Getting started decorating your home to a particular style or theme can seem a daunting prospect at first, but if you break it down into steps a difficult task can become significantly easier. Although it would be great to get your entire flat or house decorated in the same style at once it can be much easier to take a piece by piece approach and work towards a goal over time rather than trying to achieve everything at once.
Before you even start any work you need to create a plan of how you want your house to look, what style are you going for? If you don't create a detailed plan of what you are aiming for from the start you might find yourself slowly drifting off course. While your home has the potential to look great in any one of a number of styles what you don't want to do is start off decorating and working towards one style and ending up at another resulting in a hodgepodge of styles lacking a common theme.
To get started creating your plan try to decide on an overall theme by investigating magazines, friend's houses and appropriate television shows and books for ideas and gathering them together to find the look that is going to suit you and your house. You'll need to consider what colours you're going to use, the texture and patterns involved in the fabrics as well as what furniture, lighting and accessories you are going to buy, not to mention the flooring and curtains. If all this sounds overwhelming it can be a great idea to hire a professional designer to help you with your project. Although many people think you can't hire a designer unless you are decorating an entire house many of them will be happy to work on smaller products. If you find the right designer they may well be happy to consult and give you advice for a smaller fee while leaving much of the work to you.
Once you've settled on what style décor you're going with you're ready to begin. It is best to start with one room at a time and to focus on it until finished otherwise you'll end up with an entire house full of unfinished rooms. You should have a budget for each room and you'll need to be disciplined in sticking with it if you want to see the project through to completion. When making purchases buy from more than one shop to avoid looking like your house has been ordered straight out of a catalogue. Once you've decided on your overall style it's up to you to choose individual and unique pieces that will meet this style while giving your room character and individuality. Often the best pieces can be found second hand or created by repurposing older objects in a new style.
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