Things I Wish I Knew Before I Decorated My First Home

I used to think some people were born with a magical decorating gene.

You know the ones. They walk into a room and just know where everything should go. They pick paint colors without breaking into a cold sweat.

Their homes look like they stepped out of a magazine, while mine looked like a furniture store exploded.

I was convinced I’d never be one of them.

And then? Every single disaster taught me something those “naturally gifted” decorators will never tell you.

Because here’s the truth they don’t want you to know: They made all these mistakes too.

In this book, I’m pulling back the curtain on everything that went hilariously, frustratingly, expensively wrong — because I’m going to save you thousands of dollars and months of regret.