'Redesign' Category
Coney Island > Imagination at Play
My sister came up to New Jersey from Florida to visit me last week, and we decided to go back to the old neighborhood in Brooklyn, NY and revisit some of the places we remembered from childhood. I know some readers are already wondering what this has to do with redesign, but read on …
My [...]The Value of DIY – Do It Yourself > Discount or Discontent?
You hear it all the time. Home Depot runs a TV ad where a smiling employee says: ‘you can do it, we can help!’ Or ‘why pay a carpenter extra when you can install the crown moulding in 3 easy steps?’
Or my personal favorite, ‘I never pay full price for anything!’
We (Americans, [...]
Redesigning Realtor … Staging to Sell
Some of you who read my blogs may already know that I am a Realtor by trade, and have been for the past eight years. Those of you who didn’t know may be surprised. I can understand that. What could Real Estate possibly have to do with Staging & Redesign?
I was recently asked [...]
The Top 5 Signs it’s time for an Interior Redesign
It’s sleeting outside again, and the weather report is calling for 6 to 8 inches of snow. What better time than when you’re housebound to select a room for an interior Redesign?
For those not familiar with the term, an Interior ‘Redesign’ is the artful ‘rearrangement’ of existing furniture and accessories (i.e., artwork, [...]Transforming Your Space…Bedroom to ‘Boudoir’
Mes Chéries (my darlings)…
Many of you wrote to say that your bedroom said many other words (including ‘help’), so I’ve decided to share the next five steps with everyone.Let us begin so you can transform your bedroom into a Boudoir.
Here are the next five steps:
Take out the family photos. They belong in the [...]
Holy Ground Hog … is it Spring yet?
I am not, repeat, I am NOT a winter person! Watching snow on TV, perusing the channels to find the Ice Dancing world finals …. that’s about all I can muster for the white, cold stuff! I barely made it through the Penguin documentary, shivering on my sofa, just watching the colony in Antarctica huddle [...]
The biggest room in the world…
The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement. This is a Japanese proverb, and is as true today as when it was first written. It’s a wonderful thought as 2007 begins to unfold. Read no further if you think I’m blogging about Goals!
As a Re-designer and Stager, ‘room’ and ‘improvement’ are my [...]