10 Steps to a Well-Designed Room

From Design Secrets From the Pros

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Go with your flow.
A beautiful home should have continuity from room to room. You wouldn't wear a yellow shirt with purple pants and green shoes, so why would you decorate each room in your house with an entirely different color palette or style? To prevent each room from looking out of place, try to maintain similar tones and themes throughout the house.

"When you do one room, you have to think about everything that touches it, all of the spaces that connect. And stay with the whole scheme of the house," says designer Stephanie Henley of Beasley & Henley Interior Design in Winter Park, Florida.

Jackie Glisson notes, "When I do a home, when you walk from room to room, there's some element that continues."

Discover how one designer brings harmony to her home.