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home decorating chicago: Reiterating the Model Home Effect in Home Staging Tactics in Tribune Today - 03/06/11 08:32 AM
Back in May I wrote a post on 10 Tips on How to make Your Next Listing Look Like a Model Home. Model Home Merchandising is all about creating a idyllic living atmosphere for that perfect buyer. Creating interior environments that speak to the prospective homeowner how they could live in this home.
In today's Chicago Tribune, Real Estate columnist Mary Umberber reiterates that same process with with an interview with High-End Model Home Merchandising expert and Interior Designer, Mary Cook.
It's a fabulous article, and brings home awesome points of how to stage a home like a Model - From first impressions to using … (13 comments)
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home decorating chicago: Stop Staging - Get Your Butt Outside! - 03/31/10 04:59 PM
Let us not forget that all work and no play makes us dull, non-inspired and well.... pale.
We are all entrepreneurs for a reason, it gives us independence and control over our destiny. Make sure to get outside in your own back yard, celebrate the home that we work hard for each day. Spend a few hours, no i-pods, no blowers, just you and Mom Nature checking out Spring.
Get up from that chair, put on your play clothes on; Hang out with your pets (or flock,) rake some leaves, plant some seeds - Feel the sun on your skin, the air in … (9 comments)
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home decorating chicago: Chicago, You're Invited! 3/14 Workshop: Decorate on a Budget - 03/05/10 10:13 AM
Home Beautiful on a Budget - DYI Workshop & Tea
"...good design isn't about a price tag"
Do you love to decorate, but struggle with your space? Need tips on how to reinvent and rejuvenate your rooms - but don't have a lot of cash? Then grab your friends and get ready for an awesome interactive Sunday afternoon Workshop & Tea filled with DYI ideas on redesigning your rooms, decorating tips, and how to update your home without breaking the bank.
With interior stylist and home stager Julea Joseph, who has been featured on HGTV, CLTV & ABC.
Meet & … (1 comments)
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home decorating chicago: ActiveRain Connection Leads to HGTV - 01/21/10 06:20 AM
Making great connections within the ActiveRain community can lead to even greater things!
Julea Joseph, Chicagoland Home Stager & Interior Stylist was hired to design spaces for HGTV show "My First Place." The show moves from city to city filming 1st time homeowners as they pursue to purchase their 1st home.
After wrapping up in Chicago, their next stop was Portland Oregon. Julea volunteered to find the next designer for that city knowing that the combination of skills that it takes is a unique one: A design professional that has married interior design skills with home staging skills. Skills such as -
Someone that can understand … (12 comments)
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home decorating chicago: The Stuff We're Made From - Creative Application to Your Craft - 06/01/09 04:44 PM
I know this is slightly off-key for an Active Rain Home Staging post - But I felt the need to share.
It's not actually all the content that can be applied to our craft - But the creative process in which I gather the materials to create the end results.
I'll be hosting my niece's baby shower in September. As I was going through magazines and books - I found these great recipes, twisted them slightly and came up with this month's recipes for the "Easy Gourmet" Cable TV show. ( Wghich I film once a month for a local Cable TV Channel.)
Every show … (1 comments)
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home decorating chicago: An Eco-Chic Room Makeover - Celebrate Earth Day by Shopping in Your Own Home - 04/17/09 10:00 AM
It's now chic to be frugal. It's cool to conserve and you're a total faux paus to even consider throwing it all out and starting over.
April 22 is Earth day and I think it's just awesome that we're collectively re-educating ourselves on how to be a bit more GREEN. But when it comes to making your home interiors beautiful, how do you following the emerald trail, and make Mother Nature proud?
Simple, you use what you already have!
A Room Re-Arrange - Give your spaces a fresh new look with a new room arrangement. As the season changes, so … (3 comments)
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home decorating chicago: Über Holiday Décor Tips - 12/13/08 08:52 AM
Furniture Arrangement for parties and gatherings...Whether a gathering is 6-60 your furniture arrangements in your public areas need to be redesigned. A formal living room can be arranged to serve as seating for dinner guests. Circular tables and chairs can be added and dressed with layers of coordinating tablecloths, place-mats and runners to serve as extra seating for dining guests.A foyer can host a bar; a family room extended dining, and a formal living room more than one conversation area. A favorite is to use an entry console to host wine or beverage selections, along with stemware and an ice bucket.Focal … (9 comments)
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home decorating chicago: The 7 Year Color Itch - 09/26/08 06:52 PM
Tales of an Interior Stylist - The 7 Year Itch
My job as an interior stylist allows me to help you celebrate all aspects of your home. My quest is that you are delighted with the way your home looks and feels each time you walk into it. My goal is that your home has your soul written all over it.
Although your home may seem complete, approximately every 7 years, we feel the need to make a change, especially when it comes to color. Do not fret over this itch that comes over you.
Our taste in color changes, just … (12 comments)
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home decorating chicago: Keeping up with the Joneses - Topping off the Counter Top - 04/15/08 08:28 AM
Whether at a Staging Evaluation or teaching a Home Stage Workshop/Seminar, one of the most common questions I get is - "WHAT ARE THE TRENDS IN COUNTER TOPS?" My reply is always the same - if I'm wearing my Stager's hat I'll tell you "GRANITE-GRANITE-GRANITE," but when wearing my decorator hat I'll tell you "...We're so over GRANITE!"
It's a predicament for those of us that wear more than one hat. As a decorator, it is our job to be privy to what is hip and happenin' in the field, but when it comes to staging a home, we're skilled to what is universally appreciated, valued and accepted.
Top that off, … (10 comments)
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Julea Joseph Home Stager, Stylist Chicago Home , Interior Design
Chicago,
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Reinventing Space: Home Staging and Redesign
Address: 12125 S. 90th Avenue, Palos Park, IL, 60464
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