July 20, 2009

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. is now the exclusive Interior Design Company for Pottery Barn!


Pottery Barn & PHS, Inc. have joined forces!

Platinum Home Staging, Inc. is now the exclusive
Interior Design Company for Pottery Barn, a Williams & Sanoma Company.

Serving the Los Angeles and Ventura County areas, Platinum Home Staging, Inc. will now assist all Pottery Barn clients and customers with all of their Interior Decor needs and dilemmas.

Not sure what paint color to choose?
Unsure if the couch you want, will fit in your space?
What about bedding and towels or placement of accessories and artwork?


Platinum Home Staging, Inc. will give you a FREE one room, in home consultation to answer all of your questions or concerns. WHY WAIT? Call the Pottery Barn in Thousand Oaks, CA for more information and to schedule your Design Consultation!
Pottery Barn
THE OAKS Mall
568 W HILLCREST DRIVE
THOUSAND OAKS, CA 91360
(805) 373-6501

Tell them Connie from Platinum Home Staging sent you!

July 15, 2009

Revamp Your Pillows for ZERO Dollars ?!






We all have them. Piles of pillows that are either old, stained, faded or we bought "because they were such a great price" yet never to be used. You know what I'm talking about. Don't deny it.

But here is an "A-HA!" moment I wanted to share.

For ZERO $$$, I practiced what I preach and used my good ol' fashion elbow greese (and a sewing machine) to revamp all of my pillows rather than toss them, buy new slip covers or even to donate them only to then have to go BUY even more pillows.


Recently while at my local Upholstery Vendor, I asked if he had any scraps. You know; the left over yardage of fabrics that are from the end of the bolt when doing large projects - his eyes lit up and he directed me to a HUGE shelving unit filled with scraps.

"You can have them!" he exclaimed - then it was ME who lit up and my brain started working wonders.

A few days later and after a few hours of sewing: I have an entirely new inventory of pillows.



A few tips to get the biggest bang for your buck:

1)
Make the pillows reversible with different, but complimentary, fabrics on each side.

2) Plan out what sizes you have in your current pillow inventory and see which fabrics you can get the most out of.


There was even enough of some fabrics to make an entire Twin bed set! =D

Happy Sewing...I mean Staging!

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