Any interior decorating project can be overwhelming. The ultimate goal is to have the entire house look like one lovely showcase. The reality is that there will be long periods of chaos as you carry out the renovations. Unless you are doing major renovations that call for a massive amount of carpentry, you are better off carrying out your renovations one room at a time. Your interior decorating efforts are likely aimed at improving your surroundings. It is unfortunate that to get to the calm beauty you seek in your home, you have to upset any tranquility you currently have. Therefore unless there are compelling reasons for tearing up the whole place, limit your redecorating activities to one room at a time. Pick the room that needs the most work done and start there.
There are other reasons for taking this approach to interior decorating. Chances are that you will learn something in your do-it-yourself efforts that will be beneficial in your next project. This can save time and energy when you start the next room. One lesson, for instance, that I learned was that it was easier to paint first and then wall paper because it eliminates the danger of spattering paint on your new wallpaper. It seems self-evident once you think about it but I was all set to paper the first floor and then paint the woodwork. My thinking was it would be more immediately satisfying to have the big job done first. Each time we do something, we can learn how to do it better the next time.
Also, once you finish one room you can look at the adjoining rooms and get a better idea of how the two rooms will affect each other. A friend did her living room and hallway in a lovely light brick color thinking it would make the two rooms both look bigger. While this was a good effect of her choice of the same color through both rooms, she discovered that there was too much of the brick color for her taste. If she had done the living room, she might have saved herself the trouble of having to redo the hallway
