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[quote=Anonymous]We were in your exact situation.  Bought our first SFH, renovated before moving in, sold all our old Ikea furniture prior to moving, and there was not a single window treatment or any paint color in the whole house (the paint was all beige).  We moved in with just our bed, an old kitchen set, and a sofa.

So, we had to start from scratch.  We made a lot of mistakes along the way, including painting before getting furniture, and focusing on window treatments first.

The first thing you need to do is pick 1 or 2 rooms to work on first.  First step is to get your upholstered pieces, by going to a furniture store like Belfort or Haverty's, etc.  There are designers on staff that will work with you for free.  They can help you figure out what pieces you need and how to arrange them, and help you choose coordinating fabrics.  Then once you have those in focus on the tables--coffee tables, accent tables, bookcases, etc.  Then choose a paint color by finding something that coordinates with the fabrics you chose.  Then last choose a rug, window treatments, and accessories.

We made the mistake of focusing on every room at once and doing a little at a time (buy a couch for one room, a desk for another, a rug for another, etc.).  This was inefficient and led to us having lots of empty rooms for too long.  If you focus on one or two rooms to finish completely, then take a break and start on the next ones, your house will be on its way to being complete much more efficiently.

It is very overwhelming to do it this way and I wish we hadn't sold all our furniture, because I think we rushed into a few things where we could have taken more time.

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