Thursday, October 29, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Lessons from a Home Stager
The New York Times Magazine has a great article about staging a home today. Eventhough the article is about staging for selling purpose, there are some great tips that you can pick up for your daily life as well...
For example:
1) Start with a white sofa and go from there, as you can change the look quickly by changing the pillows.
2) Have a story, or a theme, and build from there.
3) Do and reedo until it's right.
4) Avoid matchy matchy.
5) Build characters and personality by adding pieces that reflect your lifestyles.
To read this article and watch the video, click here.
Image source: NY Times
For example:
1) Start with a white sofa and go from there, as you can change the look quickly by changing the pillows.
2) Have a story, or a theme, and build from there.
3) Do and reedo until it's right.
4) Avoid matchy matchy.
5) Build characters and personality by adding pieces that reflect your lifestyles.
To read this article and watch the video, click here.
Image source: NY Times
Saturday, October 24, 2009
Gorgeous Silk Flowers from New Growth Designs
When it comes to silk flowers we like them to look as real as possible--this is why you'll never find us buying them at Walmart!
The good ones are pricey, for the very simple reason that they tend to look almost like the real ones.
We found some at New Growth Designs that we just love. The orchids are nice and tall, so they look super dramatic. Some of them are over 5 feet tall. We like putting them on a console table, in front of a mirror along with some other accessories.
Check out some of our favorite ones:
We'll be posting these on our silk flowers section soon.
The good ones are pricey, for the very simple reason that they tend to look almost like the real ones.
We found some at New Growth Designs that we just love. The orchids are nice and tall, so they look super dramatic. Some of them are over 5 feet tall. We like putting them on a console table, in front of a mirror along with some other accessories.
Check out some of our favorite ones:
We'll be posting these on our silk flowers section soon.
Really Pretty Silk Flowers from Atrium Foliage
When the weather starts to get cold and gloomy, we find ourselves craving for colors. That's when we find silk flowers an attractive option--mainly for the fact that it's almost impossible to find fresh flowers in the winter, plus we're super lazy, and silk flowers require no maintenance whatsoever...
Here are some from Atrium Foliage that we really like. Based out of Atlanta, they make the flowers to order, one arrangement at a time... We like them because they look and feel expensive (and okay, they ARE a little expensive, but worth every pennies though).
We'll be posting these on our silk flowers section in a couple of days. Please check back with us to see the complete collection.
Here are some from Atrium Foliage that we really like. Based out of Atlanta, they make the flowers to order, one arrangement at a time... We like them because they look and feel expensive (and okay, they ARE a little expensive, but worth every pennies though).
We'll be posting these on our silk flowers section in a couple of days. Please check back with us to see the complete collection.
More Modern Vintage Furniture-Haute House
We featured Haute House furniture a while back. This line is kinda wild, kinda funky. It's great when you have great imagination and you are looking for statement pieces.
When in High Point last week we saw that they had a new collection called "Histography" that we thought was kinda cool. It is also much more livable and muted than their other pieces.
Here are some samples:
To see the entire Haute House line, check out their web site here. As always, if you need help with pricing, email us.
When in High Point last week we saw that they had a new collection called "Histography" that we thought was kinda cool. It is also much more livable and muted than their other pieces.
Here are some samples:
To see the entire Haute House line, check out their web site here. As always, if you need help with pricing, email us.
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