You Need to Avoid These Interior Design Mistakes at All Costs

Painting the Walls Before Buying the Furniture

This one isn't self-explanatory, we offer our sincerest and most patient apologies. An important trick to learning how to properly decorate your home is to make sure that you know what you're going to put inside of it before you style around it. If the carpet doesn't match the drapes, you should have just gotten the drapes first.

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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.