{"id":864,"date":"2010-10-12T08:48:03","date_gmt":"2010-10-12T12:48:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hickoryfurniture.blogs.eprevue.net\/?p=864"},"modified":"2010-10-12T08:48:03","modified_gmt":"2010-10-12T12:48:03","slug":"interior-design-the-definitive-list-of-decorating-donts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/interior-design-the-definitive-list-of-decorating-donts\/","title":{"rendered":"Interior Design: The Definitive List Of Decorating Don’ts"},"content":{"rendered":"
Last Updated Tuesday, October 12, 2010<\/div>
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If you are completely new to interior design but are eager to start decorating your home with a professional designer\u2019s eye and touch, Hickory Furniture Mart provides the following crash course. We’ll walk you through how to avoid pitfalls and give you the confidence (to appear) as if you\u2019ve been doing d\u00e9cor your entire life.<\/p>\n

Make your own design choices. Never rely on others to pick out important elements you will encounter every day<\/strong> like paint color, bedroom wallpaper, or a breakfast table. The home is the most personal of spaces. Therefore, each choice is a personal one. Even when working with professional decorators, insist on being consulted every step of the way.<\/p>\n

Next,\u00a0never making painting the room first on your decorating \u201cto do\u201d list. <\/strong>You can start buying paint but you need to make sure it matches well with upholstery, carpet, and other fabrics you will also be using in your design.<\/p>\n

On the topic of buying paint,\u00a0don\u2019t settle on a paint color based on a single paint chip.<\/strong> We strongly recommend buying a small quantity of paint in the color that interests you and sample it in order to see how it really looks under real-life conditions, including lighting and wall texture. You can also use cardboard boxes to test paint if you\u2019re hesitating on applying paint to your walls so soon.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t throw your money at every interesting shade of flooring, paint, and fabric.<\/strong> You are bound to change your mind after. Your best bet is to ask for swatches and samples to see how they actually look like in real life conditions (see above).<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t be afraid to be bold if that is your taste.<\/strong> As we\u2019ve mentioned, the home is the most personal of spaces. It can have red walls if that\u2019s what makes you happy. Don\u2019t let interior design magazines and TV shows tell you otherwise.<\/p>\n

Finally,\u00a0don\u2019t forget to find a focal point in every room<\/strong> that pulls together all the room\u2019s elements from paint color to furnishings.\u00a0 Arrange everything around this focal point. It will lift up the room.<\/p>\n

Hickory Furniture Mart\u2019s furniture galleries and showrooms<\/a> know the \u201cdon\u2019ts\u201d of home interior design, offering an affordable selection of furnishings and accessories. What types of accessories or furnishings have become focal points in your rooms?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last Updated Tuesday, October 12, 2010 If you are completely new to interior design but are eager to start decorating your home with a professional designer\u2019s eye and touch, Hickory Furniture Mart provides the following crash course. We’ll walk you through how to avoid pitfalls and give you the confidence (to appear) as if you\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":303,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[12],"yst_prominent_words":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/303"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/864\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=864"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hickoryfurniture.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}