3 Reasons Why To Put Or Not to Put Sofas Against A Wall

by Nicolene | Sep 4, 2019 | Our Projects

3 Reasons Why To Put Or Not To Put

Sofas Against A Wall

There seems to be some controversy whether to put sofas against a wall or not.

Truth be told certain circumstances involving styling your living area contrive whether to put a sofa against a wall or not.

We are about to discover what these circumstances are and the reasons for it.

#1. Why Put Sofas Against A Wall?

Could it be that maybe it has always been the norm?

• Your grandmother probably did it and your mom followed suit – so now you irrevocably put sofas against a wall too.
• Property Stylists put sofas against the wall to make a small space look bigger. This enables the potential buyer to visualise the area and decide whether it meets his prerequisites before purchasing the property.
• Interior Stylists do too for the same reason – to make small spaces look larger and wholesome the sofa goes against the wall.
• Sofas are usually placed against the wall so as to not obstruct the walking area.

#2. When Are Sofas Not Placed Against The Wall?

• When there is ample space and in open plan areas sofas are usually not placed against the wall.
• It is important to note that when placing furniture/sofas into a room ample free-flowing space for easy maneuverability and thoroughfare is to be created.
• Sofas and other chairs are to be placed at the right distances from each other for easy chatting and comfortable reachable access to the coffee or side tables to rest glasses or cups.

#3. In General

Rugs – If you do have a full-size or large enough rug, place all the living room area furniture on it.
If you prefer a standard size rug, ensure that it is large enough to accommodate at least 2 thirds of the living room furniture on it.

This will make the area appear unified and the rug not small.

If need be, place only the front legs of the chairs and sofas onto the rug.

Sofa Table – when pulling the sofa away from the wall, place a sofa table behind it. This will add appeal to the room and extra storage space.

Need Advice or Ideas

Please contact our interior stylists should you need more advice or ideas regarding setting up your living room area or any other room.
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Creating Office Space That Will Allow You To Work From Home

by Nicolene | Aug 28, 2019 | Our Projects

Creating Office Space That Will Allow You To Work From Home

So, you need to create office space that will allow you to work from home.

Home office workspace is not a one size fits all – as everyone has different requirements and different amount of space available.

Whether you have just enough space for a desk or an extra room, we have put together a list of ideas for you to create the perfect office space to work from. These ideas are easily adaptable, achievable, functional and inviting.

Colour

Light colours reflect light and make small spaces seem brighter and lighter.
Choose neutral colours, they blend, accentuate and are the perfect canvas to work with giving you ample scope to expand your boundaries, ideas and creativeness.
Lighter colours create a sense of restfulness and quietness.
Neutral colours do not dominate and therefore you can bring in other colours to style and decorate the home office area.
Add blue to your home office space. Blue is noted to calm the mind and is beneficial for concentration.

2. Maximise the WorkSpace Area

Avoid distractions and keep the mind focused by keeping the workspace area clutter-free.
The less furniture the more spacious the area will look.
Create or add storage space to help keep desks free of clutter. There are many practical and space-saving organisers around these days.

3. Natural Light

Wherever possible try and organise your home office space in an area where there is an abundance of natural light and views of the outdoors.
Natural light is free and healthy.
The amount of natural light can be controlled by blinds and curtains.
Natural light is mood-lifting and relaxing and brightens up the area.

4. Desk Lamps

Invest in a good quality desk lamp that will provide suitable light.
Choose a lamp that creates a visual focal point on your desk.

5. The Desk

Where there is minimal space available to create your home office, opt for desks that are light coloured and mounted on legs.
The lighter coloured desk on legs creates the illusion of spaciousness as light reflects over the desk surface, and travel through the leg spaces.
Accessorise minimally.

6. Chairs

Opt for chairs that are ergonomic but suitable for the available space.
Preferably chairs that are light coloured and mounted on legs.
Transparent chairs and those with non-solid backs create a feeling of spaciousness.
Accessorise the chair with decorative cushions.

7. Wall Art

Calm the mind by adding blues into the office space area by accessorising with decorative cushions, wall art and ornaments.
Word of caution regarding ornaments. Do not overdo, and do not use small items as this will appear as clutter.
Mirrors can also be incorporated as wall art. Mirrors reflect light and make an area appear larger.

8. Rugs

Floors and carpeted floors may be left bare but adding a rug of contrasting colour will denote the home office area.
Rugs protect the flooring against chaff marks.
Hard plastic floor covers also protect floors and carpeting.

9. A Problem Solved

The user of the office chair discovered that when rolling the chair backwards it would hit against the wall skirting board causing damage.
To prevent this from occurring again the chair user placed a long draught stopper against the skirting board.
Problem inexpensively and easily solved.

10. Need Advice or Ideas

Please contact our interior stylists should you need more advice or ideas regarding setting up your home office space.

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How Easy, Innovative And Great Ideas Can Make A Small Bedroom Look Bigger

by Nicolene | Aug 20, 2019 | Our Projects

How Easy, Innovative And Great Ideas Can Make A Small Bedroom Look Bigger

Small bedroom – no problem!

Large bed – small room – no problem!

Expensive makeover?

Does not have to be – read on to find just how easy, innovative and great ideas can make a bedroom look bigger.

Paint The Walls A Lighter Colour

Light colours reflect light and make small spaces seem brighter and lighter.
Choose neutral colours, they blend, accentuate and are the perfect canvas to work with giving you ample scope to expand your boundaries, ideas and creativeness.
Paint the trims a lighter colour than the walls – using white can be bold. This will make the walls appear further away perceiving a feeling of roominess.

2. Use Space Saving Furniture

The less furniture the more spacious the room will look.
Use the space beneath your bed for storage – For an example – please click here.
Built-In Shelving around a bed doubles up as bedside side table and creates depth.
Use furniture pieces for purposes other than what they are for. For example, using a display unit doubles up as a storage space for clothing items – Please click here…
If using a bunk bed, utilize the space beneath the bed for a study area or storage.
Use transparent furniture. For example, swap out the wooden bedside table for a glass top bedside table. The “see-through” effect help the room appear bigger.
Low profile beds create a feeling of space.

3. Décor and Accessories

Do not overdo – less is best.
When hanging art, “divide” the wall into horizontal thirds, instead of halves. Hanging artwork closer to the lower third leaves more wall space above décor and therefore creates the illusion of more spaciousness.
Make use of mirrors – they reflect light, create depth and make space look bigger. Ideally mirrored closet doors would be the best.
Because the room is small do not use small décor effects – this will make the room look cluttered. Rather use one bold piece than many small grouped pieces.
Drapes should not hang or pool onto the floor. Instead, tie them up a few centimetres above the floor.
Drapes should be lightly textured fabric and the same colour as the wall. Remember you want to let light into the small room space and not block it out.
Mount drapes above the window frame to create a floor to ceiling window illusion.
As for the bed quilts, throws and decorative cushions, stick to light and bright pop colours that co-ordinated well with neutrals so as create an even flow of eye sweeping view of the room.
Create the illusion of space by pulling furniture slightly away from the walls.
Ditch overhead lights – choose the right bedside table lamp instead – Click here for a great short video on to choose the right size lamp.
Keep the room organised and clutter-free.

Are Neutral Colours The Best for Your Home?

by Nicolene | Aug 14, 2019 | Indoor Decorating, Our Projects, Property Stylists

Are Neutral Colours The Best for Your Home?

To answer the question are neutral colours the best for your home, one must first establish what exactly neutral colours are.

Neutral Colours

are colours not found on the colour wheel.
do not dominate or compete but complement and amplify other colours and each other.

2. Examples of Neutral Colours

beige,
ivory,
taupe,
black,
grey and
shades of white
tan
copper
bronze
gold
pewter
mirrors

3. Are Neutral Colours, Well Just Neutral in Colour?

No, neutral colours can have undertones e.g. beige may have an undertone of pink or white can be slightly ivory or even bluish-white.

It is imperative that you know this, especially when choosing paint colour for walls.

Browns, tans, gold, beige and black are the warm neutral tones, whereas white, cream, ivory, grey and silver are considered as cool neutral tones.

4. Are Neutral Colours The Best for Your Home?

Emphatically, yes! Neutral colours influence your colour palette when decorating and styling your home.

Neutral colours are visually undramatic and permeate a restful ambience yet exhibit elegance and formality.
They serve well as background colours and blend well with other colours.
They accentuate bright and vibrant colours.
They accentuate pastel shades.
They even complement each other e.g. the neutral Greige consisting of grey and beige neutrals.
Since neutral colour blend and accentuate, it is the perfect canvas to work from and with.
Neutrals are gender neutral, timeless, flexible and always in style and fashion.
When styling with neutral colours incorporate textures and patterns.

5. Neutral Colours and Home Styling

With neutral colours, you can create any style genre within your home.
You do not need to pay attention to intricate colour matching detail when using neutrals as they always go together.
Neutrals make it easier to switch out colours when you want to bring in a new colour scheme.
Neutrals highlight artwork, furniture pieces and textures.
Neutrals are cost and time saving, as furniture pieces and decor can easily be changed without an overall makeover.
Neutrals are considered natural.
Mirrors are neutral and add depth to neutrals in an area.
Mirrors enlarge and brighten space.

Home Styling with Neutral Colours

How To Make A Great First Impression On Buyers When Selling Your House

by Nicolene | Jul 31, 2019 | Our Projects

How To Make A Great First Impression On Buyers When Selling Your House

The Importance of First Impressions

When selling your house, prospective homebuyers are greatly influenced by the first impression of your house whether online or in person.

Therefore it is very important to present your house visually appealing. Quality photographs are one of the biggest factors to consider on how to make a great first impression on buyers when selling your house.

Property Styling is a professional service used by homeowners to maximise the appeal of their property. Once styled your house would meet the homebuyers market criteria and therefore be more viable to get a potentially higher sales price and a quick sale.

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Let’s Revamp Property Stylist and Remax Real Estate Agent discussing the importance of property styling

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Let’s Revamp Property Stylist and Remax Real Estate Agent discussing the financial advantage of a styled property.

What is Property Styling?

To define what is Property Styling, one should ask what Property Styling is NOT.

Property Styling is not Interior Decorating –

Property Styling – to prepare a home to its full potential for sale for the benefit of the diverse property buyers market.

Interior Decorating – to decorate your home for your benefit the way you like it while living in it.

The Styled Main Bedroom

This room was superbly styled to its full potential for the buyers market.
It was styled to showcase spaciousness, comfort, serenity and exceptionality.
The natural light pouring through the bedroom windows make the room appear larger, fresh, bright and uplifting.
The two-seater sofa and armchair in the corner add balance to the room and capture the essence of tranquillity and time for introversion. At first glance, the potential buyer can visualise themselves using this space after a week of hard work, enjoying a well-deserved coffee and a morning spent reading. This tête-à-tête corner also announces that there is ample space in the room.
Adding deep blue-green velvet decorative cushions to the bed engulfed in a cloud of the brilliant white quilt and throw added exquisiteness fit for royalty.

When a Kitchen is Styled.

A styled kitchen may look “cold” and impersonal to the current homeowner. However, when a kitchen is styled the aim is to show the potential buyer how much space there is in the kitchen without having the current owner’s kitchen appliances in it.

Curb Appeal

When a property is styled it would include the outside area (also known as curb appeal), too.
The grass must be kept neat and tidy during the selling period.
All garden tools must be stored away.

Should you wish to obtain more information regarding property styling your real estate agent will be able to refer you to a styling company or you are welcome to contact our property stylists or pay us a visit at our website. Simply click on the image of a dining room we recently styled and this will take you directly to our contact details and web site.

Perhaps you are wondering how much it would cost you to style your property - on our website we have a free instant tailored quote calculator for you.

What Happens On The Day Of Property Styling?

by Nicolene | Jul 24, 2019 | Our Projects

What Happens On The Day Of Property Styling?

You know you have just made the best decision to obtain the highest possible selling price for your property and to take the stress off having to style your property yourself.

The day of styling your property has arrived. Come, join me as I take you behind the scenes to see what happens on the day of property stying.

The Property Stylist

The property stylist knows and understands the property market and can, therefore, style your property according to the demographic appeal it is being marketed in.

PLEASE NOTE

Though it is more convenient, it is not a prerequisite that your property is empty at the time of styling.

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Before Photo

During the pre-styling meeting with you to evaluate and discuss the best approach to styling your property, the property stylist would also have taken before photos of the areas to be styled.

1. We’ve Got This – Property Styling Day Has Arrived

2. The Truck Has Arrived..

On the day of installation, the styling company will bring into your home stylish furniture and décor. They will meticulously arrange the furniture, décor and accessories in a manner that is lifestyle appealing to the buyers’ market.

3. The Styling Process Begins

Property Styling is more than simply placing a few pieces of furniture and accessories into areas.

It is in their Property Styling DNA –
Our stylist paying the greatest of attention to every detail; accomplishing every task to precision and perfection.

4. A Picture is Worth a Sale

Once your property has been styled professionally, the real estate agent will have photos taken and published on various realty platforms advertising your property for sale.

These photos will entice more interest and positive impressions from buyers, potentially achieving the best price in the shortest time possible for the home seller.

Styling Photo Gallery