During staging to sell your home, bedrooms need to have beds. It is hard for most buyers to envision the space without one. They do know that it can be removed and that the room can easily accommodate a desk or exercise equipment. For resale of the home, however, it needs to have a bed! We bought new mattresses and used the old ones for staging. The current look is easy to achieve without costly linens as it is layered with a bed skirt, coverlet, pillows and a throw folded at the bottom of the bed. This look can be achieved with non-matching items.
Storage Solutions
Get rid of the junk and make the space look orderly. Remember useful, beautiful, meaningful or it has to go! Proper storage will allow both a great look and easy access to the items you need.
Your Interior Design Dreams
What would you buy if you won the lottery? Think about it and you will probably discover that you don’t need to win in order to dream and make your plan for an improved look! It does help to be creative and use your time and energy wisely! The same applies for all phases of pleasing interiors. A competent interior designer can save you money by not making mistakes and making it happen!
Another game is “Would I move it?” Between the two questions, you can begin to edit your personal belongings and have a more attractive interior. Remember – useful, beautiful, meaningful or it goes! If you wouldn’t move it why keep it? Think big picture.This is what I would want if cost were no object! Early on in my career it was important for my home to look like it was well put together on a small budget. I did custom built ins, just like they do now on HGTV. They look best, fill the space perfectly and give you the best storage. Paint is the least expensive way to add color but for resale neutral is best with bright accents.
In order to save, you have to look for the parts and put them together yourself. You can find a bigger table top that may have repairable damage, glass that is slightly scratched and separate bases. Painting and repairing is part of extending your budget as much as possible.
Appliances may be from a showroom changing to new offerings. Antique stores offer a variety of options that are affordable.
The difference between your home looking great and like left overs is knowing when to spend money on the items that elevate the entire home to a higher level. Ever add up all of the small purchases and garage sale items and know that for that amount you could have purchased one great item that you would keep and love? Look to award winning designers and their portfolios – a consultation will pay for itself! (And you can still say you did it yourself!)
Visit my Pinterest board – Favorite Rooms to see a few of my favorite dreams!
Every Day Staging
It is a natural to want our surroundings to look as good as possible!
Staging a home is a natural for anyone that is accomplished in design! In fact, it is a good idea to take a look at the residence of your prospective designer as most designers started by experimenting with their own homes! Followed by others saying “Your home looks better than mine, can you help me?”
When my award winning design friends move, they work tirelessly until perfection is achieved!
The beginnings of staging are making the most of what you have to begin with, furniture in the best places, then artwork and accessories follow. The finishing touches include fresh flowers, bowls of fresh fruit, music and coffee or cookie smells. The total home experience! Why live in a home that is less than it could be, only to make the changes when you have to sell it?
I am not a feng shui practitioner but a few have made an impression on me over the years. Get rid of anything that is dead (plants, not Grandma!) and clutter which stops the movement of chi. These are very motivating to help you CLEAN UP. Try a spring cleaning then for the reasonable cost of a design consultation you can get some great new ideas that may spark your new look to greater heights!
Designers Can Assist With Ageing-In-Place
Eleven years ago during my year as president of the ASID Arizona North chapter, one of the national meetings included a presentation on aging-in-place based on research indicating seniors want to remain in their homes. With aging parents at the time, it was a particular interest. And it is coming to pass! Time Magazine recently had an article about some (of course) San Francisco area startups that are assisting with this. Lively’s smart watch is an alternative to emergency buttons. The device also has pill reminders. Lively is a monitoring system that tracks normal activity and alerts family members if the monitors are not activated or there is abnormal activity. Most boomers are probably going into retirement with some Internet knowledge and the more social ones are on some type of social media, enabling them to connect with others. Checkbook alerts through banks will also assist with irregularities concerning money.
Aging-in-place is a goal for almost everyone. LuxeSpecs.com features products that are innovative for this purpose without the obvious appearance of the first grab bars and other residential changes that were so noticeable.
A professional designer can insure proper space planning for accessibility, use the latest innovations and create a space that will enable comfortable living in your residence of choice.
Sunbrella fabrics are versatile for both indoor and outdoor use and are more widely used by the aging population, those with pets and small children. The fabrics are indistinguishable from other interior fabrics and allow for clean ups without dry cleaning. Chairs with arms allow for grasping the arms and pushing up. Varied heights of countertops in both kitchen and baths allow flexibility. Walk in showers essential with all areas spacious enough for mobility.
Design experts are crucial in assuring that the golden years are as rich in every way as possible!
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