green products: Paint Color to Sell Your Home - It isn't White!! Portland Home Stager Shares Paint Color Tips
- 08/29/09 10:13 AM
For decades, the conventional wisdom when getting ready to sell your house was to paint all the walls back to white. But that is SO yesterday! White .... the color of snow & ice ... does absolutely nothing to warm up a house. It doesn't highlight architectural features and it doesn't enhance the colors of your wood, granite or other finishes. To sell your property today, you need to use soft warm decorator colors that are current. That way they not only look beautiful in the home, but will go with the existing furnishings of your prospective buyers and remind them … (31 comments)
green products: Choosing Wood Flooring: Sustainable Options Underfoot
- 08/28/09 06:30 PM
Portland Interior Designer, Pangaea, shares tips on choosing sustainable wood flooring for your home.Whether you love the rich reds of mahogany and cherry, the pale brightness of maple, hickory and birch, or the deep and dark loveliness of walnut, there is a wood floor for you! Living in Oregon, I have a real appreciation for trees and the fabulous resource they are when managed well. Yesterday I attended the monthly meeting of the Interior Design Society, Portland chapter. We were hosted by Tualatin's Treadline Construction, specializing in hardwood flooring. I'd like to share just a few tips on choosing hardwood flooring … (15 comments)
These chairs are made from 100% recycled post consumer “high density polyethylene” which is a plastic resin made from recycled items such as milk jugs, margarine tubs, detergent bottles and so on. While I love the leaf green shown here, they make these in several colors and alternate styles. For more styles and other items … (3 comments)
Being in the Interior Design and Home Staging world, I know a lot about paint. I suppose that I began to take it for granted that everyone knows what low VOC and Zero VOC paints are. Silly me! Today I'm going out on a paint color consultation. When speaking with my client on the phone I asked her if she had a preference for low or zero VOC paints. She had no idea what that meant. --- No, she didn't ask me if it stood for "very odd colors" ... that was just for … (14 comments)
Portland Oregon Interior Designer, Redesign and Home Staging professional, Pangaea, shares tips on preparing a home for sale, interior design ideas for lofts & contemporary architecture, and home improvement projects.
For decades, the conventional wisdom when getting ready to sell your house was to paint all the walls back to white. But that is SO yesterday! White .... the color of snow & ice ... does absolutely nothing to warm up a house. It doesn't highlight architectural features and it doesn't enhance the colors of your wood, granite or other finishes. To sell your property today, you need to use soft warm decorator colors that are current. That way they not only look beautiful in the home, but will go with the existing furnishings of your prospective buyers and remind them … (31 comments)
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