Dreading a huge decorating mistake? An interiors expert reveals how to avoid picking the wrong paint colours for your home

There are many occasions in life where you make what is retrospectively the 'wrong' choice, but can get over it fairly quickly - picking the wrong sandwich at lunch, perhaps, or wishing you hadn't chosen to wear cream trousers to do the school run.


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