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Home Staging Tips From A Showhouse - Part 5!

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Home Staging Tips From A Showhouse - Part 5!

We toured the gorgeous Designer Showhouse of Westchester this summer.  This second annual event was located in Bedford Corners, NY, and benefits Cerebral Palsy of Westchester

In Part 1, recurring motifs and traffic patterns were covered.  In Part 2, we looked at built-ins.  Part 3 demonstrated working with a monochromatic palette.  Part 4 dealt with iinspiration. 

In Part 5, we'll look at recurring elements.  As a way of uniting a space, the same element can be repeated.  This could be using the same metallic finish in light fixtures and hardware, a recurring motif (as in Part 1), or the use of similar wood tones.

In this dining room, agate was the recurring element:

Agate lamp

A serious slice of translucent agate forms the base for this modern lamp, one of two on the buffet.

Note the artwork:  more slices of agate drawn and painted by hand, then framed out in over-sized, matching mats and frames.

Vintage peacock

There must be one or two of these vintage peacock lights in every antiques mall in America!  They're not to everyone's taste!  Yet, somehow, with it's agate "eyes", this bird is at home in this setting. 

That peacock wouldn't make sense without the other, modern, agate lamps and artwork.  This bird also warms up the very contemporary space with it's age!

As a professional Home Stager and Designer, it's important to explore Showhouses to pick up new ideas and inspiration.  Hope I've inspired you!

Home Staging Tips From A Showhouse - Part 5!

 

Sharon Lord
Maracay Homes - Peoria, AZ
New Home Advisor

Julia - I'll have to look up the blogs with parts 1-4 now - THANK YOU for sharing!

Sep 15, 2011 10:30 AM
Karen Dembsky
Peachtree Home Staging LLC, Home Staging in Atlanta, GA - Peachtree City, GA
Atlanta Home Staging

Wow -- thx for sharing.  I have never seen a peacock like that; but then, I don not know much about antiques.  What I like about your post is the concept of the "recurring element"

Sep 15, 2011 10:59 AM
Joanna Cohlan
Fresh Eyes For Your Home - Chappaqua, NY
Designing, Decorating & Staging Westchester Homes

I love going to the Designer Showhouses-thanks for sharing this-recurring themes and elements definitely unify a space.

Sep 15, 2011 11:09 AM
Andrea Swiedler
Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices New England Properties - New Milford, CT
Realtor, Southern Litchfield County CT

Julia, that is very, very cool. I will have to go and look back at the series. I have a hard time with deciding what will go with what in my own house. I gave up, LOL. My own photographs are on the wall, and there is really nothing else. Besides, anything I have out the cats or my grandson usually end up knocking over. Less is really more here!

 

Sep 15, 2011 01:42 PM
Barbara Heil-Sonneck
Design2Sell - Atlanta, GA
Home Staging Atlanta

Hi Julia, I love touring Showhouses, they can be great inspirations. Thanks for sharing.

Sep 15, 2011 04:54 PM
Janet Jones
Just Your Style Interiors, LLC - Kihei, HI
Home Staging, Interior Redesign Kihei, Maui, Hawaii

Hi Julia--you are absolutely right about recurring themes.  I'm not sure this would have been one of mine, although I love the agate lamp. 

Sep 15, 2011 05:03 PM
Julia Maher
Nestings: Connecticut Home Staging and Model Homes - Fairfield, CT
Connecticut Home Stager

Thanks, Sharon - I did the series in June, but still find more inspiration to write about!

Hi Karen - You'e probably using it subconsciously!

Joanna - we should plan to meet up at the next Showhouse!

Andrea - What's better than showcasing your own art and living comfortably - without fear that the Staffordshire figurines are in  danger?  Good for you!!!

Inspiration can be everywhere, right, Barbara?

Janet:  Not my favorite room, either - but the lessons are important!

 

Sep 16, 2011 02:17 AM