staging: Do You Have an Accent?
- 11/15/11 02:55 AM
Do you have an accent? French, English, German, Italian? Can you have more than one accent? The accents I deal with on a daily basis are not about your speech. The answer is yes, you can have more than one accent. Creating your own personal décor is all about neutrals and accents. When you choose a beautiful neural paint colour and work the shades of that colour through your home, it creates flow and allows you to add décor from one room into another and provide cohesion many home owners are searching for today. I receive calls often from home owners … (2 comments)
I am just closing my eyes and dreaming of spring. Enough with the snow thank you! We are already past mid-February and surely on the down hill slide to warmer weather and green grass. Can’t you just see the buds on the trees and the green grass sprouting up? Now is the time to begin planning your attack on redesigning your home and gardens. Have you considered a coat of paint inside and maybe fresh paint for your front door? Nothing screams welcome as a bright new colour on your front door and a … (2 comments)
Do you love a deal? Save a bit of money? Be creative? I have found and used some of these neat ideas and they look great and you have not spent all your savings. Begin saving empty toilet paper rolls. If you cut them across the roll and then press down they look like the outline of a leaf. A large collection of these “leaves” can them be glued to a backing then spray painted to create an awesome wall hanging. The backing might be an old mirror, an old picture frame filled … (2 comments)
When you consider your fashion and décor favorites, are you leaning towards classic or trendy designs? Here are some classics to think about. Do you love a wing back chair? They seem to be right in about any home décor, even modern if the fabric is right. Do you love built-in bookcases? I saw a closet made into a reading room; three walls of bookcases and a center upholstered seat with many comfy pillows and just the right reading lamp attached to the wall. I would love that. Faded oriental rugs; to some these … (0 comments)
How brave are you? I mean with colour, not zip lining or sky diving. You would think some people are going to jump from a plane without a parachute when painting a wall. It is only a can of paint. Try something different for a change. I tried a bedroom with the walls and ceiling the same colour of sage green and after a season painted again. It was the colour and lighting that was wrong not the concept of the walls and ceiling the same colour. Next time I painted the ceiling a light cream and the … (5 comments)
So you are selling your home. You cleaned and decluttered and painted everything white. Now you just wait for the sale. Have you actually tried your best? Did you look at other homes for sale and see how they are presented? Did you ever walk through Model Homes? Be honest and compare yours to the Model Home. Everything you neglect doing that would make your home more sellable, will take money from your pocket. Who can afford to give away money? Not me! You are going to have an Open House; did you sincerely give it your best or … (6 comments)
As I progress with this new career I am often asked to shop for a client and I really enjoy finding new places to shop and finding deals. I search on-line first for ideas and then see if I can get the item locally and then within New Brunswick, then Canada. I have found some very unique stores and retailers who have been more than helpful. Rarely do I find someone who will not go the extra mile for me. Often I have to take pictures of an item and return with this for my client … (0 comments)
Most everyone I talk to laments over having too much “stuff” , too little time, no energy, no money or depression. You would think we would see the “light bulb moment” and recognize what we are doing to ourselves; BUT, we don’t. Most of these problems can be solved with taking the time to take control of our lives again. “The things you own end up owning you” Take a few minutes to consider that sentence and how it applies to your own life. From the time we are babies we are taught to … (0 comments)
staging: Do you have a problem?
- 10/14/08 09:40 AM
Sometimes we have items in our homes we need and love but they look unsightly. I am going to try to give you a few ideas to help hide those “things”. That’s the beauty of interior decorating; it is mainly problem solving and seeing how creative you can be. Fortunately there are many places you can turn to for help. Hire a professional for a consultation or research other problems similar to yours in magazines and on-line. First, let’s look at the beautiful flat screened TV we saved for and hung on the wall, but now it looks like … (2 comments)
staging: Fireplace from nothing to fabulous
- 05/12/08 12:26 PM
I was helping my daughter do some fixing up and decided to stain her fireplace that had beem just unfinished plywood and some soft wood trim. Here is the before and after.
For lack of space we used river rock for a hearth,works very well! … (20 comments)
We all rush around today trying to get the important things done in our lives, work, school, groceries, gas, shopping, sports, after school involvements of all kinds and sometimes we even stop to breathe. Someone along they way said we could do it all and still have a perfect life, they should have been hung up by the heels. Worse that that, we believed them and thing we are super powered people. Those of us who look at life from a different angle now, meaning I am of the age I can look back and say,” In the old … (2 comments)
staging: New to Mom part 2
- 04/22/08 12:37 AM
Here are more pictures of the redesign/reno of the Mom's home. I bet she will be afraid to leave next winter. Not really, I know she is thrilled. This is more of the bathroom.
I am not one who thinks flushes need to be shown in pictures but I do think the job done here is great.
Next of kitchen wall before
same wall after
Sunroom,before
sunroom after
Hope you enjoy,it was a whole house project and took from New Year's until last week. Would I do another? In a heartbeat!!
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staging: New to Mom
- 04/21/08 06:15 AM
I just finished a job for 3 daughters of a very unsuspecting lady who left on New Year's and had no idea what they were scheming. Here are a few before and after pictures for you. Also be aware we were down to minutes of her return. So every detail was unable to be fine tuned. Carpenters left one hour before she drove in the driveway. Too close for comfort! Before After
I will add more pictures later, for some reason AR is not allowing me to insert right now.
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staging: Poor comments on Stagers.
- 11/04/07 01:33 AM
I really am concerned about the intelligence level the folks at NAEBA think we have. Apparently its not very high. Attacking innocent people on their chosen field of employment is low and very poor taste. I was brought up to respect others and I would get that same respect in return. Now I know its not a perfect world, but good grief!! Secondly this must think all buyers haven't a brain either! This arrived in my Google Alert this morning! http://www.theledger.com/article/20071103/NEWS/711030313/1001/BUSINESS The last time I got one similar I wrote to the writer to ask if he actually searched out this … (10 comments)
staging: HAVE I GOT A BARGAIN FOR YOU?
- 10/17/07 02:14 AM
HAVE I GOT A BARGAIN FOR YOU??? Looking to sell your house quickly and move on, Well its simple right? Just list your house, sit down, read the paper, and have a coffee or three. Slowly the low offers will trickle in, so don't be surprised. The market today is wide open for fast sales. BUT, usually the reality of this situation is, that you need the money from this house to purchase another. To sell fast you will have to list it as a Fixer Upper and not expect big money. OR... You can target your market, and price to … (13 comments)
staging: Update on the Contest I entered
- 10/08/07 01:10 AM
Earleir I had posted I was entering a COntest offered by my Certified ReDesigners Association in Canada. I very very happy to announce the results. I took Second Place in the Staging . I am so excited,,,,,,,and offer congrats to the others winners as well. Here is the room that won! IT was an easy room to do and the pale greens so soothing! … (17 comments)
staging: Contest
- 09/14/07 01:32 AM
This month my ReDesigner's Association in Canada is having their yearly meeting in Kelowna B. C. This is also our chance as redesigners and stagers to show off our work and enter a contest. Its a two part contest, one pictures of before and afters of ReDesigns and then of Staging. These are the pictures I have entered and will be waiting to get results. Its a fun thing to do and brings our ideas together as ReDesigners/ Stagers. Some are of pictures I have already posted but please enjoy anyway. ReDesign are first:
Do you have an accent? French, English, German, Italian? Can you have more than one accent? The accents I deal with on a daily basis are not about your speech. The answer is yes, you can have more than one accent. Creating your own personal décor is all about neutrals and accents. When you choose a beautiful neural paint colour and work the shades of that colour through your home, it creates flow and allows you to add décor from one room into another and provide cohesion many home owners are searching for today. I receive calls often from home owners … (2 comments)
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