Build a Layered Vignette Arranging a killer vignette is part of Kaye-Honey’s job as both a shopkeeper and a designer, so we asked her to share her three rules of thumb for creating seriously stylish surfaces throughout your home. 1. “Groupings of three with varying heights work best to create a visual stunner.” 2. “For […]
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At Elizabeth Erin Designs we have many clients each with their own particular and varied reasons for needing our assistance. In a recent staging we needed to make sense of an abnormally shaped room, and make a room function as well as serve a path between other rooms. It was a fun challenge and turned
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Jodi and the girls up-cycled an old mirror into a fun new chalkboard! Check out the behind the scenes of how they did it. This was the mirror before: Taking it apart. Separating the back from the mirror. They then took off the mirror part off completely. And spray painted the frame a
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Recent Staging Project My name is Andrus Nesbitt and I graduated from Iowa State University with a Bachelors Degree in Interior Design. I had the opportunity to intern with Elizabeth Erin Designs this summer and one of my roles is to assist with Home Stagings. I recently had the opportunity to assist at a property
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A fresh exterior color scheme is one of the quickest, most cost–effective ways to enhance your home’s curb appeal. In the examples below, you can see how different color combinations express certain styles while highlighting the architectural details of different types of homes. No matter what your exterior surface is, you have a choice of
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A High-Low Dining Room Take pride in what you have, no matter how valuable. Chang your tablescape up by adding different piece, staggering in height and all of one color. This will add a very dramatic dining space.
For those of you who don’t know me yet, my name is Jordin! I’ve written a few blogs for the company so far, but haven’t gotten to write one about me until now! So here it goes! I officially joined on with the Elizabeth Erin Designs team fulltime!! Yay! I’ve actually been here for over
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As the days come closer for me graduate, I’m getting more and more excited to move into my first home. However, that’s not quite happening yet. I’ve once again signed a lease for next year in a 688 square feet one bedroom apartment. Even though it’s definitely a step up from my last apartments that
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A couple of weeks ago I took my Lead Safety class with Iowa Lead Safety in Des Moines. I learned quite a bit and felt compelled to share this information. Please read this article by Iowa Lead Safety and pass on the information to friends, family, and clients. It may just save the life of
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