My best advice that I can give to anyone is, to live with what you love. No cookie cutter design. You want your home to reflect you and your style. Interesting trumps perfect every time! 

Now having said that...edit, edit, edit. If you have LOTS of things you love, you have to reign it in so that your pieces stand out and become special, not just another piece. You may want to consider rotating your things at different times of year or for special occasions (holidays, etc.). If that sounds like too much work or you have a storage shortage problem, go through your pieces and pick just the things that truly speak to you (and jive with the whole design scheme too) and the things that really make your home unique and special. This can be a great time to pass along some of your things to family members, friends or donate to a charity. 

I recommend doing a room at a time. This way your entire house is not a mess and you can pull things from one room that may work better in another, as you go along (or not work at all any more and you can give away or donate to a charity...remember?). Grab a box for keepers, a box for give aways and a box to donate to charity (a fourth box or bag may be needed for items that need to be trashed as well).

It's hard for most of us to see things through a fresh set of eyes when it comes to our own homes. After all, we see our homes everyday and become very comfortable with our surroundings. This is another reason I believe taking on one room at a time is the key. Once you see the transformation in one room, you'll want to keep going until the entire house is in harmony.  

Now keep in mind...these things I suggest only if you are planning on staying in your home. If you are trying to sell your home, then you want to still edit, edit, edit of course but you also want to really, really depersonalize your entire home too. 

Call SPRUCE if you need any help in your redesign, organizing, or staging ventures. 

Happy SPRUCING!