New ideas for first-home buyers Summer is the time of year when people venture forth to find and buy their first home and my phone starts ringing. What to watch out for? What clever ideas could I offer? They want to watch their finances but they also want to showcase their personal style. This blog is my way of sharing decorating and furniture ideas so that you create wonderful spaces in your new home – be it a house, a townhouse or an apartment you are leasing. Take a look at what you already have. If it isn’t something you are THAT in love with, refinishing or repainting can give you the modern look you want. For example, you can transform an ordinary dining room table just with high gloss finish paint, or use natural-stain finishes or reclaimed wood combined with simple iron hardware to transform an old coffee table. This latter idea would give you a modern farm house/industrial look that designers are talking about. What you SHOULD do is invest on p...
Just ask me! For some, clothes are their passion. For others, home decorating is what they love to do. We are introducing a new feature giving our dear readers a chance to ask questions about what goes with what, where and how. Some of you have an ”eye” for interesting decorating accessories but don’t feel sure about how to “place". I will publish your questions and discuss solutions. It excites me help my followers!