We will miss our start-up location in Caldwell, NJ, which was within a real estate office, and the friendships we have developed over the years from working there. As our business expanded and our team grew, it was time to open up a studio to support our needs and service our Clients.
Regardless of the scope of your project, any home project is an investment. We manage projects anywhere from full-room decoration to full-scale renovation. When you are investing thousands into your home, the thought of professional fees for an Interior Designer may raise concern. However, you know in your gut that you don’t have the time or bandwidth to take on the project yourself without the help of an expert.
The value of hiring a professional Interior Designer far outweighs the monetary value.
If you have been researching an Interior Designer for your project, you may have seen the terms Full-service, Turn-key Design, E-Design, or Virtual Design. These industry terms are different tiers of service and appeal to Clients at two different price points. If you are confused what is the difference between Full-Service Design and Virtual Design, this post is for you.
Have you have been tossing around the idea of hiring an Interior Designer but don’t know where to start? An Interior Designer gives you the reinsurance that you will have the dream home you’ve always wanted, help you stay on budget, and reach your target end date.
In today’s blog post, we will share our expertise whether you should remodel or move. If you are unhappy with the current state of your home, you are not alone. Home improvement projects have been on the rise since the pandemic started. Home projects are not the only thing on the rise but the cost of real estate as well. In New Jersey, we have reached a housing boom with homes selling $100,000-$200,000 over asking. Of course, this doesn’t happen with every listing but it is happening more frequently in today’s market. As my husband is a New Jersey realtor, I have an acute awareness to the real estate market and the experiences he has encountered over the past year and a half. With mortgage rates being historically low, more homeowners are considering whether to remodel or move.
It’s always important to shop small, but this year, it’s more crucial than ever to support small business owners in our communities. As a small business owner in Caldwell, NJ, I wanted to share some of favorite local small shops in Essex County. For all your holiday shopping needs this season, here is my list of places to shop small in Caldwell, Verona, and Montclair, New Jersey!
While most businesses with commercial offices or storefronts have scaled down and work from home, I made the decision to do the opposite. It may sound crazy to expand during a pandemic but the current circumstances led to unique leasing opportunities in commercial real estate that I could not pass up.
With stay-at-home orders due to the global pandemic, people across the world are transitioning into a work-from-home lifestyle. Working from home can create its own challenges, especially if you do not have a designated area. For those of you who do not have a home office, here are some clever tips to create a home office in any room.
With stay-at-home ordinances in full-effect, Interior Designers had to adapt and transition to working with clients remotely. How can an Interior Designer decorate your home without physically seeing your home in person? Virtual Interior Design allows you to work one-on-one with an interior designer remotely to professionally decorate your home. Whether you are located near or far, AMA Designs can work decorate your home, virtually anywhere. In this post, you will learn more about virtual interior design and how it works.
While Virtual Interior Design (aka E-design or Online Design) may not be a new concept, the e-design services have been gaining popularity, now more than ever. Before the idea of remote design became popular, I have been virtually designing interiors since 2015. It all started when a friend of mine moved across country and trusted me to design her new home remotely. Since then, I have added a variety of virtual interior design services to my list from consulting, accessorizing, to full-room design.
We recently had the pleasure of transforming a family room in Oradell, NJ through virtual design. The entire room was designed virtually and all project information, digital moodboards, 3-D renderings, floorplans, and furniture options were sent digitally through our user-friendly platform.
We start every project with a design consultation, in this case, it was a Virtual Consultation to learn more about her lifestyle, design aesthetic, and project details. As a busy mother of four children, their family lifestyle was very active and filled with entertaining and play dates.
When purchasing their home, the massive family room was a huge selling point but arranging the furniture in the room was a challenge. They have tried so many different layouts and moved the television to different walls, only to face the similar spatial issues.
In part 1 of How to Spark Joy at Home, I had defined what home means, how it serves many purposes, not only does home serve as our shelter but it is a vessel of memories as well. As a certified Design Psychology specialist, I had shared the deep emotional connection to our dwellings and ways to cultivate more joy at home. If you haven’t read part 1 yet, I highly recommend you start there first.
The sense of home is subjective. It could be described and feel differently based on the individual. My portfolio is a perfect example of this. When I start a new design project, I always ask how do you want the room to feel? Nearly every one of my clients has expressed to me that they want their home to feel homey. If you look at my portfolio, you will see how the word “homey” has been translated into so many different design styles. That is because the sense of home is based on the individual and their own life experiences.
During times of social distancing and fear, finding ways to spark joy may take a bit longer to cultivate these days. However, being home for an extended period of time doesn’t have to be negative. There are many simple ways that you can spark joy at home, and I will share how in this post.
Home can mean different things to different people. Home could be your current residence, reference your homeland, or a place where you feel the most peace which may not be a dwelling at all!
Whichever that sense of home is to you, home is our safe haven. It is where we retreat to replenish the soul, so we could go out into the world and accomplish great things. We may not be able to physically go out in the world at this time but we still can accomplish great things from home.
There comes a time where a child outgrows their bedroom and develop their own personal style. The once “cute” kids bedroom is now not-so-cute anymore, and perhaps starting to feel a little embarrassing when friends come over. I recently had the pleasure of designing a teen girl’s bedroom in West Caldwell, NJ. I transformed the teen bedroom in one weekend with the help of my team and our Styled in a Day service.
