Country Fair Inspires

Inspiration is everywhere. As an avid photographer from early on, I always carry my camera.  A recent visit to the Lorain County Fair, a rural county fair showcasing amazingly talented folks, filled me with ideas.  Everywhere I looked was inspiration and of course, autumn colors are always vivid and fun. These natural nature made color stories could translate into a color story in any room.

 What about staging a home with a wagon filled with flowers to create awesome Curb Appeal. These colorful baskets are a great way to see color, scale & texture used in a unique yet creative decorating display.  Okay, where can I and my camera go today to find inspiration?

DesAnn Collins

DSA Trainer & Staging Director

www.DesignByDesAnn.com

Budget Decorating: Redesign For An Office

A client  needed a “space-lift” for his office. We needed new waiting room chairs, art and something to hold their office supplies. The budget was small. Actually I LOVE hearing that. A small budget equals large creativity possibilities.

The “hunt” was on. We scowered the Flea Markets, Consignment stores, big retailers and a few garage sales.

We found an old Radiator ($10) an Isaac Mizrahi placemat($1.37) and ordered great new leather chairs.

You, like me, have probably faced a radiator that needed a redesign. The challenge is to blend them into a space and to re-make their image into something beautiful rather than utilitarian.

We put the Isaac Mizrahi placemat into an old frame. We then hot glued that frame on top of a long wooden empty rectangel frame and hung it between two Ansel Adams prints for their conference room.

Do you like to hear “Tight budget” I do. We would love to hear about your amazing transformations of Trash To Treasure!

DesAnn Collins

DSA Staging Director & trainer

www.DesignByDesAnn.com

Kitchen Makeover Made Easy

It is amazing how removing upper cabinets over an old counter top can open up those older Kitchens.

Design By DesAnn BEFORE Staging improvements

Whenever possible, and the budget allows, remove those upper cabinets to create a newer look of an open Kitchen.

Removing these cabinets does not usually involve any structural changes. Open the cabinet doors and look up. They are usually attached to the ceiling with screws.

When we are competing to sell and our competition is new construction with an open floor plan, we need to have our Kitchen looking updated. This is a budget friendly way of taking an old Kitchen and having it appear much larger.

You will notice that we added a new Granite counter top, new floors, lighting and hardware. We kept the rest of the cabinets but added a fresh coat of crisp White paint.

Design By DesAnn AFTER Staging Broida

The seller, Bob Broida, told me it was the best $10,000.00 investment he had ever made. The house sold in ONE DAY, to the first person who saw it. We replaced all the carpeting, put in new counter tops, Kitchen floor, added new lighting through out and we were also hired to Stage this vacant with leased furniture.

It is always enjoyable to hear “giddy” realtors or sellers calling me to say…”WOW, the house SOLD….thank you, thank you, thank you”.

I LOVE my profession!

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