The host and writer of the popular website "Ask the Decorator" offers her step-by-step, style-neutral decorating method appropriate for anyone wishing to redecorate a home.

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Before we get started -- The method -- What you want. Your aspirations ; Your functional needs ; Your emotional needs ; Your muse ; Your style ; Your room evaluation -- Creating your plan. Drawing your layout ; Drawing your elevations ; Drawing your ceiling ; Adding pattern ; Adding texture ; Adding color -- Making it happen. Setting your budget ; Establishing your timeline ; Scouting for items ; Hiring & DIYing ; Shopping ; Pulling it all together -- The end result -- Before you go.