Not Sure Where to Start Decorating? Begin With What You Love - The Unruly Home Series: Volume 2,

Inspiration Piece: Start With What You Love

If you’re standing in your living room wondering where to start, skip the mood boards for a second.

You don’t need a formula. You just need one thing that makes you light up.

Welcome back to The Unruly Home — where we drop the design rules and build spaces that actually work for real life.

Before you pick a paint color or buy another “maybe this will work” rug, start with one thing you already love.

What an Inspiration Piece Really Means

You don’t need a designer’s plan or a perfect starting point.

You just need one thing you can’t stop thinking about — even if it doesn’t fit the rest of your house yet.

Maybe it’s:

🪶 A chair you found at a flea market.

🪶 A piece of art that stopped you in your tracks.

🪶 A throw blanket that instantly makes the room feel better.

🪶 A color that keeps showing up in your clothes.

It doesn’t need to be fancy, expensive, or “on trend.”

It just has to pull you in.

That’s your inspiration piece — the anchor that reminds you what you actually like, not what you’re supposed to like.

How to Let It Guide You

Once you’ve found it, take a good look.

What colors are in it?

What materials or textures make it feel good?

What kind of energy does it bring — calm, bold, cozy, grounded?

You’re not decoding it — just noticing what feels right when it’s around.

Those small details are clues. They’ll help everything else in the room start to make sense.

Why This Works

When you start with something you actually love, every choice gets easier.

The colors connect.

The textures line up.

And suddenly, the room feels like it belongs to you.

You stop chasing inspiration photos and start building something that fits your life.

That’s when your home starts working for real people — not for a catalog.

Before You Move a Damn Thing...

If you’ve got something you love but the rest of your space still feels off, grab Before You Move a Damn Thing: The Free Layout Starter.

It’ll help you spot what’s working — and what’s not — before you start shoving furniture around or spending more money.

Simple, practical, and flow-first. 🌿

When You're Ready to Bring It All Together…

If your layout still feels confusing, Virtual Furniture Layout Support can help.

💛 Book a Free Clarity Call → We’ll figure out what’s in the way and make a plan that finally makes sense.

You don’t need a design overhaul — just a layout that supports how you actually live.

Start With What You Love

You don’t need a perfect plan.

You don’t need everything to match.

You just need one piece that makes you stop and think, yeah — that’s me.

That’s where the flow begins.

Tell me in the comments:

What’s one thing in your home you love enough to design around? 🌿

👉 Missed Volume 1: Traffic Flow – Let Your Room Breathe? It’s all about making space before you add anything new.

👉 Next up: Volume 3: Mix Your Patterns - mixing prints the easy way.