From Serene to Sold: Using Feng Shui to Help Sell Your House
Posted on Apr 21, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Design, Ideas and Tips, Real Estate 101
Can using the ancient techniques of Feng Shui help you sell your house? Many people think so. Home buyers often choose a property because it “feels right.” This may be even more true in the luxury housing market, where buyers can afford to hold out for the perfect home. Literally translated from Chinese, Feng Shui...
5 Important Tips to Avoid an Interior Decorating Faux Pas
Posted on Jan 31, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Ideas and Tips
Interior decorating is like fashion for your house. If you dread the fashion blunder, you definitely don’t want to commit any decorating faux pas. Interior decorating mistakes undermine an otherwise fabulous design. Most of us, from studio apartment to luxury home, invest our maximum budget and energy into a home redesign project, so the last...
Jazz Up Tradition With Bathroom Ceramic Tiles
Posted on Jan 25, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Design, Ideas and Tips
Walk all over it, but don’t overlook its importance: bathroom ceramic tile may be the standby idea in bathroom flooring, but it is the stalwart choice for good reason. Bathroom flooring constantly gets wet and, occasionally, the wet stuff is a mess from an overflowing toilet. Bathroom flooring must be absolutely waterproof, and able to...
How to Arrange Furniture Like A Pro
Posted on Jan 19, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Ideas and Tips
Once in a while we all get bitten by the bug to rearrange furniture. We stumble upon one of those simply perfect ideas for a living room or a great design for a bedroom and suddenly we find ourselves mid-project unsure of how to finish. Does this sound familiar? You’re on the way to the...
Get Focused! How to Find an Interesting Focal Point in Any Room
Posted on Jan 12, 2011 by LuxSpaces in Design, Ideas and Tips
Designing a room is like sketching on a pad or canvas. By artfully arranging the features of a room, you lure the eye along a defined path to the heart, or focal point of the room, in much the same way an artist use of lines of perspective when drawing. Our primary focal points tend...
Use Interior Decorating Magazines as Free Interior Design Classes
Posted on Jan 04, 2011 by Douglas Grey in Ideas and Tips
During a creative process such as interior decorating, even skilled professionals can find themselves staring at a blank wall. Literally, because we sometimes have to design a gutted room from the floor up; figuratively, because from time to time the well of inspiration just runs dry. Perhaps, like a pro, you’ve taken interior design classes...
The Fundamentals of Foreclosure Investing – Three Keys to Success
Posted on Dec 01, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Ideas and Tips, Real Estate 101
Buying bank-owned homes as part of a foreclosure investing plan differs somewhat from buying your primary residence from the usual marketplace. Investors who pursue the tactic regularly develop skills and knowledge as they go, but having a solid grasp of the fundamentals of the foreclosure marketplace can provide even the most rank rookie a leg...
Refinance Your Mortgage and Cut the Costs of Home Ownership
Posted on Nov 18, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Ideas and Tips, Real Estate 101
Refinancing mortgage loans can make perfect sense in some situations but not others. If you have an adjustable rate mortgage, and your interest rate is rising, an opportunity to refinance your mortgage would surely look inviting. However, refinance costs can mount; refinance costs can, in some circumstances, and despite the promise of a lower interest...
Contemporary Tips for Choosing the Perfect Windows Treatments
Posted on Nov 09, 2010 by LuxSpaces in Design, Ideas and Tips
Windows sometimes get no respect. We take them for granted. Sure, we let them go about their business of letting in some beautiful light, changing slowly as the seasons cycle through, but we hardly ever say thanks for the light, and even more seldom do we say thanks to the screens for their yeoman’s work...
