Are You Prepared to Decorate?

When preparing to decorate or furnish a room, you need to be prepared.  I recommend having a small bag that you can grab at a moments notice. Here are some items to keep in your bag:

• Small sample of wood to match or contrast against, this can be a drawers from cabinets or a leaves from kitchen tables
• Paint chip or sample
• Fabric or leather swatch or an arm cover from a sofa
• Pillow from the sofa in case you need to take a nap... I mean in case you need those colors to work with
• Picture of the current room 

Many times when decorating, you may stop by a store on a whim.  Then once you arrive it's difficult to recall all the colors and tones in your home.