Tips and home decorating ideas from three top Tampa Bay area interior designers. Mary McKell (left), Karen Post (center), and Lisa Gilmore (right) Holiday home decor. Tis the season again. It’s hard to believe it’s Christmas time. Where did the year go? While the year had no shortage of crazy times while getting [...]
How to make a small space feel larger? This is a common question we get asked from homeowners and home sellers. After home decorating, designing, and staging over 600 properties, here is what we know from first-hand experience... We just staged a listing for CENTURY 21 Beggins Realtor, Devan Weisser. It's a very cute 2/2 [...]
12,000 sq. ft. estate gets transformed and goes under contract in days. In June, I received a call from Clare Guluzian, a Realtor with Pineywoods Realty. Clare also owns MGA Homes with her husband Aram. MGA Homes is a unique, luxury home builder in Tampa. While their homes are not custom built, every home [...]
The Tampa Bay luxury real estate market is breaking all kinds of records with no signs of slowing down any time soon. Before they are gone, I wanted to share a few properties from this booming market that we recently had the opportunity to stage. With our touch, the home sellers will earn the very [...]
Home Frosting’s head designer Karen Post recently visited the Daytime TV set to share what’s hot in home lighting design and provided some designer secrets that can help transform any room. Lighting up the room with Daytime TV's Maggie Rodríguez (left) Have you ever noticed how good lighting makes such a difference in a room? [...]
That’s a million-dollar question - and unless you have a great crystal ball, you'll need to look at the research and examples below to decide what’s best for your listing. Reluctant home seller listens to Realtor’s advice. “If you want to get the very highest price for your home, it needs to look its best and [...]
Whether you're selling or staying put & just want a fresh look, here are some tips from design pro, Karen Post. Post pandemic, the real estate and home improvement world is crazy, crazy, crazy! Are you thinking about selling your home or looking for a fresh update? Either way, we’ve got you covered. If [...]
Both are lovely. Supple, cool leathers feel great on a steamy hot day. Light linens now come in performance fabric varieties that are easy to clean and can make rooms appear larger too. Struggling with finding the perfect sofa and everything that goes with it? No problem. Our design team makes buying fine furniture [...]
Is it time to transform your formal dining space into a new room? It’s a tough call. With open floor plan kitchens and outdoor entertaining, many have said “good-bye” to the formal dining space and opted for a 2nd office, or an adult sitting room. Now how to best re purpose a room that has [...]
Lyndsey and I just got back from High Point Market, the hub of all that is home fashion & home interior design style, with 12 million square feet of show spaces, 75 thousand attendees, and tens of thousands of new product introductions. Interior designers and furniture makers from around the globe unite to set the [...]