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Accent Walls Series #2

Accent Walls Series #2

In the first post of our #Accent­WallsSeries, we intro­duced the top­ic and dis­cussed how impor­tant this com­mon design fea­ture can be. Now we want to dive deep­er into the dif­fer­ent ways to accent your walls. When accent walls were at their peak, paint was the num­ber one way to 

Accent Walls Series #1

Accent Walls Series #1

  Accent walls, real­ly? I admit, I felt accent walls were overused in the mid 2000s but now I am enjoy­ing them again. Select­ing the best wall to accent is key! There are sev­er­al rea­sons to accent your walls. First, it’s a quick and easy way 

Is Your Mantel Crying for a Seasonal Update?

Is Your Mantel Crying for a Seasonal Update?

Final­ly the weath­er is chang­ing and my over­all atti­tude is bet­ter. You cre­ative ones know what this means…it’s time for a redesign! I enjoyed the white ele­ments my man­tel had dur­ing the win­ter; it reflect­ed the snow out­side my win­dow. Now, my man­tel is cry­ing 

What’s Your Office Personality?

What’s Your Office Personality?

What’s your office per­son­al­i­ty? What’s your office say­ing about you? Your office style impacts cus­tomer rela­tions, work style, time man­age­ment and cre­ativ­i­ty.  The trick is to cre­ate and main­tain an office that helps you stay focused.  Many of you are famil­iar with our Con­fi­dent Con­sul­ta­tion 

Secrets from a Decorator: Finials add the Finishing Touch

Secrets from a Decorator: Finials add the Finishing Touch

What is a finial?  It’s the dec­o­ra­tive top­per of a lamp with the pur­pose of hold­ing the lamp shade to the lamp harp with the harp con­nect­ing to the base.  That’s the func­tion of the finial but the cre­ative part of the finial is total­ly 

A First Timer Deco-Zone Experience

A First Timer Deco-Zone Experience

I am not a high end design­er with years of expe­ri­ence and I stay pret­ty safe with­in the realm of neu­tral col­ors that I know can match.   San­dra Racz told me about The DECO-Zone, an event held dur­ing Atlanta’s Amer­i­c­as­Mart with speak­ers shar­ing infor­ma­tion 

Are you Part of a Staging Team?

Are you Part of a Staging Team?

Team­work is Pow­er­ful!  Stud­ies show that work­ing as a team to accom­plish a goal results in a high­er suc­cess rate. Cre­at­ing your team of like-mind­ed pro­fes­sion­als will increase sales, encour­age cre­ativ­i­ty and allow for more pro­duc­tiv­i­ty result­ing in achieved goals and bench­marks for your busi­ness. 

Follow the Staging Guidelines

Follow the Staging Guidelines

Stag­ing guide­lines real­ly do Mat­ter.  Home stagers are not usu­al­ly present dur­ing show­ings there­fore they only get feed­back from agents if they make the effort.  We feel con­fi­dent our guide­lines, tips and tricks work to sell a home but we don’t often see them test­ed. 

Peel and Stick Updates

Peel and Stick Updates

How easy can it be to give our homes an update when you have prod­ucts that are easy to install. We see projects that don’t look as good as you envi­sioned and oth­ers that sur­prise you.  How much eas­i­er can it get to peel and 

Hitting a Stone Wall Can Open Up Possibilities

Hitting a Stone Wall Can Open Up Possibilities

Hit­ting a Stone Wall Can Open Up Pos­si­bil­i­tiesWe want every space in our home to have the WOW fac­tor. Just like my clients, I want to zero in on get­ting the biggest bang for the buck and in this case the home and the bud­get