When it comes to interior design there’s really only one thing you have to know (all that time and money on design school). CHOOSE THE PAINT LAST. Paint stores have color matching systems that can match any color from any thing. And they don’t need much of whatever that thing is. The little flower on your wallpaper? Done! Your favorite pair of Manolo’s? So done. A leaf from your backyard? Duh! Done.

My point is it’s much harder to find fabrics, carpeting, and furnishings to match a paint color than the other way around. There’s nothing wrong with using a color you love as a starting point so long as you don’t paint it on the wall right off the bat. Trust me, you will cry dark tears of woe when you realize that the blue on the wall is too green compared to all the fabrics you like and the perfect sofa you just found on sale.