Experts offer home improvement tips

It is now straightforward for consumers to access decorating supplies when they want to do up their properties. By heading online, they can take their pick from a wide range of items and, as long as they choose the right websites, they can benefit from superb value for money too.

However, the success of home improvements does not solely hinge on people’s ability to access the right products. It is also important for them to make savvy design choices.

Offering advice to consumers, decorating experts Colin McAllister and Justin Ryan recently suggested that it is vital to consider purchases carefully before actually handing over any money. Writing on yourhome.ca, the celebrity design specialists drew attention to the rule “think twice, buy once”.

Explaining this idea, they added: “That, dear readers, means no impulse snatch, and no knee-jerk grab. And therefore no buyers’ remorse. It’s important, too, that you consider our ‘one in, one out’ rule; the idea is to enhance your 2013 environment rather than congest it before it’s even begun.”

They also noted that it is important for home owners to consider the issue of colour.

According to the duo, it is not wise to “jump off the cliff like lemmings” when it comes to colours that are identified as being in vogue. People may want to bear this in mind when they are on the lookout for decorating tools.

They remarked: “Adhering to forecasts is one thing, but tread carefully. Colour affection, as we see it, is more about personal preference and good design more about listening to your heart, and merging aspects into that which you already have. Who, after all, can start from scratch every single year?”