Color: What to do about Brass?

I know the decorating magazines say that brass is on the come back, but I can't be convinced. To me, it will always look, well, cheap. Instead of replacing a perfectly good fan though, consider chalk paint. It sticks to metal as well as it sticks to anything else, and you can always do black or any other color that goes with your decor. In this case, I chose white after replacing the yellowish globes that came with this fan to make the who thing sort of disappear into the white room it was a part of.

Staging: Don't Forget the Closets

I like my closets to be pretty. When possible I even hang a piece of artwork in my closet that makes me happy. When people are selling their homes, they often overlook the closets when sprucing up the house. One tip I always share with my staging clients is to go one step past just tidying up and thinning out their closets to make them look bigger. There are a lot of ways to make a closet that "devil in the details" space that really sells a home, but by far the easiest is putting pretty shelf liner in any built ins. It's cheap, easy, and fast--just stay away from the stick down kind like Contact Paper!

Photo Shoot: Quiet Country Home