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Interior decorating can be one of the many unique ways that you are able to fuse your style and personality into your home, however for some, this task ends up being overwhelmingly exhausting and at times expensive. Eight-year design veteran and expert interior designer Martita Jara empathizes with those who welcome the decorating challenge and offers her tips and suggestions on how to essentially design on a dime. From mapping out an elaborative plan to mastering consignment shopping, interior decorating has never been more simple or budget-friendly. Read on for more easy-to-apply tips from Jara and how you can incorporate these into your next home design project.

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Celebrity chef and design consultant Martita Jara is more than just a jack of all trades. The Southern California native who now resides in Dallas may be well known for her appearances on Food Network and now OWNs Home Made Simple!, but she is also an avid expert in interior decoration. When shes not whipping up fabulous Latin creations in the kitchen, Jara spends a chunk of her time consulting and creating aesthetically alluring home dcor for her private and often high-profile clientele. From local consignment shop finds to simple color palettesMartita Jara has all of the tips you will need to design on a dime.

Have A Plan For Your Design Scheme

Before purchasing any items for your home, have a plan and know what your overall design scheme will be for your home or your space. Having a solid plan will allow you to buy pieces separately and have a much better end result. So if you end up buying a rug today, a table next month and a sofa next week, your plan will map out specifically the pieces you need to give you the look that you want.

Pick A Color Palette of Three to Four Colors

Take your time and pick out a color palette between three to four colors and carry these colors throughout your home. Choosing a simple color palette will create a nice flow and movement throughout the home from space to space. For example, if your color palette is navy, cream and gold; navy could be the dominate color in the family room, gold would dominate in the dining room and cream could dominate in the kitchen. Throughout each space, however, all colors will be present.

Use Neutrals As Your Backdrop and Add An Accent Color

Its completely understandable that for do-it-yourself interior decorators, it can be overwhelming to commit to certain colors, especially the three- to four-palette rule as discussed above.If you have a hard time committing to color, use neutrals as your backdrop and then accent in a color. So maybe your walls, floors, sofa, chairs and stone are colored in a great neutral tone and then you bring in pops of color with accent pillows, a rug, vase, bowl and maybe some great art. This way, when you get tired of the color red for example, you can just change out a few accessories and create a whole new look.

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Chicago-area interior designer Leslie M. Stern understands how to create accessible environments with style.

"When Eileen hired me, she told me she was moving from a large home in the suburbs to a condo," Stern said. "To make it more accessible for her and her husband, we first had to work on renovating the kitchen and the bathroom."

Once a Chicago public high school art teacher to deaf and hard of hearing students, Stern used her experiences to design barrier-free interiors in homes and buildings.

"It depends on the disability, sometimes many physical changes have to be made, but many of them are just common sense," she said. "Selecting materials that are safer for anybody to use."

Issues with client Eileen's home were physical, visual and safety.

"It's didn't have enough lighting, the cabinets were not easy to use for someone with mobility issues, the bathrooms - we wanted something so that there would be less chance to fall," Stern said. "The bathroom is the most dangerous room in the house."

"After we were done with the renovation, we worked on the furniture," Stern said. "We used as much furniture as we could, but we re-purposed it, re-upholstered it, built up the cushions so that it gives better support."

"Eileen does have some low-vision issues, she wanted to have recess lighting but sometimes that can be glary, so we did it with fluorescent lights so we don't have the heat issues," Stern said.

"I worked on flooring because that was very important, so making sure we have floors that are not slippery easy to walk on, eliminating a lot of the thresholds," she said.

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It was expected that the fabulous Tour de France would inspire Yorkshire folk to dust down their bikes and take up cycling. But it wasnt expected to provide inspiration for a room scheme at a brand new homes development!

Yorkshire based interior designer Jeanette Holmes is currently working on the interior scheme for Miller Homes latest show home at its new development; Quercus Green at Harrogate.

Tour de France fever has been fantastic for weeks in Yorkshire and culminated spectacularly when the race got underway, said Jeanette. It seemed a perfect tribute to mark the occasion in our lovely show home and was a perfect way to show prospective buyers how they can incorporate hobbies and interests into room schemes with taste and simplicity.

The four bedroom show home has incorporated the popular vintage theme throughout its rooms and this is reflected in the cycling inspired guest room. There are bike patterned soft furnishings, old fashioned bike wall prints and a few modern day pieces of cycling memorabilia too.

Its been a real pleasure creating a vintage inspired show home and reflecting our counties pride at hosting such an iconic sporting event, said Jeanette. It was an important part of Yorkshires history and now it can form part of Miller Homes too.

There will be 74, three, four and five bedroom homes built Quercus Green, located on Bogs Lane, Harrogate, HG1 4EB. The sales centre is open Thursday Monday, 10.30am to 5.30pm. The team can be contacted on 0808 278 6074 alternatively, further information can be found at http://www.millerhomes.co.uk.

Miller Homes is also opening its Harlow One development in the town later this summer.

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