Before starting to fall in popularity in the mid-1990s, wallpaper was a decorating favorite for decades. Now new homeowners, perhaps rejecting the neutral tones and sterile designs popular in their childhood homes, are flocking back to wallpaper in droves. This comeback is proving that wallpaper is so much more than the loud floral patterns you remember from days gone by. …
Staging Tips for Your Home’s Exterior
If you’ll be putting your home on the market soon, you’ve probably already thought about the interior staging tricks you’ll employ to maximize your home’s value and potential. But don’t forget about the curb appeal! Failing to give proper attention to the outside of your home can leave potential buyers with a bad impression, affecting the way they view a …
Could Your Bedroom be a Better Sleep Room?
Most people spend a great deal of time and energy on the appearance of their home’s common areas, but some of us are guilty of allowing our bedrooms to become design afterthoughts. If you’re getting the recommended 7-8 hours of sleep each night, you may easily spend more time in your bedroom than any other room, and small changes in …
Comfort is King!
One of the biggest home decorating trends for 2019 is….comfort! More and more people are seeking warm colors and intimate spaces, and are choosing to add casual touches to their sophisticated lifestyles. We have several suggestions for achieving this look, but you don’t need to put your house through a major renovation. Simply making one or two changes can rid …
Unexpected Home Staging Tips
Most buyers know the basics when it comes to home staging – clean, declutter and depersonalize to help potential buyers picture themselves settled in to your home. These tasks should be the first three steps you take on your way to home staging success, but there are a few more unexpected ideas that can lead to an easier and faster …
Shortcut to 2019 Style!
You don’t have to replace all the furniture in a room, or start an extensive painting project to incorporate some of 2019’s hottest design trends. Instead, find one or two items in each room that you’ve been thinking of replacing anyway. Small changes can make a giant impact on the look and feel of your home. Check out these tips …
Retro Kitchens are Back!
The splashy hues and curved lines that typified your grandparents’ first kitchens are making a comeback. These bright, happy styles became popular in the 1950s as kitchens became a social center of the home, and of the newly populated suburbs where neighbors would gather for midday coffee talks. If you’re going all in with a retro renovatio, these styles work …
Kitchen Trends We Continue to See for 2015
As we get closer to the backside of 2015, we have noticed a few trends in kitchen esthetics this year, especially within the new construction homes that we sell throughout the Brookhaven and Atlanta areas. These kitchen trends will likely extend to 2016 and far beyond, as they don’t show signs of their popularity waning any time soon. Traditional Kitchen by Excelsior …
Design Trend: Dual Dining Room Chandeliers
Farmhouse Dining Room by Millbrook Architects & Building Designers Crisp Architects It’s nothing new, but totally hot in home design at the moment: dual dining room chandeliers! If you can’t find THE ONE you want, why not hang two? Found a chandelier that is just too good to pass up the thought of having two in the same room? Two …