Category: Designing You

Are you Ready to Sell?

The real estate market is in full swing and the traditional wisdom is to get your house on the market in the spring. Well we are there here in Florida and will be there soon in northern locations. So are you ready to sell? Have you made your updates that your home needs to bring in the right buyers? Buyers are checking out your … Read More Are you Ready to Sell?

Design Tips – Realtor.com

I am very excited to be working with Realtor.com to give tips for all of your design questions from big to small. Everything from what is going on with the white kitchen, quick updates you can do to your home for sell, how to select the right gray paint and many more. Here are some of the recent articles that have come out. https://www.realtor.com/advice/home-improvement/kitchen-items-designers-wish-you-wouldnt-buy/Read More Design Tips – Realtor.com

Staging – Designing for Buyers

Over the years I have had to explain the difference between staging and interior design many times. And although I think it is really simple and the differences are clear I know that the average person does not find it clear and simple. Here is the easiest way for me to describe the difference: Interior Design is creating a plan and design that is … Read More Staging – Designing for Buyers

Modern Traditional

I can’t believe that it is February already! We have been super busy at Artful Conceptions getting homes ready for the new year. As many of you know the normal turnaround for a full home design is about 12 weeks if everything goes as planned. Well part of our super busy beginning of the year was to complete that task in 4 weeks. In … Read More Modern Traditional

Design Undefined – Farmhouse/Country Style

Have you ever wondered where style trends come from? There has been this huge push for farmhouse, country, and shabby chic interiors, but do we really know which style is which and where they come from? This was a topic we tackled at ABC’s Morning Blend in the recent Design Undefined segment. For me I understand the craze to follow trends however the issue … Read More Design Undefined – Farmhouse/Country Style

Design Undefined – Wall Decor

Don’t select paintings to match the sofa, select paintings that move your soul and then build around them. Artwork can be a juxtaposition to the room.

Holiday Decorating

I have found over the years that people either love to decorate their house, love to have it decorated but don’t want to do it or don’t do anything. Sometimes I think that the don’t do anything is because they just don’t know where to start. So I thought I would walk everyone through the process that we go through when decorating a client’s … Read More Holiday Decorating

Furniture Fashion Week

As many of you know twice a year in High Point NC is our big event. Whether you call it Market of Furniture Fashion Week it is the time that we find new items for our clients and pick up new lines to better serve our clients. We had a great time and added a bunch of new lines. Some of the great pieces … Read More Furniture Fashion Week

Design Undefined

Have you seen the Huge Announcement? Our Design Undefined segment is running every week on ABC’s Morning Blend Tampa Bay. So if you missed them I am going to put them up for everyone to see. We are talking lighting here in this segment. Do you have the right lighting for your home?   Here are some tips on storage for your home.   … Read More Design Undefined

Fall Decorating

So excited that the series Design Undefined has started to air with ABC. We started the series with tips on how to decorate for fall. I think this can be hard because there is the thought that fall decor has to be covered in pumpkins and leaves. That is not the case we can decorate for fall with classic elegance. Here are my tips … Read More Fall Decorating

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Now is the Time

As many of you that have followed my blog over the years know we are coming up on Furniture Fashion Week. So, what does that mean to you? It means that there are some really great deals right now on items that will be cut from the current lines. So I thought I would share some of the amazing items that I am seeing … Read More Now is the Time

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Colorful Kitchens

We have been seeing white kitchens for quite a while now. I have been saying all year that color needs to be added to the white kitchen. Don’t get me wrong an all white kitchen can be beautiful but when we see it everywhere it can become typical. So I thought I would show some of the new colors that have been coming out … Read More Colorful Kitchens