Speed Decorating A Pro Stagers Tips and Trade Secrets for a Fabulous Home in a Week or Less

212 Pages·2009·23.52 MB·English

by  Jill Vegas

JILL VEGAS
speed decorating
A PRO STAGER’S
TIPS AND
TRADE SECRETS
FOR A FABULOUS
HOME IN A
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for A fAbuLouS
hoME In A
WEEk or LESS
JILL VEGAS
PhotoGrAPhS by MIchAEL GrIMM
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Text © 2009 by Jill Vegas
Photographs © 2009 by Michael Grimm
Illustrations © 2009 by The Taunton Press, Inc.
All rights reserved.
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The Taunton Press, Inc.
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Newtown, CT 06470-5506
e-mail: [email protected]
Editors: Erica Sanders-Foege, Laura Wallis
Copy Editor: Anne Jones
Indexer: Lynne Lipkind
Jacket/Cover design: Jean-Marc Troadec
Interior design: Chika Azuma with Teresa Fernandes
Layout: Teresa Fernandes
Photographer: Michael Grimm
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Vegas, Jill.
Speed decorating : a pro stager’s tips and trade secrets for a fabulous home in a week or less / Jill Vegas ;
photographer, Michael Grimm.
p. cm.
Includes index.
E-Book ISBN: 978-1-60085-740-9
1. Interior decoration. I. Title.
NK2110.V39 2009
747--dc22
2009020598
Printed in the United States of America
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The following names/manufacturers appearing in Speed Decorating are trademarks: Corian®, Duraflame®,
FLOR®, Java-Log®, Lucite™, Magic Eraser®, Magic Slider®, Marimekko®, Mr. Clean®, Pergo®, Platner®,
Post-it®, Scrabble®, Velcro®
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With love and gratitude to the memory of my mom, Adriana, who always inspired me l l l l l l l l
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to go for it. She was the original speed decorator. Her loving and feisty spirit lives on. l l l l l l l l
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To my dad, Roger, who raised an enthusiastic daughter. l l l l l l l l
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To the love of my life, Michael Zimberg. l l l l l l l l
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And to everyone who wants a beautiful home. l l l l l l l l
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Thank you to all the people who helped create Speed Decorating with enthusiasm
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and dedication: Fred Bernstein, Karen Boltax, Robert Brawley, Lisa Marie Collins, l l l l l l l l
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Alan Cresto, Jennifer diPretoro, Benjamin Dyett, Donna Emma, Richard Esposito, l l l l l l l l
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Gary Feely, Mimi and Steve Houston, Kemper Johnson, Tanya Jones, John Kanta- l l l l l l l l
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kis, Grace Kempton, Julie Maren, Erin and Sean Mclean at Shelter Island Gardens, l l l l l l l l
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Peter Meister, Barry Miller, Courtenay O’Sullivan, Olivia Pebbles, Jason Penney, l l l l l l l l
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Molly Przetycki, Julie Rice, Karen Robert, Gianluigi Romagnolo, Rosemarie Ryan, l l l l l l l l
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Paul Sadowski, Ori Schwartz, Lauren Stern, Garrit Van Kempen, Jenny West-
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D’Alba, Greg D’Alba and Spud, Jack Wettling, Susan Whitney, and Chris Woods. l l l l l l l l
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To all my clients and friends for their inspiration and encouragement. To Laura l l l l l l l l
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Wallis for bringing this project to life; Erica Sanders-Foege at Taunton Press for l l l l l l l l
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out there; Michael Grimm for beautiful photos; my family for supporting me with l l l l l l l l
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unconditional love: Carolyn and Roger Nelson; Linda and Morty Jaffe. And to
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l l l l l l l l 3 Introduction dIScoVErInG your InnEr dEcorAtor . . . noW
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