Design Pros Share 6 Life-Changing Redecorating Tips

"Family hand-me-down furniture can be great, like your grandma’s antique iron bed frame that now serves as a statement piece in your guest bedroom," says Leigh, but she warns against holding onto unattractive pieces out of misguided sentimentality. "That oak bedroom suite your aunt gave you from 1992, however? If it doesn’t hold sentimental value to you, toss it."