PRES Featured Stager Isabelle Guay of FLOW HOME STAGING & DESIGN
I had the pleasure of training Isabelle Guay many years ago. She has built up one of the most successful home staging businesses in the Vancouver/Lower Mainland area.
Flow Home Staging and Design has a combined 14 years of experience and over 400 homes staged and designed in the past 5 years, they are one of the leading home staging and design companies in Vancouver. Whether you are selling your home or looking to renovate, their specialty is highlighting your home's best features. With a variety of services starting from concept development, space planning, material as well as furniture and accessory selection at Flow Home Staging & Design, their Interior Designers will listen to your wants and needs and guide you through the design process, helping you increase the usability and functionality of your home. They put their skills at work to give you the best experience possible while creating a haven in which you can live, work and play.
PROJECT CHALLENGE: Empty nesters wanted a new look just for them!
Due to an unforeseen oven fire, these young empty nesters decided to take advantage of their situation and renovate the entire main floor of their Kitsilano home. With their kids off to college they wanted to rejuvenate their tired space into a room that they could once again love. One of the challenges that Flow Home Staging and Design faced was the configuration and furniture layout in the living room. The sofas were angled on short walls and lacked functionality when they were entertaining. With a lot of dark and dated furniture and the outdated paint on the walls the room in turn felt dark and drab.
Living Room 'Before' Dark and Drab
PROJECT SOLUTION:
The first step (and requirement for the owners) in designing this space was taking down the partition wall to the kitchen. In doing so meant Flow had to relocate the television. They started from there by building out the fireplace and setting back the television so it would be flush as well as creating some much needed open storage. This allowed them to use the fireplace as their main focal point and arrange their furniture accordingly. Purchasing a brand new cream leather sectional, painting the walls a soft, warm grey and installing new pot lights really brightened up the space. They then added some pop colours of midnight blue and yellow to create interest and warmth.
Living Room 'After' Stunning!
PROJECT CHALLENGE:
The challenge in the dining room was having a table that was much smaller than the space could hold as well as having 2 extra furniture pieces which made a fairly large dining room look crowded and cluttered. The obstacle was to create more storage so they could minimize all the different furniture pieces as well as enabling them to have a more sophisticated dining space.
Dining Room 'Before'
PROJECT SOLUTION:
Flow was able to achieve more storage by creating a built-in buffet niche that housed a small wine fridge and some extra doors and drawers as well as a few open glass shelves for decorative glass display. They added some wallpaper behind the open shelves to create some sophistication and to balance the beautiful original artwork across from it. Glittering from the ceiling hang 5 bocce ball pendants that add a hint of sparkle in this updated, modern elegant dining room.
Dining Room 'After'
PROJECT DESIGNER: Nicole Varga
PROJECT COSTS: Flow Home Staging and Design time was approximately 50 hours of design time including a new kitchen layout and 20 hours of shopping time. Around $7000 + renovation cost.
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