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Hello Fellow Design Enthusiasts,
Those of you who read my first blog will know that I assist both home sellers who need to make their homes show their best and home buyers who want to create warm, inviting and beautiful spaces for everyday living. In general, my entries will cover a variety of topics beginning with preparing your home for sale, moving to settling into a new home, then finishing up with decorating and personalizing your home.
Once a week, I will blog on interior decorating and design topics. If I can help you through a design dilemma, or you’d just like to contribute your two cents on the topic of the day, please jump right in and comment!
The subject of my blog today is actually to introduce what I’ll be talking about until we cover the bases. Many of my clients have struggled with at least one aspect of design - with at least one room, that regardless of what they tried, they could not pull it together to their satisfaction. Something was throwing the room off, and they couldn’t put their finger on it. Not all of us are comfortable making design decisions. We are afraid to make mistakes in our interiors, which is a reasonable fear since mistakes can sometimes be costly. But much of this discomfort and lack of confidence comes down to not having a basic understanding of the design principles.
We all have our gifts and talents. I know I will never be a tax accountant (nor do I have any desire to be!). Yet with the right tools and some basic knowledge, I can do my own taxes (as I just demonstrated to myself). And so it is with design. If you have the desire to make your environment more comfortable and beautiful, then an understanding of the basic interior design principles can help you become much more comfortable and adept with design. I’m not saying you’ll be the world’s next Philippe Starke…but you just may be able to pull off a room that you’re pretty happy with. And that’s what it’s all about.
So let’s get back to the basics - some of the design “rules” and concepts that help define good design. Increase your knowledge, raise your level of confidence, experiment and put these principles into practice in your own home. You can do it!
Check back as we discuss scale, balance, flow, contrast, layering, color and more!
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The Author: Sandra Tuell Website: http://www.newhomes.com About: As weblog author for Homes Advisory, the blog for New Homes Realty, Inc., Sandra Tuell covers topics that run the real estate gamut, written expressly for the home buyer. On the blog, home buyers will find practical information and advice on preparing their existing homes for sale, enlisting the services of a buyer’s agent, searching for new homes, making an offer and closing the transaction. Sandra regularly presents real estate news from the perspective of how events will impact home buyers and the real estate industry in general. Trained as a journalist, Sandra stepped into the real estate industry as an accredited home staging specialist, interior arranger and color expert. Since March 2007, Sandra has researched, commented on and explored happenings in the real estate industry, including home building, home mortgages and financing, real estate investing, and the economy. With a passion for all that is pertinent to the design, comfort, livability and marketability of the home, Sandra also provides tips and insights for homeowners who wish to maximize the potential of their personal spaces and turn their new houses into homes. For the past four years, Sandra has operated her own interior arrangement and home staging company, Roomscapes, servicing clients in Pinellas County, Florida. Previously, Sandra worked in the corporate world as a marketing professional, applying her creative energy in a variety of roles including advertising, promotions, special events planning and web content creation. Her current position as a writer for New Homes Realty allows her to bring together her love of design and her educational training as a journalist. "It's really the best of both worlds," says Sandra.
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