Loving Pinterest

September has been a busy month for re-design consultations. Re-design consultations involve walking through a client's home and offering practical suggestions of how a client can use what they have, combining it with some new things (paint, furniture, accessories) to create a new, desirable look! After I see the client's home I head to the office and write a 'report' for them so that all of the details are written down in one place and no one needs to try to remember them all---except me!

Last week I went to view a young family's beautiful Sherwood Park home.  They were looking for some help in making one of the kid's rooms work for two children so that they could have another baby.  My client loves wainscotting and had mentioned a baseball or sport theme. We discussed using a dark rich blue on the top half of the wall and antique white on the bottom. After taking some measurements, I discovered the room would not be large enough for anything but bunk beds. I suggested a layout and we built from there. Long story short, I knew that this client is very visual and wanted to show her what sorts of things I was picturing in my mind...hard to do! Since I had been hearing from a lot of people about how great Pinterest is for inspirations, I finally gave it a shot and found this:

Original Link *here*

Too perfect! The funny part is that so much of it is exactly what we were discussing and I had never seen this image before. The blue walls, the white wainscoting, bunk beds, the layout, a place for books around the window...it is all too perfect!

Pintrest is a great place to show clients images of what sort of things you are envisioning and it is a great place to find inspiration. Check out this link to find out what it's all about.

15 Home Staging Rules

I stumbled upon an article today that lead me to do some investigating. I found this one very interesting...
Dr Andrea Angott conducted a study and released the "Top 15 staging rules":

1. Removal of personal items from bathrooms.
2. Using rooms for their intended purpose.
3. Removing evidence of pets.
4. Turning on every light in the home during showings.
5. Vacant homes should be furnished.
6. Removal of garbage cans.
7. Removal of personal photographs.
8. Removal of attention-grabbing or personal art or accessories.
9. Neutral paint colors on all walls.
10. Removal of appliances from kitchen counters.
11. Never placing the back of furniture facing any room entrance.
12. “Tell a story” with staging (breakfast tray with mugs on bed).
13. Sheer or no coverings on all windows.
14. Use of scented candles, plug-in air fresheners or potpourri.
15. Chocolate chips baking in oven during showings

I have made recomendations to many clients in the past to do most of these things but number 14 is never something I recommend. I have said it before-- NO-scent is the best scent!  I can also honestly say I have never smelt potpourri that I enjoyed! Has anyone?

Also number 15 makes me laugh.. Yes it may be a nice idea but are you really going to bake chocolate cookies everytime you have a showing? It is best for all parties involved if the home owner is not at the property when potential buyers come through, so who is to watch said cookies bake? And then what are you to do with dozens of chocolate cookies but eat them all?! Maybe that is just something I would do, but I couldn't be trusted with dozens of cookies in the house!

Anyway, I hope everyone enjoyed their summer and long weekend! It has been a busy summer for Tilt with lots of Re-Design consultations with some really great new clients.

Staging for a Particular Demographic

To say the least, I have been busy! I have had lots of great re-design consultations from the WagJag offer and have had a chance to meet some genuinely kind people. In the midst of WagJag consultations, I have been busy de-staging some sold properties. I will also be de-staging a property this Friday that had been on the market for 7 months prior to staging with no interest. The house received a lot more attention after being staged and received an offer one month later! Staging works (but I knew that).  I have also been staging some new units.

On Thursday we staged a unit in an adult condominium (35+).  When I originally went and saw the unit, it had dark drapery and dark furniture. I wanted to lighten and brighten it up so I decided to use cream leather furniture and a glass table, which I seem to be loving a lot lately! I wanted to use red as it is a great traditional color choice, but added some fresh greens to liven it up. I think it turned out really nice and is well suited for the buyer demographic. The space looks large, tidy and inviting.

To check out the full listing click here.

wag jag

Tilt is running its very first super deal on WAG JAG!

The deal can be used for:

1.  a Re-Design consultation (for those staying in their homes)

OR

2. a Do- it - Yourself Home Staging package (for those wishing to sell and will be occupying the home during the selling time.)

The deal closes Tuesday night. Voucher holders can begin booking appointments Wednesday morning.

If you have any questions about the deal please email me jill@tiltstaginganddesign.com. Emails and phone calls will be returned within one business day (Monday- Friday).

New Staged Listing

I recently staged a beautiful home on Capitol Hill.  I used rich colors and some great Persian rugs to give it a bit of a traditional feel, but used clean lined furniture to keep it simple.

One of the things that makes this house so unique is that is was built to fit the pie-shaped lot. The house has many interesting angles making it visually appealing. It was a bit difficult to photograph, I must admit !Here are a few shots of how it turned out.

Front Entry Before:

Front Entry After: A bit of black gives your eye a place to rest.

Main Living Room Before:

Main Living Room After:

Den Before:

Den After:

Kitchen Before:

Kitchen After:

Master Before:



Master Bedroom After:

Master bath before:

Master After:


To view the full listing (and some more photos):
http://jaclynhorne.com/mylistings.html

Have a great day!

Listing

I had a couple of people ask me about the most recently posted home we staged so I thought I would share the listing.

MLS®: C3483234

http://www.realtor.ca/propertyDetails.aspx?propertyId=10883707&PidKey=1000097081


I have some more recent before and afters to post but just haven't had a chance to sort through them so hopefully I will find time tomorrow.

Have a great day!

Another Vacant Property receives a Tilt transformation!

Last week I staged an older home with a fabulous location. The home sits on a double wide lot in Belgravia, just a stone throw away from the U of A. The property would be perfect for a professional working at the University.

The home received paint touch ups but the homeowner decided against changing the red living room.  As Tim Gunn would say, "make it work"... and I think we did just that.

Entry BEFORE

Entry AFTER

Living Room BEFORE

Living Room AFTER



Dining Room AFTER (Silly me, forgot to take a before picture, just couldn't help but start!)

Kitchen AFTER (Again no before photo..)

Master Bedroom BEFORE



Master bedroom AFTER

Bedroom 2 BEFORE

Bedroom 2 AFTER (freshly painted)

Bathroom BEFORE

Bathroom AFTER

That is it for today.

Happy Tuesday everyone!