When staging your property you need to focus on the overarching goal, to get this property sold for the most amount of money in the least amount of time! All personal feelings and preferences have to be put aside. Remember that once you decide to sell it is not your home, it is a property. First and foremost, buyer’s look …
Get Control Of Your Budget Now, Take Advantage of the EED Process!
We at Elizabeth Erin Designs see a missed opportunity in the construction industry – whether you have a remodel or a new construction project. Typically, you are working off average allowances for your design finish selections. With these allowances, you are working on one selection at a time and not the whole project. Making one selection at a time …
Katie’s Corner – Staging From All Four Corners
During the staging process we are constantly thinking about the end result. How is this piece of furniture going to tie into the function of the space? Will this window treatment keep the room light and bright? There are many principles of design to keep in mind. To start stand in each corner and locate the best feature of the …
How To : Create Your Ideal Work Environment
Have you been looking around your work space wondering, “how could I set up a more functional office space, make my workspace safe and healthy, AND make sure I am taking care of my self while I am in my office (wherever that may be these days)?” With some adjustments within your physical work space and your workspace mentally, you …
Open For Business
Choose To Be Like Water Deciding to re-open Elizabeth Erin Designs, surviving in an unstable world, has provoked a lot of thought. It has forced us to look at every facet of the way we conduct busies and focus on the two things we know about crises. You can choose to be rigid like wood or you can choose to …
Virtually Designing The Winter Aesthetic
The winter aesthetic has more than likely overstayed it’s welcome this year; but, if there is anything to change your tune, it’s a nursery. This adorable nursery came together within a month from design start to placing the finishing details, which is always a good thing when your baby maker is on a timeline! Our Virtual Design service made this …
What You Need To Know About Designers
We get calls every day about what it is like to work with us. Many designers get these calls. Most think of TV shows on HGTV when they think of Interior Design. While yes, there is some truth to those shoes, there is also a lot that you are not seeing. There are many behind the scenes decisions and choices …
Design Trends for Fall 2016
As fall is coming into place, we are spending more time indoors and noticing all those little things that are driving us crazy about the interior of our homes, myself included. At Elizabeth Erin Designs we have see an influx of clients contacting us for design assistance for their remodels in the Des Moines Metro area. So what exactly are …
Best Organizational Tools
We live in the age of the workaholics. Our jobs become our number one priority, meaning that we tend to neglect some other aspects. Like our home. Which a perfect time for an Interior Designer to step in and help get your home organized. Here are some great “tools” to use around your home. Command centers are becoming a …