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Top 5 Tips To Earn 5 Star Reviews Right From The Start
Let’s talk about my top 5 tips on how to increase your chances of getting 5 star reviews out of the gate. YOU ARE READY TO BECOME A HOST & WANT TO DO IT RIGHT. It is especially imperative with your very first guests, because 5 star reviews are incredibly...
HOW TO MAXIMIZE AIRBNB PROFITS: THINK VERTICALLY
Vacation rental owners have to consider a number of things in order to be successful, and one of the items that is usually top of mind is how we can maximize our rents. What’s the best way, you ask? THERE ARE OBVIOUS WAYS The majority of rentals have one bed...
Splurge Vs. Steal – Bohemian Beds
Bohemian interiors are all the rage nowadays, and who doesn't love a dreamy bohemian bedroom? Here is a high low comparison so you can have that hip bed no matter what your budget. While shopping for a new bed for the Capo Beach Project, I stumbled upon these...
Paint Brands: What’s the Difference?
So Many Paint Brands - How To Choose? There are so many brands to choose from and the majority of people just head straight to the big box store to buy their paint, not realizing all of the choices they have. In this video I talk about the difference between the big...
Paint Fan Decks- The What, The How, The Where
All About Paint Fan Decks Paint fan decks are your best friend when choosing paint colors. This is a well known and loved tool among anyone in the interior design and remodeling industry, but most non-industry people don't know that this is a tool available to them...
Choose Color That Looks Good In Any Light
How Do You Choose Color That Looks Good In Any Light? One of my followers asked me how to choose color that looks good in any light and it is kind of a tough one to answer because it depends so much on personal taste. Watch this video and read on to learn more!...
How to Make a Decorative Backplate for a Doorbell
Make a Decorative Backplate for Your Doorbell or House Numbers Our house is stucco and I wanted to add a Ring doorbell without placing it right into the masonry, so I decided to create a cute decorative backplate on which to mount the doorbell. You can use this same...
How To Fix a Tear in an Oil Painting
Do you have a favorite painting with a tear in it so it's hiding out? Don't throw it out! Fix it yourself! You can fix a tear in a painting yourself. It's a lot easier than you think, even if it's not perfect, no one will notice. And, it will be FABulous! I...
How to Hang an Art Wall
Have you ever wondered how to get an art wall to look so perfect? Planning, my friend, planning. I am at our Capo Beach Project and thought I would take this opportunity to show you my technique to hang an art wall. Throughout my career in design I have hung many an...
A Boho Teen Bedroom
The boho teen bedroom is finally complete! Earlier this year, we decided to play musical rooms and move everything around and we are finally settling in to all of our new spaces. Logen turned 14 in October and started high school and it was time to move her out of...
Design Inspiration : Pantone 2018 Color of the Year Ultra Violet
This year Pantone went bold with their 2018 Color of the Year, Ultra Violet 18-3838. It is a color that has been used mostly in high fashion interior design….the sort of design you would see in the likes of Architectural Digest, House Beautiful, Elle Decor to...
Dark & Moody Office | Shop The Room
I recently designed and decorated my very own amazing retreat of an office for the One Room Challenge™ Spring 2018. I still pinch myself every time I go in there because seriously friends, the photos don't do it justice. I wanted to create a room...
OFFICE PROJECT | BEHIND THE SCENES | ORC FINAL WEEK
MY OFFICE PROJECT IS FINISHED! BUT NOT WITHOUT PERIL I have to say that I am thrilled to be on this side of my office project for the One Room Challenge™. It was a ton of fun and I couldn't be happier with how it turned out, but boy did it put me through...
ONE WEEK CHALLENGE™ | REVEAL | A DARK & MOODY OFFICE
INTRODUCING MY DARK & MOODY OFFICE! I cannot believe how fast this day came, and I truly can't believe that I actually finished this space in 6 weeks, considering that I literally decided to join this challenge at about 9pm the night before the Spring 2018 One...
ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WK 5 | A DARK & MOODY OFFICE
I'M IN THE HOME STRETCH! And OMG I have so much to do still for my Spring 2018 One Room Challenge ™ office makeover project! So many decisions hinged on the wallpaper being here and I bow down to Murals Wallpaper for getting it to me so fast from the UK! It...
ONE ROOM CHALLENGE | WK 4 | A DARK & MOODY OFFICE
SOMETIMES....REAL LIFE. This week in my office makeover project for Spring 2018 One Room Challenge ™ not a whole heck of a lot got done. I'm just gonna be honest with you. So many things came up that I just couldn't get to all of the things I needed to get...