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Greetings!
This months newsletter is dedicated to spucing up your
home for the summer months. We will share tips and
techniques for outdoor entertaining and outdoor decorating,
as well as ideas for selling your home.
We will also be having some classes to help support your
summer decorating delimmas so be sure to check the schedule.
Happy Father's Day to all you Dads out there!
Happy Decorating,
Lori
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Do-It-Yourself Classes |
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All the information you need for this month's
classes is just a click away. You can also sign up
and pay for classes online. Sign Up Now!!!
For This Months Classes Click Here
Attention: We are opening up the classroom
to other tradespeople to teach their specialty. So
if you are interested in teaching or know someone
who might be interested please give us a call. We
are looking for the following crafts and more...
- Faux painting
- Decorative Crafts
- Floral Arranging
- Sewing (Window Treatments)
- Jewlery Making
- Feng Shui
- Furniture Making (Small items)
- Stained Glass
- and more...
Remember, we are adding classes as we go so be
sure to check the web site for updates.
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Accessories Make a Bathroom Sing |
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Before
A bathroom is NOT just a bathroom!
The guest bathroom had great storage but needed to
attract more attention to its features.
After
Color and personality in minutes! Pulling
accessories from other areas of the home, this eye
catching space is every guest's fantasy bathroom.
Pam Faulkner ~ Faulkner House
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Create Your Summer Fantasy |
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Creating a summery look in your home is a
fantastic way to re-style. Use your favorite
memories to style your room. I remember the thrill
when mom brought out the “summer clothes box” in
late spring. Memories of summers past -- and
promises of upcoming fun -- were as tangible as the
tank tops, shorts, and swimsuits inside.
To start, make a “List of Summer.”
My list would include:
- White – the linens that wave in the summer
breeze
- Flip-flops – the color and the fun they
represent
- Seashells – nature’s keepsake from the sea
- Sand – the memory of a favorite beach
- Lemons – the citrus scent and taste of
summer
I start by replacing heavy dressings with breezy
whites, or perhaps colorful accessories find their
way in. I can bring color to other areas of my home,
like a vignette of sandals and beach towels in the
hall bath, or a beautiful seascape with a hurricane
vase filled with sand, shells and a candle the color
of aqua. Lemons fill a glass pitcher by the sink,
and to infuse the citrus cent throughout the room, I
polish the sink with a couple squeezes of fresh
lemon juice.
Julianna Hind, Roomspinners Redesign
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Shower Curtain Rings as What?? |
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Clip shower curtain rings together to form one
long chain. Slide the top ring onto the bar in your
closet or onto a hanger. You are now ready to hang
belts, purses, ties, anything. By simply unclipping
a ring you slide the handle of your purse into the
ring and clip it back up.
Marlene Prater ~ Remixed Rooms, MI
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BUT THEY HAVE THAT IN MODEL HOMES! |
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Often during a staging consultation it is suggested
a child’s bedroom be painted a more neutral color or
to pack all personal photographs. The homeowner or
the Realtor usually asks why since they see it in
model homes. Let me explain.
The builder is selling the floor plan of the
model home and not that actual house. An individual
homeowner is selling their house with whatever paint
is on the walls.
The photos that are in a model home are there to
make potential buyers envision a family, like the
buyers living in the home. Those potential buyers
still know than no one is actually living in this
house and that this model home is not the actual
house that they would be buying.
Model homes are staged but for a different
purpose, the purpose of selling many houses with the
same floor plan. Individual’s homes are staged for
the purpose of selling that particular house faster
and for more money.
Nancy Faust ~ Interiors Redesigned by Nancy
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Interior Redesign Before and After |
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Before/Challenge: This client was not sure
how to incorporate their new warm colored sofa and
area rug into their living room. They felt their
room lacked harmony, cohesiveness, and comfort.
There were several distractions which included too
many unrelated accessories and a larger TV were
competing for attention with the fireplace.
After/Solution: We discovered that these
clients really enjoyed the fall warm colors. We
decluttered this room, used better furniture
placement and brought in the warm accessories to
match their new sofa and area rug. The fireplace
takes center stage as the focal point it deserves.
This newly redesigned space became warm, inviting
and beckons you in to relax and rest a while. These
homeowners were thrilled and wondered if this really
was their home after our redesign.
Irene Woodworth ~ One Day Redesigns, Inc.
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Cookout with Coolness
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Your family is coming for a cookout and you have a
million things to do to get ready for it, and the
last thing you want to think about is coordinating
your paper plates to your serving dishes! Well, you
can have your steak and eat it too.
- Use those old clay pots you have in the shed
to hold your utensils. They can also be used as
candle holders for the table or to line the
walkway.
- Print some of your family photos you have
stored on your computer onto sheets of paper to
use for placemats.
- Use old mason jars to serve iced tea.
- A picnic basket opened up on the table can
be the perfect way to arrange and display your
paper goods (plates, cups, napkins.)
- An old toolbox can be a neat way to house
your condiments.
- Fill a large glass hurricane filled with
fresh lemons and limes, add water and bleach and
it will stay fresh all day.
- Display fresh cut flowers in old coffee cans
or aluminum pails filled with water.
- Use a large tin bucket filled with ice to
hold soft drinks.
Lori Brasseur ~ LB Designs
We now have an online store!!!
Room for Improvement now has a collection
of items available for sale online. We use the
PayPal service, but you can also pay with a credit
card if you are not a member.
Check out the new site and go shopping here
Room for Improvement makes the news!
We had a wonderful article written by Angel- Jean
Chiaramida of the Newburyport Daily News in Tuesday,
May 30th's business section, highlighting all of the
services, products and classes we offer here. If you
didn't see the article stop by. We have copies!! :)
Tomboy Tool Consultant now in your area!
Guess who? It's us! We are offering Tomboy Tool
Parties right in our own store to teach women tool
use and simple home improvement projects complete
with all of the tools you will need to get the job
done. And yes, we have the pink toolbelts you saw in
the article!
Log onto our class schedule for more information and
a list of upcoming classes.
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