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0 $10 8′ floating shelf….DIY
Posted by PC Design on Jan 13, 2012 in design
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0 PC Design has gone National!!!
Posted by PC Design on Dec 1, 2011 in design
America Now re-aired a story done locally on Fox 19 yesterday. Check it out below.
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0 Jobs that pay $100 per hour – FOX19 News and Weather – Greater Cincinnati Area
Posted by PC Design on May 3, 2011 in design
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0 YoDeal of the day….$99/2hr Interior RE-Design
Posted by PC Design on Apr 19, 2011 in design
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After working in high-end interior design for 15 years, Paige took the philosophy of her design practices and scaled them down to give clients an expensive look for less. A two hour consultation with Paige includes:
-An analysis of your current space, including window and floor coverings, furniture arrangement, lighting, décor, accessories, paint colors and more
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-Based on your budget, store and product recommendations for the items you do need!
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0 What’s Your Design Style?
Do you know your style?
My theory is that everybody is creative, and everybody has originality. The challenge is to harness those qualities and become confident about expressing them. Within each of us are aesthetic chords that resonate, and we really have to listen to them if we’re going to create a home that’s the ideal environment for us and a true reflection of who we are.
When designing your space, you have to be aware of the way you live: One room could be a dining room or an office or a playroom or a studio, depending on your needs. Are you out trekking in the woods all the time in heavy boots? You’ll want a place for them. What kinds of fabrics are you going to have on your furniture if you live with young children or animals?
In my own experience, the rooms that were structurally the most difficult—dark, small, irregularly shaped—have ended up the best because I really, really had to think hard and tap into my most original ideas. There are ways to dramatically reconceive, say, a piece of furniture—by re-covering it, refinishing it, relocating it. Sometimes something looks terrible in one place and great in another.
As far as objects go, people tend to own a lot of things they once liked, things they received as gifts, or things that were just mistakes from the beginning but were never edited out. So when they say, “I don’t know why this area has never looked right,” it may be because it’s a mishmash of disparate things. If you consider what attracts you most to objects (shape, color, pattern, material?) and get your own preferences clear in your head, you can sort through your stuff easily and create a more cohesive look. I suggest leafing through magazines and tearing out 10 or 20 or 30 pictures of rooms you really love. Go with your gut—even if photos are of a Scottish castle or some other fantasy, rip them out. Do the same with images you don’t like. What’s the common denominator? You’ll begin to see recurring themes and hone in on what’s really you.
To me, finding your own taste goes much deeper than rooms and decorating. It’s about understanding yourself, gaining confidence, unleashing your creativity. Once we’ve become liberated in that area, we become liberated in others. We might then say: “I gravitate to pots, so why not try making pottery?” If we express our real selves in our homes, our lives there are richer. And that’s not just some frivolous thing for people who have a lot of time and money. It’s for everyone. All of us can come to know our own originality.
Traditional
The design equivalent of a vintage Cadillac or a Cartier watch, this room is solid—all tassels and florals and curved furniture in dark, polished wood. A touch of family pride: the silver-framed photographs.
A classic but unstuffy mix of things—like fine china, swagged curtains, silver trays and lamps with pleated silk shades—looks gently used, beautifully kept. Notice how the swirling leaves and flowers of the curtain fabric are echoed in the ginger jar, pale floral carpet, fresh lilies.
Modern
Minimalist but not stark, this approach doses simple, edgy shapes with bursts of color—from peppy stripes and solids to powerful black-and-white.
Skip the bric-a-brac here—the shape’s the thing. A space-age white light presiding over a glossy credenza. A sleek side table. A fishbowl-inspired vase. All that simplicity lets you go crazy with color. There’s already plenty going on with so many explosive shades in the mix (a carpet with bright bands averts a clash by tying them all together). A touch of whimsy: The noble Roman profile reminds you that what’s old is new again.
Country
If you want a cheerful, practical room where family and dogs can curl up on the couch, think easy furnishings, fresh prints, warm woods and cozy throws—even some rooster pillows.
If a room were a pair of well-worn jeans that fit you just right, this would be it: overstuffed armchairs, ottomans and rustic baskets. Check out the floral rug, the paisley pillows, and, yes, the pheasant-print upholstery (the many patterns work together because they live in the same color family and have the same country charm).
Global
(also known as “Eclectic”)
Gauzy curtains. Lacy screens. Heaps of silky pillows. Hot pinks and sunset purples and desert reds. Here’s where to go when you yearn to wander (and it’s a long way to your next vacation).
Luxurious and worldly is the effect here—as if you’d picked up this stuff in bazaars and dusty little emporiums. What keeps things from getting gaudy: Furniture, light fixtures and screens are scrupulously neutral, colors are sensuous and sunny. Striped and patchwork cushions combine with an embroidered rug to dress the bed playfully. A few exotic accents add to the enchantment: palms, brass trays, a bird in a gilded cage.
If you are having trouble determining YOUR style…
Contact PC Design LLC today to set up an appointment.
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0 Chair Therapy…8 designs for Spring
Fashion mania, you hear about it at the movies, in books and on Oprah. Some women are crazy for designer shoes, going to great lengths to get the latest pair of Louboutin’s, Choo’s and Blahnik’s. Other women absolutely love designer handbags and collect them in inordinate amounts. So, ok, I get that fashion has its place and serves some of us very well. But when are those of us who are interior design addicts going to get our 15 minutes? We love our fabrics, sofas and table decor as much as they love their shoes, but you don’t hear about our indulgences?
For example, take my friend Kylie, she is absolutely frantic for chairs. Doesn’t matter the style, she’s got them, 22 in all. Of course, she has many of the important modern pieces including Van der Rohe’s Barcelona chair. Then there are the three King Louis French pieces: the Bergere, the fauteuils and the fausse paire. And the list goes onÖ When asked, Why chairs? She expresses emotionally that they are therapeutic and comforting.
The difference between her and the designer fashion fanatic is budget. She purchases reproductions and fixer uppers and enjoys each as if it were the real deal or in mint condition.
For your benefit and a little chair therapy for all, I asked her to help me choose eight affordable chair designs and ideas for spring. With no further ado, here is what we found
‘Decorative Chair Backs’ (via)
These retro chairs get a little spring makeover with decoupage and paper flowers in bright orange. Of course, when you redo your own you can do so in any color that floats your boat. You’ll find similar chairs at IKEA to use as your canvas.
‘Bertoia Style Wire Diamond Chair’ (via)
Named for the famed designer Harry Bertoia, this handmade reproduction chair looks like a work of art and sits like a dream.
‘Canary Print Slipper Chair’ (via)
Target.com actually has some lovely chairs like this Canary Print chair pictured in yellow floral for instance. The armless design makes it perfect for a small space where the light and air need to flow through the room.
‘Barbie Chair’ (via)
This modern design classic, reminiscent of the ARKANA chair of the ë60s, is hot pink and gorgeously feminine. It would look good in the living room by itself or in a pair at a little bistro table in the kitchen.
‘Rattan Dining Chairs’ (via)
All it took to give new life to this set of rattan dining chairs was a couple of coats of green paint. Seated at the lime green table they look fabulous. What an inexpensive way to get a new look that practically screams spring!
‘Bemz Chair Slipcovers for IKEA Chairs’ (via)
This brilliant Swedish company makes customized slipcovers specifically for Ilea’s inexpensive chair and sofa designs. You can choose from ginghams, florals and solids to match your style. How fun and fabulous is that?
‘Classic Louis Ghost Arm Chair’ (via)
While we would love to have a Philippe Starck original Lucite chair, or even better a pair of them, it’s not realistic for our pocketbooks at the moment. We wouldn’t mind having one of these knock off versions though.
‘Avington Armless Slipper Chair’ (via)
This upholstered chair is another Target find. It is bright and happy in a modern interpretation cherry blossom print. One or two would go nicely in a bedroom or living room.
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0 7 little cleaning tricks that pay off big
Posted by PC Design on Mar 7, 2011 in design
Supersimple ideas to transform your cleaning and organizing routines.
Even a few changes can make a huge difference in your life, helping you save energy and money. But most of all, they’ll help you transform your cleaning time into more moments for the things that matter most. And isn’t that kind of magical?
1. make a great entrance
Each time someone enters your home, he or she tracks in dirt. Although the greatest concentrations of this dirt collect near the entryways, foot traffic can quickly spread it throughout your home. According to an EPA study, 30 to 40 percent of the undesirable chemicals in the dust inside your home is brought in from outdoors.
Adding a doormat outside makes it easier to keep dirt outside where it belongs. Go one step further and implement a shoes-off policy that starts just beyond your threshold. This will help ensure that the dirt and debris don’t wind up in your carpet or rugs. With less dirt to clean up, you’ll reduce the time you spend cleaning, mopping and vacuuming your floors.
2. turn scrubbing into scrubbies
To get more bathroom cleaning done in less time and with less effort, forget scrubbing and let technology do the hard work for you. To get your tub and shower area clean without breaking a sweat, install a Scrubbing Bubbles® Automatic Shower Cleaner. While the walls are still wet from your last shower, simply push the button so it coats the tub, tiles, glass doors or shower curtain—including hard-to-reach corners—with a penetrating cleaner. Then just leave it alone to work on dirt, soap scum, mold and mildew. It will clean dirty showers in days and keep clean showers free from soap scum, mold and mildew stains.
3. a second (and third and fourth!) cleaning life
When you’re done cleaning the dishes and kitchen, don’t forget the sponges and dishtowels that helped you clean! After each use, rinse and wring them out. Then let them dry completely. Sanitize them once a week by soaking them for a minute in one cup of water and two teaspoons of bleach; then rinse thoroughly with water. Or disinfect them with bleach in the washing machine following the manufacturer’s recommendations on the bleach bottle.
4. change a dirty job into a clean one
Make trash collection less of a chore. Instead of making one trip to empty all the trash cans that have trash bags, and then making another trip to replace those bags with fresh ones, you can handle both tasks in one trip. Store a few new trash bag at the bottom of each can you use. When you remove a filled trash bag, you can replace it immediately with a bag from your stash of new ones.
5. magically self-sorting socks
When the whole family has socks in the same load of laundry, trying to find matching pairs takes forever. Instead, get each family member a different color mesh laundry bag suitable for the washer and dryer. When socks need laundering, each person places both light and dark socks together in his or her own bag. No need to separate them because when you toss the bags into the washer, an added Shout® Color Catcher® sheet will absorb any dyes in the water. When the socks are dry, return the bags to their original owners for sorting.
6. give bed linens a new shake
If you are always on the hunt for matching sheet sets or can’t remember what size the sheets are until you unfold them, try this: for smaller sheets that fit cribs or twin beds, fold both the fitted and flat sheet and place them together inside the matching pillow case. With larger sheets, place the folded fitted sheet in one pillow case and the folded flat sheet in the other. Now to keep them straight, use a simple label maker to mark shelves “twin”, “queen” and “king”. Place sheets away accordingly. Sweet dreams!
7. the incredible expanding refrigerator
Finding space in your refrigerator and freezer is easy if you do a little maintenance before you head to the store. First check the condiments. Chances are you’ll find some empty containers that can go into the recycling bin. Next, check the back of the shelves where food items get forgotten. Toss anything that’s past its expiration date. In your freezer, eliminate bulky containers by freezing soups and sauces flat in Ziploc® Brand Freezer Bags with the Smart Zip™ Seal. Arrange them vertically to create an organized filing system that opens up a lot more space.
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0 Kitchen Remodeling on a Budget: Tips & Ideas
Posted by PC Design on Feb 28, 2011 in design
Kitchen Remodeling on a Budget: Tips & Ideas
The kitchen is one of the most popular rooms in a home, so why not make yours really stand out? Whether you’re selling or simply want to upgrade, here are some simple tips and ideas to get you started without breaking the bank:
- Plan ahead and find patterns, colors and textures that you like from magazines, home improvement stores and the Internet.
- Set a budget! Know what upgrades will give you the most value for your money and do your best to stick with your budget.
- Make a plan and do one thing at a time, especially if you’re going to do it yourself.
- If you don’t know where to start, no idea how to make the selections or even committing to a particular design… contact PC Design LLC to set up an appointment today!
So where should you start?
Cabinets
Repaint or stain your cabinet doors. Add new hardware; where this is one of the easiest and least expensive upgrades you can do that makes a big difference. If you need advice on what works best with the cabinets you have, ask for professional advice.
Kitchen Counter Tops
Counter tops can be expensive if you’re going for granite, but that’s not your only option. You can opt for concrete or granite overlay. Do your research to find what suits your budget and style best.
Kitchen Floors
Your choices are endless when it comes to updating your kitchen floors. From peel-and-stick tile to laminate wood flooring and travertine, the sky is the limit— but be mindful of your budget! Bring home samples of the flooring based on your style and budget before you make a final decision. Many real estate professionals agree that a kitchen remodel splurge should be saved for the countertops and not the floors, so keep this in mind when deciding. You want to make sure you get great value from any upgrades you do.
Saving Money on Kitchen Appliances
If your appliances are in good working order and match in color and style, save your budget for more beneficial upgrades. If your appliances look really dated or don’t match the new look of your kitchen, you may want to consider finding some great scratch and dent deals.
Kitchen Lightening
Installing modern lighting is amazingly simple if your kitchen is already wired for overhead lighting. A new chandelier can make a big difference, and you can find options for less than $150! To make an even bigger impact, be sure to install a dimmer switch. You’ll be surprised what a difference a little “mood switch” can make.
The options are endless for remodeling your kitchen on a budget. The hardest part is deciding which upgrades will make the biggest difference on the smallest budget. Just be sure to do your research and to set realistic goals. And last, but not least, enjoy the project by making it your own.
*If you are having trouble determining where to even begin…. Contact PC Design llc for more information and to set up an appointment today!*
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0 Deciding to remodel your kitchen
Posted by PC Design on Feb 1, 2011 in design
Ever notice that everyone gathers in your kitchen when you’re cooking? Modern kitchens feature energy efficient and time saving appliances as well as beautiful textures and surfaces. Is your kitchen outdated?
Updating your kitchen can be rewarding for you and your home. Did you know that in a national study, it was found that 70 percent of those kitchen remodeling costs are recouped upon resale?!
Maybe you’re an aspiring chef or you just love cooking? Maybe you just need more space and looking to update your home! Kitchen remodeling and kitchen renovation with modern kitchen appliances and faucets, clean, beautiful countertops, a new sink or backsplash! Redesign your kitchen layout and organization by adding an island or more cabinets.
In order to remodel your kitchen space without having to spend so much, you might want to consider these helpful tips: identify existing needs; set your priorities; work on a specific budget; decide on whether to hire a professional or to do the job yourself.
The kitchen is one of the best places inside your house. It takes a great deal of effort and even money in attaining a kitchen that is superb in functionality and in aesthetics. A renovation or remodeling is a major need in order to maintain the attractiveness and usefulness of your kitchen. However, you shouldn’t worry much on the costs that might be incurred during the process. You can minimize repair and remodeling expense by simply following these advices:
Identify existing needs
First and foremost, assess the condition of your kitchen for you to be able to identify its current and most pressing needs. Check on your cupboards, drawers, and cabinets for any repair requirement. Check on your wall too if it needs some repainting. Consider also the condition of your kitchen appliances and tools. Another important aspect of your kitchen are the fixtures such as your plumbing system particularly your sink. Check on that one too. Basically, you need to be very meticulous in making an assessment of every detail as well as the entirety of your kitchen. Doing so would make things easy for you in setting your priorities.
Set your priorities
After evaluating on the status of your kitchen, come up with a priority outline. This will aid you in coming to a decision as to the extent of your project. Figure out which part of the kitchen would need a complete makeover. And, which items that need some replacement or just some minor repair.
Work on a specific budget
Match your needs and priorities with your available budget. Carefully go over your budget to make sure that before pushing through with the remodeling, you won’t go beyond the funds that you prepared for this particular project.
Decide on whether to hire a professional or to simply do the job yourself
After going over the financial side, decide whether your budget as well as the remodeling scope of your kitchen would need a professional or would doing it yourself be enough for you to complete everything. Employing the services of a professional entails higher cost, yet, if the remodeling need is a major one, then might as well go for it. Rather than doing the job yourself that might turn out to be a mess later on. But, if the renovation requirement is but minimal, then you can perform the redecoration, cleaning and repair yourself. Maybe get some help from family members and friends too.
Doing a kitchen remodeling is exciting and fun. But, it requires a lot of planning. The kitchen is a vital part of your house and it deserves your best care.
For help on your kitchen remodeling needs, contact PC Design llc to set up an appointment today!
PC Design LLC
pcdesign@mac.com
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0 The Do’s & Don’ts of Interior Design
Posted by PC Design on Jan 10, 2011 in Furniture, Interior Design Tips, Interior Design...D.I.Y, design, trends
A home looks beautiful when it is constructed and decorated tastefully, keeping in mind all the minor details, which if overlooked, can visually annoy you while living in that house. Therefore, it is up to you to put in some effort and common sense while furnishing and shopping for your home. Continue reading to hear some interior design ideas for what to do and not to do in your home!
For a novice homeowner, it is quite difficult to decide what to do and what not to buy. Understanding the dynamics of your house and selecting proper furniture for your habitat is surely not rocket science. Anybody who wishes to live in a beautiful home can easily manage it by avoiding some very common mistakes that can ruin the collective look of the house.
DON’TS of Interior Designing
- The most common mistake that people might end up making is cluttering their house with tons of furniture. Always try not to crowd any of your rooms. Crowding the room will not allow you to enjoy a broad vision, and it wonít leave you with ample walking space. Always remember the popular rule of ìLess is Moreî – the lesser you stuff your home with fixtures and furniture, the more sophisticated your dÈcor will appear.
- Avoid dark paints for your walls. Many people believe that colors like black and purple add character to their rooms. Wrong! Dark colors will only make your room appear smaller in size and inadequate lighting will always remain an issue. You can use dark shades on one of the four walls in a room to make it appear trendy.
- The worst mistake you can make while decorating your house is getting furniture without keeping room dimensions in mind. If you end up buying huge furniture items for a relatively small room, it will look packed and cheap. The same is the case with getting compact furniture set for a huge room. The whole appearance will turn dull and shabby, and your house might earn a lot of critical comments instead of praises.
- Every room can appear good in the dark, but what happens when you turn the lights on? As you design your interior, donít forget to keep in mind one of the most important features of a room. Lighting is the cause of sensation of the room. You donít want the room to be so bright that youíd feel like youíre stuck in a lightning bolt, but at the same time little lighting will cause the area to have a depressing feel. There is a grand variety of lighting fixtures to choose from like chandeliers, pendant lighting, wall sconces, and more so donít be afraid of a little exploration.
Do’s of Interior Designing
- Windows can be one of the best things to enhance the beauty of any room. French design in windows has been quite popular. If you have a lot of windows in the house, you will be getting a lot of natural light and some fresh air during summers. Windows can also make your rooms appear big and lively by helping you bring in the outside sights and sounds.
- Pay a lot of attention to your flooring. Clean and shiny floors can earn you a lot of praises. Try to get marble or wooden flooring for the living area at your place and completely ditch carpets. The flooring should match with the aura of room and must not appear uneven.
- Pick a particular style or theme for every room.†Gather a few kitchen design ideas or†bedroom design ideas first.†If you are buying a vintage bed set, you must not simply pair a very contemporary set of chairs with it. This will make your room look unorganized and uncomfortable. Also choose the lighting according to the theme. Remember, everything should match!
Making your house a habitat of dreams is not a very tough or tricky job. Just keep in mind the above mentioned tips and your house will turn into an ultimate destination.
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