Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.

Look at your world and your life, and look at what is personal to you. If you're living in an apartment, you need to stick with a narrative that's personal to you.

Avoid too much intense color. Make sure you mix colors and try them out. It's always good to do a swatch.

Avoid spending too much on one thing.

Think of how much furniture you need. What's the best way to have it be functional in a great way? If it's in groups, define it.

People buy things in isolation and don't think of how they work together.

To be influenced by a magazine and, say, a Swedish theme, unless it resonates with you, it seems kind of odd and influenced.