Pattern: Part of a well decorated, and comfortable home is one with plenty of patterns. Pattern helps catch the eye, and can give your home a visual focal point. However, one of the best parts about pattern is that a comfortable piece of furniture, drapery, etc. can have a lovely pattern, and give your home a designer feel, with a "college furniture" comfort.

Texture: A good part of beautiful design is texture. Create a room with several different textures, and it will be both beautiful and comfortable. You can get a thick rug, a cozy couch, a textured drape, a nice weaved basket, and the like, and you will have a place for magazines, a place to kick off your shoes, a place to sit back and relax, and the like. Texture is part of a beautifully decorate, yet still comfortable, home.

Design: If you want a beautifully decorated home, that is still comfortable, you can not skip design. Choose color pallets that suit, choose all of the pattern and texture mentioned above, and use the classy designs, but never settle for buying something that is designer, or looks great, if it is not comfortable as well. You can have the best of both worlds, getting a couch, chair, loveseat, chaise, etc. that is beautifully designed, and has clean lines, etc. but that is also comfortable and easy to relax into.

Decorative design pillows, for example, can look nice, and be used to support a comfortable environment.
Function: A comfortable home is one that can be used easily. If you have a piece of furniture or something in your house, that is purely aesthetic, and serves no function, get rid of it. Every item in your home can be functional and beautiful. If you keep that in mind, you will find that not only is your home beautifully decorated, as if done by professional, but also highly comfortable. People should feel as though they can touch and use everything in your home, but that it is also gorgeous.

Personal style: part of having a beautifully decorated, and also comfortable home is having a home that expresses your personal style. If you love dark colors and rich fabrics, then don't decorate with light blues and whites. A home is only going to be comfortable if it feels like it is yours. So, make it beautiful, but do it your way. If you do, you will find that you want to spend more time at home, and that you can be proud of it.