10 Tips to Successful Home Decorating

1. Do not add something to your home unless it is useful and beautiful.
2. Pick a color scheme and delineate from it only when you are making a conscious statement.
3. Every time you buy something, throw something (or give something) away.
4. Don't buy items that aren't essential to the way your family lives, even if everyone else has one.
5. Use what you love.
6. Steal, copy, and imitate, then add, delete and finish.
7. Choose a style, choose a sub-style, and keep those in mind whenever you add a piece to your home.
8. Learn the difference between what you like and what can work for you.
9. When you want to change your style, start small and start inexpensive.
10. If something doesn't seem quite right in your home, take a picture, evaluate it, then remove/change  the space. Only add if you have to.

(Source: Relief Society homemaking night attended by Janice and Sarah. We also learned how to sew crazy hotpads, headbands for babies made from knee-hi nylons and  homemade cards which Sarah was a helper.)