Designed to ShowOff
Staging and redesigning homes in Austin and the surrounding hill countryStaging your home for Christmas!
I love Christmas, and all that it signifies but I also love it because I get to spread garland, lights and bright, twinkly decorations everywhere! I know everyone does not share in my love of decorating, or even for the holiday itself. So let me pass on a few design...
It’s time to design the table for a Thanksgiving feast!
I cannot believe Thanksgiving is next week! So we better review how to stage a table worthy of a Thanksgiving feast for our friends and family. After all Christmas is right behind Thanksgiving this year! For the Formal Look Forks on the left, in the order they will...
Moving into a new home can feel like eating an elephant
Question - How do you eat an elephant? One of my recent projects is helping a homeowner get settled in her new home – a move-in design. And once again I am reminded how unsettling it can be to move your old stuff, to your new home. To find new spaces for...
We support HAAM
Designed to ShowOff supports the Health Alliance for Austin Musicians (HAAM)!! http://www.myhaam.org/ Come out Saturday October 20, to the Baylor vs UT Tailgate Party and support our Austin Musicians!...
Navigating the turbulent waters of furniture placement
Last week, I helped a realtor stage a home in lakeway. The home owners were in the process of packing, so there wasn’t a whole lot we could do. Nevertheless, we made a huge impact. Two living areas went from small and cramped to spacious and open, from not...
An Irresistable Introduction
Opps, am I promising too much? I just read an article on how to write an irresistible blog introduction, and the first tip was to grab the reader by the title. Of course I was speed reading through so it is possible it was more like grab the reader with the title...