Is Home Staging Worth the Cost?

• Talk to any real estate agent and they will tell you that STAGING COSTS ARE NOT AN EXPENSE, THEY ARE AN INVESTMENT.

• Talk to some “old-tyme” homeowners and they will tell you that HOME STAGING ISN’T WORTH THE COST.

In this article, Maria Saverino from Milagro Interiors schools us all about the Top 5 Mistakes you are making by not staging your home for sale.

Just bought your first investment property? Congratulations, your patience and persistence has finally paid off. You are now on your way to earning passive rental income for many years to come.

That being said, buying your investment property is only half the battle. To win the other half, you need to ensure that it is properly managed. After all, property management can make or break your real estate investing experience.

So, which way should you go – should you hire a professional property management company or should you self-manage your property?

Today’s guest post comes from the rendering experts at hanabanana art+design.

Based in Toronto, hanabanana art+design helps to visualize their clients’ imaginations, from interior to exterior, from commercial to residential, from massive buildings to landscapes, from layouts to 3D renderings and animations.

For this article, I asked them to give us an overview on what can renderings do for your next interior design project.

It always pays to hire a reliable roofing contractor when you’re in need of roof repairs or planning a complete overhaul of your house. Sure, you can try doing everything on your own. But when it comes to your safety and your home’s stability, it’s best to leave the work to professional roofers.

But how do you know if you're choosing the best contractor for your needs? Here are a few things you can do to make your search worth it.

Home Société features a broad and curated selection of furniture and accessories for the home and garden, all of which are carefully chosen for their beauty, quality and versatility, and tailored to reflect Toronto’s unique style. Whether you’re looking for contemporary, mid-century modern, industrial, art deco or scandinavian styles, the enormous showroom is designed to allow shoppers to mix and match their versatile design styles through the collective of brands and lines in-store, while ensuring the items are still linked in their style.

How to Photograph Interiors - Now that we’ve covered How to Prepare for an Interior Shoot in Part 1 and The Photoshoot in Part 2, we can move onto the post-production process. 

In modern life, we take illuminated spaces for granted. Flip a switch and the light comes on. And when the lighting is “right”, we don’t give it a second thought.

But when it’s wrong, it affects our mood, our productivity and our perception of a space.

Think about the super-bright cold fluorescent lights used in an underground parking garage. They brighten up a dark and lonely space with powerful light to drives away the shadows. Perfect source of light for that application.

Now think about sitting in your favorite chair with a cup of something warm and a good book. Would those same parking garage fluorescents make any sense? Or would you rather have a standing floor lamp casting a softer glow over your shoulder onto the book?

Over the past few years, simple and clean office designs have taken over the business world. More and more companies choose quality over quantity, despite the huge amount of space that they have at their disposal. By going for a more simple look, they bring in new and fresh energy into their companies. 

When it comes to office furniture for small spaces, effective design choices become even more important. Small spaces require smarter design

If you have EVER tried to paint even a single room in your home, you know how difficult it can be to select:

• the "right" color

• with the "right" finish

• with the "right" quality of paint

• from the "right" manufacturer

Even when you do decide on your "right" color, how can you be sure that the color on the paint chip will be the same when you've applied it to your walls.

Heaven forbid you've got a perfectionist personality....the sheer variety & number of options will drive you crazy.

Even for professionals, color selection can be tricky. For example, if you were to ask the world's top interior designers....

Today's Interior Design Toronto store spotlight focuses on Vintage Lighting By Victorian Revival, one of Toronto's premier retailers of lighting fixtures.

Victorian Revival carries a wide selection of antique lighting, Arts and Crafts lighting, barn lighting, bungalow lighting, Craftsman lighting, factory lighting, Gasolier lighting, industrial "steampunk" lighting, old industrial lighting, turn-of-the-century lighting, Victorian lighting, vintage workshop lighting and all manner of residential lighting.

Today's Interior Design Toronto store spotlight focuses on Around the Block, one of Toronto's premier consignment retailers of artwork, lighting, seating, case goods, mirrors, rugs, large decorative items, small decorative items, tables, stemware, flatware, dinnerware, antiques, collectibles and other unique finds

Today's Interior Design Toronto store spotlight focuses on Litemode, one of Toronto's premier retailers of lighting and home decor accessories. Litemode sells a broad selection of high quality lighting designs Artcraft, Avista, Capital, Corbett, Craftmade, Crystal World, Crystorama, Dainolite, DVI, Elegant, Elk, ET2, Eurofase, Feiss, Framburg, Hinkley, Hudson Valley, Hubbarton Forge & much more