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another makeover using expedit!

Where oh where oh where did you get that Detroit poster/picture?!? I recently had to move away from the Detroit area (to find a job after college) and would love that.

it looks lovely and functional

AMAZING! Love it!

Nicely done! Enjoy your home!

What is that metal thing - holding eggs? holding onions? I want one.

Fantastic!

the frame on the expedit... it looks nice, but that seems to block the access a bit

The wire thing looks like a vintage bingo cage.

david: isn't that a bingo ball jumbler? (obviously i don't know the terminology, but i saw one at a vintage shop recently.)

This is great - it's lovely without being precious or impractical or incredibly staged like so many magazine shoots. It's a real home. Well done!

I'm sorry, I don't get it. The makeover is two shots of a bookcase and a new rug and cleaned up room. It looks like they just took all the stuff lying around and put in shelves and added a rug. No shots of the desk area , where is the tv, all the stuff? Basically, it drives me nuts when before and after shots don't show the same areas/functions.

enamorada,

go check out the other shots with the link provided. tv is there. desk is there.

clearly AT didn't include every single angle. i'm sorry you've let that upset you so much.

oh and kassett boxes!

I like the idea of the internet consulting business. I saw a $500 budget quoted -- I am guessing for furnishings and supplies? What's the fee for the service, though? (I could have missed it, I looked but didn't read at i Suannee.) This is the kind of decorating service that could make a lot of people without hefty budgets love their homes!

Nice. What a clean makeover; they removed all clutters and placed everything in their designated places. I like the book shelf. the rugs look kinda funky or groovy to me but I like them. And is that a leather bed sheet?

everythingistaken,

The Detroit poster is linked through the Furbish site above. Here's a shortcut:

http://store03.prostores.com/servlet/furbishstudio/the-24/i-heart-detroit-print/Detail

Like it. Is there anyone like this actually in the Bay Area? My apartment is far too strange to explain in pictures. Trust me.

I recognize a fellow lawyer's place anywhere by the standard case books in the bottom row of bookshelves.

One tiny complaint: the framed picture hanging on the front of the white bookcase in the living room. It's just so oddly placed

Hiring a designer isn't always an expensive proposition, nor is it only something wealthy people do. I've hired an interior designer for a few hours of consultation a couple of times. Some won't do hourly rates or very small jobs, but many are quite willing.

But you're probably not going to score points with any prospects by using the terms interior designer and decorator interchangeably. I've learned the respective parties have strong preferences for how their work (and professions are labeled).

i spy casebooks (i think). mine are hidden in a closet waiting to be sold, but now i wish i had a cheery expedit to house them. love the transformation; i bet the owner feels like a million.

AlmostAD - Thanks so much for the link, though sadly it is quite out of my budget.

currently occupying the bottom cubes, barbri books.

That brown bedspread looks like it would make some fun noises :-)

I love it all.

first, where is that platner-esque side table from? second, wonderful job overall. i like hearing about people like jamie. and lol at a bingo jumbler holding eggs...you could number the eggs and have some kind of crazy bingo breakfast game! what fun!

I adore the rug! Where is it from? It's such a nice change from the shag carpet look.

the bedspread has not changed. it is the same one in the before picture. in fact, very little has "changed." things have just been cleaned up and displayed better. annnnnd the most important part of this makeover: the after pictures were done in quality photography. the before pictures were photoshopped to bland out the colors.

I love expedit. Great storage solution for toys too.

Lovely, but it can't compare to the Imperial Battle Hippo bedroom treatment.

Was your client offered that option?http://www.isuwannee.com/2009/03/rock-it-don-stop-it.html

beautiful home!

dude, ikea's expedit bookcases are awesome. i have the tv/media one in black. one thing i hate about black furniture (learning it the hardway) is all the freaking dust!! waaa!! i'm thinking about buying the little doors to make every shelf a cabinet instead now.