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The Last of the Trio of Model Home Merchadising & Staging - On a Budget!

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Home Stager with Reinventing Space

This is the last of the Trio of Models at Misty Ridge - Romeoville, Illinois.  The smallest of the three Models, and with the lowest price point - our inspiration was "A young couple just starting off."  With the ideal client in mind, we used all retail products, the only custom product was the faux painted metallic accent wall in the Living Room. Straight retail window treatments and merchandise shopping at all our local favorite haunts.

  • The hounds-tooth panels w/fringed leading edge are from homedepot.com. 
  • Target, Art.com, Overstock.com, Ballard, TAG & HomeGoods were used for all the accessories.

Visit our Real Estate Show for this Model : http://www.realestateshows.com/156489

Aspen Living Room

The Aspen Model - Living Room

Our homes are the most expensive purchase we've ever made. Look to the experts to help transform your home into a perfect package. Since 1999, we've been helping homeowners stage and package their homes for market. With so many hip, sassy TV design shows, today's buyer is a savvy, educated consumer. A buyer is expecting every home to look its very best inside and out - at any price.

Reinventing Space's owner, Julea Joseph  has been featured on HGTV, Chicago ABC7 and in publications such as The Wall Street Journal, Entrepreneur, Chicago Tribune, Elite, and Crain's Chicago Business. 

She also teaches a one-day Home Staging course through Chicago's The Mainstreet Organization of Realtors http://www.rwssc.com/ and a GRI course for The Assocation of Realtors http://www.illinoisrealtor.org/

 

 

Kathleen Garvey
HomeSmart Cherry Creek - Denver - Denver, CO
Denver's Neighborhood Expert - Listings & Sales
The metallic accent on the wall is difficult to see in the photo at first, and it such a great trend currently with the younger set!!  It is a sweet space and very affordable to duplicate for someone on a smaller budget!  Really fresh and inviting!! Regards-Kathleen
Jul 25, 2007 04:23 AM
Michelle Ewing
Trademark Realtors - Riverside, CA
Riverside, CA

You did a lovely job on all of these models!  They're really warm and inviting.

Jul 25, 2007 04:29 AM
Melissa Marro
Keller Williams First Coast Realty - The Marro Team - Orange Park, FL
Jacksonville Real Estate and Home Staging
Really beautiful!  One of the women on my team has been doing a lot of models recently and they turn out beautifully!  It is so much less expensive for builders than the average 'designer model'.  Stagers don't usually buy custom.... that's one of the big benefits for them.  Saving thousands on a model with the same (or better) bang!  GREAT JOB!
Jul 25, 2007 12:44 PM
Toronto's 2 Hounds Design: Decorating + Staging
2 Hounds Design + Home Staging - Toronto, ON

Beautiful!

I loved every room. The art ads with the dogs are so great, I saw them a few weeks ago...you have convinced me to go get them!

Jul 25, 2007 01:17 PM
Betty Haney
Haney Consulting - Calgary, AB
Julea, your pictures and RES are great.  I've never seen a wall like the one you have in the living room, but it looks pretty cool.  Betty
Jul 26, 2007 05:56 PM
Penny Schoenbeck
AZ Home Styling & Redesign - Mesa, AZ
AZ Home Styling

Hi Julea,

Great job, all the rooms look fabulous! Congratulation!

Jul 28, 2007 04:23 PM
Julianna Hind
eXp Realty - Tacoma, WA
REALTOR, 206-679-4768, Tacoma Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, WA
Good work Julea! The room is stunning, I look forward to seeing your stuff.
Jul 28, 2007 04:25 PM
Rhonda Hay Rawlins
Glastonbury Home Staging - Glastonbury, CT
Julea, thanks so much for sharing. Really beautiful work. I have never thought to look at Home Depot for window treatments. I will have to check it out the next time I'm there.
Jul 29, 2007 07:17 AM
Julea Joseph
Reinventing Space - Chicago, IL
Julea Joseph House Stager - Reinventing Space

Rhonda - Not the store - online!  They have everything.  Check them out.

jjj

Jul 29, 2007 10:56 AM
Juliet Johnson
Vizzitopia - St Johns, FL
Jacksonville Photography & Digital Marketing

Oddly enough, while my husband took an eternity buying 4 hooks at Home Depot yesterday, I found the curtain department by total accident (I was looking for a trash can) and was amazed at the potentially nice things they had.  Your black and white is very fun.  I love the simple, doable bursts of color.  Very hip, very simple, very realistic.  Great job.

 

Jul 29, 2007 11:04 AM
Julea Joseph
Reinventing Space - Chicago, IL
Julea Joseph House Stager - Reinventing Space

Home Depot as purchased http://www.homedecorators.com/ - so now they have all sorts of goodies online - I bought beautiful french silver plate ice buckets & trays at Xmas time for clients .  The too now have a combo store here in Chicago that blends both stores together.

jjj

Jul 29, 2007 01:17 PM
Kathy Alexander
GreatStages Home Staging and Redesign - Vancouver, WA
Home Stager Camas WA, Home Staging Southwest WA
Very nice job, Julea. I love the lamp on the desk. Very fresh and unique.
Aug 01, 2007 05:47 PM
Home Staging
Reston, VA
Really great job Julea.  I love the show.  I also like so many of the things at home decorators online, maybe I will actually buy some if they are in the home depot stores now!
Aug 03, 2007 08:52 AM
Julianna Hind
eXp Realty - Tacoma, WA
REALTOR, 206-679-4768, Tacoma Federal Way, Auburn, Kent, WA
Just thought i would peek at this again, the room is so exquisite, you would never know it is "on a budget"
Dec 08, 2007 08:31 AM
Julea Joseph
Reinventing Space - Chicago, IL
Julea Joseph House Stager - Reinventing Space

Thanks -

This one was lots of fun, and the Model's architecture just won a Key Award here is Chicago.

Dec 08, 2007 10:38 PM
Bonnie & Terry Westbrook
Westbrook Realty - Ada, MI
Grand Rapids MI Real Estate
Simple but nice.  I like the smaller scale of the furniture, most people get this wrong, too much furniture, too little space.
Dec 09, 2007 11:54 AM