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All rights reserved. Pp The Taunton Press, Inc. 63 South Main Street, PO Box 5506 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 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 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® l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l dEdIcAtIon l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l With love and gratitude to the memory of my mom, Adriana, who always inspired me l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 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 l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l To my dad, Roger, who raised an enthusiastic daughter. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l To the love of my life, Michael Zimberg. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l And to everyone who wants a beautiful home. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l AcknoWLEdGMEntS l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Thank you to all the people who helped create Speed Decorating with enthusiasm l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l and dedication: Fred Bernstein, Karen Boltax, Robert Brawley, Lisa Marie Collins, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Alan Cresto, Jennifer diPretoro, Benjamin Dyett, Donna Emma, Richard Esposito, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Gary Feely, Mimi and Steve Houston, Kemper Johnson, Tanya Jones, John Kanta- l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l kis, Grace Kempton, Julie Maren, Erin and Sean Mclean at Shelter Island Gardens, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Peter Meister, Barry Miller, Courtenay O’Sullivan, Olivia Pebbles, Jason Penney, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Molly Przetycki, Julie Rice, Karen Robert, Gianluigi Romagnolo, Rosemarie Ryan, l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Paul Sadowski, Ori Schwartz, Lauren Stern, Garrit Van Kempen, Jenny West- l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l D’Alba, Greg D’Alba and Spud, Jack Wettling, Susan Whitney, and Chris Woods. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l To all my clients and friends for their inspiration and encouragement. To Laura l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Wallis for bringing this project to life; Erica Sanders-Foege at Taunton Press for l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l editorial expertise; Jennifer Griffin at the Miller Agency for helping to get this l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l out there; Michael Grimm for beautiful photos; my family for supporting me with l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l unconditional love: Carolyn and Roger Nelson; Linda and Morty Jaffe. And to l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Michael Zimberg for his love, support, and goofy sense of humor. l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l Contents l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 3 Introduction dIScoVErInG your InnEr dEcorAtor . . . noW l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 27 Chapter 1 A WELcoMInG Entry l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 47 Chapter 2 A LIVInG rooM for ALL occASIonS l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 81 Chapter 3 thE cook’S kItchEn l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 105 Chapter 4 A dInInG rooM WIth StyLE l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 127 Chapter 5 thE LuxurIouS bEdrooM l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 151 Chapter 6 IS It A bAth or A SPA? l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 169 Chapter 7 bEyond curb APPEAL l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 196 Resources l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 200 Index l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l 122 58 17 59 23 108 155 54
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