So you’ve just bought your first home, or perhaps even an apartment you’ve rented in a trendy city like San Francisco (notice how I did that, or like me, is looking for an update of a current space. Where do you start?

Here are some helpful sites offering up info on how to consider the right paint, best picture hanging strategies, and various other details potentially pretty overwhelming.

How To Choose the Right Paint For your walls

Kitchen Dining Ideas to Copy

Decor pattern mixing to bring out your creative side

Picture arranging how-to

How To Decorate with Stripes – my favorite in decor