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5 Decorating Secrets to Make Your Home Look Like a Model

 
SECRET # 1 CREATING A THEME, MOOD & STYLE
Having a unified interior flows from area to area with a sense of comfort and well-being. It is pleasing to the senses and not shocking or disturbing. To create a unified interior, you need to establish a theme, mood and style before you begin your decorating.
A [...] [...]

Quick & Easy Decorating Ideas

Here are a couple “Quick & Easy” Decorating Ideas you can do every month, without spending a lot of Time, Energy or Money.

Candles – Decorated Tapers or slide on Flower Rings
Change out your Candy Dish – Valentine Hearts, Jelly Beans, Jaw Breakers, Candy Corn, Ribbon Candy
Have a Small Table Top Holiday Tree and Change the [...] [...]

Celebrate Every Month

There is a reason to celebrate every month.  So if you like to celebrate every month, here are a few things that you can add to your accessories.
ANY MONTH – Birthdays, Nationality, Home Town, Current Town

Old Birthday Pictures
Dutch – Tulips, Wooden Shoes
New York – Statue of Liberty, Jacks, Picture Books
Las Vegas – Playing Cards, Dice, [...] [...]

Simple, Quick & Inexpensive Decorating Ideas

Are you bored with a room? Would you like to add a touch of interest into your home? How about a little color boost? But you don’t really have the time or money to do anything elaborate or make a bunch of complicated changes. Well, here are a couple simple, quick and inexpensive ideas to [...] [...]

The Ins and Outs of Summertime Decorating

Summer is here in the Las Vegas Valley and we’ll be spending more afternoons indoors and evenings outdoors. So why not decorate for the season and bring the indoors out and the outdoors in and change the look of your home and enjoy the summer, in and out of your home.
When I think of summer, [...] [...]

How to Merchandise Your Home

One of the most popular questions I get asked is, “How can I make my home look like the model?” When an Interior Designer is hired to design a model home, we’re being hired to merchandise the home for sale. So let me first give you a little inside information for fun on where we [...] [...]

How an Interior Designer Can Help You

Most people are hesitant to call or hire an Interior Designer. They don’t understand how a designer works, what we do, what we charge or exactly how we can help in decorating their home. So I thought I would share some basic information, answer some questions and help you feel more comfortable in hiring someone [...] [...]

Decorating Options for Your New Home

Buying a new home is an exciting time. It’s also wonderful that most builders allow you to customize your home with numerous upgrade options to choose from.   You’ll want to make the right decisions and spend your upgrade dollars wisely.  So let’s take a look at the different options and upgrades available and make this [...] [...]

Secrets to Furniture Shopping

We have all gone out furniture shopping and have found it a frustrating and overwhelming task. We’re not sure exactly what we are looking for, how much we want to spend, where to go or if what we are buying will really work or fit in the room. Furniture shopping is different than looking for [...] [...]

FALL in love with your home again

As I’m writing this in August, I’m thinking about when this will come out and I’m looking forward to the crisp clean air of fall.  We had some extra hot days of summer this year, at least I thought so.  Many days the cooler that I took in the car for in between appointments, just [...] [...]