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Homes & Gardens
Homes & Gardens
Emily Moorman

This is one of the 'biggest decorating mistakes' you can make, according to an expert interior designer – here's what to do instead

Neutral living room .

While decorating your home can often be an ongoing project – swapping out items over the years to create a personal and homely space – when it comes to the basics of a room, you'll want to make sure you get it right the first time to avoid making interior design mistakes.

Warning us of one of the biggest decorating mistakes when it comes to color trends is interior designer Ines Mazzotta, Principal Designer at Kelly Hopter Interiors, who took to Instagram to share a video in which she says: 'The biggest decorating mistake that I see is homeowners matching colors with their furnishings and decor too closely, or pulling a color directly from one element and repeating.'

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