NJ Bride Magazine, "When Two Styles Become One," April 2008

If the process gets tense, bring in an expert. Betty Brano, interior decorator ...says that an expert can take you through each room of your house to decide what you want it to accomplish for you. "While a room has to be functional, it also has to meet your needs and the way you see yourself living in it," says Brano. "So I would assess the room and perhaps find a better place for that leather reclining chair and suggest ways to accessorize it with the right wood accents in other pieces of furniture. The bride might have a side table that will work better in the den than in the living room, tying in his chair with her style." Brano says that part of her process in combining His style with Her style is figuring out how to use color, which is often a big style definition for anyone's chosen decor. "I'll take the couple to their closets and look at which colors are there, which colors make them the most comfortable. If they wear mostly blues or reds, we bring that into the interior design and know which colors to use in tying together disparate pieces of furniture." It may be as simple as adding some red throws and pillows to that couch, plus some red candlesticks and a wall hanging with red in it. Clearly, color is the answer. 
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