The Apartment by The Line

Trudy Crane February 22, 2015

I have mentioned The Apartment by The Line before on the blog but I had never visited it on previous trips to New York. My daughter has gone several times and posted pictures on her Instagram (check out her account here - its amazing!). So we braved the cold and visited on Friday morning hoping it would be open…some days are by appointment only. Luckily the Director of The Apartment, a wonderful, knowledgeable and gracious woman, let us in and allowed us to wander and take photos . The Apartment is set up to look just like someone's home but every piece is available for purchase, including the gorgeous clothes in the closet. Truly it is a dream apartment from the architecture to the furnishings to the photos on the walls. A must see the next time you are in New York.

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Photos: Chloé Crane-Leroux

Yellow Chairs

Trudy Crane February 5, 2015

These yellow chairs and couch are the perfect bright to put with white. So easy to paint an old vintage chair and add it to any room for a pop of colour. Love the vintage look in all the photos below.

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photo:  adriaan louw — photo: adriaan louw

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How to Style a Coffee Table

Trudy Crane November 25, 2014

I change up my coffee table and console table styling very often. It is such a fun thing to do and makes the room feel fresh and new. Here are a few ideas to help you with your own styling:

1. Use a pot of flowers layered into the styling. I like to keep flowers either very high or very low. The height of the flowers depends on the height of the other elements in your styling.

2. Use a tray to hold your styling together. I like to layer with a tray on part of the table and then layer outside it as well if you have space.

3. Layer with books. I like to have a stack of decorating or art books on the tray beside the flowers and then layer another piece on the top book.

4. Use a small dish as the top layering piece. I take one my lookslikewhite dishes and fill it with shells, marble eggs, small stones or any other natural element.

5. There are so many other elements to use in table styling like plants, statues, artprints, antlers, candles and so much more. Use items that have meaning to you and that make you happy to feature them where you can see them everyday!

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Trudy

via:temple and webster, mintlovessocialclub, House Beautiful, New England Staging Blog, photo by Benjamin Vandiver for Domaine Home

Inspiration in White: Green!!

Trudy Crane October 20, 2014

I am loving some of the green touches I am seeing these days. Green is a hard colour and can go wrong rather easily...a bit like red...but when it is the right shade of green it is fantastic. Check out these gorgeous greens used in just about every room in the house and some not in the house at all....

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Trudy

via: Found on ruralintelligence.com, Found on motherofpearl.com, Found on manglola.tumblr.com, Found on dustjacket-attic.com, Found on standardstudio.nl, Found on iamthelab.com, Found on crushculdesac.tumblr.com

Tina K Home - Fall 2014

Trudy Crane October 8, 2014

Each season I love to take a look at the Tina K Home catalogue...I always find it so inspiring and this fall is as good as they come. Warm purples and pinks with gold...love it! The styling is always brilliant and so are the locations for the shoot. Her line is full of great basics that are a must have and there is lots of wonderful Christmas goodies as well. I even put in my first holiday picture just to get you in the mood for the upcoming season...Is it really October already!!

Enjoy!

Trudy

via: Tina K Home

Fantastic Apartment

Trudy Crane September 14, 2014

I have talked about the site Fantastic Frank before and how they feature the most fabulous apartments for sale. They style and photograph each home so well and make it so appealing I want to buy them all! When selling your home it is so important to style to sell. Remember to remove personal items like photos and such. Keep the tones neutral and easy for someone to see their furniture in the space. If you have too much furniture think about renting a storage unit for a couple of months so you are not crowding your current home...you want potential buyers to see the space and too much furniture could be a problem. Do any small or necessary renos before putting it up for sale. You will be amazed at how much more you can get on your selling price and how much faster it will sell.

Last year I renovated a clients condo for sale...in a market flooded with condos....we did a quick reno on her kitchen and two bathrooms and she sold it in a week! It really works so think about it before you sell!!

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Trudy

via: Fantastic Frank

Colourful Stripes

Trudy Crane August 24, 2014

I really loves stripes in decor...I find it can add at touch of whimsey to a space, it can add a preppy look or even feel traditional in the right home. It can make a space look wider or longer depending on the placement and it can also provide a sense of structure to a space as well. It mixes super well with other patterns like florals or checks and can be used in fabrics, painted on rugs, floors, walls or anything else you can think of...and you know what....it always looks amazing.

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