Posted by Ragan Corliss on September 20, 2010 · 1 Comment
A Well Designed Plan A Decorating Plan Helps Your Desired Look Come to Life Are you moving into a new home and finding it impossible to visualize a cohesive design? Perhaps you have grown tired of the stale color scheme that’s faded in your living room over the past decade. The task at hand won’t … Continue reading →
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on September 8, 2010 · 4 Comments
As discussed this week on the Pete and Brenda radio show. Catch us today on Wednesday at 12:40 and Tuesday at 2:40 PST. You can stream it from your computer. I find there are a lot of people out there who aren’t able to visualize how the end result will look when choosing the primary design components for a kitchen. … Continue reading →
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on June 3, 2010 · 1 Comment
Yesterday I met with two clients who had opposite delimmas… One has an overcrowded and cluttered family room that is too small for all the furniture in it, and the other has a huge master bedroom that looks too bare. This blog covers ideas for how to deal with these two opposite delimmas.
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on May 5, 2010 · 2 Comments
This article will help you choose longer lasting colors and maintain an updated interior at the same time by reviewing the differences between the color trends in the odd and even decades, including examples of how our current climate is affecting our color trends of the decade.
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on April 14, 2010 · Leave a Comment
As discussed on the Pete and Brenda radio show today 4/14/10 at 12:40 and 9:40pm
Stream from your computer: http://radiotime.com/station/s_44871/Lifestyle_TalkRadio_Network.aspx
This post shows how a little Web research can greatly help the redesign process of your home interior. Whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or you plan to hire a design expert, doing a little research about your likes, dislikes and creating a wants list will greatly help the process. You can have fun getting inspired while gathering details for establishing a budget…
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on March 10, 2010 · 8 Comments
I’ve developed a list of the 10 most common decorating mistakes I have found from meetings with clients. Below is an outline, and I’ll elaborate on each one with room photo examples…
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Posted by Ragan Corliss on March 3, 2010 · 3 Comments
I recently received a product update from one of my wallpaper suppliers, and since most people think wallpaper is not being used much these days, I thought it might be interesting to show some of the new trends in wallpaper and in creating accent walls, as well as other accent wall options… Trend: Enlarged traditional prints, creating … Continue reading →
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