One of the many questions about our new old house is: WHY FABRIC ON THE CEILING?
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Decorating for a Wedding Shower
May 18, 2014
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When a girlfriend of ours asked to help with a wedding shower she was throwing, of course I agreed to help. Then she told me that the theme was vintage travel and that's when I really got excited, it screamed Hashtag. Suitcases, trunks, globes, maps, lace, cotton, burlap, postcards these were all things I was happy to gather if I didn't have already. Here are the results...
The Customer Who Had It All... #interiordecorating #buttloadsofantiques
May 08, 2014
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Get ready for a novel....Part 1 of 5 or maybe 6.
Vada emailed Kasey and I explaining that she had bought a house in August of 2013 and wanted our help to finish decorating. Before we scheduled a time to meet, we asked if we could look at her Pinterest account to get a feel for her style. Pinterest is a perfect tool to use for that purpose. Our first thoughts, "we got this!" Vada's style is "Hashtag". Antiques used in modern designs to create a clean homey environment.
The reason I titled this post "The customer who had it all" is because Vada had collected or inherited old pieces of nostalgia and antiques that Kasey & I treasure hunt for everyday. You will see what I am talking about in the next few posts.
Vada wanted a complete dining room, living room, breakfast nook, and entry way. We decided on a blue paint for the dining room walls and a light gray paint for the rest of the house. While Vada painted the walls and I think her husband took the SOME light switches down, Kasey & I started on the space planning for each room and working on a budget. We knew we would save alot of money by using the amazing antiques Vada already had for the small decorations and tchotchkes, so our first mission was to find the big furniture pieces.
Here are the before photos:
(these were taken with my oh so sad iPhone 4 so please excuse the not so great clarity) ~Jessie
Number 1 Request .....#upcycledfurniture #Austin
Jan 01, 2014
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New Customers Be Like #newcustomers #interiordecorating
Sep 15, 2013
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First, before I tell you what this blog post is about, I have to tell you a funny little story. I received an email from a customer asking if I would take less than the marked price for a chair that was listed on Craigslist. They stated the reason was because the chair looks scratched. Haha...it's called distressed! I beat that chair up on purpose! And once I was buying a cabinet from a sweet elderly woman and her daughter said, "please don't tell my mom you are going to paint it." Yes, ok, and I won't tell her that I am going to whoop it's tail with chains and add chicken wire where the glass currently is either!
Speaking of Craigslist (nice transaction, huh?) #Hashtag was contacted by a young couple through Craigslist who recently purchased their first home. They were looking for interior designers to take the dream of a completed move in ready house and make it reality. Hey, we can do that!
With budget in hand, Kasey and I went to Chicafila with our tiniest of kids and drew up a plan. The only way for us to stay within their budget was to #Hashtag the heck out of this house. And believe me...we did! For all the new readers, #Hashtagging is taking something old and making it desirable or repurposing an item, like fence wood on the wall as art. I could write a whole other blog just on #Hashtagging. One day....
Stage one was painting the living room, kitchen, dining, office and master bedroom. We complete the fence wood wall in the entry way. (Shout out to Cristi for killing the cutting in) Here are photos of the process through stage one.
The girl likes to paint!
It was probably going on the 14th hour at this point. We added an accent color to sunken wall.
Entry way fence wood wall.
Entry way before fence wood wall was complete.
Had to show this guy...say goodbye to everyone little weird light thingy!
These two pictures were on the listing website. Let's hope we can do better than the way the house was staged to sell.
After 14 hours of working, stage one was complete...on to fun part or so I thought, SHOPPING!
The girl likes to paint!
It was probably going on the 14th hour at this point. We added an accent color to sunken wall.
Entry way fence wood wall.
Entry way before fence wood wall was complete.
Had to show this guy...say goodbye to everyone little weird light thingy!
These two pictures were on the listing website. Let's hope we can do better than the way the house was staged to sell.
After 14 hours of working, stage one was complete...on to fun part or so I thought, SHOPPING!