Where Do I Begin ?

To decorate successfully, you first must determine your needs, desired goals and establish a budget before you can accomplish creating the perfect setting for your lifestyle.

Some questions to help you get started.

• How long do you plan to stay in your present home?
• What is your lifestyle... do you entertain guests? go to bed early? love to cook? hate to clean?
• What do you do in each room ?
• Are you planning to start a family, or do you have children? What are their ages?
• How much space do you need for leisure activities (office, study, sewing, reading, TV)?
• Is there enough sleeping space?
• Do you have enough storage space?
• What's your decoration style?
• Count your rooms and list multi-purpose uses (example, homework, bills, computer).
• Make notes about what furniture you currently own, what you like and what you dislike. What will stay and what will go?
• Have you considered a color scheme, or do you have a favorite color?
• List color of any pieces of furniture, fabrics or finds that would be a good start to develop a color scheme.
• How much do you want to spend?