Everyone Likes a Good Sale

I have been checking Overstock.com for items I see trending AND on sale. It doesn’t take much to freshen your home and as I write this everything is in stock. Shop Away my sweets…

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Let us know if you are looking for something specific because we are here to help assist in creating great livable spaces.

Happy Friday Ya’ll!

Our Tips on Hanging Art

Ask these Stager Girls how to hang art-we’ve got answers!

We sometimes have up to 32 pieces of art to hang each day on the job. Of course we have some hard fast rules but we also just go with our gut. Here are some of our tips:

HANG ARTWORK AT EYE LEVEL.

A standard height for hanging art is with the center 57” above the floor.

Above a sofa or table the bottom of the art should be 6-8” above the furniture.

We go with 5” above a mantle

Spacing between pieces is 3” to 6”

When we have groupings we arrange them on the floor first and make sure we like the combination.

And finally, a few simple tools helps us get the job done.

A Curated Collection of Kid Art

This is a BIG hint to my shopping sister to purchase some new art for our kid rooms. She is quite busy so I thought I would bring the art to her. I love so many of these pieces that I had to share them with anyone inspired to freshen their space. 

Click & Shop!

Palm Springs Love...

Salt Spring Island-Part 3

Shopping, tea and art...

 Hillary raced us through the Island's winding road to get us to our tea farm and shop before it closed. They stayed open an additional hour for us. Another taste of small town hospitality and Island life.

 3 Pair of London Fly shoes does a girl good....

Off to a bakery in the woods. No lie, in the woods.

 Invited in for some wine, conversations and views.

Shopping the Farmers Market.

 Children sell their wares in the center of the market.

 Always taking time for tea...

 Downtown Victoria

Store Inspiration

Motivated by our colleague and designer "J" to pay a visit to this amazing shop located in Kirkland called Haystack's Antiques.

Beautifully crafted vignettes, inspiring collections and creative displays. I even loved the large dish full of miscellaneous doll arms. I guess it is a collection as odd as it may be.

What it tells me is that I need to get out of the warehouse, off the job site and get inspired.

Staging & Seattle Art Museum

Once in a while Sister Ex and I get to make art selections at the Seattle Art Museum Sales and Rental Gallery. When we stage high end projects a couple quality pieces are required. Yesterday it was for a beautiful Laurelhurst home.