Step 6: Decide Where To Begin
If you are starting from scratch, with no furnishings or hard to change features, you are lucky! Here's your opportunity to follow the earlier suggestions and map out a color and pattern scheme that will take you through to the end of your decorating project, even if you intend to do a few rooms now and the rest later. If you want to entertain your friends as soon as possible and get settled in a comfortable living and dining room, then you should begin to decorate in these two rooms first. If, on the other hand, comfort in your bedroom is of paramount importance, you should start there. The choice is yours.

If you are redecorating and already have many elements firmly in place, the task of selecting colors and wallcoverings is a little harder because you'll need to take into account and work with existing furniture, carpets, appliances, plumbing fixtures, etc.