How to Prepare Your Home for Sale:
6 Essential Staging Tips

How to Prepare Your Home for Sale: 6 Essential Staging Tip

If you’re thinking about listing your home, the preparation you do before it hits the market can make a significant difference in both how quickly it sells and the price it commands. Buyers don’t just purchase square footage—they purchase a feeling. The goal is to present your home in a way that allows them to…

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5 Ways to Make Your Home Feel Effortlessly Pulled Together

A Beautifully Pulled Together Living Room by kellydesigns

Have you ever walked into a home and immediately felt at ease — like everything just worked? That feeling isn’t accidental. It’s intentional. A home that feels cohesive and comfortable doesn’t happen by filling it with beautiful things. It happens when each element relates to the next — when there’s flow, balance, and purpose behind…

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kellydesigns Celebrates Twelfth Consecutive Best Of Houzz Service Award Win

For the twelfth year in a row, kellydesigns, based in Fairfield, CT, has been honored with the “Best Of Houzz” Service Award for 2024 by Houzz Inc., the leading platform for home renovation and design. This prestigious award is part of the Best of Houzz 2024 selections, a homeowner-to-homeowner guide recognizing the most outstanding professionals…

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5 Kitchen Trends to Look for in 2019

from decorpad

Let’s face it, no matter what your kitchen looks like, guests and family will always congregate in it. You just can’t seem to get them out. 🙂 So why not take your Kitchen design a step further and consider one of these hot new trends. Here are some of the design elements I have been…

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5 Ways You Can Give Your Home A Designer Look (without breaking the bank)

Accent Wall

You don’t have to live in a mansion for your home to appear luxurious. Let’s face it, not  everyone wants that much space. The problem is that most often larger homes come with desirable features that are typically NOT in smaller homes. However, I’ve worked with my Fairfield and Westchester clients, to overcome that challenge, and…

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5 Old Design Trends That Have Become New Again

Aged Brass

Passe or chic? These five vintage interior design trends have come full circle and are showing up in the poshest of homes. So does this mean your grandma’s house is IN? Not exactly because as is with any design trend, the comeback is slightly different. These are some of the retro design trends that my…

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Ways to use Animal Prints in your Home for a little Wow Factor!

Ways to use Animal Prints in your Home for a little Wow Factor!

While we all love wearing a vibrant animal print every now and then it’s not so easy to incorporate those beloved patterns into our homes. Many people think that animal prints are too bold, dark and overwhelming for a house especially those that have conservative taste. However, what I share with my Fairfield and Westchester…

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Top Rug Trends for 2018

Jute Rug

Area rugs can totally transform the look of a room. They can make an older home look modern, a large space look intimate and a busy space look serene. Unfortunately, your rug can also make your room look dated. So let’s see what’s trending in area rugs this year and how I’ve incorporated those trends…

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Crazy for Chandeliers

Crazy for Chandeliers

Your chandelier makes a big statement about your room!!! It adds character to a space and definitely makes an impression. A chandelier sets a distinct tone and chosen wisely is just the right finishing touch!!! It is one of the best ways to update your home. That all sounds great but finding the right combo…

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