Decorating Trends for 2008

This years hot trend is … Interior Redesign, No Cost Decorating, Home Makeover, Interior Rearrangement … no matter what you call it, it’s all about using what you already own and love in a fresh new way. Interior Design used to be only for the rich and famous – not any more! Now-a-days, people are loving the new style of design called “Interior Redesign“. Interior Redesign gets a professional decorator like myself in YOUR home to assist you in getting the look you want for one room or your entire house, and for less than you think!

I’ve done hundreds of Interior Design/Redesign Consultations and I have saved people thousands of dollars. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gone to someone home and they show me the room in question and say “We like our things, but this room just doesn’t feel right. It must need something else, so we’re going to go and buy this …. what do you think?” I always say, BEFORE you go out and spend any money, let’s do an Interior Redesign on the room. I explain that we will remove everything form the room and then start putting it all back. Starting with the large pieces, we’ll arrange the furniture in a way that shows off the architecture of the room, looks great and is also functional for you. We may even pull some pieces from another room (if that’s okay with you). Then we’ll bring in rugs, table and lamps. Next we’ll add art and accessories to complete the look. Once we’re done, 9.9 out of 10 times, we’ll find that the piece of furniture they were going to buy would NOT have worked or just would have been a waste of money. The room need something completely different or nothing at all.

If you have a room that you’re bored with, it just doesn’t feel right, you can’t figure out how to arrange the furniture so it looks good and is functional, call an Interior Redesigner, and in just ONE DAY, we’ll make your home look its best using what you already own and love!

If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area and would like more information about One Day Interior Redesign or if you’d just like to schedule yours, contact Jill Denton at Changing Spaces. (925) 998-7747

Home Redesign

Most everyone wants their home to look its best, but not all of us want to hire a design professional and spend thousands of dollars on new a remodel with furniture, accessories, accents, art, window treatments, etc.  Plus, so many of us either like all or most of what we already own, and we want to keep to an affordable budget.  That’s where Home Redesign or Interior Redesign or Budget Decorating or Home Makeover or One Day Decorating  or  as they call it on HGTV‘s “Decorating Cents” No Cost Decorating comes into play.  There are many names for this service, but the goal is the same. To use what you already own and love in a fresh new way.  It’s amazing how a professional interior redesigner can use only what you already own and change the way a room or entire home looks and feels and in just ONE DAY!

In times like these, some people want a new home but are not ready to make a move. This is one time when Interior Redesign works so well.  Whether you have one room or every room in your home Redesigned.  Some people do this for themselves, but most hire a Interior Redesigner for several reasons.

1.  A neutral party (Interior Redesigner) will look at the architecture of the room, all of your furnishings, art and accessories for each of their values.  Sometimes people get stuck in a rut and always, for example, place that chair next to that table with that lamp and that piece of wall art behind it.  It may look great, but the idea behind Interior Redesign is to give your home a fresh new look.  One that is beautiful and functional.

2. You’re bored with the room.  You may or may not like the way it looks, but you’re ready for a change.

3.  You moved into this home and your furniture doesn’t work as  well as it did in the last home.

4.  The room is never used.

5.  The room just doesn’t feel right.

6.  You purchased some new furnishings and it just doesn’t work the way you thought it would work.  (If you’re considering having an Interior Redesign, do it first, before you buy any furniture.)  A Interior Redesigner will listen to you needs and wants, and take into consideration your style and how you want the room to function.  Once the room is redesigned, you may find that you need a different size of sofa or maybe you don’t need a bookcase but a accent table.  In other words, don’t go out and spend money on the wrong piece of furniture, get a redesign first.  Then go out and purchase the right piece(s) for the room.

 7.  You’re on a budget.  Interior Redesingers either change by the hour, by the room, or by the day.  Typically, it takes 2-3 hours to redesign one room.  A professional Interior Redesigner can redesign an entire home in one day! Based on the size of the home the Interior Redesigner may bring one, two or three assisitants to get the job done. Based on your budget, you can decide if you want one, two or all the rooms in your home redesigned. 

8.  The holidays are just around the corner.  Now is the time to redesign your home.  Your guest will notice how great your home looks, but they probably won’t know why … “did you get a new…?  “Your home looks fantastic”….

 Whatever your reason, Interior Redesign is a new design style that is taking the world by storm.  With Interior Redesign anyone can afford to hire a professional interior redesigner.  Some people have their interior redesigner come back once a year to keep their space fresh.  Another great feature of using an Interior Redesigner is that once the redesign is complete, most Interior Redesigners will either chat with you or leave a list behind of things you could do or buy to further inhance the space. 

Jill Denton ~ Changing Spaces

Furniture on an angle?

 

I’ve seen so many Interior Redesigners who always place furniture on an angle. We’ve seen it again and again and again on HGTV ~ I’m sick of it!  Don’t get me wrong, I like furniture on an angle sometimes, just not all the time, because it doesn’t always work well.  I don’t think you should place your furniture on an angle just because you’ve seen it done on TV so many times, do it for a good reason:

 

– Because the room has an unusual layout that requires creative arrangement.

– To draw attention to something or something else in the room.

– To create better traffic flow.

– To make a small room look bigger.

– Because it looks good.

– Just because you’re board and want a change.

I recently did an Interior Redesign on a family room.  The room was on the small side, and it only had three walls.  One wall held the large entertainment center that couldn’t fit on any other wall, the second wall had a large low window and the last wall had a large window like opening into the dining room.

In the before picture, you can see that the sofa was placed below the opening to the dining room, because the entertainment center could only fit on one wall (across from the sofa) and the high back sofa would block the great view if placed in front of the window.  The down side to the sofa being on the dining room opening wall it wasn’t very conversational, it looked just okay, but it made for easy access for the kids to climb up onto the opening.

BEFORE:

 

Let’s talk about the room.  The sofa would really only work two ways in this room.  One where it is, but it wasn’t conversational, looked just ok and it was climbable, or two “On an angle”.  We opted for the angle because it made the arrangement much more inviting and conversational, based on a few facts:  only three walls in the room, the view, the entertainment center, plus the fact that we wanted to keep the climbing to a minimum.

AFTER:

The room really came to life on an angle.  It will be only better once the homeowner gets some wall art and accessories. Anyway, the angle works with the layout of the room, it looks good and it’s funtional!  If you look at the before photo closely, you’ll see the two side chairs, but they we placed unconversationally, you walked into the back of one of them before. Now they can see the TV, enjoy the view and welcome their guests. So, here’s one example of furniture placed on an angle that worked!

Do a little searching, looks at some magazines,  Lowes even offers some tips on how to arrange a room.  Don’t be afraid, If you want to try angling a piece of furniture in your home, go for it.  If you like it – GREAT! If not, you can always move it back.

Jill Denton ~ Hometown GMAC Real Estate and Changing Spaces Interior Redesign & Staging

What is Interior Redesign?

An Interior Redesigner rearranges your furniture and accessories.  We start by removing everything from the room.  Once we have a clean/clear vision of the room’s architecture, we start by placing the large pieces in the best place for function and style.  We may, with your permission, bring in other items from other rooms in your home.  We arrange all the furniture (sofas, loveseat, chairs, tables, rugs, sideboards, bookcases, etc.) then we bring in the accessories and hang the art.  In just one day, your home will look refreshed using what you already own.

The concept of Interior Redesign is still new to most people, but one that is catching on quickly! Interior Redesign can work for anyone, whether your style is traditional, modern, country, eclectic, etc. Because an Interior Redesigner uses what you already have in your home, but in a fresh new way.

With Interior Redesign you don’t have to spend thousands of dollars on furniture and accessories, and wait months for the finished product. We do it all in one day using your stuff, and for a reasonable price. Sometimes, after we’ve finished the Interior Redesign, we’ll leave behind a list of items the home owner could purchase to fill a need or empty space.If you’re thinking about buying some new furnishings, have the Interior Redesign done first. Most of the time, once the Interior Redesign in done, people find that they would have purchased the wrong piece, and now they don’t need anything or they need a completely different item. We like to say, Interior Redesign costs less than the price of buying the wrong piece of furniture.

Move-In Design Service

 

Moving is hard work, whether you do it yourself or have movers.Once all of your things are in your new home, then the real work begins. Arranging the furniture takes time to make sure it’s functional and looks good. But what if your furniture does work the way it did in your last home? Then you need to get creative and try several different arrangements, but your tired from the move and life still goes on (work, kids, etc) and then there’s the wall art and the accessories. Most people get into a rut and place the same wall art over the same piece of furniture, with the same decorative item and in the same room. Live it up, try different ways or have someone like me come into your home and set it up in one day with a Move-In Design Service so you can start enjoying, and relaxing, in your home immediately!

Before (Left) This is what you saw when you walked into the master bedroom. After (Right) First, we did a little shopping for the client and purchased some new linens, a nightstand, rug and lamp. Then in one day, we went into the home and redesigned and rearranged her exisitng furnishings and updated the room with our purchases. What a difference a day makes!

This client moved into her new home, and gave me a call to help her get settled. We purchased a few new accessories and using her existing furiture we redesigned her home in one day. Now she can sit back and enjoy her new home!