11 Common Interior Design Mistakes

Here are 11 mistakes that people often make when decorating their home, that you should try to avoid!

1. Over accessorizing

2. Using even numbers with decor. (Odd always looks best)

3. Matching everything

4. Placing furniture up against the wall

Solution: Bring pieces away from the wall and focus more on the center of the room.
Solution: Bring pieces away from the wall and focus more on the center of the room.

5. Leaving shelves empty

6. Choosing too small of a rug “floating rug”

Solution: select a large enough rug for all furniture pieces to touch.
Solution: select a large enough rug for all furniture pieces to touch.

7. Forgetting windows. (curtains complete any room)

8. Too many decorative pillows

Solution: If it is annoying to take them off and put them back everyday, you have too many.
Solution: If it is annoying to take them off and put them back everyday, you have too many.

9. Fake flowers. It is obvious no matter what you think.

10. Wrong use of scale. Make sure all furniture pieces are on the same size scale.

11. Leaving clutter out and visible

Happy Decorating 🙂

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