Earring Organizer

I call myself a Professional Organizer but should I really allow myself that privilege when my jewelry box looks like this??

It's usually worse than this, too! I had just cleaned out the crayons (no idea), spools of thread and receipts. I always had trouble finding both earrings of just about every single pair jumbled in there, which I'm sure is really hard to imagine! 

I had seen some really fun earring displays made out of screen and picture frames like this one on Etsy

and thought I would try to do something similar.

You can buy this here!

I didn't have any frames sitting around that I could use, though, but had a moment of inspiration when I was trying to find a new place for my old silver tray.

The tray has handy dandy cut-outs (I'm sure there's a fancy name for it) all around the sides that make it easy to stretch twice across.

Once I had the twice strung across and knotted, I added a loop at the top and got to work organizing!

 Now I'm all organized and am well aware I have more dangle earrings than any one person needs. Who can say for sure, though....

It's so fun to be creative and give something a new purpose!

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Salon makeover

Usually, I'M the one getting a makeover at a salon so it was such a fun experience to makeover a salon!

The salon owner had been trying for a few months to juggle working a full client load, all the responsibilities that come with being a parent, AND somehow update the look of her salon all at the same time. Friends and clients were even trying to help her stay on track but she lost her steam so they lit the bat signal and I rode into town in my super cool minivan ready to save the world.

As you can see, the salon waiting area was kind of....lifeless. We can be honest about that, right? The salon owner, Kim, is so fun and creative but this room wouldn't give anyone that impression about her.

I think part of the reason the salon redo wasn't going well was because the gray accent color Kim had chosen, had no warmth and drained energy from the rooms instead of bringing energy to the salon. 

The first thing I did was focus on color. Kim wanted the salon to stay mostly white so the wall color wouldn't affect the way hair color appeared but we DID change the accent walls. 

With a new vibrant blue, accented with reds, the waiting room has color and style.

A new custom logo will be going up over the red chair so that wall will  have some color soon!

The room where Kim and her clients spend most of their time was cluttered and boring. It lacked creativity AND function.

We rearranged the work stations, organized, organized, organized and then added the same vibrant blues and reds that we used in the lobby.

Since the salon is divided into four small rooms, we needed to make sure that everything was really organized and streamlined. 

The room with the dryers was crowded and had a stack of decorative items no longer being used.

 We cleared out everything that was unused and Kim even sold one of her dryers so there would be a little more elbow room between chairs. We added photos of her clients to make the space more personal.

I re-purposed one of her mirrors by painting it the same blue as the wall color (I still let some of the metallic shine through) and I brought in more of the same color with storage bins. By repeating the same colors, the rooms are cohesive yet not overpowered.

One more room....

The shampoo room had the same issues as the other three rooms. No color and no function. Our first order of business was to find a storage cabinet that could fit all the shampoos, towels, color tubes/bottles, and all the extra little things that needed a home.

Thanks to Nadeau in Nashville, we found a great cabinet that just needed a little bit of pizzazz. 

We changed the accent wall from light gray to vibrant blue and then added some pizzazz to this, too, by having a custom mural painted. Devon did an amazing job!

The shampoo room now has style and function. 

Remember what the salon looked like originally?

Now it's colorful, organized and inviting.

Staging that makes sense

I have friends who had a precious house they needed to sell so they could move into their dream home. I had helped them with some decorating and picking paint colors but we had never tackled the front room. Another friend of theirs had tried to help them stage the house but it needed a little more attention.

All the area rugs had been removed and the side tables had been put in storage so the furniture seemed like it was floating around haphazardly. I think the first "helper" thought the rugs and tables made things seem crowded but it was really the scale of the furniture, not the accents.

First thing for the room was bringing back a rug so we could define the sitting area. I also brought in smaller scale furniture and even used outdoor wicker chairs! I arranged the sitting area in front of the window so instead of walking through the sitting area, people can now walk around it.

Home buyers get a great first impression when they walk in the door and the room makes sense. Did I mention the house sold already?? Well, it did but I'll still show you more pictures of the rest of the house. Stay tuned!!