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Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify and Energize Your Life, Your Home and Your Planet
Harmonious Environment: Beautify, Detoxify & Energize Your Life, Your Home & Your Planet, by Norma Lehmeier Hartie, is an indispensable reference book for anyone who cares about their health and well being and for the future of the planet. Hartie concisely covers a wide range of subjects and includes a comprehensive listing of advisory organizations, product and service resources. Part I of the book, Banish the Ugly from Your Life, is a blueprint for green, sustainable living. Discover how to replace toxic and unsustainable products from household cleaners to food (including recipes) to furniture to personal care products with safe, eco-friendly ones. Hartie is the tough but motivational Life Coach in her approach to cleaning, removing clutter and on organizing the home or office. Part II, Bring in the Beautiful to Create a Harmonious Environment and Self, includes a chapter on Earth-based spirituality and a fascinating look at the Four Elements (Earth, Fire, Air and Water) and the Medicine Wheel. The core of Hartie s philosophy blossoms in Chapter Seven, Applying Harmonious AdjustmentsTM: Using Feng Shui and Other Techniques for Powerful Results. Unlike other Feng Shui authors, Hartie has experience as a designer and her skills are apparent in this chapter and the following two. She has combined principles of Feng Shui, the Four Elements, color, energy, Vastu, and good design principles that create a unique and eclectic approach to home decorating. Finally, Hartie provides guidance on how to manifest personal or professional desires. In Part III, Putting the Pieces Together, Hartie skillfully integrates the many subjects of the book into a unified and cohesive whole. At its cover price of $19.95, Harmonious Environment is a value alone for the comprehensive green living product suppliers in the Resources section. What makes this book so truly ambitious, however, is what lies beneath the surface. In a sense, this book is only marginal.
Price: $12.32
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Home Staging for Profit: How to Start and Grow a Six Figure Home Staging Business in 7 Days or Less
A superb guide on how to profit from a home staging business, national expert and author, Barbara Jennings of Decorate-Redecorate.Com, takes readers step by step through the maze of starting and growing a staging business, covering virtually everything one needs to know and do. With 36 years in staging, redesign, decorating and home business development, her large in-depth manual teaches the essential tactics and strategies so anyone can succeed who puts forth the effort. Holding nothing back, readers are privy to the inner secrets, can harness all of the author's insights, and avoid the pitfalls. The manual is loaded with check lists, forms, how-to details, plus photos and so much more. A free discussion forum is available to anyone interested as well as free newsletters on a wide variety of decorating topics. Well suited to anyone who loves decorating and working with people, staging is a fast growing industry with great profit potential. How often does one get paid for doing what they love? Home staging combines decorating techniques with real estate strategies so stagers can effectively help owners sell their homes in record time for record profits, a vital service needed today more than ever. Written in a personable and conversational style, Home Staging for Profit is a must read for anyone serious (or just exploring). Photos capture the essence of staging while giving readers a clear idea of what to expect. No degree or prior experience is needed. The manual exemplifies solid business training plus decorating and staging specifics, including:
- numerous before and after pictures of actual recent projects (as typical of the industry)
- identifies the top mistakes and common problems sellers make
- what stagers must do and understand
- how to identify the home's assets and faults
- how to interview and bond with real estate agents
- how to interview and bond with home owners
- the five ingredients for a successful staging service
- professional image, attitudes and ethics needed
- how to do consultations, submit bids, make presentations
- how to set up the business, licenses to get and so forth
- how to get clients and referrals from multiple sources
- how to profit from consultations and offer full staging services
- how to promote, maintain and sustain the business indefinitely
- how to price services with confidence and ease
- how to protect, organize and prioritize.
This detailed guide is the 2nd in a series. Her first very successful guide, Rearrange It, teaches how to start and grow an interior re-design business. This book, coupled with free access to additional color photos, design tricks and multiple free videos, makes it a complete learning experience. Readers will also receive: - 107 questions to ask agents and homeowners to help quote services
- detailed pricing guidelines for furnished and empty houses
- legal issues readers should know about
- extensive list of stager tools needed for actual projects
- extensive cleaning and painting guidelines
- a 29-page detailed checklist to make consultations easy
- list of over 300 possible business names
- detailed information on available visual aids, promotional help, and dual certification courses pre-developed to supplement reader's knowledge, increase confidence and hone design skills
Bonus Section includes: - exclusive free access to 47 colorful design tricks
- free access to more before and after staging pictures
- free access to multiple design and staging videos
- 15 handy reproducible forms ready to go, multiple checklists, and handout examples for value added services
Additional details about visual aids and action tools are included for those interested..
Price: $29.95
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Tabletops: Easy, Practical, Beautiful Ways to Decorate the Table
Setting a stunning table need not be confined to special occasions. As renowned author and designer Barbara Milo Ohrbach brilliantly demonstrates, any meal can be made special with the proper visual approach. The ingredients need not be fine china and matching silver; the real key is to develop a creative look for your table. Tabletops is filled with gorgeous color photos and thorough explanations on how to find inspiration, play with color, make and/or coordinate accessories, arrange flowers, and find and add the right decorative touches. .
Price: $10.50
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Rearrange It! - The Secrets to a Six Figure Interior Redesign and Redecorating Business
West Coast pioneer of interior redesign, expert trainer and prolific author, Barbara Jennings of Decorate-Redecorate.Com, teaches you the best and most profitable ways to start, grow, manage and sustain a successful interior redesign business, sometimes call one day decorating. Jennings brings her 36 years of experience in home business development together with decades of interior design expertise in this large sized, practical manual that spells it out in simple terms. Interior Redesign is the creative use of professional furniture and accessory placement techniques to transform a client's home from ordinary into extraordinary using the furniture and accessories they already own. A very simple business to learn, readers will discover how to transform a home in a matter of hours using just what the client already has in the home, then making suggestions as to what additional products and services the homeowner could purchase, if needed. No college degree is needed for this low-risk and highly creative business. The manual provides both business set up and superb marketing training, as well as design training, and the author suggests plenty of additional training and visual aids that could be acquired which will be helpful to readers as they build their business and market their services to the public. She also offers a free discussion forum at her website and free monthly newsletters to keep you abreast of all sorts of related issues. Written in a no-nonsense, yet personable style, Rearrange It! teaches readers who want a thriving interior redesign business: - how to prepare themselves professionally
- how to get clients and referrals
- how to conduct consultations the right way
- how to set up their business and protect themselves legally
- how to hang art and pictures properly
- how to market and promote their services in a variety of ways
- how to get free publicity for their business
- and so much more.
This detailed, straight-talking guide is the 1st in a series by Jennings, who also teaches how to start a home staging business in her other manual called Home Staging for Profit. In Rearrange It!, readers will learn: - how to reach potential clients and qualify them
- how to assess a room quickly and know how to solve the problems
- 31 examples of arrangement techniques used by professionals (including the most popular furniture arrangement configurations, one of which should solve even the most complicated room)
- 20 questions to ask homeowners before starting a redesign consult
- practical do's and don'ts
- questions and answers
- important legalities and set up guidance
- how to develop a business plan
- the proper business etiquette
- an extensive furniture and accessory moving tips segment
- how to charge for services
- how to get referrals and testimonials
- how to get other tools and resources she has created to help promote and manage the business
- and how to get free ongoing training via her monthly newsletters.
This large-sized manual includes many candid, real world, undoctored photos, focusing mainly on the business procedures readers should know before starting a redesign business. It also suggests additional training and visual aids and action tools also available by the author to strengthen the reader's skill sets and eliminate reinventing the wheel. The author also teaches how to start a home staging business in her book "Home Staging for Profit", and has developed comprehensive courses for that industry as well. Many redesigners also offer home staging as one of their services since the two business are so closely related, as each service acts as a "feeder" to the other one..
Price: $34.95
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Creating Vintage Style: Stylish Ideas & Step-by-step Projects
In this beautiful book Lucinda Ganderton explores the many ways in which you can use antique fabrics, collectibles, and flea-market finds to decorate every part of your home, from bedrooms to outdoor spaces. Contemporary vintage is an eclectic style that's easy to live with - and it doesn't have to cost a fortune. It means taking the best from past eras and mixing it with the finest of the new in a way that suits your own personality. This book is a treasure trove for collectors, designers, and anyone who loves the patina of old bric-a-brac, quirky kitchenalia, antique furnishings, and the unique quality of repeatedly laundered linen. It guides you through each living space, highlighting the design details and key elements that create the vintage look, and suggesting ways in which you can adapt them for your own home..
Price: $10.89
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Creative Floral Arranging: How to Decorate with Fresh, Dried & Silk Flowers
Discover original ideas for decorating with fresh, dried, or silk flowers and foliage! Learn the basics of floral design and techniques for drying and pressing flowers while making beautiful centerpieces, garlands, baskets, wreaths and topiaries. Achieve professional quality with the satisfaction of creating it yourself! It's easy too, thanks to the great color photographs and illustrations that help you through each idea, step-by-step..
Price: $6.25
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House Beautiful Design & Decorate: Kitchens: Creating Beautiful Rooms from Start to Finish (House Beautiful Design & Decorate)
Creating the perfect kitchen is like cooking a special meal: you have to pore through the recipes, consider the ingredients, and imagine how everything will finally come together. And that’s exactly what House Beautiful’s new guide allows home decorators to do. First, the “Design” section helps you identify your style, decide on an effective layout, figure out infrastructure (lighting, electrics, fittings, and appliances) and establish storage needs. Then, in the “Decorate” section, sumptuous photos provide decorating inspiration for color schemes, window dressings, finishing touches, and more. Best of all, there’s no need to follow one plan from start to finish: pick and choose the elements that seem most practical and appealing to you from the many different options. The result: a kitchen that’s made to order! .
Price: $14.51
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How to Decorate: The Best of Martha Stewart Living
The editors of Martha Stewart Living, one of America's most successful home living magazines, have gathered in one convenient place the stories and projects that have defined their approach to decorating the home. The book is organized in a fresh and sensible way, looking at how the rooms are actually used, not at what they are called. Step-by-step instructions for each project are included, plus an extensive resource section. 200 color illustrations..
Price: $5.99
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House Beautiful Design & Decorate: Living & Dining Rooms: Creating Beautiful Rooms from Start to Finish (House Beautiful Design & Decorate)
They’re the rooms where you relax, where family and friends gather, where most of home life gets lived: the living and dining rooms. Who better than the experts at House Beautiful to show how to make these spaces attractive, inviting, and fresh? Divided into two sections, this stunning guide features hundreds of lavish, inspirational images, enhanced with checklists and explanatory sidebars. “Design” covers everything from planning to selecting the permanent elements of the interior: this is the time for thinking and research, for making crucial long-term decisions about the layout, lighting and electricity, flooring, storage space, and furniture. “Decorate” is devoted to the look, focusing on color, wall finishes, window treatments, and those small but important touches that make a house a beautiful home. .
Price: $10.50
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