Dallas Design

Ask a Stager: When Doing a Walk-Through, What Are The Biggest Problem Areas?

By Joanna England / June 26, 2013 /

For staging, some rooms and issues can present more challenges than others. An overpopulated living room, an untidy bedroom, an outdated kitchen, and a bathroom with more rings around it than Saturn can make for a staging nightmare. Karen Eubank of Eubank Staging has seen all these issues and more. So we asked her “What are…

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How To Fix an Ugly Attic Cord? Father of Invention David Jones’ Solves Unsightly, Dangling Attic Cords With Ease

By Joanna England / June 18, 2013 /

We talk a lot about staging and how to make a home look its best, but there’s a proverbial elephant in rooms and hallways across America — that dang ugly attic cord. At the prodding of his family, David Jones set out to get rid of that unsightly cotton cord that plagues homeowners. What he…

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How To Fix an Ugly Attic Cord? Father of Invention David Jones' Solves Unsightly, Dangling Attic Cords With Ease

By Joanna England / June 18, 2013 /

We talk a lot about staging and how to make a home look its best, but there’s a proverbial elephant in rooms and hallways across America — that dang ugly attic cord. At the prodding of his family, David Jones set out to get rid of that unsightly cotton cord that plagues homeowners. What he…

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Ready To Get Papered? Dallas Designer Says Walls Clad in Graphic Paper Are on Trend

By Joanna England / June 17, 2013 /

I grew up in the ’80s, wallpaper’s verifiable heyday. It seemed like anyone who was anyone had wallpaper in pretty much every room in their house, even the laundry room. That was when you could decorate any room in any theme you wanted and the chances of you getting side-eye from your friends was slim.

That’s not the case today, though. Paper went out of fashion in the late ’90s along with pegged jeans and neon accessories. But just like the questionable styles of the ’80s, wallpaper is making a comeback, too. That’s what Texas Paint and Wallpaper’s Marcey White-Pillow claims in this feature on the Coldwell Banker Blue Matter blog.

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Light of Her Life: Schaeffler Opts For Table Lamps, Not Ceiling Fixtures, To Make Her Designs Glow

By Joanna England / March 21, 2013 /

Lighting is so important in a home. Too little and an otherwise spacious house feels like a dungeon. Too much of the wrong kind and you feel like you’re getting mobbed by the paparazzi every time you enter a room. To make sure rooms have just the right amount and right kinds of light, Dallas designer Bernadette…

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