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- Design Makeovers for Home & Office
- New Construction & Remodeling
- Paint Color Selection
- Resale Ready Redecorating
- Art & Accessory Placement
- Vacation Properties
- Gift Certificates for every occasion
- Speaking Engagements for Small or Large Groups on Color, Decorating and Design
Kelly A Bernier
Color Expert Design Consultant Redesigner
"Fall in
Love With Your Home All Over Again"
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Interior Style ReDesign is happy to announce the release of the DVD:
"The Magic of Paint-
Choosing Paint Colors for Your Home."
It is an instructional video on learning the
How & Where
to
start the paint color selection process in your home using an easy
step-by-step process.
Great Gift Idea!!
Treat Yourself Too!
ORDER HERE!
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Great Furniture Store
When you get a chance, visit Daria at her new business: Liquidators Furniture Warehouse.
Great,
great pieces of furniture at very reasonable prices. Excellent quality
pieces and so unique. Bedroom furniture, chests, bookshelves, wine
racks and all types of tables. Great place to find one of a kind
furniture at low prices. Check it out and tell her Kelly sent you!
49 Cedar Swamp Road
Smithfield, RI
401-231-5411
Tuesday-Sunday 10-6 PM
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| Note from Kelly
Welcome to the New Year. I always feel I get to start all over with a new beginning. 2009 is full of promise- things ARE going to be better. Things were difficult in 2008, but I feel blessed my family and I are all healthy and together. I am going to keep up with my Reduce, Recycle, Reuse philosophy until things turn around and I can afford to buy new. I have purchased a few new items - sales are just wonderful after Christmas. Get out all those catalogs where you turned pages over (in hope that it would go on sale)- most likely it has now. January is also the sales month for home furnishings so that means even more savings. Love those bargains!!
PS- If you get a chance, check out my new website. I had a lot of fun putting it all together. I hope you enjoy. Also, if you know anyone who might like to receive this newsletter, please forward. Thank you.
 Until next time-Happy Decorating!
Kelly
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
Irish Blessing
Happy New Year Everyone! |
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Quick and Easy Redesign
As I was taking down my Christmas tree and all my holiday decorations, I decided I would refresh my living room and redecorate a little bit. After everything was taken down and I had an empty room, I looked around first and decided which pieces of furniture were definitely staying. I decided to keep the couch, leather chair, coffee table and an end table. The easiest way to change up a room is to bring in something in with color (that will still match my largest upholstered piece- which is my couch.). For example, it could be a large picture or piece of art, a rug or colorful pillows. I have an area rug- I'm not too crazy about, but it's still in style and I do not have a lot of money to spend right now. I decided to go look around at a couple of stores to see if I could find a large piece of art that I loved. I saw a couple nice prints, but not quite what I was looking for. So I came back home, took everything off the fireplace mantle, cleaned it off and then I put same picture back up. Actually, now everything else was gone from around it, it did not look so bad. (Art is so individual- whatever the style or what the picture is of, if you love it, it will work perfect in your home). The main project I had to do was rearranging the furniture(and cleaning underneath!) A decorating rule is to always start with the largest piece in the room, which in the living room is usually the couch. I placed it perpendicular with the fireplace instead of directly across. I put my large leather chair facing the couch (to make a conversation area) near the fireplace. I placed an area rug in between to anchor the arrangement. I liked the open area, so I decided not to put coffee table in the middle, but instead on the side of couch. I went through my accessories I had in room and decided to put a few away to keep it from looking too cluttered. I walked around my home looking for interesting items also that I could use it the living room. Ta Da! My living room looks updated and new. Now, if I can talk my husband into a little painting...
Before & After
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| Decorating Tips
Just a couple quick ideas for easy, beautiful, inexpensive decorating:
- My new favorite tip- Fill shallow wooden boxes or small deep trays or even a small vase, and fill with colored pencils. It looks really nice and is practical in that you can sketch or make lists whenever the urge strikes.
- For more of a wow look, use a contrasting (complementary) color for your tablecloth and napkins colors. For example blue & orange; violet & yellow and red and green. Try different tints, tones & shades of colors.
- To help create balance and scale, use symmetry- pairs of pictures, sconces, lamps, chairs, etc.
- Try to edit your furnishing when redesigning. Sometimes you need to take something away rather than add.
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Inspirational Over the last week I have gotten many inspirational movies and positive messages
from my networking friends and from daily newsletters, and I thought I would
share them with you. The overall message is the same, that you have to have a
vision, believe in yourself and use your talents.
What's Your Vision?
Mark Twain, said, "Explore, Dream, Discover."
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