Over a year ago.......or 2?? I thought I had a vision. I couldn't pull it together. I walked away thinking something would hit me. So far, it's just sitting there. Still waiting.

I'm making progress all right. So far just about everything I've bought has been wrong. You just get that sinking feeling over and over again.

What if you were to take lots of pictures of your home and post them here? It's amazing how clever people are and how many solutions they come up with. I'm sure you could get lots of help (well, probably not from me).

I took the lazy way out and hired a great interior designer. If left up to me we would probably be using metal folding chairs from university days!

Oh post pictures! The ideas that are presented may not be to your liking but they may help steer you towards a style or colours that you hadn't thought of yet.

I have the opposite problem. So many ideas....

We've redone the first bathroom, added a second bathroom, moved the kitchen to an addition, converted the old kitchen to my office and done the backyard from the dirt up.

If I don't stop, the next project on my list will be a divorce! Oh, but there are so many things I want to try......need to spend more time on my sewing machine instead.

It's starting to get to me as well. I also know what I want it to look like, but having a problem getting there.

Need to furnish an entire house and aside from a couch, a chair and the lighting, I'm having a problem too.

I've got a lot of nerve giving somebody decorating advice, but since you asked, here is some. Get a couch and then find a room you like on Houzz based on the style you like, i.e. eclectric, industrial, country barn, modern, etc.

There you go. You've got a start.

Show these fabulous folks here your room with the couch and they'll help you pick out the rug and other large accessories. (Uh, maybe you should pick out the style before the couch.)

Since you said it is an unconventional barn, you've got an opportunity to get some really neat stuff. Try antique stores, or I prefer true junk stores, consignment stores, Goodwill, etc.

Since you are hesitant to spend lots of money, if it is the wrong fit, no biggie. The fun is in the hunt.

Here are a few examples:

MODERN

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COUNTRY/TRADITIONAL

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TRANSITIONAL?

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I get stalled on accessories. I get the furniture, window treatments, rugs, paint etc.....but never get around to fully finishing a room. It's three years later and the walls are still bare in our second family room. Or I'll pick stuff out just to get something up or a space filled and then regret it. I feel like I'm never really done...or happy...with any space.

I'm very color sensitive and I usually start with a fabric to give me inspiration...in fact a hunk of fabric inspired our whole house. So look at fabric or pillows or drapes or carpet or something that will give you a starting point. Once you have that, the rest will come much easier.

I'm now in panic mode..contractor coming in at end of month to replace ceiling in MBR and repair major wall cracks then paint room..I have no color picked for paint and I can't afford to make a mistake because so many other things need to be done

Does anyone have a gold bedroom that I could see.

It's warmed up enough to garden...so enough said. When I get the garden planted, I hopefully can get back to painting the kitchen : )

Don't know if this is your style, but this Fixer Upper barn conversion might give you a few ideas.

http://www.hgtv.com/shows/fixer-upper/fixer-upper-a-very-special-house-in-the-country-pictures

I can so relate to this. I have always had a difficult time making decisions, but in the past I did at least have a direction and could narrow it down to maybe 2 or 3 choices. I felt that each would be a very good choice , though of course one or two would be the better/best choice. Lately, it takes me forever and I just end up not even narrowing it down. The process just continues and I make zero progress. I have a few things I need to get (a runner rug or two for the kitchen, something to replace the 25 plus year old broken sorry vertical blinds on the sliders in the kitchen ) and I just dont do it.

I feel like I need to make a pact with myself that as of a certain date I will be on my way to ordering or doing because really- this is getting on my last nerve.

So I have no good advice but I can commiserate. Hopefully by going public here I can shame myself into action. :)

Gold bedroom...keep it a lighter gold...but typically in bedrooms, I start with the bedding and/or window treatments. Easier to match paint to fabric than the other way around. But if you keep it toward the neutral side, it should work.

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Though I like this softer beige better than the gold.

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The gold can go masculine

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Thank you so much Annie! I have about 5 comforter sets that I like to switch around so finding something that would go with all of them has been a problem. My furniture is mahogany and there is a dark cherry Victorian fireplace with mantle and full length mirror in the corner of the room so now I just have to decide between pictures 1 and 3. The room has 3 good size windows but I'm in upstate NY where the Winters are long and cold and maybe the darker color would seem cozier?

I'm also trying to figure out furniture for our upstate NY home, but I'm going for light colors. Light colors just make me happier, even when it's snowing, and cold out.

But, this is not for our primary home- maybe I'd feel different if it were.. hmm.. Nope, still prefer light. :)

joaniepoanie,

I am your long lost sister--the accessories kill me.

I know that they make or break the whole room, and I just get overwhelmed. I love the eclectic look of accessories where a whole lot of different things work, but I find myself purchasing the matchy-matchy because I can't pull the other off. :( I told my hubby I was taking some time off the other day because it is stressing me out.

OP,

Good luck with your decorating. :)

Esp if the room is on the north side, I'd go lighter. We have a bedroom that's BM Lenox Tan in the NW corner and while it's cozy, I find it very dark.

I'm so glad that I'm not alone in this! And have enjoyed reading all your responses!

Part of my problem has been trying to work in what I have, some nice pieces that I don't want to get rid of my pennies on the $$ on CL. But they seem too traditional for this house. And my goal for doing this barn was a more simple, relaxed way of life away so I'm drawn more to more simple pieces now. Nothing shiny that shows dust!

I will get some pics up of rooms when I can get my thoughts more coherent about what I want.

Who wants to meet in Atlanta & hit Scott's antique market for some serious shopping?!?!

I am stalled on wall paint agonies. South facing room get very harsh light, make almost all wall colors fade to yuck.

Relax everyone. Take a deep breath. It doesn't need to be done in a day. The best rooms and houses evolve over time and are a continuing journey. Only on HGTV does everything have to be done before you move in.

The best thing is to find something with color you love. For me in both my condo I just sold and in the house I'm hoping to build (don't ask!), I chose my busy granite first and everything in terms of color will work from that.

It may be a wallpaper you love, a fabric, a vase with the colors you love, a rug, a favorite chair, or even a painting. Then just choose pieces you LOVE. If you choose what you love, it will all work together.

It's taken me over a year and a half to complete my FR!

I looked at a lot of magazines and Pinterest photos. I bought all the main pieces, but then stalled when it came to the finishing touches.

I did a lot of buying and returning, trying different pillows, tables, lamps. I even tried a online decorator. What looked good on paper, I didn't love in person.

Well, last month things kind of fell into place, I found what I needed at the flea market. Then last week I got my slipcover for my ottoman. I'm calling this room done!

Omgosh! It took me a very long time to get my home decorated. We moved in with our furniture from our previous home, and purchased pieces we loved along the way. Don't feel it needs to be perfect by October. However, that being said, there are people on here that can provide you ideas, furniture and accessories to consider. I am with blfenton, post pictures and you'll get tons of great ideas. Besides, I'd love to see your new place!

Last house took 4 1/2 years~sold in 8th year. In the new house.I built, I was finished in the first 2 1/2 years. I purchased a 2' x 3' area rug 2 years before I knew or even thought of building a house. I had read The Law of Attraction, as well as The Secre, based on a similar theory, and even purchased the video, I can't help but feel this is what set the wheels in motion, and brought it to fruition, especially with my SIL getting a transfer. I also had chosen a house plan on line 2 years previously, but did not send for it. Ironically, the house I chose to build is uncanny in it's resemblance. I am a firm believer in predestination.

Yes, it can take awhile to decorate, though I was decorating our house as it was being built so it went hand in hand for me. Still, I settled for the wall color in my MBR and wasn't ever really happy with it. I must've spent over a year searching for the right color and finally found it and repainted which took only a day. I'm much happier with the color now, and would've never been able to select it without having lived in the room and seen it through sunshine and clouds.

I also ended up repainting the kitchen and am far happier with it now.

So don't feel as if what you need to decide today has to be perfect or eternal...it doesn't.