New Goals for the New Year… 8 Tips for Tackling Your Home Interior Dreams
Posted by Devine Decorating on January 5, 2011 · 1 Comment
There is all this talk about weight loss and fitness goals for New Year’s resolutions, but equally important are setting your goals for your home! Start out the new year with these 8 tips to help you tackle your home improvement dreams…
How to Give Your Crowded or Bare Room a Polished Look
Posted by Devine Decorating 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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A Helpful Resource for Planning and Redesigning Your Home Interior
Posted by Devine Decorating 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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4 R’s of Spring Interior Decorating
Posted by Devine Decorating on March 24, 2010 · 3 Comments
4 R’s of Spring Interior Decorating
– Rearrange
– Reduce Clutter
– Renew and Reuse
10 Most Common Decorating Mistakes
Posted by Devine Decorating 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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How to Choose Your Decorating Style & Use a Design Plan
Posted by Devine Decorating on January 16, 2010 · 6 Comments
Choosing your decorating style can be a fun experience but also challenging. The biggest problems I see people run into is they don’t stick with a style, but instead pursue their interior decorating without a plan and begin purchasing items that often times don’t enhance their décor or go with their style. Consequently, many of the purchases end up not working and wasting money. A real key to accomplishing a beautiful home interior that you’re happy with is to first decide what style you want to have, and then create a decorating plan that helps you to stick with that style, (and budget).
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