How to Avoid the Biggest Decorating Mistakes In Home Design

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Have you ever bought a piece of custom furniture you absolutely hated? 

These home design ideas will help you avoid the biggest and most common decorating mistakes.

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Home Design Ideas

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Make sure it’s classic or at least a style you have always gravitated toward.

Decorative Clutter

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Try to look at your spaces with fresh eyes, like someone walking in for the first time. Step back and take in the entire room.

Decorating the Perimeter

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I dislike contrived layouts, like furniture on a diagonal, and believe decorating is all about making a room function optimally.

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Too Much Color

The best way to emphasize color and to enhance its beauty is to limit what’s around it.  

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Incorrect Scale

Ultimately scale is all about balance and sometimes it comes down to trial and error.

Missing the Finishing Touches

It doesn’t take a lot to give a room that completed polish. It could be just one piece of art for your walls, simple drapery panels for the windows and an inexpensive but lovely light fixture.

The Rest

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– Don’t keep something you hate, just because it was expensive. – Decor should not be all the same height.

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