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Difficult Window - Out-of-the-Box Treatment Solution - 08/30/07 10:56 AM
 
I know there are many A/R Stagers that also provide classic Designservices too - So I had to share...
We just completed installation of window treatments in one of my client's homes yesterday.  The breakfast niche window was a dilemma for it had just beautiful trim plus the window was situated in that the homeowner was blinded daily w/too much light coming in the transoms.  
My solution was rather than covering up the windows w/fabric, which would solve the blinding light issue - was to add layers of multiple materials and use that space above the window trim.
The out-of-the box idea was to incorporate stain glass inserts which would provide the light diffusion she needed, complement … (35 comments)

Stagers Beware!!! Home Buyers today have ADHD with HGTV & TLC thrown in… - 08/22/07 09:06 AM

Over the years we have all viewed our fair share of let's say "interesting" staging - you know... The great, but empty, high-end home, impressive by its fabulous curb appeal, but when you step inside you're dazed by the obvious "staged" foyer with a wacky tiny plant stand precariously seated beneath a Titan sized mirror. You'd look and say, "Hmm... I guess the plant stand was to depict the missing entry table?"  In the past you'd chalk it off to a lack of education on the theory of scale, or a really, really tiny staging budget. 
Well fast forward to 2007, … (7 comments)

 
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Julea Joseph - Interior Stylist/Stager

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Chicago, IL

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