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 …
Katie’s Corner : Overcoming Problem Spaces
When it comes to occupied properties, some rooms and spaces are trickier to stage than others. Such as: mudrooms, kitchens and closets. When in doubt, keep it clean and simple. Buyers are just like you, they understand that we all own a lot of “stuff.” They just don’t want to imagine YOUR stuff in THEIR new home. Mudrooms are …
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 …
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 …
12 Design Websites to Check Out
Everybody has their own personal preference when it comes to following people online. Clearly we are attracted to more of the design crowd. Here are some of our favorite sites to keep up to date with. Check them out and let us know what you think! Feel free to share some of your favorites with us as well! http://www.apartmenttherapy.com …
Money Saving Ways to Decorate Your Dorm Room
The key to designing a “good” dorm room is personalization! This is literally a home away from home for you kid. It should be a place that they feel safe, comfortable, and free. It should not only reflect them as a being, but also provide all the needed functionality. Picture walls can …
Key Ways to Make Your Small Spacious
The truth of the fact is that we all do not have the money to buy our dream million dollar home. But do not let that get you down! There are PLENTY of greatly designed small spaces! However, the key is to know the tricks to making them feel larger than what they actually are. Check out some clever ways …
How to Incorporate Barn Doors
Barn doors are a huge trend right now in Interior Design! It does not matter where they are located! Barn doors give a feature to a passageway that it did not have before. Whether you are trying to increase the look of a space or the functionality, barn doors could be the answer for you. Just look at some of …