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 You Deserve a Beautiful Home !            

By Lori King

 I’m a person that appreciates a beautifully decorated home, but had never spent the time or energy on my own space. Raising a family, working and managing life had consumed most of my time and had been my primary focus. I’d heard of interior decorating and home staging, but had never considered it for my own home until I met the professionals at Styling Spaces.

As I look around my recently decorated home, I feel complete joy and harmony and ask myself why did I wait so long? Was it because I didn’t have a passion or knack for decorating and was somewhat intimidated by the whole process? But why should I be? I haven’t been educated or trained in this profession, so why would I expect that I could do it on my own, or even want to do it on my own?  

I’d put it in the same category as a hair dresser or a chef. Would I do these things by my self? I could but wouldn’t get the same results. So I hire a hair dresser and if I could hire a chef, I would in a heartbeat. So again, why did I hesitate in calling in a professional to make my home look and feel better; a place where I spend the majority of my time, my sanctuary from the chaos of the world around me. 

Styling Spaces came into my home to do a consultation. The quick and economical tips made a huge difference. Within a week, I could feel a shift in my home. It was becoming a place that I was proud of and was not shy to share with others. Their professional and warm touch made the entire experience pleasant...so much so, that I have called upon them again. I highly recommend reaching out to this amazing team of professionals, who within hours can make a difference in your home and in your life.

It’s all about priorities and shouldn’t the place where you live give you the feeling of comfort, joy and love? I highly recommend that you give Styling Spaces a call today because you deserve to be happy and feel good  in a beautiful home. We all do!

You don’t need to know why, you just need to know it works!

Lori King


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Bergsma's Design day was a fun time  for all involved in the One Day Event at the Georgetown Marketplace Mall.  Many people came out to see Styling Spaces Designer, Fabia MacNair and they brought their design dilemmas to her for some expert advice.  If you were not able to meet us on Saturday,   you can become a fan on Facebook or follow us on Twitter.  You can also reach us by sending us an email or calling us at 905-702-7420.  We look forward to help you with your design problems.

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Testimonials 
Fabia MacNair herself, is a very professional business women. She goes above and beyond at what is expected of her and I can't stress this enough, she is great with her clients!
When I contacted Styling Spaces, I had a client that had just one empty room that needed to be staged for selling her home. When contacting Styling Spaces, I thought that was all I was going to get, but Fabia didn't just stage the one room. She did a walk through of the rest of the house.
I heard of Styling Spaces through a friend of mine who was also a friend of Fabia's. Fabia had responed to me and what I neeeded done, very quickly.
I would absolutely (and am going to) use Fabia and her team at Styling Spaces again and again, in fact she is #1 on my list to contact.
 
-Sarah Brophy
The Krause Team
Remax

 
 
To All Styling Spaces Future Clients,
 
Before Fabia MacNair came into our lives we were very challenged in the decorating department. 
 
We hung pictures too high. We had no idea about furniture placement and paint colour selections.
 
Fabia has improved our lives so much! She staged our home for our first Open House and it sold at the first showing. The new owners facilitated Fabia's garden design that we had passed along to them once they took possession of our old house. Our new house feels like a home thanks to Fabia once again! She customized our new 2000 square foot bungalow, selected our paint colours, designed our future basement floor plans and in addition she spent time in our new home and instructed us on furniture placement and where to hang all of our wall hangings. 
 
Fabia MacNair does more than stylise your home. She also does a lot of Feng Shui. As a result we have celebrated a lot of good fortune!
 

 
I would recommend Fabia MacNair to come and wave her magic wand above your house any day! Al and Lori Martin Erin, Ontario

 
Thank you so much for all your hard work and dedication to my listing. My clients were so excited to work with you and we sold in ½ a day. Silvana- Real Estate Agent
 
Our agent hired Styling Spaces to stage our home in Georgetown. We were trying to make it more appealing and wanted others to see its potential; we just didn't know how to do it.
 
They came and showed us how to place the furniture, organize the house and picked paint colours that coordinated with our things and made our whole home look beautiful.
 
My husband was overwhelmed with all the work on the to-do- list but we got it done and are we every glad we did. It was so worth it!
 
We sold the first day, to the first showing between Christmas and New Years! Dao & Thuc Homeowners -Staging Clients
 
 “The process was terrific. We had some definitive ideas of what we would like, both in terms of architectural style and layout. We had never designed a finished basement before. What we particularly liked about working with Fabia was that she was respectful of our thoughts and ideas. She took those ideas and creatively put together not only a very attractive room, but a very functional space that was best suited for our tastes and our personalities. She did not impose on us her particular ideas of what we should have, but really started with a basis of what we wanted. This room is widely acknowledged to be one of the most comfortable and attractive spaces in our home.”  - Todd & Trina- Homeowners -Redesign Clients
 
 "We have recently had the pleasure of working with Fabia MacNair of Styling Spaces and would recommend Fabia’s service to anyone who is looking for a professional, fresh perspective to interior design and remodelling. Fabia did an amazing job of capturing our design needs and added the elegance and uniqueness to the space that Fabia is famous for. She helped us every step of the way and allowed us to achieve our design goals well within the constraints of both time and budget. Styling Spaces is true to its name and Fabia provides the best design work we have ever seen, coupled with her extensive knowledge of building and construction elements, making her the best person for the job. Thank you for your hard work and enthusiasm Fabia!"Connie & Sabrina- Business Owners -Redesign Clients
 
I don't know if I could have been more nervous about the whole home staging process. But our home was staged and sold so fast it was awesome. Right before Christmas and sold in a day. Thanks you Fabia for taking a stressful situation and making it easy!  J &S Homeowners- Staging Clients
 
 
"Dear Fabia, Thank you for the exciting and inspiring demonstration that you brought to our ladies today.  You have certainly stirred up our creative juices!  Hope we can use your services again some day”.  Sincerely - Kathy -Events Co-ordinator
 
We needed to stage our home to sell fast, so I contacted Styling Spaces. We needed to make an almost empty home beautiful and I needed to list fast. A college in my office recommended them. Fabia was very quick in responding to us and she made the home look absolutely beautiful. It far exceeded my expectations. It was my first time using a stager and I have nothing but good things to say. The home got two offers at the first open house! It was a great experience and I would her again. Ama -Real Estate Agent
 
Dear Fabia, Thank you for taking the time to come to our place. We really appreciate all of your insight and advice. Clearly, its made a HUGE difference!!!!! -Kim & Gary -Homeowners -Redesign Clients
 
Fabia MacNair of Styling Spaces came to my rescue recently during my home office face lift. My office was dark, crowded and lacking character.
 
She helped me with color selection, furniture arrangement and incorporated feng shui techniques. She was very patient throughout the whole experience, tirelessly measuring furniture and sketching room designs until we found the best solution.
 
The decorating advice she gave me was dead-on! I love my new home office now, and it feels so light and fresh and exciting. My creativity is flowing so well now, compared to before the face lift.
 
Thanks Fabia, “You have made my space a better place”.
Christine Homeowner -Redesign Clients
 
Please accept my sincere thanks for your contribution to the success of this year’s House Tour!  I heard so many positive comments….people really enjoyed the day, and loved the demos! Again, thanks so much Fabia! You were great!!!!
Janet Foster- Executive Director. United Way of Halton Hills
 
Thanks again for taking the time to come to our place and provide your insight.  Clearly, it has made a HUGE difference!!!!!  Kim - Homeowner-Redesign client
 
Dear Fabia, Thank you for taking the time in staging the home on XXXXX. I really believe your special touches made a huge difference in selling the home. I welcome an opportunity to work with you again in the near future. Silvana - Re-Max Agent
 
The "Before & After" shots have been taken.....Can't wait to show you the results! Thanks again, Fabia. You’re awesome!
We just finished!! It looks awesome!! We should be “styling” it and putting everything back tonight. I bought an awesome Red lamp and a very cool large painting with Red in it! You’ve made our place better and we feel so good in that space!! - Christine- Homeowner-Redesign client

 

 

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Before hiring Styling Spaces, our client had accepted an offer of $250 000 for her home.

When I asked her why she was sell lower than what I thought it was worth she told me of how much work had to be done to get the to-do list finished and that she just wanted to sell it.

If any of you know me, you know it breaks my heart to watch people walk away from potential earning in the equity of a home for the sake of a little know-how and two weeks worth of elbow grease.

This house had more equity in it and I knew it but with an offer in hand and a date with the lawyers there was not much I could do.

Some call it a stroke of luck; I call it karma; the deal fell through at the lawyer’s office and the first thing my client did when she left that office was call Styling Space and we were all too happy to help.

With a two hour consultation, she took notes of our recommendations and followed our advice to the letter. She cleaned up, got the repair list done; then we rented furniture and got ready for the showings two weeks after the original deal fell through.

That Saturday, at the first open house, she sold her home for $330 000 with an investment of under $6000! Know that’s what I call a great ROI!!

The Client’s Testimonial:

We were ready to let the house go, as is, because we didn’t want to spend the time or the money on fixing it.  We had accepted a deal on the house and then I told Fabia about it.  Fabia was upset at the deal I was taking because she knew I could get more for it. 

When the deal fell through I invited Fabia over to see what needed to be done to maximixe my profits.  My sister and I did as Fabia suggested and with two weeks work, in between my full time job, we went through the list and made all the design and redesign changes. 

I spent about $6000 on the construction materials, furniture rental and her fees.  I had doubts about putting in the amount of time and work that Fabia said I should, but when it was done, and sold in the first day, I realized the value of what Styling Spaces does.  I’d have to work two years of make profits like that! Meeting Fabia was a changing point in my life!

Florence Drive, Guilhermina, Homeowner

 

Organizing Kid Rooms Minimize

By Sherrie Le Masurier

Organizing and Decorating Kids Rooms

 Q:  Organizing kid rooms is a challenge for me since my children are real pack rats. Do you have any ideas on how to organize all their kid room stuff? 

A:  You’ve come to the right place for advice on organizing kid rooms and how to cope with all that kid room stuff that invariably clutters up their floor space.

Clutter seems to be a fact of life these days with so much kid stuff coming into our homes on a continual basis. In addition to Christmas and birthday gifts there’s all that stuff in between that kids get for going back to school, in birthday party loot bags or simply what they buy with their own allowance.

For starters, as parents we need to understand a couple of things. Most kids aren’t born tidy and unfortunately their sense of order is not always something that comes naturally.

Learning the right organizing kid rooms techniques is just as important for the parents of young children as it is for the children themselves. By having an easy storage system in place for all kid room stuff you encourage positive habits in your child. 

By partnering with your child during clean-up time you’ll be able to demonstrate what goes where and in the process will encourage him to become more orderly himself.

The first step is clear the room of any kid room stuff you don’t want in there. For instance, does your child use his bedroom for both sleeping and playing? If so, does he do the bulk of his playing in his bedroom or in another location in your home? This could be a separate playroom, a family room, in the basement etc. The reason I ask is that before you start organizing your child’s kid room stuff you need to determine what can go and what needs to stay for practicality, play and sentimental purposes.

Knowing how your child uses his room is also an important step in effectively organizing kid rooms. There’s no point organizing excess kid room stuff that won’t be used in the room. Extra kid room stuff should either be given away or found a more practical storage location nearby where the item(s) will be used.

Okay so once we know what kid room stuff we will be organizing we can get started with the task at hand.

Organizing kid rooms can be fun as long as you have a good storage system in place. Come up with a place for everything. Kid room stuff should be stored in locations that are easy for your child to access. Taking out and putting away clothes and toys should be simple to do.

This is where low shelves, rows of cubby holes, bins, baskets, trays, low hooks and the like come into play.

A good kid room storage system will also encourage the positive habit in your child of putting things back where he found them. The thinking here is once you show your child where a particular toy goes then he may be persuaded to return it back there the next time he finishes playing with the toy. It’s all about your child knowing where his things belong. This technique also teaches your child to become the keeper of his own belongings.

You can further teach responsibility by insisting that once he is finished playing, all the related pieces must be returned to their designated spot before another game or activity is started.

The Montessori method, pioneered by Madame Montessori is also about storing related items together in a designated spot.

Another thing to note about designated spots is that no ‘foreign’ kid room stuff should appear where it doesn’t belong. You may wish to come up with routine inspections in order to keep tabs on whether your child is taking the time to put things away properly or whether he is getting lazy. Or in some instances, it’s not a matter of being lazy it’s more about the organizing system not being right for your child.

Are the bins of toys too heavy or do all his books slide whenever he tries to take one out to read? If so, consider separating the toys into a couple more bins and dividing up your child’s book collection into frequently read favourites and ones that he only reads occasionally.

When it comes to storage containers you can usually come up with some great ideas by looking at office and kitchen organizers. For instance what about shallow wicker trays similar to the plastic in and out letter trays you find in many offices? Such trays are ideal for everything from homework and artwork to hair accessories and game boy games. In a baby room, trays are ideal for storing folded undershirts and socks.

Other organizing systems elsewhere in your home are also great for serving up a little inspiration. For instance, how do you store your books, your DVDs, your magazines, or your personal care products?

The right storage containers for organizing kid rooms are often a question of money and taste. A customized closet system may work best for one family’s kid room stuff while another family would be happy with a storage system made up of recycled boxes from the grocery store. Whatever your budget there is an organizing solution for you.

For more information on organizing kid rooms visit Closet Design, Closet Organization And Closet Storage Tips For Kid Rooms www.decorating-kids-rooms.net/organize-kid-rooms.html

Budget Storage Solutions For Kid Room Stuff

  • Wooden fruit and vegetable boxes make ideal storage containers for toys and shoes. Sand lightly and then varnish or stain to match the décor of the room. These boxes can also be attached to your child’s wall and used as a form of shelving. 
  • Small treasures can find a home in paper wrapped shoe boxes.  
  • Round cardboard or plastic bins from wallpaper, ice cream or fabric shops are ideal for all kinds of kid room stuff including artwork, umbrellas, bats etc. These round bins can be painted or covered in wallpaper or fabric to match the kid room décor. You may also wish to affix wheels or castors to them for mobility sake.  
  • Plastic waste paper bins and laundry baskets found in most department and dollar stores make great toy containers.  
  • Hanging mesh vegetable baskets are perfect for both decorative items and for cherished kid room stuff your child wants to access frequently.

     

For more tips on storing kid room stuff visit A Good Kid Room Storage Idea Comes From Understanding Your Child  

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