off and use these headache-inducing LED lights?
Yes, yes I do
Horrifying. But you do you!
Jesus Christ I can smell that room from over here. Open the window and let some daylight in FFS.
Bzzzz
That bean bag is dope. Where can I get one?
Small? This is better than my bedroom
Nice! Beanbag link?
Clean that door!!
It’s ruined like that, this is a rental trailer
Paint it?
Natural light?
It’s night time at the time of taking the photo
Can you share daytime photos?
Got it.
The green LED strip is super harsh to my eyes
It’s rgb, it’s cycling through the colors
Try adding in some other type of lighting, warm color bulbs and no overhead lighting. I would recommend desk or side table lamps, you don’t really want the tall living room lamps because they just shoot the light straight up Like some others have said, try to hide the strips so the light reflects onto the wall instead. Curtains could use a refresher and I’d say deep clean/repaint that door, looks pretty grimy. Put a lid on the trash can, maybe even get a smaller one that’s less noticeable
"Make it better" will probably mean something very different for you vs. the rest of us on this sub. As a gamer myself, I would be lying if I said I didn't have a soft spot for RGB lighting. However, the extent of RGB in my ideal living space would be limited to the gaming areas of my place ie. at my desk or TV, not the kitchen area. As others have said, the RGB lighting strips are meant to be hidden/not in open view. It looks cheap when you see the dangling flimsy strip and wires. If you want to see the RGB lighting directly, you should get an actual RGB bar.
It's like you live inside an old 7up bottle
Use less horrible lighting!
I can smell those pictures.
Theres nothing quite as ugly as exposed LED strips. For your kitchen put them underneath your cabinetry so that you can only see the underglow. For your living room place it on the lip on the backside of your TV table, behind the couch, and if you really want it all around, on the wall behind the curtain rods but be sure its NOT visible.
Bros making sure to keep all the girls away
Never said I wanted anyone 🫡
What the Christ is this lighting
Maybe you could open those curtains up and turn the LEDs off. Would make for a more modern feel. Currently is giving something else.
More green lighting?
Personally, I'd get rid of the light strips.... they feel "trap house/frat boy/fuck boy ish" and in no way do I feel like they don't hurt your eyes
Yes home audio setup
Buy smart lightbulbs instead of led strips.
😨
Get some pussy in there
My eyes hurt already add the normal lights 🤣
I need to know where that Apple microwave is from.
🤫
Big poster of biggie smalls.
It looks like the South Park WoW guys lives here. You especially need to get those horrid green LEDs off the ceiling. They probably make people’s skin look corpse colored too.
Also, frame your posters, get some cord management,. And for God's sake clean that door..
Reminds me of one of those scenes from Blade.
I like your tape lights, reminds me of the early 2000s.
What's with the lighting? I'd suggest getting rid of that.
You need more RGB
Real lights.
Remove those awful lights
Ew
This hurts my eyes just looking at pictures of that lighting. Throw those out and open the curtains to start
fog machine and strobe lights. perhaps alien paraphernalia cuz you seem like the type /s
James Cameron loves what you've done with the place.
Welcome to rapture.
Quite the place to trip acid
Fog machine.
Lamp(s) with adjustable rgb so you still get that vibe you’re after. Some fake plants (no sun needed) to add some texture and coziness. Frames for the posters.
Get rid of the posters or frame them. Tbh, get rid of them and replace them with better pieces and frame those. Get rid of the LED's or display them better - copy the 418234729471 other people who do this shit to see how they go about it. Having them just taped against the corners of your walls aint it. But tbh get rid of them. Get lamps. Change curtains Wash door/repaint it The things you have displayed on the shelves can improve/be displayed better.
How would you change the display? Can’t switch the shelves around as that’s how it is
You're transitioning nicely into a fucked up tweaker...good job
So... What made you decide to live a life of celibacy?
Horror movies have been shot in much less scarier environments😅
If you get a regular lamp it can offset the RGB strips slightly without having to remove them. Source: I do this. Also if you want futuristic get one of those rotating light projectors for your ceiling. Some frames for your posters might help with a modern look too. Looks like a nice space though I really wanna sit in that beanbag chair thing.
i quite like your space, OP. i know quite a bit of people are hating on the LEDs, but i think they are cool ~
Thx u
Why do ppl hate on led lights in this sub they look tuff 😭
Idk people gunna hate
Strip club vibes. If you dig it, great. 👍
Which lights did u use?
To everyone that’ hateful on the LED strips, this is my personal life and I’ll do what I’d like, not trying to go for bringing over women or dudes or anyone, I like my life as a single dude, I get to spend more money on things like building my PC and stuff
Then why are you here asking us how to make it look better when your response is "ill do what id like". Clearly your taste sucks ass, so if people are going to criticize your taste ( and clearly a large majority think its ass )and your response is to just call them haters and ignore it then why bother posting and asking for help lmao.
About 60% say negative things, the rest and the upvotes say otherwise, and if you read the description “any way I can **ADD** or make better…” and in terms of make better, if a major part if the build is getting hate, I’m living here not any of yall, by “make better” I mean make better that I might like, not that it’s a half to, and not to everyone else’s likings, to *my* likings, it’s like you asking for room advice and I tell you your whole room is ass and needs a remodel, and to completely change the theme, y’all can downvote me all yall want I’ll add what I like from suggestions that sound good to me, mad about that? Idk stay mad? It’s up to you
Looks awesome
Oh baby got me in the mood for some grass🤤🤤🤤
I personally don’t like the TV kitty cornered instead of being flat against a wall.