Is Your Home Cozy or Cluttered?

No matter what your personal style is or how beautiful your furnishings may be, a well decorated living room needs a fixed point around which everything else revolves. Decorating professionals call this a focal point. It can be anything -- a couch, a painting, a wall unit, your fireplace -- but making the most of your focal point will make your room inviting and warm, as well as functional.

Take this quiz to find out if your room has a focal point -- and learn how to create one if it doesn't.

Adapted from Use What You Have Decorating by Lauri Ward

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Is it obvious what the largest or most dramatic element in your main/living room is?
- I have many large elements in my room
- I don't have anything noteworthy
- Yes

Have you accentuated this area with complementary furniture, paintings or other accessories?
- Yes, I have added accessory tables, lamps or pictures to help accentuate the area, giving it a clean, thoughtful look
- I have well chosen accessories in many different places of my room, but they are not gathered around any one visual anchor
- Accessories aren't my strong suit -- I either don't have any or have so many that they are scattered everywhere

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