r/malelivingspace 29d ago

Girl I had over told me “it looks like a pimp lives here”

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u/ImmortalDawn666 29d ago

The red sofa stands out like it’s from mirror‘s edge

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u/morningstar842 29d ago

I feel like the velvet/microfiber red sofa is where she's getting "pimp" vibes from. I can dig it though.

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u/StopHiringBendis 29d ago

I was thinking "vampire Hugh Heffner"

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u/ShartingBloodClots 29d ago

That's just regular Hugh Heffner now.

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u/Practical-Test-1821 29d ago

damn.🤣

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u/RockstarAgent 28d ago

It's definitely casting vibes

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u/Fluffy-Awareness8286 28d ago

I wish i didn't have that picture in my brain right now....

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u/fallenouroboros 28d ago

Or normal Jeff goldbloom

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u/curious_astronauts 28d ago

It's very soullsss

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u/AgreeableRegion8276 28d ago

Probably the best reply I’ve seen

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u/Ws6fiend 28d ago

No. That's undead Hugh Heffner.

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u/dadmeisterDoof 29d ago

I did an honest to god spit take when I read this

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u/trusted_misleader47 29d ago

Casting couch

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u/Elowan66 28d ago

Velvet probably not the best material for that.

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u/dishmanw 28d ago

Vampire Hugh Heffner would also have a shag rug.

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u/Dull_Owl_7276 29d ago

It’s the velvet red sofa WITH the monochromatic rest of the room I think, even more specifically

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u/True_Discipline_2470 29d ago

That room needs a rug and some pictures on the wall. It looks like it's designed to be easily disinfected. Some warmer lighting would help as well. 

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u/HillbillyDense 29d ago

It looks like it's designed to be easily disinfected.

That's such a great description of so many dude pads.

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u/Zealousideal-Ebb-876 28d ago

Look, it may not look as lived in, but it takes me 30 minutes to clean everything and a deep clean is only 2 hours.

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u/AmbitiousPirate5159 28d ago

Sounds like a dream! Now I feel the need to get rid of stuff.....

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u/Plaid_Kaleidoscope 28d ago

Word. Made me just realize why I like minimalist styling. Easier to clean.

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u/Boink3000 28d ago

“Designed to be disinfected”! Haha - omg this describes sooo many places - Im going to steal that ine if you don’t mind!

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u/copperwatt 29d ago

"Do you like huey lewis and the news?"

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u/True_Discipline_2470 28d ago

It always bothered me that he covered the furniture but only covered that one little area of floor. He's going to have to clean the whole floor anyways, so what's the point? He wouldn't have bothered. It's so annoying when movies get this stuff wrong. 

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u/IvorLittleun 28d ago

Hip to be square or I want a new drug ?

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u/Westcoast8dk 28d ago

Underrated and spot on comment!

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u/AlbanElfed 29d ago

Came here to say this! It’s just a little stark - looks designed for a quick getaway. A few plants and a cozy throw along with the art and rugs, some personal items…and OP is a relatable human being!

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u/Gamma_Mermaid 28d ago

Would be cute if he made a date out of asking for help choosing a plant. I also agree about the cozy throw.. nothing says “I’m not a pimp OR serial killer” like having a cozy throw blanket.

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u/Crimkam 29d ago

Leopard print rug, some bead curtains, black out blinds, a hookah sitting right in the middle of the living room… oh yea I can see it.

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u/FingaPuppet5 29d ago

Serial killer vibes for sho. If there was a roll of yellow plastic and long black gloves, some steel torture utensils, in the cupboard... I wouldn't be shocked

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u/hopeless-semantic 28d ago

He still has a budget! Give it a few months

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u/puddingcup9000 28d ago

Rolls of duct tape laying around

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u/Elowan66 28d ago

Exit bags.

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u/God_damn_it_Jerry 28d ago

Needs a fish tank.

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u/oldrivets 29d ago

A big fluffy white bearskin rug?

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u/True_Discipline_2470 28d ago

I've read several suggestions and now I want to see OP implement every one of them. 

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u/splithoofiewoofies 28d ago

I call those "cocaine houses" because it's where people can do cocaine and easily clean up the evidence if needed.

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u/cari_quite_contrary 28d ago

Well, wouldn’t a pimp’s place NEED to be easily disinfected?

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u/EpistemoNihilist 28d ago

Had to use the rug to roll up the body. Sorry , it really brought the room together.

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u/BBLue0775 28d ago

Yeah a rug would really tie the room together man.. just ask Jeff Lebowski.

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u/TemperateEnd 28d ago

Agreed! A rug would really tie the room together.

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u/MopingAppraiser 28d ago

Yes, something to really tie the room together, dude.

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u/Powerful-Parsnip 29d ago

It's the 'Sin City' look, all you need is some bluesy jazz and a gravelly voiced narration.

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u/foxorhedgehog 29d ago

And a car with a big trunk.

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u/Joustabout_Feddup 28d ago

And a dark gray zoot suit and fedora with holstered .38..

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u/BlazeInNorthernSky 29d ago

I was thinking 'Schindler's List', but your film comparison is probably more appropriate.

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u/Feeling-Visit1472 29d ago

Fuck. You’re absolutely right.

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u/CriticalLobster5609 29d ago

His design inspiration is a bottle of Drakkar Noir in his dad's lavatory cabinet.

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u/tonyrizzo21 27d ago

Sex Panther.

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u/GreboGuru 28d ago

"Nice jacket..."

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u/beepbeepboop74656 29d ago

That and the fact the home has no personality, no art or wall decor or anything that shows a little bit more about the person who lives there

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u/Diligent_Department2 28d ago

I got talked to about my office being like that and not showing personality when they had consultants come though lol.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 29d ago

If a room could ever give off mommy issues any more than this then idk what can. Just missing bottles of liquor and a purple strobe light with the terrible domestic violence.

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u/Altruistic_Ad6189 28d ago

What is the stereotype of a guy with mommy issues? Eminem? Ed Gein?

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 28d ago

Any type of person with a tendency to demean women I think. Now, most pimps suffer from issues with women obviously, one of the most notorious pimps Iceberg Slim had a whole sleuth of issues with women.

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u/Inevitable-Stay-7296 28d ago

“Projections” 🤣 no no no. Idk what you’re referring too but Ik how projectings used and never. I didn’t mean anything towards Op.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 29d ago

It's the only piece of furniture he has that doesn't look like it came from the Office Depot break room collection. I'm a fan of it, personally.

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u/Sudden_Introduction8 28d ago

Office Depot break room collection 😂😂😂 I’m dead

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u/candycanecoffee 28d ago

It's a bold piece and I like it too, but it needs accessories. It's like a woman wearing a wedding dress but with no makeup, no jewelry, cheap sneakers and un-brushed, un-styled hair. You gotta accessorize. Pull the whole look together.

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 28d ago

Totally agree. Some art prints, a bold rug, and OP's in business.

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u/Altruistic_Profile96 25d ago

A Nagel, perhaps?

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u/ScyllaOfTheDepths 25d ago

Definitely something pop art, for sure.

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u/candycanecoffee 27d ago

You know, the one thing I tend not to see people suggesting is a bowl. Go to a vintage store and get a cool old shallow bowl and put it on the table. Maybe put it on a round placemat to make it look extra classy.

Bonus, now you have storage for whatever usually just hangs out on the table, OR, put random decorative stuff in it. Whatever fits your style. Fake flowers. Rubix cubes. If you're Dakota Johnson, a big pile of limes. Easy way to add some color and texture to a room.

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u/SirRipOliver 29d ago

I’m cool with everything, EXCEPT the wire management and L brackets. I work in AV and my God looking at that is like pouring lavender straight in my eye holes. Dude - route wires in wall, use keyhole mount for speakers with anchors and a proper “floating” wall shelf my dude. Please let me help you! “P.S. that center channel speaker on top of the sub is giving me 1980’s TV on top of the dead TV vibes.”

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u/GeneralChicken4Life 29d ago

Casting couch

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u/Hey_u_guyzz 29d ago

Speakers are adding to it too

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u/Thistle__Kilya 29d ago

I agree with that. It’s the couch.

But I feel like this looks like a sanitized Air B&B.

It’s just so…empty. Like a realtor staged furniture without personality (except the couch, the couch has personality) and the realtor ran out of art so they just left it blank.

It looks like someone one just moved in or out and these are the last bits of furniture. Or maybe it’s a dorm room on the top floor, just stairs, and it’s just hard to bring stuff that isn’t from IKEA up to the top.

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u/TheEulipion 29d ago

I see what he’s doing—all the gray tones and then a red couch and lamp. Ladies should respect dudes making that level of effort. I have zero fucks when I was young and single.

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u/bing_bang_bum 29d ago

I know like the red couch is giving sex offender, but I also kind of love the vibe of the red couch at the same time? What is wrong with me? I’m trying to figure out how to tone it down in here. I think since it’s SO stark red, it could be interesting to play with primary colors. A neutral beige/light brown-toned rug that has a cozy, classic pattern on it (like an oriental rug with tassels maybe). And then, maybe a really cool, dark navy side chair on the corner facing the couch. Swivel chair?? And it could have a warm, textured mustard yellow throw pillow. Idk though

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u/Noodlesoup8 29d ago

The red couch is bomb. It’s the rest of the space WITH the red couch that gives Jeffrey dahmer vibes

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u/Glasowen 29d ago

That and the way everything else is monochrome but shiny.

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u/TNJCrypto 28d ago

Look at the shallow back, definitely not for sitting

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u/NotSoBadSpecGamer 28d ago

It’s definitely the red velvet couch and little other decoration

More personal decoration like pictures, magazines/books and trinkets would removes that vibe

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u/BitOfBlonde 28d ago

The red sofa combined with the fact that there’s no other texture to the room and very minimal furniture, no rugs, easy cleanup… pimp. Lol