Do you ever walk into a room and feel as though things are off-balance? I do - all the time. It's a curse. As an Interior Decorator and Home Stager, it's my mission to balance out every room I am asked to design or stage. Last week, I speed-staged a formal home in...
Photography Tips that Can Sell Your Home
As a Nashville Home Stager, I know that one of the most powerful tools you have when marketing your home for sale is amazing listing photography. No matter how fabulous your home is, it won't sell if the listing photos don't do their job. Your photos should be...
Color Reveal – Hard Bargain Community Center
I'm so excited to finally reveal the "befores and afters" of this amazing project that I hope will positively impact a community for many years to come. Mt Hope Cemetery House Before Renovation The results are the culmination of the many...
America’s Favorite Paint Colors
Have you noticed lately that all the big shelter magazines are flooded with content about COLOR? Specifically, PAINT COLOR. The latest issue of House Beautiful featured a survey that asked thousands of readers and several hundred interior designers and design...
Is Staging an Historic House Different than Staging a Contemporary One?
Staging a home to sell is a somewhat different animal when you are dealing with a historic or period home. While you want to make it appeal to the widest audience possible, you have to realize that most of the people interested in buying that type of home are...
The Lamps I’ve Been Waiting For All My Life
Maybe I'm a bit dramatic when it comes to decorating my house, but have you ever searched and waited for just the right fill-in-the-blank for your home? Then one day, you walk down the aisle of HomeGoods and you see "the one" and the angels start singing? That's...
The Most On-Trend Family of the Year
Shall we dish about the most popular family in town? No, not the Kardashians. The most popular color family. As a Nashville Color Consultant, it's my job to know the movers and shakers in the land of Color. Let me introduce you to the Green sisters: Lime Green,...
Nashville Stager Explains How You May Need to Spend Money to Make Money
No one wants to spend money on the home they are getting ready to sell, but it can be crucial if you want to sell the house quickly and for the price you want. Beyond basic decluttering and cleaning, there are areas where you may need to spend a little cash in order...
Hard Bargain Community Center Project
Recently I had the privilege to choose the interior and exterior paint colors, as well as many of the interior fixtures and finishes, on a really special project. This is the "before" state of a house that will soon become the home to a non-profit community center in...
How Paint & a Fresh Perspective Can Re-Energize Your Tired Space
I'm really excited to share this makeover with you today! The homeowner is a prolific artist who has lots of beautiful paintings and amazing antiques gathered from many of the different countries she and her husband have lived in over the last 40+ years. ...