Interior Decorating: Things You Need To Know
The forethought that needs to be given to interior planning process can be quite time consuming. People think about patterns, flooring and color schemes.
http://myinteriordecorator.com/interior-decorating-things-you-need-to-know.htmlGive Your Rooms Some Spark With These Easy Design Tips
Does starting an interior decorating project fill you with dread? There is no need to feel any fear.
http://myinteriordecorator.com/give-rooms-spark-easy-design-tips-2.htmlArranging Artwork Squarely!
My family watches Monk on USA Networks and got me into watching it. I will admit to being a bit like him by having the need to have all artwork, knick knacks and pillows straight. Perhaps I have the same dysfunction he has but not to the extreme he has. I always just thought it was because of my profession as an interior designer.Once I get a room the way I want it with artwork, accessories, furniture, lamps, pillows and such, I try to make a habit to leave the room that way when I leave the room. I live in my rooms and there are times they are messy and filled with bundles of projects but I do try to leave the room picked up and things put away and organized.
I believe the spaces we live in tell our story and reflect that story back to us on a daily basis. If you rooms are not well designed and you have crooked artwork, somehow I believe that is impressed on your subconscious and will affect your daily life.
Artwork is a biggy for me. I hate art being crooked or out of alignment. In the "olden" days my walls would sometimes be filled with tons of little nail holes (under the art) because I would get the art where I thought it should be and one piece was a little lower than the next and I had to move one or the other. Life is easier now, thankfully, because you can use these wonderful new products like 3M Picture Hangers to make all your artwork straight. Or you can use levels, like in the photo, or laser lines to arrange a wall of photos. Another fun trick I love is the putty you can get at craft shops, a little dab on the back of a piece will hold it in place!
Accessories and pillows are a bit easier to deal with. They are going to get messed up just by living in a room but upon your exit take a quick gander and straighten things and give the pillows a quick fluff.
This way when you reenter your space you will have that happy glow about you because you are entering a well designed and put together room and it will always tell you your story!
Staging Your Home for Everyday
But what about every day living? Why not stage your home for you for every day living???
When I sold my house in Idaho in 2006 (family room photo) we went through each room before we put the house on the market and we assessed each room and what needed to be done to make it "show ready." After we did everything the house was perfect! Every wall had been repainted, that needed it. We had cleaned every nook and cranny and we had put things away that were really cluttering our space.
In the end we sold our home for $120k more than we purchased it for and set the high record for the neighborhood. They have never hit that mark since.
My challenge for you today is to step back from your home and rooms and really look at it from an outsider's view. Look at what you might be holding on to "because." Think about how to move things from one room to another. For instance in the office photo above the plant had been in the dining room and then the master bedroom but eventually ended up in the office. It was perfect. The hanging paddle with the lighthouse to the right of the hutch was in the foyer but it made sense to move it into this room with other lighthouses that were in the room. We purchase old windows from a restore store and hung them above the desk for artwork.
In the living room photo at the top of this article, we pretty much lived in this room this way except that we added the boat on the wall and some accessories on the coffee table. We loved this room so much once we staged it and I am challenging you to fall in love with your spaces again by touching up some things and really give it a good try to stage your home for every day!
Happy Decorating
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