Interior Design & Home Decorating Without an Interior Designer

Measure:

The biggest mistake people make is not measuring the space they plan to redesign. The wrong size of any piece of furniture can ruin your plans for the room and force you to improvise.

Organize your Ideas.

Many people have ideas either scribbled down or ripped out of magazines. This is a great start! The problem is, it never seems to go further than the binder and actually starts to confuse. Don’t get bored or distracted. Throw your ideas out on a table and piece together what works together. Solidify your plans. Throw out the unnecessary and flighty ideas that you know you will never do, but would look cool, someday in your next house, maybe. Then see what you have left.

Get Samples.

Get paint chips, fabric samples, wood samples, anything the stores will let you have, More and more, you are able to order fabric samples online. Look before you buy. Put them all together under different lights In Your Home! Coordinate them with existing furniture.

Once your ideas are together and your theme is pinned down, feel comfortable to order your new furniture and accessories knowing you made the right choices. Take the guess work out of designing your home and you will be much happier with the well thought out result. If this sounds a little too overwhelming, don’t worry. You are not alone. And there are designers standing by ready to share their knowledge and time with you to help you make the perfect choices for your home.