I understand with the economy that money is going in so many different places these days and so many of us are having to focus our $ on other things instead of decorating our homes. Let me help you by offering this coupon this holiday season. I understand the value of having your homes looking perfect for those family gatherings over the holidays or maybe your home is not hosting an event this year but you want it to reflect your personality or style. This is the perfect chance for you to redeem your coupon with Redesign + More, this is a limited time offer and will expire on December 31, 2009. Call me today for your holiday decorating, home redesign, interior design or staging project and redeem your decorating coupon.

My business Redesign + More is an Interior Design, Home Redesign and Real Estate Staging company providing service in Charlotte, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Statesville and surrounding counties of North Carolina. Also providing service to Lake Wylie, South Carolina. At Redesign + More, we offer a variety of design and consultation services.

We all know it's that time of year where we search for the perfect pumpkins to either place by our front doors or use them inside our home. We decorate with pumpkins in many ways. We spend time with our families going on hay-rides, pumpkin picking and sipping hot cedar. I have looked on-line for some great inspirations on decorating our pumpkins this year and found many websites below. Hope the photos and the information will get you excited about decorating your pumpkins too. I have used a few of these creative ideas through out the years and always looking for something new. One of my favorites I use every year are the Wee-B-Little pumpkins you see in the window box and I love to carve words in our pumpkins too. Although I must say my husband is amazing at carving designs in our pumpkins and as a family this is something we look forward too every year.




Wee-B-Little pumpkins

Try grouping your pumpkins in a window box, terra-cotta pot, or other container. Add some flowers and foliage to the mix, and you’ll have a ball.



Pumpkin Cooler

For a hit at your next party, trade fire for ice as your pumpkin filling of choice. Cut the top from a large, wide pumpkin with a serrated knife, and scoop out the seeds and pulp. Line the bottom and sides of the pumpkin with a 2-gallon zip-top plastic bag. Fill the bag with ice and assorted beverages.



Hearth-Warming

Instead of the usual haunts, try grouping pumpkins in a less-expected locale, like an unused fireplace. This to-die-for arrangement mixes plain and painted varieties for maximum eye appeal. For the graphic gourds, use painter's tape and self-adhesive paper to mark off stripes and circles. Spray with glossy black and white paint, then casually heap in the hearth.

Pumpkin Topiary

For years, the grinning jack-o'-lantern has graced front porches across the South, heralding fall and Halloween. This year, put a twist on this tradition with stylish topiary and create a pumpkin topiary on your porch.




Hold Your Fire

Pumpkin Chandeliers

Pumpkins made into temporary light fixtures can spread a charming glow over your autumn celebration or create an eerie but sophisticated welcome for Halloween callers.




Flying Place Cards

Set the stage, and the table, for Halloween with these strange creatures -- half bat, half pumpkin.




Translucent Pumpkins

Halloween custom calls for a fiercely lit, glowering jack-o'-lantern, but you might also consider the more subtle glow of an elegant monogram, playful spirals, or a whimsical harlequin pattern.




Harvested Scenes

A rickety picket fence unites a row of pumpkins in a depiction of a farmer's field. Create a beautiful table-scape using pumpkins.




Welcome Home

Lend a spooky feeling to your front porch with a stacked-pumpkin address marker. Pick the correct number of pumpkins with flat shapes for your address and make sure they sit well on top of each other. Then use stencils and paint to add a number to the front of each pumpkin.

Boo-tiful Pumpkins

When illuminated, the apple corer holes emit an eerie glow. This big "Boo!" looks like it took hours, but with the help of a plunger-type apple corer, large letters are easy to knock out. Be sure you get the scary point across by using a serrated knife and a metal biscuit cutter to create a simple exclamation mark.

Table Treats

Tuck candles and small pumpkins inside glass cylinders or canning jars. Chocolate- and caramel-covered apples make toothsome favors.

Pumpkin Greeting

Spell out your greeting in mini pumpkins gathered at a prominent — and stationary — location. First, pencil letters on hollowed pumpkins (carve out the opening from the bottom). Then, using a drill with a half-inch bit, bore holes to form each letter. Here, strings of Christmas-tree lights, gathered in small bunches, illuminate each pumpkin (unscrew bulbs where the string descends to the next row).


These photos and information is from Martha Stewart, Better Homes and Garden, Country Living, Southern Living and Good Housekeeping. Enjoy and have fun decorating with pumpkins.

Redesign + More understands the language of upholstered furniture and we want to share our information with you. Are you looking for new furniture to prepare for the holiday season? When you walk into a home furnishing store and speak with a sales consultant about your furniture needs; they start talking about Eight Way Hand-Tied, Track Arm, Decking, or Lawson do you understand what they are talking about? To education yourself about furniture use this information to help you select and understand the construction of furniture.

Arm pad: It's the padded portion of the wooden arm of a chair, which serves as an armrest.

Arm rail: The curved horizontal part of a chair that is continuous across the back and arms.

Barrel back: A chair or sofa with arms and back forming continuous curve.

Batting: Is padding used to wrap springs or foam slabs before stuffing them into the cushions. Quilted polyester often is used.

Box-edged: A square seat front with welting or a sewn seam on the top and bottom.

Box-pleat: A fold of fabric to the left, followed by a fold to the right and stitched in place.

Camel back: A chair back with the top rail curved up at the center. Also a curved-back sofa with a hump in the center.

Channel back: Type of chair or sofa back with rows of vertical tufting.

Chesterfield: A large, overstuffed sofa with closed arms that are usually rollover arms of the same height as the back.

Club chair: A low-slung lounge or easy chair with a squared or curved back, arms and a loose seat cushion. May or may not be skirted. It's a type of arm may vary with the period or style.

Coil springs: Tapering, cone-shaped, resilient wire springs used in the quality construction of furniture, mattresses and box springs also called cone springs.

Decking: Is a fabric used under cushions or other platforms hidden from view.

Down: Soft and fluffy feathers from very young birds or under ordinary feathers from older birds or fowl. Used alone or in combination with other materials as stuffing for cushions, pillows and chair backs.

Fiberfill: Soft and synthetic material used as cushioning in furniture, comforters and bedding. Usually wrapped around foam.

Flared arm: Touch or feel of fabric to the hand; it tactile qualities including softness, resilience, firmness and delicacy.

Hand: Touch or feel of a fabric to the hand; it's a tactile qualities including softness, resilience, firmness and delicacy.

Hand-tied: The process by which single-coil springs are hand-tied to each other and the frame to the control seat elasticity. The more ways the spring is tied, the higher the construction quality, with eight-way hand-tied being prevalent in quality construction.

Lawson: A simple, straight-back seating piece with rollover arms, which are usually positioned midway between the top and the seat, also usually skirted.

Loose-pillow back: A pillow treatment that can be removed. Rolled arms: Arms that flare out, then down, returning to the meet the sides of a sofa or chair, which appear to have been rolled.

Self-covered seat deck: Using cover fabric to cover the area under the loose cushions, also called self-covered deck.

Tight seat: A seat or back designed not to have a cushion.

Welting: A fabric-covered cord sewn into upholstery edge seams to firmly define the edge. Adds strength and a finished appearance to seams.

Interior Design and Home Decorating is another great service we can provide to our clients. Some clients need a complete makeover or they are starting from scratch with their home. We understand the importance of making your rooms feel like your own, so we will provide you with a service that will reflect your lifestyle and personality not ours. Redesign + More will present preliminary design plans, furnishings and colors, reflecting proposed design intent. A variety of layouts may be developed in this manner, offering the right design solutions. You will become an important part of the design process. The design ideas are presented to you in the formats that is easily understood. Space Planning, Color Consultation, Theme & Concepts, Custom Furnishings and Budgets are also developed at this time.

We know at Redesign + More that great redesign is much more than moving furniture around; it considers the focal points, architectural features, lighting, room function and traffic flow, as well as furniture placement, color and new design styles. We will do a complete one on one consultation with you at the end of the makeover and give you advice on possible paint colors as well as fabric, furniture and accessory ideas.

Most importantly we consider you, your personality, your family, your interests and your budget. Your home is a reflection of your lifestyle. We can help you emphasize what is important to you. You will be amazed to see how wonderful your space can look with the correct furniture and lighting layout, and how proper accessories will make your room feel warm, inviting and finished. Creating rooms you will love to live in.