If you're looking to reinvent an entire room or simply spruce up the kitchen counter, here's a great place to start. Decorating a space can be a daunting task, especially for people who have no prior experience in interior design. Not only does it take time, it also requires patience and creativity.

Do's

• DO go with your gut and fill your home with things that you love that reflect your personality. Create a space that’s truly yours.
• DO follow your own personal style. Only buy what makes you smile. Don't buy something or paint a room red because you think it is trendy or your best friend did it. Stick to what you like and curate your own look. It will always be in style.
• DO select your fabrics first for a room. They'll set the tone for your color story.
• DO use art to inspire the room's design.
• DO use a "connecting color" to help connect the interior design from room to room in a house. It could be a living room painted blue and then a touch of blue in the hallway, and blue chairs in the dining room. Think about how you can help the design flow through the home.

Don'ts

• DON’T just follow trends or what the “Joneses” are doing.
• DON’T rush out and decorate an entire room all at once. Decorating takes time, let it and your personal style evolve. You will create room(s) that will not only look better, but function better for the way you live in each room if you wait and see how you live in it, what it really needs to be a functional, comfy space, how the light effects the space, etc.
• DON’T be discouraged if your vision doesn't come together overnight. Sometimes it takes time to get it right. It's not just about how fast you can click 'purchase', it's about the journey of transforming a house into a home, finding unique pieces full of meaning and building a space that tells your story.
• DON’T select paint first. It should be selected last because it's the backdrop for the other items chosen for the room.
• DON’T use patterns in a room without varying scale. You want one "star" in the room as far as pattern, and then you can use one or two smaller-scaled "supporting players." If your fabrics all have patterns of the same scale, your eye won't know where to look in a room - it's too busy.