Avoid rushing into a decorating project, whether it involves one room or a whole house. Pour over it methodically for a pleasing result is is worth far more than the actual time and energy invested.
Familiarize yourself to as much good home design, both traditional and modern. For only then will you be able to be certain of your personal taste and to decide on a suitable style of decorating. Do not be content on the designs shown in the mock-up rooms in the big department stores, but study the glossy home decor magazines too. If you do not want to go to the expense of buying European magazines, you can always see them in the internet.
Find the best furnitures, fabrics, accessories and antique experts and study their displays to familiarize your eyes to know good design.
Then create a realistic appraisal of your habits and way of life. Do your children have the full run of the house, or are they usually kept away from the adult areas? Do you prefer a more casual approach to life or do you desire formal entertaining? Even take household pets into consideration: a a dog’s filthy paws will ruin a white carpet.
Sum up all these considerations and your budget and start with your master plan. If you know all the details that you want to place inside your home but do not know how to correctly measure the floor areas, an architect can do this for you. There is a vast list of architects in the internet, ready and willing to guide you through the entire design process.
Do lots of drawing and sketching and look at your house as a whole, even if you can decorate only one room at a time. Bring home big carpet samples so that you can really get a feel of how the finished room would appear. Collect swatches of fabric for curtains and upholstery and live with them for a while. Do the same with paint and wallpaper samples. Other furniture stores would allow you to take pieces home on approval.
There can be more hazards, however, in having too many alternatives to select from than in a shortage of alternatives. If your budget allows you to decorate the entire house lavishly but you are still confused, get professional advice. If you are redecorating your bathroom, and would like to transfer the fixtures, never do the pipe extensions yourself. Contact your local Plumbers or plumbing company to do this for you.
The most important thing is, do not buy anything unless you really love it. A mediocre pastiche of ‘what it should have been like’ will be a constant source of frustration.
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