Creating One-Of-A-Kind Spaces

July 26, 2010 By

Creating a one-of-a-kind space for clients is exhilarating! Interior Decorating a room from the top to bottom is always a joy. Home Staging focuses on how  to entice the buyers. It has to be all about  target market.  But decorating allows you to make it personal and make it all about the home owner. Here is a visit to one of my ongoing projects. The client had some specific requests.

  1.  They LOVE their chandelier and after a little research we found almost an exact match to a Murano Italian Glass Chandelier, so it stays!
  2. They want to displaysome special art which presents a bit of a problem due to the color saturation
  3. The furniture stays
  4.  Window’s architectural features add challenge

So time to pull it all together with great decorating ideas.  Rikk Mayr, a talented Faux Painter is creating magic on the ceiling which will highlight the much loved chandelier even more.  Here is a “SNEAK-PEEK” . This is only at the half way point of the ceilings completion.

Creative way of bringing the Cool Blues into a Warm space

I must also say that if it weren’t for my confidence with Color this would be a scary project.  I am boldly moving forward with the design as I have my DSA Color With No Regrets education.

I found the most fabulous 100 yr old shutters. We will be using them as window treatments. They are rough, chipped paint and perfect for this application. Fearless…No Regrets Design.

Happy Decorating,

DesAnn Collins

DSA- Staging Director & Trainer

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Picture Perfect “Hello”

June 28, 2010 By

Do you create attention grabbing photographs when Home Staging or creating your portfolio? 

Home Staged By DesAnn Collins

One of the ways to make your work stand out in the crowded Internet world is to think editorially. On Project Runway the judges are always making the comment that “Boring” photos do not grab the readers attention. Nina Garcia, one of the judges, is quick to point out that her readers are looking for the spectacular, not boring.

Designed by DesAnn

 

One of the easiest ways is to be creative is to try close-ups, lay down on the ground, stand on a stool or even using a Tri-pod.

When we need the attention of  home buyers to look at our Staged home use an Editorial approach. A few Editorial shots used in the presentation will garner their attention and have your Staging standing out amongst the crowd.

Be creative, let your creative talents show through your photography.

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Mirror Mirror on the Wall; It’s Decorator Magic!

June 17, 2010 By

Before

For the past few months, I’ve been working with a client who has been a sheer delight…  Ready for change and happy to be “finally” moving forward with her decorating plans, the very first project was an interior redesign of her living room. As you can see from the before photograph, this room included a lovely fireplace with a not so lovely fixed mirror, courtesy of the builder.

Now, I can totally appreciate a well placed mirror, but as is often the case, it usually ends up reflecting the one thing that you least want to see, i.e., the ceiling, a ceiling fan or the kitchen pots and pans.  Once the one day decorating makeover was finished, we simply painted the mirror. It’s true what they say about watching paint dry! While it took 5 coats of the wall color for maximum coverage, the end result is truly the fairest of them all.   

After

Yes, it’s definitely decorator magic;  the mirror disappears right before your very eyes… anything can happen in the DECO Zone!

Paint.  Patience. Perfection.

Be Inspired!

-Cheryl Cousins

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