Start
with where You Are Now 
Starting is half-finished.
Be aware that everything will evolve and change as you mature, and as your needs and circumstances change.
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Did you originally buy your dream house and took on more than you could comfortably afford.
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Do you want to paint what had been dull-colored rooms into fresh, cheerful, inviting ones.
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The Japanese believe that "space to breathe" is psychologically important. You may have bought your house because you desperately needed more space, emotionally and physically. Enjoy pure space and slowly build from that. Paint a room a favorite color.
How
many of us have the luxury of a personally colored, empty room - a hope chest
for our future? The important thing is not to feel compelled to do everything
all at once, or be embarrassed if you can't. Time has a way of filling empty
rooms -and inspiration often comes with time.
- Sometimes, what we want just isn't practical or right for us now.
- A home with small children should be set up differently than one with grown children.
- If you're divorced or remarried and step-children visit you often, you'll have to make appropriate arrangements for them.
These are not so much questions of lifestyle as of life passages. The Practical considerations, realistically addressed, will help you to manipulate your rooms to serve a particular situation.