Home Décor
BALANCE DÉCOR If something is happening on one side of the room, try to balance it out on the other side.
Furniture is a significant part of the budget — expect to spend between $10,000 and $30,000. FACTOR FURNITURE
DON’T: FORGET TO FACTOR IN FURNITURE
and these finishings, and we forget the place that we live — we live on our sofa. We live at our dining table. We live at our office chair.”
result: “All of a sudden, I’m having to buy folding chairs for my family room for the next six months.” It takes time and money to furnish a home, so try not to run out of either of those things. Furniture is a significant part of the budget, she says. “For a room you could be spending $10,000 to $30,000 on furniture, depending on the scale and type. You also have to order it early. We do all this cabinetry
Luxe flooring, sleek cabinetry, stunning fixtures — your new house has it all … or does it? “What tends to happens to people is they budget for the architectural changes to their new home, but a lot of times the furniture and the decorative items are put on the backburner,” Dyck says. The
DO: GET PERSONAL
If you aim solely for that show home look, you and your visitors are missing out. “We want to go into someone’s house and go ‘Hey, that’s really cool
106 PARADE of HOMES FALL 2023
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