Montreal Real Estate Blog » Home Decor http://montrealrealestateblog.com A fresh dose of the local market. Three times a week. Thu, 17 May 2012 11:38:49 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 How to Make a Small Room Appear Bigger http://montrealrealestateblog.com/how-to-make-a-small-room-appear-bigger/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-make-a-small-room-appear-bigger http://montrealrealestateblog.com/how-to-make-a-small-room-appear-bigger/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 11:21:43 +0000 Deya Bautista http://montrealrealestateblog.com/?p=57 Updated from the Home Staging archive. Originally posted on May 08, 2007.

Small rooms are the bane of the home decorator. How do you achieve a pleasing look that doesn’t feel cramped and claustrophobic? Without to have to build an addition or knock down walls, you are limited to a few, but effective, decorating tricks that create the illusion of space.

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Use color to your advantage

The strategic use of colour and light is the best way to achieve this. Choose light shades of paint or wallpaper for the walls. Lighter colours reflect light making for a brighter room. Use an even lighter shade of the same colour or white for ceilings and floors. A darker colour on the ceiling will make the ceiling look lower and tends to make the walls look as though they are closing in.

Avoid harshly contrasting colours. In fact, a monochromatic colour scheme that carries throughout the room into fabrics and accessories is very effective. Steer away from too many patterned items. The goal here is to blur perspective

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Posted By: Deya Bautista - Real Estate Broker working as part of the McGill Immobilier team. Specializing in high end condos in downtown and Old Montreal. For buying or selling contact Deya at: 514.917.7889 http://montrealrealestateblog.com/

]]> http://montrealrealestateblog.com/how-to-make-a-small-room-appear-bigger/feed/ 9 Home Staging: an invaluable marketing tool http://montrealrealestateblog.com/home-staging-an-invaluable-marketing-tool/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=home-staging-an-invaluable-marketing-tool http://montrealrealestateblog.com/home-staging-an-invaluable-marketing-tool/#comments Thu, 12 Mar 2009 15:45:36 +0000 Sveta Melchuk http://montrealrealestateblog.com/?p=1463 The concept of Home Staging is finally taking firm hold in the minds of Quebec consumers and Real Estate agents. Home Staging techniques originated in California over 30 years ago and are an accepted and widely used real estate service in the USA. I have had a couple of clients from California who wanted to sell their properties in Montreal and they told me that no self respecting home owner there would show their property without staging it first!

Especially valuable in a tough market, Home Staging helps sellers and Real Estate agents to sell properties faster and for better price.

The 2008 www.Homegain.com survey of 4000 real estate agents asked:

How much do you think staging increases the value of a home?

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Posted By: Sveta Melchuk. Founder of Home Staging Montreal, a Montreal firm specializing in Home Staging and Interior Redesign. Simple and effective solutions, to help you sell your property faster and for more money. Call Sveta at: 514-482-9776 http://www.home-staging-montreal.com/

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