Thursday, April 18, 2024
Designing New Possibilities for Your Home and How You Live ™

Debra Gould

Color Schemes for Every Room

Color Schemes For Every Room by Annie Sloan Paperback – 160 pages ISBN: 1571457615 In Color Schemes, author and renowned paint expert Annie Sloan presents over 30 inspiring themes and 300 color palettes, ranging form the light-filled hues of the Scandinavian landscape to the vibrant tones and rhythms of a Latin carnival and the ethereal […]

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5 Reasons Empty Rooms Are a Bad Idea When Selling Your House

Whether you’re a builder about to list a spec home, an investor ready to sell your vacant property, or a home seller who is living in a house with empty rooms and you’re wondering whether to furnish them before listing your house, this article is for you. If you are hoping to sell the home […]

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Weekend Bathroom Makeover for Under $500

Whether you are decorating your house to sell, or planning on staying where you are, this before and after story will help you see the potential that waits in the next room. Studies have shown that renovating the main bathroom in a home has an estimated payback of 60% to 65% when the home is […]

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Home Staging Your Kitchen

What you kitchen looks like can make of break the sale of your home. It’s a really expensive room to renovate, but there is plenty you can do to change the look with the right paint colors and by decluttering and re-accessorizing.

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Stage Each Room with a Purpose

Many properties have awkward areas that you may not have really used while living in your home. But when it’s time to sell, you want to turn every room into something. This helps prospective buyers imagine how they might live in your home.

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Color Palettes: Atmospheric Interiors

Color Palettes: Atmospheric Interiors Using the Donald Kaufman Color Collection by Suzanne K. Butterfield, Donald Kaufman, Jacqueline Goewey Hardcover: 208 pages ISBN: 060960144X Filled with information that takes the mystery out of how color works in a room. Twenty six amazing interiors are shown with explanations of why each palette was chosen, and how individual […]

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Free Home Tips in Six Elements News

If you don’t receive our newsletter Six Elements News, you can sign up free in the box on the right of this page. Every two months you’ll get a newsletter filled with free home tips and articles to help you whether you’re moving right now or not. Here’s what one reader says about Six Elements […]

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Debra Gould’s Handpainted Accessories Jazz Up Rooms

Hand painted accessories can jazz up a room and set it apart. I’ve produced table runners, floorcloths, wall hangings and more for clients across North America. You can learn more about the Debra Gould Home Collection here. My accessories can be used to decorate a house to sell and then you’ll have them to enjoy […]

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Inspiring Books to Help You Create Empowering Personal Space

A house is just an empty shell until we make it a home by filling it with color, furnishings, art and special objects that have meaning for us. Through thoughtful placement of these, we build an environment that enriches us, provides sanctuary and also one that is welcoming to others. They feel it as soon […]

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