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See what a beautiful house we've been working on, in a village in Leicestershire.  This was a relatively inexpensive makeover, using mostly what was already in the property, and it's made a huge difference to the appeal of the house.

 

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Room Makeover Experience - 20% Discount

There are "Gift Experiences" for just about everything nowadays, and this is no exception.  Who do you know who would like a Room Makeover? It's a great experience, whether they choose to go out for the day and have a big "Reveal" like on the TV, or whether they want to stay and watch or even join in.

This makeover is an ideal gift for Christmas, Valentine's Day, Birthdays, Engagements, Weddings, New Homes, New Baby etc. We will personalise a Gift Certificate for you to give. 

Here's a 20% discount voucher to allow you, your colleagues, clients, friends or relatives to enjoy a Room Makeover Experience or to purchase one as a gift, and save 20%. Feel free to share it with everyone you know (in the Midlands).

Right-click on the actual voucher to either print it ("Print picture"), email it, or copy and paste it.

20% Discount Voucher

 

Here's a 20% discount voucher to allow you, your colleagues, clients, friends or relatives to enjoy a Home Makeover Lesson without feeling guilty! Feel free to share it with everyone you know (in the Midlands). Double-click on the actual voucher to make it larger, then right-click to either print it ("Print picture"), email it, or copy and paste it.

 

 

The Makeover Lesson is an ideal Christmas Gift for anyone who struggles with home makeover decisions (we provide a decorative voucher for you to give)– or it's a life-changing treat for yourself!

 

The details are below if you're having trouble reading it, or email me through my 'contact form' and I will send or email you a copy.

 

Home Makeover Lesson - 20% DISCOUNT VOUCHER 

The 3-hour lesson will take place in your own home, and will include makeover advice for several rooms in the house, as an integral part of the lesson.                                                                                                                 

Learn about colours, style, window dressings, furniture placement, de-cluttering, storage, organisation, lighting, artwork, finishing touches and more.                                                                                                                

The lesson can be adapted if you need to learn how to prepare your home for sale. 

Click here  for more information, or call Lynn on 01509 551392, quoting voucher code DVL20.

 

 



SOLD after 5 years!

Just had an email to say this home has sold - after 5 years. It still took 4 months after I staged it, but see the comments below...

 

Crazy Dining Hall before

Beautiful Living Room after

See the full house Click here to see the full house

Hi Lynn

 

I hope you are keeping well. Good news on my house sale. During the past 4 months I had 12 viewings, and in September 3 offers, one of which I accepted and just waiting for the solicitors to finish their work before I move on.

It was undoubtedly your involvement and expertise that created the interest and sale after the property had been on the market for 5 years.

Many thanks to you,

Graham

Low Cost Home Makeovers - 11 handy tips. Number TWELVE!!

I was recently invited to Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, to talk about home makeovers and how to keep costs down, whether you're selling your home or want to enjoy living in it.

Here's a summary of what you need to consider carefully when you're planning a makeover, in order to keep the costs down as much as possible:
• Budget
• Existing Colours
• Room Use
• Existing Style
• Accessories
• Lifestyle
• Increase Value
• Skills
• Timescale
• Identify Trends
• Clutter

And just by pure co-incidence(!), if you take the first letter of all the above, you'll end up with the most important thing to remember when planning a makeover:
 

B udget

E xisting Colours

R oom Use
E xisting Style
A ccessories
L ifestyle
I ncrease Value
S kills
T imescale
I dentify Trends
C lutter
BE REALISTIC!

Call me for any help with your project, whether you just need some ideas, or whether you want us to take over the project for you... 07932 694904

Low Cost Home Makeovers - 11 handy tips. Number 11. Clutter.

I was recently invited to Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, to talk about home makeovers and how to keep costs down, whether you're selling your home or want to enjoy living in it. To follow is a summary of the suggestions I made, with lots of 'Before' and 'After' photos as illustrations.

CLUTTER - how much clutter do you really have to deal with?
• De-clutter thoroughly before a makeover
• Examine everything you have left, and provide adequate storage as part of the new scheme
If the makeover is for selling purposes...
• Remove everything unless it’s part of the scheme and enhances the photos
• Try to de-clutter as you’re packing the excess items away, so it doesn’t all come with you

Before - this was a typical room in the house, taken over by children's toys. By creating a playroom with lots of storage, everything could then be moved into there, leaving the other rooms free for their intended purpose

 

After - once proper storage had been provided

Before - the Master Bedroom in a house that was soon to go on the market

After - even with a low budget, we made a huge difference to the saleability of this room



Before - another room in the above house. There wasn't much we could re-use, but there were other rooms we could borrow items from, to keep the budget down

After - a much calmer space

Before - a bare porch

After - with adequate storage and some soft touches

Before - remove everything unless it enhances the photo - including the wallpaper pattern

After - a much calmer space for sale

 

Before - allow adequate storage in the home, and use it!

After - the wardrobes upstairs weren't being used, so it didn't take long to sort this out

Before - the same house as above - a table was blocking the wardrobe, so a double wardrobe then became useless

After - everything fit easily into the wardrobes

Before - a huge shed belonging to the above property

After - much easier to use this space now

Before - patterns can be clutter too

After - one of my favourite transformations

Next - the most important consideration when you're planning a makeover...

 

Low Cost Home Makeovers - 11 handy tips. Number 10. Identify Trends.

I was recently invited to Grand Designs Live in Birmingham, to talk about home makeovers and how to keep costs down, whether you're selling your home or want to enjoy living in it. To follow is a summary of the suggestions I made, with lots of 'Before' and 'After' photos as illustrations.

IDENTIFY TRENDS - when should you be following fashion and when should you avoid it?
• In general, don’t follow trends too closely, they change with every season now
• More expensive items need to be timeless
If the makeover is for selling purposes...
• Remember potential buyers are comparing your property with others, and they like to see fashionable decor, so just update some accessories to fit with your scheme
• Check local Show Homes for styles and colours to use
• Check fashionable shops - eg. Next - and just add one or two pieces

Look at show homes for ideas

Before - this needed to be a guest room

After - so we made it timeless. Nothing can go out of fashion here.

Next - everyone's favourite - CLUTTER - when you're planning a makeover, deal with your clutter first!