Wallpaper

Remember wallpaper back in the day??? Well let's just say it has come a long way and wallpaper today can really act as clothing for your walls, getting a new updated look using more then just "paint".

Selecting wallpaper can be very overwhelming as the selections out there now are endless. Take some time choosing with patterns and colors you like best.

Wallpaper today is more durable, so if you are looking for a new room try changing it up with some wallpaper. If you really want to add a different touch to your home, wallpaper can really spice things up!

Decor and Accessories

Your house will feel more like home with some updated decor and accessories. Just this change will make a huge impact on updating your space, taking it from old to new. You can bring some color into your home with some new accent pillows and throws. Hang some new fresh pictures will splashes of color to invite some life onto your walls. A fresh coat of paint will do the walls some good, and leaving the place feeling fresh and clean, and so alive.

Just like you clean out your closet, removing the old, making room for new fresh updated items. Do this for your home and watch how much more alive the space will feel and how much more energy you will gain.

We are what we surround ourselves around. A clean fresh updated space me be just what the doctor ordered :-)

Furniture placement

When it comes to furniture placement, too much furniture can be overwhelming and not enough can leave the space feeling cold and empty. Just the right amount will leave the room feeling harmonious and warm.

The traffic is just as important as your focal point. It's purpose is not only for aesthetics , but also safety. You have to make sure that your traffic flow areas can allow for people to move around the room with ease.

If you can keep one thing in mind when designing your space, 3 words....."Keep it simple" make sure the scale of the furniture fits the space you are working with. Don't leave any dead space.  Too much stuff can be overbearing. If that means you need to purge some stuff, then what are you waiting for?

Measure your space so you can make sure the pieces you want to buy will fit the room perfectly!

Window treatments - treat your windows with style

So many times window treatments get missed. Treating your windows with style is like adding the final finishing touches to that space. Leaving your windows naked doesn't help finish off the room, it actually leaves it feeling cold and unfinished.

If you want that warm and inviting cozy feeling, you need to dress up your windows. Windows have definitely come a long way since Gramma's house. They can be soft and subtle and they are necessary if you really want to finish off your room.

From modern valances to beautiful silhouette blinds, your windows are crying for some fashion. Especially if you don't want to get blinded by the sun when you are trying to sit and eat supper, or getting dressed in your bedroom!

They don't have to break the bank either. If your working on a tight budget you can always make your own or buy pre-made panels and manipulate them to work for you.

Dress up your windows and your home will thank you!!!

How to attract more potential buyers to sell your home

Houses in today's market aren't selling like they use to, you have to do a bit more work to attract more potential buyers to sell your home. Are you thinking about listing your home? Or, is your home on the market and you aren't getting any movement???

Here are a few simple ways to attract more buyers now!

De-clutter
Pack up some of your stuff, don't overwhelm anyone who walks into your home with all your years of stuff, they will walk in and turn right back around. Nobody wants to feel that suffocating feeling of clutter when they are looking for their new home.

Clean your home with soap and water
Hire someone if you don't like to clean, but a dirty home will not attract a buyer. Have some sparkle so that your potential buyer can have a wow factor and be impressed.

De-personalize
Potential buyers walk into a home and want to be able to feel living there and having their own things in place. It's really hard for them to have that vision with all of your family pics everywhere all over your home.

You are going to move anyway, so why not get packing? Store some of your stuff so you have more of a chance of selling your home faster and for more money.

Raise the energy in your home

Yes it's true,  you can raise the energy in your home. Energy is all around us, you don't have to look hard to feel it. When you raise your vibration, you tap into a higher frequency, and when you accomplish this you feel true bliss!!!

Raising the energy in your home can lead to more love and abundance. By bringing in calm energy into your home, you will bring in a sense of balance into your life.

Here are 8 ways you can raise the energy in your home:

1. Plants:
Plants are vital in and around your home because they bring vibrant energy into your home and purify the air. They green color helps you feel serene and calm.

2. Water Fountains:
Fountains are a fabulous way to bring the energy of water into your home because it is the ultimate calming and relaxing element, but it also is a symbol of abundance and prosperity.

3. Amethyst Lamps
Want a good restful sleep??? Use an amethyst lamp which has strong healing powers and helps purify the space of negative vibrations and emanates higher energy. It calms and cools excessive emotions, and helps clear the mind filled with clutter.

4. Sage
You can use sage in your home to clear the energy. Once you have negative in the home it can get trapped and multiply rapidly. We have all experienced that more then once in our lives!!! Once something goes wrong, it seems more and more keeps piling up onto of you, when it rains it pours right???? Sage is a very powerful cleanser and smells amazing.

5. Clear Quartz
It is considered a power stone, and can be very effective as a clearing stone. Keep one outside to protect your home from any negative energies, stopping them before they enter the home.

6. Sweetgrass
Sweetgrass is used to cleanse the mind, body and spirit. You can burn it like sage, or place one above each door leading outside, which helps stop the negative from entering the home.

7. Buddha
Having Buddha enery in your home brings serene and peaceful energy into your home. Laughing Buddha is said to bring wealth and good luck.

8. Salt Rock Lamps
Once lit up, it is believed to release negative ions into the air, cleaning the air and removing odors and negative energy.

Radiate joy and happiness into the world, and bring it back into your home for a more loving and grounded life.

Space Planning Tips

Do you find your head spins when you think about space planning, and you aren't even sure where to begin???

Being overwhelmed with stuff is not just a physical hazard, but a mental and spiritual one as well. It can suck the life right out of you so you need to conquer it like a fear. Face it straight on and don't let it consume you anymore. If you can't find it within yourself it's okay to ask for help from a family or hire a professional to help you.

Years and years of consuming stuff can just keep piling on top of you. It's time to clean out your life and it may start with a drawer at a time, but with each baby step you make, gets you are that much closer to your end result.

Here are 4 simple strategies to Space Plan:

1. Under bed storage units for bedrooms - this one can be found at IKEA

2. Buy more shelving units in the living space - this one can be found at Urban Barn

3. Small plastic containers for your kitchen ware - these ones are from Tupperware

4. Small islands, stationary or on castors - this one is a custom design

The more your stuff has a place, the more likely you will keep up with these strategies and cut the clutter.