20 Home Decor and Interior Design Cheat Sheets That Will Turn You Pro

Decorating your home can sometimes become a daunting task because you can get lost in measurements, styles, and other decor choices. Then you can either begin researching your problem online and experimenting or getting help from a professional designer.

To avoid all that hustle, here are 20 home decor cheat sheets for you that you can keep handy to turn to whenever you face a decor problem. These cheat sheets and guidelines will put the most common home decor rules in simple terms, which will help you decorate your home almost like a real interior design professional.

Area Rug Size

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Choose the right size of the area rug before buying one. Make sure it fits your furniture perfectly.

Home Lighting

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Use this guide to choose the correct lighting for your home.

Decor Style

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Feeling a bit lost in the world of interior design styles? Use this guide as a map to the most popular design styles.

Measuring

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This cheat sheet provides the most common home measurements and takes out all the guesswork.

Decorate the Space Above Sofa

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Make sure the space above sofa isn’t left blank by using these wall art hanging guidelines.

Gallery Wall Layouts

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Creating a gallery wall that looks good is not easy, so here’s a diagram that will help you in many different situations.

Decorate a Mantel

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A mantel is the perfect surface for display items and vignettes but when you begin arranging multiple things it can be a challenge to make it look right. Use this diagram as a reference.

Living Room Layout

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Having trouble arranging living room furniture? These layouts will help.

Bathroom Layout

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There are many ways to arrange your bathroom and the layouts for it. 100 to be exact.

Gallery Placement

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Creating a picture gallery in different places has its quirks. Refer to this diagram for ideas.

Window Coverings

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Take a look at this drawing before deciding on your window coverings – there are a lot more of them that you might have imagined.

Choosing Colors

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The choice of colors is a complicated subject but this diagram will help you choose the main colors for different rooms based on their psychology.

Choosing Indoor Houseplants

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We’ve already talked about keeping houseplants alive, and the first step is choosing the right plants. Refer to this diagram for the most common houseplants.

Feng Shui

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Following the principles of Feng Shui in home decor can be a daunting task, but this diagram will make the process a lot easier.

Styling Sectionals

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You didn’t think you can just throw pillows randomly, did you?

Print Size Guide

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Here’s a quick guide to determine the print size for a typical setup.

Choose the Right Rug

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Never make a mistake of choosing the wrong rug for different rooms again.

Bed Make Up

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This diagram shows the correct way to make your bed.

Basic Vignette Layout

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Vignettes make great accents and here’s how you can make a basic one.

Hanging Curtains

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One of the biggest home decor mistakes made is with hanging the curtains. Refer to this drawing to never hang them at an incorrect height again.

Sofa Styling

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Create a sofa style like a real interior designer.

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