Whether you rent a tiny carriage house, purchase a co-op apartment, or want to overhaul your suburban split-level, you are faced with the same basic challenge: To decorate.

Right at this starting point, many people begin to make costly mistakes, mistakes that eventually drain their bank accounts as well as their spirit, purely because they do not trust their own sense of style and taste.

I urge you, beginning right now, to learn to trust your own inner sense of style. You should make a pledge to yourself, and for yourself, to know that you are the true specialist when it comes to knowing how to make your home comfortable. If you choose to hire someone to assist you in carrying out your vision, then so be it. But always have confidence in your own ideas and dreams.

Right now you may find this hard to believe, but the truth is you already have that inner sense of home! It exists within you. And it is time to search for, unearth, and voyage into your hidden vision.