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Family Business Makes Furniture Shopping Fun

Posted in Outdoor Living on March 18th, 2010

Finding new furniture and exploring all of the options that are available for furnishing a house can be a chore, but in NJ residents have come to find that buying furniture and picking out their decor is a rewarding and sometimes fun experience. The reason for this is that among all of the furniture stores in NJ only one has the reputation for being a family owned and operated business since 1905. With four floors of home furnishings that extend an entire city block the Spitaleri furniture store offers shoppers a wider selection and variety of furnishings that any other store in the immediate area.

For young couples that are moving into their first home, or empty nesters that have sent their youngest off to college, the time to furnish or refurnish a home can be exciting and challenging one. With all of the choices for bedroom sets, sofas and sectionals, to dining rooms and occasional pieces of furniture picking out the right item for the right room may be difficult, but with help of professional decorators and experienced sales people that have a family touch to their approach, the options are quickly narrowed and the selections are made.

As an added benefit to making a purchase over the other furniture stores in NJ, the Spiterali family gives their customers the services of free delivery and setup of their new home furnishings and removal of their old worn out belongings. With the ability to choose the fabric, finish and color of the individual pieces of furniture customers looking for furniture selections in NJ are not limited to the stock on hand and have the choice of designing their home the way that they want it to be.

Unique Rustic Lighting and Home Décor

Posted in Building and Remodeling on March 16th, 2010

When buying a home or a get-away vacation home, it is like a puzzle trying to piece together an overall look or style for that particular home. But let’s face it, when you purchase a cabin, lodge, or mountain-type home, there is a very particular style that must accompany it. You cannot simply purchase random pieces from your average or local designer markets. It takes a special design, and special rustic home lighting for this particular type of home.

We would all love to be able to wave a magic wand and find that perfect sofa appear with just the right rug, lighting, accents, art, and tables to go with it. But, because rustic and mountain home décor is not highly available just anywhere, it might be harder to come up with proper solutions than you could imagine. So, where can you go to find your wishful thinking ideas fulfilled? At 4rusticlighting.com located in Big Bear Lake, California, you can wave that magic wand and find all your rustic home décor needs met.

From chandeliers, floor lamps, wall sconces, and ceiling fans, to basic overhead lighting, 4rusticlighting.com has a remarkable selection to make your mountain home the perfect place to relax and feel comfortable. They also offer bedding, rugs, and home décor so you can make a smooth transition from one room to the next consistently. They also offer outdoor lighting to complete that unique look from the outside in. Best of all, most of their items are available and ready to be shipped as soon as you need them.

When decorating a place as particular as your western mountain home, you truly can’t go just anywhere because of its unique personality to find décor to fit it. Give it what it needs and it will give back a peaceful, friendly comfort to enjoy for years to come.

Don’t Wait to Have Your Dream Kitchen Cabinets

Posted in Building and Remodeling on March 14th, 2010

Have you ever decided to go to your kitchen and make some cookies?  You open the kitchen cabinets to get a bowl out and you have to dig to the back of the cupboard or pull a stack of bowls out to unbury the one bowl that you need.  Now that you have the bowl you go to another kitchen cabinet to get out the measuring cups and spoons.  Then you have to move things around to get the right size.  You continue to make the cookies and you are digging out the cookie sheet to put the cookies on.  By the time you are done getting all of the dishes out of your kitchen cabinets you are wondering if you want to make the cookies anymore. 

 

At that point you realize that you have a dream of creating your own kitchen cabinets and have set things that you want in your kitchen.  Often times people will think to themselves that once they move into a new home they will look for those specific things.  Then there are those that figure they will build the perfect home with the perfect cabinets.  Everyone thinks that they have to wait to have the dream kitchen.  Have you ever thought about having someone come in and help you redo the current kitchen that you have?  You could have someone come in and help you redesign the kitchen cabinets and give you your dream kitchen right where you live and you don’t have to wait.

I Loved My Five Years with World Financial Group

Posted in Tutoring and Study Aids on March 14th, 2010

If I would have had a better business sense back when I began at World Financial Group, I am sure I would have become very successful.  As it turns out, I had not business education whatsoever and WFG became my source for business education.  As soon as I started with WFG, I obtained all my licenses quickly and began working as a finance coach for residential families, and did so full time for five years.

One year ago, I made the decision to re-enter the world of the employee and put my finance business on hold.  Doing so has allowed me to look back and see what I loved about my experience and what I did not.  For a while, I loved being a finance coach.  I did a lot of good things for families and their finances.  Something that I grew to despise overtime, however, is the fact that I had to babysit my clients for years following.  Each year during an annual review with a client, I would have to re-sell the product I sold and made a commission on, a year previous. 
The process repeated every year and I got sick of it. 

On the flip side of the coin, I have come to realize that there is a part of WFG that I miss terribly.  WFG seems to attract a certain personality of person.  Their system filters out the weak minded, and people who only joined to get rich quick.  At one event I attended, I purchased one of those rubber wristbands which has “No Family Left Behind” written on it.  Although I have been away from WFG for over a year now, I still wear this wristband.

Chicago Interior Decorating With Class: Just Re-Arrange It Interiors

Posted in Visual Arts and Design on March 5th, 2010

Janet Sheperd is a Chicago interior decorator who loves helping her clients make the most of their living space. Let’s face it: most of us could use a little help transforming our homes at one time or another, and Janet created Just Re-Arrange It Interiors for that specific purpose. She makes Windy City-area residents happy to come home again with her expertise, taste, and commitment to complete customer satisfaction. Here are some of the services offered through Just Re-Arrange It Interiors.

One-Day Interior Design

If you love the furnishings you already have, but are at a bit of a loss as to how to best arrange them within your space, experienced Chicago interior decorator Janet Sheperd will offer her one-day design and consulting services that will help you make the most of what you’ve got. Her discerning eye and talent for detail will result in a plan for “tweaking” your existing decorating scheme that will make a huge difference. She will suggest furniture arrangement and give recommendations for paint colors, window treatments, and accessories that will transform any room from “blah” to “wow.”

Full-Service Interior Design

If you need more extensive assistance, Janet uses CAD technology to help formulate a decorating plan for your home that is both functional and beautiful. She also provides expert shopping assistance, taking into account each and every customer’s individual sense of taste as well as lifestyle. Janet believes that home accessories are the things that either make or break a room: when you trust Just Re-Arrange It Interiors, every corner will reflect your unique style.

Downsizing Services

As many older Chicagoans start downsizing their homes, they need help figuring out how to fit a houseful of furnishings into a much smaller space. As a Chicago interior decorator, Janet uses CAD-drawings to help home owners visualize their current belongings in their new space and decide how to use them to best advantage.

Janet is a widely recognized leader in the Chicago interior decorating field: let Just Re-Arrange It Interiors turn your house into a real home.