Interior Design Help? Wanting Help.

Go to various blogs for ideas. Some good ones:
younghouselove.com (they also will do boards for you for a fee)
thenester.com
theinspiredroom.com

You will find lots of other blogs/ideas from these blogs. Link around! Have fun.

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You can do it yourself . . . take something you like (a certain picture, your couch, a throw pillow, etc) focus on that one thing and let it "inspire" you. If it is a picture, take a color from the picture and re-paint the walls that color or just one wall as an accent wall. You can either pick up a bunch of paint swatches from Home Depot/Lowes and bring them home or take the item (picture or throw pillow) to the store to match the paint. Also, the people at the paint counter are usually pretty helpful as well. Just be careful not to use too dark a color in a small room . . . Good Luck!!

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Glad you are getting lots of ideas and names here. Few are giving prices though. Wish they would add that on for you. My decorator, Renee Floyd, c ###-###-####, charges about $60 an hour or you can ask her to "stage it" for I think $300. From wall colors and/or texture, decor, inexpensive contractors, refurbishing, tone-on-tone staining of cabinets, reupholstering, custom pillows, what's in or outdated, etc.

(Limitations: She stays with custom drapes and bedspreads. I did some for a dramatic effect in a 2-story living room but got her color ideas and shopped Penny's sale for the other two rooms and got her blessing before she hung them. She's lovely and will delecately steer you from too much clutter or other ways to hang pictures quickly and artistically.

I would steer clear of people that sell you things and can "do the rest" because their expertise may be in just drapes or not being able to pull it together for you. You don't what to know how, you want someone to show you. (You will learn alot from seeing it happen and asking why. You also want someone who has low cost contractors they use frequently so they will have to "fix it" for their frequent customer (the designer) without question.

We'd love to hear more about who you selected and how they did.

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I am a Professional Organizer and owner of Get Organized! www.GetOrganized.ws. We refer all our design work out to RedesignYourDecor.com. Talk with Stephanie....

They think practical and TRY to use must of what you already have, if you have items. If not, that can do it top to bottom.

Let them know Get Organized! sent you.

Thanks,

L. B.
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http://www.dallasrealestatestaging.blogspot.com/

This is the website for Holly's business. She also lives in Allen and has helped me with my master bedroom and kitchen....love what she has done....I discussed budget openly and she did INCREDIBLE helping me do the most for my money.

Great experience both times.

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Hi! I am a "retired" interior designer, my kids took over. Some small things that could make a big difference are paint and accessories. Paint is fairly inexpensive and could make a world of difference in a "boring" space. Pick a shade that you are drawn to and get some butcher paper. Paint a large sample on the paper and tack it up on the wall. Live with that for a few days and see if it is a color you could live with. If it is too dark, try going a shade or too lighter or too boring, go a shade darker.
Accessories make a big difference as well. You could try adding pillows in coordinating fabric to your existing furniture. Another great trick that I love to use is pictures. I take pictures of my kids and have them enlarged at sites like www.uprinting.com. They produce large prints for fairly inexpensive. With some creative cropping and the right frame, these can look like works of art.

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I highly recommend Vita Rinaldi Interior Design - ###-###-####. My husband and I are both accountants, so lacking greatly on the creative side. After 10 years of living in our serile home of white walls and beige carpets, we decided we needed to update everything and needed help to make sure we would be happy with the end results considering the amount of money we were budgeting for new flooring and paint alone. We wanted to make sure we chose the right designs and colors.

A friend recommended Vita to us. She is great. She will either do small jobs or big jobs. Her rate is $50 dollars an hour and no contracts. I couldn't find anyone else for less than $75 an hour. She will give you ideas you can do or take care of everything for you, including coordinating contractors. How and how much you use her service is up to you. Tell her the Browning's referred her. She basically advertises only through referrals. You would be amazed at the transformation of our home.

Have fun,
B.

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Hello, My name is T. and I have a company called The Window Dresser. I can spice your place up with window treatments as well as suggestion, colors and whatever else your needs are. I have been in the custom home business for many years helping homeowners make selections from start to finish. Please call ###-###-#### and we can visit about what works for you and your budget.

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I have a business with Celebrating Home. You can go to www.celebratinghome.com/sites/shopwithDiane and view our catalog of products. YOU can even get products for FREE and half-price based on the products you choose. Call me! I'd be happy to bring some of your choices over for you to try out before you buy! D. T. ###-###-#### or ###-###-####. We are having a great sale this month and I'd love to help you make your place feel like a cozy home.

I can send you one of our Celebrating Home catalogs that's full of wall prints, florals & accessories. Just send me your address to ____@____.com. I'd be happy to help you if you live in the Dallas-Ft Worth area, but the company ships all over the U.S.

Go to Hemispheres off of FM 3040 in Lewisville. They have great accesories decorating their furniture displays so you can get ideas. You can buy the decor you like! All the sales people are very nice and they'll take what you pick to the from while you browse. They often run sales of 40-50% off decor. Hobby Lobby has some similar decor items but they are not laid out to help you in getting ideas. Best wishes and God bless!

I think you can do some research and find an interior decorator for you. I found one here in Tyler that did a 2 hour in home consult plus 1 hour of her time to give you a plan for $200.00. She gave me a complete color palette for all the rooms, recommended how to place my furniture, gave me recommendations on people to use for framing art, curtains, etc. It was a great package to me. Now, I'm still working on all of those details and doling out money for the changes. But, I'm doing it at my pace.

Good luck!
L.

I highly recommed Jan Leachman. She owns Chateau Concepts and she has been great at my house! Her numbers are : T: ###-###-#### F: ###-###-#### and email is ____@____.com
Good luck!
E.

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www.betsylucido.com
www.facebook.com/betsysdecor

Betsy is fantastic, she helped with our decorating plus several others in the neighborhood. Plus, she is very reasonable.

Michael Perkins (Perkins Design) ###-###-#### or ____@____.com

He's very talented...usually works with high-end homes but the economy has slowed his business. He's great! He'd be happy to help you. He can transform a room!

Give him a call.