Zoom meetings are becoming our new normal. We are working, learning and entertaining from home online to stay connected. Our co-workers, parents, teachers and students now have an intimate look into our homes whether we like it or not! Or do they? Not if you have a great Zoom background!Turn your messy bedroom or kitchen table into a beautiful office, or a beautifully decorated living room set up for a party designed by an Interior Designer! The EDesign Tribe has created beautiful Zoom Room Read more […]
Category: Edesign
The #MYZOOMROOM Challenge
The eDesign Tribe has created the first Zoom Room Background Download Contest for it’s Edesigners. The most downloads by 4/17/20 wins the challenge! I have 3 zoom backgrounds of a beautiful, serene office. Go Green! If you like any of my designs, I would love your vote. It’s $10 to download one background and if you do, it is equal to one vote for me. Click on the images below for the links to my designs. My designs are on page 3. There are lots of other beautiful designs as well Read more […]
How to Make Moving Your New Favorite Thing!
I hear you laughing through your computer. Yes, I know. You are thinking yeah, right! I can hardly wait to have my life interrupted with endless showings, lay awake at night wondering if I will be able to sell for a good price or will lose money, find a new house that I actually like and can afford, pack a million boxes, move a million boxes, unpack and not know where the heck anything is for months! Yes!! I can hardly wait!OK, well, let’s think about this in a new way. How about this? I can Read more […]
2019- A Colorful and Exciting Year
Now that 2019 is in the rear-view mirror, I decided to look back and see what I did with all my time, what I accomplished and consider what’s ahead. Have you done the same? I hope the last year was all you hoped for! What the Heck I did with my time For me, 2019 this was especially meaningful as I retired last December 31st from a 33-year career as a wildlife biologist. Although I started Northern Lights Home Staging and Design five years ago, I had more time to work on my design business Read more […]
Vote for my Master Bedroom Design in the Edesign Contest
I recently entered an Edesign for this global style master bedroom in a contest! We were given room dimensions and a photo, and could develop any design we wanted. I had recently seen Benjamin Moore’s new 2020 color of the year, First Light, and was not really a fan, as I am not fond of “pink or blush” for wall colors. I decided to challenge myself to come up with a design I loved using “First Light” as the wall color for this contest. The contest is for Edesigners of the Edesign Tribe of Read more […]
Edesign- How it Works
By now, you have probably heard of Edesign, which is sometimes called online Interior Design or Virtual Design. Edesign is a collaboration between the designer and client, where the client takes on some of the design process since the designer is not there in person to implement the design. All you DIYers out there, I am speaking your language!. As the client, you will share some of the responsibility for the design by taking room measurements, ordering the products that your designer recommends Read more […]
Ways to Use Benjamin Moore’s 2020 Color of the Year- First Light
How to Make Magic Happen with a Color You Don’t Like As a certified color strategist, I get excited when the major paint brands announce their colors of the year, and dream about how I can use the colors in a design, various global styles, or create color palettes for you to use the new colors. When I first saw Benjamin Moore’s color of the year for 2020, “First Light”, I thought “meh”. I am not a pink/blush person, and generally love working with rich saturated colors over Read more […]
Edesign Tribe Office Design Contest- Vote Now
I just entered an office design in a edesign contest. I hope you will stop by and vote for me here! Voting closes Monday at 12pm EST. The Contest We were given some photos of an empty room and some measurements and asked to design an office for our ideal client. My ideal client for this design loves color and a vintage Bohemian style. I found the beautiful desk and designed everything around it and included vintage accessories and some really cool wallpaper to add to the vintage look. Here are Read more […]
Get the Look- Mexican Style
What is Mexican Style? Mexican interiors are full of color, are welcoming, warm and there is often a sense of playfulness and whimsy. A mix of colorful, exotic Spanish and Indian handcrafted items and practical things add old world charm. The furniture is made from solid wood or leather with designs from the Spanish and Mayan cultures. Most are made from pine, walnut and cherry. Sofas, beds and tables often have a rustic look. Rugs are usually hand woven and brightly colored. Multicolored cushions Read more […]
Best Interior Designs of 2018
Searchmetry wrote an article, “30 Interior Designers show off their best Interior Designs from 2018” which considers Interior Designers to follow in 2019 and the most important factors they focus on. They asked Interior Designers nationwide about their favorite design projects. Northern Lights Home Staging and Design was honored to be one of the designers selected and to receive their Best Interior Designs 2018 award. We were asked to submit our three favorite design project and discuss why Read more […]