Tuesday’s Tips: get extra square footage by putting dressers in closets…

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This isn’t for everyone but if you crave the idea of having a reading area or a desk or other sitting furniture, you first need to make room for it. Small rooms with too much furniture feels cramped & smaller than what the room actually is. Make some extra space by storing a dresser or armoire in the closet. It’s like having your own customized closet considering most of those installations has some sort of vertical drawer unit. So you’ll still be maximizing the space

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If you’re lucky enough to have a large walk in closet, place the dresser in the center. Put chairs or a nice chaise lounge against the back of it for seating…

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I hate plates on the wall but other than that, cute room! Love the softening feel by using drapery instead of closet doors…
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Remember When I blogged about this? Well see the other parts of the room…

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Isn’t this a wonderful use of space for a kid’s closet? Well the more I looked at it I realized, ‘hey…I blogged about this room before’. It was in cool ways to repurpose frames post. From this angle you can’t tell but over the dresser is a frame with chicken wire.

I remembered I had this in my archives somewhere but never did put it in my Decorating with Bikes post…

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Last time I blogged about open wardrobe storage, I didn’t know the other side of the above room looked like this below…

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Closet & Dressing Room Obsessed…+ men, here’s how to store ties fashionably…

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How do you feel about open wardrobe in a room? Do you need to have it hidden or would you rather have it on display. I’m a firm believer you know what you have if you see it. Sometimes when things aren’t in eyesight, it’s out of mind. You forget and sometimes buy more when you had something all along. I like the idea of a boutique feel in your own home. Having a chair or two to lounge on so when you and your girls are primping to get ready for a night or when that man helps take those heels off after a long day of work. A vanity with adequate lighting to enjoy the little pleasures of being a woman from makeup application to loading on baubles.

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{Kim Kardashian’s closet via an instagram pic}

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{blogger A Cup of Mai’s dressing room}

Those rolling racks remind me of the time I staged my parent’s driveway for the rummage sale. Mai simply used this room to display her best and prettiest. I love that. Using shopping bags as art is a cheap alternative and rather fitting. The aromas of coffee beans for storing makeup brushes are sure to perk one up in the morning…

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Seeing everything neat with everything in it’s place helps maintain a sense of calm. If it were unorganized to the point of purses falling down on you as you attempt to reach for something, it would leave you irritated and run late as you’ll need to put it back. Then it makes you dread the thought of getting ready because you know it’s going to happen again…

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{Blogger Mr. Goodwill Hunting and his fashionable man cave. I love the usage of urns as a display for ties. The tray with ties spread out is so department store esque. Adding a console with a bench to the space gives more surface for storage. Plus, a place to sit when putting on shoes. It’s simple people…use the same kind of hanger through out. It allows clothing to hang more nicer and visually it looks appealing. Keeping same colors and styles also helps so you know right where to go…
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Closet Envy that made me gasp…

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I take occasional glimpses on The Covetuer’s site but I loved these next several images from style expert Mary Alice Stephenson’s floor. Yes a floor turned into a dressing room/closet. Can we say indulgence?

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See more from her space HERE.

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{Design: David Kaihoi for House Beautiful photos:Ngoc Minh Ngo} I love what David did with the two closets in red. Took what a lot of people deal with, a smaller tight closet and made it work by putting in custom shelving. Don’t have the money for it? Fine, Ikea and Target offers great storage solutions that you can install yourselves. Or just shoot on over to a hardware store and buy brackets that you can place shelves on. They usually come in a variety of sizes so you can easily achieve the look. Here’s some more tips from the Gamourai’s closet on keeping the shelves functional. Installing additional rods really maximizes the vertical space. Because often times the height of the closet is great, just not the width. But most apartments come with the standard one rod, one shelf which doesn’t help.

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{decorator Suzanne Tucker and architect Andrew Skurman Photography by Pieter Estersohn}

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Decorating with Mannequins…feminine indulgences

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Tho I have yet to own one, I have taken quite a liking to mannequins. Primarily ones in master closet suites and dressing rooms. I don’t describe myself as girly and prissy. Pink is not my go to color. I don’t own a dress outside the prom & bridesmaids dress stuck in my closet. My fav color is black. Hate carrying purses (if my personal belongings could be invisible & float in the air within my personal space, I’d be a happy camper. Shoutout to cross body bags!). However I am feminine. I do love a pair of high strappy stilettos, I am a cocktail ring lover, fashion jewelry junkie, playing up my eyes w/shadows and liners. But the idea of a personal space soley intended to primp & dress really does it for me. If I had a dressing room, it would be so girly complete with mirrored furniture and beautiful displays of all things pretty. And what better way to decorate than with a mannequin….or two…or three. The above velvet grape hued mannequins are gorgeous.

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This vintage looking mannequin reminds me of the ones found at this Boutique.

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A DISCO ball inspired mannequin? Nothing but sassy & hauteness.

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See other images of mannequins HERE.

Other images via Pinterest & We Heart It

Before you put that house on the market, Check out these home staging & resale value tips

 

 Today I’m having Julianna Lundblad of Elliman Real Estate share some of her expertise knowledge on resale tips. I also added a few images with additional staging tips.

 Submitted by Elliman Real Estate: Featuring NYC apartments for rent. Written by Julianna Lundblad (@juliannanyc)

If you’re thinking of putting your house or condo on the market, there is a huge checklist of tasks to worry about before you can close the deal. Between listing it for the right price to showcasing the property with some clever staging, the process of selling can seem overwhelming. By following some tricks of the trade, you can have your property off the listings in record time.
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Time to fill my closet back up with fall fashions…

Now that I got rid of a lot of clothes at the yard sale & donated to the Goodwill, it’s time to fill the closet up and boy I can’t wait. If I had closets like these, I’d just shop there…

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Love the color coordination and this display of pretty bags. You can do THIS as well…

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Found this beautiful image on Anzu London

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Twinkle twinkle little star….Decorating with disco balls…

I love love love this space.  When I came across it on Pinterest, then came across a disco ball’d globe, I thought it would be cool to see what other interiors used one. Adding the disco ball makes it carefree and fun. Tho I don’t think I would really want one for my space, it doesn’t stop me from liking it in these…

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Disco ball’d out clawfoot tub & toilet seat is doing the most…but somewhere I can see a celeb like Katy Perry having this…

I first posted this pic in the topic about converting CLOSETS INTO OFFICE SPACES. Having the disco ball in the backyard space below is completely unexpected amidst all the natural elements (woods, stones). It lets visitors know you don’t take yourself too seriously.

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