5 Major Decorating Mistakes That Are (Fortunately!) Quite Easy to Fix

Most people want their home to be comfortable, functional, and pleasing to the eye when decorating. Unfortunately, due to lack of knowledge, one can make decorating mistakes that prevent you from fully enjoying your home design. Sometimes you can't even say what went wrong. You just know that the room didn't turn out the way you wanted it to, because the feeling isn't right.

Often it's simply a room that's a bit out of balance. Fortunately, fixing errors is usually not overly complicated or expensive. Let's review the major mistakes you can make in room design and how to correct them.

And even if you can't blame yourself for any decorating blunders, you'll definitely benefit from reading this article. Thanks to this, you can avoid bigger mistakes and take good advice to heart.

Choosing wall color before fabrics

Anyone who has had to choose a wall color shade knows how difficult it can be. Since it's one of the most important decisions in room design, despite long deliberation, the choice can go completely wrong.

And when after lengthy searches and multiple wall repainting it turns out that the color doesn't match the furniture and fabrics at all, then your mood can really be dampened.

SOLUTION: Choose a color tone found in some furniture fabric or carpet that will tie the entire interior design together, and repaint the wall. Choosing wall color based on other decorating elements is much easier than finding fabrics you like that would also match the wall color.

Besides, this way you can find a really cool solution that you would never have come up with just by picking colors at the hardware store.

Buying furniture without measuring

"Oh what a beautiful side table – it will fit perfectly in my living room! I'll take it!"

Wait, but what about the measurements? Whether it turns out at home that your chosen piece of furniture is too small or too large, neither option is good.

SOLUTION: If you can't return or exchange the furniture, put it up for sale in some auction environment and choose a new one for yourself. When going to the store, bring measurements that the furniture piece must match. Once you've found the item, mark it on the floor just to be sure before buying.

And only when you're convinced that your choice is right, make the purchase.

Buying furniture sets

Buying a furniture set intended for a bedroom or living room seems like a very good idea at first. The designer has already made many decisions for you and all you have to do is choose the furniture you like in the right dimensions.

But what if it turns out at home that the entire room solution is simply … boring?

SOLUTION: Choose armchairs to go with the sofa that aren't exactly from a completely different opera, but go well with it. The connecting element could be, for example, the color, material, leg shape, or something else. You'll recognize the right one.

If you've bought a bedroom set that you're still not completely satisfied with, you can make the design more interesting by replacing nightstands or side tables. There's an endless selection of these. You can also use something that wasn't originally intended for that purpose at all as a nightstand. For example, an antique chair or a stool.

Making safe choices

If you've gotten a couple of decorating choices completely wrong, it's easy to go to the other extreme and fear every slightly bolder decision. Unfortunately, overly safe choices can result in a boring home that lacks that something that makes a home a home.

SOLUTION: Take a risk occasionally with something bolder that isn't overly expensive either. Often it pays off. If you choose, for example, some bolder wall decoration, you can always replace it.

Holding onto the past

Perhaps you once made a decorating decision that turned out to be a complete disaster, and now you avoid the same thing like fire. For example, you might have gone wrong with wallpaper choices and now you won't give any wallpaper a chance.

SOLUTION: Times change and so do you. Don't get stuck in your old decisions and be brave about reconsidering them.