bedroom makeover

The Decorologist Makes Over a 7-Year-Old’s Bedroom

July 15, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 13 Comments

Happy Friday! Today I’m sharing a Decorologist makeover of a darling 7-year-old girl’s bedroom.

Save Your Marriage with a Bedroom Makeover

June 6, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 17 Comments

This is a story about a husband and wife who needed a little . . . pick-me-up in their bedroom.

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You see, their bedroom was filled with brown wood circa 1988, an Italian-style faux finish on the walls in a golden hue,

bedroom before

Small Changes, Big Impact

April 29, 2011 By Kristie Barnett 14 Comments

I staged a home yesterday for sale and thought I’d share with my readers how small changes can make a big impact. Most of the changes here involved removing and pairing down tired accessories and furnishings, then adding a few on-trend accessories.

Beautiful Brick Home for Sale by Realtor Jim Allen with ReMax in Brentwood, TN

This is how the entry looked prior to staging with The Decorologist:

Entry Before Staging

Guest Room Make-Over

September 17, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 15 Comments

I have a recurring client who has grown daughters and grandchildren who live in Memphis. When they come to Nashville, she wants them to have a nice room to stay in at her newly-built home here. Trouble is, her guest rooms were filled with leftover furniture and accessories. She wasn’t in a position to buy new furniture, but wanted me to spruce up the rooms with things she already had. This is where we started with the first guest room:

DSC 3953 Guest Room Make Over

This room had to include the bed, dresser, and a baby crib/toddler bed. There’s a balcony off this room, and the green plastic chairs had been brought inside for some reason. We obviously needed to pull those out, as well as that black chair with the UT emblem.

Gray Ruffled Bedding

July 17, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 11 Comments

I am in love with this gorgeous bedding from Urban Outfitters! It comes in ivory, gray, petal pink, and yellow. Twin and double/queen sizes, around $150. *sigh*

gray urban outfitters via prettypetals typepad copy Gray Ruffled Bedding

Spring Bedroom Makeover

April 5, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 10 Comments

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter. Now we can wear white shoes and all that, so it’s officially springtime! So let’s start the week with a colorful bedroom makeover. This bedroom is in the home of one of my favorite clients.

A Lavender and Gray Bedroom Makeover

August 4, 2009 By Kristie Barnett 5 Comments

This is a picture of how my bedroom looked when we moved into this house 8 years ago. Dark green walls, very bad floral border, ceiling fan. Oh my. The first thing we had to do was strip down that border, which was apparently put up with superglue.

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