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Design consultations

Hanging Out my Shingle: Blogging & Decorating

May 3, 2011
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Hello my friends! As most of you know if you’ve been with me for awhile, I’ve moved in with my parents after a turbulent few months of life changing events that have totally rocked my world.  And not in a good way.   You may hear about my story one of these days on 48 Hours [...]

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Pamela’s Guest Room Consultation

January 17, 2011
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I worked with Pamela last year on an office consultation and she emailed me again later last year for her guestroom, which she wanted to get spruced up for those coming in to stay at her house.  She has 2 twin beds in there, which she wanted to keep and some extra furniture that could [...]

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Feature Friday: Updating a 1980′s Kitchen

August 13, 2010
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Among the things that have kept me busy this summer, a kitchen renovation right here in Birmingham has been a fun project that I’ve enjoyed working on.  I was referred to a home owner who had listed his house for sale earlier this year and the constant feedback on the showings was that the kitchen [...]

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Amanda’s Familyroom

July 21, 2010
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It’s been awhile ago that I did this online consultation for Amanda, but just haven’t had a chance to share it yet.  Amanda wanted some help in her familyroom.  They have a leather sofa and ottoman and an armoire that they are working with, so after she sent me pics of the space, I got [...]

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Malinda’s Master Bedroom

May 18, 2010
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I’ve been working with Malinda for the past year on just about every room in her house and it’s been so much fun.  We have worked our way from her guestroom to an office space/craft area, an upstairs bonus room, family room/kitchen, her baby girl’s room, and now finally we are in the master bedroom. [...]

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Feature Friday: Diane’s Transformed Foyer

April 23, 2010
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Diane hired me a few months ago to help her with her foyer. She was never happy with its cave-like feeling and really wanted to make it warmer and cozier with some additional elements brought in. So, I came up with this inspiration board and now I’m excited to show you the finished product, since [...]

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Dana’s Family Room

April 14, 2010

One of my readers, Dana recently hired me to do a consultation on her family room, so I got busy and came up with a plan that I hoped she would like. She mentioned that they really wanted to get a sectional to fit their space and get rid of the current furniture in here, [...]

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Rose’s Office Space

February 10, 2010

One of my readers, Rose, recently hired me to do a consultation, including an Inspiration Board for her home office.  Since she works at home and is in this space all the time, she was tired of not loving it and wanted to move in a new direction.  She liked the wall color OK, but [...]

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Malinda’s Familyroom & Kitchen

November 13, 2009

You may remember that I’ve worked with Malinda on her guestroom, office/craft space, and bonus room and now we are moving on to the family room/dining room/kitchen combo space.  It’s all open to each other, so she sent me all the pics of the entire space and I got busy coming up with lots of [...]

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Janet’s Diningroom: Before & After

November 2, 2009

One of my readers, Janet, had me do a consultation for her diningroom awhile back and she has just finished the transformation, so I wanted to share with you the fabulous makeover that was accomplished.  Don’t you love BEFORE and AFTER photos?  Me too! I had a lot of fun with Janet’s room, it has [...]

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Diane’s Foyer

October 23, 2009

Recently, I did a consultation for one of my readers for her foyer.  She told me she had struggled to bring some life to this small space and to make it look welcoming as people came in her front door. You can see it’s not a huge space, but I think it can be spruced [...]

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Malinda’s Bonus Room

October 7, 2009

After consulting with Malinda on her guest bedroom and office space, we are now tackling the bonus room.  A really large space like this has to be broken down into parts, so that each space can function separately and as a whole unit.  I think big spaces like this can really overwhelm homeowners and looking [...]

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Susan’s Familyroom Redesign

October 2, 2009

Back before summer was over, I got a call to do a redesign out in Alabaster, so went out and met with Susan, a teacher, who really wanted a new feel in her familyroom.  I totally forgot to take before pics, but let me try to describe how it was when I arrived. I’ve got [...]

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