Home Staging In East Moriches, New York

Recently, my assistants and I had the pleasure of staging this beautiful $1.3 million home in East Moriches on Long Island, New York. I have put together this slide show to showcase some of the rooms in this large, family friendly house.

Freshen Up Your Home For Fall

Gas at $4.00 a gallon, food prices rising, pillows costing $7.00 on airlines, is it any wonder that "staycations" and "cocooning" have become buzz words recently. With our current economy, more and more people are choosing to stay at home and making do with what they've got. Decorating your home is more important than ever now. With Fall just around the corner, our thoughts turn back to sprucing up the inside of our homes.

While you may not feel you need a full interior decorating job, many decorators can work with you on an hourly basis for such things as: window treatments; paint color selection; accessory shopping and placement. Interior redesign utilizes furniture and accessories you already own but perhaps placed in a different way so that you see it through fresh eyes.

Some fresh tips to get you started:

• Toss pillows and throws in the dryer on a "fluff" (no heat) setting with a fabric softener sheet.
• Clean your windows, inside and out.
• Have your carpets cleaned.
• Change out your artwork.
• Paint a white room a warmer color using one of this year's new colors, such as a golden yellow or a browned-down orange.
• Purchase a few new throw pillows in Fall's warmer colors to cozy up your seating pieces.

Photo courtesy Pottery Barn

Our homes are truly our sanctuaries from all that is going on in the outside world; why not make it that place you can come into, close the door and go "Ahhh".

Copyright 2008 Creative Home Expressions ~ Kathy Passarette and Creative Home Expressions are located on Long Island, New York and offer interior decorating, home staging, interior redesign and color consultations. Please visit our website at http://www.creativehomeexpressins.com/ for information on our services and fees.

Fall Into Color ~ Trends for 2008

If you’ve started receiving your Fall/Winter clothing catalogs, you are already ahead of the game when it comes to the color trends in interior decorating, says Kathy Passarette, of Creative Home Expressions, a Long Island, New York interior decorating firm. “The colors from the Fall fashion lines transition to the colors we see as trends in home décor. It is not unusual to ask a client what colors they feel good wearing, because you can translate those same colors used in clothing lines into the home.”

Color is an emotional choice and chances are if you are happy wearing certain colors, or think you look good in certain colors, you will surround yourself with those colors in your home.

Some of the color trends we will be seeing in paint, wallpaper, fabric, bedding, accessories and furniture for Fall of 2008, and into 2009 are:

Reds will be split between the strong blue based and yellow based hues.

Orange continues to show up with brown-downed shades, but also include a brighter tangerine and an updated coral.

Yellow will range from bright to antique golds.

Green continues to be widely used, in all hues, taking its influence from nature. Greens create a cool, calming feeling and give you that outdoor connection.

Blues are a constant. While robin's egg blues are declining a bit, there are softer tints of blue along with bold bright blues. The newer versions of navy are considered on the formal side.

Purple as more of a red based raspberry like hue, as opposed to the blue based purples that have been previously popular.

Brown is getting a little bit lighter with sand and tan colors. As with the greens, the nature inspired browns are still being used.

Long term, the trends are forecasting neutrals, the spa-like blues and nature based greens, although they are grayed-down and earthy. So, if you want to be a trendsetter in home décor, just check out the fashion catalogs - the color of that sweater you like so much may wind up being the color on your walls.

For more information and tips, please visit http://www.creativehomeexpressions.com/.

copyright 2008 Kathy Passarette, Creative Home Expressions

Top Ten Decorating Mistakes Adult Ed Class

Join Kathy Passarette of Creative Home Expressions on Thursday, October 16, 2008, from 7:30 - 8:30 p.m. at the Mount Sinai High School for the Adult Education Program "Top Ten Decorating Mistakes and How To Fix Them".

The fee is $25.00, free for senior citizens.

Featured Designer on AvaLiving.com

I will be the Featured Designer for the Week of July 20th on AvaLiving.com. You can visit the website at www.avaliving.com. My recently completed living room for a condominium model will be featured.