home staging: My 11th Year HGTV "Decorating Cents" Anniversary - 07/06/11 04:31 AM
11 years ago today I was lucky girl in Minneapolis filming  HGTV's "Decorating Cents."  I woke up this morning and realized what an amazing milestone this was for my Interior Redesign & Home Staging Business! - Reinventing Space
 
I had just moved back to Chicago two weeks prior, and was so excited that had been given the opportunity to showcase my work on national TV and benefit my newly relocated business.  Along with fellow redesigner Jackie Davis,we had been asked by our design organization the IADA to participate in the filming.  At that time our association did all the "Interior … (9 comments)

home staging: Home Staging Art is in Your Back Yard - 06/02/11 03:27 AM
Fabulous Art is only one snap away for your home staging or interior styling projects.  Get out your camera, dial it to "close-up" and shoot away in your back or front yard.
Download to your favorite photo editing program, adjust, enhance and crop. 
Have it printed into a poster, frame it and hang it on your favorite wall!
These were shot this morning with my trusty Canon EOS and edited in Picasa. June Poppy

Pond Lettuce

 
Since 1999, interior stylist Julea Joseph has owned Chicago area based interiors and home staging business - Reinventing Space. Your can see … (11 comments)

home staging: Springing into Home Makeovers - 02/17/11 01:08 AM
It's my business to make homes better.  As an Interior Stylist, I'm the new generation of designer that can seamlessly progress from a home staging professional to interior design consultant, but (always on a budget.)  My job is to celebrate your home and make it beautiful no matter what chapter you may be on in it.  
From when you 1st move in, to when you sell - I'm there to make your home better.  My business philosophy is to spend it where you need to, and then fill in the blanks with chic, yet cheap finds - The perfect mix of … (2 comments)

home staging: My First Place Episode w/Julea's Design - Surprise Ending! - 07/26/10 08:20 AM
You just never know what shows up on HGTV!  In my typical interior stylist manner, I added a bottle of Champagne and chocolate covered strawberries to my design privvy to the outcome...
http://www.hgtv.com/video/commitment-before-contract-video/index.html?soc=share
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home staging: Use What U Have Room Makeovers - Design 4 the Times - 06/15/10 02:44 AM
From paint company trend forecasts, to our favorite home décor magazines - the new 2010 decorating tune is "Everything old is new again."  With décor buzz words such as aged patina, heirloom, archetypal, and artisan - It's time to take a new look at our old stuff!   
It's so yesterday to announce that your home is filled with all brand new.  Open any home magazine today and there is feature after feature about re-purposing furniture, shopping flea markets and decorating with vintage finds.  Wouldn't it be refreshing not to have to run to retail to solve your decorating dilemmas?
What if you could … (23 comments)

home staging: Stop Staging - Get Your Butt Outside! - 03/31/10 09:59 AM
 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 … (8 comments)

home staging: Chicago, You're Invited! 3/14 Workshop: Decorate on a Budget - 03/05/10 02:13 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)

home staging: Missed Myself on HGTV - How Was It? - 02/17/10 11:45 AM
What a Dope! Opps - Missed myself on HGTV - My First Place Episode HMFP-1202H

 
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home staging: VIDEO UPDATE - Watch 2/15 Home Stager Chicago ABC7 10PM NEWS - 02/15/10 11:12 AM
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/video?id=7279394
Here's the ABC 7 10PM news Segment on Home Staging featuring Julea Joseph.
Join us tomorrow 2/16 for a lovely Lunch & Learn Broker's Open
4237 Bel Aire Downer's Grove, IL -
Lunch & Learn Broker's open tomorrow at 11:00am. - 1:00 pm. Julea Joseph be giving a little workshop on home staging, enjoy a yummy lunch from Corner Bakery and Brook Furniture is giving away a $100.00 gift certificate for Lettuce Entertain You Group!
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home staging: Take a Tired Room & Turn it into Something New! - 02/12/10 10:26 PM
Here is a recent Interior Decorating project that just got completed.  Take a dated den, and update, refresh and reinvent it as a Lady-of-the-House Home Office.

The room's original closet was converted long ago to a wet bar - We removed the bar frig., sink etc... Took out the carpet, did a bit of painting and choose a color palette favorite to the homeowner ( and super stylish for 2011.)
Her view is spectacular, looking over a large pond, ravine and bridge on their property, so furniture placement was set...
 
 
 
 

Inserted one of the file cabinets … (25 comments)

home staging: ActiveRain Connection Leads to HGTV - 01/20/10 10:20 PM
 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)

home staging: The Reveal - HGTV My First Place / Latest - 01/14/10 12:13 AM
HGTV's "My First Place will be airing  - HMFP-1209, is scheduled to premiere Tuesday, January 12th at 8:00 pm ET (7:00 pm central).
Filmed in Wrigleyville, this fabulous flat's 2nd bedroom had some decorating challenges!  Take an akward 9'x15' space with one big Honkin' window from Manly Minimal to Lady Executive Chic!  Too... Work within a budget shopping from furniture to flowers and style it in 1/2 a day.  Oh yeah, in the parking poor city of Chicago on a Saturday!!! 
Man I used all those sassy Home Staging skills. It was a BLAST - 
The results. 
Minimally Before....

 
 
 
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home staging: A San Francisco Interior Redesign - 01/04/10 02:48 AM
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home staging: See Home Stager's Julea Joseph's Space - HGTV My 1st Place Tonight 12/8 - 12/08/09 12:08 AM
http://activerain.com/blogsview/1319862/julea-s-work-on-hgtv-tuesday-12-8-my-first-place
 
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home staging: Tread Carefully When Seasonally Staging a Home - 10/19/09 02:26 AM
I'll be getting interviewed for our local paper in 1 hour on Holiday Decorating & Entertaining.  After spending the weekend compiling my thoughts and doing a bit detective work, here are a few thoughts on Holiday Decor for your home.
Retail can be overwhelming, you can be swayed and tempted a few times within an isle these days.  From new color combinations in the ornament lane, to adorable tiny bales of hay to adorn your tabletops - Retailers aim for you to spend.  So here is a philosophy to apply when seasonally decorating -
When seasonally staging/decorating a home keep true to … (12 comments)

home staging: Al Fresco Spaces - Making your Outdoors Magnificent - 06/12/09 04:10 AM
As our latest season, summer, is almost upon us, we are all a buzz to making our outdoor living space a haven.
Whether your home is on the market or not, your outdoor spaces should show as well as your indoor space.
If you are need of a bit of inspiration, here are a few tips, advice and ideas from my own outdoor spaces to yours.
Be inspired to eke out areas of your yard into "rooms."  This can be done by establishing an area for an activity, or by anchoring a space with a structure. A room is established by … (15 comments)

home staging: The Stuff We're Made From - Creative Application to Your Craft - 06/01/09 09:44 AM
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)

home staging: It’s my Prerogative – A Philosophy on HOME STAGING - 05/18/09 01:28 AM
I did not want to hijack Cynthia's great blog on staging vs. decorating http://activerain.com/blogsview/1079414/decorating-staging-decorating-staging, but since the subject came up... Here's my thought...
If you want to stay in the game - Evolve.  
A home stager in business in 2009 HAS TO EVOLVE AND BECOME A HYBRID - You need to seamlessly combine both staging, decorating and design skills to service your client properly.  
The longer I am in this industry, and now that staging is becoming a norm in the selling process of a home, and the longer that HGTV and other shows educate the homeowner, the more I … (16 comments)

home staging: UPDATED! Chicago Stager on TV - Super Staging Tips on CLTV - Watch Video - 05/13/09 07:05 AM
                                               
Make sure to tune-in to Chicago Tribune's CLTV this weekend, May 16 & 17th - Homes Plus show! 
Professional Home Stager & Interior Stylist Julea Joseph will be featured with a recent Staging she did for a Homewood couple on a bare-bones budget.
See how with just a few gallons of paint, focused and strategic staging, and a bit of elbow grease - Any home can take center stage!
  Before...
WATCH SEGMENT: http://weblogs.cltv.com/business/realestate/homesplus/2009/05/staging_story_before_after.html
 
If you don't want to empty your purse, but want to make sure your home is prepped, polished and perfectly package for today's very competitive market - Here … (8 comments)

home staging: Shhhh.... The Biggest Perk of Having a Partner in a Professional Stager - 04/28/09 02:09 AM
Stagers - Doesn't it just crack you up when you're in conversation with a Realtor telling them about your profession, and they say something like - "Oh yeah, I do that  too for my friends who I list for..."  I use to quizzically rebuttal; now, I just say really... and knowingly smile at my smart  Realtor partner across the room.  
I don't need to get into the minutia of all the  basic  benefits a Realtor should already be educated on by partnering with a professional stager -
••          Assist the Realtor to show the home in its best light and make wise, … (9 comments)