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Psychological Staging™ Sweatshop
We've all been working hard getting ready for the Expert Psychological Stager™ training course. By "all," I mean me, Allison, Mr. Man, Lego Allen, and my daughters. Mr. Man's basement studio has turned into a sweatshop. my youngest sweaty worker After countless...
Would You Paint Your Ceiling Black?
What would you consider painting black? Perhaps surprisingly, black-painted windows draw your eye to the landscape beyond - more so than if the window were painted white. via Pinterest I'm working with a client whose trim throughout the house is currently dark...
Ottoman Makeover – Thinking Outside the Box
My client just downsized into a tony townhouse in Nashville and moved a good deal of the furnishings from her former, much larger home. This ottoman/coffee table was the perfect size for her living room in the previous home. In the smaller space, it dominated the...
Make+Model Home Tour, A Mash-Up of Vintage Chic Style
I recently sat down with Nashville's Brandy Adams, to talk about her vintage decor business and personal style. Brandy lives in a 1972 home with a mock Tudor facade and a mid-century modern interior with neo-classical elements. The mash-up of nostalgic architecture...
A Daughter's Dream Room & the Dyson DC59 Motorhead Vacuum
My little girl is growing up. She wants a more mature bedroom, something different than the one she's had for years. The room you see here is it's condition just prior to a magazine shoot at our house a few months back. So please understand, it's NEVER this clean....
A Better Paint Color Behind a Dark Brown Sofa – Try Elephant Gray
So you have a big puffy brown sofa in your family room and don't plan to replace it any time soon. And you have an accompanying wall color like this olive green. The color scheme here is brown + olive + gold or what I like to refer to as "blah." It's pretty...
Home Staging – What NOT to Do
I spent much of the Labor Day weekend preparing the presentation and manual for my Psychological Staging Training in a little over two weeks. In reviewing and gathering old staging photos to use in my presentation, I stumbled on a blogpost I wrote over four years ago...
A Toast to All of You
Wow. I can hardly believe this one, my friends. I was named a winner in the 2014 Toast of Music City Reader's Choice Awards for Best Interior Decorator. This is as exciting to me as winning national home staging awards, because LOCAL is my bread and butter! ...
How to Update When Your Hardware is All Brass
One of my favorite new clients and her husband just bought a large 1970's home with TONS of potential. The architecture and floorplan of the home is amazing, but because it was built in the 1970s, there are a few quirky things we are going to have to work on. before ...
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