Are you tired of how your current home looks? Do you want to renovate and redecorate, but you're not sure what to do or how to get started? It's not uncommon to "just know" that your home isn't the way that you'd like it to be but also to not know exactly how you'd like it to be. As you've no doubt already figured out, this can make updating or renovating your home into a challenge, especially if you've never actually bought new furniture before. Fortunately, decorating doesn't have to be impossible. Some things that you should keep in mind when making plans include:

Furniture style: Unless you can afford to buy furniture every year or two, it's a good idea to look for relatively timeless styles and colors of modern furniture. For instance, if you had bought an expensive "egg chair" in the 70s, you would have had to endure decades of it being outdated and old-looking until it finally started being "retro-cool" again recently. On the other hand, leather furniture has remained largely the same over the years. As trendy as an egg chair would've been in the 70s, a leather recliner would've been a much better investment for most people.

Construction materials: In the furniture market, there are a lot of good and bad items. If you only spend a few hundred dollars on a couch or sofa, the frame may start to crack and the upholstery to fall apart after just a few years. But there is a lot of good modern furniture as well. If you can't find anything that you like, it's worth it to buy a solid piece even if you dislike the upholstery it has on it. It'll be less hassle for you to have it reupholstered or to buy a cover for it than it will be to keep buying new pieces of furniture every couple years.

Furniture shape: The actual shape of modern furniture can be important for a couple of reasons. Imagine that your young niece or nephew is coming over and they are prone to accidental spills or of simply being messy. If you've just had your furniture reupholstered, you'll want to protect it. But not all furniture designs have covers that are easy to find, forcing you to attempt a makeshift cover with a bed sheet or two. If things like this are a concern for you, you'll definitely want to consider how easy it'll be to protect your furniture.