11. Classy Slender Home in Richmond … Sells Within the Month!
The Classy Slender Home …by Jianni Fletcher
This was an interesting styling project. This home has an open-concept main floor with kitchen, dining room and living room all running into one-another in one long rectangular layout.
Because the portioning of the lot was long and narrow, the house had no choice but to align itself accordingly. This made a particularly challenging sale for Ken our realtor, who said that he could have sold the home 4 times over, if it were only for the design of the home and our styling. The catch was that the lot was actually in an L shape: in addition to the rectangular configuration, it had a long and narrow piece of land that fronted another property; a most peculiar lot!
We addressed the front hall with one of our own custom-made benches. It was 5 feet long by 14 inches wide, together with some of our own custom art, it broke-up the elongated hallway beautifully. Alexandra chose the perfect furniture for the dining and living rooms. Again, our seamstress Eva did a masterful job with the curtains, which brought warmth and softness to the two areas.
Upstairs we put together an office, guest bedroom and principle bedroom. In the principle bedroom we topped the bed off with a massive 75 X 48 inch custom headboard attached to the wall with cleats.
With all our combined energies, the home sold within the month.
Here are the results:
9. To The Manor Born … Country Living in White Rock
Country Living in White Rock … by Jianni Fletcher
The homeowners loved this 10,000 sq. ft. home but they found that it was a bit too massive. Their plans are to scale down to 6,000 sq. ft. for easier living. Hence we were called in to enhance the property for an effective sale.
The layout of this property was designed by the owners. It consisted of three buildings: the main house and two out-buildings with an olympic-sized pool accessed by a vast patio area. One building was a utility shop and the other was a gate house/garage. All together the buildings added up to the 10,000 sq. ft. of rambling space.
The main house was our focus for styling. It had four levels that took a lot of negotiating for our team in the editing and re-furnishing stages of the project. This was a huge undertaking and we and the homeowners were very pleased with the final outcome. The buyer in turn was also pleased with their purchase.
Here are the results:
