Renovating our old Queenslander takes still most of our weekends, we call it our "block" We even had 24 hrs challenge which my hubby failed (with my help) We complain about it but we love it and every time we managed to get something right around the house we are very happy and proud of it I won't lie there is a lot of arguing and swearing involved
The trick is to get balance of colors right and keep it clean I don't think you need a lot of money to create something special just good a very good taste When I go through magazines (heaps of them) I know what I like no doubt about it But it won't look good everywhere so you have to make it work with rest of your house, future plans and the character of the house Easier said than done Recently I am preoccupied with planning colors for our master bedroom - yes once you married you are entitled to your own master bedroom which is the biggest bedroom in the house we had little fight with our boy as he wanted it but we stacked to our guns and didn't let him win that battle I have been through many websites and magazines to get rough idea what I want in terms of colors not all my choices will suit the house unfortunately I think starting point is to decide about colors and then start collecting other items it will be long process as we have to redo it fully and also the most expensive as we need new bed and wardrobes - well have to start somewhere:) below what I found worth considering for our mb