Sunday, January 29, 2012

Home Organization-Oregonian

Today there was an interesting tidbit in The Oregonian's Metro section about home organization. I think a lot of people want to be better organized. Organizing can be more than overwhelming, especially when it's been months or even years of putting off a major project.

I've worked on many organization projects ranging from large to small and I think they all follow the same concept:

  • Discovering what you have
  • Deciding what to keep
  • Donating what you don't need
  • Organizing like items
  • Cleaning 
  • Putting everything away and merchandising the space

When you're ready to take on that organization project that you've been meaning to do, be in touch--I'm ready to help.


Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Baby's room

I just finished designing a baby's room. I absolutely love designing baby/children's rooms. I love the playfulness, bringing items into the room that are important to parents and what they want to share with their child(ren) or working with a particular color or pattern. At the end, everything is pulled together, fitting perfectly like pieces in a puzzle.

In this particular design project the parents wanted a room that wasn't "too baby." They wanted a room where their baby could grow, and not grow tired of a particular theme. The parents had found a picture frame tree to go in the room. It fit perfectly behind the crib--making it a wonderful focal point in the room. I really like the thought of the baby looking at the pictures of mom, dad, grandparents and friends from the crib. It really seems very special. On the tree is the word "family" and with that I created artwork that represented that feeling. One framed artwork spells out love and the other one is a story about how special their little one is.





The walls went from white to a nice sage green. The bedding design is circles and the colors are a mix of warm chocolate brown, blue, green and a really bright orange. I created four little circle prints to complement the bedding.

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Hello! Are you ready?

I've recently started my own home organization, room redesign and staging business, Ready Aim Redo. I wanted to share with the world some of my ideas, inspiration and what truly makes me happy: great home design and DIY projects.

Check out my website http://www.readyaimredo.com, like me on Facebook, or follow me on Twitter. Most of all, be in touch with me when you're ready to take on the home project you've been dreaming about.

Here are a few images of recent projects: