There may come a time where you decided to turn your primary residence into a rental property. This could be part of a long-term plan (like part of your retirement plan) or maybe comes out of a need. In either case, there are some things you should consider before turning your home over to a…
Visual Merchandising – It’s All About Location
Location, Location, Location. Usually when you hear this it’s in reference to, well, location. A piece of property, a city, a neighborhood. It’s typically when talking about a residential home or a business’ physical location. In the world of visual merchandising, location is the placement of product within a store. And just like in real estate, there are…
Designing…Business Processes
KISS – Keep it Simple Stupid Usually we are talking about interior design – colours and space planning – but someone with a design mind is more than just colours and materials. Design is about how something is used. What makes it work and what makes it not. Designing a home floor plan is not so different that designing…
2020 Colour Trend Review : How You Can Use It
Disclaimer: we have not been hired by Benjamin Moore. This is strictly the opinions of the author. One of the things that fascinates me the most about design is how drastically, and instantly, changing a colour can change a space. How a coat of paint can make something feel completely different than before. Something so simple but…
Open Concept Design : Finding the Connection
When asking someone what their dream home looks likes, majority of people will say: “I want to be able to see the everything from the kitchen” “I want to be able to see right to the back of the house from the front door” “I want an open concept” Open concept floor plans became popular in the…
How to Design a Pop-Up Shop
Over the last few years, online shopping has given traditional retailers a run for their money; changing the way we shop as consumers. Where you once had to find and then go to a store to get what you needed, now it is available at your fingertips and dropped at your doorstep. The online market place…
My House is Your House : Short-term Rentals
Short-term rental properties are a growing trend. It offers an easy way to supplement your income and for a relatively inexpensive startup cost. Then with apps like Airbnb and Home Away, getting people to see your rental is right at your fingertips. Why is this trend spreading? Let’s be real. It simply cost more to…
Retail Design: Visual Merchandising 101
When I started my post-graduate career (after graduating from Interior Design) I started as a Visual Manager for H&M. This might seem like a weird entry level job choice for an interior design graduate but, in reality, there are a lot of similarities between Interior Design and Visual Merchandising. You’re just applying them in a different…
Retail Design Planning: Guiding Customer’s Through Your Store
When looking at interior design in retail, its more than just paint, mannequins and merchandise. Understanding how your customer uses the space, what your customers’ needs are and then planning the design around these is the difference between a retailer that’s making money and one that doesn’t. In order to optimize your selling potential, you…
Simple Must-Do Updates for Any Home
Summer is in full swing and so is the real estate market. Spring through to the end of Summer is prime season for home sales with multiple new listings coming up daily. The market is HOT and the competition is real. When a home buyer is walking through a house, especially an older house, they are instinctively making…