Editorial Guidelines

Home Decor To Adore exists to help first-time homeowners and renters decorate spaces they actually live in, on budgets that actually exist. These are the standards every article here is held to.

Who writes and reviews

Home Decor To Adore is a one-person site. Sophie writes, edits, and reviews every article published here. There is no anonymous writing pool and no
outsourced content — if it’s on this site, Sophie put it there and checked it before it went live.

How an article gets made

  1. Topic selection. Topics come from questions real first-time homeowners ask — what to do with a rental wall, how to make a small room feel finished,
    how to buy furniture that survives a move.
  2. Research. Every design claim, product reference, trend mention, or price range is researched against a source that can be checked. Where an article
    cites a report, brand, or designer, that source is named in the text so you can verify it yourself.
  3. Drafting. Drafts are written with the help of AI research and writing tools. Full detail on exactly how is on our AI Content Policy page.
  4. Review and fact-check. No draft is published as written. Sophie reviews every article before it goes live and checks that:
  • every factual claim, statistic, and cited source is real and verifiable
  • the advice is genuinely actionable for a beginner, not filler
  • product and price references reflect what’s currently available
  • the images match what the text describes
  1. Publishing. Once reviewed, the article publishes with a visible
    “Written & fact-checked by” line and a last-reviewed date.

Updates and accuracy

Home decor content dates fast. Articles are re-checked and updated when prices, availability, or recommendations change. The date shown on each article is the date it was last reviewed, not just the date it was first published.

Affiliate links and sponsorship

Some articles contain affiliate links. If you buy through one, we may earn a small commission at no extra cost to you. It never changes which products we recommend — we don’t accept payment for placement.”

Corrections

If you find something wrong on this site, tell us and we’ll fix it. Email [email protected] with the article link and what’s incorrect.
Corrections are made within [2 business days] and noted on the article.