Your decorating dilemmas solved, part II

How to carry off a feature wall, why white paint is wrong, how to choose a sofa, quick fixes for rentals, and remembering that walls are not magnetic. Read on for the answers.

Last month I did a round-up of the 10 most common design questions I am asked and it seemed to go down well, so I thought it might be helpful to tackle some more topics that arise again and again. And as I said last time, if the same things are coming up repeatedly, they must be affecting and possibly holding up a lot of projects – so let’s dive right in.

1. HOW DO I KNOW IF I’VE MADE THE RIGHT DECISION?

The rest of that sentence goes: “and because I’m so scared of getting it wrong, I won’t make any decision at all”, which is a slightly different take on last month’s ‘analysis paralysis’.

It’s about making a decision and letting go because you feel comfortable with that choice – and not constantly returning to it and changing it because you’re worried it wasn’t the right thing to do in the first place.

There’s probably no completely satisfactory answer to this situation – but I do believe we have often lost the ability to listen to our gut instinct. You know how, when you make a decisi…