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Jabot Interiors has a Mini Personal Decorating Planner for You

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Before you meet with a designer, take a long dispassionate look at the furnishings and rooms around you. Then take a look at this personal decorating planner that we have set up for you, and use the questionnaire and worksheets to help establish your goals, priorities, and your budget.

TIP: Your consultant/designer will give you many new ideas, so expect to revise the worksheets a few times. You might want to print out or photocopy a few of these.

First, evaluate your lifestyle. Add as many personal notes as you like.

 

1. What is your remodelling or redecorating project?

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2. What are your goals for this project?

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3. What is your first priority?

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4. What is your second priority?

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5. What is your third priority?

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6. Gather cut-outs from magazines and design books of what you like and what you don’t like.

Keep them in separate files–rooms you love, and rooms you hate. This is an essential design step as pictures speak for you. It’s a technique that helps clarify your own style. These will speak volumes on your first meeting with a designer.

TIP: Stick a post-it note to each tear-sheet and write down what strikes you in the picture. It might be a detail, or it might be the overall feeling of the room. Remember, this is just a gathering of ideas, not things that will be copied.

Don’t expect your favourite pictures to look similar; they can seem un-related. They can reveal strong preferences for particular details, colours, moods, and show common ground. This will strongly help clue your designer into your style.