before and after rooms

Staging Homes in the Twilight Zone

June 24, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 10 Comments

Yesterday, I had a fairly straight-forward home staging gig. The owners had already moved out and needed to get this puppy sold ASAP. I had helped them pick some good paint colors and they had the house ready to go. So I headed over to get it “show-ready” with one of my lovely assistants, Taylor. On the drive over, Taylor commented that she was born in this particular Nashville suburb and lived in a house here with her family as a young child. She couldn’t recall much about it and had no idea where it was.

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Here’s a picture of the above bedroom after staging:

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Why Men Fear Painting Wood

June 17, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 46 Comments

It’s an age-old question: why do men fear painting wood? I can’t tell you how many times the following has occurred: I have a color consultation with the lady of the house. There are some horrible 1970s-1980s pieces of wood furniture, dreaded fake paneling in the den, or dated wood cabinets in the kitchen.

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A Dresser Make-Over and What It Led To . . .

February 16, 2010 By Kristie Barnett 11 Comments

I have an old French Provincial dresser in my younger daughter’s room. The walls in her room are yellow and the dresser was a slightly lighter shade of yellow with gold accents. It’s been in there for several years, and it’s been ok. But not fabulous. Awhile back, I picked out a vivid shade of green for it - Benjamin Moore’s Waterbury Green HC-136. I wanted it to pop out against the walls, kinda be a statement piece for her room. Here’s a picture of it in the background of my daughter’s tea party. I don’t have a true “before” picture of the room, because I didn’t know what the painting of the dresser was going to lead to . . .

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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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