As you know, The Home Stylist specializes in wonderful room transformations.

We have been working really hard on another transformation – our website.

Most of you reading this blog have come from the website but just is case you arrived in a different door -  Come on over and check it out. We are really proud of this makeover!

www.thehomestylist.com

Our popular Style Quiz is still there put now you can grab the code and put the link on your site!

Check out our  Color Poll too. Be sure to vote and tell me why you like that paint color

See our  social media  page – be sure to connect with us.

Thanks for stopping by,

Julie

In the interior decorating and home staging business, summers can be slower than other times of the year. In this area (Buffalo, NY) folks are finally able to be outside and enjoy the gardens, BBQs, and picnics. The spring is very busy and summer slows down. Not this year!

I am having one of my busiest summers ever. My theory is that the unusually cold and rainy weather has people inside more. They are stuck inside on a rainy day and say to themselves – "I really don’t like this room".

With my services of do-it-yourself decorating and staging, homeowners stuck inside can actually afford to make those room transformations by doing some of the work themselves. But more importantly have a plan so they don’t make mistakes and save money.

What are you waiting for? Love your home again.

Julie

Last week I was called in to consult on a very nice home in desirable area. It had been for sale by owner for a month or so then the real estate agent came on board.

He realized right away that even though it was nicely decorated, he knew with a few changes it could be great.

I came in and made several simple suggestions: Move furniture for better traffic flow, removed small area scatter rugs to make the room less choppy, and we even talked about painting over a small mural in the kitchen.

I met the homeowners on a Thursday night. They did much of the work themselves including painting over their beloved mural. On that Saturday’s open house, the house SOLD!

Prepping a house for sale is decluttering but it is also depersonalization (the mural) and making the house appear as large as possible (traffic flow). The hardest part of this for homeowners is depersonalization because there is not objectivity – the exact reason to bring in a professional home stager.

The homeowners and real estate agent are thrilled! and so am I.

Julie