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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Camille Dubuis-Welch

5 decorating budgeting mistakes designers warn most of us are making

Grand living room with large windows and mirror.

Behind every home makeover, there will be a budget. Whether your design plans are ambitious or quaint in nature, setting yourself an interior design budget and then sticking to it, are, in fact, two quite radically different tasks. All too often have we defined a budget, only to realize –  usually when almost ready to unveil said new space – that it was, shall we say, unrealistic...

Money is hard to manage at the best of times, but when it comes to making our space beautiful, being overzealous is almost a natural part of planning. To avoid dismay when remodeling or bringing wonderfully budget living room ideas to life, we checked in with a handful of designers for their advice on where we might be tripping up, and how to avoid it.

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