How to Design a Room from Start to Finish

Shifting into your new home is not only exciting and thrilling but it’s also quite nerve-wrecking and overwhelming when styling and decorating of different rooms is the next job at hand. So many decisions have to be made in order to make every room standout and also to make sure that the whole house looks harmonious yet different when completed. When you think about decorating each room, a dozen ideas are floating in your head but when the time actually comes to execute them, a paralysis sets in. Questions like, from which room to start, what paint to go for, what size of rug to be laid, white linen curtains or printed, sectional sofas or three-seater, all make the task even more challenging and puzzling.

With numerous decorating styles, design ideas, Pinterest images, Instagram pages and interior designing magazines, the idea of decorating your room can be both easy and challenging at the same time. Given that decorating any room from the scratch can be intimidating and daunting but with the right approach, guidance, step by step direction and empowering mindset, you can take over the reins of your decoration and nail them with finesse. Make sure to be organized and methodical in your approach for the task to seem less formidable and more fun. Once you have overcome the hurdle of self-doubt, you can easily answer the troubling questions like linen curtains or white linen curtains.

In this article, we have broken down the whole process of decorating a room from start to finish in easy-to-understand, doable and accomplishable parts. This article will provide you with a perfect template that anyone who’s trying to decorate, revamp or spruce up their room decor can adapt and achieve perfection. Following these infallible, dependable and lasting guidelines of decorating a room, you can surely enjoy the comfort of a well-done, cohesive, functional and cozy room that resonates with your style and reflects your inner flair with perfection. Lastly the steps aren’t hard and fast to follow, bend them like beckham to serve your own taste.

Step 1 is to Get Inspired

Before initiating any project one needs to be sure where they want to take it, what is the end result and what is their imagination. Every room of the home must connect with you on every level because you have to live with it, day in and day out. Starting without any plan can make the whole ordeal much more challenging and you might end up hating it. Some people know what they want but are unable to translate that in their décor and some people are just confused about as they like quite a few designs. In order to conquer this problem, scan and score through magazines, Instagram pages, and Pinterest images and visit some interior decorating stores to get inspired by the new and latest trends and see what makes your heart sing and dance and brings a smile on your face. Try to pin the images that you connect with the most and work out a plan that gives you that kind of room décor. Make sure not to get too excited and pin everything on your Pinterest board, just the ones that inspire you.

Step 2 is to Plan Ahead

Now it’s time to take some concrete actions, enough talking already. For starting the décor of any room, the first thing is always the furniture as it takes the most space thus has the most influence. Plan a detailed layout of the room at hand, I strongly recommend to install the Floorplanner app in your phone, just add the measurements of your room and create a virtual room where you can add the furniture, rugs, artwork, white linen curtains and every other object that you wish to install and see if the look comes together for you. Make sure to measure everything you wish to install, consider the console, sofas, coffee tables, side tables, chairs and cabinets. Add them in the app and see which ones look cohesive and that’s what you want to look for.

Step 3 is to set the Budget  

 Budgeting is crucial when decorating one room or a whole house. If you want to enjoy your revamped or decorated room without any guilt then budgeting is a must-to-do step. When going shopping you will find many furniture pieces, decoration pieces and other elements that you will feel are a must-haves but don’t do impulsive shopping thinking you will find a place for them. Prioritize your spending, you don’t want to miss out on essentials and end up getting things that make no impact alone. But having said that, leave some room for any unexpected expanse, for instance you loved a rug that was perfect but a little pricey or you found the perfect linen curtains for your room.

Step 4 is to pick the Perfect Paint Colors

Now that the look of the room has started to come together, it’s time to bring in some colors in order to inject some life into the room. Taking cue from the inspirational images you saved the furniture pieces you chose and the budget you set, it is easy to decipher the hues you want to splash on your walls. You can either go for an accent wall paired with neutral toned walls or you can have one colored wall all over the room.

Step 5 is to Go Shopping

Finally it’s time to set out in the real world and find out all those amazing pieces you have been saving and drooling on for days. Scour through the internet; spend hours and hours in the market and find the best pieces at the best price for your room to make it look right out of a designer magazine but still effectively reflecting your style. After getting all the essentials, take the leverage to consider splurging on some items that you love and lastly add the much needed accessories and other elements to make the room look amazing and well thought out.

Final Tips

So this is my manifesto on how to decorate any room step by step in order to achieve the desired look. Hopefully you know where to start and how to end when thinking about doing or redoing any room of the home.