Celebrate The New Year Organized and Clutter-Free     “A Place for Everything, and Everything in Its Place”   In light of a New Year and being an organization fanatic, I’ve compiled a list of 5 Organizing and storage solutions hacks, leaving your small room clutter-free!   While small spaces feel cozy, they can become a real challenge when trying to find a home for everything. With there being such a wide variety of organizing hacks online, it can be tricky to narrow down solutions worth DIYing or buying.   Read on to learn more on how you can achieve an organized and ..read more

Picking Up Where We Left Off Welcome to Part II of my dream ensuite renovation project! In Part I, I walked you through some of the unique challenges of renovating a Century-old Schoolhouse, the planning process and some of the design choices I made, including: oiled hardwood floors, curbless shower, tiling, and plumbing fixtures. I also revealed the results of the shower and flooring install. If you haven’t read Part I of this series or need a refresher, visit: My Ensuite Renovation: Breaking Rules, Chasing Dreams Part I In this edition, I’m excited to share the areas where I saved on costs a ..read more

Project Reveal: Schoolhouse Pt 1 We’ve been sharing sneak peeks on social media of our latest Schoolhouse re-design project for the past week. We are excited to unveil this project’s full reveal on our blog. Read on to explore our playful modern Schoolhouse Interior Design Project!   Enticing Entrance Here at Centre Staged Designs, we know how to make a grand entrance. Upon entering the home, we aimed to draw attention to the interior’s high ceilings and architectural details by featuring the existing arched windows and structural wood beams, blasting and returning them to their natural ..read more

Remodel Like a Pro     “Transforming Small into Beautiful”     In light of the recent volume of home remodels and renovations, I compiled a list of 8 Remodelling tips for small bathrooms! While small spaces feel cozy, they can become a real challenge when finding a space for everything. With the wide variety of trends and hacks circulating the industry, it can be tricky to narrow down parts of a renovation that are worth DIYing or buying.   To redesign a small bathroom successfully, we need to consider all the elements involved; these tips for small bathroom renovati ..read more

Defining Your Interior Design Style Ah, a fresh start! Whether you’re updating your current space, moving into a new one or building your dream home, your blank design canvas awaits! So exciting! What kind of style are you looking to achieve? Can you identify it? If your response is “I don’t know” or “I’m not sure”, you’re in good company. In fact, most of our clients get caught up on this question. As humans, we’re a visually-intuitive bunch. We often know what we like and don’t like just by looking at it as a whole. But when it comes to describing, defining and piecing it together in the con ..read more

Part two of a series taking you through the time and cost savings our Home Builder clients experience when working with our Design and Staging team. The Strength of Staging As professional home stagers, we continue to see the benefits and value of a well-staged home. In fact, according to the Real Estate Staging Association (RESA), staged homes still see overall better results than non-staged homes. They typically see higher bids and purchase prices, less time on the market, more showings, and higher online viewing rates. These benefits all work towards a sound ROI for home builders and selle ..read more

  Celebrate Mom with a Luxury Boho Party Mother’s Day is just around the corner and we’ve put together a fabulous DIY Bohemian table setting featuring products from our Shoppe. Read on to learn how you can create your very own luxurious Boho theme for Mother’s Day or any other special occasion. Why Go Boho? It’s personal: Bohemian style is based on artistic expression and creativity, which opens up plenty of opportunity to personalize and customize your theme. It’s kind to our planet: All of the style elements can be used over and over again throughout your home, so you’re investing ..read more

Part one of a two part series: We take you through the time and cost-savings of Home Builders when working with our Design and Staging Team. The Construction Conundrum There is no doubt about it, residential construction and home building in Ontario is at an all-time high. Since 2019 and throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen unprecedented sales in suburban new builds, custom homes and resale homes. And it keeps trending upwards as we approach 2022. It sounds like things are looking up, right? But if we take a closer look at the bigger picture, what seems like great news all around is a bit more ..read more

Turning Daydreams into Reality: What’s the one thing in a home that you’ve never had but always wanted? A huge kitchen? Home Theatre? Acreage? A pool? All of the above? If you’re anything like me, I’ve spent a good portion of my adult life daydreaming about my forever home; or at least elements of it. And the best part was thinking about the extra luxuries that I never had but always wanted. Over the course of my lifetime, I’ve lived in multiple homes across multiple countries and one thing that I’ve dreamed about is to, one day, have my very own spa-like ensuite…and I’ve been working towards ..read more

We Were Born to Be Real, Not to be Perfect We’ve all heard of the saying, “Home is where the heart is”, connecting our family and our best memories to the home in which we live. It’s an ideal that we all strive for and daydream about, and a sentiment that gives us the “warm and fuzzies”. It all sounds perfect and it’s nice, isn’t it? But when you take that nice, clean, stress-free home and add in work demands, bills, children, broken sleep patterns, maintenance, clutter, and a global pandemic, before you know it, your perfectly sweet humble abode could be adding to, not relieving from the stre ..read more