Help with decorating tips
 

Hello y'all,
I will be moving to TV in January. My husband and I have purchased a "Natchez" home. I have never owned a home that had this particular type of open floor plan. I don't know how to arrange my furniture without it looking like one big room - or worse, 2 rooms seperated by an aisle. Any decorators out there that can help. Seriously, I may need professional help. I have never utilized an interior decorator so I don't know what the cost would be but my budget is slim right now. Anyone have any suggestions? If you own a Natchez, what have you done with it?:shrug:

I LOVE to talk decorating.
 

WELCOME to you. I hope you will enjoy every day in Paradise.

You are welcome to see how I arranged furniture in our Camellia. It is an open room too, very similar to the Natchez. Our Northern house also has an open floor plan. An "aisle" may not be as bad as you think.

Interior Decorator
 

We are presently using Prince Associates out of Winter Park, FL. Owner is Francie Prince. They were recommended by friends in The Villages who were extremely pleased with their work. They are a top notch company. Phone number is: 407-682-2277. E-mail address is: franpi@aol.com.

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Sent you a PM ref above.

Skip, this is a very old thread and I will betcha that Natchez is all decorated now.

We bought and decorated our Camellia and sold it furnished last week. It was light and cheery and beachy and cottagy and I liked it very much.

Now I will be bringing our really kinda dark formal stuff to our new house in TV.

I am going to try to make it work somehow. To all my friends who will visit both houses, PLEASE, if you don't like how this one looks...please lie.

Tony...why can't we have a decorating forum?

All you new people..use this thread and tell me what your decorating goal is and what colors you are using and who can recover my couch for a hundred bucks.

(just teasing on the last one)

I think I will have to try for home on Riviera...that would be kinda beachy...wouldn't it?

Remember about the fibbing.

Gracie,

I loved your Camellia - but you also (unless you lied :-) love our decorating. It is mostly dark wood in the living area.... I can't wait to see your new ideas.

k

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I didn't lie Kate. I do love your lovely home and that will be my inspiration.

Here is what I am seeing in decorating trends this year. A combination of grey and cream as sort of a monochromatic look. Teals and hot coral pinks as accents.

I wish someone would tell us what they are doing...what they are planning to make their new house all pretty for their new life..........

Presently, we are using Prince Associates out of Winter Park, Fl, and we feel they are fantastic. 407-682-2277

um...well......I...am...not rich, and I have never explored having a decorator, because to me...even if I were rich, having a decorator is kinda like...

taking the fun out of it.

Those color choices sound great. It should be wonderful....

That's exactly what my goal is: Taupe, grey, cream, beiges.... you know, like colors you see in weathered driftwood. I will use my paintings for color. I DO rather like pale aqua, also pale copper. (like a soft salmon)
deb

Can anyone provide a ball park figure for the cost of an interior designer? Do they charge a percentage of the total expenditure or a flat rate or hourly fee?
How about the cost per SF?

UTG, we have taupe, cream, beiges, a little gold for warmth and cobalt for color in the main areas. We used those basics plus a little extra color in all the other rooms.

My office is the fun room - coral, magenta, orange, lime green - trying to make work into FUN!

Batman, you can get lots of good ideas and direction for about $60 per hour...at least that what it was when we got direction, about two years ago.