[Shellshack]

Bought 25 year old home in Sabal Chase and need some help updating the interior. Any recommendations?

[Shellshack]

Sorry m, make that 15 year old home.

[graciegirl]

Show us pictures. There are a lot of people on this Forum who have wonderful taste and color balance and sense of style.

Oh never mind, everyone thinks they do.

I am an avid watcher of HGTV.

I say to go with neutrals. I would have wood flooring installed if affordable and neutral carpeting in the bedrooms. Use accessories and artwork in YOUR style and color preference to show color. If you introduce accent color, be consistent throughout. Are you traditional or are you clean lines and minimalist? WHAT IS the color that you ALWAYS love?

[tophcfa]

Originally Posted by Shellshack

Bought 25 year old home in Sabal Chase and need some help updating the interior. Any recommendations?

The first thing that comes to mind would be a picture of the three stooges playing golf, that spruces up any home

[JMintzer]

Originally Posted by tophcfa

The first thing that comes to mind would be a picture of the three stooges playing golf, that spruces up any home

I HAVE that picture in my basement music room back north!

[graciegirl]

I made our first home in Hadley all rather whimsical and beachy with white furniture and blue green walls and our second home, I brought our furniture from Cincinnati, because I really liked it.

[villagetinker]

ShellShack, OK I was going to mention dogs playing poker...However on a more serious note, there are some apps that allow you to take photos of your room and select a paint color to see what it looks like. You will need to do a search, I think Home Depot and Lowe's had these but not sure. I saw one of these for flooring also, and I am guessing that you may find this for furniture.
We have a friend that moved here over 6 months ago, and never was able to get an interior designer to her home, ended up doing the deign herself.

[bowlingal]

shellshack....Ruth Dyer who is an interior designer has a column in the Daily Sun on Wednesdays. At the end of the column, there is an e-mail address to contact her. Good Luck!!

[eeroger]

Fran Mendelsohn
Interior Decorator
Mobile (817) 366-6300
Home fmendelsohn@gmail.com

[GRACEALLEMAN]

I can assist. Did interior design for years.

[Cobullymom]

Originally Posted by Shellshack

Bought 25 year old home in Sabal Chase and need some help updating the interior. Any recommendations?

I sent you a private message.

[linnea1107]

Originally Posted by bowlingal

shellshack....Ruth Dyer who is an interior designer has a column in the Daily Sun on Wednesdays. At the end of the column, there is an e-mail address to contact her. Good Luck!!

I had Ruth Dyer come to my home and provided me with invaluable information. I highly recommend her.

[Holpat39]

Sable Chase is approximately 12 to 15 years old at the most.

[graciegirl]

Originally Posted by linnea1107

I had Ruth Dyer come to my home and provided me with invaluable information. I highly recommend her.

I haven't really liked Ruth Dyer's style, but perhaps she has updated it.

I am NOT an interior designer. I am a retired kindergarten teacher. I just so enjoy seeing everyone's homes. My daughter and my friend MaryB have taught me some design principals, rule of three, color matching and colors across the color wheel and adjacent colors on the color wheel, and keeping things interesting without going "hog wild". My daughter isn't a decorator either. I do like staying current with the design trends but I think that the colors presented in 2021 are not my happy colors at all, kind of drab and I love grays, it isn't that.

I love to talk about and look at beautiful rooms.

[DAVES]

Just beware. Wife hired a decorator attached to one of the furniture places. I sort of half paid attention. I understood the decorator would prepare AFTER DISCUSSING WHAT WE WANT, a drawing, a computer printed, suggestion.

The lady showed up with a van full of furniture, paintings etc and expected us to buy them.
The furniture was artsy but very poorly made and the prices were out of sight. Actually we went back to the store and the same stuff was on sale at 50% off.

We, ok I bought nothing, she made it clear to my wife that she was not happy. OK she was clearly ticked. I later found out my wife paid her another hundred more than we agreed.
Her value, we did pay the agreed flat fee, was zero. The extra hundred that really ticked me off-a betrayal of trust.