Build an ideas file

• Before you start
• Build an ideas file
• Decide on a colour scheme
• Minimise stress
• Avoid problems with work
• Get everything in place
• Add these contacts to your ideas file

Create a folder where you can keep all your style ideas to hand. Here's what to put in it:
• Take cuttings from magazines such as Ideal Home and also from mail-order catalogues, such as Next, Marks & Spencer or Laura Ashley
• Room-set-style shop displays, like those in Ikea as well as those in books, films and TV and even hotels, are good for inspiration
• Visit useful websites such as Homebase and B&Q
• Create different sections for different looks and insert cut pages from magazines, pages printed from the internet, samples and brochures, plus a list of contacts

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