Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Mementos

Is it Tuesday again!? Well, here is my tip for you today! SHOW OFF YOURSELF! In every home, I believe, there should be personal items that either tell other's who you are, what you are about or remind you of your history on this earth. For example, one of my clients had an art friend take all the little mementos of her and her husband's past (old movie stubs, maps from vacations, menus from fav restaurants, etc) and decoupage them on a large canvas. This is prominently hung in their entryway to show everyone who enters that space, what the owners are all about. It's a wonderful way to display your keepsakes, make wonderfully personalized artwork and free up drawers space! Decoupaging is so easy... just get a canvas, put on some decoupage paste, lay out your items and decoupage them over. I recommend determining your layout before you grab the glue! Maybe you want to cut the edges of the movie stub to give it some interesting texture? Maybe have a piece of fabric from your wedding dress? Whatever you have tucked away in that little shoebox, get it out... show it off and watch it bring a smile to your face whenever you pass by it... remembering some good times.

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Tuesday's Tip!

Hello Friends!
As I sit here enjoying the fresh rain, I am reminded of one of my clients comments after we painted a room of hers. "It looks so fresh, so new, so clean!" While it may be an easy change, painting a room does more than just give you a new colored backdrop. Painting provides an opportunity to fix any knicks you may have incurred in your walls. It also makes all those scuffs and scrapes disappear. It's very gratifying to roll that paint over a scuffed wall - erasing the "mistakes of the past" and makeing a clean start! (well, that may be a little optimistic!)
Bring fresh color to your walls to clean up your room and bring some much needed, relatively inexpensive style to your room. I would love to work with you on changing a room with a coat of paint. You may be surprised to fall in love with that old room even if you don't change one piece of furniture!

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

And finally some photos....


Thank you all for your patience!
It has taken me quite some time to get to posting photos, but here they are!


These are some images of homes I have worked on. Some are just adding color and character, some are rearranging things for a better flow.


Enjoy!